MAFIAxMaverick's Week 6 Ballot

RankTeamReason
1 Arizona Unchanged from last week
2 Houston Unchanged from last week
3Kansas Unchanged from last week
4 UConn Unchanged from last week
5 Purdue Unchanged from last week
6Baylor Unchanged from last week
7 Marquette Dominant wins against Texas and Notre Dame. Have found the 3 point shooting. Rebounding remains the issue.
8 Creighton Have bounced back since their loss against Colorado State. Relatively weak SOS this year, but it will pick up once conference play starts.
9Oklahoma Undefeated - playing well.
10Clemson Undefeated - playing well.
11 North Carolina Tough loss at home against the defending Natty Champs. Fantastic team chemistry overall.
12 James Madison Dukes still undefeated. Dukes keep rising.
13Ole Miss Undefeated with some quality wins the last few weeks.
14 Kentucky Bounceback win against Penn in their only game of the week. Big matchup against UNC this week.
15Florida Atlantic Still high on this team. Arizona looming next week.
16 Gonzaga Tough loss against Washington.
17 Colorado State Tough loss against a Saint Mary's team that has been bad.
18 Wisconsin A loss to Arizona does not diminish their other big wins this year. I should have had them ranked last week.
19 Virginia Have found an offensive groove since their Feast Week tournament.
20Memphis Good wins against VCU and TAMU. Two big home matchups against Clemson and Virginia this week.
21 Duke Dominated Charlotte after a week of poor results. Not sure what to make of this Duke team...but I still think they belong in the Top 25.
22 Alabama Played Purdue well.
23 Tennessee Have played well since their gauntlet of games - that were all close losses.
24 Texas Bad losses against good teams, but dominating everyone else.
25 Illinois Sometimes they look like world beaters. Other times they self-destruct.

Overall Rationale

Out: Texas A&M, Princeton, Cincinnati, Miami, BYU Hard to pick after the top 8. Feels right to reward Clemson, Ole miss, and JMU for stellar seasons so far.