2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings (Dec. 24)

[bigboydan]

I'm glad to see that Rhode Island is finally getting the love in the polls.


AP Top 25

 1. North Carolina (47) 11-0 1,774
 2. Memphis (24) 10-0 1,740
 3. Kansas (1) 12-0 1,668
 4. Washington State 11-0 1,481
 5. UCLA 11-1 1,452
 6. Pittsburgh 11-0 1,408
 7. Michigan State 11-1 1,396
 8. Georgetown 8-1 1,245
 9. Texas 11-1 1,241
10. Duke 10-1 1,158
11. Tennessee 11-1 1,086
12. Marquette 9-1 1,076
13. Indiana 10-1 940
14. Texas A&M 11-1 898
15. Vanderbilt 11-0 675
16. Butler 11-1 634
17. Arizona 9-2 575
18. Villanova 9-1 507
19. Miami (FL) 12-0 443
20. Brigham Young 10-2 383
21. Clemson 10-1 331
22. Mississippi 11-0 241
23. West Virginia 10-1 240
24. USC 8-3 181
25. Rhode Island 11-1 133
Others Receiving Votes
Stanford 132, Gonzaga 120, Dayton 84, Saint Mary's 51, Wisconsin 23, Xavier 14, Florida 13, Oregon 12, Virginia 9, Baylor 8, Massachusetts 6, Arizona State 5, Creighton 4, Houston 4, Drake 3, Sam Houston State 3, Louisville 2, American University 1.
Dropped From Rankings
Gonzaga 18, Oregon 23.

ESPN/USA Today Poll

 1. North Carolina (23) 11-0 762
 2. Memphis (6) 10-0 747
 3. Kansas (2) 12-0 720
 4. Washington State 11-0 659
 5. UCLA 11-1 625
 6. Pittsburgh 11-0 623
 7. Michigan State 11-1 571
 8. Georgetown 8-1 523
 9. Texas 11-1 510
10. Duke 10-1 491
11. Texas A&M 11-1 459
12. Tennessee 11-1 457
13. Marquette 9-1 416
14. Indiana 10-1 391
15. Vanderbilt 11-0 304
16. Villanova 9-1 303
17. Butler 11-1 277
18. Arizona 9-2 248
19. Miami (FL) 12-0 188
20. Clemson 10-1 161
21. Brigham Young 10-2 130
22. Stanford 10-1 111
23. West Virginia 10-1 97
24. Mississippi 11-0 80
25. Rhode Island 11-1 60
Others Receiving Votes
Gonzaga 54, Saint Mary's 22, Louisville 18, USC 17, Arkansas 11, Florida 9, Dayton 7, Oregon 6, Xavier 4, Sam Houston State 4, Creighton 3, North Carolina State 2, Stephen F. Austin 1, Wisconsin 1, California 1, Minnesota 1, Houston 1.
Dropped From Rankings
Gonzaga 20, Oregon 21, Xavier 24.

[onlooker]

I'm glad to see that Rhode Island is finally getting the love in the polls.

Well I did love when Rhode Island won against Syracuse a week or so back. I had RI on the ML for +210.

[Illusion]

I thought for sure Georgetown would fall further. The top 15 sure looks real strong this year. Anybody have a darkhorse not ranked in the 15 you think will do major damage in the tourny?

[LT Profits]

I thought for sure Georgetown would fall further. The top 15 sure looks real strong this year. Anybody have a darkhorse not ranked in the 15 you think will do major damage in the tourny?

West Virginia

As for the early going, a couple of teams I still feel are underrated are Mississippi (although they are finally ranked) and Drake.

[astro61200]

Not happy to see Rhode Island ranked, now people are going to start betting them and drive the lines up, taking away all of the value

[onlooker]

I thought for sure Georgetown would fall further. The top 15 sure looks real strong this year. Anybody have a darkhorse not ranked in the 15 you think will do major damage in the tourny?

UNLV.

[regularguy]

It's a little early for me to think about the tournament, but I think Stanford might do some damage in the Pac 10.