HickeysBay's Ballot for Week 9 of 2017-18
Submitted on Monday, January 1, 2018 at 7:59AM EST
FYI: This is a provisional ballot. It does not count towards this poll's results.
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Michigan State
|
(2) Nova loses. MSU eeked ahead just barely because their loss is better than Nova's. |
| 2 |
Villanova
|
(1) Nobody was beating Butler on Saturday. Nova drops a bit. |
| 3 |
Duke
|
(3) Scraped by FSU at home. Unlike MSU and Nova, Duke has some clear flaws. |
| 4 |
Arizona State
|
(4) Even with the road loss to Zona, they have the best resume in the country. They don't drop at all. |
| 5 |
Xavier
|
(6) TAMU loses. X gets a nice road win at Marquette, but scraped by DePaul at home. They jump TAMU. |
| 6 |
West Virginia
|
(7) TAMU loses. WVU gets a nice road win at OKState. They jump TAMU. |
| 7 |
Oklahoma
|
(8) TAMU loses. OU goes on the road and hands TCU their first loss of the season. Great win. They jump TAMU. |
| 8 |
Purdue
|
(11) TAMU loses. Purdue is running like a well-oiled machine right now. They jump TAMU, Wichita State, and UVa. |
| 9 |
Virginia
|
(9) TAMU loses. UVa just scrapes by Boston College. They jump TAMU, but drop behind Purdue. |
| 10 |
Wichita State
|
(10) TAMU loses. Wichita State gets a decent road win against a struggling UConn. They jump TAMU, but fall behind Purdue. |
| 11 |
Texas A&M
|
(11) Got creamed by Bama on the road while not at full strength. Can these guys recover from off-court issues? They drop out of the top 10. |
| 12 |
North Carolina
|
(13) TCU loses. UNC scrapes by Wake at home. They jump TCU. |
| 13 |
Kansas
|
(14) TCU loses. KU gets a nice road win at Texas. Can they continue to succeed relying only of their shooting? They jump TCU. |
| 14 |
Seton Hall
|
(16) Tennessee and TCU lose. Seton Hall gets a nice comeback win over Creighton and takes one from SJU. They jump Tennessee and TCU. |
| 15 |
Texas Tech
|
(17) Tennessee and TCU lose. Tech absolutely destroys Baylor. They jump Tennessee and TCU. |
| 16 |
Arizona
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(20) Baylor, Tennessee, and TCU lose. Zona gets a huge win over a great ASU squad. They jump Baylor, Tennessee, TCU, and Miami. |
| 17 |
TCU
|
(12) Lose at home to a really good OU team. Still no real impressive wins. They drop a few spots. |
| 18 |
Tennessee
|
(15) Tennessee loses a close road game to a good Arkansas team. I still like this squad. Still, they fall 3 spots. |
| 19 |
Miami (FL)
|
(19) Baylor loses. Miami gets a decent road win over Pitt. They jump Baylor, but fall behind Zona. |
| 20 |
Cincinnati
|
(21) Baylor loses. UC creams Memphis to open AAC play. They jump Baylor. |
| 21 |
Gonzaga
|
(22) Baylor loses. GU has played much better as of late. They jump Baylor. |
| 22 |
Kentucky
|
(23) Baylor loses. UK gets a couple good wins over UGA and Louisville. They jump Baylor. |
| 23 |
Baylor
|
(18) Got absolutely wrecked by Texas Tech. All their losses are to good teams though, plus they beat Creighton. They drop 5 spots. |
| 24 |
Arkansas
|
(UR) Oklahoma State and Creighton lose. Arkansas gets a nice home win over Tennessee. They move into the rankings. |
| 25 |
Butler
|
26. Clemson 27. Auburn 28. FSU 29. Creighton 30. UCLA 31. Oklahoma State 32. Notre Dame 33. St. Mary's 34. SMU 35. Houston |