zsghost's Ballot for Week 3 of 2014-15| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Kentucky
|
[Last Week: 1] I fully expect this to be a unanimous #1 |
| 2 |
Duke
|
[2] Two strong wins (MSU, Stanford) plus business-as-usual other games |
| 3 |
Wisconsin
|
[3] Basically tied with Duke for #2; if all goes well will be settled in awesome B1G/ACC game |
| 4 |
Arizona
|
[5] Only team in top four yet to face real challenge; this changes in Maui |
| 5 |
North Carolina
|
[8] My ACC bias is powerful and I am unrepentant; that's why the voting body is diverse, to counteract that stuff |
| 6 |
Louisville
|
[9] See what I'm saying? |
| 7 |
Wichita State
|
[7] This is as high as I'm going to put them until there are nearly no undefeateds left |
| 8 |
Virginia
|
[10] Every bit as good as advertised so far |
| 9 |
Texas
|
[11] Two decent wins in 2K Classic |
| 10 |
San Diego State
|
[13] Leapfrogs Villanova because (1) had a decent win (2) need to fight my east-coast bias (can't have two biases like that) |
| 11 |
Villanova
|
[12] Still moves up a spot; I don't punish teams for having indifferent weeks against cupcakes, just reward less |
| 12 |
Gonzaga
|
[16] SMU win less impressive now then it was, but still looked like a solid team on the whole from what I saw |
| 13 |
Kansas
|
[4] Trying to split the difference between "lost by THIRTY" and "Kentucky is just that good" |
| 14 |
Michigan State
|
[14] Lost to #2 team by ten, this makes sense, that's why they're ranked lower |
| 15 |
VCU
|
[17] On point so far |
| 16 |
Iowa State
|
[19] Didn't lose but needs to win HoF Classic to stay here |
| 17 |
Ohio State
|
[N5] Gets to make a huge leap from basically #26 because EVERYONE in my 20-25 range lost against weak opponents |
| 18 |
Michigan
|
[N5] See above |
| 19 |
Miami (FL)
|
[New] Small sample size but ~*~Angel Rodriguez~*~ |
| 20 |
Creighton
|
[New] That comeback though... |
| 21 |
Indiana
|
[New] Good enough that I'm sure what-if scenarios about the suspensions and drama preseason are especially frustrating |
| 22 |
Providence
|
[New] What the heck, right? We'll see how they look against Kentucky |
| 23 |
UCLA
|
[New] Kenpom take the wheel |
| 24 |
Florida
|
[8] Would've been in 10-20 range with just loss to Miami but you can't go to OT with ULM like that; that said, I know about the injuries |
| 25 |
Maryland
|
[New] ayy lmao (Next Five: Utah, Stanford, Oklahoma, Syracuse, UConn) |