2022-23 National Rankings

[WuShock Reaper]

The Wichita State Shockers did not receive any votes.

[BostonWu]

The Wichita State Shockers did not receive any votes.

When's the last time a conference member was #1?

[WuShock16]

When's the last time a conference member was #1?

Larry Legend and the Trees?

[Kung Wu]

When's the last time a conference member was #1?

We were ranked #2 in 2013-2014! Soooooooo close.

[WuShock Reaper]

When's the last time a conference member was #1?

Cincinnati
2000
1997
1963
1960
1959

Memphis
2008

Houston
2022
1983
1968

Temple
1988

Wichita State
1965 - December 14th

[BostonWu]

Cincinnati
2000
1997
1963
1960
1959

Memphis
2008

Houston
2022
1983
1968

Temple
1988

Wichita State
1965 - December 14th

Cincy was the only conference opponent on that list.

[Stickboy46]

https://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/nitty_gritties/28103

First NET of the season out. Largely irrelevant for us .. but surprisingly we have the 4th best NET in the AAC .. and by a large gap to 5th.

1 - Houston
38 - Memphis
95 - UCF
99 - WSU
151 - Cincy
155 - Temple
189 - Tulane
202 - ECU
229 - USF
224 - Tulsa
282 - SMU

[SubGod22]

https://stats.ncaa.org/selection_ran...gritties/28103

First NET of the season out. Largely irrelevant for us .. but surprisingly we have the 4th best NET in the AAC .. and by a large gap to 5th.

1 - Houston
38 - Memphis
95 - UCF
99 - WSU
151 - Cincy
155 - Temple
189 - Tulane
202 - ECU
229 - USF
224 - Tulsa
282 - SMU

23 - Florida Atlantic
54 - UAB
68 - North Texas
73 - Charlotte
254 - Rice
305 - UTSA

It's early, but the newbies aren't looking so bad as a whole. We knew Rice and UTSA would have work to do, but the other four are off to a respectable start.

[shock]

23 - Florida Atlantic
54 - UAB
68 - North Texas
73 - Charlotte
254 - Rice
305 - UTSA

It's early, but the newbies aren't looking so bad as a whole. We knew Rice and UTSA would have work to do, but the other four are off to a respectable start.

Rice and U-Tits have committed to spending the money. I would expect them to come along quickly

[SubGod22]

Rice and U-Tits have committed to spending the money. I would expect them to come along quickly

Agreed. I'm not putting any sort of time frame on it, but they're committed.

Florida Atlantic has actually surprised me. I know when I looked into them last year they were better than I expected, but nowhere near where they're at right now.

Also not putting too much into these first NET rankings. It's just a snapshot and it's early. But they do seem to show that the additions aren't as bad as some try to make them out to be. At least a couple of them could really capitalize on the upgrade in conference and help keep the AAC where it generally is.

[AZ Shocker]

They're definitely not as bad as previously thought. But the "brand name"...dyamn. Gonna miss Houston, Cincy and some day probably Memphis being in our league. Oh well...Go Shocks!

[SubGod22]

Because I'm bored today, here's how next years conference is sitting in NET as of the 15th.

13 - Florida Atlantic
39 - Memphis
65 - UAB
66 - North Texas
73 - Charlotte
90 - Wichita
139 - Tulane
191 - Temple
202 - ECU
229 - USF
232 - Rice
234 - Tulsa
286 - SMU
292 - UTSA

Departing teams
2 - Houston
58 - UCF
141 - Cincinnati

Teams some of us wanted to look at during expansion

12 - Utah State
20 - Southern Miss
24 - New Mexico
33 - Kent State
36 - Boise State
37 - UNLV
41 - San Diego State
60 - Nevada
62 - Marshall
104 - Colorado State
106 - Middle Tennessee
145 - Old Dominion
154 - Toledo
178 - Air Force
185 - Western Kentucky
189 - Ohio
195 - Louisiana Tech
205 - Fresno State
212 - Buffalo
219 - Wyoming
235 - App State
254 - Coastal Carolina
291 - Georgia State

I know the AAC tried to pull some MWC schools in and we all agree that would have been best case scenario. Putting them in is just a what could have been sort of thing.

The rest are from CUSA, Sun Belt and MAC which were the more likely options we had after the MWC expansion got shut down.

And this is only a snapshot so take it for what it's worth.

[ShockerFever]

Hilarious that the CUSA additions might actually keep us afloat in the rankings after most of us bitched about them, me included.

[MikeKennedyRulZ]

Isn't it sad to think back to the days where I would see that this thread title was updated and click on it with anticipation of seeing where the Shockers were ranked that week? Now we can barely tread .500.

[BostonWu]

Isn't it sad to think back to the days where I would see that this thread title was updated and click on it with anticipation of seeing where the Shockers were ranked that week? Now we can barely tread .500.

Thinking back...we wouldn't sniff a mid major poll these days. I remember back in the early MT era when we started showing up in those polls. And then eventually we got pissed of the label.