University of Oklahoma LogoOhioBornSoonerBred's Ballot for Week 9 of 2014-15

Submitted on Monday, January 5, 2015 at 12:25AM EST
RankTeamReason
1 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky Clear #1
2 Duke University Logo Duke Clear #2, or 1B
3 University of Wisconsin-Madison Logo Wisconsin
4 University of Virginia Logo Virginia Had to grind out wins over Davidson and Miami, but still undefeated
5 University of Louisville Logo Louisville Bounced back and beat a deceptively good Long Beach State team and snuck past Wake Forest on the road.
6 University of Arizona Logo Arizona Same story as last week, but bounced back against ASU
7 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga Interchangeable with Arizona with how close their game earlier this year was
8 Villanova University Logo Villanova First loss of the year, but it was close and on the road against a surging Seton Hall team
9 University of Kansas Logo Kansas Played a really, really tough schedule so far
10 University of Texas at Austin Logo Texas Both losses came without Isaiah Taylor, now they're at full strength with the Big XII gauntlet ahead
11 University of Utah Logo Utah Absolutely destroyed UCLA
12 University of Maryland, College Park Logo Maryland Not totally sold on them yet, but winning at Michigan State is always tough and they keep winning.
13 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia Beat TCU on the road without Juwan Staten, not a bad win at all
14 University of Notre Dame Logo Notre Dame Not impressing, but they keep on winning
15 Iowa State University Logo Iowa State Apparently they forgot how to shoot 3-pointers against South Carolina
16 University of Oklahoma Logo Oklahoma Good win over Baylor to open Big XII play
17 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina Convincing road win to open ACC play, but have a couple tough home games coming up
18 Virginia Commonwealth University Logo VCU Played a good non-conference schedule
19 Wichita State University Logo Wichita State Not sold on this team yet and there's a bunch of teams that fit from the 19-30 range
20 Baylor University Logo Baylor Lost on the road to a higher-ranked team to open conference play, no real reason to drop them...yet
21 Seton Hall University Logo Seton Hall Wins over St. Johns and Villanova are hard to ignore
22 Old Dominion University Logo Old Dominion Have been lurking for a while, but with all the losses, it's about time for them to fit in the rankings somewhere
23 Colorado State University Logo Colorado State First loss of the year in a tough road environment
24 Louisiana State University Logo LSU Beat WVU on the road earlier in the season and haven't looked back. They get Kentucky at home later in the year...
25 Ohio State University Logo Ohio State