GHooLion's Ballot for Week 12 of 2017-18
Submitted on Monday, January 22, 2018 at 9:14AM EST
FYI: This is a provisional ballot. It does not count towards this poll's results.
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Villanova
|
Mauled Georgetown and Connecticut on the road. The most complete team in the nation. |
| 2 |
Purdue
|
Blew past Wisconsin and Iowa in games where the score somehow was closer than it appeared. Scary team. |
| 3 |
Virginia
|
Handled GT and Wake by double figures on the road. Duke on Saturday looms very large. |
| 4 |
Duke
|
Duke's largest weakness, 3-point shooting, didn't look so weak last week. Competition stiffens up this weekend. |
| 5 |
Kansas
|
In a week with much carnage, Rock Chalk survived and thrived. Kansas at the top of the Big XII again. |
| 6 |
West Virginia
|
Responded to the blown double-digit lead against Kansas by mutilating Texas. Werewolves of Morgantown. |
| 7 |
Michigan State
|
Pretty safe to assume that the slump is over after that domination of Indiana. P.S., please start using Bridges correctly. |
| 8 |
Xavier
|
Very nice win on the road against Seton Hall. Having difficulty getting a good read on this team. |
| 9 |
Cincinnati
|
Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, especially against the dredges of the conference. |
| 10 |
North Carolina
|
Ran its record to 0-infinity at home against Clemson. Quietly has 4 straight ACC wins. |
| 11 |
Arizona
|
Held serve this week, though a little close for comfort against Stanford. Hardest team for me to figure out. |
| 12 |
Oklahoma
|
Bad week. Trae Young is special, but not 39-shots-special. I wonder how "together" that locker room is. |
| 13 |
Texas Tech
|
Even worse week. Losing at Texas is excusable. Getting drilled at Iowa State is not. |
| 14 |
Ohio State
|
All their losses are quality, and they're ripping through the Big XIV like a tornado. Impressive team. |
| 15 |
Auburn
|
Hard to punish them too severely with a loss on the road at Alabama, particularly when the Top 25 was a mess this week. |
| 16 |
Wichita State
|
Not the week you'd want to have when trying to juxtapose your Top 10 ranking with metrics in the 20s. Seems like a fair balance here. |
| 17 |
Arizona State
|
Can't keep trading wins and losses with the Pac-12 already as weak as it is. Stopped the slide against Cal. |
| 18 |
Saint Mary's
|
Next to Purdue, nation's longest winning streak. Huge upset at Gonzaga, then avoided the letdown against Pacific. |
| 19 |
Gonzaga
|
Fortunately, even a home loss to St. Mary's is excusable. Unfortunately, metrics (KenPom: 7) don't jive with RPI (56). |
| 20 |
URI
|
The class of the jumbled A10 this season. Just 3 losses, only one of which (Virginia at a neutral site) was ugly. |
| 21 |
Michigan
|
Would have probably flown up into the mid-teens without the bizarre loss at Nebraska. Still a quality team. |
| 22 |
Nevada
|
The class of a secretly underrated Mountain West. Will certainly be under-seeded in March. |
| 23 |
Tennessee
|
The defense showed up this week, unlike previous weeks. Unfortunately, the offense didn't at Missouri. |
| 24 |
Clemson
|
Somewhat of a wonky rating with the loss of Grantham. Hate to see a fantastic kid's college career end that way. |
| 25 |
Miami (FL)
|
Painful missed opportunity against Duke, but did salvage a road win at a game Wolfpack squad. |