metjetnet's Ballot for Week 9 of 2016-17| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Villanova
|
Easy choice (only one of the poll tbh) |
| 2 |
Baylor
|
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| 3 |
Kansas
|
Feels weird putting them here but all the giants fell last week |
| 4 |
Gonzaga
|
I'm high on them, think they'll lose no more than twice |
| 5 |
UCLA
|
One-loss teams exceedingly rare, and Oregon is very tough |
| 6 |
Louisville
|
Has some great wins and no shame in losing to Virginia and Baylor |
| 7 |
Kentucky
|
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| 8 |
West Virginia
|
Beat UVA on the road |
| 9 |
Oregon
|
Completely different team from start of year, dominated solid USC team and beat UCLA |
| 10 |
Duke
|
Grayson needs to sort things out |
| 11 |
Creighton
|
Not as good as Villanova but still real good |
| 12 |
Florida State
|
Bacon was... sizzling on Saturday. He's a stud and they've got a nice interior |
| 13 |
Arizona
|
Like Oregon they struggled early but figured it out. When Trier comes back they'll be a force |
| 14 |
Virginia
|
They're quite good but have not been as dominant at home as I hoped |
| 15 |
Wisconsin
|
Solid team, they'll get better as the year goes on like always |
| 16 |
Virginia Tech
|
Beat Duke by 14, pretty self-explanatory |
| 17 |
Xavier
|
Scare against Georgetown but have mostly bounced back from losses |
| 18 |
North Carolina
|
Georgia Tech is really bad |
| 19 |
Saint Mary's
|
Still just the one loss |
| 20 |
Florida
|
No bad losses, solid team |
| 21 |
Purdue
|
Minnesota is for real but disapointing to lose at home |
| 22 |
Butler
|
St. John's? |
| 23 |
Cincinnati
|
Cincinnati is gonna stay in this fringe top 25 tier for a while I feel |
| 24 |
Minnesota
|
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| 25 |
Indiana
|
Still beat Kansas and UNC. Honorable mentions to Miami, Notre Dame, USC |