This week’s poll doesn’t have any huge surprises in it, so instead of some long-winded explanation, here is the results:
RCT Top 25 - Week 8
Rank | Team | Points | LW | Change |
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Rank | Team | Points | LW | Change |
1 | Kansas(2) | 161 | 2 | 1 |
1 | Villanova(2) | 161 | 1 | 0 |
3 | Oregon | 144 | 5 | 2 |
4 | Gonzaga(3) | 139 | 3 | -1 |
5 | Baylor | 131 | 4 | -1 |
6 | Louisville | 130 | 8 | 2 |
6 | West Virginia | 130 | 6 | 0 |
8 | UCLA | 126 | 9 | 1 |
9 | Arizona | 124 | 7 | -2 |
10 | Kentucky | 111 | 14 | 4 |
11 | North Carolina | 109 | 12 | 1 |
12 | Florida | 97 | 13 | 1 |
13 | Wisconsin | 85 | 10 | -3 |
14 | Duke | 82 | 18 | 4 |
15 | Purdue | 75 | 16 | 1 |
16 | Cincinnati | 54 | 17 | 1 |
17 | Florida State | 46 | 15 | -2 |
17 | Virginia | 46 | 11 | -6 |
19 | Notre Dame | 44 | 23 | 4 |
20 | SMU | 40 | 19 | -1 |
21 | Iowa State | 32 | 24 | 3 |
22 | Saint Mary's | 31 | 20 | -2 |
23 | Oklahoma State | 28 | 22 | -1 |
24 | Butler | 22 | NR | 2 |
25 | Wichita State | 21 | 25 | 0 |
Butler joins the poll this week, replacing South Carolina. The only notable jump is that Virginia fell 6 spots, but Kentucky, Duke and Notre Dame all jumped up 4 spots.
We lost a voter for good this week, with illmitch unable to continue. But as usual, fizzle is still keeping up his crazy ballots, and the full slate is below:
Ballots - Week 8
Rank | Andy | mikeville | David | jakebogen95 | FLJhawk | dnoll5 | fizzle406 |
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Rank | Andy | mikeville | David | jakebogen95 | FLJhawk | dnoll5 | fizzle406 |
1 | Gonzaga | Villanova | Villanova | Gonzaga | Kansas | Gonzaga | Kansas |
2 | Villanova | Gonzaga | Gonzaga | Villanova | Villanova | Kansas | Baylor |
3 | Kansas | Kansas | North Carolina | Kansas | Arizona | Villanova | West Virginia |
4 | Arizona | Baylor | Louisville | Oregon | Oregon | Oregon | Oregon |
5 | Oregon | Oregon | West Virginia | UCLA | West Virginia | Arizona | UCLA |
6 | West Virginia | Arizona | Kentucky | Arizona | UCLA | UCLA | Louisville |
7 | Louisville | Louisville | Baylor | Baylor | North Carolina | North Carolina | Kentucky |
8 | North Carolina | Duke | Kansas | West Virginia | Louisville | Kentucky | Arizona |
9 | UCLA | UCLA | Virginia | Florida | Baylor | Baylor | Wisconsin |
10 | Florida | North Carolina | Florida | Louisville | Gonzaga | Louisville | Villanova |
11 | Wisconsin | West Virginia | Duke | Kentucky | Florida | Florida | Iowa State |
12 | Duke | Kentucky | Oregon | Purdue | Duke | Virginia | Oklahoma State |
13 | Baylor | Purdue | Purdue | SMU | Kentucky | Wisconsin | Texas Tech |
14 | Kentucky | Florida | Wisconsin | Duke | Purdue | West Virginia | Kansas State |
15 | Saint Mary's | Notre Dame | Wichita State | Cincinnati | SMU | Purdue | Oklahoma |
16 | SMU | Wisconsin | UCLA | Wisconsin | Cincinnati | Cincinnati | TCU |
17 | Purdue | Cincinnati | Florida State | North Carolina | Florida State | Duke | Texas |
18 | Cincinnati | Florida State | Creighton | Saint Mary's | Wisconsin | Notre Dame | Connecticut |
19 | Wichita State | Virginia | Notre Dame | Notre Dame | Butler | Florida State | Florida State |
20 | Notre Dame | Butler | Cincinnati | Oklahoma State | Saint Mary's | Maryland | Florida |
21 | Virginia | Saint Mary's | Iowa State | Northwestern | Notre Dame | Butler | North Carolina |
22 | Oklahoma State | SMU | Butler | Florida State | Iowa State | Creighton | Ohio State |
23 | Iowa State | Maryland | Oklahoma State | Iowa State | Virginia | Wichita State | Purdue |
24 | Florida State | Creighton | SMU | Miami | VCU | Iowa State | Northwestern |
25 | Northwestern | USC | Saint Mary's | Monmouth | Oklahoma State | South Carolina | Dayton |