Latest AP Poll (Vols #18)

[Hoosier_Vol]

AP Top 25 Men's Basketball Poll
First-place votes in parentheses.

TEAM RECORD

1. Baylor (61)9-
02. Duke7-1
3. Purdue9-1
4. UCLA9-1
5. Gonzaga8-2
6. Alabama8-1
7. Kansas8-1
8. Arizona9-0
9. Villanova7-3
10. Southern Cal10-0
11. Iowa State10-0
12. Michigan State9-2
13. Auburn8-1
14. Houston8-2
15. Ohio State8-2
16. Seton Hall9-1
17. Texas6-2
18. Tennessee7-2
19. LSU9-0
20. UConn9-2
21. Kentucky7-2
22. Xavier9-1
23. Colorado State10-0
24. Arkansas9-1
25. Texas Tech7-1

 

[JRVOL11]

Villanova in the top 10 and has 3 losses? College basketball rankings are useless

 

[UneducatedGuess]

There’s only 1 ranking that matters and that’s in March.
Get better each week until then
Don’t peak too soon
Add new wrinkles and evolve

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Villanova in the top 10 and has 3 losses? College basketball rankings are useless

Well, to be fair, all three of their losses are to the #1, #3, and #4 teams in the country. Who else can say they've played 3 of the Top 4 teams?

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Lunardi has us a 4-seed right now. Honestly, I'm shocked. I expected closer to 6 or 7 seed after the Tech loss. But, this just shows the underlying RPI, SOS, Net, and KenPom rankings for us are still really good early on.

 

[Special Ed]

Well, you can't spell Abnormal Psychology without AP.

 

[ZZ13]

Texas Tech should be no worse than 17, then.

 

[orangelo]

I don’t see Tiger High on there? Penny is doing a phenomenal job with them!

 

[VolunteerCeltic]

I not seeing the Vols as a 4 seed, maybe a 7-9 at this point.

 

[VolBalls33]

That game with Arizona will be huge. Hopefully TBA will be full and rocking. Although the students aren't on campus.

 

[AngryButchJones]

I bet we end up as a 5 or 6 seed, but I'd be very happy as a 4

 

[VegasBaby!]

Villanova in the top 10 and has 3 losses? College basketball rankings are useless

All 3 Villanova loses we're against teams in the top 4 - Baylor, Purdue and UCLA. 2 of those games were on the opponents court and the third was on a neutral court. Seems about right given how easily they beat #18.

 

[Special Ed]

Please not the dreaded 5 vs. 12 seed again!

 

[orangelo]

Bottom line is get in and play your best basketball come tourney time. You have to beat them all anyway

 

[Kosmalski]

Pomeroy. Just look at Pomeroy