HickeysBay's Ballot for Week 12 of 2017-18
Submitted on Monday, January 22, 2018 at 12:35AM EST
FYI: This is a provisional ballot. It does not count towards this poll's results.
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Villanova
|
(1) They continue to dominate. |
| 2 |
Purdue
|
(2) They also continue to dominate. |
| 3 |
Virginia
|
(6) Not dominating, but consistently better than everyone else. |
| 4 |
Duke
|
(7) Lots of teams lose. Duke moves up. |
| 5 |
Michigan State
|
(8) Lots of teams lose. MSU moves up. |
| 6 |
West Virginia
|
(5) Close home loss to Kansas is excusable. They still look pretty darn good. |
| 7 |
Xavier
|
(9) Didn't lose and added a nice road win @Seton Hall. |
| 8 |
Kansas
|
(11) Didn't lose and added a great road win @WVU. |
| 9 |
North Carolina
|
(15) Didn't lose on a week where seemingly everyone lost. |
| 10 |
Oklahoma
|
(3) Ugly 0-2 week. They are trending down, but I still think they can turn things around. |
| 11 |
Texas Tech
|
(4) Ugly 0-2 week also. Offense is struggling. Not sure they can recover from injuries. |
| 12 |
Clemson
|
(14) This is where I pretty much totally reevaluated my rankings. Clemson moves up a couple slots even on a 1-1 week. |
| 13 |
Cincinnati
|
(13) UC holds firm as they continue to burn through a conference schedule that has been pretty easy so far. |
| 14 |
Auburn
|
(12) Even with the road loss to Bama, Auburn is in good shape atop the SEC. |
| 15 |
Ohio State
|
(25) I was unsure about Ohio State the past few weeks. They've convinced me though with their undefeated B1G record. |
| 16 |
Arizona
|
(18) Similar to UC, Arizona is running through their easy conference slate. |
| 17 |
Seton Hall
|
(16) Despite going 0-2 this week, the Hall is only down to 17 for me. I just couldn't find any teams that deserve it more. |
| 18 |
Tennessee
|
(17) They hardly drop at all as other ranked teams continue to lose. |
| 19 |
Wichita State
|
(10) Really awful week for WSU as they go 0-2 against some bubble teams, one of which was at home. |
| 20 |
Florida
|
(UR) They haven't looked good, but they sit atop a pretty good SEC conference. |
| 21 |
Michigan
|
(20) Got crushed by Nebraska, but as was the case with a lot of teams this week, they don't drop much with all the ranked losses. |
| 22 |
Kansas State
|
(UR) People are sleeping on K-State. They got a couple good wins over ranked teams this week. If they can replicate it on the road, look out |
| 23 |
Creighton
|
(22) Drubbed Seton Hall and lost on the road to Providence. Again, they only drop a slot. |
| 24 |
Saint Mary's
|
(UR) Massive road win over Gonzaga. They move into the rankings as the Zags move out. |
| 25 |
Louisville
|
26. Gonzaga 27. Nevada 28. Oklahoma State 29. Florida State 30. Houston 31. Marquette 32. Kentucky 33. Texas 34. TCU 35. Butler |