AP Poll - Week 5

[aburks41]

Good morning, after a nice win this week over Oklahoma State and some top 10 losses, we should finally get the bump into the Top 5

Top 10 teams with losses this week:
#6 Baylor v Marquette
#7 Creighton v #2 Texas
#7 Creighton v Nebraska (Yikes)
#4 Arizona v Utah
#10 Indiana v Rutgers

Here are some public AP ballots for week 5: (Last week's rank in parentheses)
Jon Rothstein: 5 (7)
Jerry Carino: 5 (7)
Clayton Collier: 5 (7)
Mark Berman: 5 (8)
Dave Borges: 3 (6)
Seth Davis: 7 (12) <-- This guy remains the biggest clown in the world.
Chris Murray: 3 (4)

Non-AP Analytic Sites:
Kenpom: 4 (6)
Barttorvik: 3 (4)
Evan Miya: 7 (8)
Massey: 4 (8)
Team Rankings: 3 (2)
Sagarin: 2 (3)
Haslametrics: 2 (4)

Prediction: UConn #5

 

[BleedHuskyBlu]

Top 5! Top 5! Top 5!

 

[navery12]

Think we'll be #5. A rare week that seems pretty straightforward so not expecting much deviance in guesses here

 

[UofCT]

I think Hurleys brother is going to sneak into the top 25 too. ASU is 8-1 with a signature W over Michigan.

 

[aburks41]

Think we'll be #5. A rare week that seems pretty straightforward so not expecting much deviance in guesses here

Yeah at this point we're locked into #5 with what we already know from the public ballots. There is a tiny tiny tiny chance we hit #4 but I doubt it. Still gonna be some clueless morons like Stephen Tsai who have us at #15 lmao

 

[Umami Zen]

Not sure national media is ready to accept that we're back.. Definitely trending nicely ..Expecting one or two spots.. Road win in Gainesville might excite Seth D for next week.. Seems fixated on teams south of Mason-Dixon line

 

[Huskybass]

Start printing the Top 5 T-shirts.

 

[aburks41]

r/cbb userpoll has us at #5. Been pretty much spot on this entire time too

 

[karstenkibbe]

Think we'll be #5. A rare week that seems pretty straightforward so not expecting much deviance in guesses here

Sounds kinky.

 

[UConNick]

Should be 5. There’s five teams that have created a bit of separation from the rest of the pack and we’re lucky enough to be part of it.

While I think arguments can be made for us at anywhere from 1-4, more than happy to be 5 and in that top echelon.

 

[aburks41]

Should be 5. There’s five teams that have created a bit of separation from the rest of the pack and we’re lucky enough to be part of it.

While I think arguments can be made for us at anywhere from 1-4, more than happy to be 5 and in that top echelon.

Top 5 is pretty much set in stone. You can make an argument for each team to be #1 tbh

 

[MTBingNinja]

#4 on Kenpom currently. We were #8 last week and the AP poll reflected that. Top 5 would be nice.

 

[REB1094]

I’d bet my house that we are #5. Voters won’t move Houston, Texas, UVA out until they lose and Purdue is already ahead of us. Whether that’s the right logic or not on the top 3 is subjective but that’s just what it is

Personally I think Purdue and UConn should be sharing most of the first place votes, but I’m pretty confident it’ll be Houston/Texas/Virginia/Purdue/UConn

 

[August_West]

I’d bet my house that we are #5. Voters won’t move Houston, Texas, UVA out until they lose and Purdue is already ahead of us. Whether that’s the right logic or not on the top 3 is subjective but that’s just what it is

Personally I think Purdue and UConn should be sharing most of the first place votes, but I’m pretty confident it’ll be Houston/Texas/Virginia/Purdue/UConn

Totally agree.

Baylor will be interesting to see where the go being 1-1 last week With the win being over darling Gonzaga.

 

[Hurleyman216]

I’d bet my house that we are #5. Voters won’t move Houston, Texas, UVA out until they lose and Purdue is already ahead of us. Whether that’s the right logic or not on the top 3 is subjective but that’s just what it is

Personally I think Purdue and UConn should be sharing most of the first place votes, but I’m pretty confident it’ll be Houston/Texas/Virginia/Purdue/UConn

Yeah, Houston is very overrated. They are a good defensive team, but limited on offense. Winning games by less than 10 points against crap teams while only scoring in the 50’s isn’t very impressive to me…

 

[aburks41]

I love this guy

 

[PNolanFan]

Why is Seth Davis such a b0ner

 

[UCLJ0211]

Should be #3-4, probably will be #5

 

[Tenspro2002]

This is one week where there should be very little variance in our ranking.

#4 and #6 lost badly, #7 lost twice. We posted a solid but not earth-shattering win. Everyone else held serve.

We will be #5.

Beating Florida is important for staying in the national consciousness as a legit Top 5 team for another few weeks.

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

I agree, it's pretty obvious we'll be #5 today.

However, I think the 6 best teams in the country right now are these, in this order

1. Purdue
2. UConn
3. Texas
4. Tennessee (Had a rough loss to Colorado early, but have looked good since)
5. Virginia
6. Houston

It's weird how pre-season rankings are still relevant to these AP voters. The only reason Houston is still #1 is because they started about that high. But after a couple weeks of games, they clearly aren't quite #1. Although the NET would disagree with me. I guess there's something to be said about "you should hold on to the #1 spot as long as you're winning".

We'll learn a lot more soon, particularly after our road game against Florida, and Houston v Alabama, Houston v Virginia, UT v Illinois, and Purdue @ Nebraska.

 

[Tenspro2002]

I agree, it's pretty obvious we'll be #5 today.

However, I think the 6 best teams in the country right now are these, in this order

1. Purdue
2. UConn
3. Texas
4. Tennessee (Had a rough loss to Colorado early, but have looked good since)
5. Virginia
6. Houston

It's weird how pre-season rankings are still relevant to these AP voters. The only reason Houston is still #1 is because they started about that high. But after a couple weeks of games, they clearly aren't quite #1. Although the NET would disagree with me. I guess there's something to be said about "you should hold on to the #1 spot as long as you're winning".

We'll learn a lot more soon, particularly after our road game against Florida, and Houston v Alabama, Houston v Virginia, UT v Illinois, and Purdue @ Nebraska.

Early-season voters are willing to drop teams a lot after a loss, but defer to their original ranking until then. They're not going to drop Houston.

 

[Storrs South]

Could be the first time in what I guess is 16 years since MBB is ranked higher than WBB

 

[UofCT]

Could be the first time in what I guess is 16 years since MBB is ranked higher than WBB

#FireGeno

 

[UConNick]

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It is 5.

 

[tzznandrew]

I guarantee you that Kansas will leap us and we’ll slide in at #6. These voters are complete clowns who can’t be trusted to do the right thing, otherwise we would already be sitting in the top 5 lol

Looks like a worthless guarantee.