RCT Top 25 Basketball Poll: Baylor takes over as #1, Kansas holds steady.

After a thrilling week of action with the RCT Top 25 in existence this season, we’ve seen quite the shakeup. There were big upsets galore, and some teams made huge jumps because of it.

Before we get to the poll results, I’d like to note that while the poll isn’t being released until this morning, all the votes that are tallied here were received prior to the start of the action yesterday (which is why Baylor isn’t being penalized for the big loss last night). We lost a couple voters this week, but I’ve been assured that they will be back soon. We also picked up a new voter, and I’ll take this opportunity to remind you that it is never too late to join our voting panel. Just let me know if you want to be included in future ballots, which are due immediately after Monday night games are completed.

And now, on to this week’s poll:

Last night featured 3 games between Top 25 teams, when the #7 West Virginia Mountaineers beat the #1 Baylor Bears 89-68, the #5 Villanova Wildcats beat the #18 Xavier Musketeers 79-54 and the #9 Florida State Seminoles beat the # 8 Duke Blue Devils 88-72.

And of course, as usual, here are the individual ballots. Feel free to give a Poll Attacks style critique, but make sure to back it up with something solid.