IrishBall's Ballot for Week 12 of 2016-17| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Villanova
|
Still better resume than Kansas |
| 2 |
Kansas
|
Challenging week for Kansas coming up |
| 3 |
Gonzaga
|
Easy Week. Only chance they lose this year is at SMC |
| 4 |
Kentucky
|
Kentucky returns to a #1 seed |
| 5 |
Baylor
|
Had a challenge vs TCU but held on |
| 6 |
UCLA
|
Only reason they aren't 7 or 8 is because both Creighton and WV lost |
| 7 |
Florida State
|
Man this team is insane |
| 8 |
North Carolina
|
Only reason FSU hopes UNC even though UNC beat them is because of FSU's amazing SOS |
| 9 |
Oregon
|
My PAC-12 favorite |
| 10 |
Arizona
|
This team is much better than I expected |
| 11 |
Creighton
|
Rough Game vs Maquette and lost their best player too. They will end with a 5 seed IMO |
| 12 |
Butler
|
I think Butler is insane. They were down 25-5 to DePaul but still won.... |
| 13 |
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 |
Virginia
|
The ND Virginia game is going to be a great one |
| 15 |
Wisconsin
|
Still favorite to win BIG 10 |
| 16 |
West Virginia
|
Bad back to back losses. Need a Win vs Kansas |
| 17 |
Louisville
|
Similar to ND, the Loss to FSU isn't bad but their losses are racking up.... |
| 18 |
Duke
|
Can't move Duke up with Louisville in front of them |
| 19 |
Cincinnati
|
Favorite to win the AAC. Big game to prove themselves vs Xavier |
| 20 |
Purdue
|
Pretty easy week for the Boilmakers |
| 21 |
Saint Mary's
|
Moving up with losses from Xavier and Florida |
| 22 |
Maryland
|
Had a challenge vs Iowa but held on strong. Congrats Maryland ranked 2 weeks in a row |
| 23 |
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
|
Needs to prove themselves vs Cincinnati this week. They just can't beat ranked teams. NEXT 5: South Carolina, SMU, USC, TCU, Northwestern |
| 25 |
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 |