TommyTwoTaps's Week 7 Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purdue | LW: 3 (+2) | Insane resume to have before Christmas |
| 2 | Kansas | LW: 2 (-) | Slight advantage over Arizona with wins over 3 teams in my Top 11 (Kentucky, Tennessee, UConn) |
| 3 | Arizona | LW: 1 (-2) | See above |
| 4 | Houston | LW: 4 (-) | Good win over A&M, but I don't think this team is as good as Houston teams in the past few years |
| 5 | UConn | LW: 6 (+1) | Big East Chaos starts this week; Fun times ahead |
| 6 | Marquette | LW: 7 (+1) | See above |
| 7 | Oklahoma | LW: 8 (+1) | USC win doesn't look great right now, but a big chance to prove themselves against UNC coming up |
| 8 | Creighton | LW: 9 (+1) | Good win against a tough Bama team; Kicking off conference play against a 'Jekyll and Hyde' Villa Nova team |
| 9 | Baylor | LW: 5 (-4) | Bad losses happen and Michigan State is very talented so not the worse loss to have |
| 10 | Tennessee | LW: 11 (+1) |
| 11 | Kentucky | LW: 15 (+4) | Defensively this team seems a little flawed, but can really score |
| 12 | North Carolina | LW: 10 (-2) | Couple of bad mistakes at the end over the Kentucky game, could've been a nice feather in the cap to snag that win |
| 13 | BYU | LW: 14 (+1) |
| 14 | Illinois | LW: 17 (+3) |
| 15 | Gonzaga | LW: 12 (-3) | Feels like this mid-tier ranking is the perfect area for the Zags. Good team, but not great as of now |
| 16 | Clemson | LW: 13 (-3) |
| 17 | Duke | LW: 16 (-1) |
| 18 | Florida Atlantic | LW: 19 (+1) | Massive test against Arizona this week. Last chance to boost the resume until the Memphis games |
| 19 | Colorado State | LW: 20 (+1) |
| 20 | Wisconsin | LW: 22 (+2) |
| 21 | Texas | LW: 21 (-) |
| 22 | Virginia | LW: 18 (-4) | Dropping due to barely avoiding a big upset. Looked very similar to previous tourney upsets in this one |
| 23 | Memphis | LW: NR | Doing a good job at building a nice little non-conference resume, will help with the conference being a tad weaker. |
| 24 | Colorado | LW: NR |
| 25 | Utah | LW: 24 (-1) |
Overall Rationale
OUT: TCU (23), Alabama (25) | Also Considered: TCU, Auburn, Ohio State, Iowa State, San Diego State, New Mexico, Miami (FL)