Ted_Lavie's Week 8 Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purdue | 0 - No change |
| 2 | Kansas | 0 - No change |
| 3 | Houston | +2 - Benefited for the losses of UConn & Zona. I still think the margin between the 5 best teams is paper thin |
| 4 | Arizona | 0 - Losing to a top 10 team by 1 in OT isn't anything out of the ordinary. That Bama win was nice even though Bama is underperforming |
| 5 | UConn | -2 - Didn't show up for their Big East opener, which seems to be the norm for them |
| 6 | Florida Atlantic | +5 - Still can't believe this team lost to Bryant |
| 7 | Marquette | -1 - Wasn't a fan of how they finished last week, and they lost to 15 in Providence right after. A home game vs Georgetown was a nice treat to recover |
| 8 | Clemson | 0 - No change |
| 9 | BYU | 0 - No change |
| 10 | Memphis | +3 - That UVA beatdown got them in the top 10. They almost lost that against Vandy but survived. |
| 11 | Kentucky | +3 - Moreso a product of teams above losing than me being impressing by a win against Louisville |
| 12 | North Carolina | +5 - After back to back losses to UConn and UK I wanted to see them rebound against OU, and they did it very impressively. |
| 13 | Oklahoma | -3 - Lost their biggest test decisively by UNC. Will they falter when B12 play kicks off? |
| 14 | Ole Miss | +1 - No change |
| 15 | Tennessee | +6 - A readjustment was needed, I was too low on them last week. |
| 16 | Illinois | +6 - They look really impressive right now. I think they'll go up again soon. |
| 17 | Baylor | -10 - Losing to Duke after getting blown out by MSU isn't a good sign before the B12 season starts. They need to pick it up. |
| 18 | Colorado State | 0 - No change |
| 19 | James Madison | 0 - No change |
| 20 | South Carolina | 0 - No change |
| 21 | Virginia | -9 - Virginia is a weird team able to suffocate very good teams but at times they can't do anything. This was the case in Memphis. Really inconsistent |
| 22 | Gonzaga | -6 - The USC and UCLA wins aren't what we though they were at the time. Suddenly, it looks like they can't drop too many WCC games. |
| 23 | Providence | NR - Beating Marquette and Butler back to back is nice to way to enter the User Poll. Welcome Providence |
| 24 | Auburn | -1 - No change |
| 25 | Nevada | NR - Impressive showing in Hawaii. They were hovering around the 30th spot before that so they got a nice jump here |
Overall Rationale
Received consideration: Duke, Grand Canyon, Texas A&M, Wisconsin, Ohio St