Iowa State University Logobrvheart's Ballot for Week 8 of 2016-17

Submitted on Monday, December 26, 2016 at 1:37AM EST
RankTeamReason
1 Baylor University Logo Baylor Wins against Oregon, Michigan State, VCU, Xavier, and Louisville (who just beat Kentucky for those keeping score)
2 University of California, Los Angeles Logo UCLA Beat tourney teams Michigan and Ohio State, but beating Kentucky on the road counts for a LOT.
3 Villanova University Logo Villanova Beaten Purdue, ND, and Temple. This is the definitive #1 team in the country? Playing @Creighton and @Butler in next 9 days with be a test
4 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia One loss on a neutral court.
5 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga
6 University of Kansas Logo Kansas One loss on a neutral court.
7 University of Louisville Logo Louisville If the win against UK was on the road they would have leaped to at least 4th. At home, they don't get quite the bump.
8 Creighton University Logo Creighton No losses.
9 Butler University Logo Butler Only loss on the road by 1 to in-state rival. Beat tourney teams IU, Utah, AZ, NU, and Cincy.
10 University of Virginia Logo Virginia Lost at home, hasn't really beaten anyone. Iowa? Cal? They will finally be tested this week against Louisville.
11 Duke University Logo Duke Lost to the only decent team they've played on a neutral court. Lost a starter to a suspension this week.
12 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky Think you're better than USC? Win your games. One loss on the road, one at home. They should probably be dropped further.
13 Indiana University Bloomington Logo Indiana Two losses to Butler and UIFW. But they did beat Kansas AND UNC. Must get consistent.
14 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina They need to beat UK if they want to be in the top 10. (They should probably beat Indiana while they're at it)
15 University of Southern California Logo USC Keep winning.... keep moving up.
16 Saint Mary's College of California Logo Saint Mary's One loss. (but a bad one at home)
17 Florida State University Logo Florida State Beaten probable tourney teams Florida and Minnesota. Lost to probable tourney team Temple by 3 in only loss. @Virginia in 6 days.
18 University of Wisconsin-Madison Logo Wisconsin Two to both good teams they've played. Haven't been tested by any other decent teams.
19 Kansas State University Logo Kansas State
20 Purdue University Logo Purdue Are they good? No idea. They've lost to Louisville and Villanova, but haven't beaten anyone else but Notre Dame.
21 Texas Tech University Logo Texas Tech
22 Xavier University Logo Xavier
23 University of Arkansas Logo Arkansas
24 University of Arizona Logo Arizona
25 Clemson University Logo Clemson