Post by RockawayHoya on Jan 21, 2007 11:15:19 GMT -5
If you're going to spend 60 seconds posting "Rankings don't mean anything," don't waste your time. I would agree with you.
But it's interesting (at least to me) to see how teams near us in the AP rankings did this week (and by "how they did," I really mean "lost games"). This is just an examination of what happened to the lower third of the current Top 25 and ARV teams this week, including us:
#19 Clemson: lost at #4 UNC, def. Boston College
#20 Notre Dame: lost at Villanova, vs. South Florida today
#21 Texas: lost at #12 Oklahoma State, lost at Villanova
#22 Tennessee: lost to Auburn, def. South Carolina
#23 Virginia Tech: lost at Florida State, vs. #27 Maryland today
#24 Marquette: def. Louisville, at #6 Pittsburgh today
#25 Kentucky: def. South Carolina, lost to Vanderbilt
#26 Washington State: def. Washington
#27 Maryland: lost at Virginia, at #23 Va. Tech today
#28 UConn: lost at #6 Pittsburgh, lost to Indiana
#29 West Virginia: def. South Florida, lost at Cincinatti
#30 Georgia Tech: lost at #4 UNC
#31 Georgetown: def. @rutgers, def. @seton Hall
#32 Indiana: def. Iowa, def. @uconn
#33 Boston College: def. Miami, lost at #19 Clemson
#34 USC: def. #11 Arizona, def. @arizona St.
#35 Syracuse: def. Cincinatti, at St. John's today
My feelings:
Clemson and ND will drop but stay in the polls, as their losses weren't bad. Texas lost to good teams on the road, but lost twice, so they're out. Tennessee and Virginia Tech, and Kentucky all lost to teams they shouldn't have, so they're all out. Marquette will stay in regardless of their outcome at Pitt. So by my count, 4 teams will fall out of the Top 25.
Who will take their place? Washington St. seems like a good bet after they killed Washington at home. Maryland, WVU, UConn, Georgia Tech, and BC aren't going to rise after all losing this week. Both us and Indiana won twice this week, as did USC. Syracuse has a chance to join that group of teams that went 2-0 this week. And although Nova didn't receive any votes coming into this week, they posted two wins vs. ND and Texas, and you can bet they will get in or close to the Top 25 tomorrow.
So, ultimately:
Out: Texas, Tennessee, Va. Tech, Kentucky
In: Washington State, Nova, Indiana, and either us or Syracuse
Based on that, since the AP voters are far more likely to pay attention to the actual games than the coaches, will Syracuse be penalized for nearly losing to Cincinatti at home, and will they see that we won twice comfortably on the road?
I wouldn't put money on it, but I have a feeling we might be #25 tomorrow afternoon. Not necessarily because we deserve it, but moreso by default.
Discuss...
But it's interesting (at least to me) to see how teams near us in the AP rankings did this week (and by "how they did," I really mean "lost games"). This is just an examination of what happened to the lower third of the current Top 25 and ARV teams this week, including us:
#19 Clemson: lost at #4 UNC, def. Boston College
#20 Notre Dame: lost at Villanova, vs. South Florida today
#21 Texas: lost at #12 Oklahoma State, lost at Villanova
#22 Tennessee: lost to Auburn, def. South Carolina
#23 Virginia Tech: lost at Florida State, vs. #27 Maryland today
#24 Marquette: def. Louisville, at #6 Pittsburgh today
#25 Kentucky: def. South Carolina, lost to Vanderbilt
#26 Washington State: def. Washington
#27 Maryland: lost at Virginia, at #23 Va. Tech today
#28 UConn: lost at #6 Pittsburgh, lost to Indiana
#29 West Virginia: def. South Florida, lost at Cincinatti
#30 Georgia Tech: lost at #4 UNC
#31 Georgetown: def. @rutgers, def. @seton Hall
#32 Indiana: def. Iowa, def. @uconn
#33 Boston College: def. Miami, lost at #19 Clemson
#34 USC: def. #11 Arizona, def. @arizona St.
#35 Syracuse: def. Cincinatti, at St. John's today
My feelings:
Clemson and ND will drop but stay in the polls, as their losses weren't bad. Texas lost to good teams on the road, but lost twice, so they're out. Tennessee and Virginia Tech, and Kentucky all lost to teams they shouldn't have, so they're all out. Marquette will stay in regardless of their outcome at Pitt. So by my count, 4 teams will fall out of the Top 25.
Who will take their place? Washington St. seems like a good bet after they killed Washington at home. Maryland, WVU, UConn, Georgia Tech, and BC aren't going to rise after all losing this week. Both us and Indiana won twice this week, as did USC. Syracuse has a chance to join that group of teams that went 2-0 this week. And although Nova didn't receive any votes coming into this week, they posted two wins vs. ND and Texas, and you can bet they will get in or close to the Top 25 tomorrow.
So, ultimately:
Out: Texas, Tennessee, Va. Tech, Kentucky
In: Washington State, Nova, Indiana, and either us or Syracuse
Based on that, since the AP voters are far more likely to pay attention to the actual games than the coaches, will Syracuse be penalized for nearly losing to Cincinatti at home, and will they see that we won twice comfortably on the road?
I wouldn't put money on it, but I have a feeling we might be #25 tomorrow afternoon. Not necessarily because we deserve it, but moreso by default.
Discuss...