Travbowman's Week 5 Ballot

RankTeamReason
1 Purdue Considered moving Michigan to this slot but hard to drop a team after a 40+ point win
2 Michigan Heck of a week for the Wolverines
3Arizona Saturday against Auburn should be fun
4 Duke Got the win but didn't dominate Arkansas
5 Iowa State Demonstrated the absurdity of the players era tournament by finishing fifth
6Louisville Dates with Arkansas and Indiana this week will be interesting
7 UConn Lawrence on Tuesday is gonna be so loud
8 Michigan State Two home matches vs two undefeated teams this week. Breslin should be rocking
9Vanderbilt This team is legit
10Gonzaga Everything was great in Vegas until they ran into the Michigan wagon
11 Tennessee Beat Houston good, lose to Peterson-less Kansas, not so good
12 Houston Still think they'll be good, but three point shooting needs to be fixed
13BYU Dangerously lurking
14 Alabama Their goal is to play every ranked team this season
15Illinois Battle with Tennessee on Saturday is spicy
16 Florida At Duke isn't "must win" but a loss makes them feel like they're not really candidates to repeat
17 Indiana B1G is so deep this season
18 Texas Tech Really should not have let Wyoming stick around
19 North Carolina Didn't compete well with MSU
20Kansas Never doubt Bill Self
21 USC Had a great week in Hawaii
22 Nebraska Longest winning streak in the country
23 Iowa McCollum just wins wherever he goes
24 Oklahoma State Didn't have "ranked OK State" on my bingo card at the beginning on the year but here we are
25 Utah State Two road games won't be easy this week

Overall Rationale

Just missed: Kentucky, Auburn, LSU, Wisconsin, Missouri, George Mason, Colorado