Having the personal (mis)fortune of watching Arizona and Purdue in the Bahamas, I can safely dispatch both teams from the top 25. Those two, along with St. Mary’s, are out. Replacing them: Minnesota, TCU and Texas Tech.
But there was a lot of reshuffling otherwise in my poll this week, which will continue as we get more firm data points to replace preseason assessments. Michigan State moves back up not only because of a good PK80 but because Duke continues to shine; Notre Dame gets a bump for beating Wichita State in Maui; Texas A&M has quietly assembled a very impressive resume.