College of the Holy Cross LogoThuggsyBogues's Ballot for Week 7 of 2015-16

Submitted on Sunday, December 20, 2015 at 10:16PM EST
RankTeamReason
1 Michigan State University Logo Michigan State win vs Florida, Louisville, Providence, Kansas. They have the best resume and definitely pass the eye test. but can they beat monmouth?
2 University of Kansas Logo Kansas loss vs Michigan st (3 KP)... win vs UCLA, Vanderbilt, Oregon St, Holy Cross. The win over Holy Cross is surely the strongest win this year
3 University of Virginia Logo Virginia loss vs GW (40 KP)... win vs Nova, WVU, Ohio st (55). Starting to come into their own after I was hesitant early in the season
4 University of Oklahoma Logo Oklahoma win vs Wisconsin, Nova.
5 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina loss to UNI (66 KP), Texas (42 KP)... win vs UCLA, Maryland
6 Xavier University Logo Xavier win vs cincinnati, dayton, usc, michigan
7 University of Maryland, College Park Logo Maryland loss vs UNC (9)... win vs UConn, URI (53). Top tier ends here
8 University of Louisville Logo Louisville loss to michigan st, no top 50 win
9 Purdue University Logo Purdue loss to butler (22 KP), win vs Pitt, Florida
10 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky loss vs UCLA (39), Ohio st (55)... win vs Arizona st, Duke. Haven't seen the ohio st game yet, but it couldn't have been a great showing
11 Duke University Logo Duke loss vs Kentucky (12 KP), Utah (38 KP)... win vs Indiana, VCU (56)
12 University of Miami (Florida) Logo Miami (FL) loss vs Northeastern (103!?)... win vs Florida, Utah, Butler.
13 Providence College Logo Providence Loss vs Mich St (3)... win vs Arizona
14 University of Arizona Logo Arizona loss vs Providence (49)... win vs Gonzaga
15 Butler University Logo Butler loss vs Miami (11), win vs Purdue, Cincinnati
16 Villanova University Logo Villanova loss vs Oklahoma (2 KP), Virginia (1 KP)... no top 50 win
17 University of Cincinnati Logo Cincinnati Loss vs xavier (7), Butler (22)... win vs GW.
18 George Washington University Logo GW loss vs Cincinnati (19)... win vs Seton Hall, Virginia.
19 Southern Methodist University Logo SMU win vs Michigan. They basically have lived exactly up to expectations so far. No bad wins, one solid win.
20 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia loss to Virginia (1 KP)... no top 50 wins.
21 Texas A&M University Logo Texas A&M loss vs Cuse (46), Zona St (50)... win vs Baylor, Gonzaga, Texas.
22 Iowa State University Logo Iowa State loss vs UNI (66)... win vs Iowa, Colorado.
23 Baylor University Logo Baylor loss vs Oregon, A&M... win vs Vandy
24 University of Oregon Logo Oregon loss vs UNLV (84), Boise st (73)... win vs Baylor, Valpo
25 University of South Carolina Logo South Carolina Not losing is enough to get this spot. Sindarius, Mindaugas, + Laimonas are my favorite names of all time.