This is one week where it would have been wonderful to turn in ballots on Tuesday morning instead, given the No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown between Kansas and Oklahoma on Monday night. Oh well.
An injury-struck Michigan State team falls from the top this week, and some new faces join the fray at the bottom of the top 25. Here's how I voted in the poll for the week of Jan. 4, with each team's actual ranking in parenthesis.
1. Oklahoma (2): Sooners impressed with a win against Iowa State heading into Kansas showdown.