University of Pittsburgh Logozsghost's Ballot for Week 14 of 2014-15

Submitted on Monday, February 9, 2015 at 12:41AM EST
RankTeamReason
1 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky [1] There is no reason Kentucky should not be #1.
2 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga [2] There are plenty of reasons Gonzaga should not be #2, but undefeated minus an overtime loss @Arizona is a defensible resume
3 University of Wisconsin-Madison Logo Wisconsin [3] Now we get to the real issues with the structure of my poll
4 Duke University Logo Duke [4] Basically, I realized a few weeks ago my system has a recency bias
5 University of Virginia Logo Virginia [5] And also that I panic when the tops of conferences get ambiguous, as you see here
6 Villanova University Logo Villanova [7] UVA is probably still the #2 team after this week, but also I'm not really conditioned to worry over two or three misused points
7 University of Louisville Logo Louisville [6] Louisville/Villanova is also, to me, a very tough call
8 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina [11] ...and now this gets impossible
9 University of Arizona Logo Arizona [8] Basically this whole cluster of teams (8 - 13) is a bunch of paradoxes and logic loops I'm gonna screw up a bit
10 University of Kansas Logo Kansas [9] Like Kansas needs to stay above Iowa State but has to get dinged for the OK State loss
11 University of Utah Logo Utah [14] Didn't do anything special but didn't lose
12 Iowa State University Logo Iowa State [10]
13 University of Notre Dame Logo Notre Dame [12] Losing to Duke at Duke, so be it. Losing to Duke at Duke by thirty... I don't know what to make of that.
14 University of Northern Iowa Logo Northern Iowa [15] Pretty good
15 Ohio State University Logo Ohio State [16] Each spot, I ask myself: "How far do I want to drop WVU?" Very far. I am a small, petty person.
16 Baylor University Logo Baylor [19]
17 Wichita State University Logo Wichita State [20]
18 University of Oklahoma Logo Oklahoma [24]
19 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia [13] I guess that'll do
20 University of Maryland, College Park Logo Maryland [17]
21 Southern Methodist University Logo SMU [18] Finally got Tulsa out of my poll, sorry everyone
22 Butler University Logo Butler [N5]
23 Oklahoma State University Logo Oklahoma State [New] 60% of the Big XII is ranked, to put it another way
24 University of Mississippi Logo Ole Miss [New] I'm compelled to always have two SEC teams ranked because I am dumb and do dumb stuff
25 University of Rhode Island Logo URI [New] ayy lmao (Next Five: VCU, Cincinnati, Iowa, Arkansas, Steven F. Austin)