Villanova University LogoToastiify's Ballot for Week 5 of 2019-20

Submitted on Sunday, December 1, 2019 at 11:12PM EST
RankTeamReason
1 University of Michigan Logo Michigan Tier 1- This team has looked ridiculously good and deserves to be top 5 in every poll +18
2 University of Louisville Logo Louisville some ridiculous movements after a ridiculous week of college basketball. resumes are being built right now. =
3 University of Maryland, College Park Logo Maryland good wins against decent teams in temple and harvard, and a dominant win against marquette +3
4 Ohio State University Logo Ohio State +1
5 University of Virginia Logo Virginia it's really hard call this team elite with its offense, but its defense is making it possible -1
6 University of Kansas Logo Kansas Tier 2- big week in maui for the jayhawks, with a win in a great game vs dayton. +2
7 San Diego State University Logo San Diego State haven't looked bad in a game and they've been playing increasingly impressive opponents. hot take but i like what ive seen +14
8 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina even with the loss to michigan, they hold their ground with a win against oregon +1
9 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga Won against oregon, but a blowout loss to michigan is a rough one. these three teams are exciting to watch -2
10 University of Oregon Logo Oregon even with a 2 loss week, the ducks proved that they belong after a win against seton hall and two close losses against unc and the zags -2
11 Auburn University Logo Auburn Tier 3- here we have teams that don't really belong this high but probably don't deserve to be any lower. +9
12 Michigan State University Logo Michigan State Their loss wouldn't look nearly as bad if it weren't for virginia tech collapsing immediately after -9
13 Duke University Logo Duke I mean come on. you can't lose to stephen f austin at home and expect to stay ranked high. didnt look great against winthrop either -12
14 University of Arizona Logo Arizona didn't look great against pepperdine or penn, but closing games is important and wins are wins =
15 University of Dayton Logo Dayton Tier 4- went to maui and went 2-1 with their one loss coming to kansas. this team should be good. NR
16 University of Memphis Logo Memphis beat a decent NCST team. +2
17 University of Arkansas Logo Arkansas not playing great offensively but its never easy to go on the road and win in OT. +5
18 Baylor University Logo Baylor didn't play this week :[ -2
19 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky they haven't looked like the same team since their loss to evansville, who promptly collapsed after knocking off kentucky -2
20 Oklahoma State University Logo Oklahoma State Tier 5- played an almost perfect game against ole miss. +6
21 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia WVU has a bunch of decent wins and bob huggins can always lead a team. +8
22 University of Colorado Logo Colorado +1
23 Seton Hall University Logo Seton Hall don't have bad losses but their wins are borderline at best. the closeness of their losses is keeping them ranked -11
24 DePaul University Logo DePaul +1
25 Florida State University Logo Florida State tennessee, saint mary's, butler, utah state, Penn state, Indiana, Xavier, Temple, Villanova, Liberty round out top 35