University of Maryland, College Park Logothevorminatheria's Ballot for Week 10 of 2014-15

Submitted on Monday, January 12, 2015 at 7:20AM EST
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1 University of Virginia Logo Virginia More quality wins on the road than any other team (VCU, MD, ND). Just one close call at Miami
2 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky Two close calls with non-Top 50 teams (one at home). Playing like a work in progress at the moment. They'll still be #1 comes March
3 Duke University Logo Duke Nova is close but doesn't have a win @Wisconsin
4 Villanova University Logo Villanova
5 University of Wisconsin-Madison Logo Wisconsin The loss @Rutgers might not look as bad in March. And they have the huge benefit of the doubt of playing without Kaminsky.
6 University of Utah Logo Utah Utah and Kansas are tied from a resume perspective (IMHO). Going to Utah because I like their play more at the moment.
7 University of Kansas Logo Kansas
8 University of Louisville Logo Louisville
9 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga They lost @Arizona but it was close and Zona is playing inconsistently.
10 University of Arizona Logo Arizona
11 Iowa State University Logo Iowa State Back-to-back wins in the loaded Big XII
12 University of Notre Dame Logo Notre Dame A loss to #1 Virginia is acceptable if you just won @UNC
13 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina
14 Virginia Commonwealth University Logo VCU
15 University of Oklahoma Logo Oklahoma Potentially a top 10 team. Need to play more consistently.
16 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia Losing a home game in the Big XII is unavoidable at some point. They'll come back stronger.
17 University of Maryland, College Park Logo Maryland Winning @Purdue is no easy deed but the loss @Illinois restrains their rankings at the moment
18 Wichita State University Logo Wichita State
19 University of Texas at Austin Logo Texas Talent is there but they need to wake up or they'll drop out of the top 25
20 University of Arkansas Logo Arkansas Have beaten a lot of quality teams
21 Providence College Logo Providence They could emerge as one of the best teams from the cluster fuck of the Big East
22 Seton Hall University Logo Seton Hall Gutsy win @Creighton re-established their credibility after the loss @Xavier
23 University of Northern Iowa Logo Northern Iowa
24 Indiana University Bloomington Logo Indiana After Wisconsin and Maryland, the B1G is difficult to decypher. Ohio State, Iowa or MSU could be here next week.
25 Oklahoma State University Logo Oklahoma State Next 10 out (not in order): SMU, Wyoming, NC State, Syracuse, Old Dominion, Georgetown, Butler, LSU, Stanford, Colorado State