DCProf's Week 8 Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arizona | Resume: 1.33 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 3.0 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) beat Florida, UCLA, UCONN, Auburn, Alabama, SDSU |
| 2 | Michigan | Resume: 2.00 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 1.67 (BPI/KPI/Torvik)beat Gonzaga, Auburn, SDSU, & TCU |
| 3 | UConn | Resume: 4.67 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 6.0 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) beat BYU, Kansas, Florida, Texas, & Illinois, loss to Arizona |
| 4 | Iowa State | Resume: 4.33 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 5.33 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) beat Purdue, St. Johns, Creighton, Syracuse, Iowa |
| 5 | Duke | Resume: 6.00 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 5.0 (BPI/KPI/Torvik)beat Michigan St., Florida, Kansas & Arkansas. Lost to TTU |
| 6 | Michigan State | Resume: 10.33 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 14.33 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) beat Arkansas, Kentucky, UNC. Lost to Duke |
| 7 | Purdue | Resume: 8.00 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 7.33 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) beat Alabama, Texas Tech. Lost to Iowa State |
| 8 | Gonzaga | Resume: 5.0 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 4.0 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) lost to Michigan, beat Kentucky, UCLA, Alabama, & Oklahoma |
| 9 | Vanderbilt | Resume: 6.00 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 8.33 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) Beat St. Mary's, Memphis, SMU & VCU |
| 10 | BYU | Resume: 10.00 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 12.0 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) beat Wisconsin, Clemson, Dayton, Miami FL, & Villanova, loss to UCONN |
| 11 | Houston | Resume: 14.00 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 6.0 (BPI/KPI/Torvik)) Beat Auburn, Arkansas, Syracuse, Notre Dame. Lost to Tennessee |
| 12 | North Carolina | Resume: 14.33 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 25.67 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) beat Kansas, Kentucky, Ohio St; loss to Michigan St. |
| 13 | Kansas | Resume: 15.33 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 15.0 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) beat Tennessee, Syracuse, Missouri, NCSU; lost to UNC, UCONN, & Duke |
| 14 | Alabama | Resume: 14.67 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 15.33 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) beat St. Johns, Maryland, Clemson & Ilinois; lost to Purdue, Arizona, & Gonzaga |
| 15 | Nebraska | Resume: 8.67 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 24.0 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) beat Oklahoma, KSU, UNM,Wisconsin, Illinois, & Creighton |
| 16 | Arkansas | Resume: 25.00 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 27.0 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) Beat Louisville & Texas Tech losses to Michigan St, Houston, & Duke |
| 17 | USC | Resume: 26.00 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 41.33 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) won Maui Invitational, beat Oregon. Lost to Washington |
| 18 | Illinois | Resume: 21.00 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 14.0 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) beat Tennesse, Ohio State, & Texas Tech, losses to Alabama, Nebraska, & UCONN |
| 19 | Texas Tech | Resume: 20.0 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 26.33 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) beat Duke; loses to Illinois, Arkansas, & Purdue |
| 20 | Tennessee | Resume: 31.33 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 14.0 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) beat Houston & Louisville, lost to Kansas, Syracuse, & Illinois |
| 21 | Louisville | Resume: 16.67 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 11.0 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) beat Kentucky, Memphis, Indiana & Cincinnati. Losses to Arkansas & Tennessee |
| 22 | Florida | Resume: 35.33 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 13.0 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) beat Miami, losses to Arizona, Duke, UCONN, & TCU |
| 23 | Kentucky | Resume: 37.67 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 18.33 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) Beat Indiana & St. Johns & losses to Lousville, North Carolina, Gonzaga, & Michigan St |
| 24 | Iowa | Resume: 22.67 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 22.0 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) beat Ole Miss & Grand Canyon. Loses to Michigan St & Iowa St |
| 25 | Virginia | Resume: 23.67 (BPI SOR/WAB/NET), Predictive: 31.0 (BPI/KPI/Torvik) Beat Texas & Dayton. Lost to Butler |
Overall Rationale
Fell Out: Auburn & Saint John's. Also considered: Georgia, Saint Mary's UCLA, Miami FL, Seton Hall