Villanova University LogoToastiify's Ballot for Week 2 of 2020-21

Submitted on Sunday, November 29, 2020 at 10:49PM EST
RankTeamReason
1 Baylor University Logo Baylor Tier 1- Baylor and Gonzaga are basically tied for the top spot. +1
2 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga I wasn't convinced on Gonzaga as a potential top team but they proved me wrong this week +3
3 University of Iowa Logo Iowa Iowa still has the best player in the country. =
4 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia Tier 2 Bob Huggins is one of the best coaches in the country and he has a talented team behind him. +5
5 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Logo Illinois Ugly game against Ohio but teams are getting a longer leash to start the season for me +1
6 University of Wisconsin-Madison Logo Wisconsin +1
7 Villanova University Logo Villanova Nova won games against a ranked and a decent team. Early season this year will be filled with similar upsets due to the uncertainty. -6
8 Duke University Logo Duke Tier 3 Looked pretty bad against Coppin State but you can only punish a team so hard for winning a game. =
9 University of Richmond Logo Richmond I was high on Richmond coming into the season and they proved me right against Kentucky. Favorites in a decent a10. +8
10 University of Texas at Austin Logo Texas =
11 Creighton University Logo Creighton very similar to Duke, did not perform well against a mediocre team. =
12 University of Virginia Logo Virginia SF is a pretty bad loss, especially considering they lost to UMass. Long leash due to circumstances. -8
13 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Logo Virginia Tech Hit some timely threes and overcame a wacky ending to win in OT. Domination of South Florida proves they have great potential. NR
14 Michigan State University Logo Michigan State Tier 4 +6
15 Saint Louis University Logo St. Louis Hard fought win against a decent LSU team. Should be competing for the A10 title. +6
16 Rutgers University Logo Rutgers -4
17 University of Houston Logo Houston I had neither Texas Tech nor Houston ranked preseason, but Houston's win over TTU is an early season statement that they belong. NR
18 University of Louisville Logo Louisville Tier 5- Seton Hall aren't exactly what they were with Myles Powell but Louisville still looked impressive against a good team. NR
19 Arizona State University Logo Arizona State ASU played a very similar game to VT against Villanova but didn't get the late barrage of 3's. Still impressed with them -6
20 University of Kansas Logo Kansas This drop is more a result of Kansas' struggle against St. Joe's than their loss to Gonzaga. -5
21 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky Did not look great against Richmond, but this should have been expected. They're a young team that Calipari can turn around -5
22 San Diego State University Logo San Diego State Tier 6- SDSU finished last season as a top team and were unranked to start this season. Perhaps we were too tough on them. NR
23 Stanford University Logo Stanford play basketball -5
24 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina -1
25 Western Kentucky University Logo Western Kentucky WKU has a former top recruit and beat two top 75 teams, while looking competitive in a loss against a top 10 team. NR