AP Poll - Week 7

[Hey Adrien!]

My logic puts us at #1, but I won’t feel like we’re slighted if we’re at #2.

What. A. Day!

 

[UCLJ0211]

AP Poll Top 25 Projection College Basketball Rankings Prediction Week 7

What will the latest AP Top 25 college basketball poll possibly be on December 19th? We make our best guess prediction before the real poll comes out on Monday morning

collegefootballnews.com

FWIW #2 on this site. Probably where we will land. Also odd that it’s listed under “college football news”?

 

[Chin Diesel]

I'll go with #2 but UConn will be closer to #1 this week than UVA was last week.

It's almost more fun to be #2 just to out the voters who obviously don't use advanced metrics and whose "eye test" tells them Purdue is better.

It would be much more enjoyable just to hear them say, "well I had them higher than UConn to start the season and they haven't lost so I keep them above UConn". That's the honest answer.

 

[Ha Who]

AP Poll Top 25 Projection College Basketball Rankings Prediction Week 7

What will the latest AP Top 25 college basketball poll possibly be on December 19th? We make our best guess prediction before the real poll comes out on Monday morning

collegefootballnews.com

FWIW #2 on this site. Probably where we will land. Also odd that it’s listed under “college football news”?

4 ACC teams

 

[husky429]

Should be #1, will be #2 since Purdue didn't lose.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Agree, unlikely we jump to number one. Too many voters that will refuse to knock Purdue out until they lose, but will be closer as we pick off more folks that realize Purdue struggles through a few bad teams and UConn picked up a dominating win against a decent team.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Virginia will drop, we'll move up. They're not going to knock Purdue out of #1 without a loss.

1. Purdue
2. UConn
3. Houston
4. Tennessee
5. Texas
6. Kansas

 

[nomar]

 

[aburks41]

You stole my title lol so I'll just post my weekly update here:

Voters are being extra stringy today. I think us twitter folk scared them from releasing their ballots early. Regardless, here's where we stand so far...

Last week’s ranking in parentheses, and a * means flipped from Purdue to UConn

Borges: 1* (3)
Collier: 1* (3)
Berman: 2 (3)
Rothstein: 2 (3)
Golden: 2 (3)

Assuming we hold all 15 of our first place votes, we’re now at 17. Purdue is at 25. Net gain of +4 for us.

UVA had 19 first place votes. We need 14 of their 19 votes, or more Purdue to UConn flips to secure #1

 

[Umami Zen]

Expecting #2 but first place votes margin will be tighter this week.. What will Seth D do??

 

[Tyler2Rings]

I am hoping we are pleasantly surprised. 19 voters placed Virginia first last week and I don't think its a foregone conclusion they will all vote Purdue this week

 

[WhereistheDove?]

I am hoping we are pleasantly surprised. 19 voters placed Virginia first last week and I don't think its a foregone conclusion they will all vote Purdue this week

Just for some further context, of the 19 writers that previously had UVA at #1, only 2 had UConn at #2. The rest had Purdue.

 

[willie99]

I just want a 1 ssed come March

MSG baby, it's our destiny

 

[Tyler2Rings]

UVA had 19 first place votes. We need 14 of their 19 votes, or more Purdue to UConn flips to secure #1

of the 19 writers that previously had UVA at #1, only 2 had UConn at #2

And my hope for a pleasant surprise dwindles...

 

[Brochacho]

I'd imagine Purdue retains #1 - they have 4 Kenpom top 30 wins to our 1, and their best win beat our best win this weekend. We do have 5 Kenpom top 50 vs their 4, and have the edge in Q1/Q2 records. However, #2 is nothing to sneeze at and while #1 would be a boost to the program we are still on track for what is infinitely more important - having the #1 in the East so we can play virtual home games at Albany and MSG.

Wonder if Marquette makes it in?

 

[UConNick]

Expecting #2 but first place votes margin will be tighter this week.. What will Seth D do??

Seth has us 2 per The Athletic

 

[aburks41]

I'd imagine Purdue retains #1 - they have 4 Kenpom top 30 wins to our 1, and their best win beat our best win this weekend. We do have 5 Kenpom top 50 vs their 4, and have the edge in Q1/Q2 records. However, #2 is nothing to sneeze at and while #1 would be a boost to the program we are still on track for what is infinitely more important - having the #1 in the East so we can play virtual home games at Albany and MSG.

Wonder if Marquette makes it in?

Marquette and Xavier should sneak in but my guess is they're still on the outside looking in

 

[Umami Zen]

Seth has us 2 per The Athletic

I am shocked LOL.. Poor dude doesn't have any ACC teams to vote ahead of us

 

[InTheRed]

Remember that voters who had Virginia 1 and Purdue 2 could leave Purdue at 2 and have us leapfrog them. That is the only way to get to 1 this week.

 

[lonsharkin51]

I expect Kentucky will still be in the top 20, and I just have one question: Why? I suspect it's just laziness on the part of voters who don't actually, you know, watch any games or pay attention to results.

 

[aburks41]

Yeah at this point it's pretty clear we're only gonna be #2. Poll inertia is garbage

 

[WhereistheDove?]

I'd imagine Purdue retains #1 - they have 4 Kenpom top 30 wins to our 1, and their best win beat our best win this weekend.

I don't take exception to your post as a whole, but that second part is a no. Their best win was a road game against Kenpom #83 Nebraska where they barely squeaked it out in OT and didn't cover. Our win was a road game against Kenpom #77 Butler, where we won by 22 and blew out the spread.

 

[NowInStorrs]

#1 on the Reddit poll with most of the #1 votes

 

[Umami Zen]

Gotta admit.. On November 6th-- I would have taken 12-0 and #2 in polls goin' into the Holidays.. What say you?

 

[Brochacho]

I don't take exception to your post as a whole, but that second part is a no. Their best win was a road game against Kenpom #83 Nebraska where they barely squeaked it out in OT and didn't cover. Our win was a road game against Kenpom #77 Butler, where we won by 22 and blew out the spread.

My bad - I meant Gonzaga beat Alabama.