2019-20 National Rankings

[Maizerunner08]

Think we’ll be about the same spot as last week.

Should be back in with a win this week though.

[WuShock Reaper]

Associated Press Top 25 basketball poll: Jerry Carino's ballot

Jerry Carino, Asbury Park Press
Published 5:00 a.m. ET Jan. 27, 2020

https://www.app.com/story/sports/college/2020/01/27/ap-top-25-basketball-poll/4586244002/

Entered: LSU at No. 22 after wins over Florida and Texas; Creighton at No. 24 after wins over Xavier and DePaul; Penn State at No. 25 after wins over Ohio State and Michigan.

Dropped out: No. 19 Texas Tech after losses to TCU and No. 15 Kentucky; No. 20 Memphis after losses to Tulsa and SMU; No. 22 Arizona after a loss to Arizona State.

Also considered: Indiana (15-5), Wichita State (17-3).

[WuShock Reaper]

Luke DeCock’s AP Top 25 basketball poll ballot: Week 13

https://news.yahoo.com/luke-decock-ap-top-25-120000451.html

Unranked: WSU (previous unranked)

In: Penn State to 22 (previous unranked)
In: LSU to 23 (previous unranked)

OUT: Arizona (23), Marquette (24)

[molly jabali]

i get the feeling hes looking at momentum and recent work. ya, the shox have won two straight but theyve stumbled more recent than tulsa. watched the memphis game.. definitely a much different team than i watched against boise state.

haiith is feeling the heat.. rio grand valley isnt somewhere he wants to coach next.

LOL...Rio Grande Valley!!! I THINK HE IS A HORRIBLE COACH...brutal everywhere he has been...and yet, no denying this team playing well enough...

[abdullah_sharif]

BUT rates Tulsa higher. One team he see's as being a "tough out" (Wichita)....and the other as a "possible NCAA tournament bid."

Andy...you're kinda contradicting here. How can you rate a 6 loss team as a possible tourney team higher than a 3 loss team that will be a "tough out'???

i get the feeling hes looking at momentum and recent work. ya, the shox have won two straight but theyve stumbled more recent than tulsa. watched the memphis game.. definitely a much different team than i watched against boise state.

haiith is feeling the heat.. rio grand valley isnt somewhere he wants to coach next.

[AZ Shocker]

Illinois, Kentucky climb in Andy Katz's latest Power 36 men's basketball rankings - NCAA.COM

ANDY KATZ, NCAA.COM CORRESPONDENT (not an AP Voter)
JANUARY 27, 2020, 01/26/20, 11:00pm cst

https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2020-01-26/illinois-kentucky-climb-andy-katzs-latest-power-36-mens

27. Tulsa (35): Pay attention to the Golden Hurricane. This squad can ball and is making a surge toward a possible NCAA tournament bid.

31. Wichita State (30): I’ve still got faith in this crew being a tough out.

BUT rates Tulsa higher. One team he see's as being a "tough out" (Wichita)....and the other as a "possible NCAA tournament bid."

Andy...you're kinda contradicting here. How can you rate a 6 loss team as a possible tourney team higher than a 3 loss team that will be a "tough out'???

[WuShock Reaper]

Illinois, Kentucky climb in Andy Katz's latest Power 36 men's basketball rankings - NCAA.COM

ANDY KATZ, NCAA.COM CORRESPONDENT (not an AP Voter)
JANUARY 27, 2020, 01/26/20, 11:00pm cst

https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2020-01-26/illinois-kentucky-climb-andy-katzs-latest-power-36-mens

"For the first time in weeks, there is no change in the top eight in the Power 36. There is also starting to be some separation atop the standings in the ACC, Big 12, Big Ten and Big East, with the contenders moving away from some of the pretenders.

Time to digest and debate the latest Power 36:


16. West Virginia (18): The Mountaineers are a team that few will want to face in March. Their iconic coach Bob Huggins also needs to get in the Hall of Fame. He earned win No. 876 to pass Adolph Rupp on all-time wins.

21. Houston (25): The Cougars are the team to chase again in the American.

27. Tulsa (35): Pay attention to the Golden Hurricane. This squad can ball and is making a surge toward a possible NCAA tournament bid.

31. Wichita State (30): The Shockers got back to winning, this time two in a row. I’ve still got faith in this crew being a tough out.

[WuShock Reaper]

Mark Berman's new AP Top 25 ballot - The Roanoke Times

By Mark Berman
Posted: 01/26/20, 10:45pm cst

https://www.roanoke.com/sports/college/mark-berman-s-new-ap-top-ballot/article_aa90db0a-40b2-11ea-b8c5-ff0bea8c5265.html

12. West Virginia (16-3) moves up two spots after squashing Texas and Missouri. Next: a big game Wed. at Texas Tech and a Sat. game with Kansas State.

20. Houston (16-4) moves up three spots after beating UConn and South Florida. Next: Wed. at East Carolina and Sat. at Cincinnati.

25. For this last spot, I looked hard at Creighton, East Tenn. State and Wichita State. But in the end, I decided to put Auubrn (17-2) back on my ballot after a one-week absence. Auburn bounced back from its first two losses of the year by beating South Carolina and Iowa State. Next for Auburn: a Tuesday visit to Mississippi and a huge game Sat. against Kentucky.

[Stickboy46]

he did not have us ranked last week.

https://www.roanoke.com/sports/college/mark-berman-s-new-ap-top-ballot/article_aa90db0a-40b2-11ea-b8c5-ff0bea8c5265.amp.html?__twitter_impression=true

Not in this ballot though. Decided on Auburn for the 25th spot

[WuShock Reaper]

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Seth Davis didn't have us in the Top 25 last week.

[WuShock Reaper]

I'm thinking AP #25 +/-1. A lot depends on how much Arizona falls and whether LSU skip ahead Wichita State.

[Turd Furgeson]

We will be 23

[WuShock Reaper]

College basketball rankings: Villanova gaining steam in Top 25 - FanSided Sports

by Connor Muldowney (not an AP Voter)
Posted: 01/26/20, 7:50pm cst

https://fansided.com/2020/01/26/coll...aining-ground/

"There was a brawl, a buzzer-beater and a new No. 1 team in college basketball in Week 12. How will all that action affect Week 13’s college basketball rankings?...

22. Wichita State Shockers (17-3)
Houston knocked Wichita State out of the rankings last week, handing the Shockers their second straight loss but they’ll be back in after wins over South Florida and UCF. The AAC is going to be a fun race to monitor as the season winds down and the Shockers are right there near the top.

21. Houston Cougars (16-4)
After beating Wichita State a week ago to make their first appearance in the AP Top 25 this season while dropping the Shockers out, the Cougars beat UConn and South Florida to hold on to a first-place tie in the AAC.

13. West Virginia Mountaineers (16-3)
West Virginia will move up a spot thanks to a couple of losses in front of it and the Mountaineers had an extremely dominant week against Texas and Missouri. They smacked the Longhorns around 97-59 and then handled Missouri 74-51. This team is looking like a true threat to Baylor and Kansas in the Big 12.

[WuShock Reaper]

College basketball power rankings:... - CBS Sports

by Matt Norlander
Posted: 01/23/19, 1:15[m cst

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/college-basketball-power-rankings-louisville-makes-a-big-jump-duke-and-kentucky-are-outside-the-top-10/

"We also examine how (the top 19) ranked teams are doing at this point in the season vs. previous years. Surprising stats inside!...

By the way, I did some research to compare where the top teams in the sport stand, collectively, in the loss column this season. This is Week 12 of the AP Top 25. The 25 teams in this week's poll have a combined 81 losses, which is hefty -- but not aberrational. A year ago at the Week 12 point, there were just 65 total Ls. But in 2017-18, the loss total was 80. The year before? The 2016-17 season had 67 losses from the 25 teams in Week 12 of that season's AP poll. And in 2015-16, the number was 79 total losses for top-25 teams....

12. West Virginia (Previous: No. 6)
It was a wacky week for West Virginia, which went weird in an 84-68 loss at K-State (and it wasn't that close) last Saturday. But the bounce-back effort was nice. The 'Eers walloped Texas 97-59, handing Shaka Smart one of the worst losses by margin in his career. At 15-3, WVU remains a promising threat to make the Final Four...."

15. Houston (Previous: unranked)
Coogs! Welcome to your return inside the power rankings, Houston. Kelvin Sampson's team was a staple in the Hey Nineteen last season. And now, with a 14-4 record and Memphis slip-sliding away, the Cougars break in thanks to a 4-1 AAC record and the fact they've lost once in the past six weeks. In that stretch UH has won five games away from home, including last weekend's overthrow of a W at Wichita State. UConn is in town Thursday. ..."

[Maizerunner08]

College Hoops Power Rankings: Contenders Emerge as Conference Play Heats Up - Sports Illustrated

BY MOLLY GEARY
Posted: 01/23/20, 2:50pm cst

https://www.si.com/college/2020/01/2...ankings-top-25

"Who's rising and falling on the college basketball landscape this week?...

11. West Virginia (15-3)...

20. Houston (14-4)
The Cougars are very quietly putting together another nice season under Kelvin Sampson, and their 11-point road win at Wichita State on Saturday earned some well-deserved attention. Houston has a top-20 offense despite lacking a true go-to star, with five players averaging between 9.2 and 12.8 points and the No. 2 offensive rebounding rate in the country. ...

23. Wichita State (16-3)
The Shockers now find themselves looking up in the AAC race after a home loss to Houston last week marked their second straight conference defeat. Wichita needs to find more consistent offense, having gone four games in a row now without cracking 1.0 points per possession. Its 45.2% season mark on two-point shooting, which ranks 309th nationally, is a fairly big concern..."

309th???! Holy smokes. Good thing we usually play very good defense.

Also, fair ranking for us.