Here is my Week 5 BlogPoll ballot. You will notice some pretty hefty swings with some of these teams (i.e. LSU going from #11 in the country to unranked) and there is a good reason for that. Outside of the top 10-12 teams, I have absolutely no faith in anyone. A team like Missouri or Florida State should not be ranked in the top 15, but who am I going to slide up in front of them?
Clemson?
They were swept by the 'Noles this year.
Xavier?
They looked underwhelming this year is a mediocre Atlantic 10.
Gonzaga?
Please.
That has been the hardest part about doing this poll week in and week out. It isn't working through the top of the poll, because there really isn't all that much discussion to be had at the top. Pitt has to be ranked #1 right now. Louisville and UNC have to be #2 and #3 as they won the two toughest conferences in the game. I gave UNC the advantage for a more impressive non-conference season. UConn, Oklahoma, and Memphis have to be the next three teams in your ranking, in whichever order you decide to put them in. So on and so forth.
Going through those teams is much easier than trying to decide who, out of a group of about 30 or so teams that are all so similar, deserves to be ranked in the top 15 and who doesn't deserve to be ranked at all.
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| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh |  1 |
| 2 | North Carolina | 1 |
| 3 | Louisville | 2 |
| 4 | Connecticut |  3 |
| 5 | Oklahoma | 1 |
| 6 | Memphis | |
| 7 | Wake Forest | 5 |
| 8 | Duke | 1 |
| 9 | Michigan St. | 1 |
| 10 | Kansas | 3 |
| 11 | Washington | 1 |
| 12 | Villanova | 1 |
| 13 | Florida St. | 2 |
| 14 | West Virginia | 2 |
| 15 | Missouri | 1 |
| 16 | Xavier | 1 |
| 17 | Gonzaga | 2 |
| 18 | Marquette | 2 |
| 19 | Clemson | 4 |
| 20 | Brigham Young | |
| 21 | Syracuse | 4 |
| 22 | UCLA | 2 |
| 23 | Utah | |
| 24 | Arizona St. | 6 |
| 25 | New Mexico | |
| Last week's ballot | ||
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how are you feeling about the jayhawks?
I feel pretty good about Kansas. Sherron Collins is one of the three point guards (Ty Lawson, Levance Fields) I would want leading my team into March. Cole Aldrich is as good of a big man as there is in the country, and has already proven he can play in March. And they have a bunch of freshman that can fill a role.
My biggest concern, obviously, is how well the freshman are going to be able to handle the spotlight that comes with the NCAA tournament. But remember, this is a team that won the Big XII. If they win the Big XII tournament, then I would say that they are a legitimate threat to go back-to-back.
As of now, I think that a Elite 8 trip should be expected.
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