North Carolina State University LogoSpadeRyker's Ballot for Week 4 of 2020-21

Submitted on Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 6:38PM EST
RankTeamReason
1 Gonzaga University Logo 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 University Logo 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 University of Iowa Logo Iowa An incredibly good week for Iowa with a win over unc and domination of rival ISU
4 Villanova University Logo Villanova A monster second half saved Nova from another upset that may have launched them down the rankings
5 West Virginia University Logo 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 University Logo 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 University of Houston Logo Houston
8 University of Kansas Logo Kansas Close win over a decent Creighton squad, Kansas seems to be putting the pieces together after some sloppy opening play
9 Florida State University Logo 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 University of Missouri Logo 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 University of Texas at Austin Logo 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 University Logo Creighton A close loss to Kansas followed by a bounce back win over Nebraska has this team falling but not by much
13 University of Tennessee Logo 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 University Logo 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 University Logo 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 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Logo Illinois Illinois looked phenomenal at the beginning of the season, but their weaknesses have shown against better foes, hoping they turn it around
17 University of Wisconsin-Madison Logo Wisconsin Nothing this week to move the needle on this team
18 Rutgers University Logo Rutgers :)
19 Xavier University Logo Xavier An undefeated Xavier with some good wins in Cincy and OU
20 University of Virginia Logo 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 University of Michigan Logo 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 University Logo Texas Tech No real needle moving games this week
23 Ohio State University Logo Ohio State Managed to overcome ND in a real close matchup, this team rises into the top 25
24 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo 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 University of Richmond Logo 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