MainPeanut25's Week 10 Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auburn | |
| 2 | Tennessee | Cooked Cal’s a$$ |
| 3 | Iowa State | |
| 4 | Duke | |
| 5 | Alabama | +1, dominant win |
| 6 | Kentucky | +3, phenomenal game, shows how strong SEC will be+OSU loss was a fluke |
| 7 | Marquette | |
| 8 | Florida | -3, the qualitiest of quality losses |
| 9 | Michigan State | +1, first team (not including Pitt) to beat OSU with meticulation rather than physicality |
| 10 | Illinois | +2, not the only team to cook the Ducks this week ;) |
| 11 | Kansas | -3 |
| 12 | Texas A&M | +4 |
| 13 | Houston | |
| 14 | UConn | Close margins, something to keep an eye on |
| 15 | Mississippi State | +5, could easily see them rising/being one of the best in SEC |
| 16 | Gonzaga | +2 |
| 17 | Oklahoma | -2, humbled |
| 18 | Ole Miss | +4 |
| 19 | Wisconsin | +4, still underrated |
| 20 | Michigan | +4 |
| 21 | Oregon | -10, just not convinced Oregon is very good despite resume |
| 22 | Memphis | NR |
| 23 | Purdue | NR |
| 24 | Baylor | +1, lot of teams lost |
| 25 | Vanderbilt | NR, big year for teams with coaches poached from James Madison |
Overall Rationale
Dropped: 17 Maryland, 19 Drake, 21 Arkansas. Also considered: St. John’s, UCLA, Clemson, Pitt, West Virginia, Utah State, Nebraska, Arkansas, Missouri, Georgia, Maryland, Dayton, San Diego State, Texas Tech, Louisville, Indiana, Washington State, St. Bonaventure, Cincinnati, LSU, Penn State, Arizona State, SMU, Rhode Island