bkervick's Week 12 Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UConn | -- Homer |
| 2 | Purdue | -- Best resume and predictive blend |
| 3 | North Carolina | -- Really taking care of business on the road in conference play. |
| 4 | Tennessee | Up 2. 2 '99' game score margins this week on Torvik. |
| 5 | Houston | Up 2. 2 '99' game score margins this week on Torvik. |
| 6 | Arizona | Up 2. Just survived at home against UCLA, -8 game average score in that one. |
| 7 | Auburn | Up 2. Resume finally catching up to quality metrics. |
| 8 | Kansas | Down 4. Tough quad 3 loss but also strong margin win @OKSt. |
| 9 | Wisconsin | Down 4. Tough quad 2 road loss. |
| 10 | Kentucky | -- Had them aggressively ranked already based on metrics, which got only slightly better. |
| 11 | Illinois | Up 6. Chaos above them and return of Shannon restores confidence in their metrics. |
| 12 | Oklahoma | Up 3. 2-0 week with a road Big 12 win will move you up even after a tough last week. |
| 13 | Baylor | Down 2. 2 tough B12 road losses, 1 in OT and 1 at the buzzer. |
| 14 | Creighton | Down 1. Tough scoring at UConn, but followed up with huge win at Seton Hall in 3OT. |
| 15 | Marquette | Up 9. Combination of strong week (+1.2 WAB) and me being overly low on them last week. |
| 16 | Duke | Down 4. Lost only matchup to Pitt at home, borderline quad 3, but missing 2 starters. |
| 17 | Alabama | Down 3. No show against Tennessee. |
| 18 | Dayton | Up 1. 2 quad 4 wins, at least 1 was good margin. |
| 19 | San Diego State | Down 1. Up and down 1-1 week. |
| 20 | Colorado State | -- Came back vs. UNLV to hold their spot. |
| 21 | Texas Tech | Up 1. Texas Tech got smoked by Houston, but beat BYU and no other strong profiles tbh. |
| 22 | Utah State | Down 1. Tough margin road loss against good team, light work otherwise. |
| 23 | Utah | New. Both top 25 resume and predictive metrics. |
| 24 | Seton Hall | Down 1. Lost a thrilled in 3OT to Creighton, but also handled St. Johns earlier in the week. |
| 25 | Iowa State | New. Despite loss at BYU, just getting hard to ignore the metrics. |
Overall Rationale
Impossible to rank 20-25. Out: 2 tough losses for TCU, but they were 25 so they're out. Memphis 2 bad losses drop out from 16. Considered: BYU. Gonzaga. Florida Atlantic. New Mexico. Indiana St. St. Mary's +0.9 WAB this week and won 11/12.