ISU 12th in new AP

[RedlineSi]

1. Kentucky (65) 27-0 1,625 1
2. Virginia 25-1 1,526 2
3. Gonzaga 28-1 1,471 3
4. Duke 24-3 1,448 4
5. Wisconsin 25-2 1,390 5
6. Villanova 25-2 1,306 6
7. Arizona 24-3 1,228 7
8. Kansas 22-5 1,111 8
9. Notre Dame 24-4 1,109 10
10. N. Iowa 26-2 1,032 11
11. Wichita St. 25-3 930 13
12. Iowa St. 20-6 887 14
13. Utah 21-5 876 9
14. Maryland 22-5 695 16
15. North Carolina 19-8 655 15
16. Oklahoma 19-8 622 17
17. Louisville 21-6 613 12
18. Arkansas 22-5 564 18
19. Baylor 20-7 473 20
20. West Virginia 21-6 453 23
21. SMU 22-5 357 21
22. VCU 21-6 182 25
23. Butler 19-8 165 19
24. San Diego St. 22-6 117 _
25. Providence 19-8 72 _
Others receiving votes: Georgetown 58, Michigan St. 56, Murray St. 42, Oklahoma St. 25, Ohio St. 12, Valparaiso 10, Texas A&M 8, Rhode Island 3, Stephen F. Austin 2, Oregon 1, Texas 1.

 

[keepngoal]

I'm fine with it... sure UNI and WSU shouldn't be there ... but hey, top 12.. looking for a solid 3 seed and a potential 2 seed.

 

[JimmyChitwood]

#12 is perfect for now. Everything will turn out the way we want come March.

 

[cyclonestans]

Im fine with #12....not so fine with WSU jumping us!

 

[501Clone]

B1G has 2 teams ranked.... tough conference.

 

[CyForPresident]

Notre Dame, UNI, and WSU all have God awful SOS compared to ISU at like #10

 

[SoapyCy]

UNI - a commanding 1-1 against Top 50 RPI. TWO top 50 games.

Iowa State - 11-4 against Top 50 teams.

sounds right

 

[cycloneworld]

Notre Dame, UNI, and WSU all have God awful SOS compared to ISU at like #10

Not to mention they have 7 Top 50 wins combined (thanks to ND's 5 wins). Iowa State has 8 by themselves.

 

[mcdrier]

Yeah, yeah! Stayed away from the Top 10 curse and let UNI have it for a week.

 

[Daserop]

So the lesson is SOS mean absolutely nothing according to AP voters. Good to know.

 

[JWIL4CY]

what a ******* joke. there's no reason ND WSU or UNI should be ahead of us at this point.

 

[CyForPresident]

Yeah, yeah! Stayed away from the Top 10 curse and let UNI have it for a week.

I will be shocked if they win Saturday

 

[GWad]

Won't lie,....I'm a little disappointed

 

[HFCS]

ISU is #9 in the only ranking that means anything.

ISU proves more almost every week than WSU has all year. Is a single quality win too much to ask? It's not like WSU is undefeated, they're 0-3 vs doesn't-suck-university.

 

[LindenCy]

I think we should probably be a bit higher, but let's enjoy just another great week in the top 15. The NCAA seeding will sort things out when it matters.

 

[greatshu]

Who the **** is voting for Texas?

 

[coolerifyoudid]

Stephen F. Austin received twice as many votes as Texas

 

[bawbie]

So the lesson is SOS mean absolutely nothing according to AP voters. Good to know.

The lesson I see is that good wins can't really move you up at this time of the season, you only move up when teams ahead of you lose. Either that, or the voters don't consider winning two BigXII road games in a week to be unexpected for us.

 

[kberyldial]

Gonzaga is the real fraud

 

[cycloneworld]

ISU is #9 in the only ranking that means anything.

ISU proves more almost every week than WSU has all year. Is a single quality win too much to ask? It's not like WSU is undefeated, they're 0-3 vs doesn't-suck-university.

This. The committee uses RPI as a major factor in seeding. They don't use the AP or coaches' polls at all. That's all you need to know.