*Call for ballots*: BY25 poll #4 (ballots due Mon., Jan. 4 at 11a ET)

[Plebe]

The 4th biweekly edition of the 2020-21 Boneyard Top 25 poll — and the first of the 2021 calendar year — is rapidly approaching.

Ballots are due to me, via private message, by 11:00 a.m. ET on Monday, Jan. 4. (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, Jan. 3.

Some notes and reminders:

• Early ballots are generally not allowed, unless accompanied by instructions for contingency scenarios. All ballots need to reflect the same body of work, i.e., all games played through Sunday.
• Please double-check your ballot for inadvertently repeated teams. This error is all too easy to make but none too easy to catch. Here's a tip: Once you think you have your final rankings, copy them into Word or Excel or a similar program, and then sort the team names alphabetically. This should make it readily apparent if any team is listed twice.
• Full ballots (of 25 teams) are strongly 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.
• All voters are welcome regardless of fan base affiliation. The only requirement is to have a Boneyard account. Also, there is no requirement to have participated in previous polls.

 

[Plebe]

As an aid to voters, the results for BY25 teams since the most recent poll of Dec. 21 are shown below, along with the games still to be played today. Please remember that ballots should reflect all games played through today.

(If you notice any mistakes or omissions, please let me know and I will correct.)

Team (points) <#1>	Wins	Losses	Jan. 3 games
1. Stanford (532) <14>	at #10 UCLA, 61-49 at #7 Arizona, 81-54	--	at Arizona St
2. Louisville (514) <4>	at Duke, 73-49 N. Kentucky, 74-64 Bellarmine, 97-46	--	--
3. NC State (490) <2>	at Georgia Tech, 84-75	--	Boston College
4. UConn (482) <1>	at Villanova, 90-52 #20 DePaul, 75-52	--	--
5. South Carolina (465)	Florida, 75-59	--	--
6. Oregon (433) <1>	Washington St, 69-65 USC, 92-69	--	#10 UCLA
7. Arizona (402)	Idaho, 96-42	#1 Stanford, 54-81	Cal
8. Baylor (402)	at TCU, 74-50	--	--
9. Texas A&M (340)	Northwestern St, 112-26	--	at Florida
10. UCLA (337)	--	#1 Stanford, 49-61	at #6 Oregon
11. Arkansas (309)	Arkansas Pine Bluff, 86-52	at #13 Kentucky, 64-75	Missouri
12. Maryland (291)	at Penn St, 96-82	--	--
13. Kentucky (257)	#11 Arkansas, 75-64	--	at #14 Mississippi St
14. Mississippi St (255)	at Georgia, 69-62	--	#13 Kentucky
15. Northwestern (240)	E. Kentucky, 79-50	at Nebraska, 63-65	#16 Michigan
16. Michigan (166)	Wisconsin, 92-49	--	at #15 Northwestern
17. South Florida (150)	at Cincinnati, 73-61 at Tulsa, 63-35 East Carolina, 71-58	--	--
18. Texas (142)	at Kansas St, 62-52 Lamar, 77-49	--	Iowa St
19. Ohio St (125)	--	--	--
20. DePaul (122)	at Creighton, 90-81	at #4 UConn, 52-75	--
21. Indiana (105)	at Minnesota, 75-54 Illinois, 79-56	--	--
22. Gonzaga (81)	(n) N. Alabama, 87-57 at Loyola Marymount, 65-62 at Pepperdine, 58-42 St. Mary's, 69-37	--	--
23. Syracuse (70)	--	--	at Virginia Tech
24. Iowa (50)	W. Illinois, 92-65 Rutgers, 90-84	--	at Illinois
25. Michigan St (49)	Oakland, 94-56	--	at Purdue
RV. South Dakota St (43)	at Montana St, 82-67 Northern Iowa, 74-63	--	--
RV. Missouri St (30)	--	--	--
RV. Clemson (21)	--	--	at Miami
RV. Arizona St (20)	Cal, 56-53		#1 Stanford
RV. Tennessee (18)	Lipscomb, 77-52	--	--
RV. Washington St (14)	E. Washington, 73-52 at Utah, 79-74	#8 Oregon, 65-69	at Colorado
RV. Villanova (13)	--	#4 UConn, 52-90	--
RV. Iowa St (12)	Drake, 85-67	--	at #18 Texas
RV. Oregon St (11)	--	--	--
RV. Rutgers (10)	Manhattan, 84-41	at #24 Iowa, 84-90	at Nebraska
RV. Georgia (9)	Appalachian St, 107-44	#14 Mississippi St, 62-69	at Auburn
RV. North Carolina (6)	--	--	--

 

[triaddukefan]

welp.... my curse is real.... I hyped Clemson up when the last poll took place.... and they go ahead and lose today

 

[Tonyc]

1. Uconn
2. Stanford
3. Louisville
4. NC State
5. Oregon
6. S Carolina
7. Baylor
8. UCLA
9. Maryland
10. Kentucky
11 Arizona
12 Texas A&M
13 Arkansas
14 Maryland
15 Miss ST
16 South Florida
17 Michigan
18 Texas
19 Ohio ST
20. Syracuse
21 Indiana
22 Iowa
23 Gonzaga
24 Michigan st
25 South Dakota

 

[Plebe]

1. Uconn
2. Stanford
3. Louisville
4. NC State
5. Oregon
6. S Carolina
7. Baylor
8. UCLA
9. Maryland
10. Kentucky
11 Arizona
12 Texas A&M
13 Arkansas
14 Maryland
15 Miss ST
16 South Florida
17 Michigan
18 Texas
19 Ohio ST
20. Syracuse
21 Indiana
22 Iowa
23 Gonzaga
24 Michigan st
25 South Dakota

Tony, thanks for your ballot. You're more than welcome to share your ballot publicly, but most voters send it to me in a private message instead. Whatever way you're most comfortable with

 

[Lorcan]

Tony, thanks for your ballot. You're more than welcome to share your ballot publicly, but most voters send it to me in a private message instead. Whatever way you're most comfortable with

You might find yourself saying the following to other posters like myself.

 

[Tonyc]

Im still learning thanks guys

 

[Plebe]

Updating the results table to reflect Sunday's results:

Team (points) <#1>	Wins	Losses
1. Stanford (532) <14>	at #10 UCLA, 61-49 at #7 Arizona, 81-54 at Arizona St, 68-60	--
2. Louisville (514) <4>	at Duke, 73-49 N. Kentucky, 74-64 Bellarmine, 97-46	--
3. NC State (490) <2>	at Georgia Tech, 84-75 Boston College, 76-57	--
4. UConn (482) <1>	at Villanova, 90-52 #20 DePaul, 75-52	--
5. South Carolina (465)	Florida, 75-59	--
6. Oregon (433) <1>	Washington St, 69-65 USC, 92-69	#10 UCLA, 71-73
7. Arizona (402)	Idaho, 96-42 Cal, 69-33	#1 Stanford, 54-81
8. Baylor (402)	at TCU, 74-50	--
9. Texas A&M (340)	Northwestern St, 112-26 at Florida, 92-67	--
10. UCLA (337)	at #6 Oregon, 73-71	#1 Stanford, 49-61
11. Arkansas (309)	Arkansas Pine Bluff, 86-52 Missouri, 91-88	at #13 Kentucky, 64-75
12. Maryland (291)	at Penn St, 96-82	--
13. Kentucky (257)	#11 Arkansas, 75-64 at #14 Mississippi St, 92-86 OT	--
14. Mississippi St (255)	at Georgia, 69-62	#13 Kentucky, 86-92 OT
15. Northwestern (240)	E. Kentucky, 79-50	at Nebraska, 63-65 #16 Michigan, 63-84
16. Michigan (166)	Wisconsin, 92-49 at #15 Northwestern, 84-63	--
17. South Florida (150)	at Cincinnati, 73-61 at Tulsa, 63-35 East Carolina, 71-58	--
18. Texas (142)	at Kansas St, 62-52 Lamar, 77-49 Iowa St, 74-59	--
19. Ohio St (125)	--	--
20. DePaul (122)	at Creighton, 90-81	at #4 UConn, 52-75
21. Indiana (105)	at Minnesota, 75-54 Illinois, 79-56	--
22. Gonzaga (81)	(n) N. Alabama, 87-57 at Loyola Marymount, 65-62 at Pepperdine, 58-42 St. Mary's, 69-37	--
23. Syracuse (70)	--	--
24. Iowa (50)	W. Illinois, 92-65 Rutgers, 90-84 at Illinois, 107-68	--
25. Michigan St (49)	Oakland, 94-56 at Purdue, 71-64	--
RV. South Dakota St (43)	at Montana St, 82-67 Northern Iowa, 74-63	--
RV. Missouri St (30)	--	--
RV. Clemson (21)	--	at Miami, 71-80
RV. Arizona St (20)	Cal, 56-53	#1 Stanford, 60-68
RV. Tennessee (18)	Lipscomb, 77-52	--
RV. Washington St (14)	E. Washington, 73-52 at Utah, 79-74 at Colorado, 76-63	#8 Oregon, 65-69
RV. Villanova (13)	--	#4 UConn, 52-90
RV. Iowa St (12)	Drake, 85-67	at #18 Texas, 59-74
RV. Oregon St (11)	--	--
RV. Rutgers (10)	Manhattan, 84-41	at #24 Iowa, 84-90 at Nebraska, 50-53
RV. Georgia (9)	Appalachian St, 107-44 at Georgia, 76-44	#14 Mississippi St, 62-69
RV. North Carolina (6)	--	--

 

[LowkeyX]

Im still learning thanks guys

Hey Tonyc, just a friendly note... you have MD in there twice at #9 & #14

 

[Plebe]

Hey Tonyc, just a friendly note... you have MD in there twice at #9 & #14

Thank you @LowkeyX !

Maybe I should start requiring all ballots to be posted here. That way these anomalies can be caught more timely by the extra eyes!

Tony, this is quite the common mistake. Seemingly in every poll we have at least one or two repeaters. Please submit your revised ballot by the 11 am deadline

 

[j66kicker]

Updating the results table to reflect Sunday's results:

Team (points) <#1>	Wins	Losses
1. Stanford (532) <14>	at #10 UCLA, 61-49 at #7 Arizona, 81-54 at Arizona St, 68-60	--
2. Louisville (514) <4>	at Duke, 73-49 N. Kentucky, 74-64 Bellarmine, 97-46	--
3. NC State (490) <2>	at Georgia Tech, 84-75 Boston College, 76-57	--
4. UConn (482) <1>	at Villanova, 90-52 #20 DePaul, 75-52	--
5. South Carolina (465)	Florida, 75-59	--
6. Oregon (433) <1>	Washington St, 69-65 USC, 92-69	#10 UCLA, 71-73
7. Arizona (402)	Idaho, 96-42 Cal, 69-33	#1 Stanford, 54-81
8. Baylor (402)	at TCU, 74-50	--
9. Texas A&M (340)	Northwestern St, 112-26 at Florida, 92-67	--
10. UCLA (337)	at #6 Oregon, 73-71	#1 Stanford, 49-61
11. Arkansas (309)	Arkansas Pine Bluff, 86-52 Missouri, 91-88	at #13 Kentucky, 64-75
12. Maryland (291)	at Penn St, 96-82	--
13. Kentucky (257)	#11 Arkansas, 75-64 at #14 Mississippi St, 92-86 OT	--
14. Mississippi St (255)	at Georgia, 69-62	#13 Kentucky, 86-92 OT
15. Northwestern (240)	E. Kentucky, 79-50	at Nebraska, 63-65 #16 Michigan, 63-84
16. Michigan (166)	Wisconsin, 92-49 at #15 Northwestern, 84-63	--
17. South Florida (150)	at Cincinnati, 73-61 at Tulsa, 63-35 East Carolina, 71-58	--
18. Texas (142)	at Kansas St, 62-52 Lamar, 77-49 Iowa St, 74-59	--
19. Ohio St (125)	--	--
20. DePaul (122)	at Creighton, 90-81	at #4 UConn, 52-75
21. Indiana (105)	at Minnesota, 75-54 Illinois, 79-56	--
22. Gonzaga (81)	(n) N. Alabama, 87-57 at Loyola Marymount, 65-62 at Pepperdine, 58-42 St. Mary's, 69-37	--
23. Syracuse (70)	--	--
24. Iowa (50)	W. Illinois, 92-65 Rutgers, 90-84 at Illinois, 107-68	--
25. Michigan St (49)	Oakland, 94-56 at Purdue, 71-64	--
RV. South Dakota St (43)	at Montana St, 82-67 Northern Iowa, 74-63	--
RV. Missouri St (30)	--	--
RV. Clemson (21)	--	at Miami, 71-80
RV. Arizona St (20)	Cal, 56-53	#1 Stanford, 60-68
RV. Tennessee (18)	Lipscomb, 77-52	--
RV. Washington St (14)	E. Washington, 73-52 at Utah, 79-74 at Colorado, 76-63	#8 Oregon, 65-69
RV. Villanova (13)	--	#4 UConn, 52-90
RV. Iowa St (12)	Drake, 85-67	at #18 Texas, 59-74
RV. Oregon St (11)	--	--
RV. Rutgers (10)	Manhattan, 84-41	at #24 Iowa, 84-90 at Nebraska, 50-53
RV. Georgia (9)	Appalachian St, 107-44 at Georgia, 76-44	#14 Mississippi St, 62-69
RV. North Carolina (6)	--	--

Thanks a bunch for doing this - saves a ton of work. I can’t believe how many of these games I actually watched - or watched meaningful chunks of. Especially today, during all the playoff-deciding NFL games.

 

[LowkeyX]

Thank you @LowkeyX !

Maybe I should start requiring all ballots to be posted here. That way these anomalies can be caught more timely by the extra eyes!

Tony, this is quite the common mistake. Seemingly in every poll we have at least one or two repeaters. Please submit your revised ballot by the 11 am deadline

No problem! @Plebe... working on my ballot now & I must admit, it gets tough after #6! I have Baylor moving up to #6 & Texas A&M at #7 but I still don’t feel like they’re the 7th best team in the country. & then KY moves up to #8 to me by default b/c of the two big ranked wins but I don’t think they’ll end up there by season’s end... good & deep team but not the 8th best team in my opinion.

 

[triaddukefan]

A few unanswered questions

1. If a poster ranks a team with a losing record.... or has ended their season.... will that vote get tossed?

2. Division I schools only ??

 

[mbr33ct]

@Tonyc post clears up who that one AP voter is/was that voted for UConn #1.

 

[Plebe]

Last call for ballots; they are due in one hour

 

[Vowelguy]

 

[Lorcan]

I am pleased to share with you the entirely accurate results of the latest Boneyard Top 25 that Plebe asked me to share.

1. Duke
2. Nicholls State
3. High Point
4. whaaaa did @triaddukefan hack my account?
5. Denver (Doshia Woods is fabulous, and has a fantastic story.)
6. South Carolina
7. Tennessee
8. Quinnipiac (okay, okay, they did just knock off previously unbeaten Marist in OT!)
9. William but not Mary
10. Central Arkansas

You'll have to wait for the rest, but I have it on good authority that UConn got at least one first place vote, yet didn't end up ranked in the top spot.

 

[Argonaut]

I am pleased to share with you the entirely accurate results of the latest Boneyard Top 25 that Plebe asked me to share.

1. Duke
2. Nicholls State
3. High Point
4. whaaaa did @triaddukefan hack my account?
5. Denver (Doshia Woods is fabulous, and has a fantastic story.)
6. South Carolina
7. Tennessee
8. Quinnipiac (okay, okay, they did just knock off previously unbeaten Marist in OT!)
9. William but not Mary
10. Central Arkansas

You'll have to wait for the rest, but I have it on good authority that UConn got at least one first place vote, yet didn't end up ranked in the top spot.

I think my University of Providence Argonauts should crack the top 10 now. They just bested the Orediggers of Montana Tech 85-81 for their first win of the season. Parker Esary showing why she’s an All American with 21 pts and 12 reb.

 

[LETTERL]

I am pleased to share with you the entirely accurate results of the latest Boneyard Top 25 that Plebe asked me to share.

1. Duke
2. Nicholls State
3. High Point
4. whaaaa did @triaddukefan hack my account?
5. Denver (Doshia Woods is fabulous, and has a fantastic story.)
6. South Carolina
7. Tennessee
8. Quinnipiac (okay, okay, they did just knock off previously unbeaten Marist in OT!)
9. William but not Mary
10. Central Arkansas

You'll have to wait for the rest, but I have it on good authority that UConn got at least one first place vote, yet didn't end up ranked in the top spot.

Outstanding!

 

[Plebe]

Well it's been a rather eventful day with some unforeseen setbacks and pitfalls.

A certain influential windbag, who shall remain nameless, took up an inordinate portion of my day with impertinent phone calls claiming voter fraud and demanding that a certain team be credited with enough votes to place it first.

I've now relocated to a bunker in an undisclosed location so as to proceed unmolested with the tally.

 

[triaddukefan]

Well it's been a rather eventful day with some unforeseen setbacks and pitfalls.

A certain influential windbag, who shall remain nameless, took up an inordinate portion of my day with impertinent phone calls claiming voter fraud and demanding that a certain team be credited with enough votes to place it first.

I've now relocated to a bunker in an undisclosed location so as to proceed unmolested with the tally.

 

[Bigboote]

I think my University of Providence Argonauts should crack the top 10 now. They just bested the Orediggers of Montana Tech 85-81 for their first win of the season. Parker Esary showing why she’s an All American with 21 pts and 12 reb.

I had no idea that the Providence you cite in your avatar and your moniker were related. Do you know, how did a Roman Catholic university wind up with teams named after characters from Greek mythology?

 

[Bigboote]

Well it's been a rather eventful day with some unforeseen setbacks and pitfalls.

A certain influential windbag, who shall remain nameless, took up an inordinate portion of my day with impertinent phone calls claiming voter fraud and demanding that a certain team be credited with enough votes to place it first.

I've now relocated to a bunker in an undisclosed location so as to proceed unmolested with the tally.

Well, I guess we know who won’t be carving the Roast Beest this year.

 

[Zanzman]

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Funny you were my first thought

 

[Argonaut]

I had no idea that the Providence you cite in your avatar and your moniker were related. Do you know, how did a Roman Catholic university wind up with teams named after characters from Greek mythology?

No idea, but the irony was not lost on the English and history majors. We asked, but no one seemed to have any real answer, but we joked that it was because Carroll College (our rival university in Helena) had already staked claim on the Fighting Saints.

But the university community, religious and otherwise, has zero qualms with it. Go figure. When the university was renamed a few years ago (from the University of Great Falls to the University of Providence), all of the polling showed that the Argonaut name was the thing people were most connected to.