Weekly Polls thread Week 5 updated

[BoulderSooner]

the second coaches poll is not out yet so this is the current AP and Coaches other rankings will be added later in the season

TEAM-----AP------Coaches
KU--------5-----------3
TT--------11---------12
BU-------24---------18
UT-------28----------40
OU-------NR---------46

rest of Big12 no votes

[TINY]

Ou should be ranked next week.

[skyvue]

Originally Posted by TINY

Ou should be ranked next week.

I agree we should be, but I'm not sure we will. It seems that in basketball it can take a while to climb into the rankings, perhaps because a loss in hoops is (understandably) given much less weight than in football, so teams don't seem to drop very far when they lose.

[scrybe]

Originally Posted by TINY

Ou should be ranked next week.

While that would be nice, I doubt that the Sooners will make the jump from NR/46 all the way to Top 25. I'd guess it will take another week (assuming we remain undefeated).

In the end, it really doesn't matter at this point in the season.

[BoulderSooner]

Originally Posted by scrybe

While that would be nice, I doubt that the Sooners will make the jump from NR/46 all the way to Top 25. I'd guess it will take another week (assuming we remain undefeated).

In the end, it really doesn't matter at this point in the season.

i agree we should start getting AP votes next week ...


in the coaches we have an outside shot of hitting the top 25 in the next poll because they did the preseason poll and then not another one until next monday

[WichitaSooner]

Deserved or not, they won't be ranked next week. I can't recall if we even broke into the rankings last season when we were 11-1 heading into Lawrence on January 2. Fortunately, unlike in football, rankings don't matter for anything other than pride at this point of a basketball season.

[skyvue]

Originally Posted by WichitaSooner

Fortunately, unlike in football, rankings don't matter for anything other than pride at this point of a basketball season.

Pride, yes, but also perception of status. It helps a program's image to be consistently ranked

[OULad]

Wasnt Oregon St 26th in one of these polls? I wouldnt be surprised if we hit 24 or 25 depending on who loses. Most likely 2 weeks away assuming we will both games next week.

[BoulderSooner]

other rankings will start in the next few weeks

TEAM-----AP------Coaches---BPI-----KenPom----SOS (kenpom)
KU--------4----------5---------11--------9----------104
TT--------12---------12--------10-------13----------336
UT-------22---------22---------31-------24---------233
BU-------24---------23--------16--------18---------212
OU-------31---------26--------54--------27---------150
WVU-----39---------NA--------72-------52---------166
KSU------NA--------34---------49-------50---------254
OSU------NA--------50---------30-------41---------242
ISU-------NA--------NA--------16-------48----------275
TCU------NA--------NA---------44-------43---------314

[WichitaSooner]

Must admit I was wrong in thinking we wouldn't be this close to making it in the rankings this week. I think it probably helped that the OSU game was on ESPN2 and was part of a good doubleheader in Portland. Win two this week and we may sneak into the Top 25 heading into KC. Either way, next week will be a nice test against two good teams.

[BoulderSooner]

TEAM-----AP------Coaches---BPI-----KenPom----SOS (kenpom)
KU--------4----------5---------11--------8-----------86
TT--------12---------12--------10-------15----------350
BU-------19---------18--------12--------11---------115
OU-------28---------26--------64--------29---------240
UT--------31---------28--------35-------33---------168
KSU------NA--------33---------62-------59---------330
WVU-----NA---------42--------67-------46---------183
ISU-------NA--------NA--------16-------45---------310
OSU------NA--------NA---------38-------48---------256
TCU------NA--------NA---------63-------55---------231

[BoulderSooner]

TEAM-----AP------Coaches---BPI-----KenPom----SOS (kenpom)
KU--------2----------3---------9----------6----------23
BU-------18---------16--------12--------11---------114
OSU------30--------25--------26--------22---------165
TT--------31---------29--------15--------28---------316
WVU-----32---------35--------54--------34---------106
OU-------39---------34--------68--------35---------130
KSU------NA--------37--------80--------59---------330
UT--------NA--------40--------42--------46---------254
ISU-------NA--------NA-------24--------38----------54
TCU------NA--------NA--------62--------49---------279

big 12 is also again the #1 rated RPI conf

[WichitaSooner]

This could be a year where KSU's annually awful noncon schedule comes back to bite them. It didn't hurt them much in years where they were safely in the field, but if they manage to play their way onto the bubble this year, they may regret playing such a weak slate -- they don't have many chances to make up for the two bad losses they suffered last week.