ouguy2017's Ballot for Week 17 of 2015-16
Submitted on Sunday, February 28, 2016 at 10:23PM EST
FYI: This is a provisional ballot. It does not count towards this poll's results.
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Kansas
|
(2) 12 straight Big 12 titles. KU is 10-3 vs RPI top 50. |
| 2 |
Michigan State
|
(4) 7 RPI top 50 wins and have been playing very well ever since everyone got healthy. |
| 3 |
Villanova
|
(1) Losing at Xavier isn't terrible and Nova still has 6 top 50 wins. |
| 4 |
Virginia
|
(3) 8-2 vs the Top 50 RPI. Lost at Miami but did beat UNC at home. |
| 5 |
North Carolina
|
(7) Lost at Virginia but that's not a terrible loss considering it was on the road. |
| 6 |
Oklahoma
|
(5) Lost at Texas after going cold for 6 minutes. Lost 4 of their last 7, at the same time, has only 1 loss outside the top 50 in RPI |
| 7 |
Xavier
|
(6) Beat Nova at home, but then lost at Seton Hall. 6-2 vs RPI top 50 also has 2 sub RPI 50 losses. |
| 8 |
West Virginia
|
(11) Beat Iowa State at home as well as won at Ok State. All 7 losses are to RPI Top 50 teams. |
| 9 |
Miami (FL)
|
(13) Great week for Miami. Got wins at home over Virginia and Louisville. Only downside is that they have 3 sub RPI Top 100 losses |
| 10 |
Indiana
|
(14) Won at least a share of the Big 10. Big week ahead though. |
| 11 |
Purdue
|
(15) Good win against Maryland. Needs to finish strong with games at Nebraska and at home vs Wisconsin. |
| 12 |
Louisville
|
(12) Won at Pitt and lost at Miami. The loss at Miami isn't bad. |
| 13 |
Utah
|
(UR) Made a huge error not ranking them last week. They have 7 top 50 RPI wins and only 1 sub 50 RPI loss. |
| 14 |
Maryland
|
(9) Lost 3 of their last 4. Although a loss at Purdue isn't bad, Maryland really needs to get a win. Big chance Sun at Indiana. |
| 15 |
Oregon
|
(20) Swept the Washington Schools. Big week ahead with UCLA and USC on the schedule. |
| 16 |
Texas
|
(21) Beat KSU and OU this week. Shaka really has turned this program around. |
| 17 |
Iowa
|
(8) Lost 3 straight or even 4 of their last 5. Doesn't get any easier. Get Indiana at home and go to Michigan this week. |
| 18 |
Texas A&M
|
(22) 5-1 vs RPI Top 50 but 6 losses to sub 50 RPI teams. Big game Saturday vs Vandy |
| 19 |
Arizona
|
(10) Lost to Colorado and Utah this week. 2-6 vs RPI Top 50 schools but only 1 loss to Sub 50 RPI teams. |
| 20 |
Duke
|
(16) Lost to Pitt. Only 2 sub 50 RPI losses. Big game Saturday vs North Carolina. |
| 21 |
Iowa State
|
(17) Lost at WVU but beat KState at home. Big game Saturday at the Phog. |
| 22 |
Kentucky
|
(18) Lost at Vandy. Really hard team to figure out. |
| 23 |
Baylor
|
(19) Lost at home to KU, which isn't a terrible loss, but was at home. HUGE WEEK at OU and vs WVU. |
| 24 |
Cincinnati
|
(25) Big week looms. At Houston and vs SMU. Need to win both. |
| 25 |
Wichita State
|
(UR) Also thought about Cal, SMU, Valpo, Hawaii, Seton Hall, and Texas Tech. Ultimately WSU's early season losses weren't at full strength. |