University of Virginia LogoIrritatedQuail's Ballot for Week 5 of 2015-16

Submitted on Monday, December 7, 2015 at 8:34AM EST
RankTeamReason
1 Michigan State University Logo Michigan State Impressive wins, still undefeated.
2 Villanova University Logo Villanova Very excited for the Oklahoma/Nova game tonight
3 University of Kansas Logo Kansas Only loss to the current #1 team. Looked good in all other games
4 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky Head scratching loss, but UCLA played well.
5 Iowa State University Logo Iowa State Haven't watched Iowa State yet, but they will have plenty of chances of moving up on conference play
6 University of Oklahoma Logo Oklahoma Basically, I feel like 2-6 is a crap shoot this week. Oklahoma could be the best team in the country.
7 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina UNC/Maryland was terrific. North Carolina looks pretty good with Paige back.
8 University of Maryland, College Park Logo Maryland Tough loss, but still a good team. Should make noise in the B1G
9 Purdue University Logo Purdue I love this Purdue team.
10 Xavier University Logo Xavier Xavier has been. DESTROYING. people. Excited for the Cincy matchup later this week
11 Duke University Logo Duke Duke doesn't play anyone except Utah before the ACC season. Should be a good on to watch, but I'm not sold until then
12 University of Virginia Logo Virginia Tremendous tests the next two weeks for UVa. WVU, Villinova and Cal all will be tough
13 University of Arizona Logo Arizona Impressive win against Gonzaga, who I'm afraid everyone is really overrating this year
14 Vanderbilt University Logo Vanderbilt Tough loss, but it's a road loss to a top 25 team. No shame in that. Only other loss is to Kansas.
15 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia Devin Williams and co. will be tested on Tuesday night against Virginia in MSG.
16 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga Wiljter was unbelievable in the first half against Arizona.
17 Providence College Logo Providence Bentil's tip in was crazy
18 University of Miami (Florida) Logo Miami (FL)
19 Southern Methodist University Logo SMU
20 Syracuse University Logo Syracuse
21 Baylor University Logo Baylor
22 Georgetown University Logo Georgetown Radford game aside, this is a terrific Georgetown side.
23 University of Nevada, Las Vegas Logo UNLV I feel like the Runnin' Rebels should be getting more attention. Easy coast bias perhaps
24 University of Oregon Logo Oregon
25 Texas A&M University Logo Texas A&M