SC Cracks Top 25

[MajorMike]

January 22, 2007

Top 25
RANK TEAM RECORD PTS LAST
1 Florida (42) 17-2 1759 1
2 Wisconsin (22) 19-1 1720 2
3 UCLA (6) 17-1 1679 3
4 North Carolina (2) 17-2 1597 4
5 Ohio St. 16-3 1470 7
6 Texas A&M 16-2 1438 8
7 Oregon 18-1 1387 9
8 Kansas 16-3 1248 5
9 Pittsburgh 17-3 1203 6
10 Duke 16-3 1091 14
11 Memphis 15-3 954 17
12 Alabama 15-3 937 10
13 Oklahoma St. 16-3 867 12
14 Butler 17-2 856 18
15 Marquette 17-4 726 24
16 Air Force 18-2 676 13
17 Arizona 13-5 545 11
18 Nevada 17-2 534 15
19 Clemson 18-2 507 19
20 Washington St. 16-3 418 NR
21 LSU 13-5 392 16
22 Notre Dame 16-3 304 20
23 Indiana 14-4 210 NR
24 Virginia Tech 14-5 177 23
25 Southern Cal 15-5 149 NR

Others receiving votes: Tennessee 118, Kentucky 83, Texas 69, N. Iowa 46, Villanova 46, Texas Tech 36, Georgetown 28, Va. Commonwealth 23, Michigan St. 22, Vanderbilt 18, S. Illinois 8, Stanford 8, Georgia Tech 7, Maryland 7, Boston College 6, New Mexico St. 6, UNLV 6, Syracuse 5, Arkansas 3, George Washington 3, Akron 2, Connecticut 2, Florida St. 2, Michigan 2.

First-place votes in parentheses

[MajorMike]

USA TODAY/ESPN men's basketball coaches' poll



Jan. 22, 2007

Rank School (first-place votes) Record Points Last week's rank

1. Florida (23) 17-2 763 1

2. UCLA (6) 17-1 739 2

3. Wisconsin (2) 19-1 714 3

4. North Carolina 17-2 691 4

5. Ohio State 16-3 632 7

6. Texas A&M 16-2 620 8

7. Oregon 18-1 580 10

8. Kansas 16-3 531 5

9. Pittsburgh 17-3 522 6

10. Duke 16-3 416 17

11. Butler 17-2 407 15

12. Alabama 15-3 397 9

13. Air Force 18-2 395 11

14. Memphis 15-3 360 18

15. Nevada 17-2 332 13

16. Oklahoma State 16-3 301 14

17. Clemson 18-2 295 16

18. Washington State 16-3 281 21

19. Arizona 13-5 224 12

20. Marquette 17-4 185 NR

21. Notre Dame 16-3 163 20

22. LSU 13-5 90 19

23. Virginia Tech 14-5 71 25

24. Indiana 14-4 70 NR

25. Kentucky 15-4 52 NR


Dropped out: No. 22 Maryland, No. 23 Texas, No. 24 Tennessee.

Others receiving votes: Southern California (15-5) 48; Villanova (13-5) 30; Tennessee (14-5) 23; UNLV (16-4) 20; Northern Iowa (15-4) 19; Texas (13-5) 15; Michigan State (16-4) 13; Virginia Commonwealth (16-3) 13; Southern Illinois (15-5) 10; Georgia Tech (13-5) 8; Vanderbilt (13-6) 7; Maryland (15-5) 6; Boston College (13-5) 5; Connecticut (13-5) 5; Georgetown (13-5) 5; West Virginia (14-4) 5; Winthrop (15-4) 4; New Mexico State (15-4) 3; Stanford (12-5) 3; Colorado State (14-4) 1; George Washington (13-4) 1.

The USA TODAY/ESPN Board of Coaches is made up of 31 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the National Association of Basketball Coaches. The board for the 2006-07 season: Mike Adras, Northern Arizona, Dana Altman, Creighton, Tevester Anderson, Jackson State, Ronnie Arrow, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Eddie Biedenbach, North Carolina-Asheville, Jim Boeheim, Syracuse, Matt Brady, Marist, Rick Byrd, Belmont, Charlie Coles, Miami (Ohio), Dick Davey, Santa Clara, Steve Fisher, San Diego State, Pat Flannery, Bucknell, Tim Floyd, Southern California, Greg Graham, Boise State, Tom Green, Fairleigh Dickinson, Johnny Jones, North Texas, Jim Larranaga, George Mason, Bob McKillop, Davidson, Phil Martelli, Saint Joseph’s, Ron “Fang” Mitchell, Coppin State, Dave Odom, South Carolina, Matt Painter, Purdue, Doc Sadler, Nebraska, Joe Scott, Princeton, Jimmy Tillette, Samford, Bob Thomason, Pacific, Perry Watson, Detroit Mercy, Gary Williams, Maryland, Doug Wojcik, Tulsa, Ted Woodward, Maine, Rich Zvosec, Missouri-Kansas City.

[johngateswhiteley]

Capt. Mike-
...how come you didn't quote me on that? i told you they would. fight on Baby!

[MajorMike]

Being in and staying in are 2 diff things.

[johngateswhiteley]

Being in and staying in are 2 diff things.

...i only said they'd be ranked at some point.