ssb_hopeless's Ballot for Week 8 of 2018-19
Submitted on Monday, December 24, 2018 at 5:09AM EST
FYI: This is a provisional ballot. It does not count towards this poll's results.
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Duke
|
PV (5); 51pt home win over Kenpom 194 Princeton; 11pt neutral win over Kenpom 10 Texas Tech |
| 2 |
Tennessee
|
PV (3); 13pt home win over Kenpom 167 Samford; 19pt home win over Kenpom 148 Wake Forest |
| 3 |
Michigan
|
PV (2); 21pt home win over Kenpom 255 Air Force; Got jumped simply because I think Tennessee is the better team right now. Sorry BigTen Bros |
| 4 |
Virginia
|
PV (4); 17pt away win over Kenpom 122 South Carolina; 32pt home win over Kenpom 200 William & Mary; Looking dominant. |
| 5 |
Nevada
|
PV (6); Shaky play during a 6pt home win over Kenpom 115 Akron, but they found a way. |
| 6 |
Kentucky
|
PV (13); 8pt neutral win over Kenpom 7 North Carolina and looked dominant doing it |
| 7 |
Kansas
|
PV (1); 4pt away loss to Kenpom 43 Arizona State. What even happened here... |
| 8 |
Gonzaga
|
PV (7); Beat the crap out of two teams Kenpom 200 or lower and got jumped because of it. |
| 9 |
Michigan State
|
PV (8); 30pt home win over Kenpom 239 Oakland and was jumped by Kentucky |
| 10 |
Florida State
|
PV (10); 14pt home win over Kenpom 188 North Florida; 22pt neutral win over Kenpom 94 Saint Loui |
| 11 |
Virginia Tech
|
PV (14); Home win over a bottom feeder (Kenpom 250 or worse), but UNC, Texas Tech, and Auburn were all above them and lost. |
| 12 |
Texas Tech
|
PV (11); 11pt neutral loss to Kenpom 1 Duke |
| 13 |
North Carolina
|
PV (9); 8pt neutral loss to Kenpom 15 Kentucky |
| 14 |
Arizona State
|
PV (17); How Arizona loses by 16pts @ Kenpom 62 Vanderbilt and beats Kenpom 5 Kansas @ home by 4 beats me. Hope I dealt with it alright! |
| 15 |
Wisconsin
|
PV (15); | Season Rankings: https://goo.gl/EY1Gur |
| 16 |
Auburn
|
PV (12); 7pt away loss to Kenpom 20 North Carolina State (Auburn: 25 TOs; 20% 3pt); 5pt home win over Kenpom 63 Murray State (Good team) |
| 17 |
Ohio State
|
PV (19); 14pt neutral win over Kenpom 67 UCLA | Next 3: St. John's (26), Nebraska (27), and TCU (28) |
| 18 |
Marquette
|
PV (24); 18pt home win over Kenpom 31 Buffalo | Dropped: Furman (22) and St. John's (25) |
| 19 |
NC State
|
PV (NR); 7pt home win over Kenpom 13 Auburn (25 TOs; 20% 3pt) |
| 20 |
Iowa
|
PV (18); Beat the crap out of two bottom feeders (Kenpom 250 or worse) at home. Jumped by Marquette and NC State. |
| 21 |
Mississippi State
|
PV (20); Jumped by teams with more impressive wins (Marquette & NC State) |
| 22 |
Houston
|
PV (23); Jumped Indiana with a 10pt home win over Kenpom 50 Utah State |
| 23 |
Indiana
|
PV (21); Beat the crap out of two bottom feeders (Kenpom 250 or worse) at home. Other teams played opponents with a chance of winning. |
| 24 |
Oklahoma
|
PV (NR); Two wins over Kenpom top 50 teams boosted OU from barely missing out (27) to busting in. |
| 25 |
Buffalo
|
PV (16); 18pt away loss to Kenpom 30 Marquette: Still feel like they're good enough at 11-1 to remain in my Top 25. |