| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas | seems the overall people want them |
| 2 | Duke | got lots of good recruits |
| 3 | UConn | they are UConn |
| 4 | Alabama | lots of hype continued success and recruiting recently |
| 5 | Houston | always really good |
| 6 | Baylor | |
| 7 | Tennessee | sec powerhouse recently |
| 8 | Gonzaga | |
| 9 | Auburn | |
| 10 | North Carolina | |
| 11 | Arizona | strong big 12 would not be weirded out if they lost to a ream like Colorado |
| 12 | Iowa State | strong big 12 |
| 13 | Marquette | strong but ablility to win schedule |
| 14 | Arkansas | pretty easy non-con |
| 15 | Indiana | |
| 16 | Florida | |
| 17 | Creighton | |
| 18 | Kentucky | |
| 19 | Texas | |
| 20 | Oregon | dark horses in big 10 |
| 21 | Purdue | |
| 22 | Rutgers | |
| 23 | Cincinnati | difficult big 12 this year |
| 24 | Illinois | lots of hype |
| 25 | Ole Miss |
I wanted it to be similar to ones I have seen but come a this with a more worst case scenario approach but had teams be able to do well.