University of Memphis LogoSlimg7's Ballot for Week 5 of 2017-18

Submitted on Sunday, December 3, 2017 at 9:47PM EST
RankTeamReason
1 Michigan State University Logo Michigan State Even though their 1 loss is to my undefeated #2 team, after what they did to UNC and ND deserves them to jump Duke.
2 Duke University Logo Duke I haven't been sold on them since PK80. To go into those games away from home needing a big comeback to win was concerning.
3 University of Kansas Logo Kansas
4 Villanova University Logo Villanova
5 University of Florida Logo Florida
6 Wichita State University Logo Wichita State
7 Texas A&M University Logo Texas A&M
8 University of Miami (Florida) Logo Miami (FL) Their win at Minnesota this week impressed me enoug to jump them 3 spots
9 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga
10 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky
11 University of Notre Dame Logo Notre Dame
12 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina
13 University of Minnesota Logo Minnesota
14 Xavier University Logo Xavier 13 point wins over Baylor and Cincinnati at home this week gets them the biggest jump of the week for me.
15 University of Cincinnati Logo Cincinnati I know the Xaiver loss wasn't as bad as this drop makes it seems, but I had trouble ranking them over Xavier with head-to-head results.
16 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia
17 University of Virginia Logo Virginia
18 Texas Christian University Logo TCU
19 Seton Hall University Logo Seton Hall Great wins over TTU and Louisville this week makes up for their 1 point loss from Rhode Island (who I have at #26)
20 University of Southern California Logo USC Tough 8 days for USC.
21 Purdue University Logo Purdue Purdue seems to have fixed the issues they had in Atlantis and look to be getting back on track.
22 University of Louisville Logo Louisville Really hard week for Louisville with back to back losses to teams that were fringe top 25 going into this week. Makes them fringe top 25
23 Baylor University Logo Baylor
24 Texas Tech University Logo Texas Tech
25 University of Nevada, Reno Logo Nevada Still undefeated and they deserve to be in.