This was probably the hardest Top 25 ballot of the season, and certainly took me as long any previous ballot.

Some teams I just know are better than their résumé and voted them that way. Some teams have a résumé that I felt I couldn’t ignore even though the eye test gives me serious doubts.

Like every voter, I used a mix of all sorts of reasoning on this ballot so don’t go trying to figure it out. And yes, I know, you can probably tell me why my rational for putting one team ahead of your team makes me a complete moron because I probably used the exact opposite rational for ranking some other team in the poll.

Enjoy and, as always, keep the emails (ggrammer@abqjournal.com) and Tweets (@GeoffGrammer) coming.

Here is my Associated Press Top 25 ballot for Feb. 11, 2013, with records through Sunday’s games in parenthesis (CLICK HERE for my Feb. 4 ballot):

1. Miami (19-3)
2. Indiana (21-3)
3. Duke (21-2)
4. Michigan (21-3)
5. Michigan State (20-4)
6. Florida (19-3)
7. Gonzaga (23-2)
8. Arizona (20-3)
9. Syracuse (20-3)
10. Butler (20-4)
11. Kansas State (19-4)
12. Kansas (19-4)
13. Ohio State (17-6)
14. Georgetown (17-4)
15. Louisville (19-5)
16. New Mexico (20-4)
17. Pittsburgh (20-5)
18. Wisconsin (17-7)
19. Oklahoma State (17-5)
20. Colorado State (19-4)
21. Marquette (17-5)
22. Minnesota (17-7)
23. Cincinnati (18-6)
24. Saint Louis (18-5)
25. Illinois (17-8)
IN THIS WEEK: Wisconsin, Saint Louis, Illinois
OUT THIS WEEK: Creighton, Oregon, Missouri
KNOCKING ON THE DOOR: Kentucky, UNLV, UCLA, Notre Dame, Memphis, VCU, Missouri, Oregon.

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