byzantiums's Ballot for Week 5 of 2021-22
Submitted on Sunday, December 5, 2021 at 7:49PM EST
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Purdue
|
+1. Who else? |
| 2 |
Baylor
|
+2. They look unstoppable right now. Will be good to see them play a real time. |
| 3 |
Arizona
|
+3. Is this insane? Maybe. |
| 4 |
Duke
|
-3. Ohio State game was bad... but in reality was a close road loss to a good team. Harsh to drop further than this. |
| 5 |
Gonzaga
|
-2. Feels weird to say, but Gonzaga is suffering from poor coaching. Need better offense to free Timme and less terrible rotations from Few. |
| 6 |
Villanova
|
-1. Haven't played a team with a pulse since Purdue. Not comfortable moving up more until they do. |
| 7 |
Kentucky
|
+1. Taking care of business. |
| 8 |
Kansas
|
-1. Not an entirely convincing win over St. John's. |
| 9 |
UCLA
|
=. Looked fine against an okay Colorado team. |
| 10 |
Texas
|
+1. Feasting on cupcakes. |
| 11 |
Tennessee
|
+2. Winning at Colorado is never easy. |
| 12 |
USC
|
+2. Nice win @Wazzu. Is Andy Enfield the COTY right now? |
| 13 |
Alabama
|
+5. Beating Gonzaga makes you forget about a lot of bad basketball leading up to it. |
| 14 |
Wisconsin
|
+1. Is Johnny Davis a 1st team All-American right now? |
| 15 |
Arkansas
|
-3. Barely playing a D1 schedule lately, but at least they're doing it well. |
| 16 |
BYU
|
-6. Went from looking like the best team in the country to looking really shaky in under a week. |
| 17 |
Iowa State
|
+2. Looks legitimately good. Has multiple players who could go for 30+ on any night. |
| 18 |
Houston
|
-1. Didn't drop because they did anything wrong, Iowa State is just playing and beating better teams. |
| 19 |
Florida
|
-3. Not a terrible loss to OU, but not a good one. |
| 20 |
Auburn
|
+2. UCF is a decent win. |
| 21 |
LSU
|
+2. LSU is thriving off of... defense? |
| 22 |
Colorado State
|
NEW. Don't make plans for December 21st. They have a real shot at Alabama. |
| 23 |
Michigan State
|
NEW. Guard play has improved and the defense is awesome. Rotation needs to shorten a bit. |
| 24 |
Ohio State
|
+1. EJ Liddell is playing like a POTY contender. |
| 25 |
North Carolina
|
NEW. They're playing like a top 20 team. Now the question is whether the guards can sustain this level of effort. |