University of Nebraska-Lincoln LogoDigz4Gallia's Ballot for Week 10 of 2014-15

Submitted on Monday, January 12, 2015 at 12:45AM EST
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1 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky The Wildcats have put in some gritty performances, but maintain the #1 spot for me.
2 University of Virginia Logo Virginia I think this is as close as I've viewed a #2 to Kentucky. Beat an NC State team that took down Duke, then won at Top-10 Notre Dame.
3 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga Bulldogs benefit from a couple teams losing, but they've also looked good in conference play.
4 Villanova University Logo Villanova Won at St. John's, then took down an upstart team in DePaul.
5 Duke University Logo Duke Won at Wake Forest, before finally suffering their first loss of the season. How will this young team respond?
6 University of Louisville Logo Louisville Another tough loss for Louisville. Losing by one on the road to a team like Notre Dame isn't anything to feel bad about.
7 University of Utah Logo Utah The Utes may be /r/CBB's spotlight team this week. Only had one game this week, but crushed Colorado in it. Really liking what I've seen.
8 Iowa State University Logo Iowa State Cyclones had two tight wins over ranked opponents this week. They're definitely making their case thus far in conference play.
9 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina Despite losing to Notre Dame, I moved the Tar Heels up a couple spots this week. They looked like a Top-10 team in both of those games.
10 University of Notre Dame Logo Notre Dame Big win at North Carolina, followed by a tough loss at Virginia. Still think this is a quality, Top-10 team when it's all said and done.
11 University of Arizona Logo Arizona Mere hours before our poll deadline, 'Zona loses in Corvallis. It'll only get tougher this week with Colorado and a surging Utah squad.
12 Wichita State University Logo Wichita State We're slowly working our way towards the first WSU-UNI game of the season.
13 University of Wisconsin-Madison Logo Wisconsin Badgers beat Purdue before losing at Rutgers on Sunday.
14 University of Maryland, College Park Logo Maryland Like Wisconsin, the Terps beat Purdue this week and suffered a conference road loss.
15 University of Kansas Logo Kansas Beat a good Baylor squad in Waco, then demolished Texas Tech by 32.
16 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia Lost by two to Iowa State. I wanted to keep the Mountaineers higher than this, but feel like 12-21 are nearly changeable.
17 University of Arkansas Logo Arkansas Had two conference wins this week, and re-enter my rankings. Right now look like the second-best team in the SEC.
18 Virginia Commonwealth University Logo VCU Rams also re-enter my rankings, fresh off the heels of two conference wins.
19 Oklahoma State University Logo Oklahoma State I swap Okie State and Oklahoma this week. Pokes beat Texas on the road but narrowly lost to Iowa State.
20 University of Oklahoma Logo Oklahoma I decided to drop the Sooners this week due to a huge performance at Texas followed by a loss to K-State.
21 North Carolina State University Logo NC State Most would lose by 10 at Virginia. However, I don't think many can beat Duke by double digits.
22 Seton Hall University Logo Seton Hall Lost at Xavier, but salvaged a Top-25 spot with a win over Creighton.
23 Providence College Logo Providence Friars re-enter my rankings with a couple nice conference wins.
24 Michigan State University Logo Michigan State Disregard that MSU needed overtime to beat Northwestern. Sparty's won three straight, and sit at 3-1 in the Big Ten. Virginia on Saturday.
25 University of Northern Iowa Logo Northern Iowa This was a toss-up between UNI and Dayton. For me, I think UNI's been a little better lately. Currently on a 3-game winning streak.