gregorykoch11's Ballot for Week 12 of 2015-16| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Xavier
|
Big East power manages to get to the top by virtue of everyone else losing |
| 2 |
North Carolina
|
Tar Heels have been excellent for the most part, but hard to make them #1 with the Northern Iowa loss |
| 3 |
Iowa
|
Hawkeyes have been best team in the country the last month, and proved it by beating Purdue easily |
| 4 |
Oklahoma
|
Good win over Baylor, tough loss to Iowa State |
| 5 |
Texas A&M
|
Aggies have been playing well this whole year, and manage to get into Top 5 |
| 6 |
West Virginia
|
West Virginia beat Kansas and has played well in Big 12 |
| 7 |
Providence
|
Big win over Villanova, to recover from a shaky few games |
| 8 |
Villanova
|
Tough loss to Friars - could be #1 if they won |
| 9 |
Kansas
|
Lots of Big 12 teams beating up on each other |
| 10 |
Louisville
|
Louisville has been very good this season so far |
| 11 |
SMU
|
Undefeated until they lost handily to Temple - they may finally be coming back to Earth |
| 12 |
Indiana
|
Hoosiers are doing well in Big 10 but haven't played that many good teams. What will happen when they do? |
| 13 |
Miami (FL)
|
Hurricanes recovering nicely from pitiful early loss to Northeastern. |
| 14 |
Maryland
|
Terps are doing well until losing to Sparty |
| 15 |
Pitt
|
Pitt is doing well in the ACC, this could be their year to shine, maybe. |
| 16 |
Baylor
|
Baylor doing well in Big 12, they'll beat up on each other |
| 17 |
Arizona
|
Bouncing back nicely from USC loss |
| 18 |
Saint Mary's
|
Big win against Gonzaga |
| 19 |
South Carolina
|
Two pitiful losses, but they've won the rest. I don't know what to make of them at this point. |
| 20 |
Iowa State
|
Another Big 12 team beating up on the rest. |
| 21 |
Dayton
|
Only three losses, and they beat Iowa and GW. The A-10, or at least the top of it, is very good. |
| 22 |
Purdue
|
Big loss to Iowa, but Iowa's a very good team. Still, they might want to at least make it close. |
| 23 |
Hawaii
|
Only two losses, and one was a narrow one to Oklahoma. |
| 24 |
Michigan State
|
Sparty bounced back nicely from two bad losses, but they're two bad losses just the same. |
| 25 |
Virginia
|
Cavs get back in the poll this week after a nice win over Syracuse |