themidnightmamba's Ballot for Week 8 of 2017-18
Submitted on Sunday, December 24, 2017 at 8:18AM EST
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Michigan State
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| 2 |
Villanova
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| 3 |
Arizona State
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top 3 remain intact |
| 4 |
Duke
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| 5 |
Xavier
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| 6 |
Texas A&M
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| 7 |
West Virginia
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| 8 |
Virginia
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| 9 |
Oklahoma
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losses for Miami, UNC and Kentucky cleared a lot of room for them to vault up the rankings |
| 10 |
Purdue
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Outside of Atlantis Purdue and Arizona have looked damn good and have earned back their top 15 status |
| 11 |
Arizona
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see above |
| 12 |
Wichita State
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| 13 |
Baylor
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| 14 |
TCU
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| 15 |
North Carolina
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loss to wofford drops them 9 spots. would have been worse if Miami and Kentucky hadn't lost |
| 16 |
Cincinnati
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I wanted to put Cincy ahead of UNC, I truly did but I just don't believe Cincinnati is a better tea |
| 17 |
Kansas
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| 18 |
Tennessee
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| 19 |
Arkansas
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| 20 |
Kentucky
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I never had a reason to not have them as a top 10 team based off earlier polls I finally got tht with the loss to UCLA. Not a bad loss |
| 21 |
Texas Tech
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| 22 |
Miami (FL)
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| 23 |
Gonzaga
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Typically its tougher for teams to fall out of my rankings than to climb into it. Gonzaga is on their last leg before falling out. |
| 24 |
Seton Hall
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Others Considered: Texas, FSU, Clemson, Creighton, UCLA, SDSU |
| 25 |
New Mexico State
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san diego is their worst loss, wins vs New Mexico, Illinois and Miami have them here. Beating Miami was not a fluke, they are real |