/r/CollegeBasketball Poll

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Kentucky	[LW: 1] Uneventful week (one respectable win, one perfunctory win)
2	Duke	[2] Coming up: THE BATTLE 4 THE RIGHT TO NOT HAVE TO PLAY KENTUCKY UNTIL THE FINALS
3	Wisconsin	[3] ...ASSUMING EVERYTHING ELSE THIS SEASON GOES ROUGHLY TO PLAN (working title)
4	Arizona	[4] Only won Maui because they didn't have to play Pitt, right?
5	Louisville	[6] Gets to move up a bit but will need to beat tOSU for UNC not to be right back here next week
6	North Carolina	[5] Two strong wins essentially negate the damage caused by loss. Everyone loses to Butler once in a while, anyway.
7	Wichita State	[7] Plus I'd still take UNC over WSU most of the time
8	Virginia	[8] If I cared about style points would be dropping like a rock right now
9	$University of Texas at Austin Logo$ Texas	[9] Totally could beat Kentucky. Won't, but could.
10	Villanova	[11] Had the best week of any team on this list, has earned itself one consequence-free cupcake loss
11	San Diego State	[10] I'm using the Arizona loss as an excuse to move Villanova up
12	Gonzaga	[12] Hell yes I'm gonna pretend to watch Gonzaga/Arizona
13	Kansas	[13] Had a good week but to move them up would violate a major principle of how I poll (do not punish teams who haven't lost)
14	Ohio State	[17] For example: These guys move up because they had a decent week and everyone surrounding them lost, even though their schedule is babies
15	Michigan State	[14] Lost close to two great teams, but still lost; when Ohio State loses to Louisville will regain that single lost point
16	Miami (FL)	[19] Here on down I am not so confident in the order/who should be included
17	Michigan	[18] Once again, the bottom fifth of my poll loses and wackness like this happens
18	Maryland	[25] Made me look smart and then almost made me look really stupid, I am totally cool with overrating them
19	West Virginia	[New] Fuckin
20	Iowa State	[16] Still probably an okay team
21	Illinois	[New] Just trying to maximize Illinois/Miami hype
22	Utah	[N5] Wichita State game should be telling for both teams
23	Syracuse	[N5] I feel like the best metric for determining Top 25-caliber is "Could they beat Iowa?"
24	Butler	[New] The mental gymnastics required to rate them over OU are actually not that difficult
25	Providence	[22] You still deserve love when your only loss is Kentucky (Next 5: Arkansas, VCU, Baylor, UConn, OK State)

zsghost's Ballot for Week 4 of 2014-15