pikafreakinchu's Week 2 Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida | W 77-67 vs #14 Miami (N); W 88-57 vs Jacksonville |
| 2 | Duke | W 84-50 vs Army; W 113-52 vs Coastal Carolina |
| 3 | Illinois | W 120-45 vs Fairleigh Dickinson; W 112-70 vs Pennsylvania |
| 4 | UConn | W 86-46 vs Gardner-Webb; W 85-77 vs #16 Michigan (N) |
| 5 | Michigan State | W 96-59 vs Quinnipiac; W 91-61 vs Toledo |
| 6 | Virginia | W 89-60 vs Drexel; W 97-72 vs Northeastern; W 91-72 vs #12 Arkansas (N) |
| 7 | Texas | W 109-59 vs Chicago State; W 98-50 vs Gardner-Webb |
| 8 | Tennessee | W 90-59 vs Wofford |
| 9 | Houston | W 94-55 vs La Salle; W 86-68 vs California (N) |
| 10 | Arizona | L 75-84 vs #22 UCLA (N); W 104-84 vs Cal Poly |
| 11 | Louisville | W 84-70 vs Chattanooga; W 107-57 vs Morehead State |
| 12 | Gonzaga | W 78-72 vs Purdue (N); W 109-68 vs New Mexico State |
| 13 | UCLA | W 84-75 vs #5 Arizona (N); W 114-63 vs North Florida |
| 14 | St. John's | W 78-63 vs Monmouth; W 104-65 vs Iona |
| 15 | Kansas | W 95-65 vs Fordham; W 89-45 vs Middle Tennessee |
| 16 | Texas Tech | W 76-42 vs Jackson State; W 76-58 vs Bethune-Cookman |
| 17 | Miami (FL) | L 67-77 vs #1 Florida (N); W 83-57 vs Wagner |
| 18 | Alabama | W 96-74 vs Sam Houston; W 101-86 vs Arkansas State |
| 19 | Michigan | W 84-68 vs Oakland; L 77-85 vs #4 UConn (N) |
| 20 | USC | W 95-63 vs Milwaukee; W 93-86 vs Wichita State (N) |
| 21 | Arkansas | W 106-61 vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff; L 72-91 vs #9 Virginia (N) |
| 22 | Vanderbilt | W 93-47 vs Bellarmine; W 74-51 vs Wake Forest |
| 23 | Kentucky | W 85-57 vs Manhattan; W 89-80 vs James Madison |
| 24 | BYU | W 94-83 vs Ohio State (N); W 108-67 vs Omaha |
| 25 | Iowa State | L 76-80 vs Memphis (N); W 83-57 vs Southern Miss |
Overall Rationale
Next 5 Out: Nebraska, Memphis, Saint Louis, Missouri, UNC | Methodology: I try to rank teams the way I expect AP voters to rank them next week. My starting point is a model I built, which estimates how voters will react to each team’s week based on factors like previous ranking, results relative to expectations, power ratings and how nearby teams fared. I treat that as a tool, then I go through the results myself, weigh each team’s games and résumé, and make the final call on where everyone lands.