Released today. Michigan State got 60 of 65 first-place votes.

https://collegebasketball.ap.org/poll

Quote:1. Michigan State
2. Kentucky
3. Kansas
4. Duke
5. Louisville
6. Florida
7. Maryland
8. Gonzaga
9. North Carolina
10. Villanova
11. Virginia
12. Seton Hall
13. Texas Tech
14. Memphis
15. Oregon
16. Baylor
17. Utah State
18. Ohio State
19. Xavier
20. Saint Mary's
21. Arizona
22. LSU
23. Purdue
24. Auburn
25. VCU

(10-21-2019 01:56 PM)Wedge Wrote:  Released today. Michigan State got 60 of 65 first-place votes.

https://collegebasketball.ap.org/poll

Quote:1. Michigan State
2. Kentucky
3. Kansas
4. Duke
5. Louisville
6. Florida
7. Maryland
8. Gonzaga
9. North Carolina
10. Villanova
11. Virginia
12. Seton Hall
13. Texas Tech
14. Memphis
15. Oregon
16. Baylor
17. Utah State
18. Ohio State
19. Xavier
20. Saint Mary's
21. Arizona
22. LSU
23. Purdue
24. Auburn
25. VCU

By conference:
A10: 1
AAC: 1
ACC: 4
B1G: 4
Big East: 3
Big 12: 3
MWC: 1
SEC: 4
PAC: 2
WCC: 2

Pretty even spread among the conferences

Non P6

A10 1
AAC 1
MWC 1
WCC 2

1/5 of the poll non P6

Nice list of schools and conference in the others receiving votes -
Washington 164
Colorado 152
Tennessee 78
Marquette 68
Florida St. 36
Davidson 34
Harvard 24
Illinois 14
Missouri 13
Mississippi St. 12
Houston 11
Georgetown 11
Cincinnati 8
Notre Dame 7
Creighton 4
Syracuse 3
NC State 3
Vermont 2
Alabama 2
Southern Cal 2
Liberty 2
Michigan 2
Dayton 1
Colgate 1
Providence 1

Think Nova and SHU should switch spots

Wow, I assumed UCLA would jump into the top ten now that little Mick is at the helm. How could I have been so wrong?

Surprised that Utah St is ranked.

(10-21-2019 05:20 PM)MWC Tex Wrote:  Surprised that Utah St is ranked.

They are loaded this year, 4 starters return, return MWC player of year, return defensive player of the year, top 3 bench players return and a very strong recruiting class.


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(10-21-2019 06:57 PM)Jjoey52 Wrote:  

(10-21-2019 05:20 PM)MWC Tex Wrote:  Surprised that Utah St is ranked.

They are loaded this year, 4 starters return, return MWC player of year, return defensive player of the year, top 3 bench players return and a very strong recruiting class.


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I figured it would be Nevada with their recent success and transfers and landing Steve Alford as HC.

(10-21-2019 10:49 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(10-21-2019 06:57 PM)Jjoey52 Wrote:  

(10-21-2019 05:20 PM)MWC Tex Wrote:  Surprised that Utah St is ranked.

They are loaded this year, 4 starters return, return MWC player of year, return defensive player of the year, top 3 bench players return and a very strong recruiting class.


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I figured it would be Nevada with their recent success and transfers and landing Steve Alford as HC.

Nevada lost their whole team, they do have enough new talent to be picked 4th, not bad for a whole new program.


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This is a homer complaint, but.... Why isn't Cincinnati ranked?

Cincinnati went 28-7 last year and won our conference. UC returns its 3 leading scorers, including the Conference Player of the Year. And added a grad transfer who scored 17 points/game last year and was recruited hard by several other top schools.

Sure, the team lost a lot of players, but only 2 of them are playing anywhere worth mentioning (a transfer to St. Mary's who averaged 2 points a game last year, and a transfer to Miami who averaged 7 points a game)

I'm not saying I'd vote for them to be top-10. But outside the top-10 it's all about the upperclassmen you have returning.

Thank god and Tom Izzo that bball season is upon us. Happy to see Sparty is ranked.

My wife and I both graduated from different "mid-major" schools with a single spotlight sport - App State (football) for me and VCU (men's basketball) for her, and support each other's teams. This week, for the first time ever, both our schools are in the AP Poll in their signature sport in the same week.

Not that anyone here cares (my wife didn't even care all hat much when I told her either) but I think it is pretty cool and exciting.

Gonna go out on a limb and guess that more than one AAC team will be ranked by the end of the year. Perpetually underrated.

(10-22-2019 04:10 PM)WhoseHouse? Wrote:  Gonna go out on a limb and guess that more than one AAC team will be ranked by the end of the year. Perpetually underrated.

Who would you put in there?

Houston and Cincy are the only others receiving votes

NBC only rates Memphis in top 30

https://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/...on-top-25/

Sporting News only has Memphis (but at #8

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-bas...svkmg8g6xz

CBS is more to your liking:
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basket...very-team/

Cincy #12
Memphis #13
Houston #32
Wichita #47
UConn #54
USF #55
SMU #83
Temple #99
UCF #100

(10-22-2019 04:12 PM)dbackjon Wrote:  

(10-22-2019 04:10 PM)WhoseHouse? Wrote:  Gonna go out on a limb and guess that more than one AAC team will be ranked by the end of the year. Perpetually underrated.

Who would you put in there?

Houston and Cincy are the only others receiving votes

AAC has put 1 team in the Sweet 16 in 5 years. The league isn't even underrated, let alone perpetually.

(10-22-2019 04:12 PM)dbackjon Wrote:  

(10-22-2019 04:10 PM)WhoseHouse? Wrote:  Gonna go out on a limb and guess that more than one AAC team will be ranked by the end of the year. Perpetually underrated.

Who would you put in there?

Houston and Cincy are the only others receiving votes

Well in fairness i guess they did put this out before Quentin Grimes received his waiver to play for Houston. So that may have been enough for them to rank UH. Going off their roster, I'd rank Cincy but they are replacing their HC. I'm also a little surprised at the lack of love for Gregg Marshall's team. He can coach with the best of them and he had a very young team playing pretty well by the end of the year last year. Is what it is. Rankings usually work themselves out.

(10-22-2019 04:21 PM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  

(10-22-2019 04:12 PM)dbackjon Wrote:  

(10-22-2019 04:10 PM)WhoseHouse? Wrote:  Gonna go out on a limb and guess that more than one AAC team will be ranked by the end of the year. Perpetually underrated.

Who would you put in there?

Houston and Cincy are the only others receiving votes

AAC has put 1 team in the Sweet 16 in 5 years. The league isn't even underrated, let alone perpetually.

Are you new to the college sports and realignment section of the CSNBBS? It is 50% complaining about how the AAC is perpetually underrated over here.

(10-22-2019 01:07 PM)AppfanInCAAland Wrote:  My wife and I both graduated from different "mid-major" schools with a single spotlight sport - App State (football) for me and VCU (men's basketball) for her, and support each other's teams. This week, for the first time ever, both our schools are in the AP Poll in their signature sport in the same week.

Not that anyone here cares (my wife didn't even care all hat much when I told her either) but I think it is pretty cool and exciting.

That is kind of cool. Congrats. And your two teams are very deserving. Good luck as the football season progresses and the hoops slate looms.