Northwestern University LogoTPM_23's Ballot for Week 13 of 2018-19

Submitted on Monday, January 28, 2019 at 4:12AM EST
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1 University of Virginia Logo Virginia (--) solid wins all around for our top 4 heroes this week
2 University of Tennessee Logo Tennessee (--)
3 Duke University Logo Duke (--)
4 University of Michigan Logo Michigan (--)
5 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga (+1) the rank of this team shares the trajectory of that liquid inside of lava lamps
6 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky (+3) the real winner of the Big 12-SEC Challenge was the friends we made along the way
7 Michigan State University Logo Michigan State (-2) I just polished off a whole quart of milk in one sitting and now I feel like a total goober
8 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina (+1) you can argue that unconscious bias is causing me to rank these guys low, but I disagree; it's very a conscious bias
9 University of Nevada, Reno Logo Nevada (--) it's the type of bias that sees 4 losses on a top-10 team and screams in my head, "don't put that 4-loss team any higher, you dipstick"
10 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Logo Virginia Tech (-3) fun fact: VT's performance directly correlates with the color of the coach's mood ring in pre-game warmups
11 Marquette University Logo Marquette (+3) Xavier DePaul sounds like the name of some neo-hipster comicbook supervillain
12 University of Houston Logo Houston (+1) East Carolina is both a fake Carolina and a fake basketball program; their results are making me think East is a fake direction as well
13 University of Kansas Logo Kansas (-1) this is not a very Kansas year; it is merely a pretty Kansas year
14 Villanova University Logo Villanova (+7) there's a major gap in power right now, and "not your grandpappy's Nova" is winning by virtue of not losing
15 Louisiana State University Logo LSU (NR) none of their wins are impressive by themselves, but they're pulling off huge MOVs against hot SEC teams (Ole Miss, South Carolina)
16 University of Louisville Logo Louisville (+8) two ACC teams, preference here goes to the team with the guts to showcase that REAL BIRDS HAVE TEETH
17 Florida State University Logo Florida State (+6) certified disease-free after licking the floor of the ACC
18 University at Buffalo Logo Buffalo (-7) the double-edged sword of mid-major play: @NIU is a tough game with no payoff that looks really bad on a resume if you lose
19 Purdue University Logo Purdue (NR) did you hear? 6-loss teams are in vogue now
20 Mississippi State University Logo Mississippi State (-5) I'm not exactly confident about .500 records in-conference
21 University of Washington Logo Washington (NR) CONFERENCE OF CHAMPIONS IS BACK BABY!!! FIRST APPEARANCE SINCE WEEK 8 BABY!!!!!
22 Iowa State University Logo Iowa State (-2) what's more important? losing by 4 @Kansas? or steamrolling a (then-)ranked SEC team?
23 Texas Tech University Logo Texas Tech (-4) on the other hand, these guys beat a mid-tier SEC team by 3 after being stomped by a borderline top-25 conference foe
24 Wofford College Logo Wofford (NR) SOCON IS BACK BABY!!!!!!! FIRST APPEARANCE SINCE WEEK 7 BABY!!!!!!!!!
25 University of Iowa Logo Iowa (-8) hanging by a thread here -- DROPPED: Maryland 16, Auburn 18, NC State 22, Syracuse 25