Pennsylvania State University LogoCentreDem's Ballot for Week 3 of 2019-20

Submitted on Monday, November 18, 2019 at 8:00AM EST
RankTeamReason
1 Duke University Logo Duke They move up after Kentucky's blunder.
2 University of Louisville Logo Louisville Good wins and no upsets (yet).
3 Michigan State University Logo Michigan State The Seton Hall win has redeemed MSU in my eyes (for now).
4 University of Kansas Logo Kansas Two solid wins after the early acceptable loss moves them up.
5 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina A P5 win plus good wins against weaker opponents moves them up.
6 University of Maryland, College Park Logo Maryland Good wins and they are 3-0. I'll move Maryland up.
7 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky I am willing to count the Evansville loss as an anomaly, I'll move them down to #7 at the moment.
8 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga Great win at Texas A&M moves them up but Kentucky's fall must end somewhere.
9 University of Virginia Logo Virginia Virginia moves into the Top 10 for me as they ready for a match-up against a surging Vermont team.
10 University of Oregon Logo Oregon Great victory over Memphis! They move into the Top 10.
11 Ohio State University Logo Ohio State Ohio State blew Villanova out at home and sent them back to Bryn Mawr packing. They sit just outside the top 10.
12 Texas Tech University Logo Texas Tech Texas Tech will stay outside of the top 10. They move up but have played no one of importance yet.
13 University of Arizona Logo Arizona Arizona moves up quickly with many other teams dropping or playing a weaker schedule.
14 Villanova University Logo Villanova A loss to OSU won't push them back too much, but they will fall in my book.
15 Utah State University Logo Utah State Utah State hasn't played anyone. Until they play St. Mary's or LSU we really don't know anything about them yet.
16 Seton Hall University Logo Seton Hall A close loss to MSU will not drop them too far from where they sat in the rankings.
17 University of Memphis Logo Memphis Losing to Oregon is not bad, but they can't afford to lose too many games before conference play begins.
18 Xavier University Logo Xavier Good wins but losses ahead of them doesn't allow them to move up too much.
19 Virginia Commonwealth University Logo VCU Beating LSU gets you higher!
20 University of Texas at Austin Logo Texas Several losses ahead of them moves them up. Their Purdue win is still impressive in my book.
21 University of Florida Logo Florida Losing to a team that got blown out by St. Joseph's. That can sink you in the rankings.
22 Baylor University Logo Baylor The Washington loss now isn't as special. They move up slightly.
23 University of Evansville Logo Evansville They move into the rankings and will represent the MVC for the first time in a few years in the rankings after the Kentucky win.
24 University of Colorado Logo Colorado Good wins so far, but only 2 games. This doesn't tell me too much.
25 University of Tennessee Logo Tennessee Next 5: Penn State, LSU, Purdue, Utah, Vermont