gregorykoch11's Ballot for Week 17 of 2014-15| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Kentucky
|
Clearly #1 and still undefeated |
| 2 |
Virginia
|
Clearly #2, only one loss. |
| 3 |
Villanova
|
Moving up after Wisconsin loss |
| 4 |
Duke
|
Played very well other than one bad stretch, and beat #2 Virginia |
| 5 |
Arizona
|
Swept Utah and beat Gonzaga. This gets them over Wisconsin |
| 6 |
Wisconsin
|
No real quality road wins. Thus they fall behind Arizona. |
| 7 |
Gonzaga
|
Gonzaga showed their true colors losing to BYU at home. They still only have two losses, so they stay fairly high. |
| 8 |
Wichita State
|
Quality win against UNI and only three losses. But it really drops off after #6. |
| 9 |
Northern Iowa
|
Loss to Wichita State doesn't hurt them that much. Again, it's really starting to drop off now. |
| 10 |
Maryland
|
Good win against Wisconsin. |
| 11 |
Notre Dame
|
Five losses overall in a tough conference. |
| 12 |
Kansas
|
Good team, but with six losses they can't be any higher. |
| 13 |
Louisville
|
I expect them to drop with Chris Jones out, but until they lose, they won't. |
| 14 |
Baylor
|
Good win over Iowa State. |
| 15 |
Utah
|
Loss to Arizona won't drop them too much. |
| 16 |
Dayton
|
Quality A-10 team who could surprise again come March. The A-10 is underrated. |
| 17 |
Arkansas
|
Loss to Kentucky won't hurt them too much. |
| 18 |
SMU
|
They lost to UConn, but they're still a very good team. |
| 19 |
Murray State
|
Only four losses so far and playing very well, but with their SOS, they can't be any higher. |
| 20 |
Stephen F. Austin
|
24-4. Two of those losses were to Top 15 teams and one was to Xavier. Won @Memphis, took UNI to OT before losing by two. |
| 21 |
Davidson
|
Again, the A-10 is underrated and Davidson only has six losses. They beat Dayton and narrowly lost @VCU. |
| 22 |
West Virginia
|
Loss to Baylor drops them. |
| 23 |
Iowa State
|
Bad week almost drops the Cyclones out of the Top 25. |
| 24 |
Texas A&M
|
A&M is the third-best team in the SEC and took Kentucky to the limit. They could win in a rematch. |
| 25 |
Butler
|
Bulldogs climb into the top 25, barely, thanks to a lot of low-ranked teams losing. |