SLANTblog's VA Top Five: Jan 4

Each Tuesday during the men's college basketball regular season, SLANTblog will publish its new Virginia Top Five. For the fourth consecutive season this feature will attempt to rank what seem at the moment to be the best five teams from among the 14 Division I programs in the Commonwealth. This is the first Top Five for this season.

SLANTblog's VA Top Five

1. ODU (10-3, 1-1 in CAA; No. 22 RPI)
2. Richmond (11-4, 0-0 in A10; No. 84 RPI)
3. JMU (11-3, 1-1 in CAA; No. 48 RPI)
4. Va. Tech (9-4, 0-1 in ACC; No. 67 RPI)
5. Virginia (9-5, 1-0 in ACC; No. 125 RPI)

Note: Only games against Division I opponents are counted in won/loss records. The RPI numbers, which are updated frequently, are from CBS Sports at the time of posting.