DCProf's Week 5 Ballot

RankTeamReason
1 Auburn BPI SOR #1 beat Houston; UNC; Memphis & Iowa State
2 Kansas BPI SOR #2 wins over Duke; UNC & MSU
3Oregon BPI SOR #3. Beat Alabama; Texas A&M & San Diego St.
4 Marquette BPI SOR #4 beat Purdue; Georgia; at Maryland
5 Tennessee BPI SOR #6. Beat Baylor; Louisville; & Virginia
6Purdue BPI SOR #10. Beat Alabama; Ole Miss; NC St.; lost to Marquette
7 Alabama BPI SOR #11. Beat Houston; Illinois & Rutgers; lost to Purdue & Oregon
8 Kentucky BPI SOR #8. Beat Duke
9Iowa State BPI SOR #26. Beat Dayton; lost to Auburn
10Memphis BPI SOR #5. Beat UCONN; Mich. St; San Fran. Lost to Auburn
11 Wisconsin BPI SOR #7. Beat Arizona; UCF; Pittsburgh
12 Duke BPI SOR #27. Won at Arizona; lost to Kentucky & Kansas
13Gonzaga BPI SOR #14. Beat Baylor & Indiana; lost to WVU
14 Florida BPI SOR #12. Beat Wake Forest & Wichita St
15Pitt BPI SOR #15. Beat Ohio St; WVU; LSU. Lost to Wisconsin
16 Baylor BPI SOR #19. Beat Arkansas & St. Johns. Lost to Gonzaga & Tennessee
17 Cincinnati BPI SOR #28. Won at Georgia Tech
18 Michigan State BPI SOR #32. Beat UNC & Colorado; Lost to Kansas & Memphis
19 Illinois BPI SOR #37. Beat Arkansas. Lost to Alabama
20Arizona State BPI SOR #13. Beat St Marys; New Mexico; Grand Canyon. Lost to Gonzaga
21 San Diego State BPI SOR #24. Beat Houston & Creighton. Lost to Gonzaga & Oregon
22 Texas A&M BPI SOR #34. Beat Ohio State; Rutgers & Creighton; lost to Oregon & UCF
23 North Carolina BPI SOR #65. Lost at Kansas; Michigan St. & Auburn; beat Dayton
24 Houston BPI SOR #78. Lost to Auburn; Alabama; & San Diego St.
25 Oklahoma BPI SOR #9. Beat Arizona; Louisville; Providence. But not convinced that the teams OU has beat are actually that good.

Overall Rationale

Fell out: UCONN; Xavier; Indiana; Arkansas; Ohio State; Saint Mary's; Saint Johns. Also considered: Ohio State; Ole Miss; Mississippi State; Saint Johns; Michigan; Xavier.