billsnewera's Ballot for Week 5 of 2017-18
Submitted on Sunday, December 3, 2017 at 11:14PM EST
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Duke
|
I didn't get to watch as many games this week as I would have liked but these guys stay atop my ballot |
| 2 |
Michigan State
|
#2 again for me, despite the loss, 7-1 is a true feat with this schedule |
| 3 |
Kansas
|
Got a decent test this week against Syracuse, first since Kentucky |
| 4 |
Villanova
|
Complete dominance in the Big 5 continued this week before a nice top-15 matchup at MSG with the Zags |
| 5 |
Florida
|
Finals week? No games for the Gators, but I firmly believe in the return of the SEC |
| 6 |
Wichita State
|
Nice road performance in Waco shows they were made stronger by a difficult Maui |
| 7 |
Notre Dame
|
Football fans won't like my lack of head-to-head consideration here but ND really didn't do much to impress me against Sparty |
| 8 |
Kentucky
|
Three games with a week in between each coming up for the Cats, if they can't prepare for Virginia Tech and UCLA, they'll start to fall |
| 9 |
Miami (FL)
|
Finally got that staple win early on in the season, one of only 13 unbeaten teams now |
| 10 |
Texas A&M
|
Aggies have a fun one coming up Tuesday with Arizona, would speak volumes for the conference |
| 11 |
North Carolina
|
This team looks flawed to me for some reason |
| 12 |
Cincinnati
|
A fall from the top ten for Cincy after Mick Cronin went after JP Macura, but they have some tests coming up which could snap them back in |
| 13 |
Gonzaga
|
Impressive turnover this team has pulled off, looked excellent against Creighton |
| 14 |
Minnesota
|
Lost on its home floor to top-10 Miami, but I still think the Gophers are my #2 in the Big Ten |
| 15 |
Xavier
|
Second best team in the Big East, there were times Saturday where they were waxing Cincinnati |
| 16 |
West Virginia
|
The Mountaineers sole loss continues to look better and better, but they may not provide Kansas much competition |
| 17 |
UCLA
|
Is this the...wait a minute? My highest-ranked Pac-12 team? This honestly could be a three-bid league. |
| 18 |
Virginia
|
Yeah, Hoos, 8-0 |
| 19 |
Louisville
|
Couple of good teams Louisville lost to this week, albeit unranked. I have them above consensus, I'm sure, but they're a force |
| 20 |
USC
|
That loss to SMU really surprised me, the winner of the Pac-12 should have 6-8 losses |
| 21 |
Nevada
|
Solid RPI schedule for the Wolfpack and they may not even need it. Two road ranked-ish big 12 games for them this week (TTU, TCU) |
| 22 |
Purdue
|
They're back in after a solid 3-0 week, one top-25 win, one road win |
| 23 |
Seton Hall
|
Two top-25 wins this week for the Pirates, they should hang around at the top of the Big East this year |
| 24 |
Creighton
|
Solid performance against Gonzaga and a solid 2-loss season thus far. |
| 25 |
TCU
|
26 Arizona State, 27 Virginia Tech, 28 Michigan, 29 Baylor, 30 Arizona, Thinking about: SMU |