NCAA Basketball Top 50

Rankings are expanded to the top 50, through all games played Friday, 12/26.

Rank	LW	Team	Record	Conference
1	1	North Carolina	(11-0, 0-0)	ACC
2	2	Oklahoma	(12-0, 0-0)	Big 12
3	8	Pitt	(12-0, 0-0)	Big East
4	9	Connecticut	(11-0, 0-0)	Big East
5	6	Ohio State	(9-0, 0-0)	Big 10
6	15	Duke	(10-1, 0-0)	ACC
7	17	Clemson	(12-0, 0-0)	ACC
8	18	Wake Forest	(11-0, 0-0)	ACC
9	19	Baylor	(10-1, 0-0)	Big 12
10	20	Georgetown	(9-1, 0-0)	Big East
11	11	Texas	(10-2, 0-0)	Big 12
12	23	Minnesota	(11-0, 0-0)	Big 10
13	24	Butler	(10-1, 2-0)	Horizon
14	5	Xavier	(9-2, 0-0)	Atlantic 10
15	22	Florida State	(11-2, 0-0)	ACC
16	26	Notre Dame	(9-2, 0-0)	Big East
17	27	Stanford	(8-0, 0-0)	Pac-10
18	25	Michigan	(9-2, 0-0)	Big 10
19	28	UCLA	(9-2, 0-0)	Pac-10
20	10	Villanova	(11-1, 0-0)	Big East
21	7	Dayton	(11-1, 0-0)	Atlantic 10
22	33	Purdue	(10-2, 0-0)	Big 10
23	3	Gonzaga	(8-3, 0-0)	West Coast
24	4	Syracuse	(12-1, 0-0)	Big East
25	16	Davidson	(8-2, 1-0)	Southern
26	12	Tennessee	(8-2, 0-0)	SEC
27	14	Missouri	(9-2, 0-0)	Big 12
28	43	Michigan State	(8-2, 0-0)	Big 10
29	35	Illinois	(11-1, 0-0)	Big 10
30	38	Arizona State	(10-1, 0-0)	Pac-10
31	31	Illinois State	(11-0, 0-0)	Missouri Valley
32	29	BYU	(10-1, 0-0)	Mountain West
33	13	Memphis	(7-3, 0-0)	Conference USA
34	37	Louisville	(7-2, 0-0)	Big East
35	34	Northwestern	(8-2, 0-0)	Big 10
36	30	Marquette	(10-2, 0-0)	Big East
37	41	California	(9-2, 0-0)	Pac 10
38	42	Wisconsin	(9-3, 0-0)	Big 10
39	32	LSU	(9-1, 0-0)	SEC
40	44	Maryland	(8-2, 0-0)	ACC
41	46	Florida	(9-2, 0-0)	SEC
42	50	Evansville	(8-2, 0-0)	Missouri Valley
43	48	George Mason	(8-2, 1-0)	Colonial
44	40	Miami (FL)	(7-3, 0-0)	ACC
45	NR	West Virginia	(9-2, 0-0)	Big East
46	NR	Boston College	(10-2, 0-0)	ACC
47	NR	St. Mary's	(10-1, 0-0)	West Coast
48	NR	Cincinnati	(10-2, 0-0)	Big East
49	21	Kansas	(8-3, 0-0)	Big 12
50	NR	Portland State	(9-3, 1-0)	Big Sky

NCAA Basketball Top 25 (12/8/08)

These rankings are as of Monday night the 8th:

Rank	LW	Team
1	1	North Carolina
2	2	Oklahoma
3	3	Gonzaga
4	4	Syracuse
5	5	Xavier
6	6	Ohio State
7	7	Dayton
8	8	Pitt
9	9	Connecticut
10	10	Villanova
11	11	Texas
12	12	Tennessee
13	13	Memphis
14	14	Missouri
15	15	Duke
16	16	Davidson
17	17	Clemson
18	18	Wake Forest
19	19	Baylor
20	20	Georgetown
21	21	Kansas
22	22	Florida State
23	23	Minnesota
24	24	Butler
25	25	Michigan

Week 15 Rankings

Here are your pre-bowl rankings through Week 15. Since my next college football rankings will not be until after the national championship in January, I will begin working on college basketball rankings. Expect those sometime by the 15th.

Rank	Previous	Team	Record
1	4	Florida	(12-1, 7-1)
2	2	Texas	(11-1, 7-1)
3	3	Oklahoma	(12-1, 7-1)
4	1	Alabama	(12-1, 8-0)
5	5	Utah	(12-0, 8-0)
6	6	USC	(11-1, 8-1)
7	7	Texas Tech	(11-1, 7-1)
8	8	Boise State	(12-0, 8-0)
9	9	Penn State	(11-1, 7-1)
10	10	Ohio State	(10-2, 7-1)
11	13	TCU	(10-2, 7-1)
12	12	Cincinnati	(11-2, 6-1)
13	14	Georgia Tech	(9-3, 5-3)
14	15	Oregon	(9-3, 7-2)
15	16	Oklahoma State	(9-3, 5-3)
16	17	Mississippi	(8-4, 5-3)
17	18	BYU	(10-2, 6-2)
18	19	Georgia	(9-3, 6-2)
19	25	Virginia Tech	(9-4, 5-3)
20	23	Pitt	(9-3, 5-2)
21	22	Iowa	(8-4, 5-3)
22	24	Oregon State	(8-4, 7-2)
23	26	California	(8-4, 6-3)
24	11	Ball State	(12-1, 8-0)
25	20	Missouri	(9-4, 5-3)
26	21	Boston College	(9-4, 5-3)
27	27	West Virginia	(8-4, 5-2)
28	41	East Carolina	(9-4, 6-2)
29	28	Nebraska	(8-4, 5-3)
30	31	Michigan State	(9-3, 6-2)
31	34	Rutgers	(7-5, 5-2)
32	30	Maryland	(7-5, 4-4)
33	33	Florida State	(8-4, 5-3)
34	32	Clemson	(7-5, 4-4)
35	35	Arizona	(7-5, 5-4)
36	29	Tulsa	(10-3, 7-1)
37	36	Kansas	(7-5, 4-4)
38	37	North Carolina	(8-4, 4-4)
39	38	Northwestern	(9-3, 5-3)
40	39	Rice	(9-3, 7-1)
41	40	North Carolina State	(6-6, 4-4)
42	NR	Buffalo	(8-5, 5-3)
43	43	Miami (FL)	(7-5, 4-4)
44	44	Western Michigan	(9-3, 6-2)
45	45	South Carolina	(7-5, 4-4)
46	46	Wisconsin	(7-5, 3-5)
47	47	Wake Forest	(7-5, 4-4)
48	48	LSU	(7-5, 3-5)
49	42	Connecticut	(7-5, 3-4)
50	NR	Navy	(8-4)

Before the bowl games begin on 12/20, I will post my bowl predictions. These are historically bad on my part, with a winning % of around 55-60%. That being said I doubt I will put a whole lot of analysis into my picks. Kudos to Dave for the poll matrix, our views are fairly similar it seems.

Week 14 Rankings

Rank	Previous	Team	Record
1	1	Alabama	(12-0, 8-0)
2	2	Texas	(11-1, 7-1)
3	3	Oklahoma	(11-1, 7-1)
4	4	Florida	(11-1, 7-1)
5	5	Utah	(12-0, 8-0)
6	7	USC	(10-1, 7-1)
7	6	Texas Tech	(11-1, 7-1)
8	8	Boise State	(12-0, 8-0)
9	9	Penn State	(11-1, 7-1)
10	10	Ohio State	(10-2, 7-1)
11	14	Ball State	(12-0, 8-0)
12	15	Cincinnati	(10-2, 6-1)
13	13	TCU	(10-2, 7-1)
14	17	Georgia Tech	(9-3, 5-3)
15	23	Oregon	(9-3, 7-2)
16	11	Oklahoma State	(9-3, 5-3)
17	20	Mississippi	(8-4, 5-3)
18	19	BYU	(10-2, 6-2)
19	16	Georgia	(9-3, 6-2)
20	12	Missouri	(9-3, 5-3)
21	22	Boston College	(9-3, 5-3)
22	21	Iowa	(8-4, 5-3)
23	27	Pitt	(8-3, 4-2)
24	18	Oregon State	(8-4, 7-2)
25	31	Virginia Tech	(8-4, 5-3)
26	26	California	(7-4, 5-3)
27	25	West Virginia	(7-4, 4-2)
28	34	Nebraska	(8-4, 5-3)
29	32	Tulsa	(10-2, 7-1)
30	29	Maryland	(7-5, 4-4)
31	33	Michigan State	(9-3, 6-2)
32	38	Clemson	(7-5, 4-4)
33	24	Florida State	(8-4, 5-3)
34	36	Rutgers	(6-5, 5-2)
35	37	Arizona	(6-5, 4-4)
36	NR	Kansas	(7-5, 4-4)
37	42	North Carolina	(8-4, 4-4)
38	40	Northwestern	(9-3, 5-3)
39	48	Rice	(9-3, 7-1)
40	NR	North Carolina State	(6-6, 4-4)
41	46	East Carolina	(8-4, 6-2)
42	43	Connecticut	(7-4, 3-3)
43	30	Miami (FL)	(7-5, 4-4)
44	39	Western Michigan	(9-3, 6-2)
45	35	South Carolina	(7-5, 4-4)
46	45	Wisconsin	(7-5, 3-5)
47	50	Wake Forest	(7-5, 4-4)
48	28	LSU	(7-5, 3-5)
49	NR	Nevada	(7-5, 5-3)
50	NR	South Florida	(7-4, 2-4)

Just checked my preseason Top 25 and noticed that only 13 of those teams are in my current top 25. I guess that's college football for you. Big disappointments...Illinois (preseason #15), Arizona State (preseason #17), Auburn (preseason #21), and Fresno State (preseason #25). Big successes...Iowa (preseason NR), Georgia Tech (preseason NR), Cincinnati (preseason NR), Ball State (preseason NR), Mississippi (preseason NR), and Alabama (preseason #43).

Championship Week Picks

MAC Championship (ESPN2) - 8PM, Friday 12/5:
#11 Ball State-38 vs. NR Buffalo-17
Conference USA Championship (ESPN2) - 12PM, Sat. 12/6:
#29 Tulsa-27 vs. #41 East Carolina-37
ACC Championship (ABC) - 1PM, Sat. 12/6:
#21 Boston College-14 vs. #25 Virginia Tech-16
SEC Championship (CBS) - 4PM, Sat. 12/6:
#1 Alabama-23 vs. #4 Florida-28
Big 12 Championship (ABC) - 8PM, Sat. 12/6:
#3 Oklahoma-55 vs. #20 Missouri-31

Other Games
#23 Pitt-23 @ #42 UConn-17
#6 USC-38 @ NR UCLA-13
#50 South Florida-17 @ #27 WVU-35
NR Arizona St.-28 @ #35 Arizona-23
#12 Cincinnati-24 @ NR Hawaii-17

Week 13 Rankings

Rank	Previous	Team	Record
1	2	Alabama	(11-0, 7-0)
2	3	Texas	(10-1, 6-1)
3	5	Oklahoma	(10-1, 6-1)
4	4	Florida	(10-1, 6-1)
5	7	Utah	(12-0, 8-0)
6	1	Texas Tech	(10-1, 6-1)
7	6	USC	(9-1, 7-1)
8	8	Boise State	(11-0, 7-0)
9	9	Penn State	(11-1, 7-1)
10	10	Ohio State	(10-2, 7-1)
11	11	Oklahoma State	(9-2, 5-2)
12	12	Missouri	(9-2, 5-2)
13	13	TCU	(10-2, 7-1)
14	15	Ball State	(11-0, 7-0)
15	17	Cincinnati	(9-2, 5-1)
16	16	Georgia	(9-2, 6-2)
17	24	Georgia Tech	(8-3, 5-3)
18	22	Oregon State	(8-3, 7-1)
19	14	BYU	(10-2, 6-2)
20	32	Mississippi	(7-4, 4-3)
21	29	Iowa	(8-4, 5-3)
22	25	Boston College	(8-3, 4-3)
23	23	Oregon	(8-3, 6-2)
24	30	Florida State	(8-3, 5-3)
25	27	West Virginia	(7-3, 4-1)
26	31	California	(7-4, 5-3)
27	21	Pitt	(7-3, 3-2)
28	18	LSU	(7-4, 3-4)
29	19	Maryland	(7-4, 4-3)
30	20	Miami (FL)	(7-4, 4-3)
31	33	Virginia Tech	(7-4, 4-3)
32	38	Tulsa	(9-2, 6-1)
33	28	Michigan State	(9-3, 6-2)
34	34	Nebraska	(7-4, 4-3)
35	35	South Carolina	(7-4, 4-4)
36	37	Rutgers	(6-5, 5-2)
37	36	Arizona	(6-5, 4-4)
38	41	Clemson	(6-5, 4-4)
39	39	Western Michigan	(9-2, 5-1)
40	45	Northwestern	(9-3, 5-3)
41	47	Houston	(7-4, 6-1)
42	26	North Carolina	(7-4, 3-4)
43	40	Connecticut	(7-4, 3-3)
44	42	Central Michigan	(8-3, 6-1)
45	46	Wisconsin	(7-5, 3-5)
46	NR	East Carolina	(7-4, 5-2)
47	NR	Louisiana Tech	(7-4, 5-2)
48	NR	Rice	(8-3, 6-1)
49	NR	Buffalo	(7-4, 5-2)
50	50	Wake Forest	(6-5, 4-4)

Week 12 Rankings

Rank	Previous	Team	Record
1	1	Texas Tech	(10-0, 6-0)
2	2	Alabama	(11-0, 7-0)
3	3	Texas	(10-1, 6-1)
4	5	Florida	(9-1, 6-1)
5	4	Oklahoma	(9-1, 5-1)
6	6	USC	(9-1, 7-1)
7	7	Utah	(11-0, 7-0)
8	8	Boise State	(10-0, 6-0)
9	9	Penn State	(10-1, 6-1)
10	10	Ohio State	(9-2, 6-1)
11	11	Oklahoma State	(9-2, 5-2)
12	12	Missouri	(9-2, 5-2)
13	13	TCU	(9-2, 6-1)
14	14	BYU	(10-1, 6-1)
15	15	Ball State	(10-0, 6-0)
16	17	Georgia	(9-2, 6-2)
17	21	Cincinnati	(8-2, 4-1)
18	18	LSU	(7-3, 3-3)
19	36	Maryland	(7-3, 4-2)
20	26	Miami (FL)	(7-3, 4-2)
21	22	Pitt	(7-2, 3-1)
22	32	Oregon State	(7-3, 6-1)
23	31	Oregon	(8-3, 6-2)
24	24	Georgia Tech	(7-3, 4-3)
25	38	Boston College	(7-3, 3-3)
26	16	North Carolina	(7-3, 3-3)
27	27	West Virginia	(6-3, 3-1)
28	29	Michigan State	(9-2, 6-1)
29	34	Iowa	(7-4, 4-3)
30	20	Florida State	(7-3, 4-3)
31	25	California	(6-4, 4-3)
32	37	Mississippi	(6-4, 3-3)
33	28	Virginia Tech	(6-4, 3-3)
34	39	Nebraska	(7-4, 4-3)
35	19	South Carolina	(7-4, 4-4)
36	33	Arizona	(6-4, 4-3)
37	50	Rutgers	(5-5, 4-2)
38	23	Tulsa	(8-2, 5-1)
39	42	Western Michigan	(9-2, 5-1)
40	47	Connecticut	(7-3, 3-2)
41	49	Clemson	(5-5, 3-4)
42	41	Central Michigan	(8-2, 6-0)
43	43	Virginia	(5-5, 3-3)
44	35	Air Force	(8-3, 5-2)
45	NR	Northwestern	(8-3, 4-3)
46	NR	Wisconsin	(6-5, 3-5)
47	NR	Houston	(6-4, 5-1)
48	NR	Vanderbilt	(6-4, 4-4)
49	44	Minnesota	(7-4, 3-4)
50	30	Wake Forest	(6-4, 4-3)

Key Week 13 Games:
#15 Ball St. (10-0, 6-0) @ #42 Central Michigan (8-2, 6-0)
#20 Miami (7-3, 4-2) @ #24 GT (7-3, 4-3)
#25 BC (7-3, 3-3) @ #50 Wake (6-4, 4-3)
#41 Clemson (5-5, 3-4) @ #43 Virginia (5-5, 3-3)
#30 FSU (7-3, 4-3) @ #19 Maryland (7-3, 4-2)
#1 TT (10-0, 6-0) @ #5 Oklahoma (9-1, 5-1)
River City Rivalry...#21 Pitt (7-2, 3-1) @ #17 Cincy (8-2, 4-1)
Floyd of Rosedale Trophy...#29 Iowa (7-4, 4-3) @ #49 Minnesota (7-4, 3-4)
The Game...NR Michigan (3-8, 2-5) @ #10 Ohio St. (9-2, 6-1)
Land Grant Trophy...#28 Michigan St. (9-2, 6-1) @ #9 Penn St. (10-1, 6-1)
#44 Air Force (8-3, 5-2) @ #13 TCU (9-2, 6-1)
Holy War...#14 BYU (10-1, 6-1) @ #7 Utah (11-0, 7-0)
The Big Game...NR Stanford (5-6, 4-4) @ #31 Cal (6-4, 4-3)
#22 Oregon St. (7-3, 6-1) @ #36 Arizona (6-4, 4-3)
#32 Ole Miss (6-4, 3-3) @ #18 LSU (7-3, 3-3)
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Brawl of the Wild...Montana St. (7-4) @ Montana (10-1)
Dakota Marker Trophy...South Dakota St. (6-5) @ North Dakota St. (6-4)
The Game...Yale (6-3) @ Harvard (8-1)

Week 11 Rankings

Previous rank refers to my non-posted Week 10 rankings, not my posted week 9 rankings.

Rank	Previous	Team	Record
1	1	Texas Tech	(10-0, 6-0)
2	2	Alabama	(10-0, 6-0)
3	4	Texas	(9-1, 5-1)
4	5	Oklahoma	(9-1, 5-1)
5	6	Florida	(8-1, 5-1)
6	8	USC	(8-1, 6-1)
7	9	Utah	(10-0, 6-0)
8	10	Boise State	(9-0, 5-0)
9	3	Penn State	(9-1, 5-1)
10	11	Ohio State	(8-2, 5-1)
11	7	Oklahoma State	(8-2, 4-2)
12	13	Missouri	(8-2, 4-2)
13	12	TCU	(9-2, 6-1)
14	15	BYU	(9-1, 5-1)
15	16	Ball State	(9-0, 6-0)
16	17	North Carolina	(7-2, 4-2)
17	18	Georgia	(8-2, 5-2)
18	14	LSU	(7-3, 3-3)
19	22	South Carolina	(7-3, 4-3)
20	25	Florida State	(7-2, 4-2)
21	36	Cincinnati	(7-2, 3-1)
22	27	Pitt	(7-2, 3-1)
23	23	Tulsa	(8-1, 5-0)
24	19	Georgia Tech	(7-3, 4-3)
25	20	California	(6-3, 4-2)
26	24	Miami (FL)	(6-3, 3-2)
27	21	West Virginia	(6-3, 3-1)
28	37	Virginia Tech	(6-3, 3-2)
29	29	Michigan State	(9-2, 6-1)
30	40	Wake Forest	(6-3, 4-2)
31	31	Oregon	(7-3, 5-2)
32	33	Oregon State	(6-3, 5-1)
33	35	Arizona	(6-3, 4-2)
34	NR	Iowa	(6-4, 3-3)
35	39	Air Force	(8-2, 5-1)
36	26	Maryland	(6-3, 3-2)
37	38	Mississippi	(5-4, 3-3)
38	42	Boston College	(6-3, 2-3)
39	NR	Nebraska	(6-4, 3-3)
40	41	South Florida	(6-3, 1-3)
41	43	Central Michigan	(7-2, 5-0)
42	NR	Western Michigan	(8-2, 4-1)
43	30	Virginia	(5-5, 3-3)
44	32	Minnesota	(7-3, 3-3)
45	28	Kansas	(6-4, 3-3)
46	50	East Carolina	(6-3, 4-1)
47	47	Connecticut	(6-3, 2-2)
48	49	Kentucky	(6-4, 2-4)
49	34	Clemson	(4-5, 2-4)
50	NR	Rutgers	(4-5, 3-2)

Week 9 Rankings

3 Things I learned this week:

Penn State is legit!
Texas Tech is legit.
Florida is back, with a vengeance.

Rank	Previous	Team	Record
1	1	Texas	(8-0, 4-0)
2	2	Alabama	(8-0, 5-0)
3	3	Penn State	(9-0, 5-0)
4	4	Texas Tech	(8-0, 4-0)
5	5	Oklahoma	(7-1, 3-1)
6	7	Florida	(6-1, 3-1)
7	6	Oklahoma State	(7-1, 3-1)
8	8	Utah	(8-0, 4-0)
9	10	Georgia	(7-1, 4-1)
10	9	USC	(6-1, 4-1)
11	13	Boise State	(7-0, 3-0)
12	11	Ohio State	(7-2, 4-1)
13	14	Tulsa	(8-0, 5-0)
14	16	Missouri	(6-2, 2-2)
15	17	TCU	(8-1, 5-0)
16	12	LSU	(6-2, 3-2)
17	19	BYU	(7-1, 3-1)
18	23	Ball State	(8-0, 5-0)
19	32	North Carolina	(6-2, 3-2)
20	31	Virginia	(5-3, 3-1)
21	41	Florida State	(6-1, 3-1)
22	24	Minnesota	(7-1, 3-1)
23	29	Oregon	(6-2, 4-1)
24	21	Georgia Tech	(6-2, 3-2)
25	15	South Florida	(6-2, 1-2)
26	26	South Carolina	(5-3, 2-3)
27	28	Maryland	(6-2, 3-1)
28	38	California	(5-2, 3-1)
29	18	Pitt	(5-2, 2-1)
30	20	Kansas	(5-3, 2-2)
31	48	West Virginia	(5-2, 2-0)
32	22	Boston College	(5-2, 2-2)
33	43	Michigan State	(7-2, 4-1)
34	44	Miami (FL)	(5-3, 2-2)
35	36	Oregon State	(4-3, 3-1)
36	33	Arizona	(5-3, 3-2)
37	25	Virginia Tech	(5-3, 2-2)
38	35	Wake Forest	(4-3, 2-2)
39	39	Houston	(4-3, 3-0)
40	40	Central Michigan	(6-2, 5-0)
41	42	Mississippi	(4-4, 2-3)
42	NR	Connecticut	(6-2, 2-1)
43	46	Notre Dame	(5-2)
44	NR	Air Force	(6-2, 4-1)
45	NR	Louisville	(5-2, 1-1)
46	NR	Nebraska	(5-3, 2-2)
47	37	Auburn	(4-4, 2-3)
48	47	Fresno State	(5-2, 2-1)
49	49	Clemson	(3-4, 1-3)
50	NR	East Carolina	(4-3, 2-1)

Overall, this upcoming week's schedule of games is fairly weak with one huge exception. The Texas/Texas Tech game on Saturday night is a must-see game. Two of the best offenses you will ever see will go head to head in what could very well be the game of the year. I can't wait to watch it an you should too. I really want to pick the home team, Texas Tech, but how can you go against Texas? But I'll man up and pick Texas Tech 38-34. Only other game worth watching this weekend is the Florida/Georgia game. With the Gators getting really hot, expect their revenge on UGA to be merciless. If Florida gets a lead late, expect them to run up the score as payback. I like Florida 62-31...seriously.