University of Wisconsin-Madison Logoatucker1744's Ballot for Week 9 of 2014-15

Submitted on Sunday, January 4, 2015 at 8:55PM EST
RankTeamReason
1 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky LW:1 If a team doesn't have an explanation, they didn't do anything noteworthy, or didn't change position at all, unless someone jumped them
2 Duke University Logo Duke LW: 2
3 University of Virginia Logo Virginia LW: 3
4 University of Wisconsin-Madison Logo Wisconsin LW: 4
5 University of Arizona Logo Arizona LW: 6, +1
6 University of Louisville Logo Louisville LW: 7, +1
7 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga LW: 8, +1.
8 Villanova University Logo Villanova LW: 5, -3. Losing to Seton Hall hurts, but Seton Hall is a team just outside my top 25, so Nova will stay above some 1 loss teams
9 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia LW: 10, +1
10 University of Kansas Logo Kansas LW: 11, +1
11 Wichita State University Logo Wichita State LW: 12, +1
12 University of Maryland, College Park Logo Maryland LW: 17, +5. Wins over MSU and Minnesota vault 1-loss Maryland into the top 15
13 Iowa State University Logo Iowa State LW: 9, -4. The loss to South Carolina drops the Cyclones, but they have a big matchup coming up against OSU, so they need to rebound quick
14 University of Texas at Austin Logo Texas LW: 13, -1. 14-16 get hurt by the Maryland jump. Texas' big game against Oklahoma has big implications for the middle of my bracket
15 University of Utah Logo Utah LW: 14, -1.
16 University of Oklahoma Logo Oklahoma LW: 15, -1.
17 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina LW: 19, +2. Big game against Notre Dame this week will say a lot about the quality of this UNC team
18 University of Notre Dame Logo Notre Dame LW: N/A, +8. Only 2 losses this deep into the season will put ND up in the top 20, if they beat UNC, they stay
19 Ohio State University Logo Ohio State LW: 16, -3. Loss to Iowa drops OSU, but not too much as teams below them aren't much better looking so far
20 Syracuse University Logo Syracuse LW: 22, +2
21 Virginia Commonwealth University Logo VCU LW: 24, +3
22 University of Washington Logo Washington LW: 20, -2. After charging into the top 10 of some polls, the Huskies have sputtered of late, with a loss to Cal this week
23 San Diego State University Logo San Diego State LW: 18, -5. Losing to an average Fresno State team will drop you, especially when you already have a couple L's this year already
24 University of Oregon Logo Oregon LW: 25, +1
25 University of Cincinnati Logo Cincinnati LW: N/A, +1. Very impressed by their season so far, and I'll give them a spot because I think they are a little overlooked so far