OrangePlasma's Ballot for Week 9 of 2020-21
Submitted on Sunday, January 17, 2021 at 8:48PM EST
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Gonzaga
|
- |
| 2 |
Baylor
|
- |
| 3 |
Villanova
|
- |
| 4 |
Iowa
|
(+1) A Texas loss leads to an Iowa rise. Iowa blew out Northwestern on the road this week, which is nice. |
| 5 |
Michigan
|
(+5) A #9 rank proved too low for Michigan, and after being on the opposite sides of blow outs, they rise, but only a bit. |
| 6 |
Texas
|
(-2) Texas was handed their first conference lost at the hands of Texas Tech, despite being up 10 after the first half. |
| 7 |
Tennessee
|
- |
| 8 |
Houston
|
(+2) Houston moves up after some losses. |
| 9 |
Ohio State
|
(+7) After a road win over Illinois, Ohio State looks like a top 3 B1G team, and a top 10 team overall. |
| 10 |
Kansas
|
(-4) KU lost to Oklahoma State. They'll be fine. |
| 11 |
Texas Tech
|
(+3) TTU got a great win over Texas- on the road- and then performed pretty well against Baylor. |
| 12 |
Creighton
|
(-4) Creighton lost to Butler, but they didn't have Marcus Zegarowski. They're a different team without him, so they won't fall far for now. |
| 13 |
West Virginia
|
- |
| 14 |
St. Louis
|
(+1) SLU moves up after losses, despite being idle again. Hope this team gets to play soon. |
| 15 |
Wisconsin
|
(-5) After a being pretty much decimated by Michigan, Wisconsin rebounded nicely. They're still a top 15 team in my eyes. |
| 16 |
Minnesota
|
(+4) Michigan was one of the hottest teams in the country, and Minnesota beat them by 18. If this team can just perform away, they're top 10 |
| 17 |
Virginia
|
(+7) Virginia looks like they're coming closer to their preseason top 5 rank, after a demolishment of Clemson. |
| 18 |
Illinois
|
(-6) Illinois just lost at home to Ohio State. Maybe a drop like this is excessive, but lots of teams deserved to leapfrog here. |
| 19 |
Oklahoma State
|
(+2) A win over Kansas is great for Oklahoma State of course. This team is now sitting at 9-3, and look to be scary in the Big 12. |
| 20 |
Oregon
|
(-2) Oregon was idle, but they're getting leapfrogged here. |
| 21 |
Florida State
|
(+1) FSU played probably their best offensive game of the season vs. NC State. |
| 22 |
Alabama
|
(NR) Alabama has to be ranked. This might even be to low, after blow outs over Kentucky and Arkansas, and a blow out over Tennessee earlier. |
| 23 |
Missouri
|
- |
| 24 |
Virginia Tech
|
(+1) [DROPPED: 19. Louisville] |
| 25 |
Clemson
|
(-8) Clemson, even after being the victim of a murder, still has a lot of things to like. They'll stay ranked. |