TheRealHenryG's Week 13 Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purdue | They were terrifying today. |
| 2 | Tennessee | Best team in the country per metrics. |
| 3 | Alabama | Bad loss, but I could understand keeping them at 2. |
| 4 | Houston | Bad loss. |
| 5 | Kansas State | Still crazy that they are this good. Tang is a mastermind. |
| 6 | Kansas | Can understand putting them ahead of K-State. |
| 7 | Virginia | Quietly grinding out results in an underrated ACC. |
| 8 | Baylor | Keyonte George is him, and Baylor is who we thought they were. |
| 9 | Arizona | Dominant second half against my Huskies. Feels like they've lost more than 3 times this year, it's weird. |
| 10 | UCLA | Bad losses. They are in a weird funk. Will be vulnerable against Washington, hopefully. |
| 11 | Texas | People forget this team is 17-4. Their wins don't jump off the page, though. |
| 12 | Iowa State | Disappointing loss but still a solid resume |
| 13 | TCU | Injuries continue to derail their season. At full strength they are very, very good. |
| 14 | Xavier | Bad losses. Miller needs to get more consistency out of X. |
| 15 | Saint Mary's | Could not believe they won that BYU game. Aidan Mahaney is him. |
| 16 | Gonzaga | They've only lost to one team outside my top 10. Have a sneaking suspicion they might still be really good. |
| 17 | Marquette | Metrics love 'em, probably because they haven't lost a game by more than 5 points all year. |
| 18 | Indiana | Huge week in Bloomington. TJD playing at NPOY levels. Probably overreacting, though. |
| 19 | UConn | The magic is clearly gone, but the metrics still believe. Still can't figure out why they became bad all of the sudden. |
| 20 | Providence | Fun team to watch. Little bit of the luck of the friarish feeling from last year. |
| 21 | Illinois | .Probably a reach, but they've piled up a bunch of really impressive wins |
| 22 | Creighton | Metrics love them, and they've been playing really well since Kalk got healthy. |
| 23 | New Mexico | 19-3 with wins over SMC, Iona, ORU, SDSU, and Boise. |
| 24 | Florida Atlantic | They share the ball really well, and good god, they're 21-1. |
| 25 | San Diego State | Very quietly 17-4. Not great wins, though |
Overall Rationale
26-28: West Virginia, Rutgers, Clemson.