Basketball - Week 11 Top 25

01/22/2024

It's Monday!  That means it's time for the next installment of my model's college basketball Top 25!  This week was a bit of a return to normal for the ranked teams.  However, there were still some shock Top 10 upsets.  #3 Kansas fell to West Virginia, #7 Duke fell to Pitt, #9 Baylor lost to Texas and Kansas State, and #10 Memphis lost to South Florida and Tulane.  The consistency of UConn and Purdue is beginning to show as they occupy the top spots of the AP poll and are not showing signs of stopping.  We are well and truly into conference play now, so let's see how the model has them ranked!

  1. Arizona
  2. Purdue
  3. Tennessee
  4. North Carolina
  5. UConn
  6. Duke
  7. Clemson
  8. Kentucky
  9. Michigan State
  10. Houston
  11. St. John's
  12. Colorado
  13. Creighton
  14. Wisconsin
  15. Marquette
  16. Xavier
  17. Illinois
  18. Seton Hall
  19. Auburn
  20. Kansas
  21. Providence
  22. Alabama
  23. Villanova
  24. Ole Miss
  25. Syracuse

To me, the team that stands out the most here is Tennessee jumping to #3!  Time will only tell if they can hang on with Kentucky and Auburn who are otherwise running the SEC right now.  We are starting to see some of the blue bloods make their way to the top again.  The model tends to get more and more accurate as the season goes on, so we will see who stays in the Top 25 and who will fade away.

What stands out to you?

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