Northwestern University LogoTPM_23's Ballot for Week 16 of 2018-19

Submitted on Monday, February 18, 2019 at 3:10AM EST
RankTeamReason
1 Duke University Logo Duke (--) 2-5 are very close, here's my take
2 University of Virginia Logo Virginia (+1) convincing win over a top-10 team at home? you're moving up
3 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga (+2) way to sneak up 2 spots in a week
4 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky (--) would've been #2 or #1 here if not for evil LSU
5 University of Tennessee Logo Tennessee (-3) schedule's a bit bottom heavy, let's see how they can sweat out the last 3 weeks
6 University of Nevada, Reno Logo Nevada (+2) here come the mid-majors
7 University of Houston Logo Houston (+2) pretty much interchangable with Nevada at this point, may swap places if both continue to win
8 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina (-1) may have risen to #6 if UVA was on the road, twas sadly not the case
9 Marquette University Logo Marquette (+2) the P6 sends its regards
10 University of Michigan Logo Michigan (-4) really? Penn State? at this time of the year? localized entirely within the BJC?
11 Michigan State University Logo Michigan State (+4) *breathing intensifies for sunday*
12 Louisiana State University Logo LSU (+7) *notices top-5 road win* OwO what's this?
13 Florida State University Logo Florida State (-1) I see they ran back the "play against the bottom of the ACC" train
14 Purdue University Logo Purdue (-4) what has 7 losses, yet is third in the B1G?
15 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Logo Virginia Tech (+3) can you tell this 10-25 area is really volatile?
16 University of Iowa Logo Iowa (--) THEY CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT
17 Villanova University Logo Villanova (-3) St. John's now has 3 wins over Marquette and Nova combined
18 Iowa State University Logo Iowa State (+4) this is the Big 12 block
19 Kansas State University Logo Kansas State (-6) teams are currently ranked in order of who beat whom most recently, but you can just consider it one block ranking
20 University of Kansas Logo Kansas (--) thank you for visiting the Big 12 block
21 University of Louisville Logo Louisville (-4) they played one half of top-5 basketball, followed by a game and a half of nightmare fuel
22 University of Washington Logo Washington (-1) the race for an at-large bid is on
23 Texas Tech University Logo Texas Tech (+2) good job not losing
24 University at Buffalo Logo Buffalo (-1) same to you as well, mid-major friends
25 Wofford College Logo Wofford (-1) is it time to start the at-large conversations in the SoCon? -- DROPPED: none