Iowa State University Logobrvheart's Ballot for Week 5 of 2015-16

Submitted on Monday, December 7, 2015 at 2:58AM EST
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1 Michigan State University Logo Michigan State The rankings I use are Massey, since I hate KenPom's algorithm. Currently KenPom has Virginia #2, even though they have zero top 50 wins.
2 Villanova University Logo Villanova Their best wins are #85 Long Beach St and #86 William & Mary. No one should be taking KenPom seriously.
3 University of Oklahoma Logo Oklahoma So any rankings you see here will be Massey only. Massey also has Virginia too high (computers love defense), but at least it's not #2.
4 Purdue University Logo Purdue Undefeated. Extremely solid win on the road at Pitt.
5 Iowa State University Logo Iowa State Undefeated.
6 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina Two top 50 wins and one top 50 loss; but they were missing a key player and seem to be very strong now.
7 Xavier University Logo Xavier Undefeated.
8 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia Undefeated.
9 University of Kansas Logo Kansas two top 50 wins, one top 50 loss.
10 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky One top 50 win, one top 50 loss; but their win is against Duke. So they edge them out; even though Duke might be better.
11 Duke University Logo Duke They have the loss to UK, and then two top 50 wins against VCU and Georgetown.
12 Southern Methodist University Logo SMU Undefeated.
13 University of South Carolina Logo South Carolina Undefeated.
14 George Washington University Logo GW
15 Providence College Logo Providence
16 University of Maryland, College Park Logo Maryland Someone tell me Maryland's best win? 4-3 Georgetown? I guess it is, since that's their only top 50 win. (and they beat them by 4 at home)
17 University of Arizona Logo Arizona Did enough to stay ranked this week. The computers love Gonzaga, so they are getting a big bump from that victory on the road.
18 Vanderbilt University Logo Vanderbilt
19 Baylor University Logo Baylor Only won by 2 at home to Vanderbilt
20 University of Colorado Logo Colorado Only loss is to Iowa State by 6 points.
21 University of Virginia Logo Virginia Zero top 50 wins. Best wins were William & Mary and Long Beach St. If they don't beat WVU this week, I won't be ranking them next week.
22 Saint Mary's College of California Logo Saint Mary's Undefeated. Top 50 team according to Massey.
23 University of Arkansas at Little Rock Logo Little Rock Undefeated.
24 University of Houston Logo Houston Undefeated.
25 University of Louisville Logo Louisville Louisville only lost to MSU by 4, however, that was their only game of the season against an opponent ranked higher than #167! (North FL)