University of Connecticut Logo0pticle's Ballot for Week 11 of 2020-21

Submitted on Sunday, January 31, 2021 at 5:29PM EST
RankTeamReason
1 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga
2 Baylor University Logo Baylor
3 Villanova University Logo Villanova
4 University of Michigan Logo Michigan +1
5 University of Houston Logo Houston +2, beating everyone they face, and pretty easily
6 University of Texas at Austin Logo Texas -2, close loss to OU and still very good
7 Ohio State University Logo Ohio State +6, beating who they're supposed to while other teams ahead lose
8 Creighton University Logo Creighton +4, haven't been as dominant recently but still winning
9 University of Oklahoma Logo Oklahoma +15, wins over 2 top 10 teams in one week gets yourself a top ten ranking
10 University of Iowa Logo Iowa -4, Haven't been the same recently but they have Garza still
11 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia -2, Competitive games with a W vs Texas Tech and L vs. a good Florida team
12 Texas Tech University Logo Texas Tech -1, Like WV, very competitive in their games, even in losses
13 University of Virginia Logo Virginia -5, really bad offensively last few minutes vs Virginia Tech
14 University of Alabama Logo Alabama -4, lost to a shorthanded OU team
15 University of Tennessee Logo Tennessee +4, destroyed Kansas and looked very good doing it
16 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Logo Illinois +7, beat Iowa and can hang with anyone. I think they bounce back the rest of the year
17 University of Florida Logo Florida +1, big win vs WV and looked scrappy/competed all 60 minutes
18 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Logo Virginia Tech NR, Wins vs Notre Dame and Virginia this past week
19 Florida State University Logo Florida State -3, loss to Georgia Tech who is very underrated and streaky
20 University of Wisconsin-Madison Logo Wisconsin -6, have been slipping for a while since the Michigan game and a loss to Penn St isn't the best
21 University of Missouri Logo Missouri -4, loss to a Auburn team who shot a million FT and almost lost to TCU but are a good team and found a way to win
22 Oklahoma State University Logo Oklahoma State -1, won both games this week but can't rationalize them above teams above them
23 University of Kansas Logo Kansas -8, haven't won a quality game in a while and got embarrassed by Tennessee
24 University of California, Los Angeles Logo UCLA NR
25 Drake University Logo Drake NR, undefeated. Other teams considered: Rutgers, Georgia Tech, Stanford, USC, Duke