Official Top 25 Poll Watch

[hellorizzudo]

Rankings of interest, by associated polls:

Ken Pomeroy / CBS RPI:

KU 2; 5
WSU 9; 27
UNLV 17; 7
Alabama 18; 34
K-State 19; 25
CU 26; 19
Temple 51; 18
UNI 62; 47
MSU 69; 82
Illi State 93; 116
Colorado 97; 62
Evansville 121; 146
Drake 127; 92
Indi State 165; 128
SIU 207; 232
Bradley 218; 190

[shock4life]

We deserve to be in Top 25 that comes out tomorrow.... however you know how the voters are. I bet were 25-30

[GoShockers89]

We deserve to be in Top 25 that comes out tomorrow.... however you know how the voters are. I bet were 25-30

I'll stack my chips on us being 26 in the coaches poll and 28 in the AP.

[kcshocker11]

Rankings of interest, by associated polls:

Ken Pomeroy / CBS RPI:

KU 2; 5
WSU 9; 27
UNLV 17; 7
Alabama 18; 34
K-State 19; 25
CU 26; 19
Temple 51; 18
UNI 62; 47
MSU 69; 82
Illi State 93; 116
Colorado 97; 62
Evansville 121; 146
Drake 127; 92
Indi State 165; 128
SIU 207; 232
Bradley 218; 190

Wow knew there was a problem but that sticks out like a sore thumb

[Capitol Shock II]

Creighton moves up to at least 17.

[WuDrWu]

I'm not sure we "deserve" to be ranked....I think we're about where we should be. Michigan and Vanderbilt are way overrated imho, Illinois perhaps too. No way Stanford should be getting more votes (or any for that matter).

[ABC]

Using the ESPN/USA Today poll, here are the teams above us and how they've fared in the last two weeks. For what it is worth, only WSU and St. Mary's are 5-0 over that span. (among these teams)

I think Louisville and Illinois will be dropping out of the poll. New Mexico lost two last week, though to ranked teams both (SDSU and UNLVO

A question is how many votes do we take from some of the faltering teams, like Seton Hall. Do we take votes from a 2-loss Middle Tenn. State?

I just don't see us making much ground up in tomorrow's polls.

19 Michigan 14-4
Last Week: Def Northwestern 66-64 (1/11), Lost to Iowa 75-59 (1/14)
This Week: Def. No. 9 Michigan State 60-59 (1/17), Lost to Arkansas 66-64 (1/21)

20 UNLV 16-3
Last Week: Lost to No. 22 San Diego State 69-67 (1/14)
This Week: Def. TCU 101-78 (1/18), Def. New Mexico 80-63 (1/21)

21 Louisville 14-4
Last Week: Lost to Providence 90-59 (1/10), Def DePaul 76-59 (1/14)
This Week: Lost to No. 22 Marquette 74-63 (1/16), Def Pittsburgh 73-62 (1/21)

22 Marquette 14-4
Last Week: Def St. John's 83-64 (1/11), Def Pittsburgh 62-57 (1/14)
This Week: Def. No. 21 Louisville 74-63 (1/16), Def Providence 79-72 (1/21)

23 Saint Mary's 17-2
Last Week: Def San Francisco 87-72 (1/9), Def No. 23 Gonzaga 83-62 (1/12), Def Portland 69-61 (1/14)
This Week: Def. Pepperdine 61-47 (1/19), Def Santa Clara 93-77 (1/21)

24 Harvard 15-2
Last Week: Def Monmouth 70-61 (1/10), Def George Washington 69-48 (1/14)
This Week: Def Dartmouth 54-38 (1/21)

25 Illinois 15-3
Last Week: Def No. 5 Ohio State 79-74 (1/10)
This Week: Lost to Penn State 54-52 (1/19), Lost to Wisconsin 67-63 (1/22)

26 Vanderbilt,14-5
Last week: 1/10 @South Carolina W, 67-57, 1/14 Georgia W77-66 13-4 (3-0)
This Week: 1/19 @Alabama W69-59, 1/21 vs #15 Mississippi State L78-77 OT

27 Kansas State, 13-4
Last week: 1/10 vs #4 Baylor L75-73, 1/14 @Oklahoma L82-73
This week, 1/18 vs Texas W84-80, 1/21 @ Ok State W 66-58

28 New Mexico, 15-4
Last week: 1/14 @Wyoming W72-62
This week: 1/18 vs#16 San Diego State L75-70, 1/21 @#20 UNLV L80-63

29 Wisconsin, 16-5
Last Week: 1/12 @Purdue W67-62, 1/15 vs Nebraska W50-45
This week: 1/18 vs Northwestern W77-57, 1/22 @#25 Illinois W67-63

30 Middle Tennessee, 19-2
Last week: 1/12 @Florida International W70-59, 1/14 @Florida Atlantic W67-54
This week; 1/19 vsArkansas State W59-46, 1/21 @South Alabama W68-47

31 Gonzaga, 16-3
Last week: 1/12 @Saint Mary's L83-62, 1/14 @Loyola Marymount W 62-58
This week: 1/19 vs San Francisco W74-63, 1/21 vs San Diego W77-60

32 Seton Hall, 15-4
Last week: 1/10 vsDePaul W94-73, 1/13 @South Florida L56-55
This week: 1/18 @Villanova L 84-76

33 West Virginia, 15-5
Last week: 1/9 @#16 Connecticut L64-57, 1/14 vs Rutgers W84-60
This week: 1/18 @Marshall W 78-62, 1/21 vs Cincinnati W77-74 OT

34 Wichita State, 17-3
Last week: 1/10 vsIllinois State W65-62, 1/13 vsBradley W78-41, 1/15 @Indiana State W75-65
This week: 1/18 @Northern Iowa W71-68, 1/21 vsSouthern Illinois W85-42

[forevershockerfan]

I'm not sure we "deserve" to be ranked....I think we're about where we should be. Michigan and Vanderbilt are way overrated imho, Illinois perhaps too. No way Stanford should be getting more votes (or any for that matter).

I concur with the good Doc on this one. Let's hope we just quietly take care of our business as we approach some very tough games. Then toward the end, when wins are a premium, then I want us to peak like a grand finale on the 4th of July. Then we can strive to end up strong in not only the rankings, but number 1 here amongst the 3 bigs in Kansas, and last one standing among us at the Dance.Whew!!! This is a tall order but a feller must have dreams. This has not happened much, but it has and is likely to happen again some fine Season to remember.

[kcshocker11]

I think we would do quite well against some of those top 25 teams, especially on a neutral court. I watch KU, MU KSU all the time and I have no doubt we could hang with them.

[shox1989]

Warren Nolan RPIs (as of 10pm Sunday night): Creighton 18, WSU 24, UNI 42, SWOMO- 83, The Drake-96, Ill. St -120, Indy State- 131 (man have they fallen, they were top 50 less than a month ago) UE-145, BU- 188, SIU- 232.

We survived the 4 game BU & SIU rpi hit in great shape. If we keep on winning, our RPI will only get better.

Other teams of interest: UNLV-8, Temple- 19, Alabama- 33, Colorado -64

[ShockerFever]

Definitely not gonna be in the Top 25 this week. As Doc and ABC alluded to, teams in front of us have to lose and usually lose to bad teams for us to move up, even if we do well. That's how poll mechanics work.

I would expect us to be in the 28-32 range. The AP poll may be lower, simply because we're further away in that one.

[SpanglerFan316]

I didn't see Nolan's "The Nitty Gritty Report" or NPI rating mentioned. The first has no negative items for WSU and two positive ones. The second ranks CU at #4 and WSU at #12. (Syracuse, Murray State and Missouri are #1,2,3 in the NPI FWIW.)

[Dan]

we can pick up 2 more wins this week and be just close enough to crack the polls before we go on the road to Mo State.

[forevershockerfan]

Okay with me to fly under the radar at this juncture. We will get our chance soon enough and we will then know how good we really are.

[moshock]

#29 in the USA/Coach's poll w 29 votes