TPM_23's Ballot for Week 13 of 2018-19
Submitted on Monday, January 28, 2019 at 4:12AM EST
FYI: This is a provisional ballot. It does not count towards this poll's results.
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Virginia
|
(--) solid wins all around for our top 4 heroes this week |
| 2 |
Tennessee
|
(--) |
| 3 |
Duke
|
(--) |
| 4 |
Michigan
|
(--) |
| 5 |
Gonzaga
|
(+1) the rank of this team shares the trajectory of that liquid inside of lava lamps |
| 6 |
Kentucky
|
(+3) the real winner of the Big 12-SEC Challenge was the friends we made along the way |
| 7 |
Michigan State
|
(-2) I just polished off a whole quart of milk in one sitting and now I feel like a total goober |
| 8 |
North Carolina
|
(+1) you can argue that unconscious bias is causing me to rank these guys low, but I disagree; it's very a conscious bias |
| 9 |
Nevada
|
(--) it's the type of bias that sees 4 losses on a top-10 team and screams in my head, "don't put that 4-loss team any higher, you dipstick" |
| 10 |
Virginia Tech
|
(-3) fun fact: VT's performance directly correlates with the color of the coach's mood ring in pre-game warmups |
| 11 |
Marquette
|
(+3) Xavier DePaul sounds like the name of some neo-hipster comicbook supervillain |
| 12 |
Houston
|
(+1) East Carolina is both a fake Carolina and a fake basketball program; their results are making me think East is a fake direction as well |
| 13 |
Kansas
|
(-1) this is not a very Kansas year; it is merely a pretty Kansas year |
| 14 |
Villanova
|
(+7) there's a major gap in power right now, and "not your grandpappy's Nova" is winning by virtue of not losing |
| 15 |
LSU
|
(NR) none of their wins are impressive by themselves, but they're pulling off huge MOVs against hot SEC teams (Ole Miss, South Carolina) |
| 16 |
Louisville
|
(+8) two ACC teams, preference here goes to the team with the guts to showcase that REAL BIRDS HAVE TEETH |
| 17 |
Florida State
|
(+6) certified disease-free after licking the floor of the ACC |
| 18 |
Buffalo
|
(-7) the double-edged sword of mid-major play: @NIU is a tough game with no payoff that looks really bad on a resume if you lose |
| 19 |
Purdue
|
(NR) did you hear? 6-loss teams are in vogue now |
| 20 |
Mississippi State
|
(-5) I'm not exactly confident about .500 records in-conference |
| 21 |
Washington
|
(NR) CONFERENCE OF CHAMPIONS IS BACK BABY!!! FIRST APPEARANCE SINCE WEEK 8 BABY!!!!! |
| 22 |
Iowa State
|
(-2) what's more important? losing by 4 @Kansas? or steamrolling a (then-)ranked SEC team? |
| 23 |
Texas Tech
|
(-4) on the other hand, these guys beat a mid-tier SEC team by 3 after being stomped by a borderline top-25 conference foe |
| 24 |
Wofford
|
(NR) SOCON IS BACK BABY!!!!!!! FIRST APPEARANCE SINCE WEEK 7 BABY!!!!!!!!! |
| 25 |
Iowa
|
(-8) hanging by a thread here -- DROPPED: Maryland 16, Auburn 18, NC State 22, Syracuse 25 |