Toastiify's Ballot for Week 3 of 2020-21
Submitted on Sunday, December 6, 2020 at 11:28PM EST
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Baylor
|
Tier 1a We were robbed of a regular season matchup the likes of which we haven't seen since OU/KU in 2016. oh well. = |
| 2 |
Gonzaga
|
Once again Baylor and Gonzaga are essentially tied atop the list. Both had big wins against top teams, but didn't play each other. |
| 3 |
Iowa
|
Tier 1b- Iowa "drops" a tier only because Baylor and Gonzaga have separated themselves from the pack. = |
| 4 |
West Virginia
|
Tier 2- WVU played very well against a great Gonzaga team. The only knock I have on them is that they haven't dominated any games yet = |
| 5 |
Villanova
|
Villanova reasserted themselves as a top 5 team this week with a perfect game against Hartford and a tough win against Texas. +2 |
| 6 |
Illinois
|
Tier 3- Incredibly underwhelming thus far. Preseason expectations keep them afloat. Important week ahead. -1 |
| 7 |
Creighton
|
Underwhelming OoC schedule thus far but have a big test against Kansas this week. +4 |
| 8 |
Michigan State
|
Bit of a clusterf*** in tier 3, everyone has lost or has underwhelmed. MSU looked good against Duke only to struggle against detroit + wmu+2 |
| 9 |
Texas
|
Texas looked legit against Villanova despite already winning 3 times in the week, including against UNC and dominantly against IU. = |
| 10 |
Wisconsin
|
Lost a road rivalry game at the buzzer in a refball level game. Top 15 is more realistic than top 5 for Wisconsin. -5 |
| 11 |
Virginia Tech
|
Just about everyone has a flaw already, and VT has one not looking great against VMI +2 |
| 12 |
Virginia
|
Virginia follows up a catastrophic loss against SF with an OT win over Kent State. They really need to get it together = |
| 13 |
Houston
|
Tier 4- Jumping a bit on a bandwagon here but wow, teams sure are struggling this year with the wacky offseason. +4 |
| 14 |
St. Louis
|
Saint Louis hasn't looked bad yet so at least there's that. Biggest OoC test left is Minnesota so they're gonna have to play well. +1 |
| 15 |
Duke
|
Also have underwhelmed this year. Iffy win against Coppin State and a loss to MSU. -7 |
| 16 |
Richmond
|
DNP and Kentucky has looked pretty bad -7 |
| 17 |
Louisville
|
Tier 5 Dominated WKU +1 |
| 18 |
Rutgers
|
DNP -2 |
| 19 |
Kansas
|
Good win against Kentucky only to struggle against NDSU. Wtf is going on in college basketball??? +1 |
| 20 |
Oklahoma State
|
Transitive win over Wisconsin and a top prospect is enough for a top 20 ranking at the moment. NR |
| 21 |
San Diego State
|
Played terribly offensively against Pepperdine but came back from a double digit half time deficit. +3 |
| 22 |
Arizona State
|
Tier 6 struggled against Cal but still only have one loss to Villanova -3 |
| 23 |
Missouri
|
Wins against Oregon and Wichita state will pole vault you into top 25 discussion NR |
| 24 |
Xavier
|
Xavier haven't looked phenomenal but they are winning their games, including one of the biggest rivalries in CBB NR |
| 25 |
Abilene Christian
|
Nobody knows what's going on so rank Abilene Christian and move on with your lives NR |