12/16: 1 Kansas 9-1 1,607 2 2 Gonzaga 11-1 1,552 6 3 Louisville 10-1 1,412 1 4 Duke 9-1 1,387 7 5 Ohio State 9-1 1,334 3 6 Kentucky 8-1 1,231 8 7 Maryland 10-1 1,207 4 8 Oregon 8-2 1,172 10 9 Virginia 8-1 1,121 9 10 Baylor 8-1 1,062 11 11 Memphis 9-1 960 13 12 Auburn 9-0 939 12 13 Dayton 8-1 879 14 14 Michigan 8-3 723 5 15 Michigan State 7-3 656 16 16 Arizona 10-2 631 15 17 Butler 10-1 553 18 18 Villanova 8-2 496 20 19 Florida State 8-2 449 21 20 San Diego State 10-0 431 25 21 Tennessee 7-2 367 19 22 Washington 7-2 213 NR 23 Penn State 9-2 182 NR 24 Texas Tech 6-3 115 NR 25 West Virginia 9-1 76 NR Others receiving votes: North Carolina 41, Xavier 40, Wichita State 31, Purdue 30, Liberty 25, Marquette 23, Indiana 23, Virginia Commonwealth 21, Utah State 14, Saint Mary's 13, Northern Iowa 12, Colorado 12, Texas 10, Florida 7, DePaul 6, Georgetown 3, Richmond 3, Virginia Tech 3, LSU 3, Stanford 3, Seton Hall 3, Oklahoma State 2, Duquesne 1, BYU 1, Arkansas 1 Apparently, the pollsters aren't giving us much credit for beating up on cupcakes. The Big 12 is a strong basketball conference, as usual.
The pollsters are right to deny us credit at this point. I don't think we'll really know anything about how strong this team is until the games from 1/4 - 1/8 (BU and OU). If we play them like we played Central Michigan or McNeese, we'll get blown out.
