Northwestern University LogoTPM_23's Ballot for Week 9 of 2018-19

Submitted on Monday, December 31, 2018 at 12:48AM EST
RankTeamReason
1 Duke University Logo Duke (--) calm before the storm of conference play
2 University of Virginia Logo Virginia (--)
3 University of Michigan Logo Michigan (--)
4 University of Nevada, Reno Logo Nevada (--)
5 University of Kansas Logo Kansas (--)
6 University of Tennessee Logo Tennessee (--)
7 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga (--)
8 Michigan State University Logo Michigan State (--)
9 Florida State University Logo Florida State (--)
10 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Logo Virginia Tech (+1) movement! there's life in these rankings!
11 Mississippi State University Logo Mississippi State (+1)
12 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina (+1)
13 Auburn University Logo Auburn (+1)
14 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky (+2)
15 University of Wisconsin-Madison Logo Wisconsin (-5) Western Kentucky has decent wins (WVU, @Arkansas), but they're not as good as last year
16 University of Houston Logo Houston (+1)
17 Marquette University Logo Marquette (+1)
18 University of Oklahoma Logo Oklahoma (+1)
19 North Carolina State University Logo NC State (+1)
20 Texas Tech University Logo Texas Tech (+3) bit harsh on these guys last week, but I stand by my opinion that they haven't beat anyone yet... big test 1/8 vs Oklahoma
21 University at Buffalo Logo Buffalo (--)
22 Indiana University Bloomington Logo Indiana (+2)
23 Seton Hall University Logo Seton Hall (+2)
24 Ohio State University Logo Ohio State (NR) why wait until now to rank? 2 good wins (Cinn./Creighton), beat 2 lower-tier B1G teams, weird loss, uninspiring performances at times
25 University of Cincinnati Logo Cincinnati (NR) done with Pac-12, American is new P6 conference -- DROPPED: Arizona St. 15, St. John's 22 (even if they were robbed!)