University of Virginia Logojewzaseven's Ballot for Week 9 of 2014-15

Submitted on Monday, January 5, 2015 at 12:41AM EST
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1 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky NOTE: Numbers signify moves from my ballot last week. NR means previously unranked.
2 Duke University Logo Duke 0. Dominant wins beginning in the ACC
3 University of Wisconsin-Madison Logo Wisconsin +1. Convincing, powerful wins this week.
4 University of Virginia Logo Virginia -1. Still undefeated, but looking a whole lot more vulnerable than Wisconsin after blowing a 18 pt. lead at the half against Miami.
5 University of Louisville Logo Louisville 0. Wake Forest was closer than expected, but still a good win.
6 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga 0. Played well this week.
7 University of Utah Logo Utah +2. Villanova and Iowa State dropped.
8 University of Maryland, College Park Logo Maryland +2. Road win over MSU. It was a game full of dirty play and screw ups but it was impressive for being new to Big Ten.
9 University of Arizona Logo Arizona +2. Convincing wins. AZ is back.
10 Villanova University Logo Villanova -3. Lost to an unranked team(Cats always choke against Pirates). Would've dropped way more, but Seton Hall looks great now.
11 Iowa State University Logo Iowa State -3. Lost to an unranked team, but boy oh boy is South Carolina looking good.
12 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina 0. Won well over Clemson.
13 University of Texas at Austin Logo Texas +2. Good defense, and a win over teams that hate Texas? Yes please.
14 University of Notre Dame Logo Notre Dame 0. Notre Dame turned on the signature offense to rally over GT. Looked vulnerable at first but had a comeback win.
15 Wichita State University Logo Wichita State +2. Decent week. Played well.
16 University of Oklahoma Logo Oklahoma +2. A great win over Baylor elevates Oklahoma in the wide open B12 contest.
17 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia +2. I feel bad for TCU... But this was the first big test, and WV won without a key man and TCU didn't win.
18 University of Kansas Logo Kansas +2. Played well this week and got their focus back.
19 St. John's University Logo St. John's -3. You would think St. John's would drop further.... but Seton Hall has been playing well and had two upsets this week.
20 Seton Hall University Logo Seton Hall NR. Oh boy. Two convincing wins over highly ranked teams. This team is on a roll and will make noise in the Big East.
21 Ohio State University Logo Ohio State -8. I don't even know why I had them ranked so high last week. Sorry. It was a fluke. But the Illinois win keeps them ranked imo.
22 Virginia Commonwealth University Logo VCU NR. Played well against Fordham, and has a player with huge numbers of steals.
23 Baylor University Logo Baylor -1. They played a strong Oklahoma and performed about as expected--- but a loss is a loss!
24 University of South Carolina Logo South Carolina NR. Has been playing top 25 level defense for quite a while now, and a good win over Iowa State where SCAR forced a shutdown.
25 University of Northern Iowa Logo Northern Iowa -2. Didn't play well, with that loss to Evansville.