willweaverrva's Week 9 Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michigan | With most teams idle this past week, you can basically skip to #17 because my top 16 are all the same as last week. |
| 2 | Arizona | |
| 3 | Gonzaga | |
| 4 | UConn | |
| 5 | Iowa State | |
| 6 | Purdue | |
| 7 | Duke | |
| 8 | Houston | |
| 9 | Vanderbilt | |
| 10 | BYU | |
| 11 | Michigan State | |
| 12 | Nebraska | |
| 13 | North Carolina | |
| 14 | Louisville | |
| 15 | Alabama | |
| 16 | Kansas | This is where I began reanalyzing my poll heading into January. Kansas wasn't idle (clobbered Davidson) while Alabama was, but I opted to keep Alabama ahead of them due to SOS. |
| 17 | Arkansas | Shuffled Texas Tech, Arkansas, and UVA around based on body of work. UVA has the best record but their schedule hasn't been as strong as Texas Tech or Arkansas. |
| 18 | Texas Tech | |
| 19 | Virginia | |
| 20 | Illinois | |
| 21 | Tennessee | New this week. This is me correcting an injustice from previous polls. Tennessee lost to Syracuse but they are otherwise good enough to be ranked. I should've had them in over Villanova last week. |
| 22 | USC | |
| 23 | Villanova | It figures that I ranked Villanova when I shouldn't have last week, then they beat Seton Hall, which makes them worthy of being ranked IMO. |
| 24 | Kentucky | |
| 25 | Utah State | New this week. |
Overall Rationale
DROPPED FROM BALLOT: Iowa (22), Seton Hall (24). NEW TO BALLOT: Tennessee, Utah State. ALMOST FAMOUS: 26. Clemson, 27. St. John's, 28. Saint Louis, 29. UCF, 30. Georgia.