TheRealHenryG's Week 5 Ballot

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Purdue	Best resume in the country.
2	Virginia
3	UConn
4	Maryland
5	Texas	I'd like to see Texas play away from home.
6	Houston	I'd like to see Houston play one of the big boys. The teams above them have and are undefeated. Houston is still my title pick.
7	Baylor	Two losses, but to good competition, one on the road, and two solid wins to go with them, neither at home.
8	Kansas
9	Arizona	The PAC-12 mountain trip is no joke.
10	Indiana	The RAC is no joke.
11	Tennessee	The Colorado loss looks to be an aberration for both schools.
12	Mississippi State	Quietly 8-0 with some great wins.
13	Duke	Losses to two great teams.
14	Arkansas	Should've beat Creighton, but lost to SDSU.
15	Creighton	Wins against TTU and Arkansas outweigh loss to Nebraska. 2 point loss to UA and 5 point road loss to UT are good performances.
16	Illinois
17	Auburn
18	Gonzaga	Gonzaga clearly isn't elite, but a close loss to Baylor and win versus Xavier are enough to prove they can hang.
19	San Diego State	Should've beaten Arkansas, so UCI win can be forgiven.
20	Ohio State	Duke and SDSU are fine as losses.
21	Xavier	Lots of losses but wins over WVU and UF. Tough schedule on neutrals.
22	Iowa State	Is it possible they haven't beaten a good team yet?
23	Alabama	Is it possible they haven't beaten a good team yet?
24	UCLA	Two losses are acceptable. Metrics love 'em.
25	Utah	Sam Houston loss looks ok, while Arizona win is huge. Can understand why some would want Rutgers in this spot.

Overall Rationale

26-28: TCU, Missouri, UNLV. Rankings are mostly resume, with some hand-placed teams being Houston, Indiana, and Tennessee.