wichita_gator's Ballot for Week 4 of 2018-19
Submitted on Monday, November 26, 2018 at 1:04AM EST
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Kansas
|
5-0. Wins over Michigan State, Tennessee, and Marquette on neutral floors. |
| 2 |
Gonzaga
|
6-0. Defeated Duke in the Maui final, and a decent Arizona team in the semis. |
| 3 |
Virginia
|
6-0. Won the B A D B O Y M O W E R S Battle 4 Atlantis championship over Wisconsin. |
| 4 |
Duke
|
5-1. Lost to Gonzaga, but still has great wins over Auburn and Kentucky. SDSU isn't that bad either. |
| 5 |
Nevada
|
6-0. No significant wins so far (maybe BYU?), but I was very high on this team in the preseason. |
| 6 |
Michigan State
|
5-1. Only loss is to Kansas, and has good wins over Texas and UCLA. |
| 7 |
Tennessee
|
4-1. Had Kansas on the ropes before Grant Williams fouled out, which led to a loss in OT. Also has a win over an okay Louisville squad. |
| 8 |
Auburn
|
5-1. Gave Duke a fight in the Maui semifinals before losing by 6. Has some decent wins over a few high-major teams already. |
| 9 |
Virginia Tech
|
5-0. Won the Charleston Classic title over Purdue last week. |
| 10 |
Michigan
|
6-0. Villanova winning the Advocare Invitational really helps them out. |
| 11 |
Texas
|
5-1. Upset UNC in Vegas and also has a decent win over Arkansas. Only loss is to Michigan State. |
| 12 |
North Carolina
|
6-1. Coby White did his best to try to prevent a loss to Texas, but UNC came up short. They managed a win over UCLA the next day however. |
| 13 |
Kansas State
|
6-0. The Wildcats are another team that benefits from preseason hype, as they are still yet to play a quality opponent. |
| 14 |
Iowa
|
5-0. The Hawkeyes already have two good wins over Oregon and UConn, and should keep finding more. |
| 15 |
Ohio State
|
6-0. Cincinnati winning the Emerald Coast Classic and Creighton upsetting Clemson both benefit the Buckeyes. |
| 16 |
Wisconsin
|
5-1. Looked very impressive in wins at Xavier and against Oklahoma in the Atlantis semifinal. Only loss is to Virginia in the final. |
| 17 |
Purdue
|
5-1. They have a decent win over Davidson and a close loss to Virginia Tech but that's about it. |
| 18 |
Kentucky
|
5-1. The only meaningful thing on their resume is a 34-point loss to Duke on the first day of the season. |
| 19 |
Buffalo
|
5-0. They have already established themselves as this year's scary mid-major that just has to keeping winning the games they have scheduled. |
| 20 |
Arizona State
|
5-0. Defeated preseason-ranked Mississippi State and handed Utah State their only loss to win the MGM Main Event. |
| 21 |
Texas Tech
|
6-0. Defeated a Nebraska team I had preseason-ranked in the Hall of Fame Classic final. |
| 22 |
Arkansas
|
4-1. Only loss was to Texas on opening night in OT. Beat a quality Indiana team at home. |
| 23 |
Oregon
|
4-1. Lost to Iowa and beat Syracuse I guess. Look, they were ranked highly in the preseason. |
| 24 |
UConn
|
5-1. Another team that beat Syracuse and lost to Iowa, I guess. Except they weren't ranked in the preseason. |
| 25 |
Creighton
|
5-1. Beat a preseason-ranked Clemson team, but did lose to The Ohio State University at home. |