University of Minnesota LogoSleveMcDichael4's Ballot for Week 6 of 2020-21

Submitted on Monday, December 28, 2020 at 1:07AM EST
RankTeamReason
1 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga Made Virginia look like Northern Arizona. Imagine what they'll do to Northern Arizona.
2 Baylor University Logo Baylor
3 Villanova University Logo Villanova Jay got COVID so they're probably gonna be here for a little while. Considerable gap between them and the teams on either side.
4 University of Kansas Logo Kansas
5 University of Wisconsin-Madison Logo Wisconsin
6 University of Texas at Austin Logo Texas
7 University of Houston Logo Houston Came back from a bad start in a conference game on the road in an arena where there are actually fans. Good W.
8 University of Iowa Logo Iowa Sometimes a random Golden Gopher role player just goes 8-for-9 from three. It happens. You should also know how to defend it.
9 University of Tennessee Logo Tennessee
10 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Logo Illinois I guess they're good again. Check back next week to continue playing the Illinois Lottery.
11 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia How much can you really dock 'em for a loss at Allen Fieldhouse?
12 University of Oregon Logo Oregon
13 Creighton University Logo Creighton
14 University of Missouri Logo Missouri A lot is being made of overranking them because "Illinois doesn't actually look good" but I don't really buy that. Good win either way.
15 University of Michigan Logo Michigan Quietly 2-0 in the B1G while so much chaos surrounds them
16 Texas Tech University Logo Texas Tech
17 Rutgers University Logo Rutgers They didn't lose that game because of refball and even most Rutgers fans know it. C'mon now. Lost by double digits.
18 San Diego State University Logo San Diego State SMC was the last statement they could make before a bad MWC schedule and did they ever. They don't play Boise State until late February.
19 Xavier University Logo Xavier
20 Ohio State University Logo Ohio State
21 Florida State University Logo Florida State Well let's see how they do against a real conference opponent (not Georgia Tech at home)
22 University of Minnesota Logo Minnesota Haven't won a non-home game yet, but those will come if they play as fundamentally soundly as they did against both Saint Louis and Iowa.
23 Northwestern University Logo Northwestern Playing kind of a gimmicky defense, but hey. First in the B1G at 3-0. Can't say no to that.
24 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina Ugh...they don't *look* like a ranked team, but...*gestures at all the teams below them*
25 Clemson University Logo Clemson Fringe: Michigan State, Duke, Virginia Tech, Florida, NC State, Saint Louis, Drake, Arkansas