Travbowman's Week 12 Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auburn | No Broome, no problem |
| 2 | Duke | They'll enter March Madness with how many total losses? 4 or fewer, right? |
| 3 | Houston | Screw it, I'm moving them way up. They went from 0 to 2 Q1 wins over the weekend because of the ranks of WVU and UCF |
| 4 | Iowa State | Conference road games are hard |
| 5 | Alabama | 1-1 in SEC play is still a good week |
| 6 | Tennessee | Conference road games are hard |
| 7 | Marquette | In any other week I would have dropped them a lot more for this loss |
| 8 | Florida | Mizzou is for real I guess? |
| 9 | Michigan State | Still can't seem to shoot, still doesn't seem to matter |
| 10 | Purdue | One month ago, they looked terrible giving up 89 points to Auburn. One month later, they've not lost since and not given up more than 68 in a game |
| 11 | Kansas | Sleepwalked through the Sunflower showdown after getting out to 14-0 lead |
| 12 | Oregon | Lots of quality wins, but have now lost three conference home games |
| 13 | Kentucky | Defense has to make improvements quickly for a March run to happen |
| 14 | Texas A&M | Two big road tests this week |
| 15 | Wisconsin | They probably aren't the 15th best team, but they've won 7 in a row and all three losses are understandable |
| 16 | Illinois | 9 days ago they were favorites to win B1G regular season title. Now they're 3 games back in the loss column |
| 17 | UConn | Creighton isn't bad, but you can't lose to them at home like that. |
| 18 | Memphis | All losses in AAC play will be bad ones this year. They will ride the great non-con the rest of the way |
| 19 | St. John's | They somehow lead a power conference without a kenpom top 40 win. I got nothing |
| 20 | Mississippi State | Tried to give away the rivalry win but got the W |
| 21 | Gonzaga | They keep losing close games. Bad luck or a suggestion that there's something wrong? |
| 22 | Michigan | Huge game in West Lafayette on Friday night |
| 23 | Missouri | Fantastic week for Mizzou |
| 24 | Louisville | I was ready to give up on them when they lost Pryor and then fell to 6-5. Pat Kelsey is a wizard. |
| 25 | UC Irvine | Zot. |
Overall Rationale
Just missed: Ole Miss, Texas Tech, West Virginia, Utah St, Arizona, Clemson, Creighton