University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign LogoClarinetist22's Ballot for Week 15 of 2021-22

Submitted on Sunday, February 13, 2022 at 8:30PM EST
RankTeamReason
1 University of Arizona Logo Arizona Dominating the PAC 12, the only clear favorite.
2 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga Move to the PAC 12 already, they’re destroying the WCC.
3 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky Everyone else lost, so…
4 Purdue University Logo Purdue Here me out here. So many ranked teams lost, at least they had a big win against Illinois. Also Jalen Ivey.
5 Baylor University Logo Baylor Big win over Texas.
6 Auburn University Logo Auburn I had Auburn at #4, and was criticized relentlessly. Who’s laughing now?
7 Texas Tech University Logo Texas Tech Winning the in the BIG 12 is good enough to move up to #7.
8 University of Kansas Logo Kansas Big win over Texas. I guess that’s enough?
9 Villanova University Logo Villanova Senior team with two solid wins? Sure, top 10. Only in this economy.
10 Duke University Logo Duke I’m still confident they could make a deep run in march, and more certain I didn’t know who else to put here.
11 Providence College Logo Providence DePaul gave em a real run, but this team is still on top of the Big East.
12 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Logo Illinois Losing to the #4 team on the road barely counts as a loss. Sweet 16 is definitely on the horizon.
13 University of Tennessee Logo Tennessee Winning is enough to move up. Neither was particularly meaningful.
14 University of Houston Logo Houston Houston is a fraud. Losing twice in a terrible AAC is a bad sign. 4 seed at best.
15 University of Wisconsin-Madison Logo Wisconsin Wisconsin > MSU, but Rutgers > Wisc, and Rutgers > MSU. Yet Rutgers is the only one not ranked by ESPN.
16 University of California, Los Angeles Logo UCLA USC has their number, but I figured more than 5 spots was just unfair.
17 University of Southern California Logo USC Just keep winning, just keep winning…
18 Ohio State University Logo Ohio State They beat Michigan, who beat Purdue, who beat Ohio St… it’s a circle of suck.
19 Michigan State University Logo Michigan State
20 Marquette University Logo Marquette
21 University of Arkansas Logo Arkansas DOWN GOES #1
22 Murray State University Logo Murray State
23 Rutgers University Logo Rutgers Wins over two ranked teams, and now Illinois on Wed at the RAC. They are quickly heating up.
24 University of Wyoming Logo Wyoming RANK EM
25 Ohio University Logo Ohio I said it last week too; don’t count these guys out.