University of Connecticut Logogregorykoch11's Ballot for Week 12 of 2015-16

Submitted on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at 9:39PM EST
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1 Xavier University Logo Xavier Big East power manages to get to the top by virtue of everyone else losing
2 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina Tar Heels have been excellent for the most part, but hard to make them #1 with the Northern Iowa loss
3 University of Iowa Logo Iowa Hawkeyes have been best team in the country the last month, and proved it by beating Purdue easily
4 University of Oklahoma Logo Oklahoma Good win over Baylor, tough loss to Iowa State
5 Texas A&M University Logo Texas A&M Aggies have been playing well this whole year, and manage to get into Top 5
6 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia West Virginia beat Kansas and has played well in Big 12
7 Providence College Logo Providence Big win over Villanova, to recover from a shaky few games
8 Villanova University Logo Villanova Tough loss to Friars - could be #1 if they won
9 University of Kansas Logo Kansas Lots of Big 12 teams beating up on each other
10 University of Louisville Logo Louisville Louisville has been very good this season so far
11 Southern Methodist University Logo SMU Undefeated until they lost handily to Temple - they may finally be coming back to Earth
12 Indiana University Bloomington Logo Indiana Hoosiers are doing well in Big 10 but haven't played that many good teams. What will happen when they do?
13 University of Miami (Florida) Logo Miami (FL) Hurricanes recovering nicely from pitiful early loss to Northeastern.
14 University of Maryland, College Park Logo Maryland Terps are doing well until losing to Sparty
15 University of Pittsburgh Logo Pitt Pitt is doing well in the ACC, this could be their year to shine, maybe.
16 Baylor University Logo Baylor Baylor doing well in Big 12, they'll beat up on each other
17 University of Arizona Logo Arizona Bouncing back nicely from USC loss
18 Saint Mary's College of California Logo Saint Mary's Big win against Gonzaga
19 University of South Carolina Logo South Carolina Two pitiful losses, but they've won the rest. I don't know what to make of them at this point.
20 Iowa State University Logo Iowa State Another Big 12 team beating up on the rest.
21 University of Dayton Logo Dayton Only three losses, and they beat Iowa and GW. The A-10, or at least the top of it, is very good.
22 Purdue University Logo Purdue Big loss to Iowa, but Iowa's a very good team. Still, they might want to at least make it close.
23 University of Hawaii at Manoa Logo Hawaii Only two losses, and one was a narrow one to Oklahoma.
24 Michigan State University Logo Michigan State Sparty bounced back nicely from two bad losses, but they're two bad losses just the same.
25 University of Virginia Logo Virginia Cavs get back in the poll this week after a nice win over Syracuse