Boom_Confetti's Week 2 Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purdue | Top 4 are my poll inertia kings. Saw nothing to make me change their order next week, but teams ahead of them lost, so some moved up |
| 2 | Kansas | |
| 3 | Marquette | |
| 4 | Houston | |
| 5 | Arizona | @Duke is win impressive enough to a knock a team up a seedline or two in March |
| 6 | Duke | Still think this is a really good team, only down a couple spots |
| 7 | Creighton | |
| 8 | UConn | |
| 9 | Texas A&M | Still very high on this team, think they win SEC |
| 10 | Michigan State | Obviously, brutal loss, but tough to imagine they shoot that poorly all year |
| 11 | Baylor | Auburn win was great, but looked highly questionable against Gardner-Webb |
| 12 | Florida Atlantic | |
| 13 | Tennessee | People underestimate how hard @Wisconsin is. Very good sign for this team |
| 14 | Kentucky | |
| 15 | USC | Looked awesome against a probably good Kansas State |
| 16 | Gonzaga | |
| 17 | Miami (FL) | |
| 18 | Arkansas | |
| 19 | Colorado | |
| 20 | North Carolina | Narrowly avoided an upset against Radford, but I think Radford was genuinely good |
| 21 | Virginia | Florida’s gonna be tough this year. Great win |
| 22 | Illinois | Wasn’t upset, but looked pretty unimpressive in their games so far |
| 23 | Alabama | |
| 24 | Saint Mary's | Had to frantically adjust my vote to account for this one, brutal loss but I still really like this team |
| 25 | Memphis |
Overall Rationale
Auburn #26, SDSU #27, UCLA #28, Poll made as of 2 PM Central on Saturday. Trying my best to avoid poll inertia but there’s definitely times when it’s showed up. It’s hard to shuffle teams around based off buy game performances, unless they really struggled. Champions Classic next week is where we’ll see some big swings imho. I had Saint Mary’s at 13 before their loss, fwiw