University of Notre Dame Logosimmar13's Ballot for Week 14 of 2016-17

Submitted on Sunday, February 5, 2017 at 3:11PM EST
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1 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga LW: 1 - 24-0 - @BYU (W), Santa Clara (W) - St. Mary's this week, even Gameday will be there!
2 Villanova University Logo Villanova LW: 2 - 22-2 - @Providence (W), St. John's (W) - Letting teams back into games late, is this sign of fatigue with a 7 man rotation?
3 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina LW: 6 - 21-4 - Pittsburgh (W), Notre Dame (W) - Duke game this week!
4 University of Oregon Logo Oregon LW: 8 - 21-3 - Arizona St. (W), Arizona (W) - Oregon hitting the heights we envisioned at the beginning of the season
5 University of Louisville Logo Louisville LW: 9 - 19-4 - @Boston College (W) - Still a very dangerous team
6 University of Kansas Logo Kansas LW: 3 - 20-3 - Baylor (W), Iowa St. (L) - Still in control of the Big 12
7 Baylor University Logo Baylor LW: 4 - 20-3 - @Kansas (L), Kansas St. (L) - Bad week, but still have opportunities for rematches (KU and WVU)
8 University of Arizona Logo Arizona LW: 5 - 21-3 - @Oregon St. (W), @Oregon (L) - Ran out of the building against a hot shooting @Oregon
9 University of Wisconsin-Madison Logo Wisconsin LW: 11 - 20-3 - @Illinois (W), Indiana (W) - Intriguing matchup with Northwestern coming up
10 Florida State University Logo Florida State LW: 12 - 20-4 - @Miami (W), Clemson (W) - 4 of the next 6 on the road, how will FSU handle this?
11 University of Virginia Logo Virginia LW: 7 - 17-5 - Virginia Tech (W), @Syracuse (L) - The week after I buy into UVA, they lose
12 University of California, Los Angeles Logo UCLA LW: 14 - 21-3 - @Washington St. (W), @Washington (W) - 2 good road wins this week
13 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky LW: 10 - 18-5 - Georgia (W), @Florida (L) - Can UK rebound and win the SEC?
14 University of Cincinnati Logo Cincinnati LW: 16 - 21-2 - @Tulsa (W), Connecticut (W) - UC is on a really good roll (other than close win @Tulsa)
15 Purdue University Logo Purdue LW: 20 - 19-5 - Northwestern (W), @Maryland (W) - 2 really good wins for Purdue this week
16 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia LW: 13 - 18-5 - @Iowa St. (W), Oklahoma St. (L) - Every time when I want to buy in, WVU loses
17 Saint Mary's College of California Logo Saint Mary's LW: 17 - 21-2 - @Pacific (W), @San Diego (W) - Want to know how to kill a team? Hold them to 9 points at the half
18 Butler University Logo Butler LW: 15 - 18-5 - Creighton (L) - Can't be losing at home, especially with a trip to Marquette where 'Nova has already lost
19 Duke University Logo Duke LW: 21 - 18-5 - @Notre Dame (W), Pittsburgh (W) - Duke finally got their quality win!
20 University of Maryland, College Park Logo Maryland LW: 18 - 20-3 - @Ohio St. (W), Purdue (L) - 3 of next 4 on the road, Northwestern and Wisconsin
21 University of Florida Logo Florida LW: NR - 18-5 - Missouri (W), Kentucky (W) - Excellent win over UK!
22 Creighton University Logo Creighton LW: 19 - 20-4 - @Butler (W), Xavier (L) - Creighton and Xavier both tried to lose, but, alas, Xavier prevailed
23 Southern Methodist University Logo SMU LW: 22 - 20-4 - East Carolina (W), @Tulsa (W) - Great matchup with UC this week!
24 University of South Carolina Logo South Carolina LW: 25 - 19-4 - @LSU (W), Georgia (W) - Really winnable set of games coming up
25 University of Southern California Logo USC LW: NR - 20-4 - @Washington St. (W), @Washington (W) - Falling Out 23 Notre Dame, 24 Northwestern