| Rank | Team | Reason | 
|---|
| 1 |   Purdue |  | 
| 2 |   Houston |  | 
| 3 |   Kansas | Have been down on them, but are chugging along while others around them fall apart. | 
| 4 |   UConn |  | 
| 5 |   Marquette |  | 
| 6 |   Kentucky |  | 
| 7 |   BYU |  | 
| 8 |   Tennessee |  | 
| 9 |   North Carolina |  | 
| 10 |   Arizona | Should be lower? Stanford shot the lights out. I worry about Caleb love and their other guards | 
| 11 |   Auburn |  | 
| 12 |   Memphis |  | 
| 13 |   Iowa State |  | 
| 14 |   Illinois |  | 
| 15 |   San Diego State |  | 
| 16 |   Clemson |  | 
| 17 |   Colorado | Winning despite 2 top players injured | 
| 18 |   Providence | UNDERRATED | 
| 19 |   Utah |  | 
| 20 |   Alabama |  | 
| 21 |   Colorado State |  | 
| 22 |   Oklahoma |  | 
| 23 |   Creighton |  | 
| 24 |   Ohio State |  | 
| 25 |   Michigan State |  |