Digz4Gallia's Ballot for Week 12 of 2014-15
Submitted on Monday, January 26, 2015 at 12:57AM EST
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Kentucky
|
Won twice this week, including a tricky road game at SCAR. |
| 2 |
Virginia
|
Had a close win at rival Va Tech, but still look elite. |
| 3 |
Gonzaga
|
Two convincing wins, including a 21-point dismantling of St. Mary's |
| 4 |
Villanova
|
Won big at Georgetown, then handled Creighton at home. |
| 5 |
Duke
|
Won twice, including at St. John's, giving Coach K his 1,000th victory. |
| 6 |
Arizona
|
The Wildcats turned two tough road games into relatively quiet contests. |
| 7 |
North Carolina
|
Big win at Wake Forest, then had a close one against Florida State. |
| 8 |
Notre Dame
|
The Irish showed a lot of moxy in their overtime win at NC State. They looked like the better team in that overtime period. |
| 9 |
Louisville
|
Won at Pitt, but dropped a couple spots in my poll to reflect how I feel about them compared to North Carolina and Notre Dame right now. |
| 10 |
Wisconsin
|
Demolished Iowa at home, then took to the road and won at Ann Arbor. |
| 11 |
Wichita State
|
Made quick work of Missouri State and Drake, setting up for that first contest with UNI this week. |
| 12 |
Utah
|
Beat both Washington schools this week to move up 3 spots. |
| 13 |
Kansas
|
KU beat two ranked teams this past week. Is this the Kansas team we'll see the rest of the season? |
| 14 |
VCU
|
Watched their game at Saint Louis, and was impressed with how they kept composure to win down the stretch. |
| 15 |
Northern Iowa
|
Had two tight wins over Indiana State and Illinois State. A weekend date with Wichita State looms this week. |
| 16 |
Iowa State
|
A rough loss at Texas Tech has the Cyclones stumbling this week. |
| 17 |
Maryland
|
Lost big at Indiana, then flirted with disaster at home against Northwestern. The Terps were lucky to erase an 11-point halftime deficit. |
| 18 |
Baylor
|
Let's overlook the Oklahoma win and talk about the grit Baylor showed at home against an NAIA school. |
| 19 |
Ohio State
|
Ohio State is back in thanks to a win over a ranked Indiana team. |
| 20 |
Colorado State
|
Had a solid win over San Diego State at home. |
| 21 |
Syracuse
|
Weird to see Syracuse finally enter my poll, but I've liked what the Orange have done recently. |
| 22 |
Indiana
|
Won and lost to now-ranked teams. As Stannis Beratheon says, "A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good." |
| 23 |
Texas
|
Won convincingly at TCU, but stumbled at home to Kansas. |
| 24 |
West Virginia
|
Won narrowly against TCU to move up 1 spot, but I'm still a little suspicious of this team. |
| 25 |
San Diego State
|
SDSU hangs on to a Top-25 spot due to losing close on the road to a ranked team, while beating Air Force by 32 earlier this week. |