BY25 Poll #6: Results are in

[Plebe]

Number of 1st-place votes shown in parentheses:

Also receiving votes (on at least two ballots): Texas 39, Syracuse 35, Mississippi State 35, Georgia Tech 21, Rice 6, Iowa 4, Iowa State 3, South Dakota 3.

The following teams appeared on only one ballot: Florida Gulf Coast, Stephen F. Austin, Michigan State, Cal Baptist, Washington State, Alabama, LSU.

Thank you to all who voted. Twenty-one ballots were submitted.

The next poll will be Monday, February 15.

 

[beauxregard]

Looks about as it should be!!!! Although UCLA , Stanford, and Arizona should not be in the Top 10. Louisville, South Carolina, UConn etc would thump those PAC 12 teams pretty easily IMO.

 

[triaddukefan]

If only the powerful Panthers of High Point hadn't lost... they could have moved up to #34..... which would have been their all time highest BY ranking

 

[LETTERL]

If only the powerful Panthers of High Point hadn't lost... they could have moved up to #34..... which would have been their all time highest BY ranking

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But could they beat Nicholls?

 

[triaddukefan]

But could they beat Nicholls?

Of course they could. We are talking about FGCU-North (aka HPU) They would rain three's down on Nicholls like a tropical storm drops water pellets on a gulf coast state.

 

[Boreifs]

UConn is also third in Massey, behind Stanford and South Carolina.

 

[Vowelguy]

Bracket:

A: Louis | TxAM | Oreg | Gonz || Tenn | Mo St | Texas
D: U CLA | NCSt | Bayl | Kntk || W Va | NWern | Ms St


C: UConn | Stan | Mich | Arka || DePa | SDkSt | GaTech
B: SoCar | Mrld | Ariz | U SF || Indi | Georg | Syra

 

[Lorcan]

Congrats to UConn on being able to get 1st Place Votes after losing to Arkansas!


NC State dropping to 6th after losing in OT without their best player seems a bit harsh, but yay for subjectivity and the freedom to vote however you wish!

 

[Plebe]

When I saw @Lorcan's meme:

Congrats to UConn on being able to get 1st Place Votes after losing to Arkansas!


NC State dropping to 6th after losing in OT without their best player seems a bit harsh, but yay for subjectivity and the freedom to vote however you wish!

As a wise man once said: "Hope springs eternal."

 

[Vowelguy]

Big gainers: UCLA (#7 to #4), Ohio St (19-11), Tenn (26-19), WVa (27-21)
Big falls: NC St (3 to 6), Mich (9-13), Kentucky (13-17), DeP (15-20)
Drop out: Syracuse (20) & MissSt (21)

Arkansas goes 2-2 for the period but still moves up 3 spots.

Over the past month, the big movers are Ohio St (21-19-11), Tenn (30-26-19), WV (x-27-21) on the upside and Kentucky (10-13-17), Miss St (15-21-28), Texas (16-25-26).

 

[TheFarmFan]

Big gainers: UCLA (#7 to #4), Ohio St (19-11), Tenn (26-19), WVa (27-21)
Big falls: NC St (3 to 6), Mich (9-13), Kentucky (13-17), DeP (15-20)
Drop out: Syracuse (20) & MissSt (21)

Arkansas goes 2-2 for the period but still moves up 3 spots.

Over the past month, the big movers are Ohio St (21-19-11), Tenn (30-26-19), WV (x-27-21) on the upside and Kentucky (10-13-17), Miss St (15-21-28), Texas (16-25-26).

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Funnily enough, I wasn't able to participate last time and I was bullish on almost all the upward moving teams and bearish on the decliners. Obviously one voter can't change things too much, but most of the decliners are roughly where I would have ranked them last two weeks ago.

The only teams whose prospects really changed my view over the last two weeks were Ohio St and Tennessee - both had big questions marks for me and answered them.

 

[Zanzman]

Looks about as it should be!!!! Although UCLA , Stanford, and Arizona should not be in the Top 10. Louisville, South Carolina, UConn etc would thump those PAC 12 teams pretty easily IMO.

Don’t forget NC st

 

[Plebe]

Some additional stats from the poll that some may find interesting:

Team (points)	No. of ballots (out of possible 21)	Average rank	High	Low
1. Louisville (517)	21	1.38	1	4
2. S. Carolina (503)	21	2.05	1	4
3. UConn (454)	21	4.38	1	11
4. UCLA (445)	21	4.81	3	8
5. Stanford (441)	21	5.00	2	10
6. NC St (432)	21	5.43	2	8
7. TAMU (399)	21	7.00	3	12
8. Maryland (360)	21	8.86	4	12
9. Baylor (342)	21	9.72	6	18
10. Arizona (317)	21	10.90	6	17
11. Ohio St (316)	20	10.95	5	--
12. Oregon (286)	20	12.38	6	--
13. Michigan (258)	20	13.71	9	--
14. S. Florida (227)	21	15.19	9	21
15. Arkansas (211)	21	15.95	9	23
16. Gonzaga (185)	20	17.19	8	--
17. Kentucky (180)	18	17.43	12	--
18. Indiana (164)	19	18.19	12	--
19. Tenn. (152)	19	18.76	13	--
20. DePaul (111)	17	20.71	14	--
21. W. Virginia (94)	14	21.52	12	--
22. S. Dak. St (79)	15	22.24	15	--
23. N'western (75)	16	22.43	19	--
24. Georgia (63)	13	23.00	16	--
25. Missouri St (41)	12	24.05	14	--

 

[triaddukefan]

Looking at the Highs and Lows....some interesting variances.

 

[Plebe]

For an even more in-depth X-ray, I'll show the frequency distributions by dividing the BY25 into tertiles, with rather natural divisions determined by placement ranges.

Below are teams 1-8, each of which appeared on all 21 ballots, with none below #12 on any ballot:

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1. Lou.​

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2. SC​

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3. UConn​

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4. UCLA​

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5. Stan.​

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6. NC St​

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7. TAMU​

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8. MD​

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