Top 25

*previous rank in parentheses
**My choices for each team's five best wins are subjective - meaning I haven't simply listed a team's top five opponents according to kenpom or RPI numbers. I have avoided including wins over sub-.500 teams. The five best wins (and losses) are listed chronologically.

1. Kentucky 21-1 (1)
Five Best Wins: Kansas(n), North Carolina, Louisville, Alabama, @LSU
Losses: @Indiana

2. Syracuse 22-1 (2)
Five Best Wins: Stanford(n), Florida, Marquette, @Cincinnati, West Virginia
Losses: @Notre Dame

3. Ohio State 19-3 (4)
Five Best Wins: Florida, Duke, Northwestern, Indiana, Michigan
Losses: @Kansas, @Indiana, @Illinois

4. Missouri 19-2 (3)
Five Best Wins: Notre Dame(n), California(n), Illinois(n), @Iowa State, @Baylor
Losses: @Kansas State, @Oklahoma State

5. Baylor 19-2 (6)
Five Best Wins: San Diego State, Saint Mary's(n), West Virginia(n), Mississippi State(n), @Kansas State
Losses: @Kansas, Missouri

6. North Carolina 18-3 (7)
Five Best Wins: Michigan State(n), Wisconsin, Long Beach State, Texas, North Carolina State
Losses: UNLV(n), @Kentucky, @Florida State

7. Kansas 17-4 (5)
Five Best Wins: Georgetown(n), Ohio State, Kansas State, Baylor, @Texas
Losses: Kentucky(n), Duke(n), Davidson, @Iowa State

8. Duke 18-3 (8)
Five Best Wins: Michigan State(n), Michigan(n), Kansas(n), Washington(n), Virginia
Losses: @Ohio State, @Temple, Florida State

9. Michigan State 17-4 (10)
Five Best Wins: Florida State, @Gonzaga, Indiana, @Wisconsin, Purdue
Losses: North Carolina(n), Duke(n), @Northwestern, @Michigan

10. Murray State 21-0 (11)
Five Best Wins: Southern Miss(n), Dayton, @Memphis, Tennessee Tech, @Morehead State
Losses: none

11. Georgetown 16-4 (9)
Five Best Wins: Memphis(n), @Alabama, Memphis, @Louisville, @Marquette
Losses: Kansas(n), @West Virginia, Cincinnati, @Pittsburgh

12. Florida 17-4 (14)
Five Best Wins: Arizona, Texas A&M(n), Florida State, @Mississippi, Mississippi State
Losses: @Ohio State, @Syracuse, @Rutgers, @Tennessee

13. Marquette 18-4 (15)
Five Best Wins: Mississippi(n), @Wisconsin, Washington(n), Pittsburgh, Louisville
Losses: @LSU, Vanderbilt, @Georgetown, @Syracuse

14. UNLV 20-3 (13)
Five Best Wins: Nevada, North Carolina(n), Illinois(n), California, New Mexico
Losses: @Wichita State, @Wisconsin, @San Diego State

15. Virginia 17-3 (16)
Five Best Wins: Michigan, George Mason, @Oregon, @LSU, @North Carolina State
Losses: TCU(n), @Duke, Virginia Tech

16. Florida State 14-6 (20)
Five Best Wins: Massachusetts(n), @Virginia Tech, North Carolina, Maryland, @Duke
Losses: Harvard(n), Connecticut(n), @Michigan State, @Florida, Princeton, @Clemson

17. Indiana 17-5 (12)
Five Best Wins: @North Carolina State, Kentucky, Notre Dame(n), Ohio State, Michigan
Losses: @Michigan State, Minnesota, @Ohio State, @Nebraska, @Wisconsin

18. Creighton 20-2 (21)
Five Best Wins: @San Diego State, Nebraska, Northwestern, @Wichita State, @Illinois State
Losses: @St. Joseph's, Missouri State

19. Saint Mary's 21-2 (19)
Five Best Wins: Northern Iowa, Weber State, Brigham Young, Gonzaga, @Brigham Young
Losses: @Denver, Baylor(n)

20. Vanderbilt 16-5 (24)
Five Best Wins: Oregon, North Carolina State(n), @Marquette, @Alabama, Middle Tennessee
Losses: Cleveland State, Xavier, @Louisville, Indiana State, Mississippi State

21. Wisconsin 17-5 (NR)
Five Best Wins: Brigham Young(n), UNLV, @Purdue, @Illinois, Indiana
Losses: @North Carolina, Marquette, Iowa, Michigan State, @Michigan

22. Mississippi State 17-5 (18)
Five Best Wins: Texas A&M(n), Arizona(n), West Virginia, Alabama, @Vanderbilt
Losses: Akron, Baylor(n), @Arkansas, @Mississippi, @Florida

23. San Diego State 18-3 (19)
Five Best Wins: Long Beach State, @Arizona, California, UNLV, @New Mexico
Losses: @Baylor, Creighton, @Colorado State

24. Michigan 16-6 (25)
Five Best Wins: Memphis(n), Iowa State, Wisconsin, Michigan State, Purdue
Losses: Duke(n), @Virginia, @Indiana, @Iowa, @Arkansas, @Ohio State

25. Louisville 17-5 (NR)
Five Best Wins: Long Beach State, Vanderbilt, Memphis, @Pittsburgh, @Seton Hall
Losses: Georgetown, @Kentucky, Notre Dame, @Providence, @Marquette

IN: Wisconsin, Louisville
OUT: Connecticut, Kansas State