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Week 5 AP Rankings

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Still have a good shot for a #1 seed assuming Fudd & Dorka get back soon & if no more setbacks (a lot of IFs!). Maryland will be tough to win next week if they both are not ready. SC obviously. Others we should be a favorite.
 
wingsfan055 said:
Wow. The UConn men ranked higher than the women. That hasnt happened in a long while?? Good to see both programs have a shot for a title.
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Uconn is for sure going to be a one seed. Notre dame is inconsistent, Ohio State will drop a game(s) in the B10 and so will Indiana. Every team below Uconn is not at the same caliber as the teams above.
 
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Massey still has UCONN with the #2 ranking. They focus heavily on strength of schedule & quality wins.
UCONN has the #1 strength of schedule, while Stanford's, Indiana's, & Ohio State's SOS are all in the 20's.
 
MilfordHusky said:
There are some teams that have pristine records but haven’t beaten anyone of note. Look for them to drop when the schedule gets real.
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St. Johns deserved some recognition for the win over Creighton and being undefeated, but alas the honks that vote really don't like admitting the BE has some teams now.
 
jaydee602 said:
Massey still has UCONN with the #2 ranking. They focus heavily on strength of schedule & quality wins.
UCONN has the #1 strength of schedule, while Stanford's, Indiana's, & Ohio State's SOS are all in the 20's.T
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The first net rankings came out today also. UConn is at #3, and that is where they should be, based on SOS, etc. AP is just a bunch of sportswriter voters that don't actually watch all the games.
I actually wonder if they even considered that ND LOST to MD last week also.
 
Louisville and Texas have joined TN as top 25 dropouts.

The Vols don't even merit an “also getting votes”.

Others receiving votes: Kansas 37, Marquette 30, Louisville 28, Texas 17, St. John's 14, Miami 12, South Florida 12, Virginia 8, Duke 5, Rice 4, Florida State 4, Purdue 3, Nebraska 2, Missouri 2, Seton Hall 1, Middle Tennessee 1, USC 1

Dropped from rankings: Louisville 18, Texas 22, Marquette 24
 
I'm still waiting for the real (Boneyard) poll to come out. Also waiting for this coming Sunday to see how UConn does against the Irish-killing Terps.
 
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Some of these voters need to be drug tested. For example Miami received 11 votes in the preseason and first regular season poll. No votes in weeks 3 and 4. This week they received 12 votes. I guess that 40 point blowout of North Florida was very impressive.
 
DrummerDee said:
The first net rankings came out today also. UConn is at #3, and that is where they should be, based on SOS, etc. AP is just a bunch of sportswriter voters that don't actually watch all the games.
I actually wonder if they even considered that ND LOST to MD last week also.
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And then MD lost to unranked Nebraska and Maryland's AP ranking did not change.
 
I can see Ohio State and IU jumping ahead ofUconn but not ND..Sure they won easily yesterday but lost to Maryland the game before while Uconn beat 3 top ten teams when they played them..doesn't that count for anything
 
I expected a drop down to MAYBE 5, but I’m a bit surprised by this. Not that it matters anyway. All that matters is who is #1 at the end of the season. :cool:

TBH, I’m sure that come March the Huskies will be a 1 seed.

Edit: I concur that the AP voters are certainly …. “Unreliable”, to be nice.
 
Centerstream said:
Just about what everyone was expecting???
The Good Guys drop below Ohio State, Indiana and ND
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Rankings are an ego trip for some fans, of some teams. Coaches, if they are any good, know where their team ranks, right now. If coaching does its job, they will be a different team in mid march.
I'm darn happy with these kids right now. ND, love em or hate em, played well and executed well. Will Uconn be a full roster on the next meeting? The best thing those ranking have to view with Uconn is its roster, their schedule. It's a long season and just beginning.
I have large shaker of salt, containing large salt chunks, I take a hand full with these early rankings.
 
Bigboote said:
I'm still waiting for the real (Boneyard) poll to come out. Also waiting for this coming Sunday to see how UConn does against the Irish-killing Terps.
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The game plan for the Terps has been set. The image is ND's "hands on" approach. the Burlesques mode, (bump and grind) in the post, get into Uconn's heads early. If the Terps can score as easily as ND did, it could be a long day. I suspect, if all are well, BIG IF, Geno will be playing 5 against 7 practice players using ND's Football.
 
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Not really worried about the drop. UConn was going to lose at least one game. Too bad is was to the Golden Domers.

ND won't stay up there. Neither will tOSU. Indian will loose as will a lot of others. Let's see what things look like come February.
 
The season is a process. Ranking doesn't matter much right now...it's where you finish. Taking a loss relieves some pressure and exposes areas that need to be improved. I believe we'll be fine when all is said and done. It didn't help to have two of the best players in WCBB on the bench.
 
The top 6 seem reasonable enough to me, whatever the best order might be. But, after that, I find it difficult to identify any team that, based on what I've seen, truly belongs in the top 10 at this point. Not (imo), North Carolina; not Iowa State; and not Virginia Tech. Maybe North Carolina State? Or Iowa (assuming the shoot well and play some defense? I'm not convinced. Maybe it's just homer-speak, but I think that my team--Oregon--which is surely not deserving of a ranking any higher that it has currently and is very much a work in progress would hold it own against any of the above (and best North Carolina in a rematch).
 
browns said:
I can see Ohio State and IU jumping ahead ofUconn but not ND..Sure they won easily yesterday but lost to Maryland the game before while Uconn beat 3 top ten teams when they played them..doesn't that count for anything
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The beating 3 top 10 teams when they played them methodology is really misleading. Texas has fallen off of a cliff and is unranked, 31 per Massey. And Iowa is ranked 16th, 21st according to Massey. I’d say so far we have one really good win, coming against NC State. Our one loss comes to ND; and many will use the injury excuse. By that methodology, we should also accept that Texas played without Harmon, further contextualizing that win.

In the end, your wins are judged at season end, when every teams’ full resume has been built. We’ll have to wait and see how everyone fairs.

To me, the picture of the season becomes more clear as the games are played. Preseason, our schedule looked like a gauntlet. As of right now, per Massey, our only top 10 opponents are South Carolina and NC State. A tough schedule, but not as tough as it once appeared.
 
Side note--has it ever happened before where both men's programs for Tennessee and Connecticut are ranked ahead of the women's? UCONN men are at 5, women are 6. Tennessee men are 7, women are unranked.
 
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