AP Poll - Week 6

[BigTenFan]

Both AP and USA Today/Coaches UConn is closer to #1 than #4 Bama is to UConn. And it's not close.

Said another way, Purdue, Virginia and UConn are breaking away from the pack.

Conference play starts for everyone after next week and I think top 25 will look very different in January

 

[jrazz12]

Can I short Texas?

 

[auror]

Conference play starts for everyone after next week and I think top 25 will look very different in January

Doesn't make the poll any better. After this point, the poll stagnates and/or gets less accurate at predicting national champions. The NCAA tournament isn't like conference season (well scouted opponents with coaching history on home/away courts), it's more like feast week (quick succession games on neutral courts) and random one off non-conf games.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

You're saying that crushing the team that beat Houston is an inferior win? Disagree.

In the computer a win @Houston is better than a neutral court win against Alabama, I assume. At least for now.

 

[WestHartHusk]

Been telling everyone all week we would fall at #3. The bias to the power football conferences is real.

#2 is more realistic given Virginia has only beaten Baylor, Illinois, and Michigan while squeeking past James Madison. Purdue crushed Gonzaga and Duke and are in the Big Ten so we weren't going to pass them.

If Houston goes on a revenge tour and takes down Virginia and we handle our business, we will be #2 for Christmas. No way Purdue is losing with their cupcake schedule for the rest of 2022.

If the bias is towards power football conferences, how do you explain UVA?

 

[giddyup]

Just got to keep winning and the rest will take care of itself.

 

[tzznandrew]

If the bias is towards power football conferences, how do you explain UVA?

There are pretty logical reasons why UVA and Purdue would be ranked where they are. But Boneyarders are always going to find a conspiracy or a slight.

 

[Get a Job]

If the bias is towards power football conferences, how do you explain UVA?