University of Wisconsin-Madison Logoatucker1744's Ballot for Week 4 of 2014-15

Submitted on Sunday, November 30, 2014 at 11:05PM EST
RankTeamReason
1 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky If a team doesn't have an explanation, they didn't do anything noteworthy, or they didn't change position at all, unless someone jumped them
2 University of Arizona Logo Arizona LW:2, Beat ranked SDSU, don't deserve to be jumped.
3 University of Wisconsin-Madison Logo Wisconsin LW: 4, +1. Impressive wins in Battle 4 Atlantis put them over Duke, who I expect them to beat on Wednesday
4 Duke University Logo Duke LW: 3, -1
5 University of Virginia Logo Virginia LW: 5. Good against easy opponents so far, they will be tested against a surprising Maryland in the B1G-ACC challenge
6 University of Louisville Logo Louisville LW:7, +1.
7 University of Kansas Logo Kansas LW: 8, +1. They lost to the #1 a few weeks ago, but rebounded with a win against MSU
8 Wichita State University Logo Wichita State LW: 9, +1.
9 Villanova University Logo Villanova LW: 12, +3. Notched wins against Michigan and VCU so far, they deserve the Top 10 nod.
10 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina LW: 6, -4. Somehow lost to Butler, then looked great in wins against UCLA and Florida
11 University of Texas at Austin Logo Texas LW: 11. They barely beat UConn, but I just can't justify them going over the teams above them.
12 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga LW: 14, +2.
13 Ohio State University Logo Ohio State LW: 17, +4. They, along with many other teams from 12-16, benefitted from poor performances by teams above them. I will admit, many of
14 University of Miami (Florida) Logo Miami (FL) LW: 23, +9. these teams won't be this high by the end of the year, but as of now, this is where they are, and where
15 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia LW: 22, +7. they deserve to be based on performance so far, in my mind.
16 Southern Methodist University Logo SMU LW: 25, +9. They may have one loss (to a good team nonetheless), but I don't see them losing too many games the rest of the year
17 Syracuse University Logo Syracuse LW: 20, +3. They were too high last week, I admit, but they are a good looking team. They will be tested against U of M this week
18 San Diego State University Logo San Diego State LW: 15, -3. They lost to my #2 Arizona, which is why they didn't drop too far
19 Iowa State University Logo Iowa State LW: 16, -3. They lost to Maryland, who is just outside my top 25, so they won't see a huge drop
20 Virginia Commonwealth University Logo VCU LW: 13, -7. A loss to Nova won't drop you much, but a loss to Old Dominion will
21 University of Michigan Logo Michigan LW: 21. They lost to a solid Nova, and with all the movement around them, I don't see a reason for them to move
22 University of Florida Logo Florida LW: 10, -12. With three losses already, Florida is only ranked because I know they will bounce back in a bad SEC
23 Creighton University Logo Creighton LW: 24, +1.
24 Michigan State University Logo Michigan State LW: 19, -5. Two losses already, but considering they are to Duke and Kansas, two top ten teams, they stay in the top 25
25 University of Oklahoma Logo Oklahoma LW: N/A, +1. They were ranked a couple weeks ago, fell out last week, and after a solid run in the Battle 4 Atlantis find their way back in