SpadeRyker's Ballot for Week 4 of 2020-21
Submitted on Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 6:38PM EST
FYI: This is a provisional ballot. It does not count towards this poll's results.
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Gonzaga
|
Didnt play so my first 4 out goes here instead: Oklahoma State, Penn State, NC State, and Arizona State (dang that's a lot of state) |
| 2 |
Baylor
|
Dropped: Duke and Kentucky for looking awful, VT for their terrible blowout loss, ASU but only barely after loss to SDSU, and Florida |
| 3 |
Iowa
|
An incredibly good week for Iowa with a win over unc and domination of rival ISU |
| 4 |
Villanova
|
A monster second half saved Nova from another upset that may have launched them down the rankings |
| 5 |
West Virginia
|
Great, dominant win over Richmond just a week after a marginal loss to a top 2 team in the nation - WVU is looking great this year |
| 6 |
Michigan State
|
With the uva game postponed/canceled we all must wait another week to see just how good this MSU team is (they are definitely good though) |
| 7 |
Houston
|
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| 8 |
Kansas
|
Close win over a decent Creighton squad, Kansas seems to be putting the pieces together after some sloppy opening play |
| 9 |
Florida State
|
After a haunting game against what I was ready to make a ranked Florida team, FSU looks strong and like the best team in the ACC for now |
| 10 |
Missouri
|
I was super wrong about this team, I thought that Oregon was overrated and that this squad took advantage, but this team is legit |
| 11 |
Texas
|
Really sad the Baylor game is being postponed, these two squads were red hot before covid issues following a marginal defeat to Nova |
| 12 |
Creighton
|
A close loss to Kansas followed by a bounce back win over Nebraska has this team falling but not by much |
| 13 |
Tennessee
|
We get to see some games from these guys finally, but still hard to gauge where they are at so early into their play |
| 14 |
Clemson
|
Blowout over Maryland, dominant defense over Bama. This team is looking dangerous and could be one of the best ACC teams this year |
| 15 |
San Diego State
|
Another great win over a PAC-12 leader in ASU. This team may be even better than last year's team which is quite an accomplishment |
| 16 |
Illinois
|
Illinois looked phenomenal at the beginning of the season, but their weaknesses have shown against better foes, hoping they turn it around |
| 17 |
Wisconsin
|
Nothing this week to move the needle on this team |
| 18 |
Rutgers
|
:) |
| 19 |
Xavier
|
An undefeated Xavier with some good wins in Cincy and OU |
| 20 |
Virginia
|
Their drop is more a testament to teams jumping them by playing great games than UVA's actions, but they need a good win soon |
| 21 |
Michigan
|
Michigan was sitting on the edge of T25 until their PSU, the team I was originally planning to jump in this week |
| 22 |
Texas Tech
|
No real needle moving games this week |
| 23 |
Ohio State
|
Managed to overcome ND in a real close matchup, this team rises into the top 25 |
| 24 |
North Carolina
|
Fringe top 25 team for now, they don't have a great win to lean on but their losses aren't horrible either. Need to step it up for ACC play |
| 25 |
Richmond
|
Upsetting and not very close loss to WVU while the Kentucky win looks a lot less good has this team drop to the bottom of T25 |