Ted_Lavie's Week 5 Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arizona | +1 - Benefited from the Purdue loss |
| 2 | Purdue | -1 - The quality of their wins outweigh a in-conf loss at NW for me |
| 3 | Houston | 0 - Waiting for the TA&M game to see how good exactly this team is |
| 4 | Kansas | +2 - Great win vs UConn |
| 5 | UConn | -1 - Can't knock them too hard for a loss in Lawrence |
| 6 | Baylor | +4 - They keep winning when a lot of top 15 teams lost |
| 7 | Gonzaga | +5 - Great win against USC. They are looking better and better and ready to dominate the WCC |
| 8 | BYU | +7 - They keep winning when a lot of top 15 teams lost. Let's see how it goes in B12 play but they've had an impressive start for sure. |
| 9 | Marquette | -4 - I still like Marquette. They've had a tough schedule hence the couple of losses, but I think they're going to be solid |
| 10 | Florida Atlantic | +13 - Loss to Bryant is a distant memory. They've looked as good as anyone this week tbh. |
| 11 | Colorado State | +11 - Two wins against the P12 midfield and that Creighton win is looking even better after Sunday night |
| 12 | Oklahoma | +6 - Not their toughest week, but that'll do for now |
| 13 | Miami (FL) | -5 - They didn't have their best showing in Lexington but I still have them solidly as a top 20 team |
| 14 | Clemson | NR - Impressive week again for Clemson who deserved a huge jump |
| 15 | Virginia | NR - Another ACC team who had a great week. I had them around 25 almost every week, they make the jump this week |
| 16 | North Carolina | NR - Same thing than UVA. |
| 17 | Ole Miss | NR - In what was a bad to awful week for most of the SEC, Ole Miss had two very solid wins and are now my #1 SEC team (which seems off to be fair) |
| 18 | James Madison | +2 - They didn't lose when most around them did |
| 19 | Creighton | NR - Huge win against previously undefeated Nebraska. On their day, they can beat anyone |
| 20 | South Carolina | NR - They didn't lose when most around them did |
| 21 | Texas A&M | -14 - UVA is a tough opponent, but they should have looked better |
| 22 | Cincinnati | NR - Cupcake week but that Georgia Tech beatdown took a huge quality boost this week |
| 23 | Memphis | +1 - Don't know why they went up after a loss but they still look like a top 25 team to me |
| 24 | Ohio State | NR - Took care of business this week. |
| 25 | Nevada | NR - Took care of business this week. |
Overall Rationale
Received consideration: Princeton, Kentucky, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Texas, Illinois, Providence //// Dropped from rankings: Duke (9), Tennessee (11), Miss St (13), Kentucky (14), Texas (16), Auburn (17), Villanova (19), Florida (21), TCU (25)