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With all the chaos that we saw nationally last week, it isn't much of a surprise to see a huge shakeup in the poll this week. Also not a surprise was the fact that Gonzaga didn't rise to the top of the poll, given their relatively low ranking here since the poll started this season. What I did find surprising was that we had five different teams getting first place votes.
Before we get in to analysis, let's take a look at this week's results:
RCT Top 25 - Week 5
| Rank | Team | Points | LW | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Team | Points | LW | Change |
| 1 | Kansas(2) | 183 | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | Baylor(1) | 181 | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | Gonzaga(3) | 179 | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | Villanova | 173 | 1 | -3 |
| 5 | Arizona(1) | 161 | 6 | 1 |
| 6 | Louisville(1) | 156 | 10 | 4 |
| 7 | West Virginia | 151 | 12 | 5 |
| 8 | Kentucky | 136 | 1 | -7 |
| 9 | Virginia | 129 | 13 | 4 |
| 10 | Wisconsin | 125 | 14 | 4 |
| 11 | North Carolina | 115 | 7 | -4 |
| 12 | UCLA | 110 | 8 | -4 |
| 13 | Oregon | 100 | 11 | -2 |
| 14 | Butler | 75 | 15 | 1 |
| 15 | Florida State | 71 | 8 | -7 |
| 16 | Cincinnati | 69 | 19 | 3 |
| 17 | Duke | 52 | 20 | 3 |
| 18 | Purdue | 50 | 18 | 0 |
| 19 | Creighton | 46 | 17 | -2 |
| 20 | Saint Mary's | 44 | 21 | 1 |
| 21 | South Carolina | 43 | 24 | 3 |
| 22 | Notre Dame | 33 | 16 | -6 |
| 23 | Florida | 29 | NR | 3 |
| 24 | Maryland | 26 | NR | 6 |
| 25 | Iowa State | 18 | 22 | -3 |
Florida and Maryland join the poll this week, replacing Kansas State and Ohio State.
Once again, the ACC leads all conferences with 6 teams in the poll, with the Big 12 second with 4 teams. 4 conferences tied with 3 teams each.
It obviously didn't work a couple weeks ago, but it seems like it is time for another edition of Poll Attacks RCT-style. I won't actually say the name this time, but I think you can guess who I'm talking about.
Ballots - Week 5
| Rank | Andy | mikeville | David | jakebogen95 | FLJhawk | dnoll5 | fizzle406 | illmitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Andy | mikeville | David | jakebogen95 | FLJhawk | dnoll5 | fizzle406 | illmitch |
| 1 | Arizona | Baylor | Louisville | Gonzaga | Kansas | Gonzaga | Kansas | Gonzaga |
| 2 | Baylor | Gonzaga | Virginia | Kansas | Villanova | Kansas | Baylor | Kansas |
| 3 | Gonzaga | Villanova | Kentucky | Villanova | Baylor | Villanova | West Virginia | Baylor |
| 4 | Kansas | Kansas | Gonzaga | Arizona | North Carolina | Baylor | Louisville | Villanova |
| 5 | Villanova | Arizona | Villanova | Baylor | Kentucky | Arizona | Arizona | Arizona |
| 6 | West Virginia | Virginia | West Virginia | Kentucky | Arizona | Louisville | Wisconsin | Kentucky |
| 7 | Kentucky | Louisville | Baylor | Louisville | West Virginia | UCLA | Creighton | Virginia |
| 8 | Virginia | West Virginia | North Carolina | Virginia | Louisville | Kentucky | Gonzaga | West Virginia |
| 9 | Wisconsin | Wisconsin | Kansas | West Virginia | Gonzaga | Virginia | Oregon | Louisville |
| 10 | Louisville | UCLA | Duke | UCLA | UCLA | West Virginia | Villanova | Wisconsin |
| 11 | North Carolina | Kentucky | Wisconsin | North Carolina | Florida State | North Carolina | Texas Tech | North Carolina |
| 12 | Saint Mary's | Butler | Oregon | Wisconsin | Oregon | Wisconsin | Oklahoma State | UCLA |
| 13 | UCLA | North Carolina | Purdue | Oregon | Virginia | Oregon | Iowa State | Cincinnati |
| 14 | Cincinnati | Oregon | Florida | Florida State | Wisconsin | Cincinnati | Kansas State | Florida State |
| 15 | UCLA | Cincinnati | Cincinnati | Butler | Butler | Butler | Oklahoma | Duke |
| 16 | Butler | South Carolina | Arizona | Cincinnati | Maryland | Maryland | Texas | Florida |
| 17 | Oregon | Duke | Butler | Duke | Saint Mary's | Florida State | TCU | Butler |
| 18 | Purdue | Purdue | UCLA | Creighton | South Carolina | Notre Dame | UCLA | Oregon |
| 19 | Northwestern | Florida State | Wichita State | Notre Dame | Notre Dame | South Carolina | Florida State | Purdue |
| 20 | South Carolina | Notre Dame | Creighton | Purdue | Duke | Saint Mary's | Michigan | Marquette |
| 21 | SMU | Saint Mary's | Florida State | Saint Mary's | Creighton | Creighton | Michigan State | South Carolina |
| 22 | Florida State | Xavier | South Carolina | Maryland | Purdue | Purdue | Connecticut | Saint Mary's |
| 23 | Iowa State | Florida | Notre Dame | South Carolina | Georgia Tech | Xavier | Georgetown | Creighton |
| 24 | Notre Dame | Maryland | Iowa State | Florida | Northwestern | Florida | North Carolina | Northwestern |
| 25 | Kansas State | Northwestern | Saint Mary's | SMU | USC | Duke | Florida State | SMU |