OrangePlasma's Ballot for Week 5 of 2020-21
Submitted on Monday, December 21, 2020 at 12:11AM EST
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Gonzaga
|
(-) Lots of moves this week. Gonzaga is not one of them. This team is good. |
| 2 |
Baylor
|
(-) Baylor won their conference opener by 31 on the road. Pretty good team. |
| 3 |
Villanova
|
(+1) Nova handily won their two games this week and move up after Iowa's lost |
| 4 |
Iowa
|
(-1) Dropping Iowa after a loss to Gonzaga is maybe questionable, but Nova was so close to Iowa I decided to swap them. |
| 5 |
West Virginia
|
(+1) WVU moves up due to teams losing. |
| 6 |
Houston
|
(+1) Houston moves up due to teams losing. |
| 7 |
Kansas
|
(+1) KU got a good win at Texas Tech, and they're sitting pretty with a lone loss to Gonzaga. |
| 8 |
Tennessee
|
(+2) Tennessee moves up due to teams losing. |
| 9 |
Wisconsin
|
(+3) Wisconsin is leapfrogging here after a big blowout over Louisville. |
| 10 |
Michigan State
|
(-5) MSU lost at Northwestern by 14, which is bad. They're dropping to 10 for now. |
| 11 |
Texas
|
(-) Texas got a good win over OKST in their conference opener, even if it was close. No movement for now though. |
| 12 |
Rutgers
|
(+2) Rutgers gets a great win over Illinois and are 6-0. Rutgers is looking great so far. |
| 13 |
Creighton
|
(-4) Creighton lost, which is bad. Maybe they should drop further, but I'm holding off for now. |
| 14 |
Missouri
|
(+3) Mizzou is moving up due to other teams losing, despite staying idle this week. |
| 15 |
Illinois
|
(-2) Illinois lost to Rutgers and now have 3 losses. But I think they still stay top 15 here, and I'll hold off on dropping them further. |
| 16 |
Texas Tech
|
(+4) TTU was probably too low last week, and they kept it close with Kansas. |
| 17 |
Xavier
|
(NR) Xavier is 8-0, with some nice wins, with their victory over Marquette being the latest. |
| 18 |
Florida State
|
(-3) FSU won't drop to far here after other teams also losing. Unfortunate loss to UCF however. |
| 19 |
Virginia
|
(+2) UVA is moving up due to other teams losing, despite being idle. |
| 20 |
North Carolina
|
(+2) UNC won over Kentucky, a non-spectacular win, but move up. Other teams lost. |
| 21 |
St. Louis
|
(-5) St. Louis got a pretty good win over NC State but followed it up with a loss at Minnesota. They're still absolutely top 25. |
| 22 |
Michigan
|
(NR) Michigan's been hovering around the top 25 for a while now, and come in amidst drops. |
| 23 |
Duke
|
(-) Duke won their conference opener over ND, and they'll stay put. |
| 24 |
Virginia Tech
|
(NR) Virginia Tech got a great win against Clemson, and move back into the rankings. |
| 25 |
Clemson
|
(-6) Clemson lost to VT but should stay ranked. [DROPPED: 18. Louisville, 24. Ohio State, 25. San Diego State] |