Iowa State University Logobrvheart's Ballot for Week 9 of 2016-17

Submitted on Monday, January 2, 2017 at 9:46AM EST
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1 Baylor University Logo Baylor Great resume. Zero losses.
2 Villanova University Logo Villanova Won @Creighton. That's a big time win. I still think Baylor's win against Louisville is better.
3 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia Destroyed OKST on the road.
4 University of Kansas Logo Kansas Only won by 6 @TCU?
5 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga No losses.
6 University of California, Los Angeles Logo UCLA Have to win against Oregon, but they don't lose too many spots due to a road loss by only 2 points to an obviously good team.
7 University of Louisville Logo Louisville Losing @home is always bad. But if you can follow it up with a big time win @Indiana on the road. That's a good thing.
8 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky It's going to be several more wins by UK and at least a terrible loss before UCLA drops below UK. Don't lose @home UK.
9 Florida State University Logo Florida State
10 Saint Mary's College of California Logo Saint Mary's
11 University of Virginia Logo Virginia VA should be proud that they followed up their Big Time win @Louisville on the road, with a loss to Florida State @home. Good job, guys.
12 University of Wisconsin-Madison Logo Wisconsin
13 Xavier University Logo Xavier
14 University of Arizona Logo Arizona
15 University of Oregon Logo Oregon Two big wins this week against UCLA and USC.
16 Duke University Logo Duke Can't lose to VT if you don't want to drop, especially by double digits. The fact it was on the road prevents a huge drop.
17 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina Lost to Georgia Tech? Really? By 12 points? At least it was on the road. Three losses already.
18 University of Southern California Logo USC Normally road wins don't hurt you too badly, especially against top teams. But losing to Oregon by 23 is going to hurt.
19 Creighton University Logo Creighton Lost @home by double digits. You can't do that if you want to be in the top 10.
20 Butler University Logo Butler Lost on the road which normally protects you somewhat; but it was to lowly St. Johns.
21 University of Cincinnati Logo Cincinnati
22 Kansas State University Logo Kansas State One loss on the year to Maryland by 1 point.
23 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Logo Virginia Tech
24 University of Minnesota Logo Minnesota Took Purdue's spot by beating them on the road.
25 Iowa State University Logo Iowa State Four loss Indiana comes in at #26 for me.