Iowa State University Logobrvheart's Ballot for Week 14 of 2015-16

Submitted on Monday, February 8, 2016 at 9:58AM EST
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1 University of Iowa Logo Iowa Nothing flashy this week, but everyone else lost. They were #3 last week in my poll.
2 University of Virginia Logo Virginia Steady week for Virginia. Won on the road to a possible tourney team in Pitt.
3 University of Oklahoma Logo Oklahoma Lost on the road to an unranked team. But as always, I try not to punish teams too much for road losses.
4 University of Kansas Logo Kansas Two blowout victories this week.
5 Villanova University Logo Villanova Good win @ providence, but maybe Providence isn't very good. Only ranked wins are against Xavier and Providence. Already lost to Providence.
6 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia Good week. Beat ISU at Hilton and then Baylor at home.
7 Xavier University Logo Xavier Xavier only has two losses, but one was by 30 to Villanova.
8 University of Maryland, College Park Logo Maryland They doubled their wins against ranked teams. They also doubled their wins against decent teams this week. 2-0 so far, both at home.
9 Southern Methodist University Logo SMU Lost on the road to an unranked team. That will drop SMU a few spots.
10 Michigan State University Logo Michigan State Strong road win at Michigan.
11 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina Lost two this week (one to an unranked team), but both were on the road, so they only lose a couple spots.
12 University of Oregon Logo Oregon
13 University of South Carolina Logo South Carolina How did SC lose to Georgia, and then beat Texas A&M on the road!? The road loss doesn't hurt them, the road victory at A&M helps a lot.
14 Saint Mary's College of California Logo Saint Mary's Had two road games. Won one (SD), lost one @ BYU. As per tradition, road losses don't hurt a team too badly.
15 University of Miami (Florida) Logo Miami (FL) Good win against Notre Dame this week.
16 Texas A&M University Logo Texas A&M Seemed to be heading in the right direction after beating Iowa State, but maybe Iowa State isn't very good. Lost 3 of their last 4.
17 University of Dayton Logo Dayton They really should win out. Of their remaining 8 games, only VCU at home in March should be a challenge.
18 Purdue University Logo Purdue
19 University of Louisville Logo Louisville Good win against UNC at home.
20 University of Arizona Logo Arizona Barely beat Washington, but it was on the road.
21 Baylor University Logo Baylor Couldn't have been much worse. Two losses this week, one at home.
22 Iowa State University Logo Iowa State They won @ OKSt and lost @home to WVU. WVU is a great team, but as per tradition in my poll, home losses hurt you badly.
23 Providence College Logo Providence lost two this week, but the one at home was much more costly for their ranking.
24 University of Texas at Austin Logo Texas Beat two quality Big 12 teams this week. However, they have a ton of losses (7) and lost @TCU, which is unacceptable - even by 1 point.
25 University of Arkansas at Little Rock Logo Little Rock Two losses on the season.