2014-15 National Rankings

[Ricardo del Rio]

I think the most bizarre voter in the AP at least in terms of how he ranks WSU is Paul Zeise.

Preseason rank of #10
Moves us up to #8 for weeks 3-4.
WSU loses to Utah in week 5 and he drops us to #17
Week 6 he moves us up to 13 and then drops to 14 in week 7.
We lose to GW and he unranks us in week 8.
Week 9 we're back in his ranking at 19, then week 10 we're up to 13.
Lose to UNI and we get bumped back to 15 in week 11.
From here, he over the next 5 weeks we slowly work our way up to #8 in his bracket. And he has the Shockers the highest of any other voter.

He might be dizzy or somethin'.

[_kai_]

Nope, but maybe in the Coaches Poll? They were #12 in the AP Poll when we played them on February 15, 2003 and had reached as high as #10 in early January before their loss to Evansville.

This is the first AP Top 10 home opponent since 1992.

Edit: misread @_kai_'s post to read 2003. 2013 is still incorrect though as they were #12 when they visited Koch that year as well.

I saw Paul post this before your post, so that's why I posted what I did. Here is Paul's tweet.

https://twitter.com/PaulSuellentrop/status/569918550682390528

[jocoshock]

Nope, but maybe in the Coaches Poll? They were #12 in the AP Poll when we played them on February 15, 2003 and had reached as high as #10 in early January before their loss to Evansville.

This is the first AP Top 10 home opponent since 1992.

Edit: misread @_kai_:'s post to read 2003. 2013 is still incorrect though as they were #12 when they visited Koch that year as well.

nm

[Play Angry]

I saw Paul post this before your post, so that's why I posted what I did. Here is Paul's tweet.



https://twitter.com/PaulSuellentrop/...18550682390528

Gotcha, thanks. I always reference AP which can definitely create confusion.

[_kai_]

Gotcha, thanks. I always reference AP which can definitely create confusion.

I was a schmuck last year and just went with what ever had the higher ranking.

#noshame

[Shocker1976]

When was last time a top 10 team
played here?

Louisville lead by Wes Unseld in 1966 was #2 in the Polls

[AZ Shocker]

IMO there are five AP Pollsters that consistently identify themselves as non-believing outliers regards the Shockers -
Doug Haller (Arizona) @ 17
Tom Keegan (Beakerville) @ 17
Cormac Gordon (Staten Island) @ 17
Soren Petro (Beaker County) @ 15
Jeff Faraudo (Bay Area) @ 15

While Scott Mansch (Great Falls Montana) @ 8 is a definite believer in the Shockers!

That's an easy explanation:
Doug Haller (Arizona) @ 17 ~ WEST COAST BIAS
Tom Keegan (Beakerville) @ 17 ~ FEELS THREATENED / SCARED
Cormac Gordon (Staten Island) @ 17 ~ EAST COAST BIAS
Soren Petro (Beaker County) @ 15 ~ FEELS THREATENED / SCARED
Jeff Faraudo (Bay Area) @ 15 ~ WEST COAST BIAS

[ShockerFever]

Opponent.

I know what you meant. I was just answering what you asked literally.

[jocoshock]

That's an easy explanation:
Doug Haller (Arizona) @ 17 ~ WEST COAST BIAS
Tom Keegan (Beakerville) @ 17 ~ FEELS THREATENED / SCARED
Cormac Gordon (Staten Island) @ 17 ~ EAST COAST BIAS
Soren Petro (Beaker County) @ 15 ~ FEELS THREATENED / SCARED
Jeff Faraudo (Bay Area) @ 15 ~ WEST COAST BIAS

Petro favors P5 schools that play each other over good teams that beat up on bad teams. I am paraphrasing him here. He likes WSU and thinks we are really good, but has adopted the Seth Davis mentality. P5 teams above us will have lose a lot to fall below us. We will not climb over them.

He is not scared or afraid and for the record is a Syracuse alum..

[_kai_]

Petro favors P5 schools that play each other over good teams that beat up on bad teams. I am paraphrasing him here. He likes WSU and thinks we are really good, but has adopted the Seth Davis mentality. P5 teams above us will have lose a lot to fall below us. We will not climb over them.

He is not scared or afraid and for the record is a Syracuse alum..

Petro also is just 4 of 65 voters to still have Ohio State ranked. He has them the highest of anyone, ranked at #20. I'm beginning to think he just doesn't know what he's doing.

[OregonShocker]

That's an easy explanation:
Doug Haller (Arizona) @ 17 ~ WEST COAST BIAS
Tom Keegan (Beakerville) @ 17 ~ FEELS THREATENED / SCARED
Cormac Gordon (Staten Island) @ 17 ~ EAST COAST BIAS
Soren Petro (Beaker County) @ 15 ~ FEELS THREATENED / SCARED
Jeff Faraudo (Bay Area) @ 15 ~ WEST COAST BIAS

Or another explanation: they all have "favorite" teams they want to see improve by boosting the appearance of their school's opponents and knocking down other schools.

[AZ Shocker]

Or another explanation: they all have "favorite" teams they want to see improve by boosting the appearance of their school's opponents and knocking down other schools.

That too...

[MadaboutWu]

Climbing from 13 to 11 is partly explained by a Game Day bump. Got to make the most of it and win the game.

[Shocker1976]

Petro favors P5 schools that play each other over good teams that beat up on bad teams. I am paraphrasing him here. He likes WSU and thinks we are really good, but has adopted the Seth Davis mentality. P5 teams above us will have lose a lot to fall below us. We will not climb over them.

He is not scared or afraid and for the record is a Syracuse alum..

Yes he earned a journalism degree from Syracuse but he grew-up in Prairie Village and returned to Beaker County after matriculating from Syracuse.

[WuDrWu]

Kansas in 1992.

Certainly hope the outcome Saturday is a heck of a lot better than that cold '92 day. #Hurl