willweaverrva's Week 13 Ballot

Rank	Team	Reason
1	UConn	I didn't want to keep UConn here, but Purdue not covering against Rutgers just barely tips the scales in UConn's favor. Yes, I know poll inertia is bad but I have no other reason to move them.
2	Purdue
3	Houston	Leapfrogged UNC due to higher quality wins.
4	North Carolina
5	Tennessee
6	Wisconsin	Both Wisconsin and Marquette went 2-0, Wisconsin gets the spot via head-to-head.
7	Marquette
8	New Mexico	New Mexico leapfrogs Duke due to better quality wins - beating a very bad Louisville and ekeing out a 1-point win over Clemson isn't enough. New Mexico is also better metrics-wise.
9	Duke
10	Utah State
11	Saint Mary's
12	Arizona	Might be generous, but a lot of teams in the middle of the poll lost, so ranking the middle of the field is pretty difficult.
13	Illinois
14	Iowa State
15	Kentucky	Might actually be a bit generous.
16	Alabama	New to this week's ballot. Welcome back, Crimson Tide.
17	Auburn	Tough week for Auburn with two close losses to good teams.
18	Kansas
19	Creighton	New to this week's ballot. Welcome back, Bluejays.
20	Florida Atlantic
21	Oklahoma	Trending down.
22	South Carolina	New to this week's ballot.
23	TCU	New to this week's ballot.
24	Richmond	New to this week's ballot. I am a VCU fan, so it pains me to put Richmond here, but I respect talent and they deserve it. The Spiders are playing extremely well and Dayton had nothing for them.
25	Dayton	Despite losing to an unranked team, that team was quite good, it was a road game, and their resume is still quite solid. I think they hang on by a thread here, but this spot ALMOST went to Baylor.

Overall Rationale

Dropped from poll: Baylor (13), Memphis (20), Samford (22), Utah (24), Cincinnati (25). New to poll: Alabama, Creighton, South Carolina, TCU, Richmond. Almost famous: Baylor, Indiana State, McNeese State, Washington State, Ole Miss.