University of Texas at Austin LogoOrangePlasma's Ballot for Week 7 of 2020-21

Submitted on Monday, January 4, 2021 at 5:25AM EST
RankTeamReason
1 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga -
2 Baylor University Logo Baylor -
3 Villanova University Logo Villanova -
4 University of Texas at Austin Logo Texas (+5) Texas pulled off a huge 35-point win at Kansas, where they outplayed them in every facet of the game.
5 University of Iowa Logo Iowa (+3) Iowa rebounded from last week by beating Northwestern and Rutgers, two good teams.
6 University of Kansas Logo Kansas (-3) Losing by that much is bad, and doing it at home is bad, but KU is still a good team, and they should be fine.
7 University of Tennessee Logo Tennessee (-) Tennessee lost to Alabama, but it was after a huge win over Missouri. They should stay put.
8 Creighton University Logo Creighton (+3) Creighton won, leading to their rise, but the margin they're winning by has been unimpressive.
9 University of Michigan Logo Michigan (+11) Michigan picked up a win over Maryland and a huge one over Minnesota, continuing their undefeated season, and earning a top 10 spot.
10 University of Wisconsin-Madison Logo Wisconsin (-4) Wisconsin won't fall too far after recovering from a Maryland loss with a win over Minnesota.
11 University of Houston Logo Houston (-6) Houston lost to Tulsa in a close one, where they shot very poorly, but did recover with a win over SMU.
12 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Logo Illinois (+1)
13 Rutgers University Logo Rutgers (+2)
14 University of Minnesota Logo Minnesota (+3) With wins over Michigan St and Ohio St, Minnesota had a good week, despite the loss to Wisconsin, which isn't a bad one.
15 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia (-5) WVU lost to Oklahoma, despite making nearly 60% their shots from the 3.
16 University of Missouri Logo Missouri (-4) Mizzou got beat bad by Tennessee at home, in a game that was never close. They recovered well, but the loss was rough.
17 University of Oregon Logo Oregon (NR) Oregon's been playing good after their loss to Mizzou, and should be top 20.
18 Saint Louis University Logo St. Louis (+3) SLU was idle, but teams dropping led to them rising.
19 Oklahoma State University Logo Oklahoma State (NR) OkSt is doing well after a win @ Texas Tech. The games they've lost happened by a combined 4 points, and they've been playing well.
20 Texas Tech University Logo Texas Tech (-4) TTU lost at home to Oklahoma State, but won't drop too far after losses by other teams.
21 Clemson University Logo Clemson (+3) After a good win over FSU, Clemson somehow avoided being upset after a 1-point win over Miami.
22 Florida State University Logo Florida State (-4) FSU lost on the road to Clemson, and shouldn't drop too far.
23 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Logo Virginia Tech -
24 University of Virginia Logo Virginia (NR) [DROPPED: 15. Michigan State, 19. Northwestern, 22. Xavier, 25. Ohio State]
25 University of Arizona Logo Arizona (NR) Arizona's looking pretty good after wins over Colorado, Washington, and Wash. St, and are 9-1 right now.