11/22 Polls

[swok34]

AP:

1. Tennessee
2. LSU
3. Georgia
4. Texas
5. North Carolina
6. Notre Dame
7. Stanford
8. Connecticut
9. Baylor
10. Duke
11. Ohio State
12. Texas Tech
13. Michigan St.
14. Vanderbilt
15. Purdue
16. Kansas State
17. Rutgers
18. Minnesota
19. Depaul
20. Boston College
21. Oklahoma
22. Maryland
23. Louisiana Tech
24. Villanova
25. Arizona

A couple of notes: SEC rivals Tennessee, LSU and Georgia stood 1-2-3 in the poll on Monday, just the second time a league filled the leading three spots. Auburn, Tennessee and Mississippi of the SEC held the top three places the week of Jan. 9, 1989. The AP poll started in 1976.

UConn, winner of the last three national championships, hasn't been this low in the rankings since it was ninth the week of Feb. 1, 1994. That was the season before the Huskies won the first of their five NCAA titles.

[Bevo]

SEC 123. Can't really argue it. Especially since we lost our shot at GA and Baylor lost their attempt against LSU. I would probably say based on initial impressions, I would put it like this:

1. LSU
2. Georgia
3. Tennessee
4. Notre Dame
5. North Carolina
6. Texas
7. UConn
8. Stanford/Baylor


It's early, though. ;)

[swok34]

Rank School Record Points Last week
1. Tennessee (28) 2-0 985 1
2. LSU (11) 4-0 944 2
3. Georgia 2-0 912 5
4. Texas 1-1 799 3
5. Stanford 2-0 795 7
6. Notre Dame 5-0 777 10
7. North Carolina (1) 2-0 745 12
8. Connecticut 1-1 714 4
9. Duke 3-1 676 6
10. Ohio State 3-1 622 9
11. Texas Tech 1-0 579 11
12. Baylor 1-1 577 8
13. Purdue 1-0 480 14
14. Michigan State 2-0 468 15
15. Vanderbilt 2-0 460 13
16. Kansas State 2-0 348 19
17. Minnesota 3-1 335 16
18. Rutgers 1-0 297 18
19. DePaul 2-0 287 20
20. Boston College 1-1 260 17
21. Louisiana Tech 0-0 169 22
22. Maryland 2-0 150 24
23. Oklahoma 2-0 143 25
24. Arizona 2-1 142 21
25. Villanova 1-0 80 NR

[DblT81]

Ouch. Baylor loses to #2 LSU by 1 point on a neutral court and falls from 8 to 12. Texas loses to #3 Georgia and falls 1 spot. ?????

Ohio St loses to #6 Notre Dame and falls 1 spot.

Da Bears were dumped on by the coaches or whoever it is that actually votes in that poll.

It will all sort out with more games but just a weird result this week.

[swok34]

The USA TODAY/ESPN Board of Coaches is made up of 40 Division-I head coaches. All are members of the WBCA. The 2004-05 board: Mark Adams, UC-Irvine; Ceal Barry, Colorado; Candace Cage, Loyola (Md.); Royce Chadwick, Marshall; Bud Childers, Winthrop; Tricia Cullop, Evansville; Joe Curl, Houston; Kristy Curry, Purdue; Marnie Dacko, Massachusetts; Dave Dagostino, Jacksonville State; Samuel Dixon, Furman; Chancellor Dugan, Florida Atlantic; Jim Flanery, Creighton; Keith Freeman, Valparaiso; Kim Gervasoni, Nevada; Bill Gibbons, Holy Cross; Kelly Greenberg, Boston University; Cindy Griffin, Saint Joseph's; Sylvia Hatchell, North Carolina; Caren Horstmeyer, California; Cathy Inglese, Boston College; Michelle Jacoby, Saint Mary's; Patrick Knapp, Pennsylvania; Joe Legerski, Wyoming; Felisha Legette-Jack, Hofstra; Phyliss Mangina, Seton Hall; Terri Mitchell, Marquette; Rick Moody, Alabama; Kim Mulkey-Robertson, Baylor; Jon Newlee, Idaho State; Rae Rippetoe-Blair, Texas-San Antonio; Saudia Roundtree, North Carolina A&T; Debbie Ryan, Virginia; Tricia Sacca-Fabbri, Quinnipiac; Lisa Stone, Wisconsin; Pat Summitt, Tennessee; Pam Tanner, Denver; Charli Turner Thorne, Arizona State; Mary Helen Walker, Loyola (Ill.); Altherias Warmley, Alabama A&M.

Interesting note here......Women's Basketball Coaches Association policy bars schools on major NCAA or conference probation from receiving votes.

[Bob_Ballew]

Looks like Baylor would have held their position in the coaches poll IMO. I guess it really doesn't matter, but it is disappointing as a fan. :(

[Bball Girl]

Perhaps more fuel for KMR ;)

UConn's fall just really threw things off. Stanford also rose based on the their Utah win.

Baylor will get their dues if they continue to play the solid basketball we saw in the 2nd half against LSU.

[swok34]

And always remember.............it's not where you start that counts..

it's where you finish ;) I don't think it was anything Baylor did...I just think it was the "shakeup" with the teams that lost.

[ISU3PointLand]

Just thought I'd post the "Others Receiving Votes" from the AP Top 25. I was glad to see that one writer loves us. :)

Washington*40, Utah*27, UCLA*20, Santa Barbara*12, N.C. State*11, Penn State*9, TCU*8, Old Dominion*7, Miami*6, New Mexico*5, Richmond*5, Florida*4, Middle Tenn. St.*4, SMS*4, Wisc. Green Bay*4, Arizona State*3, UT-Chattanooga*3, Marshall*3, Houston*2, Mississippi*2, Montana*2, Gonzaga*1, Mississippi St.*1, Iowa State*1

:isu:

[NewBearFan2002]

Every week except those we play you! :bu:

[Skerfan]

Given Notre Dame's showing in the WNIT and it's current ranking, I'm feeling better about how my young Huskers played against them early in the season. If Kiera's shot had been falling, LaToya had played, and Jelena had been 100% who knows what might have been . . . Maybe the Huskers would even be getting some votes?