Rainmaker203's Ballot for Week 12 of 2017-18
Submitted on Sunday, January 21, 2018 at 11:49PM EST
FYI: This is a provisional ballot. It does not count towards this poll's results.
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Villanova
|
The Wildcats still look like the premier team in the country, with the lone loss coming at Butler |
| 2 |
Virginia
|
Virginia's only loss this season came at West Virginia. |
| 3 |
Purdue
|
The Boilermakers have won 15 straight games since losing to Tennessee and Western Kentucky. |
| 4 |
Duke
|
Duke picked up a nice road win this week at Miami. |
| 5 |
Michigan State
|
Spartans are 3-2 since they became the #1 ranked team. |
| 6 |
Kansas
|
The Jayhawks got a very important road win at West Virginia. |
| 7 |
West Virginia
|
Rebounded nicely from the loss to Kansas with a blowout win over Texas. |
| 8 |
Xavier
|
Another team that picked up a nice road win, this one at Seton Hall. |
| 9 |
Cincinnati
|
Cincinnati has quietly won 10 in a row since dropping games to Xavier and Florida. |
| 10 |
North Carolina
|
UNC has rebounded nicely from losses to Florida State and Virginia. |
| 11 |
Oklahoma
|
A rough week for Trae Young and the Sooners drops them 7 spots. |
| 12 |
Arizona
|
The Wildcats appear to be the team to beat in the Pac 12, but they are lacking in quality wins. |
| 13 |
Auburn
|
Auburn has won 15 of their last 16 games. |
| 14 |
Texas Tech
|
Texas Tech is 1-3 since losing Zach Smith to injury. |
| 15 |
Gonzaga
|
Loss at home to St. Mary's has Zags' WCC conference title streak in jeopardy. |
| 16 |
Clemson
|
Rebounded from road loss to UNC with a win over Notre Dame. |
| 17 |
Ohio State
|
The Buckeyes have won 7 in a row. |
| 18 |
Saint Mary's
|
The Gaels have won 14 in a row since dropping 2 games in November. |
| 19 |
Arizona State
|
Arizona State is just 3-4 in conference play after a red-hot start to the season. |
| 20 |
Wichita State
|
Wichita State takes a tumble in the polls after losing to SMU and Houston. |
| 21 |
Tennessee
|
A road split at Missouri and South Carolina keeps Tennessee in the low 20s. |
| 22 |
Nevada
|
Won a critical game Saturday against Boise State to take command in the Mountain West standings. |
| 23 |
Florida
|
Saturday's win over Kentucky puts Florida in the driver's seat in the SEC standings. |
| 24 |
URI
|
Rhode Island has won 10 in a row and has zero sub-50 RPI losses. |
| 25 |
Kansas State
|
Kansas State picked up a pair of wins over Oklahoma and TCU to move to 4-3 in the difficult Big 12. |