St. Johnzjl539's Ballot for Week 14 of 2017-18

Submitted on Sunday, February 4, 2018 at 8:56PM EST
RankTeamReason
1 University of Virginia Logo Virginia Just as good as Villanova, but doing it against better teams. Sticking by my previous decisions
2 Villanova University Logo Villanova Offensive powerhouse with new Ws against Seton Hall and Creighton
3 Purdue University Logo Purdue Staying strong with wins against Maryland and, less impressively, Buttgers
4 Michigan State University Logo Michigan State Ws vs IU and Penn State keep them near where they've been almost all season
5 Auburn University Logo Auburn This team is great and everybody knows it, but people don't understand JUST how good they are
6 University of Cincinnati Logo Cincinnati One of the best defenses in the nation, plus a 14 game win streak
7 Xavier University Logo Xavier Continuing to stay strong, but they almost lost to St. John's and Georgetown
8 Texas Tech University Logo Texas Tech Only team in the Big 12 that hasn't suffered a humiliating defeat in a while
9 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia Had a decent rebound week after losing to TCU and UK
10 University of Arizona Logo Arizona Loss to Washington takes them down a peg
11 University of Kansas Logo Kansas HAAAAAA THEY LOST TO OKLAHOMA STATE
12 University of Tennessee Logo Tennessee Numbers favor them, Ws vs Ole Miss and LSU, haven't lost since January 17
13 Duke University Logo Duke How the fuck do you lose to St. John's?
14 Saint Mary's College of California Logo Saint Mary's Not losing
15 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga Nice wins vs San Diego and BYU
16 Ohio State University Logo Ohio State Redeemed the Penn State loss
17 University of Oklahoma Logo Oklahoma Lost to Texas, Trae Young can't do everything
18 Clemson University Logo Clemson Nice win over UNC. And Wake Forest, I guess
19 University of Rhode Island Logo URI Come March, this team is a bracket buster for casual fans who don't know how good they are
20 Wichita State University Logo Wichita State How do you lose to Temple
21 University of Michigan Logo Michigan Got some wins, but only against bottom tier barely-even-bubble teams
22 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina Clemson isn't a bad loss, but they are on the downturn overall
23 University of Texas at Austin Logo Texas Win over Oklahoma pushes them up into top 25
24 Butler University Logo Butler Haven't lost since mid-January against Providence. I feel this team has some potential that everyone is ignoring
25 University of Nevada, Reno Logo Nevada Everyone keeps writing them off after reaching rankings, but I'm keeping them here