Stepkeyt's Week 4 Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purdue | (1) |
| 2 | Duke | (2) |
| 3 | Arizona | (7) All in the top 3 have a case to be the #1 team |
| 4 | Gonzaga | (6) |
| 5 | Houston | (3) I currently think the teams above them are better. |
| 6 | Louisville | (8) |
| 7 | Michigan | (13) Adjustment for having them a little low in the first place |
| 8 | Alabama | (11) I love the scheduling they do in the Non-conf |
| 9 | UConn | (4) |
| 10 | Illinois | (5) |
| 11 | Michigan State | (17) |
| 12 | BYU | (10) |
| 13 | Florida | (12) |
| 14 | Vanderbilt | (19) Metric darlings but also they have a pretty soft schedule in the non-conf but they do have a high major road win. |
| 15 | Iowa State | (14) |
| 16 | Tennessee | (16) |
| 17 | North Carolina | (18) |
| 18 | St. John's | (16) Other than the Alabama game they havent played anyone. I need to see them do something in Vegas. |
| 19 | USC | (19) Troy played them close maybe looking ahead to Maui or Troy really is built like that. |
| 20 | Saint Mary's | (20) Smacking everyone but not many super quality games. |
| 21 | Indiana | (24) |
| 22 | NC State | (NR) |
| 23 | Nebraska | (NR) elite resume metrics so far |
| 24 | Utah State | (NR) Similar to Nebraska and this team seems to be a wagon so far |
| 25 | Baylor | (22) Vegas should make things clear. Also taking a week off before Vegas is a choice. |
Overall Rationale
Dropped Out: #9 Kentucky, #23 Wisconsin, #25 Texas Tech. Kentucky is in a weird spot. They have decent predictive metrics, but in terms of wins and losses, nothing special. They haven't beaten anyone of note, and were close to a blowout against Louisville and got beaten by Michigan State. Both solid teams, but idk if they are of the same quality as those teams. Wisconsin got crushed on that ugly purple court. Texas Tech needs some ballroom-dancing lessons or something to help avoid repeating that Purdue loss. It's interesting to see the teams high in resume metrics like WAB compared to predictive, and some teams have both. I do value the teams who have scheduled hard so far.