Providence College LogoKJones77's Ballot for Week 12 of 2017-18

Submitted on Sunday, January 21, 2018 at 11:34AM EST
RankTeamReason
1 Villanova University Logo Villanova no change
2 University of Virginia Logo Virginia no change
3 Duke University Logo Duke up 3; 2-0 in the past week
4 Purdue University Logo Purdue up 3; 2-0 in the past week
5 University of Kansas Logo Kansas up 5; big win @WVU, plus undefeated in chaotic week
6 Michigan State University Logo Michigan State up 2; somehow they lose a game and move up. happens when everyone seemed to lose this week
7 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia down 2; 1-1 keeps them stableish
8 University of Arizona Logo Arizona up 3; win out and you move up this week
9 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina up 5; 2-0 woo
10 Xavier University Logo Xavier up 5; not losing hype
11 University of Oklahoma Logo Oklahoma down 8; two losses, neither bad but they look exposed and need to grow beyond just letting Trae shoot 50,000 times
12 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga no change; stability is found is splitting your games
13 University of Cincinnati Logo Cincinnati up 10; when everyone else loses at least once if not twice, somebody has to benefit
14 Ohio State University Logo Ohio State up 10; are they top 15? eh probably not, but what the fuck they keep winning
15 Texas Tech University Logo Texas Tech down 11; if you can't win, you drop heavily
16 Wichita State University Logo Wichita State down 7; dropping two straight isn't a recipe for success
17 University of Tennessee Logo Tennessee up 1; somehow move up in a week they lost, but oddly feels right
18 Clemson University Logo Clemson up 1; hey they moved up too, WINNING AT LEAST ONCE IS HUGE
19 Auburn University Logo Auburn down 3; losing to Alabama w/o Sexton is not great
20 Saint Mary's College of California Logo Saint Mary's new; marquee win over Gonzaga to establish themselves here
21 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky down 8; dropping two straight does these things
22 University of Florida Logo Florida new; back in after Kentucky win, but still need to prove they righted the ship entirely
23 University of Rhode Island Logo URI new; honestly tossing them a bone. they win and they deserve this in such a soft week, let's see if they keep it up
24 University of Nevada, Reno Logo Nevada new; same goes for Nevada, why rank somebody who can't win instead?
25 Texas Christian University Logo TCU down 5; the K-State loss hurts and the Fisher injury may be fatal, but we'll see...out: Seton Hall, FSU, ASU, and Michigan