thevorminatheria's Ballot for Week 10 of 2015-16
Submitted on Monday, January 11, 2016 at 4:29AM EST
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Kansas
|
It's basically a tie with Oklahoma. Kansas can lose the #1 seed to Oklahoma even without losing if Sooners play better in the next games |
| 2 |
Oklahoma
|
See above |
| 3 |
Michigan State
|
Michigan State has the best quality win in the country and a quality road loss. MD talent looks better but their resume is weaker for now |
| 4 |
Maryland
|
See above |
| 5 |
Villanova
|
Best Big East team so far in conference play. Non-conference losses were to top quality teams |
| 6 |
Xavier
|
Resume is rock solid but loss to Villanova was too large to justify ranking them over Nova |
| 7 |
North Carolina
|
They've been navigating ACC troubled water without taking any damage so far |
| 8 |
SMU
|
If you keep on winning sooner or later you'll land in the top 10. Quality wins is better that the other unbeaten team (SC) |
| 9 |
Providence
|
I'm surprised to have to rank them sill #9 after bad home loss to Marquette but the teams below haven't shined brigther |
| 10 |
Arizona
|
Tough luck this week. They play in the most competitive conference and still belong in the top 10. |
| 11 |
Duke
|
The dukies are climbing up the ladder by taking care of their games with no sweat |
| 12 |
West Virginia
|
Maybe they've just been lucky with the schedule so far but as of now ranking them lower than ISU would be unfair to the respective resumes |
| 13 |
Iowa State
|
Top 5 talent here. The performance is too volatile to sustain an higher ranking at this point. The Big XII does not help. |
| 14 |
Pitt
|
After their first good road win, it's time to reward this team for their consistency |
| 15 |
Virginia
|
An acute case of 'tech' allergy should not detract for all the previous accomplishments. |
| 16 |
South Carolina
|
They've never faced a powerhouse so far but look at their resumes. They did beat some good teams along the road. |
| 17 |
Butler
|
It's arguably the most difficult team to rank outside of the Pac-12. I think they may belong here for now. |
| 18 |
Texas A&M
|
Flashes of brilliance, solid play and resilience on the road. |
| 19 |
Miami (FL)
|
I have them lower than most polls. They still haven't shown me much. It doesn't mean that they don't have it, tough. Let's how they do @UVA |
| 20 |
Kentucky
|
It was difficult to envisage Knetucky having already three losses at this point of the season. |
| 21 |
Baylor
|
Top-notch road win. Highest riser of the week in my ballot. |
| 22 |
Louisville
|
They don't seem to be trending in the right direction. They've been underrated in the first part of the season. Now, not so much. |
| 23 |
Iowa
|
Still looking great after the terrific performance of the past week. |
| 24 |
Purdue
|
The talent is still there but the kinda of failed the test of the first Big Ten games |
| 25 |
Indiana
|
First 10 Out: Oregon, Utah, Cal, Cincinnati, USC, UConn, UCLA, GW, Texas Tech, Gonzaga |