On February 1, 2021, fourth-ranked NC State beat number one ranked Louisville, but NC State was not moved to the top position in fact they didn't even move up a single spot. South Carolina was moved to the top position. Does this qualify as an example?
How about baseball always a competitive team
Actually, South Carolina just squeaked past Baylor's 42 game win streak, didn't reach Tennessee's 46 game streak, and clearly missed matching Uconn's fourth best streak of 47 wins.Well, South Carolina came up just short of our 111 game win streak. And our 90. And our 60...
I think UConn, UCLA, ND make up the top 3 in that order, but would not be surprised if we are not #1
I think the reality is that most if not all the voters in both polls spend a lot less time filling out their submissions, than it would take you to read just one pages of this currently six page thread. Generally, they look at their last list, look at who lost during the last week, and move them up or down based on that. Maybe, they also look at the last weeks poll to see if they missed anyone, and to find someone to replace any of the teams between 20-25 that had a 'bad' loss.
I don't think it matters. By March1 every team will be different. Some much better. Some worse.
Honestly I'll never understand that logic. The men won the NC last season and then lost 4 starters to the draft. The only one who came back was Karaban. 4 new starters including a freshman and a transfer. But by your logic, UCONN should be #1 until someone beats them?
Azzi? With due respect, MSGRET and CDR-Ret, Azzi hasn't had a good game since the hot start in the fall of '22.
The key here is talking about Nov vs Feb. The earlier in the season a game is, the greater the movement in the polls there is or can be based on that game result. The first poll of the season is a lot of speculation. Then results come in. A (supposed?) big early season win or loss could have poll voters rethinking a team’s place by a significant jump or drop. But later (say Feb)) the teams have more or less settled into their places based on way more game results to look at. A game now won’t result in as big a jump or drop in the polls even if it is a big upset win over the #1 even.
Women's soccer and field hockey got to their respective NCAA tourneys this year
True just not ones I follow but they are always competitive volleyball also I need to get to the new arena next year
In the example cited above, two weeks prior Louisville had just lost to unranked Virginia Tech.
Texas' OOC doesn't have any ranked teams on it other than the ND game. Which is apart SEC/ACC challenge. So it's not a home/home series. Texas isn't playing any ranked teams or even teams that are on the cusp of being ranked. SEC will be tough and offer plenty of ranked opponents. I still would've liked to see a tougher schedule, but I guess I'm selfish and want to watch good games.
Wasn't South Carolina preseason #6 last season and jumped to #1?
I dont understand why this is so hard to understand. UCLA currently has the best resume of the season. They whooped the previous number 1 and have another ranked win against Louisville. UConn or ND might be better on paper, but they don't have the results yet. UCLA doesn't play another ranked opponent until conference play. So ND and UConn can both grab the top spot IMO if they win out their Non-Conference schedules.
Creme also has UConn as the #1 #1 in the bracketology, replacing South Carolina as the overall #1 seed.
Keep in mind when he says "ranked team between 1 to 25" that isn't AP or USA Today rankings, it's NET rankings.
And volleyball starts conference tourney this week, with a chance at the NCAA tournament.
It's an example of something, but not a good example for this discussion because NC State followed up that win with a loss to North Carolina before the following poll. I'm sure that's a major reason why they didn't move up.
