Duke University Logoshaidar9haran's Ballot for Week 12 of 2016-17

Submitted on Monday, January 23, 2017 at 9:33AM EST
RankTeamReason
1 Villanova University Logo Villanova SORRY THIS WAS MADE AT THE LAST SECOND (GO PATS!)
2 University of Kansas Logo Kansas Dropped WVU and UCLA due to the Upsets; UCLA is a team that concerns me, their defense is terrible and you'll need that come march
3 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga I think WVU's loss is much more explainable, seemed like an off night/oversight more than a worrisome trend
4 Baylor University Logo Baylor Other notes: Florida St deserves to be a top ten team; they finished their 6 game gauntlet at 5-1... legit.
5 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky UNC seems to be a humming machine at this point, getting contributions like that from Hicks now in addition to Meeks is scary
6 University of California, Los Angeles Logo UCLA Zona is shooting up this list, the freshman held strong and learned a lot through the year now Trier comes at just the right time
7 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina Don't sleep on Louisville, they lost to FSU without Snyder, but their playmakers (snyder included) are starting to get a flow on O
8 Florida State University Logo Florida State UVa still missing that go-to guard, I expect this team to win the games they should, but it'll hurt them in big time matchups
9 University of Arizona Logo Arizona We may have been too harsh on Wisconsin and Purdue, but with poll inertia until they have a resounding victory it's hard to justify bumping
10 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia them back up
11 University of Oregon Logo Oregon I went to BU so Creighton's loss of Mo Watson hit me hard, this team just doesn't have enough pieces to continue to reach those highs
12 University of Louisville Logo Louisville I dropped them based on the loss and the loss of Mo.
13 Butler University Logo Butler Duke needs to sweep this week and at least play ND well to even continue getting any respect, very precarious spot.
14 University of Virginia Logo Virginia I like this Cincy team a lot, saw them in person, expect them to crush X and easily win the AAC.
15 University of Wisconsin-Madison Logo Wisconsin South Carolina - looking at just games with Thornwell, very impressive resume, I assume that type of split should be taken into account
16 Creighton University Logo Creighton had to include maryland based on record, but I still believe they're frauds
17 University of Notre Dame Logo Notre Dame SMU has played well, even with the loss to Cincy they're the #2 in the AAC without a doubt.
18 Duke University Logo Duke Illinois State beat Wichita and play amazing Offense, they might steal the MVC from WSU and if so, they'll be a good upset pick come march
19 University of Cincinnati Logo Cincinnati
20 Purdue University Logo Purdue
21 University of South Carolina Logo South Carolina
22 University of Maryland, College Park Logo Maryland
23 Southern Methodist University Logo SMU
24 Saint Mary's College of California Logo Saint Mary's
25 Illinois State University Logo Illinois State