University of Notre Dame LogoIrishBall's Ballot for Week 12 of 2016-17

Submitted on Monday, January 23, 2017 at 7:19AM EST
RankTeamReason
1 Villanova University Logo Villanova Still better resume than Kansas
2 University of Kansas Logo Kansas Challenging week for Kansas coming up
3 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga Easy Week. Only chance they lose this year is at SMC
4 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky Kentucky returns to a #1 seed
5 Baylor University Logo Baylor Had a challenge vs TCU but held on
6 University of California, Los Angeles Logo UCLA Only reason they aren't 7 or 8 is because both Creighton and WV lost
7 Florida State University Logo Florida State Man this team is insane
8 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina Only reason FSU hopes UNC even though UNC beat them is because of FSU's amazing SOS
9 University of Oregon Logo Oregon My PAC-12 favorite
10 University of Arizona Logo Arizona This team is much better than I expected
11 Creighton University Logo Creighton Rough Game vs Maquette and lost their best player too. They will end with a 5 seed IMO
12 Butler University Logo Butler I think Butler is insane. They were down 25-5 to DePaul but still won....
13 University of Notre Dame Logo Notre Dame That Loss to FSU was a great game that if ND had 3 more seconds could've sent it to OT. Definitely a team to watch out for
14 University of Virginia Logo Virginia The ND Virginia game is going to be a great one
15 University of Wisconsin-Madison Logo Wisconsin Still favorite to win BIG 10
16 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia Bad back to back losses. Need a Win vs Kansas
17 University of Louisville Logo Louisville Similar to ND, the Loss to FSU isn't bad but their losses are racking up....
18 Duke University Logo Duke Can't move Duke up with Louisville in front of them
19 University of Cincinnati Logo Cincinnati Favorite to win the AAC. Big game to prove themselves vs Xavier
20 Purdue University Logo Purdue Pretty easy week for the Boilmakers
21 Saint Mary's College of California Logo Saint Mary's Moving up with losses from Xavier and Florida
22 University of Maryland, College Park Logo Maryland Had a challenge vs Iowa but held on strong. Congrats Maryland ranked 2 weeks in a row
23 Kansas State University Logo Kansas State Big win vs WVU obviously deserves a spot back on the list. [Next Five is on Xavier due to me using all the space on 25]
24 Xavier University Logo Xavier Needs to prove themselves vs Cincinnati this week. They just can't beat ranked teams. NEXT 5: South Carolina, SMU, USC, TCU, Northwestern
25 University of North Carolina at Wilmington Logo UNC Wilmington I can't put South Carolina in despite that they were at Kentucky. They played horribly. But UNC-Wilm had a huge win vs a top Team in the CAA