NET places Stanford #5 and Utah #7, which is a darn shame for this reason: I was so hoping the formula would’ve placed Utah ahead of Stanford, because then my theory about the AP voters could be tested: To vote Stanford behind Utah could cause an AP voter’s head to explode, and we mustn’t risk that. But given these NET placements, the AP will vote for their heads not to explode, accordingly,
We’ll revisit this after the tournament.