Villanova University LogoToastiify's Ballot for Week 7 of 2020-21

Submitted on Sunday, January 3, 2021 at 10:33PM EST
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1 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga Tier 1a- Gonzaga is the undisputable best team in the country
2 Baylor University Logo Baylor Tier 1b- Baylor is the undisputable second best team in the country
3 Villanova University Logo Villanova Tier 2
4 University of Texas at Austin Logo Texas Doing a complete rerank this week, going mainly off of resume and who I think would win h2h on neutral more often.
5 University of Wisconsin-Madison Logo Wisconsin Tier 3
6 University of Iowa Logo Iowa Iowa still arguably has the best player in the country and they won at the RAC, albeit a fanless one.
7 University of Kansas Logo Kansas Every team is so undeniably bad past like creighton that it just becomes a jumbled mess. Is the big 10 actually good, or is it just
8 Creighton University Logo Creighton Wisconsin and Iowa+the rest masquerading as good. How soon do we start giving every team a freebie and saying, eh it's that kinda year?
9 University of Tennessee Logo Tennessee Tier 4- Tennessee could have realistically been a top 5 team after their dominant win over mizzou...but then they lost to alabama at home?
10 University of Michigan Logo Michigan Michigan is undefeated, but their best win is against an...okay? Northwestern team at home.
11 University of Oregon Logo Oregon Oregon is the best team in a Pac-12 that's looking better than it has in multiple years.
12 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Logo Virginia Tech Who would have thought the 12th best team in the country could have a 20 point home loss to Penn State? It's that kind of year.
13 University of Missouri Logo Missouri It's impossible to stress how difficult this poll was, especially starting fresh. Thank your local official poll voter this week.
14 Clemson University Logo Clemson And again, as I mentioned, every team has very obvious flaws and bad games. It's gotten to the point where they practically all cancel out
15 University of Minnesota Logo Minnesota Tier 5
16 Rutgers University Logo Rutgers I believe that Rutgers can be the 3rd best team in the big 10, but they aren't right now. They have the talent, just need to pull together.
17 University of Houston Logo Houston I wasn't big on Houston in the first place, so losing to Tulsa is a big hit to them.
18 University of Louisville Logo Louisville Their one loss is a monstrosity to Wisconsin, but they've beaten the rest of the schedule, and their opponents have been decent.
19 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Logo Illinois I'm actually overall pretty happy with the teams I have ranked, but the order is definitely screwy.
20 Saint Louis University Logo St. Louis
21 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia
22 Oklahoma State University Logo Oklahoma State
23 University of Connecticut Logo UConn Tier 6
24 University of Arizona Logo Arizona
25 Boise State University Logo Boise State Lots of west coast teams could fit the 25 spot: BYU, SDSU, UCLA, Colorado, USC, even Stanford. Oklahoma and Drake were also considered.