SodaPawp's Ballot for Week 4 of 2016-17
Submitted on Monday, November 28, 2016 at 4:16AM EST
FYI: This is a provisional ballot. It does not count towards this poll's results.
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Kentucky
|
Eye Test says best team in country as of right now. |
| 2 |
Villanova
|
Undefeated and hasn't looked shaky. |
| 3 |
North Carolina
|
Handling Wisconsin with ease cements them as deserving of top 5. |
| 4 |
Kansas
|
Loss against Indiana hurts a bit, but best of the 1-loss teams in my opinion as they've looked good since. |
| 5 |
Baylor
|
Great resume as of now, good wins. Strong team that was underrated to start season. |
| 6 |
Duke
|
Top tier talent, good team. Only loss to Kansas who is also seeming to be a top echelon team. |
| 7 |
Virginia
|
Undefeated and have been putting teams away early- good sign. |
| 8 |
Indiana
|
Loss to Fort Wayne looks awful. Wanted to drop them further but still a good basketball team who beat Kansas. |
| 9 |
Xavier
|
Not much to say, won their games but no major tests yet. |
| 10 |
Creighton
|
Looked very good so far, win over Wisconsin helps. |
| 11 |
Gonzaga
|
Winning tournament is good, nothing amazing enough to boost them as teams like Creighton and Baylor have been more impressive. |
| 12 |
Louisville
|
Loss to Baylor does not seem to hurt them as of yet since Baylor has looked so good. |
| 13 |
Arizona
|
One loss drops them a bit, but was a close game and so not a lot. |
| 14 |
UCLA
|
Keeps winning so stays steady. |
| 15 |
Saint Mary's
|
Keeps winning so stays steady. |
| 16 |
Purdue
|
Haven't lost this week so not much movement, wins didn't make a statement either way for this program. |
| 17 |
Butler
|
Win over Arizona looks good, and undefeated so definitely top 20. |
| 18 |
South Carolina
|
Wins over a ranked Syracuse and a ranked Michigan put them in the Top 20, especially since both were convincing wins. |
| 19 |
Maryland
|
Undefeated jumps them into the rankings as everybody else has started dropping games. Close game with Georgetown doesn't look that good tho. |
| 20 |
Iowa State
|
Solid performance in their tournament this week, loss to Gonzaga doesn't hurt immensely as the Zags shot extremely well and it was close. |
| 21 |
Wisconsin
|
Another loss drops them further, and those games not being close doesn't help. Keeping them in because NC and Creighton seem very good. |
| 22 |
URI
|
Only loss being at Duke doesn't hurt them terribly, will need a statement win at some point though. |
| 23 |
Syracuse
|
Loss to South Carolina hurts a bit, but not enough to entirely drop them from rankings. Very close to being left out though. |
| 24 |
Michigan State
|
A third loss has to drop them a bit, but it being to Baylor doesn't kill them as Baylor has looked great. Still believe theyre a top 25 team |
| 25 |
Florida
|
One loss to Gonzaga, but performance in the tournament overall was good. Just enough to give them the nod over Notre Dame or Cincinnati. |