University of Massachusetts Amherst LogoJamesBCrazy's Ballot for Week 3 of 2016-17

Submitted on Monday, November 21, 2016 at 3:47AM EST
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1 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky (1) There was surprisingly little movement in my rankings, probably due to a number of teams playing nothing but cupcake opponents.
2 Villanova University Logo Villanova (3)
3 University of Kansas Logo Kansas (2)
4 Duke University Logo Duke (4)
5 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina (5)
6 Indiana University Bloomington Logo Indiana (11)
7 Xavier University Logo Xavier (9)
8 University of Virginia Logo Virginia (6) I rank teams based on accomplishments, so the Cavaliers aren't dropping immediately because of Nichols's dismissal.
9 University of Arizona Logo Arizona (12)
10 University of Oregon Logo Oregon (7)
11 University of Louisville Logo Louisville (13)
12 University of Wisconsin-Madison Logo Wisconsin (10)
13 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia (14)
14 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga (16)
15 Michigan State University Logo Michigan State (8)
16 University of Maryland, College Park Logo Maryland (17)
17 Purdue University Logo Purdue (19)
18 Iowa State University Logo Iowa State (22)
19 Florida State University Logo Florida State (21)
20 University of California, Los Angeles Logo UCLA (18)
21 Creighton University Logo Creighton (NR)
22 Saint Mary's College of California Logo Saint Mary's (24)
23 Syracuse University Logo Syracuse (23)
24 University of Texas at Austin Logo Texas (20)
25 Wichita State University Logo Wichita State (25) The only team to drop out of my top 25 was UConn, ranked 15th last week.