TPM_23's Ballot for Week 8 of 2018-19
Submitted on Monday, December 24, 2018 at 5:50AM EST
FYI: This is a provisional ballot. It does not count towards this poll's results.
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Duke
|
(+2) chaos always makes for a fun week |
| 2 |
Virginia
|
(--) if I put these guys #1, they'll stay there all season and lose to a 16-seed again, I don't want that evil on me |
| 3 |
Michigan
|
(+1) t-minus 10 days until these guys start playing real teams again |
| 4 |
Nevada
|
(+1) I don't know what's more confusing, beating Akron by only 6 on your home court... |
| 5 |
Kansas
|
(-4) ...or dropping to the Sun Devils coming off a shellacking off the hands of VANDY. |
| 6 |
Tennessee
|
(--) who even loses to Kansas anyway? maybe a scrub SEC team, but surely not a PAC-12 GOD TEAM |
| 7 |
Gonzaga
|
(+3) I guess what I'm trying to say here is I've peered into the abyss and now I'm just Bill Walton |
| 8 |
Michigan State
|
(--) you know what they say, tis better to have loved and lost, than to have lost to Louisville in OT, or something like that |
| 9 |
Florida State
|
(+2) now here's a team that played 3 games this week, and looking at the scores, they definitely played those games |
| 10 |
Wisconsin
|
(+7) I had no idea who to put here because everyone's OOCs are just trash... take these guys who beat Oklahoma/NC St/Iowa to date, I guess |
| 11 |
Virginia Tech
|
(+1) they could be top 10... but their loss (@Penn St) is worse than Wisconsin (Virginia/Marquette) and the wins are comparable |
| 12 |
Mississippi State
|
(+1) no comment |
| 13 |
North Carolina
|
(-6) neutral-court loss to Kentucky isn't worth this much of a drop, but those 3 losses just look so tacky |
| 14 |
Auburn
|
(-5) protip: defense only works if you score more than you give up |
| 15 |
Arizona State
|
(--) how do you re-rank a loss @Vandy and a win vs Kansas? I'm just keeping them in place ¯\_(?)_/¯ |
| 16 |
Kentucky
|
(+3) from here on out is just a blur, everything is just broken this week |
| 17 |
Houston
|
(+3) good job staying undefeated guys |
| 18 |
Marquette
|
(NR) back after a week absence, these guys actually have lowkey good wins (Louisville/K-State/Wisconsin/Buffalo) |
| 19 |
Oklahoma
|
(NR) these guys have deserved to be ranked for probably the last 2 weeks, let's amend this error (it's totally not because they won @NU...) |
| 20 |
NC State
|
(+2) now there's a resume-building win if I've seen one |
| 21 |
Buffalo
|
(-7) it physically hurts to drop them this much but every team above them has a good reason to be there |
| 22 |
St. John's
|
(-4) you're still undefeated too I guess |
| 23 |
Texas Tech
|
(-7) they could keep up with the Duke, but they could not juke the Duke |
| 24 |
Indiana
|
(--) DROPPED: Furman 21 (D:), Kansas St. 23, Penn 25 (why is this here and not under 25? well...) |
| 25 |
Seton Hall
|
(NR) wins over Miami, Kentucky, and Maryland? if nothing else, I at least want to draw attention to a sneaky good team in a down Big East |