cavfan22's Ballot for Week 6 of 2017-18
Submitted on Sunday, December 10, 2017 at 5:36PM EST
FYI: This is a provisional ballot. It does not count towards this poll's results.
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Villanova
|
Clear No. 1 - undefeated and dominant |
| 2 |
Michigan State
|
Great wins and only loss to Duke |
| 3 |
Duke
|
Still have the best wins of any team. Also most talented team |
| 4 |
Texas A&M
|
Loss @ Arizona brings no punishment. Have soundly beaten very good teams |
| 5 |
Wichita State
|
Very solid wins, very solid team. They should be top 10 all year |
| 6 |
Arizona State
|
Definitely the positive surprise of the year. Not willing to put them top-5 yet though |
| 7 |
Miami (FL)
|
Undefeated, but only faced 1 quality opponent. But Miami is very, very good |
| 8 |
North Carolina
|
Aside from drubbing at the hands of MSU, have dominated fairly good teams |
| 9 |
West Virginia
|
Beat UVA and only lost to Texas A&M. Press Virginia and Jevon Carter are the real deal |
| 10 |
Xavier
|
Big wins have lost some luster as Wisconsin and Cincinnati have been disappointments |
| 11 |
TCU
|
Undefeated, and just coming off solid wins vs SMU and Nevada. But haven't played anyone great |
| 12 |
Virginia
|
Losing @ WVU shouldn't hurt their ranking. All but one win (9pts) has been by 10+ |
| 13 |
Seton Hall
|
Solid wins, but loss to Rhode Island isn't ideal |
| 14 |
Purdue
|
Loss to Tennessee no longer looks bad, and have a lot of very good wins |
| 15 |
Kentucky
|
Only lost to Kansas, but have played no one else of substance. No clue how good this team is |
| 16 |
Florida State
|
Solid road win @ Florida and are undefeated, but otherwise very meh resume |
| 17 |
Oklahoma
|
I'm high on this OU team. Freshman phenom Trae Young is a dynamic talent |
| 18 |
Arizona
|
Rebounded with great wins over Texas A&M and Alabama. Still an inconsistent team though |
| 19 |
Notre Dame
|
Offensively gifted team that doesn't play defense. Like a less talented version of Duke |
| 20 |
Gonzaga
|
Beat teams they should and lose to teams they should. They'll stick around |
| 21 |
Kansas
|
Yikes did they look bad vs Washington and ASU. Are 349th out of 351 in FT rate |
| 22 |
Texas Tech
|
Only loss is to Seton Hall. A sneaky good Big12 team under Chris Beard |
| 23 |
Tennessee
|
Only loss was a close-ish game to Villanova, and have beaten Purdue. They play tough and physical |
| 24 |
Arkansas
|
They lost by 26 @ Houston, Ouch. Otherwise they'd be top 15 |
| 25 |
Texas
|
Gotta learn how to close out games. Took Duke and Gonzaga to OT but lost |