Iowa State University Logobrvheart's Ballot for Week 8 of 2018-19

Submitted on Sunday, December 23, 2018 at 2:38AM EST
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1 University of Virginia Logo Virginia Merry Christmas all.
2 University of Michigan Logo Michigan
3 University of Nevada, Reno Logo Nevada Dont forget that they won @ ASU, who just beat KU there. They really don't play anyone else and need to run the table to finish in my top 10
4 University of Tennessee Logo Tennessee
5 Duke University Logo Duke
6 St. John's University Logo St. John's @Seton Hall and home against Marquette next. Win those two games and they will probably be in everyone's top 10. Lose? Be unranked.
7 University of Houston Logo Houston
8 University of Kansas Logo Kansas Thanks to the refs, they don't lose too much ground in my poll.
9 Texas Tech University Logo Texas Tech Fairly close road loss against a good Duke team doesn't hurt them much.
10 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga Won't play another good team the rest of the year. Won't be moving up much from this spot for me. Shame they lost to TN & unproven UNC.
11 Florida State University Logo Florida State
12 Michigan State University Logo Michigan State
13 North Carolina State University Logo NC State Their only loss is @ a good Wisconsin team on the road. Beat a team in most people's top 10 in Auburn.
14 Auburn University Logo Auburn Bad week for the Tigers. Lost on the road and barely beat Murray State @ home.
15 Marquette University Logo Marquette
16 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Logo Virginia Tech Haven't played anyone this year. Won't play anyone significant until mid-January. They are stuck here until they prove themselves.
17 Arizona State University Logo Arizona State Lost badly on the road, but they get credit for beating Kansas @ home. Thanks Refs!
18 University at Buffalo Logo Buffalo Good wins @Cuse, @WVU, & SanFran, but looked lost at times @MU. They play no one else, & need to keep winning to not lose ground.
19 Mississippi State University Logo Mississippi State Only loss is a close game @ASU.
20 University of Wisconsin-Madison Logo Wisconsin Lost close games against Virginia and @ Marquette. Good wins @ Iowa, @ Oklahoma, and @Xavier.
21 University of Oklahoma Logo Oklahoma
22 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Logo Nebraska
23 Seton Hall University Logo Seton Hall Looked good in their important win @ Maryland. Win AT Kentucky helping them forget the Nebraska loss. Must beat St. Johns this week.
24 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky Beat a UNC team that has one good win this year (their home win against Gonzaga). Value of this win with depend on UNC's results.
25 Iowa State University Logo Iowa State Finally back at full strength. Could do damage in the Big 12. OKSt and Kansas looming next week.