Toastiify's Ballot for Week 8 of 2018-19
Submitted on Sunday, December 23, 2018 at 11:25PM EST
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Duke
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Tier 1-Duke leapfrogs quite a few teams here. They've looked sensational and have beaten much better teams than UVA and Nevada |
| 2 |
Michigan
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Michigan and Duke are at a virtual tie, as duke makes up for the loss with the higher quality wins. Edge goes to duke. |
| 3 |
Virginia
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| 4 |
Nevada
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TIER 2- dropping Nevada to tier 2. They still don't have a great win and have looked worse and worse. |
| 5 |
Kansas
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Haven't looked good the past few games, and they finally lost a close one to a top 25 team on the road. |
| 6 |
Tennessee
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| 7 |
Gonzaga
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| 8 |
Wisconsin
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TIER 3- big drop off from 7-8, I went with Wisconsin here because their two losses are against top teams and have multiple top-30ish wins |
| 9 |
Michigan State
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Got jumped by Wisconsin, but MSU has worse losses and worse wins, so it's hard not to rank them below. |
| 10 |
Marquette
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I'm high on Marquette. they have two good-great wins, two goodish wins, and have losses only to top 25 teams. |
| 11 |
Texas Tech
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Best win is still only Nebraska, so while a Duke loss isn't bad, they need a top tier win to be a top tier team. |
| 12 |
Kentucky
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Tier 4a- My knock on them last week was not having a quality win, and they showed that they are the team we expected with the win vs UNC |
| 13 |
North Carolina
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Have not been high on UNC at all this year, but I can't drop them too far for a loss on a neutral court to Kentucky |
| 14 |
Oklahoma
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11-1 while 14th in SOS, and the only loss is Wisconsin? this team is being seriously underrated. |
| 15 |
NC State
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Huge jump for NC State, but they have one "good" loss with multiple good wins. |
| 16 |
Arizona State
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Tier 4b- The duality of man is shown off with the Sun Devils this week as they look awful against Vandy but pull a shocker against kansas |
| 17 |
Houston
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Has much better wins than SJU and have similar wins to Buffalo. Hard not to keep this undefeated team from rising in the ranks |
| 18 |
Florida State
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No impressive wins thus far, and a loss against Nova isn't looking great. |
| 19 |
Auburn
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Tier 5-Even with their two losses coming to top teams, they haven't beaten anyone of note and have looked shaky against mediocre teams |
| 20 |
Buffalo
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Rough loss against Marquette, but Howard was next to unstoppable in the second half. another loss would likely drop them from the top 25. |
| 21 |
Indiana
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23 point win against Marquette continues to be their signature win, and its definitely a good one to have. loss to ark is holding them back |
| 22 |
Mississippi State
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22 is probably too low for this team, but even with their lone loss coming against a top 20 team, they don't have any top 25 wins |
| 23 |
Virginia Tech
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In my opinion, this team is heavily overrated in the AP poll, as their best win is vs. a decent Purdue team. This team falls like SJU did |
| 24 |
St. John's
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as teams around them rack up quality wins, St. Johns can't keep up even while winning games handily. They drop from a bloated 14th. |
| 25 |
Ohio State
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Iowa, Nebraska, TCU, Kansas State, San Francisco, North Texas and Louisville are 26-32, all of which are extremely close to the 25 spot |