University of Wisconsin-Madison Logoatucker1744's Ballot for Week 12 of 2014-15

Submitted on Sunday, January 25, 2015 at 9:25PM EST
RankTeamReason
1 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky LW:1 If a team doesn't have an explanation, they didn't do anything noteworthy, or didn't change position at all, unless someone jumped them
2 University of Virginia Logo Virginia LW: 2. UVA will prove to everyone they deserve #1 if they can beat Duke this week
3 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga LW: 3.
4 Duke University Logo Duke LW: 5, +1. Huge games this week against Virginia and Notre Dame
5 University of Wisconsin-Madison Logo Wisconsin LW: 6, +1. Destroyed Iowa, eked past Michigan, both without their starting point guard
6 University of Arizona Logo Arizona LW: 7, +1
7 Villanova University Logo Villanova LW: 4, -3. Georgetown is a good team, but the top is too tight to stay up with a loss.
8 Wichita State University Logo Wichita State LW: 8
9 University of Notre Dame Logo Notre Dame LW: 9. They survived a nail biter against NC State, the Duke game might define their season
10 University of Kansas Logo Kansas LW: 11, +1
11 University of Louisville Logo Louisville LW: 13, +2
12 University of Utah Logo Utah LW: 14, +2.
13 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina LW: 15, +2.
14 Iowa State University Logo Iowa State LW: 10, -4. Texas Tech is a very average team, and ISU should've handed it to them
15 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia LW: 17, +2.
16 Virginia Commonwealth University Logo VCU LW: 19, +3.
17 University of Maryland, College Park Logo Maryland LW: 12, -5. This week has not been a good one for the B1G newcomers
18 University of Texas at Austin Logo Texas LW: 16, -2. Kansas is a good team, Texas doesn't deserve to plummet
19 Georgetown University Logo Georgetown LW: N/A, +7. Leading the Big East is pretty impressive considering how good the league is this year.
20 Baylor University Logo Baylor LW: N/A, +6. I am not super impressed by them, but their record deserves a ranking
21 University of Wyoming Logo Wyoming LW: N/A, +5. Similar to Baylor
22 University of Northern Iowa Logo Northern Iowa LW: 23, +1.
23 Syracuse University Logo Syracuse LW: 18, -5. Their matchup against UNC will have huge season implications for the Orange
24 Indiana University Bloomington Logo Indiana LW: 25, +1. Yes, they did lose to OSU, but their win over Maryland will barely trump that loss
25 Colorado State University Logo Colorado State LW: N/A, +1. They deserve a bit of love, but they still have a lot to prove in my book