Luke DeCock’s AP Top 25 basketball poll ballot: Week 7
News & Observer sports columnist Luke DeCock is serving as an Associated Press Top 25 basketball poll voter for the 2021-22 NCAA basketball season. This is his AP ballot for December 27, 2021.
Between the holidays and COVID, just a quiet week all around. Hard to remember the last time the 25 teams in the poll stayed the same, even if there was some minor shuffling thanks to Alabama’s loss to Davidson and Arizona’s loss to Tennessee and Xavier’s loss to Villanova.
But with seven teams on pause and everyone else taking it easy around Christmas -- other than BYU, which is very much on the top-25 bubble, playing in Hawaii’s tournament -- the status quo was very much the status quo.
THIS SEASON’S BALLOTS
Preseason | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6
THIS WEEK’S TOP 25 BASKETBALL BALLOT
1. Baylor (Last week: 1)
2. Duke (2)
3. Gonzaga (3)
4. UCLA (4)
5. Kansas (5)
6. Purdue (7)
7. Arizona (6)
8. USC (8)
9. LSU (9)
10. Michigan State (11)
11. Ohio State (12)
12. Auburn (13)
13. Houston (14)
14. Tennessee (15)
15. Colorado State (17)
16. Seton Hall (18)
17. Alabama (10)
18. Illinois (19)
19. Xavier (16)
20. Texas (20)
21. Wisconsin (21)
22. Villanova (22)
23. Kentucky (23)
24. San Francisco (24)
25. Iowa State (25)
OUT None
This story was originally published December 27, 2021 at 6:00 AM.
