ncaafan2's Ballot for Week 5 of 2017-18| Rank | Team | Reason |
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| 1 |
Duke
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They keep finding ways to win and aren’t as dominant as you can be in the final minutes of games |
| 2 |
Michigan State
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Outside of the Duke game, they have looked pretty dominating this year |
| 3 |
Villanova
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| 4 |
Florida
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| 5 |
Kansas
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| 6 |
Texas A&M
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| 7 |
Miami (FL)
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Great win over Minnesota. These guard are fun to watch |
| 8 |
Wichita State
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Nice rebound week after the ND heartbreaker last week |
| 9 |
North Carolina
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| 10 |
Kentucky
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| 11 |
Notre Dame
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Looked over matched by MSU for most of the game, but still a lot of talent and experience |
| 12 |
Gonzaga
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Solid dominating win over Creighton to get some OOC wins before the WCC starts |
| 13 |
Virginia
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| 14 |
Xavier
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Dominating win over UC in a rivalry game |
| 15 |
Minnesota
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| 16 |
Cincinnati
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| 17 |
West Virginia
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| 18 |
Seton Hall
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| 19 |
Purdue
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The Tennessee loss has aged well and they are also looking better of late. Mackey arena is a scary place you play |
| 20 |
TCU
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| 21 |
Nevada
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They look like a scary team with a lot of fast paced offense |
| 22 |
Tennessee
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From 22-30, I had a really hard time ranking teams as there are so many teams in this range who have lost this week or had a blemish or two |
| 23 |
Louisville
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Lost some tough close ones this week but they have the talent to get better before ACC play |
| 24 |
Arizona State
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| 25 |
Texas
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Others considered: Arizona, Baylor, Bama, Creighton, Rhode Island, SMU, USC |