SpadeRyker's Ballot for Week 2 of 2020-21
Submitted on Monday, November 30, 2020 at 9:49AM EST
FYI: This is a provisional ballot. It does not count towards this poll's results.
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Gonzaga
|
What can you say about this team except that they completely handled 6th ranked Kansas proving their spot at the top |
| 2 |
Baylor
|
Strong start to the season, have yet to face a team that can even keep it close |
| 3 |
Illinois
|
Crushed near every opponent and managed to get enough energy to avoid the upset to Ohio, this team will be special in March |
| 4 |
Iowa
|
Moved up more as a result of handling business while teams which would have been ahead of them got beat |
| 5 |
Villanova
|
The loss to VT wasn't great, but they got solid wins over BC and a top 25 ASU. |
| 6 |
Kansas
|
Didn't want to move Kansas up or down for losing to the 1st overall. They played competitive for most of the game, but couldn't keep up |
| 7 |
Michigan State
|
Beat Notre Dame and it wasn't even all that close with ND closing the gap a bit in garbage time |
| 8 |
Duke
|
Duke looks like classic Duke already. A weirdly close game with a mid major despite having a treasure trove of insanely talented players |
| 9 |
Wisconsin
|
I don't know that I'm really all this high on Wiscy. They're a good squad but I think they'll have several slips this season to drop them |
| 10 |
Creighton
|
I'm not sure about Creighton, admittedly I haven't kept up with them much. But since so many seem high on them I have to believe it for now |
| 11 |
Houston
|
Great win over a presumably good TT squad. Excited to see where this team ends up come tournament time. |
| 12 |
West Virginia
|
Some solid wins against some solid mid major teams |
| 13 |
Kentucky
|
The loss to richmond isn't the worst loss in the world. But it does you no favors in rankings this early in the season. |
| 14 |
Virginia
|
Terrible loss reminiscent of a certain tournament upset. At least this time the score was a lot closer |
| 15 |
Florida State
|
Only reason the teams above them aren't dropping lower is because we haven't seen FSU play so it would be unfair to raise them any higher. |
| 16 |
Tennessee
|
No games to work off of yet, but this should be an exciting team to watch |
| 17 |
Texas
|
Nothing really to go off of here, one good game but we will see. Texas tends to disappoint sooner or later. |
| 18 |
Arizona State
|
Won some solid games, but lost to a good Nova squad. Hard to rank them this early, but I'd bet they finish in the top 20 in the end |
| 19 |
Texas Tech
|
Some blow out wins against meh teams is good, but the loss to Houston stops them from climbing |
| 20 |
Richmond
|
Great win against a great team. I debated how high I could realistically rank them but I think this is fine. |
| 21 |
Virginia Tech
|
Similar to Richmond, they've beaten a great team and look to be a good squad this year which I did not expect. |
| 22 |
North Carolina
|
Only 1 game to go off of and it wasn't the prettiest. However they got it done and pushed through to get a blowout. |
| 23 |
San Diego State
|
Beat UCLA, looked great doing it. This team could pull a repeat of last year and really shoot for a top seed in the tourney |
| 24 |
Oregon
|
No games to base it off of, but I can't justify dropping them out of the poll right now. |
| 25 |
Rutgers
|
:) |