Stepkeyt's Week 5 Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michigan | (7) Yaxel has backed up the talking he did in Vegas |
| 2 | Purdue | (1) Only dropped because of Michigan and how they just played |
| 3 | Duke | (2) ^ Copy and Paste |
| 4 | Arizona | (3) ^ once again |
| 5 | Vanderbilt | (14) This team is scary |
| 6 | Louisville | (6) |
| 7 | Iowa State | (15) Players Era format sucks |
| 8 | Michigan State | (11) |
| 9 | UConn | (9) NBA Cup courts are ugly |
| 10 | Gonzaga | (4) 40 point loss is rough but still a very good team |
| 11 | Alabama | (8) |
| 12 | BYU | (12) Aj Dybansta is a dawg |
| 13 | Tennessee | (16) |
| 14 | Houston | (5) |
| 15 | USC | (19) The Southwest Maui Invitational Champion |
| 16 | Iowa | (NR) Bennett Stirtz is good who knew |
| 17 | Indiana | (21) Weak schedule so far but only gets harder from now on |
| 18 | Kansas | (18) 3-0 and 3rd place lol Players Era sucks |
| 19 | SMU | (NR) Decent wins so far and they get Vanderbilt next |
| 20 | Nebraska | (23) |
| 21 | Illinois | (10) Please don't wear navy blue on a blue court ever again. |
| 22 | Missouri | (NR) Charmin Soft schedule. But hey they played a road game just don't check who they played. |
| 23 | North Carolina | (17) |
| 24 | Utah State | (NR) |
| 25 | LSU | (NR) Lane Kiffin is here now I guess idk. Basketball has won and won by a lot |
Overall Rationale
Dropped Out: #13 Florida, #18 St. John's, #20 Saint Mary's, #22 NC State, #25 Baylor. Note that most of these teams are still under consideration. Florida has not looked like a top 25 team so far. Xaivian Lee may have figured things out, which would help them greatly. St. John's has lost most of the big games they have played so far just no enough to rank them right now. Especially since a lot of these games they were the favorites. Saint Mary's got smacked by Vandy and was really cold that entire tournament. NC State looks way too small and will likley get bullied by any team with decent height or teams that can attack the rim. Baylor has been okay so far I just haven't been impressed. They outrebond a team badly but only win by 7 and had 22 Offensive rebounds! Also doesn't help they lost to St. John's by quite a bit.