| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michigan | Imagine this team lost to TVU and Wake Forest lmao |
| 2 | Arizona | |
| 3 | UConn | |
| 4 | Iowa State | Bittersweet week for Iowa State, seems like everyone is happy in the end |
| 5 | BYU | |
| 6 | Gonzaga | |
| 7 | Duke | Won the 2024 almost-championship game ✅ |
| 8 | Purdue | |
| 9 | Michigan State | |
| 10 | Louisville | John Calipari hates Louisville |
| 11 | Alabama | |
| 12 | Vanderbilt | Future Ohio State coach Mark Byington |
| 13 | North Carolina | |
| 14 | Illinois | Annual Ohio State vs. the refs game incoming |
| 15 | Nebraska | How are they doing this??? No way they’re actually this good |
| 16 | Houston | |
| 17 | Florida | Starting to look better |
| 18 | Texas Tech | |
| 19 | Oklahoma State | |
| 20 | St. John's | |
| 21 | Kansas | |
| 22 | Tennessee | |
| 23 | Iowa | |
| 24 | Georgia | Schedule merchant but they haven’t slipped up yet |
| 25 | Virginia |
Also considered: SMU, Miami (FL), Arkansas, Seton Hall, Clemson, Wisconsin, Auburn, Indiana, Saint Louis, Saint Mary’s, USC, UCLA, Tulsa, California, Kentucky, Utah State, Virginia Tech, George Mason, Ohio State, Colorado, Miami (OH), UNC Wilmington