I kicked Loyola out of Chicago after losing to Missouri State.

I ejected Illinois after their losses to Purdue and Maryland, although Illini will likely be back on the ballot if they eliminate Michigan State this week.

I fired Miami after losing to Florida State.

I didn’t have to deport Texas because I did two weeks ago.

1. Auburn (18-1) stays here after beating Georgia and Kentucky. Next: Tue. at Missouri and Sat. vs. Oklahoma in the Big 12-SEC Challenge.

2. Gonzaga (15-2) stays here after beating San Francisco. Next: Thursday. against Loyola Marymount and Sat. against Portland.

3. Arizona (15-1) moves up a spot after winning at Stanford and California. Next: a big game Tuesday at UCLA and a Saturday. game against Arizona State.

4. Baylor (17-2) moves up a spot after winning at West Virginia and Oklahoma. Next: Tues. vs. Kansas State and a good game Saturday at Alabama in the Big 12-SEC Challenge.

5. Kansas (16-2) moves up a spot after winning at Oklahoma and Kansas State. Next: a big game Monday against Texas Tech and another big game Saturday against Kentucky in the Big 12-SEC Challenge.

6. UCLA (13-2) moves up three spots after winning at Utah and Colorado. Next: the big game Tuesday against Arizona, a game Thursday against Cal and a game Saturday against Stanford.

7. Michigan State (15-3) moves up nine spots after winning at Wisconsin. Next: a good game Tuesday at Illinois and a Saturday. game against Michigan.

8. Wisconsin (15-3) drops five spots after winning at Northwestern and losing to Michigan State (when the Badgers weren’t full). Next: Thursday. in Nebraska and Sunday against Minnesota.

9. Purdue (16-3) drops two spots after winning at Illinois in double OT, losing at Indiana and beating Northwestern. Next: a good game Thursday at Iowa and a big game Sunday against Ohio State.

10. Houston (17-2) moves up a spot after beating South Florida and East Carolina. Next: Saturday at UCF.

11. Texas Tech (15-4) moves up four spots after beating Iowa State and West Virginia. Next: the big game Monday at Kansas and a Saturday. game with Miss. State in the Big 12-SEC Challenge.

12. Duke (15-3) drops four spots after losing to Florida State in overtime and beating Syracuse. Next: Tuesday vs. Clemson and Saturday. in Louisville.

13. Kentucky (15-4) stays here after winning at Texas A&M and losing at Auburn. Next: Tue vs. Miss. State and the big game Saturday at Kansas.

14. Villanova (14-5) drops four spots after losing at home to Marquette and winning at Georgetown. Next: Tuesday against DePaul and Saturday against St. John’s.

15. Ohio State (12-4) moves up three spots after beating IUPUI. Next: Thursday at Minnesota and the big game Sunday at Purdue.

16. Marquette (14-6) cracks my ballot here after winning at Villanova and beating Xavier. A whole week. Marquette has won six straight matches, including victories over Providence and Seton Hall. Marquette also beat Illinois in November. Next: Wed. at Seton Hall and a big game Saturday at Providence.

17. Providence (16-2) moves up two spots after beating Georgetown and Butler. Up next: a big Wed game at Xavier and the big Saturday game against Marquette.

18. USC (16-2) moves up four spots after winning at Colorado and Utah. Next: Monday against Arizona State, Thursday against Stanford and Saturday against Cal.

19. Davidson (16-2) moves up four spots after winning at VCU and Fordham. Next: Wed vs. VCU and Sat. against La Salle.

20. UConn (13-4) moves up four spots after beating Butler twice. Next: Tue vs. Georgetown and Sat. to DePaul.

21. LSU (15-4) drops nine spots after losing to Alabama and Tennessee. Next: Wed vs. Texsa A&M and a good game Sat. to TCU in the Big 12-SEC Challenge.

22. Xavier (14-4) drops five spots after winning at DePaul and losing at Marquette. Next: the big Wed game against Providence and a Sat. game at Creighton.

23. Tennessee (13-5) returns to my ballot after a week-long absence after winning at Vanderbilt and beating LSU. Next: Wed vs. Florida and a good game Saturday. in Texas in the Big 12-SEC Challenge.

24. Iowa State (14-5) drops 10 spots after losing to Texas Tech and falling at home to TCU. Next: Wed. at Oklahoma and Sat. vs. Missouri in the Big 12-SEC Challenge.

25. For this last place, I looked very carefully at Alabama. I also looked at Murray State, BYU, Oregon, Boise State, Colorado State, and Wyoming. I also thought about keeping Illinois on my ballot there. But in the end I decided to send Florida State (13-5) back to my ballot after a 10-week absence and put FSU No. 25 after the Seminoles beat Duke in OT, beat North Florida and won at Miami. Not a bad week. FSU now has one win over Duke and two wins over Miami. FSU has won six straight games. Next: Wed. at Georgia Tech and Sat. against Virginia Tech.