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Message: [QUOTE="visitingcock, post: 5097592, member: 6872"] Nobody "deserves" to be unanimous #1 in an opinion poll. I agree about Iowa as a top 25. I cannot say that the two pollsters who voted for UConn are wrong. Yes, we worked UConn over last year, butt his is a prediction vote for this year - not last year. Much will have changed by the time we meet and the February winner may well not be the eventual champ. And, the eventual champ might not be the "best" team. (See backdooor champs SCar in 2017 and LSU in 2023) The U$C vote may be from a West Coast pollster who has cast votes in opposition to us several times in the last couple of years Though she has reverse herself in the final voting. No problem with her opinion. Someday, she will be right. It's opinion that is arguable. Have fun with it. If I was assured of UConn's health, I might even vote for them as No. 1 in my mind - but not my heart. SCar's low post is a legitimate question mark. Can Dawn win through with almost-positionless basketball? We could lose to many other teams on our schedule of: UCLA, NC State, Iowa State, Texas twice, LSU, Oklahoma and some lesser pre-season ranked SEC teams. Heck, Mizzou almost always is a straight razor, back alley brawl. [/QUOTE]