BY25 poll #6: Results are in (and it's a photo finish)

[Plebe]

And with a twist: it's a rare situation where the team with the most first-place votes didn't receive the most points across all ballots.

Also receiving votes (on at least two ballots): Tennessee 33, Arkansas 26, FGCU 24, Rutgers 10, LSU 7, Georgia Tech 6.

The following teams appeared on only one ballot: None.

Thank you to all who voted in the first BY25 poll of the new decade. The next poll will be Monday, Jan. 27, 2020.

 

[triaddukefan]

No votes for Georgia Tech? @Plebe

asking for a friend

 

[maccca3232]

An observation and a question.

Observation:
I notice Florida St. is "14" with 187 points and Indiana is "13" with 182 points. I assume data entry unless you are using formulas to calculate.

Question:
Is it possible to provide subset polls of UConn and Non-UConn? Is there enough information to identify those submitting polls to differentiate?

 

[Plebe]

No votes for Georgia Tech? @Plebe

asking for a friend

My bad. They were last on the "receiving votes" category. I've corrected.

 

[Plebe]

An observation and a question.

Observation:
I notice Florida St. is "14" with 187 points and Indiana is "13" with 182 points. I assume data entry unless you are using formulas to calculate.

Question:
Is it possible to provide subset polls of UConn and Non-UConn? Is there enough information to identify those submitting polls to differentiate?

Thanks for catching that. I'd had to re-sort one final time and forgot to re-number accordingly (my Excel skills are nowhere near your level )

I don't know the fan affiliation of all voters.

 

[MSGRET]

And with a twist: it's a rare situation where the team with the most first-place votes didn't receive the most points across all ballots.

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Also receiving votes (on at least two ballots): Tennessee 33, Arkansas 26, FGCU 24, Rutgers 10, LSU 7, Georgia Tech 6.

The following teams appeared on only one ballot: None.

Thank you to all who voted in the first BY25 poll of the new decade. The next poll will be Monday, Jan. 27, 2020.

Plebe, thank you for your time and effort on the Boneyard Top 25 Poll, it is much appreciated by me and many others on your dedication to the BY.

 

[Fairfield Fan]

Tennessee deserved to be rated, and relatively high.

Watch out for that game.

 

[Jmsdawg]

Tennessee deserved to be rated, and relatively high.

Watch out for that game.

I agree, Tennessee is another “box of chocolates“ team. Sometimes look great, sometimes terrible.

 

[TheFarmFan]

Tennessee deserved to be rated, and relatively high.

Watch out for that game.

Tennessee has beaten no one of significance. Their three losses aren't bad (Kentucky, Stanford, and Texas), but they are ranked 35th by Massey and have exactly ONE win over a team that has a winning record (Georgia, at 10-7). ONE. And most of those teams are cupcakes in cupcake conferences, which makes that doubly unimpressive. What that suggests to me is that they have yet to prove they can win against a good team.

(Put it this way: Dumpster-fire Notre Dame at 90th (and 7-11) is the second highest ranked Massey win for the Lady Vols after 75th ranked Georgia. Truly an unimpressive roster of defeated opponents if ever there was one.)

 

[Fairfield Fan]

Tennessee has beaten no one of significance. Their three losses aren't bad (Kentucky, Stanford, and Texas), but they are ranked 35th by Massey and have exactly ONE win over a team that has a winning record (Georgia, at 10-7). ONE. And most of those teams are cupcakes in cupcake conferences, which makes that doubly unimpressive. What that suggests to me is that they have yet to prove they can win against a good team.

(Put it this way: Dumpster-fire Notre Dame at 90th (and 7-11) is the second highest ranked Massey win for the Lady Vols after 75th ranked Georgia. Truly an unimpressive roster of defeated opponents if ever there was one.)

But watch out for Tennessee this year. Scary. They're not HW's team anymore. Don't look like the pissed off, dysfunctional group they did before.

They lost to Kentucky, but it was very close. They play tough. New era down there....

 

[Centerstream]

I don't participate in this poll mainly because I don't watch or read about a ton of non-Uconn games but in the AP Top 25 thread I posted about the position of UCLA in that poll. It seems the voters in the BY-25 see it as I do when it comes to the Bruins.
And also with respect to the Baylor/SC voting.

 

[Zanzman]

But watch out for Tennessee this year. Scary. They're not HW's team anymore. Don't look like the pissed off, dysfunctional group they did before.

They lost to Kentucky, but it was very close. They play tough. New era down there....

Good reason to rank them they lost a close one

 

[Plebe]

For those who are thinking about how recent results might impact their ballot on Sunday evening, the results for BY25 teams since Jan. 13 (date of last poll) are shown below, along with games still to be played this week.

Team (points) <#1>	Wins	Losses	Jan. 21-26 games
1. Baylor (399) <8>	at Kansas, 90-47 W. Virginia, 91-51	--	at TCU Texas Tech
2. S. Carolina (398) <9>	at Missouri, 78-45 #9 Mississippi St, 81-79	--	at Georgia
3. Stanford (365)	at #7 Oregon St, 61-58	at #8 Oregon, 55-87	Colorado Utah
4. UConn (347)	at Memphis, 68-56 at UCF, 59-52 Tulsa, 92-34	--	Tennessee at E. Carolina
5. UCLA (341) <1>	--	at USC, 68-70 (2OT)	Washington Washington St
6. Louisville (325)	at Boston College, 81-70 at N. Carolina, 74-67	--	Virginia Pitt
7. Oregon St (314)	Cal, 81-44	#3 Stanford, 58-61	at #8 Oregon #8 Oregon
8. Oregon (302)	#3 Stanford, 87-55 Cal, 105-55	--	#7 Oregon St at #7 Oregon St
9. Mississippi St (240)	LSU, 64-60	at #2 S. Carolina, 79-81	at Vanderbilt Ole Miss
10. NC State (235)	#13 Florida St, 68-51 Wake Forest, 59-45	--	at Pitt N. Carolina
11. Gonzaga (203)	at Santa Clara, 67-52 at San Francisco, 69-46	--	Pepperdine Loyola Marymount
12. DePaul (194)	at Xavier, 91-68 at Butler, 80-65	--	Villanova Georgetown
13. Florida St (187)	--	at #10 NC State, 51-68	at Wake Forest Miami
14. Indiana (182)	--	#25 N'western, 69-71 OT at #21 Maryland, 62-76	at Penn St
15. Kentucky (174)	#17 Texas A&M, 76-54	at LSU, 59-65	at Missouri Florida
16. W. Virginia (170)	--	Oklahoma, 49-73 at #1 Baylor, 51-91	Oklahoma St at TCU
17. Texas A&M (149)	Florida, 69-42	at #15 Kentucky, 54-76	at Alabama Missouri
18. Arizona St (127)	at Washington, 67-50 at Washington St, 65-56	--	at #22 Arizona
19. Missouri St (122)	Northern Iowa, 80-66	at Southern Illinois, 68-70	at Indiana St at Evansville
20. S. Dakota (82)	at N. Dakota St, 80-36 S. Dakota St, 83-48	--	IPFW Oral Roberts
21. Maryland (74)	Nebraska, 87-69 #14 Indiana, 76-62	--	at Illinois #25 Northwestern
22. Arizona (62)	at Washington St, 74-67 at Washington, 66-58	--	#18 Arizona St
23. Iowa (59)	at Minnesota, 76-75 at Wisconsin, 85-78	--	Ohio St Michigan St
24. Princeton (54)	--	--	[On exam break until Jan. 31.]
25. Northwestern (44)	at #14 Indiana, 71-69 OT Penn St, 85-59	--	at Michigan St at #21 Maryland
RV. Tennessee (33)	at Florida, 78-50 Alabama, 65-63	--	at #4 UConn LSU
RV. Arkansas (26)	at Vanderbilt, 100-66	--	Georgia Florida
RV. Rutgers (10)	at Penn St, 62-57	Michigan St, 56-65	at Michigan
RV. LSU (7)	#15 Kentucky, 65-59	at #9 MS State, 60-64	at Tennnessee

Resources:

• Warren Nolan's site (click on "Expanded AP Poll" or "Expanded Coaches Poll" to see latest results of teams in those polls).BY25 poll #6: Results are in (and it's a photo finish)
• BY25 poll #6 (Jan. 13)
• BY25 poll #5 (Dec. 30)
• BY25 poll #4 (Dec. 16)
• BY25 poll #3 (Dec. 2)
• BY25 poll #2 (Nov. 18)
• BY25 preseason poll

 

[TheFarmFan]

Thanks - though I think there's something wrong with Arizona's loss column?

 

[Plebe]

Thanks - though I think there's something wrong with Arizona's loss column?

Ha yes, thanks for that. I was writing over last week's table and was sure to make a mistake or two.