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This week's poll has already seen a lot of chaos, as the top 3 teams already have lost between when the votes were collected and when the results are being published. But given the results leading up to those games, those rankings were hardly undeserved.
We have 8 voters this week, our highest for the season. There were no crazy ties this week, so let's get on with the results.
RCT Top 25 Week 3
| Rank | Team | Points | LW | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Team | Points | LW | Change |
| 1 | Kentucky(3) | 189 | 3 | 2 |
| 1 | Villanova(1) | 189 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Kansas(4) | 188 | 1 | -2 |
| 4 | Baylor | 170 | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | Gonzaga | 161 | 6 | 1 |
| 6 | Arizona | 142 | 14 | 8 |
| 7 | North Carolina | 139 | 9 | 2 |
| 8 | Florida State | 130 | 11 | 3 |
| 8 | UCLA | 130 | 4 | -4 |
| 10 | Louisville | 119 | 10 | 0 |
| 11 | Oregon | 113 | 12 | 1 |
| 12 | West Virginia | 107 | 7 | -5 |
| 13 | Virginia | 104 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | Wisconsin | 99 | 15 | 1 |
| 15 | Butler | 91 | 12 | -3 |
| 16 | Notre Dame | 76 | 19 | 3 |
| 17 | Creighton | 63 | 8 | -9 |
| 18 | Purdue | 61 | 21 | 3 |
| 19 | Cincinnati | 54 | 20 | 1 |
| 20 | Duke | 42 | 17 | -3 |
| 21 | Saint Mary's | 34 | 22 | 1 |
| 22 | Iowa State | 19 | 25 | 3 |
| 23 | Kansas State | 18 | NR | 11 |
| 24 | South Carolina | 17 | 25 | 1 |
| 25 | Ohio State | 15 | 23 | -2 |
Kansas State enters the poll this week at 23, and Florida and Texas Tech dropped out, although both are still receiving votes.
The thing that jumps out most to me is that a terrible Ohio State team is somehow ranked in this poll. There really is no excuse for that at all.
The ACC leads with 6 teams in the rankings this week, but the Big 12 is right behind with 5 of their own. No other conference has more than 3.
I think this week deserves someone to go all Poll Attacks this week, but I won't say on who (*#coughfizzlecough*#).
Ballots Week 3
| Rank | Andy | mikeville | David | jakebogen95 | FLJhawk | dnoll5 | fizzle406 | illmitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Andy | mikeville | David | jakebogen95 | FLJhawk | dnoll5 | fizzle406 | illmitch |
| 1 | Kentucky | Villanova | Kentucky | Kansas | Kansas | Kansas | Kansas | Kentucky |
| 2 | Villanova | Kansas | Villanova | Villanova | Villanova | Villanova | Baylor | Kansas |
| 3 | Kansas | Kentucky | Baylor | Kentucky | Kentucky | Kentucky | Louisville | Villanova |
| 4 | Florida State | Gonzaga | North Carolina | UCLA | Baylor | Gonzaga | Kentucky | North Carolina |
| 5 | Gonzaga | Baylor | Virginia | Gonzaga | North Carolina | Arizona | Villanova | Gonzaga |
| 6 | Baylor | Florida State | West Virginia | Baylor | Florida State | Baylor | Arizona | Baylor |
| 7 | Arizona | Arizona | Gonzaga | Arizona | Arizona | UCLA | Creighton | Florida State |
| 8 | North Carolina | Butler | Louisville | Oregon | UCLA | Florida State | Gonzaga | Arizona |
| 9 | West Virginia | Notre Dame | Kansas | Florida State | Gonzaga | North Carolina | Wisconsin | Virginia |
| 10 | UCLA | North Carolina | Oregon | Louisville | Oregon | Butler | Oregon | UCLA |
| 11 | Virginia | UCLA | Purdue | North Carolina | West Virginia | Virginia | Ohio State | Wisconsin |
| 12 | Butler | Virginia | Wisconsin | Notre Dame | Louisville | Louisville | UCLA | Duke |
| 13 | Wisconsin | Louisville | Duke | West Virginia | Butler | Oregon | West Virginia | Butler |
| 14 | Oregon | Oregon | Florida State | Notre Dame | Virginia | Notre Dame | Texas Tech | West Virginia |
| 15 | Saint Mary's | Wisconsin | Creighton | Cincinnati | Notre Dame | Wisconsin | Oklahoma State | Louisville |
| 16 | Louisville | Cincinnati | UCLA | Virginia | Wisconsin | West Virginia | Iowa State | Oregon |
| 17 | Saint Mary's | Purdue | Notre Dame | Butler | Creighton | Creighton | Kansas State | Purdue |
| 18 | Purdue | Duke | Butler | Wisconsin | Purdue | Purdue | North Carolina | Creighton |
| 19 | Cincinnati | West Virginia | Arizona | USC | Cincinnati | Cincinnati | Oklahoma | Notre Dame |
| 20 | Notre Dame | Creighton | Cincinnati | Maryland | Saint Mary's | Saint Mary's | Texas | Cincinnati |
| 21 | Iowa State | South Carolina | Florida | Saint Mary's | Duke | Kansas State | Indiana | Marquette |
| 22 | Kansas State | Saint Mary's | Wichita State | Purdue | SMU | Florida | Georgetown | South Carolina |
| 23 | South Carolina | Xavier | Iowa State | South Carolina | Xavier | Xavier | TCU | Xavier |
| 24 | SMU | Florida | South Carolina | TCU | Maryland | Maryland | Florida State | Saint Mary's |
| 25 | Northwestern | Iowa State | Indiana | Creighton | Dayton | Duke | Duke | Florida |