University of Texas at Austin LogoOrangePlasma's Ballot for Week 4 of 2020-21

Submitted on Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 8:15PM EST
RankTeamReason
1 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga (-) No games for Gonzaga this week. Here's hoping their game against Iowa happens.
2 Baylor University Logo Baylor (-) Pretty inconsequential week for Baylor.
3 University of Iowa Logo Iowa (-) Iowa played great this week and appear to be in a different tier of teams along with Gonzaga and Baylor.
4 Villanova University Logo Villanova (+1) After losing by 13 at half to Georgetown, 'Nova ended up winning by... 13.
5 Michigan State University Logo Michigan State (+1) MSU moves into the top five after some losses.
6 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia (+1) WVU is good, breaking news. They decimated Richmond in every way.
7 University of Houston Logo Houston (+2) Houston had no games this week, but other teams losing is a great way to climb the rankings.
8 University of Kansas Logo Kansas (+5) After beating Creighton, it's evidently clear #13 was probably too low.
9 Creighton University Logo Creighton (-5) Creighton dropping this many spots after a 1-point loss to a good team on the road shows how close teams are in the 5-9 range.
10 University of Tennessee Logo Tennessee (-) Tennessee played games finally, and won both of them. Wasn't inspiring but they don't need to move.
11 University of Texas at Austin Logo Texas (-) Not much happened for Texas other than a Texas St. victory, and they don't move.
12 University of Wisconsin-Madison Logo Wisconsin (-) That Rhode Island win might be sneakily solid for Wisconsin, but there's no gap for them to rise.
13 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Logo Illinois (-5) Illinois barely losing to Mizzou was unfortunate, and they move down farther than they should due to teams again being very close.
14 Rutgers University Logo Rutgers (+1) Rutgers got a solid win over Syracuse, and they climb a bit.
15 Florida State University Logo Florida State (+5) FSU should probably be top 15. They picked up some solid wins over Indiana and Florida, and belong here.
16 Saint Louis University Logo St. Louis (-) Saint Louis stays 16 after beating Central Arkansas.
17 University of Missouri Logo Missouri (NR) Mizzou has two great ranked wins now, over Oregon and Illinois. They are clearly a good team.
18 University of Louisville Logo Louisville (+3) A couple of losses let Louisville rise 3 spots despite playing no games.
19 Clemson University Logo Clemson (NR) Clemson's defense is nasty good, good enough to carry them to some great wins over Maryland and Alabama.
20 Texas Tech University Logo Texas Tech (+4) Despite a little bit of scare vs. Abilene Christian, TTU is doing what they need to: win.
21 University of Virginia Logo Virginia (+1) UVA didn't play, but they rise thanks to losses.
22 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina (-4) UNC lose to Iowa, a fantastic team, but they didn't play all that bad. A 6-point win over NCC is weird but they won.
23 Duke University Logo Duke (-6) Duke got slapped by Illinois at home and don't look like a top 20 team right now.
24 Ohio State University Logo Ohio State (+1) Ohio State won their games, I won't have them jump some other teams, but it's close.
25 San Diego State University Logo San Diego State (NR) SDSU already has two ranked wins after a 12-point win over Arizona St. [DROPPED: 14. RIchmond, 20. Virginia Tech, 23. Arizona State]