verdenvidia's Week 2 Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston | +1 This is my pick to win it all. |
| 2 | Gonzaga | +1 looked great against a likely-solid Michigan State team |
| 3 | North Carolina | -2 looked shaky against two opponents they should've blown out - they still won though so I didn't drop them off the 1-seed line |
| 4 | Kansas | +1 |
| 5 | Duke | +3 their opponents were bad but god damn it duke looks like classic duke |
| 6 | UCLA | 0 |
| 7 | Kentucky | 0 |
| 8 | Creighton | +1 |
| 9 | Texas Tech | +1 |
| 10 | Texas | +3 Hot take -- I just loved what I saw. I think UTEP will be better than most other non-cons from other top teams and Texas handled them. |
| 11 | Baylor | 0 The scoring is there but that defense is not what we're used to seeing from Baylor. They'll fix it quickly though |
| 12 | Arkansas | 0 |
| 13 | Alabama | +3 Liberty tends to be pretty good recently, and the Tide Rolled right through them. |
| 14 | Indiana | +5 I might've been low on them at the start. Time shall tell. |
| 15 | Dayton | +3 Dayton looked pretty good against an SMU team that also tends to be pretty respectable. |
| 16 | Michigan | -1 they survived a scare from Eastern Michigan which is alarming but maybe Emoni really was that good |
| 17 | Arizona | 0 |
| 18 | San Diego State | +5 BYU is another "usually good" team. I feel like this win will age well. |
| 19 | Virginia | +1 |
| 20 | Tennessee | -16 proooobably an overreaction but they lost to a team that's 1-1 against Q4. early seasons are wack |
| 21 | Michigan State | NR Oh yeah. Up until whatever that last shot was I loved what I saw. Dancing with titans. Their schedule is brutal, let's see what they can do. |
| 22 | TCU | -8 I still think they're good, but sheesh those games were ugly. |
| 23 | Illinois | NR |
| 24 | Auburn | NR didn't look great but should've had them ranked anyway, they're solid and had an immaculate second-half |
| 25 | Utah | NR Pac-12 is consistently underrated and Utah gives me an interesting feeling. Too early to tell for so many teams. |
Overall Rationale
In: Mich State, Illinois, Auburn, Utah Out: 21 Oregon, 22 Colorado State, 24 Wyoming, 25 Villanova Biggest movers: Tennessee 4>16, TCU 14>22, Indiana 19>14, SDSU 23>18 Next 5: dude ive got absolutely no idea but id put like MiamiU, Connecticut, VA Tech, St Louis, and you know what we'll see if Seton Hall is good again why not