billsnewera's Ballot for Week 9 of 2017-18
Submitted on Monday, January 1, 2018 at 9:45AM EST
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Michigan State
|
(+1) I was prepared to keep them #2 as long as there was an undefeated team out there. By far the best 1-loss, though. |
| 2 |
Xavier
|
(+6) I had them too low at 8. They have some serious tests coming up, though. |
| 3 |
Duke
|
(no chg) They may be beatable, but as of now they have a top-3 resume |
| 4 |
Villanova
|
(-3) Maybe a bit of a homer play to have them above ASU but that second "Quad" of wins is pretty solid for the Cats |
| 5 |
Arizona State
|
(-1) I only dropped them from 4, they played very well Saturday. Toughest game is in the rear-view now too! |
| 6 |
West Virginia
|
(-1) This team puzzles me. They are definitely solid, and undefeated in USA, but I struggle to move them into that top tier |
| 7 |
North Carolina
|
(+5) Back as always, Heels are now 6-1 in Quads 1 and 2, tied with Villanova for most such wins. |
| 8 |
Wichita State
|
(-2) Huskies gave them kind of a rude welcoming to the American. Still my favorite to win it, though. |
| 9 |
Kentucky
|
(+2) |
| 10 |
Texas A&M
|
(-3) Bama is good, and they play well at home. SEC is a 6-8 bid conference |
| 11 |
Kansas
|
(-1) 1-0 in the Big XII, as usual. |
| 12 |
Oklahoma
|
(+4) Wow. Talk about a team I did not expect in pretty-much-the-top-ten. Trae Young is unstoppable |
| 13 |
Virginia
|
(+2) Cavs beat the ACC leaders! ;) |
| 14 |
Purdue
|
(-1) Jumped by Oklahoma and Virginia, while I moved down Miami. Purdue should be 4-0 in Big Ten play by next weekend. |
| 15 |
TCU
|
(-1) I couldn't move them down too much after that epic battle Saturday. |
| 16 |
Miami (FL)
|
(-7) I took them down toward consensus, they no longer look like a Top Ten team. |
| 17 |
Seton Hall
|
(+1) Without the Rutgers loss, this is a top-ten resume, but I wonder about the team's ability to perform as such. |
| 18 |
Arizona
|
(+4) Anybody who was able to find the game Saturday on the Pac-12 network would be impressed. Also undefeated in USA. |
| 19 |
Texas Tech
|
(+5) I'm finally drinking the kool-aid, the Raiders should be in for a solid Big XII season. |
| 20 |
Cincinnati
|
(-3) |
| 21 |
Gonzaga
|
(-1) Down year for the WCC, anything more than a couple conference losses for the Zags should drop them to a double-digit seed |
| 22 |
Florida State
|
(-3) Impressed on the national stage Saturday. 3 straight tests coming up |
| 23 |
Arkansas
|
(NEW) God I love that big hog at center-court. |
| 24 |
Tennessee
|
(NEW) I had them too low at 26 last week, blowing a late lead to Arkansas puts them between the AP's 19 and LW's 26 for me. |
| 25 |
Minnesota
|
(NEW) Let's go Bills |