| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arizona | Resume: 2.33 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 5.5 (KPI/Torvik) beat Florida, UCLA, UCONN, Auburn, Alabama |
| 2 | Duke | Resume: 2.67 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 3.0 (KPI/Torvik) beat Michigan St., Florida, Kansas & Arkansas |
| 3 | Michigan | Resume: 1.33 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 1.0 (KPI/Torvik) beat Gonzaga, Auburn, SDSU, & TCU |
| 4 | UConn | Resume: 6.33 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 6.0 (KPI/Torvik) beat BYU, Kansas, Florida, Texas, & Illinois, loss to Arizona |
| 5 | Iowa State | Resume: 4.33 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 5.0 (KPI/Torvik) beat Purdue, St. Johns, Creighton, Syracuse, Iowa |
| 6 | Michigan State | Resume: 9.00 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 11.5 (KPI/Torvik) beat Arkansas, Kentucky, UNC. Lost to Duke |
| 7 | Purdue | Resume: 9.67 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 7.0 (KPI/Torvik) beat Alabama, Texas Tech. Lost to Iowa State |
| 8 | Gonzaga | Resume: 5.0 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 3.0 (KPI/Torvik)lost to Michigan, beat Kentucky, UCLA, Alabama, & Oklahoma |
| 9 | Vanderbilt | Resume: 8.67 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 10.0 (KPI/Torvik). Beat St. Mary's, SMU & VCU |
| 10 | BYU | Resume: 8.67 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 12.0 (KPI/Torvik) beat Wisconsin, Clemson, Dayton, Miami FL, & Villanova, loss to UCONN |
| 11 | Houston | Resume: 16.33 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 5.5 (KPI/Torvik) Beat Auburn, Syracuse, Notre Dame. Lost to Tennessee |
| 12 | Arkansas | Resume: 18.33 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 22.5 (KPI/Torvik) Beat Louisville & Texas Tech losses to Michigan St & Duke |
| 13 | Louisville | Resume: 12.67 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 10.0 (KPI/Torvik) beat Kentucky, Memphis, Indiana & Cincinnati. Lost to Arkansas |
| 14 | North Carolina | Resume: 16.67 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 25.5 (KPI/Torvik) beat Kansas, Kentucky, Georgetown; loss to Michigan St. |
| 15 | Nebraska | Resume: 8.33 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 21.5 (KPI/Torvik) beat Oklahoma, KSU, UNM,Wisconsin, Illinois, & Creighton |
| 16 | Alabama | Resume: 13.67 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 13.5 (KPI/Torvik) beat St. Johns, Maryland, Clemson & Ilinois; lost to Purdue, Arizona, & Gonzaga |
| 17 | Kansas | Resume: 14.67 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 17.0 (KPI/Torvik)beat Tennessee, Syracuse, Missouri, NCSU; lost to UNC, UCONN, & Duke |
| 18 | USC | Resume: 23.33 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 37.0 (KPI/Torvik) won Maui Invitational, beat Oregon. Lost to Washington |
| 19 | Florida | Resume: 35.33 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 14.5 (KPI/Torvik) beat Miami, losses to Arizona, Duke, UCONN, & TCU |
| 20 | Illinois | Resume: 20.33 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 13.5 (KPI/Torvik) beat Tennesse, Ohio State, & Texas Tech, losses to Alabama, Nebraska, & UCONN |
| 21 | Iowa | Resume: 23.67 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 20.0 (KPI/Torvik) beat Ole Miss & Grand Canyon. Loses to Michigan St & Iowa St |
| 22 | Virginia | Resume: 21.0 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 23.5 (KPI/Torvik) Beat Texas & Dayton. Lost to Butler |
| 23 | Texas Tech | Resume: 32.0 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 26.5 (KPI/Torvik) loses to Illinois, Arkansas, & Purdue |
| 24 | Auburn | Resume: 23.0 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 32.0 (KPI/Torvik) beat St. John's & Oregon; losses to Houston, Arizona & Michigan |
| 25 | St. John's | Resume: 41.67 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 15.0 (KPI/Torvik) beat Baylor & Ole Miss; losses to Alabama, Auburn, & Iowa St. |
Fell Out: Saint Mary's & UCLA. Also considered: Georgia, Miami FL, Tennessee, Kentucky