undecided_mask's Week 5 Ballot

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Arizona	Back to the top.
2	Kansas	Best 1-loss team by a mile.
3	Purdue	Didn't want to punish them too harshly for 1 loss.
4	Baylor	Rising fast.
5	Marquette	Still great.
6	Houston	Schedule is weak, so hard to justify putting ahead of other teams.
7	Gonzaga	Moved ahead thanks to those in front losing.
8	North Carolina	Good start to the season.
9	BYU	Unbeaten, off to amazing start.
10	Colorado State	Ditto.
11	Creighton
12	Texas
13	Miami (FL)
14	James Madison
15	Oklahoma
16	Virginia
17	Texas A&M
18	Kentucky
19	Ohio State
20	Illinois
21	Providence
22	San Diego State
23	Clemson
24	Northwestern
25	Princeton

Overall Rationale

We have reached the point in the season where I believe that being undefeated grants you a significant boost in the rankings, however schedule still matters. There aren't many left, so those that were unbeaten were already heavily considered for a spot. I feel that almost everyone would agree with my top 7, but after that things really start to fly. I punished schools with mounting losses, so bye-bye Duke and Tennessee. They will most likely end the season ranked in the top 20, but volume of losses is too great this early into the year. My 8-18 ranking I would agree with shuffling the teams around any way you like, there isn't enough to separate the teams so far IMO. 19-25 I put down teams I felt deserved a spot in the rankings, due to records and a great win for Northwestern vs Purdue. Finally, I wanted to give some love to an unbeaten mid-major, and I felt that this week Princeton deserved it for being 8-0 on the year, congrats on the great start Tigers!