Zloggt's Ballot for Week 16 of 2021-22| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Gonzaga
|
+1 |
| 2 |
Arizona
|
+1 |
| 3 |
Auburn
|
-2 |
| 4 |
Purdue
|
+2 |
| 5 |
Kentucky
|
-1 H2H keeps the Wildcats above the Jayhawks for now |
| 6 |
Kansas
|
+1 |
| 7 |
Duke
|
-2 Got jumped by some other teams |
| 8 |
Texas Tech
|
+6 |
| 9 |
Villanova
|
+2 |
| 10 |
Houston
|
0 |
| 11 |
Baylor
|
-2 The 10-point loss to TTU drops them a bit, but eventually not TOO much |
| 12 |
Providence
|
-4 They'd be much lower had they not beaten Butler |
| 13 |
USC
|
-1 And a more convincing win against WSU would've raised them more |
| 14 |
UCLA
|
-1 |
| 15 |
Wisconsin
|
+1 |
| 16 |
Arkansas
|
+7 |
| 17 |
Tennessee
|
-2 Beating Kentucky gives you plenty of wiggle room, even after a bad road loss |
| 18 |
Illinois
|
-1 Likewise, this is the same for Illinois |
| 19 |
Murray State
|
+1 |
| 20 |
UConn
|
NEW |
| 21 |
Saint Mary's
|
NEW |
| 22 |
Rutgers
|
NEW Maybe a bit too high, but hard NOT to see them outside the Top 25 by this point |
| 23 |
Notre Dame
|
NEW Should've beat Wake if they wanted to be higher, but things are chaotic, so they make it anyway |
| 24 |
Ohio State
|
-6 Going 1-1 instead of 0-2 allows them to stick in the Top 25, unlike MSU |
| 25 |
Boise State
|
NEW |