University of Kansas Logopantherhawk17's Ballot for Week 5 of 2016-17

Submitted on Sunday, December 4, 2016 at 10:58AM EST
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1 Villanova University Logo Villanova Roughly the same top tier, but I'm not sure there is a sharp drop off after UNC like I did before.
2 University of Kansas Logo Kansas KU did what they were supposed to this week. Nothing more to say.
3 Duke University Logo Duke Will Duke look better with the freshmen, or will Kennard and Jefferson's reduced roles actually hurt? They've been great this year.
4 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina Oddly, moved up this week, but that's due to UK's drop. My opinion on UNC is pretty much the same as before the IU loss.
5 University of California, Los Angeles Logo UCLA Impressive win at Kentucky. Better resume than UNC, but I don't think they are quite on the same tier.
6 Indiana University Bloomington Logo Indiana Great win against UNC, but I don't think they are better than UNC on a neutral, hence the ranking.
7 Baylor University Logo Baylor Great (best?) resume at first glance. But Oregon & MSU have really disappointed, Xavier was at home and Louisville was an adventure.
8 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky This was the hardest drop for me. I feel like they are a Top 5 team, but I need to see more to put them back that high.
9 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga Good win against Arizona, but I don't think Arizona is all that good. Three high quality wins now though.
10 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia Win at Virginia more than outweighs the Temple loss at this point. Second best win of any team so far this season.
11 University of Louisville Logo Louisville Looked very impressive against Purdue. Louisville matches up very well with Purdue. The upcoming games with UK & UVA will tell us a lot.
12 University of Virginia Logo Virginia I think Virginia is probably better than #11, but I need to see it. Near loss at home to Ohio St. wasn't good. Loss at home to WVU hurts.
13 Saint Mary's College of California Logo Saint Mary's Some good wins, but this is largely projection at this point. Great offense, but I wish I saw them against a high level D.
14 University of Wisconsin-Madison Logo Wisconsin I was pretty down on Wisconsin, but they have looked very good over the last week.
15 Creighton University Logo Creighton Holding steady on my opinion of Creighton. No new evidence for a couple weeks now.
16 Xavier University Logo Xavier Tough loss at Baylor. Looked good for a while, but then the wheels came off. I still think they have a bright season ahead.
17 University of Cincinnati Logo Cincinnati What Hilton Magic?
18 Butler University Logo Butler Solid road win at Utah, but nothing Butler did this week really moves the needle.
19 University of South Carolina Logo South Carolina I was holding off on putting South Carolina where I thought they could be (#25 last week) but the more I see, the more I like.
20 Purdue University Logo Purdue Looked miserable against Louisville, but that's about as bad of a matchup as Purdue can get.
21 University of Oregon Logo Oregon Nothing to note here as Oregon played two terrible teams and won by a million.
22 University of Florida Logo Florida Unranked last week and didn't do anything to move up, but a lot of teams ahead of Florida disappointed this week.
23 Ohio State University Logo Ohio State Just a few possessions away from being undefeated with a win at Virginia.
24 Iowa State University Logo Iowa State I thought I would be dropping ISU out this week after the home loss to Cincinnati but there were plenty of losses by borderline teams.
25 Syracuse University Logo Syracuse A loss at Wisconsin is understandable, but Syracuse had to sneak past North Florida at home, too. Serious question marks around this team.