byzantiums's Ballot for Week 6 of 2021-22
Submitted on Sunday, December 12, 2021 at 6:06PM EST
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Baylor
|
NOTE: After week 5 I scrap my ballot and re-rank from scratch going into conference season. So not including change from last week. |
| 2 |
Arizona
|
They look great. @Illinois was just the cherry on top. |
| 3 |
Duke
|
Play more games! |
| 4 |
Gonzaga
|
This feels high. But they have a pair of wins that's matched by Duke, Purdue... and maybe Ohio State? And great metrics. |
| 5 |
Purdue
|
I considered keeping them at #1 before the State game. But that's back-to-back stinkers, and this team has serious questions. |
| 6 |
UCLA
|
Landed higher on UCLA than I expected. They've looked fine, even without Cody Riley. |
| 7 |
Kansas
|
A rare lack of top end non-conference games for Kansas has made it hard to judge this team. Aside from knowing they're really good. |
| 8 |
Michigan State
|
This feels insane. But they've beaten 3 good teams (Minn, Loyola, UConn), 2 more okay teams (Butler, LVille) and lost to very good teams. |
| 9 |
Ohio State
|
Two great wins at home, two excusable losses away from home. But playing great basketball right now. |
| 10 |
Alabama
|
One very bad loss, two good wins. Needs to be a lot more consistent, but has a top 5 ceiling. |
| 11 |
Villanova
|
The Syracuse game was ugly, ugly basketball. But they won. The Baylor game was also ugly, and they lost. |
| 12 |
Iowa State
|
No top-top tier win. But four okay ones (Xavier, Memphis, Creighton, Iowa) and no losses. |
| 13 |
USC
|
No really great wins, no losses, dominant play against most teams. Needs to shoot FTs for the next month. |
| 14 |
Houston
|
Great metrics & scheduled a good non-conference slate in principle, then ended up with their best win being vs. Butler. Oof. |
| 15 |
Wisconsin
|
I'm sure I'll get torched for this because of the Ohio State loss, but it's the only blemish on their record with Johnny Davis. |
| 16 |
Auburn
|
Bit of a soft set of games so far (minus Loyola), but clearly a very very good team. |
| 17 |
LSU
|
Similar to Auburn, but with a worse schedule but no losses. Hard to split these two teams. |
| 18 |
Seton Hall
|
Two wins that felt a lot better when they happened, but that are still decent. And one very excusable loss. |
| 19 |
Colorado State
|
Should've already been ranked. Three solid wins, no losses, top 5 backcourt in the country. |
| 20 |
Xavier
|
Freemantle is back, already have three good wins, nothing here points to them being reasonably unranked. |
| 21 |
Tennessee
|
That loss to Texas Tech was ugly, ugly, ugly basketball. |
| 22 |
UConn
|
Very banged up, still clearly a good team. Nice win over the Bonnies. |
| 23 |
Kentucky
|
There's a real argument for Kentucky to be unranked. But the eye test says it'd be wrong. |
| 24 |
Texas
|
Same as Kentucky. Beaten cupcakes, lost reasonable games to good teams. Looks okay in reality. |
| 25 |
Texas Tech
|
Almost Ins: San Francisco, Texas Tech, Arkansas, Illinois, Loyola, UNC, Saint Mary's, Minnesota, Loyola. |