University of Connecticut Logogregorykoch11's Ballot for Week 9 of 2015-16

Submitted on Sunday, January 3, 2016 at 5:11PM EST
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1 University of Oklahoma Logo Oklahoma Sooners get up to #1 after Spartans lose
2 University of Virginia Logo Virginia Virginia has just one loss, on the road, and a few quality wins.
3 University of Kansas Logo Kansas Jayhawks also a good one loss team.
4 Michigan State University Logo Michigan State Sparty's loss drops them to #4, not super-far
5 Xavier University Logo Xavier Xavier lost to Villanova, but they beat Butler, which keeps them in the Top 5.
6 University of Maryland, College Park Logo Maryland A good win over Northwestern, let's see how they do in Big 10 play
7 Southern Methodist University Logo SMU SMU still undefeated and still rising - shame they can't play for a postseason
8 Providence College Logo Providence Friars doing strong with a couple good wins Chance to really rise with Big East play.
9 University of South Carolina Logo South Carolina Gamecocks undefeated but really haven't beaten that good teams yet. Still, the SEC is weak this year, so they could do well.
10 University of Arizona Logo Arizona Wildcats doing well this year. No bad losses.
11 Iowa State University Logo Iowa State Tough loss to Oklahoma, but they're playing well this year.
12 Villanova University Logo Villanova Villanova with a big win over Xavier
13 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia Mountaineers playing well but now they get into Big 12 schedule
14 Texas Tech University Logo Texas Tech Texas Tech also playing well, we'll see how they do in Big 12
15 University of Miami (Florida) Logo Miami (FL) Hurricanes managed to recover nicely from that Northeastern loss
16 University of Iowa Logo Iowa They beat Michigan State and Purdue in the same week. Impressive. Three losses but they're all forgivable.
17 Butler University Logo Butler Tough week, but both losses are forgivable
18 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky Kentucky may be bouncing back from a couple bad losses. We'll see.
19 Duke University Logo Duke Same with Duke.
20 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina Tar Heels have a couple not so great losses. They've played well otherwise but there are too many good teams right now.
21 Purdue University Logo Purdue Tough loss to Iowa drops them
22 Texas A&M University Logo Texas A&M Aggies playing well this year.
23 University of Connecticut Logo UConn Huskies get back into the Top 25 with a win over Texas and a lot of other teams losing.
24 Seton Hall University Logo Seton Hall Pirates are 12-2, but now have to deal with the Big East
25 University of Dayton Logo Dayton Dayton is only two losses, plus a big win against Iowa, which looks better now than at the time.