willweaverrva's Week 2 Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purdue | Top 3 unchanged because of mostly lopsided wins over lower-end teams |
| 2 | Kansas | |
| 3 | UConn | |
| 4 | Marquette | |
| 5 | Creighton | |
| 6 | Houston | |
| 7 | Tennessee | |
| 8 | Duke | lost to Arizona at home; I probably underrated Arizona in the preseason poll |
| 9 | Arizona | Didn't give them enough credit in preseason, winning at Cameron is not easy |
| 10 | Texas A&M | |
| 11 | Gonzaga | |
| 12 | North Carolina | |
| 13 | Miami (FL) | |
| 14 | Florida Atlantic | |
| 15 | Kentucky | |
| 16 | Arkansas | |
| 17 | USC | |
| 18 | Texas | |
| 19 | Alabama | |
| 20 | Baylor | |
| 21 | Villanova | |
| 22 | Oregon | New to this week's ballot |
| 23 | BYU | New to this week's ballot - took down SDSU |
| 24 | James Madison | New to this week's ballot - Two great road wins, one over Michigan State? Yeah, it's time to rank JMU. |
| 25 | Virginia | New to this week's ballot |
Overall Rationale
Fell out of poll: Michigan St., Saint Mary's. Almost famous: UCLA, Michigan St., Memphis, San Diego St., Duquesne, TCU. Mostly based on metrics (KP, Torvik, Haslametrics) and eye test for games I was able to watch.