0pticle's Ballot for Week 15 of 2020-21
Submitted on Sunday, February 28, 2021 at 6:53PM EST
FYI: This is a provisional ballot. It does not count towards this poll's results.
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Gonzaga
|
-- |
| 2 |
Michigan
|
+1, Passed Baylor in Kenpom and have looked unbeatable |
| 3 |
Baylor
|
-1, haven't looked the same off of their covid pause, still obviously a 1 seed if they can bounce back a little |
| 4 |
Illinois
|
+1, jumping OSU as they were able to beat Wisconsin without Ayo |
| 5 |
Ohio State
|
-1, 3 game losing streak and would probably be lower if not for everyone else also losing |
| 6 |
West Virginia
|
+3, one of only 8 top25 teams (if I did the math correct) to not lose this past week |
| 7 |
Houston
|
+4, benefit from everyone around them losing while they beat a decent Western Kentucky team |
| 8 |
Villanova
|
-2, Could definitely see an argument for them to be lower after losing to Butler (but looking very good against UConn & SJU)?? |
| 9 |
Kansas
|
+7, finally get their signature win as it felt like they were losing close games for a while, plus knocking off Baylor warrants a big jump |
| 10 |
Iowa
|
--, not sure what to make of them, looked very poor against Michigan and then respond with a W over OSU |
| 11 |
Alabama
|
-3, While a loss to Arkansas isn't bad I'm not sure they are a top 10 team in the country right now |
| 12 |
Texas
|
+2, Texas beats Kansas and then loses to Texas Tech this week as the BIG12 becomes even more difficult to evaluate |
| 13 |
Arkansas
|
+10, I've been pretty low on them hence the big jump because they've been winning and on fire recently |
| 14 |
Florida State
|
-1, I thought for sure FSU was the obvious ACC front runner but losing to UNC who lost to Marquette is not something I predicted |
| 15 |
Oklahoma
|
-8, I've felt they were too high for a while and they lost twice this past week with one being to Kansas St |
| 16 |
Texas Tech
|
+1, another BIG12 team that is impossible to read like the rest, W over Texas after a loss to OSU |
| 17 |
Creighton
|
-5, can play with anyone if they play their A game (see Nova W) but did not show up at all against Xavier who looked like the better team |
| 18 |
Virginia
|
-3, I could see an argument for them to be ranked lower or even unranked, I'm just trusting Bennett figures things out but yikes |
| 19 |
Oklahoma State
|
NR, Cunningham is the real deal and showed it with W's over Tech and OU, team can compete with the best of them |
| 20 |
Loyola Chicago
|
+2, it's hard for me to rank them higher despite other teams losing as they been narrowly edging out victories |
| 21 |
San Diego State
|
+3, the team to beat in the Mountain West in my opinion, sweeping Boise St this past week |
| 22 |
Colorado
|
NR, making the PAC12 race very interesting, beating 2 teams in front of them |
| 23 |
Virginia Tech
|
-5, not much to say but they better start putting some wins together again or they may be next to be dropped |
| 24 |
Purdue
|
OUT: Oregon(20), Wisconsin(21), Missouri(25) |
| 25 |
USC
|
Considered: Oregon, Clemson, BYU, Wisconsin |