Xavier University LogoGregorian1's Ballot for Week 4 of 2014-15

Submitted on Sunday, November 30, 2014 at 10:53PM EST
RankTeamReason
1 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky Its going to be very tough to slow these Wildcats down. Talent reigns supreme
2 University of Wisconsin-Madison Logo Wisconsin Had a big scare against Georgetown but pulled on through and beat the talented Sooners afterwards. Holding onto #2
3 Duke University Logo Duke Michigan State and Stanford Ws are still holding up strong and they should get better as the year moves along
4 University of Arizona Logo Arizona Held onto some close victories over Kansas State and San Diego State. Ugly but effective still keeps you at #4
5 University of Texas at Austin Logo Texas Some stellar victories this year with Iowa Cal and Uconn all either on the road even without Isaiah Taylor its a top team
6 University of Louisville Logo Louisville Montrezl Harrell and co. leading a strong defense against some decent opponents
7 University of Virginia Logo Virginia Close call against Lasalle moves them here but still a very good team that should stay at the top of the rankings the entire year
8 Villanova University Logo Villanova Big Neutral Court W's over Michigan and VCU place them here...please don't hurt me Jayvaughn Pinkston
9 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga Kyle Wiltjer has been a stellar transfer on another top Zags team. Can the Zags get to the Elite 8 for the first time under Mark Few?
10 Wichita State University Logo Wichita State Haven't lost in the regular season since March of 2013...just cruising along with Baker and VanVleet
11 University of Kansas Logo Kansas The Kentucky loss looks like a blip on the radar against the consensus #1. Kansas will be fine
12 San Diego State University Logo San Diego State Not an overpowering team but big Ws over Utah, Pitt, and BYU with a very close loss to Zona shows SDSU reloads not rebuilds
13 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina Suffered their first L of the season in an ugly matchup against Butler but rebounded with W's over Florida and UCLA to land on their feet
14 University of Miami (Florida) Logo Miami (FL) Back to back W's over Charlotte are very underrated stacked onto their Florida W shows a good squad for Larranaga
15 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Logo Illinois Surging out of nowhere are the Illini this year lead by Rayvonte Rice with their dominance against the weaklings and a W over Baylor
16 Ohio State University Logo Ohio State Cruising against a relatively soft schedule so far. Their first tough test will be a fun one to watch @Louisville
17 University of Oklahoma Logo Oklahoma A very tough team with W's over UCLA and Butler, just have been hampered with a tough road atmosphere and the #2 team in the country as L's
18 University of Arkansas Logo Arkansas Some big victories over SMU and Iona show a quality Arkansas team that could be second billing to the Wildcats in the SEC
19 Michigan State University Logo Michigan State Duke and Kansas are not losses to worry about but still waiting for their first big W
20 University of Maryland, College Park Logo Maryland Big W over Arizona State and Iowa St put them here but can they overcome the loss of former Xavier player Dez Wells in the near term
21 Butler University Logo Butler Butler is back. Big neutral site victories over UNC and Georgetown show the Bulldogs still have some bite in them
22 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia The neutral site W over UConn still looks strong and they have been looking very good against their other opponents
23 Baylor University Logo Baylor Even though they have a loss to the Illini a neutral site W over Memphis and road W against South Carolina show a strong team in Waco
24 Georgetown University Logo Georgetown D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera & Co. beat Florida in a wild one and gave the Badgers their toughest test of the year brings them onto the poll
25 University of Michigan Logo Michigan Neutral site L to Villanova doesnt really hurt anyone and they still have a W over Oregon on a neutral site