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**Shock Therapy** · February 23, 2014, 10:50 PM

Bozich had Arizona at fifth last Monday.

http://www.pollspeak.com/component/o...,0/v,517/w,16/

**Play Angry** · February 23, 2014, 10:54 PM

#3 on Geoff Grammer's ballot (up from #4).

That is a second voter with Arizona at #1. Slightly ridiculous, but this will be an entertaining week ahead of debate for the #1 slot. It's not common to have at least 3 teams getting first place votes at the end of February/early March.

**coran13** · February 23, 2014, 10:56 PM

Man, that overtime squeaker against Utah must've really impressed some people.

**AndShock** · February 23, 2014, 10:56 PM

Originally posted by Play Angry View Post

#3 on Geoff Grammer's ballot (up from #4).

Idiot #2.

**tgcshock** · February 23, 2014, 10:58 PM

Originally posted by AndShock View Post

Idiot #2.

Partial credit for getting smarter.

**ShockTalk** · February 23, 2014, 11:07 PM

Originally posted by coran13 View Post

Man, that overtime squeaker against Utah must've really impressed some people.

What's all this love for AZ? I've read/heard several times now that that was a huge win for AZ @ CO. Really? AZ lost a key player, but CO lost THE player. They are 6-6 since Dinwiddie went down.

**coran13** · February 23, 2014, 11:12 PM

They still have Cal, Stanford, and Oregon left on their schedule. They'll probably lose one if not all three of those games.

**Play Angry** · February 23, 2014, 11:15 PM

Bret Strelow moves us up to #2.

**Play Angry** · February 23, 2014, 11:32 PM

#1 on Jerry Carino's ballot!

**Shocker-maniac** · February 23, 2014, 11:34 PM

Originally posted by Rlh04d View Post

Yeah, the computer rankings aspect is what I had a problem with. And which rankings do you use? LMRC I believe is one of the most accurate in predicting future performance

It is interesting to note that the Bayesian LMRC has WSU at #6, but when the margin of victory is removed WSU jumps to #3. I wonder if the #3 ranking is more accurate of WSU because most of the season Marshall has gone out of his way not to run up the score on opponents. That is my hunch.

**Play Angry** · February 23, 2014, 11:35 PM

9 ballots so far, with Florida receiving 5 first place votes, WSU 2 first place votes, and Arizona 2 first place votes.

I'm gonna go ahead and call it a night. Can't wait to see us at #2 tomorrow with a healthy number of folks ranking us #1.

**ShockerHoops** · February 23, 2014, 11:41 PM

Originally posted by Play Angry View Post

Bret Strelow moves us up to #2.

Last week WSU #3. Full rankings: http://www.fayobserver.com/blogs/spo...a4bcf6878.html

**Play Angry** · February 23, 2014, 11:43 PM

The number of times we have been ranked #2 or higher in the AP Poll:

1982-83: 1 (Dec. 29)
1964-65: 4 (Dec. 8, 22, 29, #1 on Dec. 15)

**Play Angry** · February 23, 2014, 11:45 PM

Originally posted by ShockerHoops View Post

Last week WSU #3. Full rankings: http://www.fayobserver.com/blogs/spo...a4bcf6878.html

If ya click the voter's name in my post it links to the same article ;) I usually try to put those in there but realize some folks might not know it, especially if viewing on mobile.

**shox1989** · February 24, 2014, 01:44 AM

I found 3 more ballots (Doug Haller, Matt Vatour & Mark Berman) . WSU is #2 and FL is #1 on all 3 ballots. We seem to have a pattern. Doug Haller is really screwing SLU this week dropping them from 14 to 17. Links:

Page Not Found (404) | The Arizona Republic

http://www.azcentral.com/insiders/doughaller/2014/02/23/this-weeks-ap-top-25-ballot-big-games-and-more-4/

Daily Hampshire Gazette

http://ht.ly/tV7cm

The Daily Hampshire Gazette is the essential daily news source for the Pioneer Valley from Northampton, MA, in Franklin County.

http://www.roanoke.com/sports/columns_and_blogs/blogs/courtside/article_93e36dce-9d15-11e3-b1ab-001a4bcf6878.html