University of Maryland, College Park Logostrongscience62's Ballot for Week 11 of 2015-16

Submitted on Sunday, January 17, 2016 at 11:09PM EST
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1 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina They've been playing at an extremely high level in conference play.
2 University of Oklahoma Logo Oklahoma They're playing everybody close. Good win against WVU and escaped against Oklahoma State.
3 Villanova University Logo Villanova They haven't passed my eye test, but the results are the results.
4 University of Maryland, College Park Logo Maryland I'm only dropping them 2 spots for losing to a good Michigan team on the road and then obliterating OSU.
5 University of Kansas Logo Kansas Were never really in the game against a very good WVU team. Just a matchup problem?
6 Xavier University Logo Xavier Still only have the one blowout loss against Villanova. I'll bump them up 2 spots for not losing.
7 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia Crushed #1 Kansas and only lost by 2 at Oklahoma. Impressive week for WVU.
8 University of Iowa Logo Iowa Can't say that this win against MSU was because Valentine was out.
9 Southern Methodist University Logo SMU No Keith Frazier probably helps this team. I'll be interested to see how far a team with 7 players can go.
10 University of Arizona Logo Arizona Winning twice in a week is a good way to move up.
11 Butler University Logo Butler Only played once this week and won by 20 at St Johns.
12 Texas A&M University Logo Texas A&M Escaped Florida and romped Georgia. Good week to not lose.
13 Michigan State University Logo Michigan State Kohl is a hard place to play. Losing twice in a week is a bad look.
14 Duke University Logo Duke Two losses drops them from 6 to 14.
15 University of Miami (Florida) Logo Miami (FL) Two tough road losses means they only drop from 9 to 15.
16 University of Virginia Logo Virginia Beating Miami at home almost offsets losing to FSU on the road. Almost.
17 Iowa State University Logo Iowa State Only one game this week and it was a road win.
18 University of Louisville Logo Louisville Good win against Pitt.
19 University of Southern California Logo USC Dominant win @UCLA.
20 Indiana University Bloomington Logo Indiana This team has talent. They are starting to play like their preseason ranking.
21 Baylor University Logo Baylor Texas Tech has been good this year. Good road win.
22 Providence College Logo Providence Seemed to really struggle this week. They've been playing above their talent level much of the year.
23 Clemson University Logo Clemson 3 ranked wins in a row deserves to be ranked.
24 University of South Carolina Logo South Carolina Because I like to watch the world burn and they got destroyed @Bama.
25 University of Dayton Logo Dayton Just missed: Purdue, Every other team that doesn't want to be ranked.