bkervick's Week 13 Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UConn | -- Game against Xavier one of the most dominant wins of the season. |
| 2 | Purdue | -- Still best blend of resume and predictive metrics. |
| 3 | North Carolina | -- Up to 3rd in WAB. 5-0 on road in ACC play. |
| 4 | Houston | Up 1. 4 straight 98+ game score wins. +1.14 WAB this week. |
| 5 | Tennessee | Down 1. Light week. |
| 6 | Wisconsin | Up 3. 2 good showings this week, up to #5 in WAB. |
| 7 | Kansas | Up 1 somehow? |
| 8 | Arizona | Down 2. Not great performance against OSU. |
| 9 | Auburn | Down 2. 2 road losses, but decent performances in the losses. |
| 10 | Creighton | Up 4. 2 okay home wins enough to move up a bunch with the chaos around |
| 11 | Marquette | Up 4. Sneakily up to 11 in WAB and 13th in KenPom. |
| 12 | Alabama | Up 5. +0.94 WAB on the week and 2 strong quality results, resume catching up to predictives. Leads SEC. |
| 13 | Kentucky | Down 3. Split road games, but didn't look great in either. |
| 14 | Illinois | Down 3. OT road loss and didn't look good against Indiana. Resume is low, but quality metrics still good. |
| 15 | Texas Tech | Up 6. +1.32 WAB this week may have led the country. |
| 16 | Baylor | Down 3. 3OT home loss. 3 straight losses. |
| 17 | Duke | Down 1. 2-0 week, squeaked by Clemson thanks to some poor decision making by Clemson down the stretch. |
| 18 | San Diego State | Up 1. Light week. |
| 19 | Dayton | Down 1. Split road week. Disappointing loss in last remaining Q1 opportunity. |
| 20 | Utah State | Up 2. OT win at Boise. Leads MWC. Up to 9th in WAB, but quality metrics not as good. |
| 21 | Iowa State | Up 4. 2 home wins including Kansas, good margin performances too. |
| 22 | New Mexico | New. 5 straight 94+ game scores on Torvik. |
| 23 | Indiana State | New. Starting to really compile wins and decent metrics across the board. |
| 24 | BYU | New. Despite Houston loss, top 30 in resume and top 10 in predictives is enough, |
| 25 | Ole Miss | New. Strong margin against Ark and road win over A&M give them the nod. WAB |
Overall Rationale
Out: Oklahoma from 12. 2 home losses, their predictive and resume metrics both pretty mediocre now. They were still considered. Colorado St. from 20. 2 road losses, 1 to bad team. 5 straight subpar performances. Utah from 23. 2 road losses, but weren't even competitive. injuries seemingly catching up to them. Seton Hall from 24. 2 losses sans Kadary Richmond. Very difficult to separate: Ole Miss, Fla Atlantic, and South Carolina. All 3 quality around 50, resume top 20. The latter 2 are right there at 26/27. Also considered (no order): Miss St, Gonzaga, St. Mary's, TCU, Clemson, Northwestern,