Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | ![]() | Kentucky | Kentucky held Montana State to 28 points, but the bigger news is that they beat Kansas 72-40. | 1 |
2 | ![]() | Arizona | Arizona is off to Maui in what should be a fun week for the Wildcats. It starts with Mizzou on Monday. | 2 |
3 | ![]() | Wisconsin | The Badgers are off to a 4-0 start, but they will be tested in the Bahamas this week. | 3 |
4 | ![]() | Duke | Duke beat Michigan State and Temple last week and the young Blue Devils are living up to their hype early. | 4 |
5 | ![]() | North Carolina | The Tar Heels are heading to the Bahamas and will likely run into some very good teams, including Wisconsin. | 5 |
6 | ![]() | Texas | Texas came away from the 2K Classic with wins over Iowa and California. The big one this week is at Connecticut. | 10 |
7 | ![]() | Gonzaga | Gonzaga has looked great so far and this week they are off to New York to play Georgia in the NIT Season Tip-Off. | 9 |
8 | ![]() | Ohio State | Ohio State's offense appears extremely potent, but we won't know much until they play somebody good. | 8 |
9 | ![]() | Villanova | Villanova has had some close calls against subpar competition, so the game against VCU will be interesting. | 11 |
10 | ![]() | Kansas | It is not surprising that Kansas lost to Kentucky, but they got absolutely destroyed. | 7 |
11 | ![]() | Wichita State | Wichita State is off to a strong start and they should be able to reach 4-0 this week with Tulsa up next. | 13 |
12 | ![]() | Florida | There are reasons why Florida is not playing great right now, but they shouldn't lose to Miami and go to OT vs. ULM | 6 |
13 | ![]() | Louisville | Louisville added a couple easy wins to their resume last week and they should do the same this week. | 14 |
14 | ![]() | Virginia | UVA is off to a 4-0 start. This weekend they head to New York to partake in the Barclays Center Classic. | 15 |
15 | ![]() | VCU | VCU is off to a good start and there is an interesting matchup with Villanova coming up on Monday. | 18 |
16 | ![]() | Michigan | Michigan will face their first tough competition this week at the Legends Classic in Brooklyn. | 19 |
17 | ![]() | Michigan State | The Spartans fell to Duke 81-71 and the competition at the Orlando Classic will not be easy either. | 16 |
18 | ![]() | Iowa State | The Cyclones will face Alabama in the CBE Hall of Fame Classic and then take on either Arizona State or Maryland. | 21 |
19 | ![]() | Syracuse | The Orange lost to California at the 2K Classic, but they did squeak past the Hawkeyes. | 12 |
20 | ![]() | San Diego State | Winning ugly is still winning, but San Diego State's offense looked pretty awful last week. | 24 |
21 | ![]() | Oklahoma | OU fell to Creighton on Wednesday night, but they can pick up some big wins this week in the Bahamas. | 17 |
22 | ![]() | Arkansas | Arkansas is off to a nice start and beat Wake Forest by 30 points. They will get tested more by SMU on Tuesday. | NR |
23 | ![]() | Stanford | Stanford lost to Duke, but they didn't look too bad in the process. Next up is Delaware and DePaul. | 23 |
24 | ![]() | Providence | Providence came away from the Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament with wins over Florida State and Notre Dame. | NR |
25 | ![]() | West Virginia | West Virginia went to Puerto Rico and came home with nice wins over George Mason, Boston College and Uconn. | NR |