Originally Posted by
ACCBBallFan
You make a valid point until you try to answer the flip side. who besides UK, UNC etc? Other than KU, a weaker NCAA field and none without some questions.
I track as many pre-sseason polls as I can find and consensus is:
1 2,241 B12 Kansas -1
2 2,075 SEC Kentucky -1 (E-1)
3 2,059 B10 Michigan St -1 (1)
4 2,024 B12 Texas - 2
5 1,969 BE Villanova -1
6 1,968 ACC UNC -1 (2)
7 1,855 B10 Purdue -2 (3)
8 1,791 ACC Duke -2 (4)
09 1,742 BE West VA -2
10 1,586 SEC Tennessee -2 (E-2)
11 1,479 P10 Washington -1
12 1,429 HOR Butler -1
13 1,404 BE UCONN - 3
14 1,397 P10 California -2
15 1,289 B10 Michigan-3 (5)
16 1,241 B10 Ohio St. -4 (6)
17 1,180 B12 Oklahoma -3
18 1,162 BE Louisville -4
19 1,162 B10 Minnesota-5 (7)
20 1,139 SEC MS St -3 (W-1)
21 1,082 BE Georgetown -5
22 1,079 ACC Clemson -3 (8)
23 960 A10 Dayton -1
24 931 BE Syracuse -6
25 918 A10 Xavier -2
26 888 B10 Illinois -6 (9)
27 873 ACC GA Tech -4
28 862 P10 UCLA - 3
29 848 ACC Wake Forest -5 (10)
30 762 B12 TX A&M -4
31 753 B12 Okl St -5
32 751 WCC Gonzaga -1
33 750 MAAC Siena -1
34 712 SEC Florida -4 (E-3)
35 697 ACC FSU -6 (11)
36 697 BE Pittsburgh -7
37 687 ACC Maryland -7 (12)
38 670 BE Notre Dame -8
39 640 B12 Kansas St. -6
40 594 CUSA Memphis -1
41 506 MWC BYU -1
42 499 ACC B.C. -8 (13)
Lots of love for B10 near the top (6 in top 26).
8 ACC and 8 BE teams in top 42 but skewed toward major conferences where polls often cut off at top 25.