lukedux's Week 16 Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michigan | (+1) Arizona losing takes them back to the top |
| 2 | Arizona | (-1) Can't fault them too much for losing some tough games |
| 3 | Houston | (-) Won games they should win |
| 4 | Duke | (-) Same as Houston |
| 5 | Florida | (+3) Looking like the team that was promised at the beginning of the year |
| 6 | Purdue | (+5) Did they have the best past week? |
| 7 | Iowa State | (-1) Inexplicable loss followed by a great bounce back win |
| 8 | Illinois | (-4) Wisconsin proving they are a tough team |
| 9 | UConn | (-2) Not a very convincing week |
| 10 | Nebraska | (-1) May not be elite but I'm sure Nebrasketball fans aren't too mad |
| 11 | Kansas | (+2) Looked elite vs AZ but were stymied by ISU. Moving up by virtue of being too low last week |
| 12 | Michigan State | (-2) Great win, but then got shellacked by Wisco |
| 13 | Texas Tech | (+3) ITS TORTILLA TIME |
| 14 | Vanderbilt | (-) Solid wins |
| 15 | St. John's | (-3) Pretty big serving of meh this week |
| 16 | Virginia | (-1) FSU is a tough win. Ask me how I know. |
| 17 | Gonzaga | (+3) Bounced back this week by all but wrapping up the WCC. |
| 18 | Saint Louis | (+1) Continues to run the a10 |
| 19 | North Carolina | (-1) A lot of question marks in the future for this team without Wilson |
| 20 | Alabama | (-3) Solid week, I really just had them too high last week |
| 21 | Arkansas | (+2) *insert calipari eyebrow pic* |
| 22 | Wisconsin | (NR) Local badgers in great mood |
| 23 | Louisville | (NR) Beat the brakes off a good NC State team |
| 24 | Tennessee | (-3) Had a good week. adjustment from last week |
| 25 | Miami (OH) | (-) At least they're blowing teams out now |
Overall Rationale
Next 5: Utah St, BYU, Miami, Villanova, Iowa(dropped out, 22) Also considered: Kentucky, Clemson (dropped out, 24), Texas A&M, NC State, SDSU Mid Major shout out: Santa Clara :(, VCU, Belmont, SFA, Liberty