Washington State enters the AP Top 25

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Washington State entered the AP poll for the first time, at #25, in the January 11th AP Top 25 poll, becoming the 158th different team to be ranked since the poll's inception in 1977. And Tennessee enters the poll at #23.

The top of the poll experienced a little shuffling. Stanford, Louisville and NC State remained 1-2-3. UCONN tallied two points less than NC State, coming in at #4. South Carolina remains 5th and Baylor stayed 6th.

Then, Texas A&M at #7, UCLA #8, Maryland jumped 3 spots to #9 and Oregon rounded out the top 10 at #10.

Texas fell from 17 to 21.

 

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	Record	Pts	Prv
1. Stanford (29)	10-0	747	1
2. Louisville	10-0	696	2
3. NC State (1)	10-0	680	3
4. UConn	7-0	678	3
5. South Carolina	8-1	647	5
6. Baylor	8-1	589	6
7. Texas A&M	12-0	580	8
8. UCLA	7-2	532	9
9. Maryland	9-1	479	12
10. Oregon	9-2	454	11
11. Arizona	8-2	437	7
12. Kentucky	9-3	417	10
13. Michigan	9-0	400	15
14. Mississippi St.	8-2	386	14
15. Ohio St.	6-0	297	16
16. South Florida	9-1	270	18
17. Arkansas	10-4	253	13
18. Indiana	7-3	192	19
19. DePaul	6-3	190	20
20. Gonzaga	10-2	139	21
21. Texas	8-2	125	17
22. Northwestern	6-2	108	22
23. Tennessee	8-1	90	–
24. Syracuse	5-1	77	24
25. Washington St	7-1	73	–

Others receiving votes: Missouri St. 61, Georgia 51, South Dakota St. 39, West Virginia 15, Michigan St. 15, Alabama 14, Arizona St. 7, Rice 5, Iowa 5, North Carolina 1, IUPUI 1.


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[SimpleDawg]

Every one has nearly lost or lost to an inferior opponent except Stanford.

And UConn and NcState, but outside of one game they haven't really been challenged much.

Interesting year. I think this year will be like 2016 where a 4 seed and a 7 seed made the Final Four + an Oregon State type of team.

 

[Vowelguy]

Wow 1st time ever.
are they the last p5 school to do so?

 

[triaddukefan]

Wow 1st time ever.
are they the last p5 school to do so?

I'd bet 10 sandwiches that Wake Forest has never been ranked

 

[TerpWomenFan]

I'd bet 10 sandwiches that Wake Forest has never been ranked

I think one year they played Maryland for the ACC title. I'm sure they were ranked that year.

 

[DefenseBB]

Do we have a link to the 30 voters so we can see who voted for NC State (and the other order of voting)?

Me thinks Deb "vote for anything ACC" Antonelli was the lone NC State voter and also suspect she has UConn #6, 7, or 8 as is her wont...

 

[DefenseBB]

I'd bet 10 sandwiches that Wake Forest has never been ranked

You're on, what kind sandwiches are we talking?

 

[triaddukefan]

I think one year they played Maryland for the ACC title. I'm sure they were ranked that year.

I dont recall Wake Forest ever playing for a ACC title. I do remember they played Maryland in the semis in 2012. That was a memorable game...... a heated game....

 

[triaddukefan]

You're on, what kind sandwiches are we talking?

crunchy peanut butter and sourwood honey

 

[Vowelguy]

I'd bet 10 sandwiches that Wake Forest has never been ranked

You lose

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[Vowelguy]

Wash St was indeed the last P5.

wake forest has 2nd fewest with just 5 appearances
Followed by Indiana (33) and Pitt (34)

numbers are before today’s poll

 

[TerpWomenFan]

I dont recall Wake Forest ever playing for a ACC title. I do remember they played Maryland in the semis in 2012. That was a memorable game...... a heated game....

You're correct. It was the semis.
Wake was ranked for 5 weeks way back in 1987-88.

 

[triaddukefan]

You lose

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[Vowelguy]

Big east has 10/11 with only Butler missing

 

[triaddukefan]

You're correct. It was the semis.
Wake was ranked for 5 weeks way back in 1987-88.

Well I hadn't even gotten my driver's license when they were ranked... so I deserve some slack

 

[DefenseBB]

crunchy peanut butter and sourwood honey

 

[MSGRET]

Big east has 10/11 with only Butler missing

Considering that Butler has around 5,100 students and is a private university, it may be hard for them to get quality players, especially when they are competing against Purdue, Indiana, Norte Dame, Indiana State, just to name a few nearby.

 

[MSGRET]

Well I hadn't even gotten my driver's license when they were ranked... so I deserve some slack

Heck I was a SFC with 15 years in the Army, with a wife and son. Your a young one there triad.

 

[LETTERL]

I'd bet 10 sandwiches that Wake Forest has never been ranked

I'd bet 10 sandwiches that Wake Forest has never been ranked

Wake Forest, back when current host Jen Hoover was playing as Jenny Mitchell, got all the way up to #16 during the 1987-88 season, and spent 5 weeks in the top 20 (the poll was only 20 teams back then).

That Wake Forest team beat NC State twice that year, which was Kay Yow's first with a losing record. Two highly-recruited players for NC State were not academically eligible to play that season and the Wolfpack Women struggled to a 10-17 record.

 

[triaddukefan]

Wake Forest, back when current host Jen Hoover was playing as Jenny Mitchell, got all the way up to #16 during the 1987-88 season, and spent 5 weeks in the top 20 (the poll was only 20 teams back then).

That Wake Forest team beat NC State twice that year, which was Kay Yow's first with a losing record. Two highly-recruited players for NC State were not academically eligible to play that season and the Wolfpack Women struggled to a 10-17 record.

Rhonda Mapp from Asheville and Andrea Stinson from Huntersville.

 

[LETTERL]

Rhonda Mapp from Asheville and Andrea Stinson from Huntersville.

Well, I didn't want to name names but now that the toothpaste is out of the tube...

 

[donalddoowop]

Big east has 10/11 with only Butler missing

Butler is relatively new as a P5 team. They were a member of the A10 for awhile.

 

[Lorcan]

Heck I was a SFC with 15 years in the Army, with a wife and son. Your a young one there triad.

Is this where I jump in and say that I wasn't even born when Wake was last ranked?

In any case, shouldn't you be correcting us youngins?

 

[LETTERL]

Do we have a link to the 30 voters so we can see who voted for NC State (and the other order of voting)?

Me thinks Deb "vote for anything ACC" Antonelli was the lone NC State voter and also suspect she has UConn #6, 7, or 8 as is her wont...

Deb Antonelli did not have NC State at #1 in the previous weeks that the Wolfpack Women were receiving #1 votes, so I'm fairly confident it was not her.