My AP Top 25 Ballot

Here's my Top 25 ballot for this week. Goodbye, St. Mary's, San Diego State (I've good to you all year, Aztecs, but two losses this week, including one to Air Force, finally changed my mind), Mississippi State and St. Louis.

Welcome aboard, New Mexico, Notre Dame, BYU and Creighton (after a one-week hiatus). Got New Mexico debuting at No. 14. A bit high? Maybe. But the Lobos are 22-4, and they beat No. 13 San Diego State and No. 11 UNLV this past week. That works for me.

UNLV drops from No. 9 to 20 on my ballot after losing twice this week. Baylor drops from No. 10 to 15. Marquette, which really impressed me against UConn on Saturday, moves from No. 11 to 9.

1.       Kentucky (26-1)

2.       Syracuse  (27-1)

3.       Missouri  (25-2)

4.       Michigan State (22-5)

5.       Kansas (22-5)

6.       Duke (23-4)

7.       North Carolina (23-4)

8.       Ohio State (22-5)

9.       Marquette (22-5)

10.   Georgetown (20-5)

11.   Florida (21-6)

12.   Florida State (19-7)

13.   Murray State (26-1)

14.   New Mexico (22-4)

15.   Baylor (22-5)

16.   Louisville (21-6)

17.   Temple (21-5)

18.   Wichita State (24-4)

19.   Michigan (20-7)

20.   UNLV (22-6)

21.   Gonzaga (21-5)

22.   Notre Dame (19-8)

23.   Wisconsin (20-7)

24.   Brigham Young (23-6)

25.   Creighton (23-5)