undecided_mask's Week 7 Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purdue | Last Week 3 (If you don't have Purdue 1 your dumb) |
| 2 | Kansas | Last Week 2 |
| 3 | UConn | Last Week 4 |
| 4 | Arizona | Last Week 1 |
| 5 | Marquette | Last Week 6 |
| 6 | Houston | Last Week 7 |
| 7 | Oklahoma | Last Week 9 |
| 8 | Kentucky | Last Week NR (I love their win over UNC and I have confidence in them now) |
| 9 | Tennessee | Last Week 18 |
| 10 | BYU | Last Week 13 |
| 11 | Illinois | Last Week 14 |
| 12 | Clemson | Last Week 10 |
| 13 | North Carolina | Last Week 12 (Tough loss to a good Kentucky team on a neutral court) |
| 14 | James Madison | Last Week 17 |
| 15 | Baylor | Last Week 5 (What was that???) |
| 16 | Colorado State | Last Week 15 |
| 17 | Creighton | Last Week 8 (Pain) |
| 18 | Gonzaga | Last Week 11 |
| 19 | Memphis | Last Week NR (This team is very good) |
| 20 | Ohio State | Last Week NR |
| 21 | Florida Atlantic | Last Week NR |
| 22 | Ole Miss | Last Week 23 (One of four unbeatens left but their close calls still scare me) |
| 23 | Wisconsin | Last Week NR |
| 24 | Virginia | Last Week 16 (Never had a win feel like a loss before) |
| 25 | Longwood | Last Week NR - Highest Low Major - Previous Week: Purdue Fort Wayne |
Overall Rationale
I wanted to drop teams more significantly than what I did, but there feels like there's just so many middling-but-good teams from 9-24 that I felt I couldn't drop Gonzaga, Baylor or UNC more than I did without making the whole thing seem ridiculous. Do I think Oklahoma, James Madison or BYU beats either of those prior three? I don't think so. Do the later deserve to be ranked higher than the previous three based on both record and poll inertia? Yes, IMO. Remember, I don't do power rankings, otherwise Duke would be top 10. I like to let the games sort it out lol.