University of Oklahoma Logoouguy2017's Ballot for Week 8 of 2017-18

Submitted on Sunday, December 24, 2017 at 11:49PM EST
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1 Michigan State University Logo Michigan State (1)
2 Villanova University Logo Villanova (2)
3 Duke University Logo Duke (3)
4 Texas A&M University Logo Texas A&M (4)
5 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia (5)
6 Arizona State University Logo Arizona State (6)
7 University of Virginia Logo Virginia (7)
8 Xavier University Logo Xavier (10)
9 Purdue University Logo Purdue (13)
10 University of Arizona Logo Arizona (14) Those 3 losses were all without their pg, and 2 of them were by 6 points. Zona looks like a different team from Thanksgiving
11 Wichita State University Logo Wichita State (12) got jumped by 2 teams for having a close game at home vs FGCU. Did get their best player from last year back though
12 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina (8) Loss at home is bad, but UNC still has good wins.
13 Baylor University Logo Baylor (15)
14 Texas Christian University Logo TCU (16)
15 Seton Hall University Logo Seton Hall (18)
16 University of Kansas Logo Kansas (19) De Sousa will be a huge help for KU
17 University of Cincinnati Logo Cincinnati (20)
18 University of Tennessee Logo Tennessee (21)
19 Texas Tech University Logo Texas Tech (22)
20 University of Oklahoma Logo Oklahoma (23)
21 Creighton University Logo Creighton (24)
22 University of Arkansas Logo Arkansas (UR)
23 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky (9) Tumbles all the way down here. Still has the VT win, but 1-2 away from Rupp, yikes.
24 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga (17)
25 University of Louisville Logo Louisville (25) Others considered: Clemson, Florida State, Miami, SMU, and UCLA. Dropped: Miami (10)