Stepkeyt's Week 16 Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UConn | (1) While they aren't the number one overall seed this is this best team |
| 2 | Houston | (3) I don't get the hate and people calling them overrated they clearly can play |
| 3 | Purdue | (2) Purdon't i guess? |
| 4 | Arizona | (5) Best team in the West. |
| 5 | Iowa State | (8) This team is on fire and wins on the road |
| 6 | Marquette | (6) Tough loss to UConn |
| 7 | Tennessee | (9) Poor Vandy |
| 8 | Kansas | (7) Even with that horrendous showing Monday they came back and played well on the road against Oklahoma |
| 9 | Alabama | (15) 8-18 for me feels tough but Alabama is one of the better looking teams at the moment and have played a really tough schedule |
| 10 | North Carolina | (4) I thought this team was just gonna run the ACC guess not. |
| 11 | Duke | (10) The ACC feels so weak this season even though they are better than last year. |
| 12 | Auburn | (12) 40 point domination and then basically got stuffed by Kentucky. this team confuses me so much. |
| 13 | Baylor | (13) Took care of business but this team also still confuses me. |
| 14 | Kentucky | (18) This team can play defense? |
| 15 | Illinois | (14) if only Maryland could shoot the 3 |
| 16 | San Diego State | (24) 11 points in a half is pretty solid |
| 17 | Creighton | (17) They are starting to catch fire! |
| 18 | Saint Mary's | (16) SDSU and CU both had really good weeks |
| 19 | Dayton | (21) This team finds ways to win games |
| 20 | Colorado State | (NR) Other than a bad half against SDSU they played really well this week |
| 21 | South Carolina | (11) Umm are y'all okay? 40 pt blowout and then a 16 point lead blown at home. |
| 22 | Washington State | (NR) Pac-2 baby |
| 23 | New Mexico | (NR) Took 1 out of 2 tough road games with some solid metrics. |
| 24 | Gonzaga | (NR) They are back I guess |
| 25 | Grand Canyon | (NR) They just don't lose and have some solid wins |
Overall Rationale
Dropped Out: #19 Indiana State, #20 Wisconsin, #22 BYU, #23 Nevada, #25 Oklahoma. Yikes for the Sycamores two losses and a home on at that. and another loss for Wisconsin. BYU cannot seem to do well on the road for the most part. Nevada a tough home loss. Two losses for the Sooners while against good teams, you would have thought they would take the home game against a struggling Kansas team.