New AP Top 25

The Top Twenty Five
By The Associated Press
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 3, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
Record Pts Pvs
1. Kansas (56) 13-0 1,614 1
2. Texas (8) 13-0 1,550 2
3. Kentucky (1) 15-0 1,489 3
4. Purdue 13-0 1,457 4
5. Duke 12-1 1,348 7
6. Villanova 12-1 1,279 8
7. Syracuse 13-1 1,173 5
8. West Virginia 11-1 1,147 6
9. UNC 11-3 1,098 9
10. Michigan St. 11-3 1,009 11
11. Kansas St. 13-1 996 12
12. Georgetown 11-1 911 13
13. Connecticut 10-3 760 10
14. Mississippi 11-2 699 16
15. New Mexico 14-1 667 19
16. Tennessee 10-2 649 14
17. Wisconsin 12-2 526 23
18. Florida St. 12-2 446 22
19. Gonzaga 11-3 351 —
20. GA Tech 11-2 203 —
21. Temple 11-3 173 18
22. Texas Tech 12-2 166 20
23. Pittsburgh 12-2 156 —
24. Washington 10-3 149 17
25. BYU 14-1 145 —

Others receiving votes: Clemson 139, Texas A&M 86, Cincinnati 76, Florida 75, Baylor 73, Miami 70, Rhode Island 52, Southern Cal 46, Dayton 45, Ohio St. 42, Wake Forest 42, William & Mary 37, N. Iowa 35, UAB 29, Mississippi St. 26, Virginia Tech 20, Oklahoma St. 16, California 15, UNLV 12, Cornell 9, Butler 6, Va. Commonwealth 5, Oregon 4, Minnesota 3, Vanderbilt 1.

Northwestern dropped completely from the poll? Not even a single vote. What's up with that?

Why is U-Dub ranked?

The fact that Washington is still in the rankings indicates just how weak things are from about #20 on down. U-Dub beat Texas A&M, and that's about it. Just can't see how a 3-loss team can lose to Oregon at home & still be ranked the following week.

If I was a pollster I'd take a flyer on ranking William & Mary. Bill & Mary has won @ Maryland and @ Wake Forest, and also has solid quality wins over Richmond and VCU.

For the record, I don't think the Gophers deserve to be ranked and should be nowhere near the top 25 based on who they've beaten (so far just Butler). That changes drastically if they win two this week.

Reserve said:

Northwestern dropped completely from the poll? Not even a single vote. What's up with that?

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http://www.hulu.com/watch/102975/saturday-night-live-what-up-with-that

I would have hoped to have a lot more then 3 votes after winning two conference games. Frankly, there's no excuse for teams like OSU and Florida being that far ahead of us. OSU got pasted twice this week and they're still getting that many votes? Florida lost recently in home or quasi home games to Richmond and South Alabama and they're ahead of us as well? I think too many of the AP voters set thier initial 25 and only move teams when it's painfully obvious they must do so. There's really no excuse for Washington to be ranked as SS points out.

I think some of the voters don't keep track from week to week who won and who lost.

glovedgopher said:

I think some of the voters don't keep track from week to week who won and who lost.

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Ding, ding, ding.

GVBadger said:

Ding, ding, ding.

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Fortunately, this makes no difference one way or another. In basketball they have a tournament to decide things. Unlike the idiocy of college football bowl games. YAAAAAWWWNNNNN.

Minnesota was still receiving votes two weeks after their 3 game losing streak.

GopherJake said:

Fortunately, this makes no difference one way or another. In basketball they have a tournament to decide things. Unlike the idiocy of college football bowl games. YAAAAAWWWNNNNN.

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It can make a difference in who actually gets into the dance but your right it has little impact.

I was just thinking the same thing GJ. I consider the poll to just be for fun. I can't imagine being a fan of college football relying on that stupid poll. It really turns me off on college football, not that I wouldn't jump on the bandwagon if we got better!