Latest Polls For November 24

As expected, UCLA, Memphis, Miami (FL), Davidson and USC all came a-tumbling-down after suffering losses last week in both the ESPN/USA Today and Associated Press Top 25 polls.

And big surprise! North Carolina is the unanimous number pick in both polls again with or without their Tylers.

USC, which lost two games to Seton Hall and Missouri in the O’Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off in San Juan over the weekend was the only team to drop out of the top 25.

Can you say, “overrated”?

The Trojans were replaced by Xavier. The Musketeers had a great week that was capped off with a 63-58 win over previously 12th ranked Memphis in the championship game in Puerto Rico on Sunday. The Musketeers debut in the top 25 at 16th by ESPN/USA Today and 20th by the AP.

Memphis is 17th and 18th this week in the ESPN and AP polls respectively.

UCLA, which lost to Michigan 55-52 in the semifinals of the 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer at Madison Square Garden in New York City last Thursday, suffered the biggest drop from 4th to 11th in the ESPN poll and 13th by AP.

No one moved up more than two notches this week. The highest was Pittsburgh moving up from 6th to replace UCLA at number four.

And can someone please tell me why the ESPN/USA Today and AP polls are so annoyingly different by as many as three or four spots in their team rankings?

Enjoy!

AP Top 25
1. North Carolina (72) 3-0 1,800
2. Connecticut 4-0 1,694
3. Louisville 2-0 1,646
4. Pittsburgh 4-0 1,423
5. Michigan State 2-0 1,402
6. Texas 2-0 1,355
7. Duke 6-0 1,330
8. Notre Dame 2-0 1,291
9. Gonzaga 2-0 1,222
10. Purdue 4-0 1,161
11. Oklahoma 4-0 1,094
12. Tennessee 3-0 1,005
13. UCLA 3-1 916
14. Arizona State 3-0 767
15. Marquette 3-0 735
16. Xavier 5-0 600
17. Florida 3-0 535
18. Memphis 4-1 500
19. Wake Forest 2-0 414
20. Villanova 3-0 356
21. Georgetown 2-0 349
22. Miami (FL) 2-1 272
22. Kansas 2-0 272
24. Davidson 3-1 238
25. Wisconsin 4-0 214

Others Receiving Votes
Baylor 170, Syracuse 115, Saint Mary’s 111, UNLV 107, Ohio State 52, Clemson 49, Michigan 42, LSU 25, Texas A&M 25, USC 18, Siena 18, Brigham Young 16, Washington State 13, UAB 12, West Virginia 10, Creighton 6, Missouri 6, Rhode Island 5, Seton Hall 2, Georgia Tech 2, Illinois 2, Mercer 1, Oklahoma State 1, Virginia Military 1.

ESPN/USA Today Poll
1. North Carolina (31) 3-0 775
2. Connecticut 4-0 730
3. Louisville 2-0 697
4. Pittsburgh 4-0 635
5. Duke 6-0 625
6. Michigan State 2-0 615
7. Texas 2-0 576
8. Notre Dame 2-0 551
9. Purdue 4-0 516
10. Gonzaga 2-0 481
11. UCLA 3-1 437
12. Tennessee 3-0 434
13. Oklahoma 4-0 415
14. Arizona State 3-0 343
15. Marquette 3-0 284
16. Georgetown 2-0 251
17. Memphis 4-1 246
18. Florida 3-0 238
19. Wisconsin 4-0 171
20. Xavier 5-0 166
21. Miami (FL) 2-1 146
22. Villanova 3-0 143
23. Kansas 2-0 125
24. Wake Forest 2-0 123
25. Davidson 3-1 100

Others Receiving Votes
UNLV 58, Saint Mary’s 43, Ohio State 29, Baylor 27, West Virginia 19, Washington State 15, Syracuse 14, Siena 10, Creighton 8, Texas A&M 7, Brigham Young 6, USC 4, UAB 3, Clemson 3, Michigan 3, Oklahoma State 2, Washington 1.