#11, 7, 8, 5, 4, 9, 6 and #2 have all lost this week. I wonder how many spots Purdue is going to jump this week with all of those teams losing. I'm guessing right around #10 or 11.
Purdue new rank?
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Something like 19 ranked teams will have lost by the time Michigan St and Illinois play tomorrow. Gonna be a ton of shuffling except for Auburn/Duke at the top.
14, maybe 13. Since so many teams lost, I expect most to shuffle down 2-3 spots. I don't think there will be that many big jumps. With our 4 losses, I only think we pass UCONN, Oregon, and Gonzaga for sure.
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Purdue will have its doubters all season because of the struggles against some of the athletic, high pressure teams that they faced early on, as well as the lack of rim protection, but I believe that they are now playing much better collectively than they were playing before the New Year. All Purdue can do now is keep beating the teams on the schedule and keep improving. I actually think that this new version of Purdue would fair much better now in a rematch against the four teams that beat them. I’m not saying that they would beat Auburn, but they would be much more competitive and I would really like their chances against the other 3.
That’s definitely the goal now - get on the 3 line
Prob rank 13 in one poll; 15 in another. Rise above Oregon and UConn. No way for 10 or 11. The ranked numbers you listed mostly lost to top 10 teams. We have only played one top 20 team since Auburn. We have conf wins over 4 of 6 bottom conf teams. We are not a top 10 team.
Some of them lost to unranked teams when I was checking. I would have to look again to see forsure. It's to cold and to early for that though. It's lazy Sunday.
I went a looked. #2, 5, 6 and #7 were to unranked teams. A couple other were to teams ranked in the 20's.
I did not review many either. Thought more of the top SEC teams played each other. My bad.
I agree. Not many teams move more than 4 (5 at the most spots) ... and only three have lost twice.
We move up .... Oregon and UCONN drop, Houston moves up. Everyone else just bumbles in their same spots.
Maybe to the 12 spot @ best with two road wins and one against the previous 13
Gonzaga actually lost twice, including at home to Santa Clara, who doesn't have Steve Nash anymore. They probably don't have any number next to their name tomorrow.
Some of the teams ahead of them in the AP won't fall very far. A team like Iowa State isn't going to fall far enough for it to impact Purdue anyways. But even a team like Kentucky at 8, lost to Alabama but also beat Texas A&M. Good thing for them, I think they pass Gonzaga, Miss St, UConn and Oregon... Maybe Kansas? But I don't think they'll pass Michigan State, Houston, Texas A&M, Kentucky, Marquette, Tennessee, Florida, Alabama or Iowa State. 12 or 13 sounds like the correct spot. What voters do with Kansas will be the thing IMO.
Tomorrow's Top 25 Today: Duke leapfrogs Iowa State on back of nation's longest winning streak
Monday's rankings will get a big shakeup after 18 ranked teams took at least one loss this week
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Yeah. I just feel like the pollsters and voters are not real Iowa st fans. I read some Iowa articles proclaiming Iowa st was the best in the land and they still didn’t become the 1 ranked team. Teams like Duke always get the media attention and the rankings.
If you read my comment, I said Iowa st would probably have the biggest drop. I didn’t say they’d fall out of the top 10. I also said Purdue and Oregon would probably flip flop places. I don’t see Purdue climbing higher than 13th this week. A win over Michigan would help solidify Purdue’s ranking.
As for the dance, I could see Purdue as a 3-5 seed. Sometimes seeds are lowered, but the team receives a better draw and location in the bracket. A 6th seed is actually preferred over the 4th/5th seed. In that way, you avoid that 1 vs 4 matchup.
I still believe Purdue is a sweet 16 caliber team. And matchups will determine future success.
I did read your comment and I didn't claim you said the bolded part above, did I? Please read my comment, all I said was that they wouldn't fall terribly far because they blew out Kansas. And clearly you were wrong, as Iowa State only dropped from 2 to 3. And Purdue is 11. But I'm sure that won't matter and you'll continue to brag about the few times you are right. There's some saying about blind squirrels...
Thought 10 or 11 - now let’s win these next 3 home games and see where that puts us - we are in the 3 seed range now
In other news, water is wet!
Whole lotta word salad there to say everything we all know/already agree with, Wole 😂
I was a little surprised Iowa st didn’t fall farther and Purdue climbed higher than expected. Maybe I’ll go back to a previous thought…… rankings in December and January don’t mean a whole lot. However to some it’s the highlight of their week.
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