corndogshuffle's Week 10 Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas | +2. Two tough road wins, plus others ahead losing, means Kansas looks like #1 to me right now. |
| 2 | Alabama | +3. Alabama looks great, has only lost to top ten teams, and has beaten the team I ranked #3 this week. |
| 3 | Houston | +3. My slightly diminished opinion of Virginia is why I don't have the Cougars higher. |
| 4 | Purdue | -3. Lost to Rutgers, but picked up good wins at Ohio State and Penn State. |
| 5 | UConn | -1. They're still top five for me, Providence looks really good right now. |
| 6 | Tennessee | +2. Anyway, they started blasting... everyone they play. |
| 7 | Gonzaga | +2. Two close calls for the Zags this week, but they're still undefeated in conference play. |
| 8 | Kansas State | +15. Two HUGE road wins this week. No losses in a month. Kansas State, for now, is rolling. |
| 9 | UCLA | +2. UCLA is the lone undefeated team in P12 play. |
| 10 | Arizona | -8. Seriously, Washington State at home??? |
| 11 | Xavier | +2. Xavier beat Villanova on the road in their only game this week. |
| 12 | Iowa State | +12. It was a big week for Iowa State, who collected road wins against Oklahoma and TCU. |
| 13 | Texas | 0. Despite losing at home to Kansas State, Texas picked up a road win in Stillwater. Texas still looks good despite losing their head coach. |
| 14 | TCU | +8. I know it looks odd to jump a team eight spots for going 1-1, but everyone they jumped also lost and TCU did well to split at Baylor and Iowa State. |
| 15 | Miami (FL) | -3. Rough loss for the Hurricanes on the road against Georgia Tech. |
| 16 | Arkansas | +1. Arkansas went 1-1 this week, but beating Missouri prevented them from moving down in a week when everyone around them also lost a game. |
| 17 | Providence | UNR. Huge win against UConn, their ninth straight win. |
| 18 | Missouri | +3. Another 1-1 team. Missouri gained a "quality loss" to pair with a win over Vanderbilt. |
| 19 | Virginia | -9. Yet another 1-1 team. Virginia took a bigger tumble because they are now 3-3 in their last 6 games |
| 20 | Charleston | +4. Charleston just keeps winning. |
| 21 | Saint Mary's | UNR. Eight wins in nine games, along with exceptional computer rankings, gave Saint Mary's a boost into my top 25. |
| 22 | Wisconsin | -8. Wisconsin lost at Illinois, -8 may not be fair in a week with tons of losses but all of the teams that jumped the Badgers either had a better win or a better loss. |
| 23 | Marquette | UNR. Won seven of eight, and no bad losses. |
| 24 | Clemson | UNR. The last undefeated team in ACC play. 9-1 in their last 10, three of their last four wins on the road. I'm rewarding them for getting wins. |
| 25 | Florida Atlantic | UNR. FAU hasn't lost in two months. |
Overall Rationale
About some of the teams I unranked - I want to reward teams for getting wins. Baylor has now lost three straight. Duke doesn't have any losing streaks but I'm sick of watching them get blown out as a voter. Ohio State is now 3-3 in their last 6. Indiana has lost 5 of 8. New Mexico would still be ranked if they hadn't lost twice to iffy competition this week. Auburn finally got a really good win but their resume is so sparse and they have some not great losses, including this week at Georgia. These are all teams that I believe could (or are even likely) to finish ranked, but they need to start proving it on the court. I think they might all be better than 21-25, but they haven't earned that spot by winning games.