gregorykoch11's Ballot for Week 9 of 2015-16| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Oklahoma
|
Sooners get up to #1 after Spartans lose |
| 2 |
Virginia
|
Virginia has just one loss, on the road, and a few quality wins. |
| 3 |
Kansas
|
Jayhawks also a good one loss team. |
| 4 |
Michigan State
|
Sparty's loss drops them to #4, not super-far |
| 5 |
Xavier
|
Xavier lost to Villanova, but they beat Butler, which keeps them in the Top 5. |
| 6 |
Maryland
|
A good win over Northwestern, let's see how they do in Big 10 play |
| 7 |
SMU
|
SMU still undefeated and still rising - shame they can't play for a postseason |
| 8 |
Providence
|
Friars doing strong with a couple good wins Chance to really rise with Big East play. |
| 9 |
South Carolina
|
Gamecocks undefeated but really haven't beaten that good teams yet. Still, the SEC is weak this year, so they could do well. |
| 10 |
Arizona
|
Wildcats doing well this year. No bad losses. |
| 11 |
Iowa State
|
Tough loss to Oklahoma, but they're playing well this year. |
| 12 |
Villanova
|
Villanova with a big win over Xavier |
| 13 |
West Virginia
|
Mountaineers playing well but now they get into Big 12 schedule |
| 14 |
Texas Tech
|
Texas Tech also playing well, we'll see how they do in Big 12 |
| 15 |
Miami (FL)
|
Hurricanes managed to recover nicely from that Northeastern loss |
| 16 |
Iowa
|
They beat Michigan State and Purdue in the same week. Impressive. Three losses but they're all forgivable. |
| 17 |
Butler
|
Tough week, but both losses are forgivable |
| 18 |
Kentucky
|
Kentucky may be bouncing back from a couple bad losses. We'll see. |
| 19 |
Duke
|
Same with Duke. |
| 20 |
North Carolina
|
Tar Heels have a couple not so great losses. They've played well otherwise but there are too many good teams right now. |
| 21 |
Purdue
|
Tough loss to Iowa drops them |
| 22 |
Texas A&M
|
Aggies playing well this year. |
| 23 |
UConn
|
Huskies get back into the Top 25 with a win over Texas and a lot of other teams losing. |
| 24 |
Seton Hall
|
Pirates are 12-2, but now have to deal with the Big East |
| 25 |
Dayton
|
Dayton is only two losses, plus a big win against Iowa, which looks better now than at the time. |