It is still very early and Purdue has not played a likely NCAA Tournament team yet, but rankings are fun. Beginning the season in the top 10 paves the way for a potential 1 seed, and so far Purdue is there. Villanova and Texas lost this past week (albeit it to #2 UCLA and #1 Gonzaga, respectively), so Purdue is up one spot this week to No. 6.
- Gonzaga (55) 1,517
- UCLA (6) 1,450
- Kansas 1,400
- Michigan 1,252
- Villanova 1,232
- Purdue 1,223
- Duke 1,143
- Texas 1,058
- Baylor 1,010
- Illinois 920
- Memphis 886
- Oregon 802
- Kentucky 773
- Alabama 743
- Houston 655
- Arkansas 646
- Tennessee 575
- North Carolina 506
- Maryland 306
- Auburn 286
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