This frenzied Thanksgiving Holiday - where many teams played three games in the week in tournament challenge situations with tight turnaround times - resulted in five teams dropping from the rankings, and other teams garnering votes that preseason experts couldn’t have predicted.
In the Big East, Villanova handled competition in the Battle for Atlantis, finishing the tournament with a 64-50 win over the unexpected championship opponent, Northern Iowa.
The Creighton Bluejays slid into the top 25 rankings after a high-scoring 100-89 win over UCLA, a hard fought loss to Baylor and a bounce back win against SIU-Edwardsville, while Seton Hall dropped out of the rankings after a one point loss to Rhode Island in the NIT Season Tip-Off.