AP Top 25 - Getting and Staying Ranked
Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2017 5:36 pm
I've done this most years, and I believe we have always outperformed the pre-season AP Top 25. So it'll be interesting to see what every team needs to do to get and stay ranked. In this thread we can also predict the upcoming AP. Sure, some teams like Nova are used to it by now, but a few (SJU, Marquette) have waited years.
Current rankings and my guesses for tomorrow: (very uneventful week)
#6 Nova- beat Columbia and should stay at #6.
#17 Xavier- beat Morehead State but may be passed by Texas A&M. They may also pass WVU, though. I'll say they stay at #17.
#23 SHU- beat Fairdickinson and Monmouth, but Texas A&M will pass them. #24 tomorrow.
Outside the rankings: (won't be ranked tomorrow)
#30 Providence- took care of business
#34 Butler- needs to take care of Princeton tonight to stay in contention
So for tomorrow's poll, we should be locked in with 3 ranked teams no problem. Still some games to play tonight, but not for the 3 ranked teams.
Will do another update tomorrow after the new AP is out for all 10 teams and what they need to do to get ranked. Obviously it's impossible for all 10 to be ranked, but hopefully we can have 3-4 teams ranked all year.
Just for fun, I'll do SJU first since I'm a fan:
This week: beat New Orleans
This week's upcoming schedule: vs Central Connecticut and Nebraska. If they beat both they won't be ranked.
Following week's schedule: vs Molloy (D2), Oregon State, and 2 others (Advocare Invitational). If they win the first 7 games of the season they should be ranked. Obviously SJU is a far way off, but they're the furthest off with the exception of DePaul and Georgetown.
Current rankings and my guesses for tomorrow: (very uneventful week)
#6 Nova- beat Columbia and should stay at #6.
#17 Xavier- beat Morehead State but may be passed by Texas A&M. They may also pass WVU, though. I'll say they stay at #17.
#23 SHU- beat Fairdickinson and Monmouth, but Texas A&M will pass them. #24 tomorrow.
Outside the rankings: (won't be ranked tomorrow)
#30 Providence- took care of business
#34 Butler- needs to take care of Princeton tonight to stay in contention
So for tomorrow's poll, we should be locked in with 3 ranked teams no problem. Still some games to play tonight, but not for the 3 ranked teams.
Will do another update tomorrow after the new AP is out for all 10 teams and what they need to do to get ranked. Obviously it's impossible for all 10 to be ranked, but hopefully we can have 3-4 teams ranked all year.
Just for fun, I'll do SJU first since I'm a fan:
This week: beat New Orleans
This week's upcoming schedule: vs Central Connecticut and Nebraska. If they beat both they won't be ranked.
Following week's schedule: vs Molloy (D2), Oregon State, and 2 others (Advocare Invitational). If they win the first 7 games of the season they should be ranked. Obviously SJU is a far way off, but they're the furthest off with the exception of DePaul and Georgetown.