/r/CollegeBasketball Poll

wichita_gator's Ballot for Week 5 of 2018-19

Submitted on Monday, December 3, 2018 at 9:03AM EST

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Kansas	I've been making polls on Reddit for years and I still have no idea what I'm really doing.
2	Gonzaga
3	Virginia
4	Michigan	Michigan had a great week with wins over North Carolina and Purdue.
5	Duke	Duke and Michigan were close in my eyes, but the Wolverines get the edge by being undefeated.
6	Nevada
7	Tennessee	If you want better explanations for my Top 8 you can look at my poll from last week, because I don't care enough to write it again.
8	Auburn	I'm only confident in my top 8, and even that's barely stable. Can we all just agree this is for fun and not get too mad at each other?
9	Wisconsin	Only loss is to Virginia, and has also beat a good Iowa team on the road. The win over NC State ain't so bad either.
10	Florida State	I wrongly left FSU unranked last week because Villanova is weird this year and because Florida's secretly ass. I'm likely over-correcting.
11	Michigan State	Can't knock them too far for a close loss to Louisville on the road.
12	Texas Tech	Texas Tech and Arizona State are both undefeated with decent wins. So until they lose, I have no reason not to rank them highly.
13	Buffalo	Undefeated, and knocked off previously undefeated San Francisco in Northern Ireland this week.
14	Arizona State	See Texas Tech.
15	Virginia Tech	Only lost to Penn State by 1 on the road, so I'll cut them some slack.
16	Ohio State	The loss to Syracuse at home stings, but the Buckeyes road wins over Cincinnati and Creighton will keep them afloat.
17	North Carolina	Lost to a really good Michigan team on the road. Normally wouldn't have dropped much at all, but Texas (L) lost to frickin' Radford.
18	Nebraska	Beat Clemson on the road. Only loss is to Texas Tech. Good enough to get me back on the Nebrasketball hype train!
19	Furman	I don't know how long the Paladins can keep this up, but until they lose... RANK FURMAN YOU COWARDS!
20	Iowa	Tough week for the Hawkeyes, since both of their quality wins crapped the bed while they lost to Wisconsin at home.
21	Indiana	Their losses are forgivable: by 1 point @Arkansas and a stomping from Duke on the road. The win over Marquette looks much better now.
22	Kentucky	At least UNC-Greensboro is "something", but so many teams would have the same record on this schedule. The name "Kentucky" helps.
23	Marquette	Got destroyed by Indiana earlier in the year, but recent wins over K-State and Louisville have allowed forgiveness.
24	Louisville	W over Michigan State this week. Teams that just missed the ranks: K-State, Arizona, Creighton, UCLA, Purdue, Houston, St. John's, Maryland
25	Villanova	If you consider the OT loss against Furman a tie, their resume looks a lot better. But it wasn't, and Furman can't keep this run up, right?