I pick Utah over San Diego St...
Little late getting this started, but we still have 4 contenders. Upcoming games listed thru 12/31.
[18] Auburn 10-0. 12/21 vs. [255] Lehigh; 12/29 vs. [197] Lipscomb
[29] San Diego St. 11-0. 12/21 vs. [100] Utah*; 12/28 vs. [320] Cal Poly
[59] Duquesne 9-0. 12/21 vs. [200] Austin Peay*; 12/22 vs. [158] UAB*; 12/29 vs. [186] Marshall*
[68] Liberty 13-0. 12/21 vs. [98] Akron*; 12/29 @ [42] LSU
*Neutral site.
I pick Utah over San Diego St...
Not even close. SDSU wins by 28. The advanced metrics really like the Aztecs too (NET has them #2, TRank has them #4, Sagarin has them #5, but Pomeroy has them #17). Their two conference games with Utah St are the only time they will play a top 50 team the rest of the this year. There is decent chance they will go undefeated. They are also not going to play a single ranked team all season. Probably the best team they will beat is BYU or Iowa.
-Jason "selection committee is going to have a tough time figuring out how to seed them... even unbeated can they be high than #2 in the West given their schedule?" Evans
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Duquesne falls to UAB 77-68 in the St. Pete Shootout. 3 undefeateds remain.
LSU, which is having better results in football and basketball than Ohio State this weekend, hands Liberty its first loss, 74-57.
That leaves two undefeated teams, Auburn (12-0) and San Diego State (13-0)
Next up:
1/1 [20] San Diego State vs. [129] Fresno St.
1/4 San Diego State at [50] Utah St.
1/4 [15] Auburn at [62] Mississippi St.
Down goes Auburn. Hard.
Been out of town and missed :
UNLV 66, San Diego State 63 on Feb 22.
No more unbeaten teams.