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