MIDWEST
1. Tennessee
2. Michigan
3. Houston
4. Virginia Tech
Houston is in fairly rare territory as one of the last one-loss teams remaining in the country. Could the Cougars play out the string unbeaten? Nevada’s got a better chance among the remaining one-loss teams, but it’s not out of the question for Houston. The biggest roadblock will be the Cougars’ regular season finale at Cincinnati.
WEST
1. Gonzaga
2. North Carolina
3. Purdue
4. Louisville
The Cardinals aren’t that far away from being a five-loss team (or a four-loss team if they didn’t collapse against Duke) and ranked significantly higher nationally.