Stepkeyt's Week 2 Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duke | (4) |
| 2 | Houston | (3) Towson is looking like a tough mid major this year. |
| 3 | Purdue | (2) Oakland can be a scary team to play. |
| 4 | UConn | (5) |
| 5 | Illinois | (6) |
| 6 | Kentucky | (10) |
| 7 | BYU | (8) |
| 8 | Arizona | (13) Big win this past Monday |
| 9 | Alabama | (15) This team can score again |
| 10 | Gonzaga | (18) Is elite Gonzaga back? |
| 11 | Florida | (1) Tough loss to start the season this team will bounce back but maybe they aren't as good as I thought they were. |
| 12 | Michigan | (11) |
| 13 | Tennessee | (12) |
| 14 | Iowa State | (14) |
| 15 | Louisville | (16) |
| 16 | St. John's | (7) |
| 17 | Michigan State | (20) |
| 18 | Texas Tech | (24) |
| 19 | North Carolina | (NR) |
| 20 | Vanderbilt | (NR) This team looks like a wagon |
| 21 | Creighton | (21) |
| 22 | Baylor | (22) |
| 23 | USC | (23) |
| 24 | Wisconsin | (24) |
| 25 | UCLA | (9) I am tempted to unrank them as they did not look good but they haven't lost so thats the reason they hold on. |
Overall Rationale
Dropped Out: #17 Kansas, #19 Arkansas. Early-season losses will be weighted more, just for the fact that we don't have much to go on so far into the young season. Many teams have just played buy games; the coming week should tell us more about who is good and who is a pretender.