SpadeRyker's Ballot for Week 3 of 2020-21
Submitted on Sunday, December 6, 2020 at 3:18PM EST
FYI: This is a provisional ballot. It does not count towards this poll's results.
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Gonzaga
|
Not getting the top 2 matchup is unfortunate, so I can't really move either one up or down. |
| 2 |
Baylor
|
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| 3 |
Iowa
|
Solid team, waiting on a real test though |
| 4 |
Villanova
|
Great win against Texas to recover from the VT loss last week |
| 5 |
Michigan State
|
Solid wins and great defense. But the offense will need to improve as Detroit Mercy showed |
| 6 |
Illinois
|
Loss to baylor isn't the worst thing in the world and doesn't, in my opinion, justify dropping them much |
| 7 |
Houston
|
Solid team, nothing to really sway me much in any direction this week |
| 8 |
Kansas
|
They avoided the upset and have a good win over Kentucky. But time will tell if they can keep up with a particularly tough Big 12 this year |
| 9 |
West Virginia
|
I don't like to reward losing, but a combination of teams above them losing and their solid play against the no.1 team has them climbing |
| 10 |
Creighton
|
Nothing to really base a concrete opinion of this team off of until they get some real challenges |
| 11 |
Florida State
|
Same as Creighton |
| 12 |
Tennessee
|
Same as FSU, but with literally no games this season to back them up. I'll await their first game to finally get a feel for this team |
| 13 |
Texas
|
Great wins to start the season, the loss to Nova is unfortunate but it was a great game that I will not punish them too harshly for |
| 14 |
Virginia
|
Lots to say about virginia's games so far, but honestly I think the MSU game will be a good matchup for them that will be very telling |
| 15 |
Wisconsin
|
I wasn't very high on Wiscy to begin with and the loss is probably being punished a little more than it should for that |
| 16 |
Virginia Tech
|
VT has been impressive early and I think they can really leave a mark come ACC play |
| 17 |
Duke
|
I'm not sure if Duke should even be this high up. They haven't been able to dominate against bad teams and have floundered against good ones |
| 18 |
Arizona State
|
Another team where they didn't have any needle moving games this week |
| 19 |
Richmond
|
Same as ASU |
| 20 |
North Carolina
|
Would have really climbed with a win against Texas, but they played a solid week with a marginal loss leading to slight upwards movement |
| 21 |
Texas Tech
|
Hard to decide where TT belongs. I think they are a good team, but until they produce some results I am not certain. |
| 22 |
San Diego State
|
SDSU is low on the rankings for now only because I think that they'll need to prove they can repeat last year's success again. |
| 23 |
Florida
|
A dominating performance over BC has the Gators in the top 25. Now we need to see if they can keep it up. |
| 24 |
Rutgers
|
:) |
| 25 |
Clemson
|
Teams I'm keeping an eye out for to jump in next week: Michigan, Maryland, NC State, and Oklahoma State |