Toastiify's Ballot for Week 5 of 2020-21
Submitted on Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 11:24PM EST
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Gonzaga
|
Tier 1 = |
| 2 |
Baylor
|
= |
| 3 |
Iowa
|
Tier 2- Didn't exactly play Gonzaga close but they were in it most of the game. Need to shore up the defense a bit. = |
| 4 |
Villanova
|
+1 |
| 5 |
West Virginia
|
Looked pretty meh against a bad Iowa State team -1 |
| 6 |
Texas
|
Tier 3 +1 |
| 7 |
Wisconsin
|
+1 |
| 8 |
Kansas
|
+5 |
| 9 |
Rutgers
|
Top 10 Rutgers. +5 |
| 10 |
Missouri
|
+2 |
| 11 |
Michigan State
|
Tier 4- Only dropping 5 after a 15 point loss to northwestern says a lot about the current state of college basketball -5 |
| 12 |
Houston
|
+3 |
| 13 |
Creighton
|
-3 |
| 14 |
Xavier
|
Tier 5 +7 |
| 15 |
Tennessee
|
only team in the country that hasnt looked bad besides gonzaga and baylor? +9 |
| 16 |
Virginia
|
the classic 26 day break between games +2 |
| 17 |
Duke
|
Once again everyone sucks and these rankings aren't all that definitive past like number 13. +3 |
| 18 |
Oregon
|
Probably gonna need to win most of their games in a meh pac12 +9 |
| 19 |
Illinois
|
losing a close game on the road to a top 15 team isnt terrible, but theyre now at 3 losses. Tough SOS but they need to win more -10 |
| 20 |
Virginia Tech
|
Tier 6- 20 point loss to Penn State is ugly, but they beat Villanova and Clemson +6 |
| 21 |
Richmond
|
Won @vandy and against a decent loyola team to lessen worries about their marquee win being against kentucky +7 |
| 22 |
Michigan
|
The only winning move is not to play. +7 |
| 23 |
San Diego State
|
BYU is decent but that was an ugly loss -12 |
| 24 |
Ohio State
|
Losing close at Mackey and winning against UCLA moves you up in this climate. +7 |
| 25 |
St. Louis
|
Clemson, FSU, Texas Tech, Arkansas, Louisville, Minnesota, UNC, WKU |