University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Logohipsterhipst's Ballot for Week 16 of 2021-22

Submitted on Monday, February 21, 2022 at 12:02AM EST
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1 University of Arizona Logo Arizona Top 2 are very close but I think Arizona is the best team in the country. Too much size and athleticism
2 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga Very good team, one of only 3 remaining 2 loss teams
3 University of Kansas Logo Kansas Quietly fighting up the rankings since that tough home loss
4 Purdue University Logo Purdue They seem to fluctuate a lot but this was a solid week.
5 Villanova University Logo Villanova My dark horse pick to win it all at this point.
6 Duke University Logo Duke Duke is still duke
7 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky Lost to a good team, beat a good team,
8 Auburn University Logo Auburn Lost to a not very good team.
9 Texas Tech University Logo Texas Tech Solid win moves them up
10 Baylor University Logo Baylor Another tough loss leaves them with some questions, even as good as they are.
11 Providence College Logo Providence Very close with Illinois but I still think they're the better team
12 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Logo Illinois Ok week, you can't fault them too hard for the rutgers loss but going 1-1 isn't enough to jump mant teams this week
13 University of Tennessee Logo Tennessee "
14 University of Southern California Logo USC Got the job done but didn't do enough to move up
15 University of California, Los Angeles Logo UCLA "
16 University of Wisconsin-Madison Logo Wisconsin Decent week gives them a bump
17 University of Arkansas Logo Arkansas Very good week and they jump quite a bit
18 University of Houston Logo Houston After a disastrous 0-2 week they've rebounded well
19 University of Texas at Austin Logo Texas Another loss moves them down but not a ton
20 Ohio State University Logo Ohio State Losing at home to unranked (but decent) Iowa will hurt your ranking
21 Murray State University Logo Murray State Only other 2 loss team left, granted I can't jump them much due to their unimpressive wins
22 University of Connecticut Logo UConn Probably should have ranked them last week but they're here now.
23 Saint Mary's College of California Logo Saint Mary's WCC will be a 3 bid league at best but one of them is going to SMC
24 Boise State University Logo Boise State I really didn't expect to be ranking Boise but with so many losses at the lower end they don't look so bad
25 University of Iowa Logo Iowa This was one of the hardest spots to fill all season, so many teams in this area lost this week. But they did get a top 20 road win.