University of Notre Dame LogoIrishBall's Ballot for Week 8 of 2017-18

Submitted on Sunday, December 24, 2017 at 11:15AM EST
RankTeamReason
1 Villanova University Logo Villanova -- still expecting them to win out till the Xavier game
2 Michigan State University Logo Michigan State -- Looking at their schedule they could possibly win our till purdue
3 Duke University Logo Duke -- Rip Evansville
4 Arizona State University Logo Arizona State -- Here comes their first test in awhile. Is Arizona back in shape or is it the sun devils time to rise?
5 Texas A&M University Logo Texas A&M ^3 UNC Kentucky and Miami all lost so congrats Aggies youre back in the top 5 and still my favorite for the SEC
6 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia ^3 Theyve really picked themselves up after that loss in Germany. This could finally be the year Kansas falls
7 Xavier University Logo Xavier ^3 @UNI is a great win. Has xavier ever been top 5 before? Id love to know
8 University of Virginia Logo Virginia ^4 Hoping them over Wichita as theyve just looked better all over
9 Wichita State University Logo Wichita State ^2 You havent looked good shockers, mind fixing that? You're a talented team just not playing like it right now
10 Texas Christian University Logo TCU ^3 HORNY FROGS IN TOP 10 WATCH OUT
11 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina -6 That was a bad bad bad loss but luckily Miami and kentucky have both played nobody this season so you dont fall as far as them
12 University of Kansas Logo Kansas ^2 Great way to finish noncon play.... though the entire big12 is great this year so expect some more losses for Kansas than usual
13 University of Miami (Florida) Logo Miami (FL) -7 Looked terrible against NMST. MTSU is no cupcake either so expect a challenge
14 Purdue University Logo Purdue ^2 rip destined 15
15 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky -8 Wanna guess who Kentucky's best win is? NO. 72 UTAH FUCKING VALLEY. They really haven't shown themselves to be legit at all.
16 Texas Tech University Logo Texas Tech -1 Raiders had an easy week now its time for Baylor and that should be a good game
17 University of Oklahoma Logo Oklahoma ^2 Young is a god and we are all his servants
18 Seton Hall University Logo Seton Hall -1 Easy week to prepare for the jays
19 University of Cincinnati Logo Cincinnati ^1 they murdered UCLA. Come on kentucky
20 University of Arizona Logo Arizona ^1 fire Kevin Ollie
21 Baylor University Logo Baylor ^2 looks like the bears are slowly but surely making people forget about football
22 Florida State University Logo Florida State -- They got dook on new years eve so hoping they are ready in fact these next 3 games are tough
23 Creighton University Logo Creighton ^2 Nothing much to say expect thanks coach flan for the AMA!
24 University of Tennessee Logo Tennessee NR Clearly I was wrong to rank Boise
25 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga -7 zaga y. Next 5(not in order): NMST Arkansas ND Clemson UCLA