North Carolina State University LogoSpadeRyker's Ballot for Week 2 of 2018-19

Submitted on Monday, November 12, 2018 at 9:57AM EST
RankTeamReason
1 Duke University Logo Duke Is this even a question?
2 Villanova University Logo Villanova Haven't been given a good reason to drop them, still want to reward them for the tourney.
3 University of Kansas Logo Kansas Great game with Michigan State, tempted to move them up but going to keep them here for now.
4 University of Virginia Logo Virginia Can't wait for ACC play. Duke is the biggest hurdle in the ACC for this team and that will determine a lot about my rankings later on.
5 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga I like this team and if they can win key games and hang around outside the top 4 I imagine they may get a 1 seed in the tourney.
6 Auburn University Logo Auburn Auburn won me over with the Washington game. Love this team and want to see if they can challenge Kentucky for the SEC this year.
7 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina This team should be good. The stretch against Mich, Gonzaga, and Kentucky will tell me where they belong on these rankings.
8 University of Tennessee Logo Tennessee I like this team from last year and hope they aren't going to let me down (what a weird year where the SEC seems really competitive)
9 University of Nevada, Reno Logo Nevada Wolfpack>Wolf Pack. Still, this team is good and that fact hurts all things considered.
10 University of Oregon Logo Oregon I'm not super sold on Oregon and if they drop a couple games before conference play I may drop them pretty hard.
11 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky While I can't ignore the Duke game, I think they will still be a top team by year's end. The SEC will be a real test this year. Can't wait.
12 Kansas State University Logo Kansas State Nothing solid to move the needle on this team yet.
13 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Logo Virginia Tech The ACC scares me and this team is a big part of that. This team looks good but may end up in the lower half of the ACC if they slip up.
14 Michigan State University Logo Michigan State The loss to Kansas wasn't awful and I don't want to punish them too harshly for that. Hope this team proves they belong here.
15 Florida State University Logo Florida State Dominant win over Florida really convinced me that this team will be another monster from the ACC.
16 University of Wisconsin-Madison Logo Wisconsin Xavier, Stanford, and NCSU games will be revealing.
17 Syracuse University Logo Syracuse Need more games to make a decision on this team.
18 University of California, Los Angeles Logo UCLA Looking forward to the MSU game.
19 Clemson University Logo Clemson I put Miss State and Clemson on about the same level so that matchup will tell me a lot about which team will drop and which will rise.
20 University of Michigan Logo Michigan The matchup Wednesday is my most anticipated of the week. I think Michigan is legit, but I am prone to being wrong so that will help me out.
21 North Carolina State University Logo NC State Maybe it's just because they haven't played anyone yet, but I have high hopes.
22 Mississippi State University Logo Mississippi State Clemson will be a compelling game. The ASU game will be a nice preview.
23 Purdue University Logo Purdue Bar Graphs are a way of life.
24 Indiana University Bloomington Logo Indiana These last 3 are just blind guesses. I guess these rankings are blind guesses until we get some more games really.
25 Marquette University Logo Marquette