My last Top 25 before the New Year. MadZee has dropped off the face of the Earth, since he’s back in Virginia for the break from college. But I’m going to keep at it, you can rest assured.
Non-conference games are pretty much over. Now into the slog of the conference. Before that, though, a ranking. Teams who lost must move down. This is the way.
And, also, time to start putting Kentucky where they deserve to be, rather than punishing them for losing. I don’t punish the other big teams with huge drops when they lose. And, favorite team bias aside, I still think they have top 10 or even top 5 potential. So, from here on out, Kentucky gets my objective-ish ranking.
- Auburn (12-0)
- San Diego State (13-0)
- Duke (11-1)
- Gonzaga (13-1)
- Memphis (11-1)
- Baylor (9-1)
- Oregon (10-2)
- Kansas (10-2)
- Butler (12-1)
- Louisville (11-2)
- Ohio State (11-2)
- West Virginia (11-1)
- Kentucky (9-3)
- Villanova (9-2)
- Virginia (10-2)
- Maryland (11-2)
- DePaul (12-1)
- Arkansas (11-1)
- Florida State (11-2)
- Dayton (10-2)
- Arizona (10-3)
- Michigan State (10-3)
- Penn State (11-2)
- Xavier (11-2)
- Colorado (11-2)
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