DCProf's Week 12 Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | #2 BPI strength of record and #3 strength of schedule. Won at Houston. Every SEC win by +11 points |
| 2 | Purdue | #1 BPI strength of record, only loss to Rutgers. Tied with Kansas for most Q1 wins |
| 3 | Kansas State | #4 BPI strength of record. Top of standings in strongest conference in the country. |
| 4 | TCU | Aggressive ranking for sure but heavily weighing 23 point win at Allen Fieldhouse. |
| 5 | Kansas | Back-to-back loses but still #3 BPI strength of record and leads country in combined Q1/Q2 wins (11) |
| 6 | Houston | Nothing on resume suggests that Cougars should be ranked in top 5. #7 BPI strength of record. |
| 7 | Arizona | 6-2 in Q1 with head-to-head wins over UCLA & Tennessee. #6 BPI strength of record. |
| 8 | Iowa State | #10 BPI strength of record. No loses outside Q1. Head-to-head win over Texas. |
| 9 | Texas | #9 BPI strength of record. No losses outside Q1. Blew out Gonzaga. |
| 10 | Tennessee | #11 BPI strength of record. But Kansas is only win over top 40 team. |
| 11 | Virginia | #8 BPI strength of record. But fewest combined Q1/Q2 wins (6) of any team ranked in my top 16. |
| 12 | Xavier | #12 BPI strength of record. Kansas is only team with more combined Q1/Q2 wins than X's 9. |
| 13 | Marquette | #19 BPI strength of record. 8 combined Q1/Q2 wins & blew out Baylor. |
| 14 | Baylor | #13 BPI strength of record. All 5 loses to teams ranked in my top 13. Beat Gonzaga & UCLA. |
| 15 | UCLA | #5 BPI strength of record. No losses outside Q1. But who have they beat? Best wins over Kentucky/Maryland. Lost head to head to Baylor. |
| 16 | Gonzaga | #15 BPI strength of record. Wins over Alabama, Xavier, & MSU. 8 combined Q1/Q2 wins more than any team below them. |
| 17 | Charleston | #17 BPI strength of record. 20 consecutive wins. Only loss to UNC. Won all but two conference games by +11 points |
| 18 | Florida Atlantic | #14 BPI strength of record. 18 consecutive wins. However lost to the worst team in the SEC (only loss). |
| 19 | Auburn | #18 BPI strength of record, but only one Q1 win on the season is fewer than even FAU. |
| 20 | New Mexico | #21 BPI strength of record. Impressive wins over SMC, SDSU, & BSU. Bad loses to Fresno & UNLV though. |
| 21 | Miami (FL) | #22 BPI strength of record. 5-3 in Q1 games, head-to-head win over Rutgers. |
| 22 | Rutgers | 6 combined Q1/Q2 wins, bad losses early in season were playing without 2 starters. 2nd place in B1G & only team to beat Purdue |
| 23 | Clemson | Two Q4 loses offset by fact that Tigers: 1) first place in ACC, 2) more combined Q1/Q2 wins (7) than any team I have unranked, 3) 4-2 v. Q1 |
| 24 | Saint Mary's | 9 game win streak. Top 10 in Ken Pom, NET, and Bart Torvik. |
| 25 | Providence | #25 BPI strength of record. No bad loses unlike some of the other teams battling for this final spot in poll. |
Overall Rationale
Fell out: #17 North Carolina State, #21 UCONN, #25 Michigan State. Others considered: UCONN, Michigan State, Duke, & Missouri.