JuliePepperwood's Week 4 Ballot

RankTeamReason
1 Houston Stayed at #1 for now. This week's ranking is largely skewed by tournament performance
2 Virginia (+1). WIns over Baylor, Illinois
3Arizona (+11). Looked good in Wins over SDSU, Creighton, Cincy
4 Texas (+1) Mainly poll inertia. Big win over Gonzaga
5 UConn (+15). Looked really good in Wins over Alabama, Iowa St, Oregon
6Purdue (+NR). Misjudged and dropped out last week. Brilliant this week with Wins over WVU, Gonzaga, Duke. Also Marquette
7 Kansas (-5). Loss to Tenn. Wins over Duke and Wisconsin
8 Creighton (-). Wins over Texas Tech, Arkansas with the lone loss to Arizona.
9Baylor (-2). Win over UCLA. Loss is against Virginia
10Alabama (+6). Wins over MSU and UNC. L to Uconn
11 Gonzaga (-5) Wins over MSU, UK, and Xavier. Ls to Texas and Purdue.
12 Arkansas (-4) W over SDSU, L to Creighton. Look good and hurts to drop them, but others had good wins.
13Indiana (-3) No reason other than jumped by other's recent performances. Win @Xavier.
14 Illinois (-2). Win over UCLA, L is Virginia.
15Tennessee (+4) Win over Kansas, USC. Redeeming themselves for the Colorado L
16 North Carolina (-12) Biggest drop, even though their losses weren't bad. Hung tough with Bama but no notable wins.
17 Duke (-5) W over Xavier, L to Purdue and Kansas
18 Auburn (-3) W over St. Louis, but I have yet to place how good they really are in relation to others.
19 Michigan State (-8) W over UK, Oregon. Losses to Gonzaga and Alabama. May have been too high last week and now are missing 2 starters
20San Diego State (-3) W over OSU, losses to Arizona and Arkansas
21 Kentucky (-1)
22 UCLA (-1)
23 Maryland (-)
24 Iowa State (NR) W over UNC, L to Uconn
25 Wisconsin (NR) Wins over USC and Dayton. Took Kansas to OT. Really a toss up between WIs, Ohio State, and Iowa.

Overall Rationale

Dropped out: Texas Tech (18), St. Mary's (24) and Iowa (25). Next in line: Texas Tech, Iowa, TCU, Ohio State, St. John's, St. Mary's