University of Kansas Logopantherhawk17's Ballot for Week 7 of 2016-17

Submitted on Sunday, December 18, 2016 at 5:51PM EST
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1 Villanova University Logo Villanova No reason to change the top of my rankings.
2 University of Kansas Logo Kansas
3 Duke University Logo Duke
4 University of California, Los Angeles Logo UCLA
5 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky
6 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina A one possession loss to UK isn't anything worth dropping UNC. In fact, I moved both UNC and UK ahead of Baylor. They just look better.
7 Baylor University Logo Baylor Dropped through no fault of their own. Baylor is a question mark for me. I'm confident they aren't one of the best 5 teams though.
8 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga Big gap between Baylor and Gonzaga in my rankings, but this team is very good. Great balance.
9 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia I still want to see this team against another quality opponent. They beat the KenPom #3 offense but their OppO is still 345th.
10 University of Louisville Logo Louisville Nothing significant to note.
11 University of Virginia Logo Virginia
12 Butler University Logo Butler Impressive win against Indiana in the Crossroads Classic.
13 University of Wisconsin-Madison Logo Wisconsin Nothing significant to note. Jumped by Butler.
14 Indiana University Bloomington Logo Indiana Loss to Butler wasn't great. Indiana continues to have a very mixed bag of results, but this isn't a bad loss by any means.
15 Purdue University Logo Purdue Great adjustments against Notre Dame to make that comeback. I'm not sure they can deal with great opposing guards, yet, but who can?
16 Creighton University Logo Creighton Probably should have lost to Oral Roberts (winless vs. D1) at HOME. Woof. Still undefeated, but not exactly unblemished.
17 University of Arizona Logo Arizona Looked good against Texas A&M. I didn't see the second half and it did get closer, but I liked what I saw. This team has improved.
18 University of Notre Dame Logo Notre Dame A close, neutral site loss to a similarly ranked team shouldn't drop Notre Dame much. In fact, I didn't move them at all.
19 University of Oregon Logo Oregon I still don't know about this team. But we haven't had many opportunities to learn much lately. Still just kind of holding here.
20 University of Cincinnati Logo Cincinnati Nothing significant to note. Moved up due to Xavier's drop.
21 University of Southern California Logo USC I'm not convinced USC is really this good. But give them credit for winning their games. I don't anticipate this being a Top 3 Pac 12 team.
22 Saint Mary's College of California Logo Saint Mary's Moved up a couple spots due to losses of others.
23 University of Florida Logo Florida Moved up a few spots due to losses of others. And they get a home game this week!
24 Florida State University Logo Florida State Moved up a couple spots due to losses of others. FSU was first team out last week.
25 Xavier University Logo Xavier Pretty uninspiring performances against Utah and Wake at home.