BY25 poll #9: Ballots due Monday (Feb. 24)

[Plebe]

The 9th biweekly edition of the Boneyard Top 25 poll is approaching.

Ballots are due to me, via private message, by 11:00 a.m. ET on Monday, Feb. 24. (If you don't know how to send a PM, let me know in this thread and I will PM you first.) Ballots should reflect all games played through Sunday, Feb. 23.

A few rules:

• Early ballots (before all poll-relevant games have been decided) are accepted if accompanied by contingency instructions any potentially ballot-impacting upsets.
• Full ballots (of 25 teams) are encouraged; short ballots (of at least 10 teams) are accepted.
• No ties are allowed on a ballot. Each team on the ballot must have a unique ranking.

As an aid to voters, the results for BY25 teams since the last poll of Feb. 10 are shown below, along with the games still to be played this weekend. (If you see any mistakes, please let me know and I will
correct.)

Team (points) <#1>	Wins	Losses	Feb. 22-23 games
1. S. Carolina (464) <17>	#4 UConn, 70-52 Auburn, 79-53 Vanderbilt, 95-44 LSU, 63-48	--	at #23 Kentucky
2. Oregon (440) <1>	at #7 UCLA, 80-66 at USC, 93-67 at Cal, 93-61	--	--
3. Baylor (437) <1>	TCU, 81-62 at Oklahoma St, 69-42 at Texas Tech, 77-62	--	Oklahoma
4. UConn (389)	at S. Florida, 67-47 Tulane, 74-31	at #1 S. Carolina, 52-70	UCF
5. NC State (378)	at Miami, 50-48	#9 Louisville, 59-66 Georgia Tech, 61-65	--
6. Stanford (364)	at Utah, 97-64 at Colorado, 69-66 #12 Oregon St, 63-60	--	--
7. UCLA (350)	#12 Oregon St, 83-74 OT at Washington St, 70-62	#2 Oregon, 66-80	at Washington
8. Mississippi St (349)	at Auburn, 92-85 OT	at #23 Kentucky, 62-73	Alabama
9. Louisville (291)	at #5 NC State, 66-59 Notre Dame, 82-49 at Georgia Tech, 58-47	--	at Pitt
10. Arizona (279)	Washington, 64-53 Washington St, 72-57 at Utah, 85-69	--	at Colorado
11. Maryland (268)	#17 Iowa, 93-59 at Penn St, 106-69 at Wisconsin, 85-56	--	--
12. Oregon St (259)	--	at USC, 66-72 at #7 UCLA, 74-83 OT at #6 Stanford, 60-63	at Cal
13. Florida St (231)	Wake Forest, 78-67	at Duke, 64-66	at Georgia Tech
14. DePaul (192)	Butler, 89-60 Xavier, 97-65 at Georgetown, 87-69	--	at Villanova
15. Gonzaga (172)	San Francisco, 56-38 Santa Clara, 53-46 at Loyola Marymount, 75-47	--	at Pepperdine
16. S. Dakota (162)	Western Illinois, 88-51 at Oral Roberts, 77-73 N. Dakota St, 96-57	--	at S. Dakota St
17. Iowa (160)	Wisconsin, 97-72	at #11 Maryland, 59-93	Penn St
18. Northwestern (147)	Michigan St, 85-55 at Michigan, 66-60 Nebraska, 60-56 Rutgers, 82-65	--	at Wisconsin
19. Princeton (106)	at Yale, 55-39 at Brown, 85-48 Harvard, 66-45	--	Dartmouth
20. Indiana (101)	at Illinois, 59-54	Ohio St, 76-80	at Minnesota
21. Missouri St (90)	Southern Illinois, 88-57 Evansville, 76-62	--	Indiana St
22. Arizona St (73)	Washington St, 62-59 Washington, 72-68 at Colorado, 65-59	--	at Utah
23. Kentucky (65)	#8 Mississippi St, 73-62 at Ole Miss, 94-52	--	#1 S. Carolina
24. Texas A&M (60)	Vanderbilt, 74-53 at Tennessee, 73-71 at Georgia, 64-47	--	Auburn
25. FGCU (56)	Stetson, 67-54 at Lipscomb, 78-45 at Kennesaw St, 89-64	--	at NJIT
RV. Arkansas (44)	at Ole Miss, 108-64 Tennessee, 83-75	--	at Florida
RV. LSU (24)	Missouri, 66-58 Tennessee, 75-65	at Auburn, 60-65 at #1 S. Carolina, 48-63	Georgia
RV. Tennessee (21)	--	at LSU, 65-75 Texas A&M, 71-73 at Arkansas, 75-83	Vanderbilt
RV. TCU (10)	Iowa St, 82-72 at Kansas St, 54-52	at #3 Baylor, 62-81	Oklahoma St

Other 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 #8 (Feb. 10)
• BY25 poll #7 (Jan. 27)
• 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

 

[triaddukefan]

Any precedent for a team with double digits losses being ranked?

 

[TheFarmFan]

Any precedent for a team with double digits losses being ranked?

Happens most years by the end of the season. Stanford was ranked 15th in the AP late in the 2017-18 season with 10 losses. It was a season when we were missing Brittany McPhee and Dijonai Carrington early in the season to injuries (and thus accumulated a number of uncharacteristic losses), and then we upset-swept both Oregon and Oregon State in their houses, so it was undeniable we were much better in February than we had been in those losses in November.

Insofar as this is the first year of the BY Poll, yes, technically speaking, probably unprecedented!

 

[Plebe]

Updated the table to reflect all games through Saturday.
Over half of these teams will be in action tomorrow.

Team (points) <#1>	Wins	Losses	Feb. 23 games
1. S. Carolina (464) <17>	#4 UConn, 70-52 Auburn, 79-53 Vanderbilt, 95-44 LSU, 63-48	--	at #23 Kentucky
2. Oregon (440) <1>	at #7 UCLA, 80-66 at USC, 93-67 at Cal, 93-61	--	--
3. Baylor (437) <1>	TCU, 81-62 at Oklahoma St, 69-42 at Texas Tech, 77-62 Oklahoma, 101-69	--	--
4. UConn (389)	at S. Florida, 67-47 Tulane, 74-31 UCF, 66-53	at #1 S. Carolina, 52-70	--
5. NC State (378)	at Miami, 50-48	#9 Louisville, 59-66 Georgia Tech, 61-65	--
6. Stanford (364)	at Utah, 97-64 at Colorado, 69-66 #12 Oregon St, 63-60	--	--
7. UCLA (350)	#12 Oregon St, 83-74 OT at Washington St, 70-62	#2 Oregon, 66-80	at Washington
8. Mississippi St (349)	at Auburn, 92-85 OT	at #23 Kentucky, 62-73	Alabama
9. Louisville (291)	at #5 NC State, 66-59 Notre Dame, 82-49 at Georgia Tech, 58-47	--	at Pitt
10. Arizona (279)	Washington, 64-53 Washington St, 72-57 at Utah, 85-69	--	at Colorado
11. Maryland (268)	#17 Iowa, 93-59 at Penn St, 106-69 at Wisconsin, 85-56	--	--
12. Oregon St (259)	--	at USC, 66-72 at #7 UCLA, 74-83 OT at #6 Stanford, 60-63	at Cal
13. Florida St (231)	Wake Forest, 78-67	at Duke, 64-66	at Georgia Tech
14. DePaul (192)	Butler, 89-60 Xavier, 97-65 at Georgetown, 87-69	--	at Villanova
15. Gonzaga (172)	San Francisco, 56-38 Santa Clara, 53-46 at Loyola Marymount, 75-47 at Pepperdine, 64-50	--	--
16. S. Dakota (162)	Western Illinois, 88-51 at Oral Roberts, 77-73 N. Dakota St, 96-57 at S. Dakota St, 77-67	--	--
17. Iowa (160)	Wisconsin, 97-72 Penn St, 100-57	at #11 Maryland, 59-93	--
18. Northwestern (147)	Michigan St, 85-55 at Michigan, 66-60 Nebraska, 60-56 Rutgers, 82-65 at Wisconsin, 82-66	--	--
19. Princeton (106)	at Yale, 55-39 at Brown, 85-48 Harvard, 66-45 Dartmouth, 87-55	--	--
20. Indiana (101)	at Illinois, 59-54 at Minnesota, 75-69	Ohio St, 76-80	--
21. Missouri St (90)	S. Illinois, 88-57 Evansville, 76-62	--	Indiana St
22. Arizona St (73)	Washington St, 62-59 Washington, 72-68 at Colorado, 65-59	--	at Utah
23. Kentucky (65)	#8 Mississippi St, 73-62 at Ole Miss, 94-52	--	#1 S. Carolina
24. Texas A&M (60)	Vanderbilt, 74-53 at Tennessee, 73-71 at Georgia, 64-47	--	Auburn
25. FGCU (56)	Stetson, 67-54 at Lipscomb, 78-45 at Kennesaw St, 89-64 at NJIT, 68-39	--	--
RV. Arkansas (44)	at Ole Miss, 108-64 Tennessee, 83-75	--	at Florida
RV. LSU (24)	Missouri, 66-58 Tennessee, 75-65	at Auburn, 60-65 at #1 S. Carolina, 48-63	Georgia
RV. Tennessee (21)	--	at LSU, 65-75 Texas A&M, 71-73 at Arkansas, 75-83	Vanderbilt
RV. TCU (10)	Iowa St, 82-72 at Kansas St, 54-52	at #3 Baylor, 62-81	Oklahoma St

 

[triaddukefan]

Insofar as this is the first year of the BY Poll, yes, technically speaking, probably unprecedented!

Might be time to set a precedent..

 

[Plebe]

Might be time to set a precedent..

Yeah, I'm thinking of voting for Notre Dame as well.

 

[triaddukefan]

Yeah, I'm thinking of voting for Notre Dame as well.

You might get barred from voting in the poll you created.

 

[Lorcan]

You might get barred from voting in the poll you created.

It’s a good thing then, none of us get to see who Plebe voted for. For all we know, you might be the one secretly voting for North Carolina on this upcoming ballot.

 

[triaddukefan]

It’s a good thing then, none of us get to see who Plebe voted for. For all we know, you might be the one secretly voting for North Carolina on this upcoming ballot.

I'd eat raw eggs and broccoli for a week before I put them on a ballot

 

[Plebe]

I'd eat raw eggs and broccoli for a week before I put them on a ballot

Oh, I thought maybe that was the double-digit-loss team you were thinking of voting for. I was about to commend you for your objectivity

 

[TerpWomenFan]

Going to be a rough morning with all these upsets.

 

[Plebe]

All games involving our BY25 teams have been completed.

Nine of the 16 teams in action today lost.

(If you see any errors, please let me know.)

Team (points) <#1>	Wins	Losses
1. S. Carolina (464) <17>	#4 UConn, 70-52 Auburn, 79-53 Vanderbilt, 95-44 LSU, 63-48 at #23 Kentucky, 67-58	--
2. Oregon (440) <1>	at #7 UCLA, 80-66 at USC, 93-67 at Cal, 93-61	--
3. Baylor (437) <1>	TCU, 81-62 at Oklahoma St, 69-42 at Texas Tech, 77-62 Oklahoma, 101-69	--
4. UConn (389)	at S. Florida, 67-47 Tulane, 74-31 UCF, 66-53	at #1 S. Carolina, 52-70
5. NC State (378)	at Miami, 50-48	#9 Louisville, 59-66 Georgia Tech, 61-65
6. Stanford (364)	at Utah, 97-64 at Colorado, 69-66 #12 Oregon St, 63-60	--
7. UCLA (350)	#12 Oregon St, 83-74 OT at Washington St, 70-62	#2 Oregon, 66-80 at Washington, 68-74
8. Mississippi St (349)	at Auburn, 92-85 OT	at #23 Kentucky, 62-73 Alabama, 64-66
9. Louisville (291)	at #5 NC State, 66-59 Notre Dame, 82-49 at Georgia Tech, 58-47 at Pitt, 79-47	--
10. Arizona (279)	Washington, 64-53 Washington St, 72-57 at Utah, 85-69	at Colorado, 38-50
11. Maryland (268)	#17 Iowa, 93-59 at Penn St, 106-69 at Wisconsin, 85-56	--
12. Oregon St (259)	at Cal, 76-63	at USC, 66-72 at #7 UCLA, 74-83 OT at #6 Stanford, 60-63
13. Florida St (231)	Wake Forest, 78-67	at Duke, 64-66 at Georgia Tech, 62-65
14. DePaul (192)	Butler, 89-60 Xavier, 97-65 at Georgetown, 87-69	at Villanova, 58-76
15. Gonzaga (172)	San Francisco, 56-38 Santa Clara, 53-46 at Loyola Marymount, 75-47 at Pepperdine, 64-50	--
16. S. Dakota (162)	Western Illinois, 88-51 at Oral Roberts, 77-73 N. Dakota St, 96-57 at S. Dakota St, 77-67	--
17. Iowa (160)	Wisconsin, 97-72 Penn St, 100-57	at #11 Maryland, 59-93
18. Northwestern (147)	Michigan St, 85-55 at Michigan, 66-60 Nebraska, 60-56 Rutgers, 82-65 at Wisconsin, 82-66	--
19. Princeton (106)	at Yale, 55-39 at Brown, 85-48 Harvard, 66-45 Dartmouth, 87-55	--
20. Indiana (101)	at Illinois, 59-54 at Minnesota, 75-69	Ohio St, 76-80
21. Missouri St (90)	S. Illinois, 88-57 Evansville, 76-62 Indiana St, 82-58	--
22. Arizona St (73)	Washington St, 62-59 Washington, 72-68 at Colorado, 65-59	at Utah, 71-75
23. Kentucky (65)	#8 Mississippi St, 73-62 at Ole Miss, 94-52	#1 S. Carolina, 58-67
24. Texas A&M (60)	Vanderbilt, 74-53 at Tennessee, 73-71 at Georgia, 64-47 Auburn, 84-54	--
25. FGCU (56)	Stetson, 67-54 at Lipscomb, 78-45 at Kennesaw St, 89-64 at NJIT, 68-39	--
RV. Arkansas (44)	at Ole Miss, 108-64 Tennessee, 83-75	at Florida, 80-83
RV. LSU (24)	Missouri, 66-58 Tennessee, 75-65	at Auburn, 60-65 at #1 S. Carolina, 48-63 Georgia, 73-56
RV. Tennessee (21)	Vanderbilt, 67-63	at LSU, 65-75 Texas A&M, 71-73 at Arkansas, 75-83
RV. TCU (10)	Iowa St, 82-72 at Kansas St, 54-52 Oklahoma St, 49-37	at #3 Baylor, 62-81

 

[Plebe]

Going to be a rough morning with all these upsets.

I'll be headed to my neighborhood coffee shop to try and make sense of what just happened.

 

[Plebe]

Ballots have started to roll in. Deadline is in about 12 hours, at 11 a.m. tomorrow.

Just a note: This will probably be the penultimate poll of the season. How time flies...

 

[SECbbfan24]

I'll be headed to my neighborhood coffee shop to try and make sense of what just happened.

You might need an extra shot tomorrow

 

[Plebe]

Results are now posted.

Also, please vote on when our next BY25 poll(s) should be scheduled. With conference tournaments just one week away, and Selection Monday three weeks away, I'd like to know everyone's opinions.

BY25 poll #9 results — and when should our next poll(s) be?

Please respond to the above question to indicate your preference. Our usual 2-week interval would put our next poll at March 9, which would be after the Pac-12, Big Ten, SEC and ACC have completed their tournaments. Some people may feel that interest in top 25 rankings tends to wane as...

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[Plebe]

Cross-posting this from the main board to ensure all voters are aware:

It appears we have a clear winner: more than twice as many votes for "both (A) and (C)" as for any other option.

In that case, our next poll (#10) will be this coming Monday, March 2.

And then poll #11 will be on March 16, after conference tournaments are over.