Ranking Prediction

[DefenseBB]

Ok, so when looking at the AP Poll, you need to keep in mind the points, not just the Rank #. Indiana was 1 point behind LSU so will the voters be less impressed with LSU's two palty victories this week to swap the two teams? Below is last week's poll and 11 of the 25 ranked teams lost this past week, including all teams from 8-12. UConn had a big point lead on #6 Iowa so despite the loss, I think they still stay ahead of Iowa (who won two impressive games this week, while Utah struggled in their 2 games this week.
1. SC
2. Indiana
3. LSU
4. UConn
5. Stanford
6. Iowa
7. Utah
Last, Duke might jump up to #10- a huge jump but well earned (Yes, I am trying to curry favor with a certain Triad WCBB fan! )

 

[visitingcock]

My personal rankings

1. South Carolina (23-0)
2. Indiana (22-1)
3. UConn (21-3)
4. LSU (23-0)
5. Iowa (19-4)
6. Utah (20-2)
7. Stanford (22-3)
8. Maryland (19-5)
9. Duke (20-3)
10. Notre Dame (18-4)

AP prediction
1. South Carolina
2. LSU
3. Indiana
4. UConn
5. Iowa
6. Stanford
7. Utah
8. Maryland
9. ?
10. ?

As many said before, LSU will be #2 so they can hype a #1 vs. #2 showdown. UConn should move up b/c how tough they played SC, but if Iowa jumps to 4 I wouldn’t be surprised. Stanford should drop considerably b/c of a bad loss to Washington. USC was a more respectable loss. MD should stay idle at 8 b/c the Ohio State blowout evens out the Iowa loss. #9 & #10 is anybody’s guess b/c ND (9), Ohio St (10), UNC (11) & Iowa St (12) all lost & VA Tech (13) only played once this week beating Syracuse.

Iowa. Iowa deserves no more than 8th. They only have two more Quad wins than losses UConn has seven. Stanford has six. Indiana has six Utah has seven.

LSU has 4. Just because Iowa scores a lot of points people want to rate them highly. there’s more to the game than scoring points.

 

[darrell]

The AP voters are sportswriters. They don’t care about ESPN rankings

But we all want to see a #1 vs. #2 Women’s Basketball game, am I right? It’s all the name of growing the game. I guess we’ll see tomorrow.

 

[Bone Dog]

The only ranking I care about now is NET, and we were already #2 before this game. Stanford took a big hit today from the "other huskies," and this may help us get either the #2 or #3 overall seed. This would mean we'd have a shot at meeting SC in the NC game.

 

[90BSEE]

Are you serious? We beat Iowa. Utah - I don't think so.
But you are allowed your opinion.

Very. We are talking about sports writers. I have no faith in them. We lost and Iowa and Utah didn't. That is all they need to drop us. We'll see...

 

[MilfordHusky]

I think Indiana should be #2. They have a nice record in a good conference, though they play 4 ranked teams in their final 5 games. If they run the table, I'll be very impressed, though they could lose 2 of 3 of them.

That was another bad loss for Stanford. They got out-rebounded and lost to a mediocre Washington team. I'm not impressed.

LSU struggled against a bad TAMU team. They have yet to prove anything, because the SEC is uncharacteristically weak. Somehow the schedulers have them playing Tennessee and S. Carolina only once each. Travesty!

I'd go:

1. S. Carolina
2. Indiana
3. UConn
4. LSU
5. Stanford
6. Iowa

 

[JellyBean]

South Carolina
LSU
Indiana
Utah
UConn

 

[Bone Dog]

In the AP we’ll end up at #3. The Stanford, tOSU, UCLA and ND losses will clear away all the noise. It’s just SC, UConn, IU, LSU, Duke MD and Stanford who still look like top teams. And the sportswriters already have enough doubts about LSU to keep them out of the very top. But they’ll put IU ahead of us just to be standoffish.

The more interesting question is who gets #4. I think they won’t reward LSU, and it will go to Stanford.

 

[Boreifs]

Massey today is:
SC
UConn
LSU
IU
Stanford

 

[Mrhoops33]

UConn stays at 5

 

[CL82]

More interesting question, in my opinion is, what would they have done if we’d won? Would they have jumped us up at the top of the list? Interestingly, I think a close loss probably does just about the same thing as a close win. I feel pretty confident it’s at least within five pole positions in any event.

 

[DefenseBB]

South Carolina
LSU
Indiana
Utah
UConn

Utah #4? The Utes who barely squeaked by both middling Oregon teams this weekend? Do you even watch the games? Utah has been struggling the last few weeks and will not even finish 2nd in the PAC this year…

 

[Urshurak]

I think it depends on how they view the Stanford loss (to an unranked team) and UConn's loss, to the #1 ranked team.

I think:

1. SC
2. LSU
3. Indiana
4. UConn (It would be possible for UConn to move up with a loss)
5. Stanford (Stanford may even fall further......)

of course, I may be way off base here......

 

[OldSchooler]

I think Iowa might replace Stanford in the Top 5, I also think those voting would love to see a #1 South Carolina vs #2 LSU game next Sunday, winner taking control of the SEC rankings. It’d be great for marketing, especially with the Super Bowl being the talk of that day.

I seem to recall that someone, using the same logic, predicted that UConn would be rated #2 in advance of the SC-UConn game. Didn't happen, for good reason. Yes, this will be a battle of the unbeatens, but I don't think LSU will come close to the showing UConn made yesterday.

 

[dabears17]

Utah #4? The Utes who barely squeaked by both middling Oregon teams this weekend? Do you even watch the games? Utah has been struggling the last few weeks and will not even finish 2nd in the PAC this year…

Utah is tied for first in the PAC12 right now. Who do you think finish ahead of them? Four of their last 6 games are at home. Arizona needed double OT to beat an unranked team and OT to beat UCLA.

 

[Tonyc]

My predictions

My rankings

1. South Carolina (23-0)
2. Indiana (22-1)
3. UConn (21-3)
4. Utah (20-2)
5. Stanford (20-3)
6. Utah

AP rankings
1. South Carolina
2. LSU
3. Indiana
4. UConn
5. Stanford
6. Utah

 

[MSGRET]

My predictions

My rankings

1. South Carolina (23-0)
2. Indiana (22-1)
3. UConn (21-3)
4. Utah (20-2)
5. Stanford (20-3)
6. Utah

AP rankings
1. South Carolina
2. LSU
3. Indiana
4. UConn
5. Stanford
6. Utah

So is the #4 rank for the starting 5 and the # 6 rank the bench?

 

[Cornell Lt]

	Record	Pts	Prv
1. South Carolina (28)	23-0	700	1
2. Indiana	22-1	649	4
3. LSU	23-0	643	3
4. UConn	21-3	611	5
5. Iowa	19-4	569	6
6. Stanford	22-3	568	2
7. Utah	20-2	543	7
8. Maryland	19-5	509	8
9. Duke	20-3	448	16
10. Notre Dame	18-4	429	9
11. Virginia Tech	18-4	394	13
12. Michigan	19-5	359	18
13. Ohio St.	20-4	337	10
14. North Carolina	17-6	328	11
15. Villanova	20-4	245	19
16. Oklahoma	18-4	241	20
17. Arizona	18-5	233	22
18. UCLA	18-6	201	14
19. Florida St.	20-5	187	23
20. Texas	18-6	182	24
21. Iowa St.	15-6	168	12
22. NC State	16-6	164	15
23. Gonzaga	22-3	118	17
24. South Florida	22-4	98	25
25. Colorado	18-5	81	-

Others receiving votes: Baylor 29, Illinois 18, UNLV 14, Tennessee 13, Southern Cal 8, Middle Tennessee 8, Florida Gulf Coast 2, Louisville 2, Cleveland St. 1.

 

[Kaizen]

ESPN Power Ranking:

1. SC
2. UConn
3. LSU
4. Indiana
5. Iowa
6. Stanford

Women's Power Rankings: Is shake-up coming to top five teams?

South Carolina is still No. 1 and Iowa is finally back in the top five. But two big games this week -- Iowa-Indiana and LSU-South Carolina -- could reshuffle the top teams.

www.espn.com

 

[visitingcock]

Iowa over Stanford and Utah is ridiculous. Over Notre Dame and Duke is questionable.

Oh well, they get Indiana soon enough. Guess the Journalist want to write about that matchup and Caitlyn

 

[fomalhaut]

The top six came out exactly as I thought they should (to my great surprise). The only odd thing that struck me was that Maryland didn't drop after a loss to Iowa and a win against an Ohio State team which is now in freefall (1-4 in their last five after starting out 19-0). I thought they would drop a few spots. Also a little surprised Middle Tennessee got any votes at all after losing two straight in conference (Massey dropped them 13 spots to 49).