1. Ohio State 22-0
quality wins: @Florida, @Florida State, Minnesota, @Illinois, Purdue
previous rank: 1
2. Kansas 20-1
quality wins: Arizona(n), UCLA, Memphis(n), @Baylor, @Colorado, Kansas State
loss: Texas
previous rank: 4
3. Pittsburgh 20-2
quality wins: Maryland(n), Texas(n), Duquesne(n), Connecticut, Marquette, @Georgetown, Syracuse
loss: Tennessee(n), Notre Dame
previous rank: 3
4. Texas 18-3
quality wins: Illinois(n), North Carolina(n), @Michigan State, Texas A&M, @Kansas, Missouri
losses: Pittsburgh(n), @USC, Connecticut
previous rank: 7
5. Duke 19-2
quality wins: Marquette(n), Kansas State(n), Michigan State, Maryland, Boston College
losses: @Florida State, @St. John's
previous rank: 2
6. Connecticut 17-3
quality wins: Wichita State(n), Michigan State(n), Kentucky(n), @Texas, Villanova, Tennessee, @Marquette
losses: @Pittsburgh, @Notre Dame, Louisville
previous rank: 6
7. San Diego State 21-1
quality wins: @Gonzaga, St. Mary's, Wichita State, UNLV
loss: @BYU
previous rank: 5
8. Brigham Young 20-2
quality wins: Utah State, St. Mary's(n), Arizona(n), @UNLV, San Diego State
losses: UCLA(n), @New Mexico
previous rank: 10
9. Notre Dame 17-4
quality wins: Georgia(n), Wisconsin(n), Gonzaga, Georgetown, Connecticut, St. John's, Cincinnati, Marquette, @Pittsburgh
losses: Kentucky(n), @Syracuse, @Marquette, @St. John's
previous rank: 15
10. Villanova 17-4
quality wins: UCLA(n), Temple, Cincinnati, Louisville, Maryland, @Syracuse
losses: Tennessee(n), @Connecticut, @Providence, Georgetown
previous rank: 8
11. Missouri 17-4
quality wins: Vanderbilt, Illinois(n), Old Dominion, Kansas State
losses: Georgetown(n), @Colorado, @Texas A&M, @Texas
previous rank: 11
12. Kentucky 16-4
quality wins: Washington(n), Notre Dame(n), @Louisville, Georgia
losses: Connecticut(n), @North Carolina, @Georgia, @Alabama
previous rank: 16
13. Louisville 17-4
quality wins: UNLV, Marquette, St. John's, West Virginia, @Connecticut
losses: Drexel, Kentucky, @Villanova, @Providence
previous rank: 19
14. Purdue 18-4
quality wins: @Virginia Tech, Michigan State, Minnesota
losses: Richmond(n), @Minnesota, @West Virginia, @Ohio State
previous rank: 12
15. Texas A&M 17-3
quality wins: Temple(n), Washington, Missouri, Kansas State
losses: Boston College(n), @Texas, @Nebraska
previous rank: 13
16. Wisconsin 15-5
quality wins: Boston College(n), @Marquette, Minnesota, Illinois
losses: @UNLV, Notre Dame(n), @Illinois, @Michigan State, @Penn State
previous rank: 14
17. Georgetown 16-5
quality wins: @Old Dominion, Missouri(n), Utah State, @Memphis, St. John's, @Villanova
losses: @Temple, @Notre Dame, @St. John's, West Virginia, Pittsburgh
previous rank: NR
18. Minnesota 16-5
quality wins: North Carolina(n), West Virginia(n), Purdue
losses: Virginia, @Wisconsin, @Michigan State, @Ohio State, @Purdue
previous rank: 20
19. Syracuse 18-4
quality wins: Michigan State(n), Notre Dame, @St. John's, Cincinnati
losses: @Pittsburgh, Villanova, Seton Hall, @Marquette
previous rank: 9
20. Washington 15-5
quality wins: @UCLA, Arizona
losses: Kentucky(n), Michigan State(n), @Texas A&M, @Stanford, @Washington State
previous rank: 18
21. Arizona 18-4
quality wins: @Washington State, UCLA
losses: Kansas(n), Brigham Young(n), @Oregon State, @Washington
previous rank: NR
22. Vanderbilt 15-5
quality wins: North Carolina(n), Marquette, Georgia, St. Mary's
losses: West Virginia(n), @Missouri, @South Carolina, @Tennessee, Arkansas
previous rank: 17
23. Utah State 20-2
losses: @Brigham Young, @Georgetown
previous rank: 24
24. Florida 16-5
quality wins: @Florida State, Kansas State(n), @Xavier, @Tennessee, @Georgia
losses: Ohio State, Central Florida(n), Jacksonville, South Carolina, @Mississippi State
previous rank: NR
25. West Virginia 14-6
quality wins: Vanderbilt(n), @Duquesne, Cleveland State, @Georgetown, Purdue, @Cincinnati
losses: Minnesota(n), @Miami, St. John's, @Marquette, Marshall(n), @Louisville
previous rank: NR
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This is a crazy year for rankings.
ReplyDeleteI'd agree at this point with Ohio State, Kansas, Duke, Pittsburgh, and Texas being the top five teams in the country. Of that group, I think Pitt has the biggest risk of being exposed during Big East play. Duke's loss to St. John's wasn't as damning as some may think. Duke just couldn't hit an outside shot in an unusually hostile environment at Madison Square Garden. Because of the early deficit Duke over played St. John's guard who were able to blow by them and for the majority of the game made the short jumper at the free throw line to maintain a big enough lead.
San Diego State remains right ouside of that group for me. A banged up Kawhi Leonard mattered in the loss to BYU. After that is a group including BYU, UCONN, Kentucky, Notre Dame, Villanova, and Louisville. I'm not as impressed with Missouri's, Purdue's, Texas A&M's or Wisconsin's wins as others. The wins against Kansas State and Michigan State look much less impressive at this point in the year. From this group, UConn and Notre Dame have the most impressive wins, and neither has a bad loss. UK and BYU are next, UK has a bad loss at Alabama, but quality, although not overwhelmingly impressive wins. Louisville's win over Connecticut shows how far this team has come in a month, and their earlier loss to Drexel is somewhat excused. It seems like it's taken this team a while to find its identity, but like a lot of Rick Pitino teams, on good nights, can beat almost anyone in the country. I've been less than impressed with Villanova. Their best win was against a still struggling Louisville team that had yet to play its best basketball. I still haven't seen Villanova play really well against great competition. Georgetown follows. Bad streak in the middle of the year, but have righted the ship.
It only becomes more difficult to rank the teams after that. Missouri, Purdue, Texas A&M, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Carolina, Syracuse, Vanderbilt, Florida all fit in, but I don't really know where.