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RCT College Basketball Top 25 Week 4 - 12/30/13

Our weekly attempt to make sense of the College Basketball heirarchy

Here is the poll for this week.  Again no comments, but still adding more functionality to make this easier to do.

We have a new top team this week.  Let's see how long they can hold on to it.

Rank Team Points LW Change Comments
1 Syracuse(4) 148 2 1
2 Arizona(2) 142 1 -1
3 Wisconsin 136 3 0
4 Ohio State 124 4 0
5 Oklahoma State 117 7 2
6 Michigan State 114 6 0
7 Villanova 107 5 -2
8 Baylor 98 9 1
9 Iowa State 95 11 2
10 Florida 89 13 3
11 Oregon 85 14 3
12 Wichita State 84 10 -2
13 Kansas 78 17 4
14 Duke 77 11 -3
15 Colorado 59 18 3
15 Kentucky 59 21 6
17 Memphis 55 16 -1
18 Connecticut 50 15 -3
19 Louisville 44 8 -11
20 North Carolina 42 20 0
21 San Diego State 34 19 -2
22 Massachusetts 26 23 1
23 Pittsburgh 17 NR 11
24 Iowa 14 22 -2
25 Florida State 11 NR 9



Others Receiving Votes: Gonzaga 9, Creighton 8, Harvard 8, Illinois 5, Missouri 5, Texas 5, Toledo 1
New this week: Pittsburgh, Florida State
Dropping out: Creighton(24) , Harvard(25)
Biggest Movers:
Pittsburgh +11, Florida State +9, Kentucky +6
Louisville -11, Duke -3, Connecticut -3

And here is the breakdown of the votes.

Rank misterbrain Byronkewel kcgregory PenHawk mikeville sax solo
1 Syracuse Syracuse Arizona Arizona Syracuse Syracuse
2 Arizona Arizona Syracuse Syracuse Arizona Wisconsin
3 Baylor Ohio State Wisconsin Michigan State Wisconsin Oklahoma State
4 Wisconsin Wisconsin Ohio State Wisconsin Ohio State Kansas
5 Villanova Michigan State Michigan State Oklahoma State Michigan State Villanova
6 Wichita State Oklahoma State Villanova Villanova Baylor Arizona
7 Ohio State Duke Oklahoma State Ohio State Iowa State Ohio State
8 Oklahoma State Wichita State Baylor Florida Oregon Iowa State
9 Michigan State Oregon Colorado Oregon Wichita State Florida
10 Iowa State Louisville Florida Baylor Oklahoma State Massachusetts
11 Memphis Baylor Kansas Iowa State San Diego State Wichita State
12 Colorado Iowa State Duke Kansas Florida Pittsburgh
13 Duke Villanova Iowa State Duke Duke Oregon
14 Florida Florida Kentucky Memphis Villanova Kentucky
15 Oregon Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut Memphis Michigan State
16 Connecticut Kentucky North Carolina Kentucky Colorado Colorado
17 Kansas Kansas Oregon Louisville Kansas North Carolina
18 North Carolina Memphis Wichita State Creighton Kentucky Florida State
19 Kentucky San Diego State Memphis North Carolina Connecticut Louisville
20 Louisville Iowa Louisville Wichita State Massachusetts Baylor
21 San Diego State Gonzaga San Diego State Colorado Texas Duke
22 Iowa North Carolina Iowa State Iowa North Carolina Harvard
23 Harvard Colorado Illinois Pittsburgh Florida State Gonzaga
24 Massachusetts Illinois Missouri San Diego State Missouri Memphis
25 Gonzaga Massachusetts Massachusetts Harvard Toledo Missouri

Where did we go wrong?  How badly did sax's "easy button" mess up the rankings?