koltonm23's Week 3 Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas | (+1) Quality wins and eye test make them the easy no. 1 right now. |
| 2 | Gonzaga | (+2) Looking like the best offense in the country. |
| 3 | Auburn | (+3) Have a great win over Houston and have been dominant against the teams they should be. |
| 4 | Iowa State | (+1) Bizarrely have only played twice so far but have looked good against bad comp. |
| 5 | Purdue | (+9) Incredibly impressive win over Bama. TKR and Braden Smith dominated, making up for the rebounding/defensive weaknesses. |
| 6 | Alabama | (-5) Tough place to play going to Purdue so not overly concerning. Need Youngblood healthy to give them another shooter. |
| 7 | UConn | (--) Still haven't played anyone but looking solid yet again. |
| 8 | Indiana | (--) Still love this roster and they've looked the part so far. |
| 9 | North Carolina | (--) Dominated in their bounce back spot after the loss to Kansas, still think they're top-10 good. |
| 10 | Houston | (--) We know who Houston is, top-10 good but loss of Shead appears to be tough to overcome, as expected. |
| 11 | Tennessee | (+1) Tennessee is quietly looking fantastic. Lanier has been a revelation. |
| 12 | Kentucky | (+7) Huge statement win over a young Duke team. Pope looks to have brought this talented roster together, no easy task. |
| 13 | Duke | (-10) Very talented but the FR need to settle in. Still think ultimately they're a top-10 or even 5 team but not there yet. |
| 14 | Marquette | (+1) Love what Marquette is doing so far and that win @ Maryland was huge. Purdue at home next so a chance to make a statement. |
| 15 | Creighton | (-2) Never apologize for winning but even at 4-0 I haven't been blown away by Creighton. Still think they'll be solid but has been clunky early on. |
| 16 | Baylor | (--) Settled in after the blowout loss to Gonzaga. Likely only going to keep improving. |
| 17 | Cincinnati | (+1) It's been horrible competition but absolutely dominating so far. Really good team. |
| 18 | Xavier | (+3) Very impressive win over Wake Forest earns my trust after a slow start. |
| 19 | Rutgers | (+1) Bailey back and joins Harper and Sommerville who are legit. Might be no. 2 class behind Duke. |
| 20 | St. John's | (NR) Very impressive win over New Mexico. Pitino has a group playing much harder this year, and very talented. |
| 21 | Arizona | (-10) Kind of just got whooped by Wisconsin. Was their first road game but still, defensive effort was lackluster to say the least. Uber talented but that was concerning. |
| 22 | Texas A&M | (+3) Great bounce back win over a pretty good Ohio St team. This is still a top-25 team, with Zurich Phelps giving them more pop on O. |
| 23 | Arkansas | (-1) They battled Baylor tough but Troy was a struggle a little still in the bounce back spot. Not sure who they are but talent is still there. |
| 24 | Wisconsin | (NR) Big time win over Arizona cannot be ignored. Losing the poss. battle by 21 is not sustainable for winning though, so they'll need to clean up the boards. |
| 25 | Michigan State | (-8) Loss to Kansas was ugly, but I can't give up on them after just that. Young talent is off the charts, they're deep and they defend at an elite level. |
Overall Rationale
Dropped: Wake Forest, New Mexico Next 5: Texas Tech, Florida, BYU, UCLA, Texas