Rank | Change | Team | Score |
---|---|---|---|
1 | +1 | Indiana | 131 |
2 | -1 | Florida | 130 |
3 | Michigan | 126 | |
4 | +1 | Ohio St. | 110 |
5 | -1 | Kansas | 110 |
6 | +2 | Louisville | 109 |
7 | Syracuse | 105 | |
8 | +4 | Duke | 105 |
9 | -3 | Gonzaga | 104 |
10 | +1 | Pittsburgh | 101 |
11 | +2 | Wisconsin | 98.2 |
12 | -2 | Minnesota | 97.8 |
13 | +2 | Arizona | 93.7 |
14 | +4 | Oklahoma St. | 92.3 |
15 | -6 | Creighton | 90.2 |
16 | +1 | Iowa | 90.1 |
17 | -3 | Cincinnati | 89.6 |
18 | -2 | Kansas St. | 88.7 |
19 | VCU | 87.4 | |
20 | +1 | Michigan St. | 86.7 |
Some shuffling of the deck chairs up at the top of the rankings, but thanks to the #1 teams swapping losses every week no one has really plummeted. But absolute strength scores took a hit -- from 144 at the top last week to only 131 this week. Duke (averaging +14 points over the last four games) and Oklahoma State (thanks to the win over #5 Kansas) both surge upwards, while Creighton plunges thanks to three losses in the last six games.
Predictions for Saturday's Top Ten games:
#2 Florida by 25 over Mississippi State
Wisconsin by 1.5 over #3 Michigan
Wisconsin isn't ranked but should be. This game is at Wisconsin.#5 Kansas by 6 over Oklahoma.
#6 Gonzaga by 23 over Loyola-Marymount
Gonzaga is over-ranked at #6, but LMU is not good.#8 Miami (FL) by 3 over UNC
This is basically a coin-flip game. The polls will be expecting Miami to win and will punish them if they lose, but this would actually be a very solid win for them.#11 Louisville by 5 over #25 Notre Dame
Nice call on Wisconsin.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I was only able to watch the first twenty minutes of the game, so I didn't get to see any scoring :-) Just kidding, but Big10 basketball can be gruesome to watch..
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