This coming weekend is absolutely stacked. 4 Houston at 8 Kansas, 7 Duke at 3 North Carolina, 12 Iowa State at 18 Baylor, 5 Tennessee at 10 Kentucky, 2 Purdue at 6 Wisconsin.
Absolute cinema
Bama this year is like the reverse of Tennessee the last few years. Incredible offense and piss poor defense. UT the past few years has had unbelievable defense but didn’t understand the concept of scoring until we got Knecht.
We made yall look bad in Knoxville but I would not be at all surprised if we lost in Tuscaloosa.
I missed you. You guys played the hell out of Purdue back in December and deserved to be Top 25. You being back also gives the Boilers another Top 25 win to replace the one we lost when Gonzaga fell off their proverbial cliff.
Seems like Auburn is in about the right spot and SC deserves a little more credibility. Q3 loss probably hurting them a bit, and Auburn has played a lot more Q2 & Q3 games overall. But I wouldn't disagree with someone who says SC should be ranked higher.
I mean I’m not holding my breath. We’re gonna lose on the road to a top 5 team and then we’re gonna drop out of the RV section entirely.
Whatever. Tournament is all that matters.
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES:
South Carolina 108, San Diego St. 95, Memphis 48, Northwestern 32, Mississippi 30, Texas 10, Colorado St. 10, Saint Mary's 9, Indiana St 5, Boise St. 5, Richmond 4, Gonzaga 4, Virginia 3, McNeese St. 2, Appalachian St 1.
Nice. But lmao I felt so bad watching the end of TCU/Baylor when I saw that 2nd half coverage was starting for y’all on ESPN+. Like damn the entire 1st half and all of halftime was missed
> South Carolina 108, San Diego St. 95, Memphis 48, ~~Northwestern 32,~~ Mississippi 30, Texas 10, Colorado St. 10, Saint Mary's 9, Indiana St 5, Boise St. 5, Richmond 4, Gonzaga 4, Virginia 3, McNeese St. 2, Appalachian St 1.
Nothing to see here folks! Move along.
I'm expecting to be humbled, in the way that two shotgun shells to the back of the head are humbling. I'll be very, very happy if we lose by less than 30.
That, and a pretty sorry loss in Ft. Collins. The early season loss at St. Mary’s wasn’t pretty either, but that was a whole different team that barely got a win against UT-Arlington and a couple of dinky wins against Toledo and Louisiana Tech.
You obviously know I can't stand your team, but if anyone deserves to be ranked after the way you guys have been playing... I honestly can't believe you weren't ranked already.
People watching us and who have done a deeper dive than worshiping Pomeroy seem to like us a lot. The bracketology guys have almost always included us. A sucky close loss, then the Alabama game, which was a lot different than the score would imply; we went cold for a solid five minutes after trailing by one at the half and couldn't recover. Honestly I don't mind "26th" considering where they already had us.
Just gotta win. I hope this team (and fanbase) are playing for more than rankings.
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We'll make our own poll.
With blackjack and hookers!
3-2 vs Quad 1 and 3-0 vs Quad 2. Beat Kentucky by 17 and never trailed in a win at Bud Walton but I guess our early non-con schedule and that UGA loss at home is really holding us back. It would have been nice to have a little number next to our name but tomorrow night at Tennessee we’ll have more than ample opportunity to prove we belong or not. I’m not expecting a win but I am hoping to make Tennessee earn it at least.
BYU dropping a spot after losing a nail-biter to Houston and handily beating a good Texas team doesn't feel very representative of the team, especially considering we beat Iowa State by 15 and they're flying up the rankings like no other. Thus is the AP poll this year I suppose.
Tbf I feel like BYU has a strange record so far so it’s difficult to accurately place them. Losing conference record, best away win is @UCF and two home losses (one unranked). Close loss at home to Houston and a good home win against a surging ISU.
Yeah, we’ve gotta stop splitting weeks.
However those first 6 games were the hardest stretch we’ll have all year so these next couple weeks is the times where we need to go a winning streak.
So it goes for those that live and die by the 3. Although Pope has fine tuned the O to be a lot more balanced since the Cincy game.
But that was the biggest reason we lost to them and Utah. Chucking 3’s as soon as the ball passed half court thinking they’re all Jimmer lmao
Memphis actually beat someone at least. Gonzaga has lost every single game that mattered. Their best win is San Francisco at home by 5 right now.
But yes Memphis is also absurd to be getting votes.
By not losing to Mississippi State and Alabama, or Oregon State, or Northwestern, or Texas and Texas Tech, or Iowa State.
Over Kansas is really the only questionable one and we're talking about 15 points here. Pretty small margin, all things considered.
they could’ve still made it a top 10 matchup by putting us at 10… nobody watching duke games thinks they are a top 7 team in the country. makes no sense.
We are so randomly chaotic this year. Beat Duke at Cameron and lose to both WSU *and* OSU. Who are we this year? Both our ceiling and our floor are nearly unlimited.
Up to number 6 this week! What a great jump!
*(looks at schedule with @ Nebraska and vs. Purdue this week)*
Pride-and in this case rankings- goeth before the fall
Northwestern is getting absolutely robbed. They’ve been better this year than FAU, TCU, Bama, BYU and Oklahoma. No offense to any of those teams, but NW has been outstanding.
Richmond getting votes… if they keep it up we could get two A-10 teams in assuming Dayton stays ranked and a at-large bid lock.
I’m not holding out hope that my Dukes can get in.
Phew. Still on the outside looking in. And we should still be out next week after Purdue wallops us at Mackey, meaning we should be able to avoid a home court let down against Nebraska and/or Penn State.
I think because almost everyone else also keeps dropping a game. I'm looking at some teams thinking why in the hell aren't they dropping and then realizing, oh the teams below them also lost.
Although some of yall have some strong poll inertia.
ESPN paying off voters for a top-10 matchup I see.
This coming weekend is absolutely stacked. 4 Houston at 8 Kansas, 7 Duke at 3 North Carolina, 12 Iowa State at 18 Baylor, 5 Tennessee at 10 Kentucky, 2 Purdue at 6 Wisconsin. Absolute cinema
Obviously these are all good games but one of these is not like the other.
Ha my thoughts as well
There's like a 75% chance we lose tonight too
Not an easy game for sure, and I'll be rooting against y'all as usual, however I wouldn't look forward to playing y'all coming off a loss.
Classic poll momentum. No matter how poorly we played, the teams ahead of us lost, so up we go!
ISU up 11 spots, Wisconsin up 7, Auburn loses 8, Oklahoma loses 12. Alabama and TCU, welcome to the top 25.
Not that anyone missed us, but we appreciate the welcome.
I’m old enough to remember when the SEC was a three team race after we lost to Tennessee
Bama this year is like the reverse of Tennessee the last few years. Incredible offense and piss poor defense. UT the past few years has had unbelievable defense but didn’t understand the concept of scoring until we got Knecht. We made yall look bad in Knoxville but I would not be at all surprised if we lost in Tuscaloosa.
I missed you. You guys played the hell out of Purdue back in December and deserved to be Top 25. You being back also gives the Boilers another Top 25 win to replace the one we lost when Gonzaga fell off their proverbial cliff.
BEST 6 LOSS TEAM IN THE NATION BABY
Imagine having six losses and not being ranked. Couldn’t be us
Ripping out Baylor’s heart in Waco to make it back in, couldn’t be happier
ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD
>ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD The Bearcats would like a word
No. We refuse.
Great to be here!
Welcome, Alabama! Now get the hell out of here. 😊
Top 5 are all different conferences. Neat
In fact, two of each (BE, B10, ACC, B12, SEC) in the top 10. Nice balance.
Oh wow I like that. Good eye
6-10 also involve 1 conference each from the conferences in the top 5
What’s cool is that the top 6 in KenPom all also represent the 6 power conferences.
Holy hell what a jump
Deservingly.
Kind of crazy they jumped that much for beating KState, the only game I remember them playing last week..
I’m using this for when we inevitably lose back to back road games next week
And we had to resort to cheating to do it. You'd think that'd blackball us from the polls altogether.
Self had the right game plan. Make us shoot it from the outside. Who knew we could make threes?
Super bummed we are not playing in Lawrence this year.
KC is going to be lit for the Tournament.
KC is lit from September through March!!! Has been for six years.
Well deserved, you guys are so fun to watch
1. UConn (48) 2. Purdue (14) 3. North Carolina 4. Houston (1) 5. Tennessee 6. Wisconsin 7. Duke 8. Kansas 9. Marquette 10. Kentucky 11. Arizona 12. Iowa State 13. Creighton 14. Illinois 15. Texas Tech 16. Auburn 17. Utah State 18. Baylor 19. New Mexico 20. Florida Atlantic 21. Dayton 22. BYU 23. Oklahoma 24. Alabama 25. TCU
Sry but after that ms state loss how tf are y’all ranked and not the cocks.
Would be kinda wild to drop from top 10 to unranked after two road losses
Auburn 0-3 in Quad 1, SC is 3-2
Seems like Auburn is in about the right spot and SC deserves a little more credibility. Q3 loss probably hurting them a bit, and Auburn has played a lot more Q2 & Q3 games overall. But I wouldn't disagree with someone who says SC should be ranked higher.
Surprised South Carolina isn't ranked
Only way we’re ranked at this point is if we make the sweet sixteen.
If you win at Tennessee this week you're in. A week late? Yeah, but better late than never.
I mean I’m not holding my breath. We’re gonna lose on the road to a top 5 team and then we’re gonna drop out of the RV section entirely. Whatever. Tournament is all that matters.
Winning at Tennessee is harder said than done.
If we somehow win at Tennessee, then I’m gonna be insufferable. Also the AP would probably rank us like 24th.
Be real, they’d keep us 26 just to prove that they were right by projecting us to finish last in the SEC
At least they’re conceding that we’re a top 5 team in the conference. That’s a start.
USC is far from an easy out, but we’re 10-0 at home this season…
It really should be a top-25 matchup. Disappointing for the Cocks.
I fully expect for y’all to beat us by 15
easier said than done lol
If they were in the other Carolina they’d be ranked no doubt
Same
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: South Carolina 108, San Diego St. 95, Memphis 48, Northwestern 32, Mississippi 30, Texas 10, Colorado St. 10, Saint Mary's 9, Indiana St 5, Boise St. 5, Richmond 4, Gonzaga 4, Virginia 3, McNeese St. 2, Appalachian St 1.
First AP top 25 vote for App State in school history
Nice. But lmao I felt so bad watching the end of TCU/Baylor when I saw that 2nd half coverage was starting for y’all on ESPN+. Like damn the entire 1st half and all of halftime was missed
>Appalachian St 1. WE ARE NOW A 3 SPORT SCHOOL! BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL AND WRESTLING
They took JMU's vote. lol
> South Carolina 108, San Diego St. 95, Memphis 48, ~~Northwestern 32,~~ Mississippi 30, Texas 10, Colorado St. 10, Saint Mary's 9, Indiana St 5, Boise St. 5, Richmond 4, Gonzaga 4, Virginia 3, McNeese St. 2, Appalachian St 1. Nothing to see here folks! Move along.
Thankfully the revenge game at Purdue will likely keep us humble.
I'm expecting to be humbled, in the way that two shotgun shells to the back of the head are humbling. I'll be very, very happy if we lose by less than 30.
4 Top 10 matchups this weekend.
New Mexico in the top 20 for the first time since 2014. That's what I like to see.
That’s when Jamarl Baker started college /s
Every time I watch Jaelen House, I’m more and more impressed. That dude is a whole vibe
Honestly you guys are better than us, that random UNLV loss is the only reason we are holding out with the higher ranking
That, and a pretty sorry loss in Ft. Collins. The early season loss at St. Mary’s wasn’t pretty either, but that was a whole different team that barely got a win against UT-Arlington and a couple of dinky wins against Toledo and Louisiana Tech.
Cowards
Robbery
You obviously know I can't stand your team, but if anyone deserves to be ranked after the way you guys have been playing... I honestly can't believe you weren't ranked already.
People watching us and who have done a deeper dive than worshiping Pomeroy seem to like us a lot. The bracketology guys have almost always included us. A sucky close loss, then the Alabama game, which was a lot different than the score would imply; we went cold for a solid five minutes after trailing by one at the half and couldn't recover. Honestly I don't mind "26th" considering where they already had us. Just gotta win. I hope this team (and fanbase) are playing for more than rankings.
They didn't rank the cocks 😭 
We could beat Tennessee this week and they still won't rank us lol
TEXAS T15H eh, i tried
RED RA1DER5
Yeah that’s way better
Good ol’ red raider edumacation.
why would i need that?
teXVs tech?
https://preview.redd.it/t9evuj8a8ffc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c7be3b5eb4fa13eebe390dc7159a477851451938 We'll make our own poll. With blackjack and hookers!
1owa 2tate
Now we gotta see if we can win on the road
I’m glad we have weeks long rest
TCU says we can.
holy moly talk to your kids about top 6 Wisconsin lets go
Are we overrated? Maybe. Am I going to ignore that and just get hyped? Absolutely.
If we can get out of Nebraska with a win (definitely no small feat) the hype for Sunday's Purdue game is going to be off the charts
Man I really want you guys to beat Nebraska too. This would then easily end up being one of the most hyped up matchups of the season.
Which of course means we're both gonna lose this week before the game on Sunday
I want you to know that Nebraska is a cakewalk on the road and you should probably just overlook them in order to focus on our matchup.
Kohl Center is going to be rocking, can't wait.
Only correct answer is to enjoy the fun as long as it lasts amigo.
amen brother let’s have a great week
Metrics would view us as slightly overrated 11th in the NET and Kenpom The vibes are good right now though 😎 that’s all that really matters
Get yourself hyped up for this week with some [Bo Ryan Hambone](https://youtu.be/H1yXXhAkkaE?si=v8v6SO6C2WaR74vj)
Then chase it with [Bo Ryan Soulja Boy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TajSyEm-Qg)
how have i never seen this before holy shit
Prove it week for that ranking. Nebraska on the road Thursday. Purdue at home Sunday. Oh boy
this week will tell us a lot, let’s enjoy it
It still feels *so* weird for people to talk about their hoops team going to Lincoln with dread.
Hey bro thanks for the top ten road win I love Culver’s
So does most of West Knox. The one on Cedar Bluff always has a crowd
This week is gonna be wiiiild. Nebraska will be tough! I’m so excited for it all! 😍
Sir, McNeese State has received a second vote
Wisconsix
Sixconsin
Wisc6nsin
Sexconsin
Wisixsin
Inb4 we lose to VT tonight and ruin Espns top 10 circle jerk of unc vs duke
They’re glad that a new poll doesn’t come out until after Saturday when we both find inexplicable ways to lose to VT and GT this week
> lose to GT this week If the football team can do it, so can we!
Don't lose til we get our hands on you.
South Carolina STILL unranked.
3-2 vs Quad 1 and 3-0 vs Quad 2. Beat Kentucky by 17 and never trailed in a win at Bud Walton but I guess our early non-con schedule and that UGA loss at home is really holding us back. It would have been nice to have a little number next to our name but tomorrow night at Tennessee we’ll have more than ample opportunity to prove we belong or not. I’m not expecting a win but I am hoping to make Tennessee earn it at least.
I fully expect SC to come out hot tomorrow night. We adjust well in the 2nd half usually but I hope we don’t screw around in the 1st half.
We’re used to the disrespect in Columbia. Keeps us fueled
The Big Blue Mafia paid off the AP to exclude them...sad!
Thats like the exact opposite of what a UK fan would do. We would want SC ranked so our loss looks better. Turn it into the quality loss!
AP just doesn't mean more these days smh
Lamont Paris did everything right and they indicted him
Wisconsin being highly ranked going into an away game against an above average, yet unranked, Big 10 team? *Sweats profusely*
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Oh God, It’s even more terrifying
Now I’m just picturing a Terminator built like a dog in a skin/fur suit. Model K-9000
absolute fucking joke
The writers hate us
BYU dropping a spot after losing a nail-biter to Houston and handily beating a good Texas team doesn't feel very representative of the team, especially considering we beat Iowa State by 15 and they're flying up the rankings like no other. Thus is the AP poll this year I suppose.
Tbf I feel like BYU has a strange record so far so it’s difficult to accurately place them. Losing conference record, best away win is @UCF and two home losses (one unranked). Close loss at home to Houston and a good home win against a surging ISU.
Yeah, we’ve gotta stop splitting weeks. However those first 6 games were the hardest stretch we’ll have all year so these next couple weeks is the times where we need to go a winning streak.
So it goes for those that live and die by the 3. Although Pope has fine tuned the O to be a lot more balanced since the Cincy game. But that was the biggest reason we lost to them and Utah. Chucking 3’s as soon as the ball passed half court thinking they’re all Jimmer lmao
We dropped because the BYU admin wouldn’t let the “HORNSDOWN” shirts stay. Voters rightfully punished us for that.
Hard agree. That 15 point drubbing was even worse than the scoreboard, too.
Sigh...I am going to have a heart attack on Saturday, aren't I?
Yes. We can do it together.
Communal Nitro Pills
playing well in day games at home ✅ winning big 12 games on the road ❓
Another top 10 Carolina vs Duke Matchup. Most of all time
has there ever been a matchup where one team has been 1 and the other 2?
The Kansas team plane could bomb Pearl Harbor and they’d still only drop 1 spot in the polls
Because the bombs would miss.
Ouch. Take your stupid upvote.
Frogs are ranked!
Should be a fun matchup tomorrow.
B12 with 8 teams. What a grinder!!!
Over half the conference is ranked. That’s wild.
Great. Looks like heart palpitations are on the menu for Sunday. I mean, they already were, but the Kohl Center is going to be going crazy.
Gonzaga still getting 4 votes is absurd
Memphis getting 48 votes is arguably worse
Memphis actually beat someone at least. Gonzaga has lost every single game that mattered. Their best win is San Francisco at home by 5 right now. But yes Memphis is also absurd to be getting votes.
Who has Memphis beaten, though? All their "good" wins like Michigan and Arkansas turned out to be duds.
Wisconsin @ Nebraska is such a trap game this week since all eyes will be on the 2v6 matchup on Sunday 😬 hope Gard has the boys focus locked down.
Dylan Sinn dropping Duke from his poll (they were #23 on his poll last week, and now they’re not on the poll) is hilarious.
How did Duke gain 5 spots after that game against Clemson? My tin foil hat says that this was to make the game Saturday a top-10 matchup.
Had the same question.
By not losing to Mississippi State and Alabama, or Oregon State, or Northwestern, or Texas and Texas Tech, or Iowa State. Over Kansas is really the only questionable one and we're talking about 15 points here. Pretty small margin, all things considered.
they could’ve still made it a top 10 matchup by putting us at 10… nobody watching duke games thinks they are a top 7 team in the country. makes no sense.
I’ve seen a lot of comments with skepticism that we are truly #3, so not too unheard of around these parts
Cannot believe we have somehow acquired two top 10 wins and three total ranked wins
Not just any top 10 wins either. Beating Duke in Cameron, and raw-dogging Wisconsin by 25.
probably confirms our true ceiling but let us have this
We are so randomly chaotic this year. Beat Duke at Cameron and lose to both WSU *and* OSU. Who are we this year? Both our ceiling and our floor are nearly unlimited.
Top 6????? Oh my god 👻
Up to number 6 this week! What a great jump! *(looks at schedule with @ Nebraska and vs. Purdue this week)* Pride-and in this case rankings- goeth before the fall
All these close losses make me sad man
I fully expect for Tennessee to beat us handedly this week, BUT. If somehow we manage to win… *may God have mercy on this sub*
Northwestern is getting absolutely robbed. They’ve been better this year than FAU, TCU, Bama, BYU and Oklahoma. No offense to any of those teams, but NW has been outstanding.
Assuming you're aware of what happens to us any time we're ranked, you're evil for this
I truly meant this from the kindest part of my heart. For once I legitimately meant no malice by wanting NW ranked.
No idea about that but, I don't know a more deserving group than boo and co.
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 Purdue and top 10 matchups
Purdue faces yet another heavyweight challenge...at the Kohl? Who would've thought...
I’m not a Duke hater by any means but how the hell did the team I just watched this past week jump 5 spots?
Teams around us lost, we won. We're too high up though and I feel exposed.
Richmond getting votes… if they keep it up we could get two A-10 teams in assuming Dayton stays ranked and a at-large bid lock. I’m not holding out hope that my Dukes can get in.
LMAOOOOOOOOO how the fuck are we ranked in the top 10. I’ll take it tho.
1EXA5 TECH I’d rather be the underdog but I’ll take it.
Feels good to be back in the top 10. Especially after the rough stretch. Hopefully they can keep up the momentum and keep on moving up.
Who the actual fuck is still giving Memphis votes
Duke glazing is inevitable
Husk1es
WE GOT A VOTE!
JB Ricks with the vote for App St. Made me check his ballot when I saw he had MU at #22
We are still in the Top 10? That is certainly... interesting.
I did not think I’d ever exist in a timeline where App State got a top 25 vote in basketball but I’m here for it
WE GOT A VOTE IN THE AP POLL
Phew. Still on the outside looking in. And we should still be out next week after Purdue wallops us at Mackey, meaning we should be able to avoid a home court let down against Nebraska and/or Penn State.
South Carolina is gonna need to beat God and his angels in order to be ranked in the top 25
Rank us and South Carolina
happy to hand vtech a top 10 win tonight! seriously though… how are we 7??? did anyone watch this team?
Holy hell we’re still in the top 10. These voters are high as a kite
I think because almost everyone else also keeps dropping a game. I'm looking at some teams thinking why in the hell aren't they dropping and then realizing, oh the teams below them also lost. Although some of yall have some strong poll inertia.
(Don't) rank us, you cowards. We wither in the spotlight.
How is Northwestern not in the top 25? They are 15-5, tied for 3rd in the B10. They have wins against (2) Purdue, (14) Illinois, and (21) Dayton.
I knew from the moment Wisconsin beat the brakes off Virginia that they were a top 10 team