MainPeanut25's Week 20 Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UConn | +1 |
| 2 | Houston | -1 |
| 3 | Purdue | —, missed Saint Peter’s |
| 4 | Iowa State | +3 |
| 5 | Auburn | — |
| 6 | North Carolina | -2 |
| 7 | Duke | -1 |
| 8 | Baylor | +4 |
| 9 | Tennessee | — |
| 10 | Kentucky | -2 |
| 11 | Illinois | +2 |
| 12 | Marquette | +5 |
| 13 | Florida | -2, underrated |
| 14 | Alabama | +4 |
| 15 | Creighton | -5 |
| 16 | BYU | +3 |
| 17 | Arizona | -4, always loses weird games so I don’t think they’ll go far |
| 18 | Saint Mary's | NR |
| 19 | South Carolina | -3 |
| 20 | Wisconsin | NR |
| 21 | New Mexico | NR |
| 22 | McNeese | -1, insanely underrated |
| 23 | Gonzaga | -5 |
| 24 | Grand Canyon | +1 |
| 25 | Texas Tech | -3 |
Overall Rationale
Dropped: 20 Kansas, 23 Utah State, 24 Washington State. Also considered: Washington State, Mississippi State, TCU, Kansas, James Madison, Nebraska, Utah State, Nevada, Drake, San Diego State (but they’ll be ranked in the whole poll), Dayton, Colorado State, South Florida, Virginia. Jake Diebler…such a thorough, nationwide search was conducted there to land on the Holtmann assistant (forget this if we somehow win the NIT)