Travbowman's Week 2 Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auburn | Beat the previous best team on a neutral court under difficult circumstances |
| 2 | Gonzaga | Made Baylor look silly |
| 3 | Kansas | Almost blew it vs UNC but still a strong week one win |
| 4 | Duke | First real test coming vs UK |
| 5 | Alabama | No real change |
| 6 | UConn | Two home blowouts |
| 7 | Iowa State | Hoping that the 3 point shooting in game one was just an anomaly |
| 8 | Houston | Can't drop them too much for a loss to a top 10 team |
| 9 | Arizona | Nice test coming up at Wisconsin |
| 10 | Tennessee | Had no issues with a rebuilding Louisville road match |
| 11 | Creighton | Kalkbrenner early favorite for POTY |
| 12 | Purdue | Alabama on Friday should be the rest look at how good this team can be |
| 13 | St. John's | No real tests yet |
| 14 | Texas Tech | Good golly the Big 12 has a lot of strong teams |
| 15 | Marquette | Kam Jones first team all Big East type of guy |
| 16 | Cincinnati | Two home blowouts |
| 17 | Illinois | Despite losses, looking like another B1G contender |
| 18 | North Carolina | Can't drop them too much for losing somewhere that nearly everyone loses |
| 19 | Baylor | Kudos for scheduling the hardest two opening games in the country |
| 20 | Ohio State | Strong win vs Texas |
| 21 | Wake Forest | Strong win vs Michigan |
| 22 | Texas A&M | UCF on the road isn't that bad, ask Kansas |
| 23 | Xavier | metrics don't love them yet. I still think they'll be good |
| 24 | Grand Canyon | Survived vs WKU |
| 25 | North Florida | Got two road wins vs Power Conference teams. No one else can say that yet. |
Overall Rationale
Just missed: Kentucky, Florida, Michigan St, Oregon, BYU, Clemson, Mississippi St, Indiana