2023-2024 Vols Basketball Rankings Tracker

mrmax86 · Mar 11, 2024

I expect us to drop to 5th this week, behind UNC.

mrmax86 · Mar 11, 2024

mrmax86 said:
It's been 5 years since our historic season and Sweet Sixteen run with Williams, Schofield, Bone, Turner, and Bowden.

Some of you may remember I did a tracker for our AP Poll ranking that year. We spent 4 weeks at #1, and the entire season in the top 10.

Let's run it back this year.

AP Poll
(1st)
Record
Rank
Votes
Result 1 Result 2
Pre
0-0
9
1032
80-42 TTU 80-70 Wisc
11/13
2-0
7
1146
82-61 Woff
11/20
3-0
7
1136
73-56 Syr 67-71 Pur
60-69 KU
11/27
4-2
10
967
92-100 UNC
12/4
4-3
17
509
87-66 GMU 86-79 Illinois
12/11
6-3
12
835
74-56 Ga So. 79-70 NC St.
12/18
8-3
8
938
65-46 Tarleton
12/25
9-3
6
1124
1/1
9-3
5
1234
87-50 Norfolk 90-64 Ole Miss
1/8
11-3
5
1291
72-77 Miss St 85-79 Georgia
1/15
12-4
6
1147
85-66 Florida 91-71 Alabama
1/22
14-4
5
1237
75-62 Vandy
1/29
15-4
5
1328
59-63 USCe 103-92 UK
2/5
16-5
6
1211
88-68 LSU 69-85 TX A&M
2/12
17-6
8
1033
92-63 Ark 88-53 Vandy
2/19
19-6
5
1230
72-67 Mizzou 86-51 TX A&M
2/26
21-6
4
1338
92-84 Auburn 81-74 Alabama
3/4
23-6
4
1364
66-59 USCe 81-85 UK
3/11
24-7
5
1291
Current

Analytical
EvanMiya
NET
KPI
BPI
Torvik
KenPom
Massey
Haslam
Avg
Pre
2

3
5
8
6
3
4.5
11/13

3
3
6
6
2
4.0
11/20

3
6
9
9
8
7.0
11/27

5
6
9
10
9
7.8
12/4
6
16
18
6
9
11
18
15
12.4
12/11
6
10
6
7
9
9
9
10
8.3
12/18
5
8
5
7
11
7
6
17
8.3
12/25
5
7
7
8
9
6
7
20
8.6
1/1
6
6
6
11
9
7
5
18
8.5
1/8
5
5
2
4
6
4
4
6
4.5
1/15
5
6
3
7
7
8
7
11
6.8
1/22
4
4
2
4
5
4
3
5
3.9
1/29
4
3
3
4
5
4
3
4
3.8
2/5
3
6
2
7
7
6
5
8
5.5
2/12
6
6
5
8
8
7
6
11
7.1
2/19
5
6
4
6
7
5
5
5
5.4
2/26
4
5
4
5
6
6
5
5
5.0
3/4
3
5
3
5
7
5
5
5
4.8
3/11
6
5
3
5
6
5
4
6
5.0
Current

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Final AP Poll of the season has us 5th. IMO tall hill to climb to get the last #1 seed. Need help from UNC.

VolCalls · Mar 11, 2024

mrmax86 said:
Final AP Poll of the season has us 5th. IMO tall hill to climb to get the last #1 seed. Need help from UNC.

They will release one more poll next Monday.

mrmax86 · Mar 11, 2024

VolCalls said:
They will release one more poll next Monday.

According to what I can find on ESPN, week 19 is the last AP poll

Edit: Nevermind, you’re right!

VolCalls · Mar 11, 2024

Last year the final poll came out March 13, which was the day after Selection Sunday.

hUTch2002 · Mar 12, 2024

What’s hilarious is if you look at our last 4 games vs UNC’s last 4 games it’s not even close. We went 3-1 against 4 top 20 teams with 2 wins on the road. UNC beat middling Miami and NC State at home, both by single digits, whipped a really bad ND team at home and then won at Duke so they had 1 good win to our 3 yet somehow they moved from 9th to 4th, jumping us as we started that stretch at #4 and now sit at #5. It’s completely illogical.

CAVPUT · Mar 12, 2024

hUTch2002 said:
What’s hilarious is if you look at our last 4 games vs UNC’s last 4 games it’s not even close. We went 3-1 against 4 top 20 teams with 2 wins on the road. UNC beat middling Miami and NC State at home, both by single digits, whipped a really bad ND team at home and then won at Duke so they had 1 good win to our 3 yet somehow they moved from 9th to 4th, jumping us as we started that stretch at #4 and now sit at #5. It’s completely illogical.

The problem is that we fans are going through all these "metrics", rankings, ratings, etc hoping to get a handle on where things stand and what we have to do. At the end of the day, it's a committee with a ton of data that they can weigh differently each and every year in order to do exactly what they want to do and get the outcome they desire. With so many different factors to consider, they can make the case for the team they prefer or the one that's most beneficial to the wallet. Let's not forget that this tournament is the NCAA's cash cow. To my knowledge, it's their only source of revenue. They want and need as many eyeballs on this as possible. They want the shiniest toys up front in the display. If this was coming down to us vs Virginia Tech, I'd feel some optimism. But we're going against some of the bluest of the blue in NC. Nope. Just enjoy the SECT, pray for no injuries and hope we get favorable matchups that give us a nice run. Even if we did get a 1 seed, we can win the first game playing 3 on 5, but after that, our defense had better be elite because an 8/9 seed can certainly send us home early if JJJ and Vescovi no show on us again. I'd hoped those 2 would finally get going and help carry us to a special season, but they are what they are. Can we get back to back solid games from those 2 offensively? 3? I'm not so sure.

hUTch2002 · Mar 12, 2024

CAVPUT said:
The problem is that we fans are going through all these "metrics", rankings, ratings, etc hoping to get a handle on where things stand and what we have to do. At the end of the day, it's a committee with a ton of data that they can weigh differently each and every year in order to do exactly what they want to do and get the outcome they desire. With so many different factors to consider, they can make the case for the team they prefer or the one that's most beneficial to the wallet. Let's not forget that this tournament is the NCAA's cash cow. To my knowledge, it's their only source of revenue. They want and need as many eyeballs on this as possible. They want the shiniest toys up front in the display. If this was coming down to us vs Virginia Tech, I'd feel some optimism. But we're going against some of the bluest of the blue in NC. Nope. Just enjoy the SECT, pray for no injuries and hope we get favorable matchups that give us a nice run. Even if we did get a 1 seed, we can win the first game playing 3 on 5, but after that, our defense had better be elite because an 8/9 seed can certainly send us home early if JJJ and Vescovi no show on us again. I'd hoped those 2 would finally get going and help carry us to a special season, but they are what they are. Can we get back to back solid games from those 2 offensively? 3? I'm not so sure.

I get what you’re saying but I do believe we would be a 1 seed if they did brackets today. And it does matter as the stats show it’s considerably better to be a 1 vs being a 2. My personal opinion is if we win 2 to make the Final then we’re good. If UNC doesn’t win the ACC tournament we would also be good. AZ is basically eliminated from the 1 discussion.

fear · Mar 18, 2024

although it doesn’t matter we dropped to 6

mrmax86 · Mar 18, 2024

fear said:
although it doesn’t matter we dropped to 6

Funny that Iowa State is 4 but UNC got the 1 seed.

mrmax86 · Mar 18, 2024

mrmax86 said:
It's been 5 years since our historic season and Sweet Sixteen run with Williams, Schofield, Bone, Turner, and Bowden.

Some of you may remember I did a tracker for our AP Poll ranking that year. We spent 4 weeks at #1, and the entire season in the top 10.

Let's run it back this year.

AP Poll
(1st)
Record
Rank
Votes
Result 1 Result 2
Pre
0-0
9
1032
80-42 TTU 80-70 Wisc
11/13
2-0
7
1146
82-61 Woff
11/20
3-0
7
1136
73-56 Syr 67-71 Pur
60-69 KU
11/27
4-2
10
967
92-100 UNC
12/4
4-3
17
509
87-66 GMU 86-79 Illinois
12/11
6-3
12
835
74-56 Ga So. 79-70 NC St.
12/18
8-3
8
938
65-46 Tarleton
12/25
9-3
6
1124
1/1
9-3
5
1234
87-50 Norfolk 90-64 Ole Miss
1/8
11-3
5
1291
72-77 Miss St 85-79 Georgia
1/15
12-4
6
1147
85-66 Florida 91-71 Alabama
1/22
14-4
5
1237
75-62 Vandy
1/29
15-4
5
1328
59-63 USCe 103-92 UK
2/5
16-5
6
1211
88-68 LSU 69-85 TX A&M
2/12
17-6
8
1033
92-63 Ark 88-53 Vandy
2/19
19-6
5
1230
72-67 Mizzou 86-51 TX A&M
2/26
21-6
4
1338
92-84 Auburn 81-74 Alabama
3/4
23-6
4
1364
66-59 USCe 81-85 UK
3/11
24-7
5
1291
56-73 Miss St
3/18
24-8
6
1158

Analytical
EvanMiya
NET
KPI
BPI
Torvik
KenPom
Massey
Haslam
Avg
Pre
2

3
5
8
6
3
4.5
11/13

3
3
6
6
2
4.0
11/20

3
6
9
9
8
7.0
11/27

5
6
9
10
9
7.8
12/4
6
16
18
6
9
11
18
15
12.4
12/11
6
10
6
7
9
9
9
10
8.3
12/18
5
8
5
7
11
7
6
17
8.3
12/25
5
7
7
8
9
6
7
20
8.6
1/1
6
6
6
11
9
7
5
18
8.5
1/8
5
5
2
4
6
4
4
6
4.5
1/15
5
6
3
7
7
8
7
11
6.8
1/22
4
4
2
4
5
4
3
5
3.9
1/29
4
3
3
4
5
4
3
4
3.8
2/5
3
6
2
7
7
6
5
8
5.5
2/12
6
6
5
8
8
7
6
11
7.1
2/19
5
6
4
6
7
5
5
5
5.4
2/26
4
5
4
5
6
6
5
5
5.0
3/4
3
5
3
5
7
5
5
5
4.8
3/11
6
5
3
5
6
5
4
6
5.0
Final
6
7
4
7
7
7
7
7
6.5

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AP Poll	(1st)	Record	Rank	Votes	Result 1	Result 2
Pre		0-0	9	1032	80-42 TTU	80-70 Wisc
11/13		2-0	7	1146	82-61 Woff
11/20		3-0	7	1136	73-56 Syr	67-71 Pur 60-69 KU
11/27		4-2	10	967	92-100 UNC
12/4		4-3	17	509	87-66 GMU	86-79 Illinois
12/11		6-3	12	835	74-56 Ga So.	79-70 NC St.
12/18		8-3	8	938	65-46 Tarleton
12/25		9-3	6	1124
1/1		9-3	5	1234	87-50 Norfolk	90-64 Ole Miss
1/8		11-3	5	1291	72-77 Miss St	85-79 Georgia
1/15		12-4	6	1147	85-66 Florida	91-71 Alabama
1/22		14-4	5	1237	75-62 Vandy
1/29		15-4	5	1328	59-63 USCe	103-92 UK
2/5		16-5	6	1211	88-68 LSU	69-85 TX A&M
2/12		17-6	8	1033	92-63 Ark	88-53 Vandy
2/19		19-6	5	1230	72-67 Mizzou	86-51 TX A&M
2/26		21-6	4	1338	92-84 Auburn	81-74 Alabama
3/4		23-6	4	1364	66-59 USCe	81-85 UK
3/11		24-7	5	1291
Current

Analytical	EvanMiya	NET	KPI	BPI	Torvik	KenPom	Massey	Haslam	Avg
Pre	2			3	5	8	6	3	4.5
11/13				3	3	6	6	2	4.0
11/20				3	6	9	9	8	7.0
11/27				5	6	9	10	9	7.8
12/4	6	16	18	6	9	11	18	15	12.4
12/11	6	10	6	7	9	9	9	10	8.3
12/18	5	8	5	7	11	7	6	17	8.3
12/25	5	7	7	8	9	6	7	20	8.6
1/1	6	6	6	11	9	7	5	18	8.5
1/8	5	5	2	4	6	4	4	6	4.5
1/15	5	6	3	7	7	8	7	11	6.8
1/22	4	4	2	4	5	4	3	5	3.9
1/29	4	3	3	4	5	4	3	4	3.8
2/5	3	6	2	7	7	6	5	8	5.5
2/12	6	6	5	8	8	7	6	11	7.1
2/19	5	6	4	6	7	5	5	5	5.4
2/26	4	5	4	5	6	6	5	5	5.0
3/4	3	5	3	5	7	5	5	5	4.8
3/11	6	5	3	5	6	5	4	6	5.0
Current