KJones77's Ballot for Week 12 of 2017-18| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Villanova
|
no change |
| 2 |
Virginia
|
no change |
| 3 |
Duke
|
up 3; 2-0 in the past week |
| 4 |
Purdue
|
up 3; 2-0 in the past week |
| 5 |
Kansas
|
up 5; big win @WVU, plus undefeated in chaotic week |
| 6 |
Michigan State
|
up 2; somehow they lose a game and move up. happens when everyone seemed to lose this week |
| 7 |
West Virginia
|
down 2; 1-1 keeps them stableish |
| 8 |
Arizona
|
up 3; win out and you move up this week |
| 9 |
North Carolina
|
up 5; 2-0 woo |
| 10 |
Xavier
|
up 5; not losing hype |
| 11 |
Oklahoma
|
down 8; two losses, neither bad but they look exposed and need to grow beyond just letting Trae shoot 50,000 times |
| 12 |
Gonzaga
|
no change; stability is found is splitting your games |
| 13 |
Cincinnati
|
up 10; when everyone else loses at least once if not twice, somebody has to benefit |
| 14 |
Ohio State
|
up 10; are they top 15? eh probably not, but what the fuck they keep winning |
| 15 |
Texas Tech
|
down 11; if you can't win, you drop heavily |
| 16 |
Wichita State
|
down 7; dropping two straight isn't a recipe for success |
| 17 |
Tennessee
|
up 1; somehow move up in a week they lost, but oddly feels right |
| 18 |
Clemson
|
up 1; hey they moved up too, WINNING AT LEAST ONCE IS HUGE |
| 19 |
Auburn
|
down 3; losing to Alabama w/o Sexton is not great |
| 20 |
Saint Mary's
|
new; marquee win over Gonzaga to establish themselves here |
| 21 |
Kentucky
|
down 8; dropping two straight does these things |
| 22 |
Florida
|
new; back in after Kentucky win, but still need to prove they righted the ship entirely |
| 23 |
URI
|
new; honestly tossing them a bone. they win and they deserve this in such a soft week, let's see if they keep it up |
| 24 |
Nevada
|
new; same goes for Nevada, why rank somebody who can't win instead? |
| 25 |
TCU
|
down 5; the K-State loss hurts and the Fisher injury may be fatal, but we'll see...out: Seton Hall, FSU, ASU, and Michigan |