Quick and dirty: Missouri survived the indefinite disappearance of Mike Dixon, Jr. and avenged a last-minute loss last season at Oral Roberts; Texas Southern won just its second game of the year, and a road game, to boot; and Gonzaga got back to .500 with a win over a NAIA school, which is just about the only kind of school the Bulldogs are capable of beating right now.
AP Ranking = 6
ESPN/USA Today Ranking = 6
Overall Record = 9-1
RPI = 13
SOS = 39
Signature Wins (RPI 1-30) = none
Quality Wins (RPI 31-100) = Virginia Tech
Bad Losses (RPI 101 or greater) = none
- James Madison (7-3, 0-1 CAA) | RPI = 132
- Virginia Tech (5-4, 0-1 ACC) | RPI = 67
- Presbyterian (4-6, 1-1 Big South) | RPI = 116
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Gonzaga (5-5) | RPI = 107: Win over Lewis-Clark State* (103-61)
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No. 1 Duke (10-0) | RPI = 3
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Texas Southern (2-7) | RPI = 172: Win at Texas State (78-64)
- Emporia State (6-4, 3-1 MIAA**)
- Washington State (7-1) | RPI = 110
- Alcorn State (0-8) | RPI = 236
- Loyola-Chicago (8-3, 0-2 Horizon League) | RPI = 199
- No. 24 Florida (7-2) | RPI = 8
- No. 22 UNLV (9-2) | RPI = 25
- UMKC (5-4, 0-2 Summit League) | RPI = 276
- North Florida (4-6, 1-1 Atlantic Sun) | RPI = 115
- Savannah State (1-11) | RPI = 329
- Oklahoma State (9-1) | RPI = 71
- Colorado (5-3) | RPI = 193
- Texas Tech (5-5) | RPI = 204
- No. 12 Missouri (9-1) | RPI = 26: Win over Oral Roberts (81-62)
- No. 25*** Texas A&M (9-1) | RPI = 51
- No. 9 Baylor (7-0) | RPI = 43
- No. 3 Kansas (9-0) | RPI = 4
- Nebraska (8-2) | RPI = 109
- Iowa State (9-2) | RPI = 130
- Oklahoma (5-5) | RPI = 146
- No. 25 Texas (8-2) | RPI = 46
*NAIA Division I
**Division II
***AP Ranking