University of Kansas Logopantherhawk17's Ballot for Week 11 of 2016-17

Submitted on Sunday, January 15, 2017 at 4:13PM EST
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1 Villanova University Logo Villanova After a week away, Villanova returns to the top, jumping KU in the process.
2 University of Kansas Logo Kansas They just don't look like the #1 team to me. I'm not even sure they deserve to be here to be honest.
3 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky This UK team has looked really good all of a sudden. That probably says as much about the SEC as it does Kentucky, though.
4 University of California, Los Angeles Logo UCLA After 3 straight games holding opponents under 1 ppp, UCLA's defensive lapses showed up again allowing over 1.15 ppp at Colorado and Utah.
5 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga The problem with Gonzaga is I think St. Mary's may just not be as good as expected. Without a good St. Mary's, Gonzaga won't be tested much.
6 Baylor University Logo Baylor Plenty of teams will lose at WVU. Some will get embarrassed. That game doesn't mean Baylor was a fraud.
7 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina I'm not sure what to say about UNC. Without that GT game this team could be 3 or 4 slots higher.
8 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia Behind Baylor? Yeah. I still expect Baylor to beat WVU in Waco and I just don't trust WVU's style over a full conference slate.
9 University of Louisville Logo Louisville Is a home win against Duke a "jump in the rankings win?" It's weird to say, but probably not.
10 Creighton University Logo Creighton Great win against a very good Butler team.
11 Duke University Logo Duke Will the highly touted freshmen ever make an impact? If they're going to, it needs to be soon.
12 University of Arizona Logo Arizona I still have Arizona and Oregon linked together here. Both are in great shape in the conference and are trending up. But will either...
13 University of Oregon Logo Oregon ... team finish ahead of UCLA? I think both are fully capable.
14 Florida State University Logo Florida State Statement win at home against Duke and a hard fought loss in Chapel Hill shouldn't hurt FSU's rankings in my mind.
15 University of Notre Dame Logo Notre Dame Back-to-back road wins against Miami and Virginia Tech is impressive. Road wins against middle ACC teams are tough to get.
16 University of Virginia Logo Virginia That road win against Clemson should stabilize a Virginia team that had two losses last week.
17 University of Wisconsin-Madison Logo Wisconsin Nothing particularly notable for a Wisconsin team that had one game against Ohio State this week.
18 Butler University Logo Butler Good bounceback win against Xavier after an beatdown by Creighton.
19 Purdue University Logo Purdue Away games are tough, even against a mediocre Iowa team. Still a disappointing game for Purdue, but not such that they aren't a Top 20 team.
20 University of Cincinnati Logo Cincinnati Home win against SMU was big for the AAC race. Not a needle moving win on the national scale, however.
21 University of Florida Logo Florida They haven't been playing great, but not playing great doesn't prevent a team from being undefeated in the SEC.
22 Xavier University Logo Xavier Didn't do a great job out of halftime against Butler. That cost them. Didn't expect Xavier to win this week but @Nova could have been better
23 Iowa State University Logo Iowa State Despite the loss at TCU, ISU is looking like the 4th best Big 12 team to me - 4th best in a historically good conference should be ranked.
24 Kansas State University Logo Kansas State This seems weird, but Clemson has lost 4 straight, Minnesota has lost two in a row, Indiana looks lost, Maryland is just lucky, etc.
25 University of North Carolina at Wilmington Logo UNC Wilmington Shout out to a mid-major that I would like to see get an at-large if they lose 1 road game or fewer the rest of the way.