BlueGreenMikey's Week 4 Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purdue | (Prev 2) A fantastic week in Maui gives them a stranglehold on #1. |
| 2 | Arizona | (Prev 3) Allowed Michigan State to make it a game, but still has the best wins on the season outside of Purdue's Maui run, and looks great. |
| 3 | Marquette | (Prev 4) That close UCLA game continues to feel confusing since they surrounded it with a great road win at Illinois and nearly taking down #1 and #2 on back to back days. Must avoid lapses. |
| 4 | Kansas | (Prev 1) Clipped by a great performance by Marquette, they still look every bit a Top 5 team. |
| 5 | UConn | (Prev 5) Looked good against Texas, and finally has a very strong win with the rest of the Top 5. |
| 6 | Tennessee | (Prev 6) Looked excellent in losses against #1 and #4. Has a good win at Wisconsin from earlier, which elevates them above others in the next 4-5 spots. |
| 7 | Duke | (Prev 7) Continues to destroy bad opponents, MSU win looks a little better, and Arizona loss keeps looking more and more excusable. |
| 8 | Houston | (Prev 9) Continues to destroy mid-level opponents, but missing anything signature. |
| 9 | Miami (FL) | (Prev 8) Looks fine against mid-level opponents, also missing anything super impressive. |
| 10 | Gonzaga | (Prev 12) Had the unfortunate draw of Purdue first, so ended up having to run through losers bracket in Maui. Looked pretty good against Purdue, less impressive against UCLA. |
| 11 | Texas | (Prev 11) Lost to #5, but looked strong in their other game this week. The confusing close win over Louisville lingers. |
| 12 | Baylor | (Prev 13) Keeps rolling, though gave up way too many points to Florida. Stuff to work on. |
| 13 | Kentucky | (Prev 14) Questionable performances against St. Joes, but the offense continues to be very impressive. |
| 14 | Illinois | (Prev 18) Has continued to look very good since its close loss to Marquette. |
| 15 | BYU | (Prev 20) The SDSU win seemed a bit strange at first, but BYU keeps rolling. Might be very good this year. |
| 16 | UCLA | (Prev 21) Played Gonzaga and and Marquette very very close in Maui, and has looked good otherwise. |
| 17 | Villanova | (Prev NR) Has the bad Penn loss, but unlike other teams with bad losses, followed it up with strong performances since. |
| 18 | North Carolina | (Prev 25) Has looked good, and would be unbeaten if not for a very close loss to Villanova. |
| 19 | Texas A&M | (Prev 17) Has two true road wins and a good win over ISU, not bad loss to FAU. |
| 20 | San Diego State | (Prev NR) Dropped previously for the BYU loss, which looks like it might not be a bad loss. Has looked good otherwise. |
| 21 | Auburn | (Prev NR) Has been rolling other than the loss to Baylor, which is totally excusable. Needs a signature win. |
| 22 | Oklahoma | (Prev NR) Has some stronger wins than Miss. St. |
| 23 | Mississippi State | (Prev NR) Has a couple of not bad wins, but needs something stronger to move up. |
| 24 | Ohio State | (Prev NR) Outside of a loss to TAMU, looks pretty good. |
| 25 | Alabama | (Prev 15) The offense looks unimpeachable, but can they stop anyone? |
Overall Rationale
Also Considered In Order: Memphis, Virginia, Colorado, Iowa State, Michigan State, Florida Atlantic, Florida, Creighton, Pitt, Oregon, USC, Colorado State, TCU, Nevada, Wisconsin Dropped Creighton (10, awful awful showing against CSU), Colorado (16, not a bad loss, but with it, needs some good wins), Iowa State (19, TAMU was a fine loss, but VaTech was not), Drake (22, blown out by SFA, no good wins yet), Oregon (23, Alabama was a fine loss, but Santa Clara was not), Virginia (24, quality loss, but this team looks like it will lose a ton of close games)