verdenvidia's Week 5 Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purdue | +1 yeah |
| 2 | Houston | +2 still my pick for the chip |
| 3 | Texas | +2 Was going to put them #1 but then one of their good wins lost *again* and the other one lost to Nebrasketball at home |
| 4 | Virginia | -1 |
| 5 | UConn | +2 |
| 6 | Arizona | -5 playing at sea level then immediately at an underrated Utah will do that to a fella, still got blown out tho |
| 7 | Tennessee | +1 Butler win is looking a bit better as is Kansas |
| 8 | Alabama | +1 |
| 9 | Arkansas | +1 |
| 10 | Kansas | +4 gets a bump for others losing and because of the H2H with Duke |
| 11 | Duke | +4 |
| 12 | Maryland | +6 |
| 13 | Indiana | -3 |
| 14 | Charleston | +2 UNC loss isn't aging well but the wins are so whatever |
| 15 | Baylor | -2 |
| 16 | Auburn | +4 |
| 17 | Iowa State | NR is it bad the St Johns win impresses me more than the UNC win now |
| 18 | Gonzaga | -6 |
| 19 | San Diego State | +3 |
| 20 | Illinois | -3 |
| 21 | New Mexico | NR |
| 22 | Virginia Tech | NR |
| 23 | Creighton | -17 |
| 24 | UCLA | +1 |
| 25 | Arizona State | NR |
Overall Rationale
Next 5: Kentucky, Miami FL, Utah, *gags* Mizzou, Mich St || IN: Iowa St 17, New Mexico 21, VA Tech 22, AZ St 25 || OUT: Mich St 19, UNC 21, Ohio St 23, Kent St 24 || Biggest Movers: Creighton 6>23, Maryland 18>12, Gonzaga 12>18, Arizona 1>6