Iggy's new college basketball rankings

[iggymcfly 0]

The other rankings were a little bit rough, and I like to do them the same day of the week as the AP and Coaches poll anyways, so I made some new ones, updated through Sunday's games.

(previous week's rank in parenthesis)

 

1. Duke 9-0 (1)

2. Connecticut 7-0 (3)

3. Villanova 6-0 (4)

4. Florida 9-0 (5)

5. Illinois 10-0 (9)

6. Memphis 7-1 (6)

7. Louisville 6-0 (7)

8. Washington 8-0 (8)

9. Oklahoma 5-1 (10)

10. Gonzaga 6-2 (12)

11. UCLA 7-1 (15)

12. Texas 8-1 (2)

13. George Washington 7-0 (11)

14. Michigan State 7-2 (13)

15. Michigan 7-0 (14)

16. Wake Forest 7-1 (18)

17. North Carolina 5-1 (19)

18. Maryland 7-2 (NR)

19. Nevada 6-1 (16)

20. Boston College 6-2 (20)

21. Indiana 6-2 (25)

22. Ohio State 4-0 (NR)

23. Indiana State 5-0 (24)

24. Iona 7-0 (NR)

25. Bucknell 5-1 (NR)

[cabbageboy 0]

Ouch, UK not even ranked now and yet Bucknell and Iona are. How the mighty have fallen.

[Guest Leelee]

Iona?

 

I like your scientific system of adding mid-major teams to the bottom of the Top 25 because they defeated a team you've heard of.

 

Too bad Buffalo got creamed by BC, or they'd be on the list too.

[lomasmoney 0]

Why exactly do you have Michigan ranked 14th, when they really haven't played anyone worth a shit all season

[iggymcfly 0]

Iowa State's looked solid this year (beating Iowa, N. Iowa, and Drake), and Iona beat them by 17 on the road. The Gaels also beat Rider and Vermont by double digits, so it's not like their whole ranking's based on one game. Do they have a full resume of three or four upper echelon victories? Of course not, but hardly anybody does at this point of the season. The resumes for Iona and Bucknell looked more solid than those for NC State and Xavier so I gave them the spots for now.

 

As for Michigan, it's somewhat of the same principle. They looked really good in victories over Miami and Notre Dame, and I think they're talented, so I gave them the 15 spot for now. Louisville hasn't played anyone all year, and they'll probably be ranked #4 in both polls tomorrow.

 

Kentucky's just an utter mess right now, and if they're ranked in either poll, it will be a joke. They lost to a terribly overrated Iowa team early in the season, and then they just got destroyed by Indiana. With Louisville, Iona, Ohio, and Kansas still to play, they could be 7-7 when they start SEC play.

[Alro 0]

Louisville hasn't played anyone all year, and they'll probably be ranked #4 in both polls tomorrow.

 

That is absurd. They haven't done jack shit to deserve to be ranked that high. I expect them to be exposed as soon as conference play starts.

 

 

Kentucky's just an utter mess right now, and if they're ranked in either poll, it will be a joke. They lost to a terribly overrated Iowa team early in the season, and then they just got destroyed by Indiana. With Louisville, Iona, Ohio, and Kansas still to play, they could be 7-7 when they start SEC play.

 

While I think Louisville will beat them, I don't expect them to be 7-7 when SEC play starts. My expectations are low, but they aren't that low. I also agree that UK doesn't need to be in the Top 25.

[cabbageboy 0]

I doubt UK will lose to the dubious likes of Iona or Ohio, but the U of L and Kansas games look doubtful. Oh, and U of L is ranked #4 due to going to the FF last year. If we can get by UK (which still worries me) then it should be fairly smooth sailing until Nova comes to town. Truthfully I think we'll drop a few in conf. play but it'll just be to UConn and Nova, maybe someone like Pitt, and a split with Cincy.

[cabbageboy 0]

By the way here is the new ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll:

 

Week 6 ESPN/USA Today Poll

1. Duke (30) 9-0 774

2. Connecticut (1) 7-0 738

3. Villanova 6-0 716

4. Louisville 5-0 654

5. Memphis 7-1 613

6. Florida 9-0 595

7. Texas 8-1 591

8. Illinois 10-0 558

9. Oklahoma 5-1 529

10. Washington 8-0 501

11. Gonzaga 6-2 474

12. Michigan State 7-2 383

13. Boston College 6-2 354

14. UCLA 7-1 330

15. George Washington 7-0 306

16. Wake Forest 7-1 264

17. Maryland 7-2 259

18. Indiana 5-2 237

19. N.C. State 6-1 197

20. North Carolina 5-1 157

21. Nevada 6-1 126

22. Kentucky 6-3 119

23. Iowa 7-3 85

24. Wisconsin 7-1 75

25. Ohio State 4-0 62

 

Hey, UK stayed ranked after all! I'm guessing that was mainly just so that Saturday's game with U of L is a matchup of two ranked teams.

[jwpeer 0]

Feb. 13 and Feb. 26

 

Nova v. Uconn

 

Gonna be some kickass games, and most likely high scoring.