Last Four In: Syracuse, BYU, Utah, Georgia
First Four Out: Kansas, Clemson, Richmond, Miami (FL)
There are some significant shifts in our bracket this week. After a week of conference play that began for most teams, we saw a lot of upsets occur that drastically dropped the number of undefeated teams from 12 to 4. Perhaps one of the biggest head scratchers is back-to-back losses for LSU to begin SEC play. This has not happened in the Mulkey era. Duke and NC State continue to rise in the ACC despite a rigorous start to non-conference play to begin the season, especially for Duke. Notre Dame has dropped a couple games in ACC and has dropped significantly despite having high hopes again this season. However, it is still very early, and I expect a lot to continue to change over the coming weeks as we march toward February.
ACC: Louisville*, NC State, North Carolina, Duke, Notre Dame, Stanford, Virginia, Syracuse
American: Rice
Big East: Connecticut*, Villanova
Big 12: Texas Tech*, Iowa State, TCU, West Virginia, Baylor, Arizona State, Oklahoma State, BYU, Utah
Big Ten: UCLA*, Michigan, Maryland, Michigan State, Iowa, USC, Ohio State, Nebraska, Washington, Illinois, Minnesota, Oregon
SEC: Texas*, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, LSU, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi State, Georgia
A-10: Richmond
America East: Vermont
A-Sun: Austin Peay
Big Sky: Idaho State
Big South: High Point
Big West: UC Irvine
CAA: Charleston
C-USA: Liberty
Horizon: Green Bay
Ivy: Princeton
MAAC: Fairfield
MAC: Massachusetts
MEAC: Howard
MVC: Murray State
MWC: Colorado State
NEC: Fairleigh Dickinson
OVC: Western Illinois
Patriot: Holy Cross
Southern: Mercer
Southland: McNeese State
Summit: North Dakota State
Sun Belt: Arkansas State
SWAC: Southern
WAC: Cal Baptist
WCC: Oregon State
