Each week, RGJ sports writer Chris Murray will rank the Mountain West basketball teams. Here are this week's rankings, with each team's overall record, next opponent and a comment. All records and rankings based on the games completed by Monday.
Comment: The Wolf Pack raised its game to another level last week in routs of Boise State and New Mexico and is clearly at a different level than the rest of the Mountain West, especially when Cameron Oliver is motivated and playing at a high level. When that's the case, nobody in the MW can beat the Wolf Pack, which could end up winning the MW regular-season title by three or more games.