This week's polls

[ceaser150]

We are at #30 in the USA Today poll with 29 votes.

[ejacobson]

Ohh well, I'll take #30 considering all that this team is fighting for right now, the polls will take care of themselves soon enough.

[ceaser150]

My only real complaint is that Louisville is still ranked at #23. There biggest win this year was against Akron and they have lost 3 straight. They are also 1-4 in their conference right now. It is very likely that they will lose their next 3 games as well.

[Newsbreaker]

FYI...still 20 votes shy.

[dirtyD]

28th in AP poll. Right behind LSU. That is where we are supposed to be because LSU is a better team. Just ask their players and coach

[Panthers Win!!]

FYI Link to AP poll: http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/polls?poll=1

[Coachdags]

How Loiusville,Wisconsin,and Syracuse can all lose two games this week and stay in is Beyond Comprehension....????

[NJ Panther]

Syracuse is excuseable (two top 10 teams), plus their in the almighty Big East and have won a recent national title, so they're not going to drop. WU is a freaking joke, no offense to NDSU. Louisville is dumb, but their coach is Rick Pitino and, again, their from the Big East, so no real surpise.

[Coachdags]

Syracuse is excuseable (two top 10 teams), plus their in the almighty Big East and have won a recent national title, so they're not going to drop. WU is a freaking joke, no offense to NDSU. Louisville is dumb, but their coach is Rick Pitino and, again, their from the Big East, so no real surpise.

Why even have a RPI if you dont use it???...SOS...??? Quality Wins...???
I do not care about Tradition...I know it matters ..but should not...

Besides That I take "Bring it On!" over there Coaches anyday in a real Fight..?

[Newsbreaker]

RPI has nothing to do with these rankings, I don't know where anyone would get the idea that it does. The RPI isn't even offical, they are "guesses" on the secret NCAA forumla.

[Khan4Cats]

Ranking would be nice and these guys, especially the seniors, deserve to be the first (definitely not the last) team to earn a ranking. I think we will have to win both this week with some of the 18-28 teams getting knocked off for us to get ranked though. Any losses in the next few and we will probably looking in all year. Not fair, just BcS. Btw, anyone doubt that if Iowa beats Indiana and OSU (at home) they won't jump back in?

[panther2317]

It's just great that sports writers and coaches (who vote in the polls) don't select the NCAA tournament. The Selection Committee has many tools at their disposal and the RPI is the only objective tool. If we stay where we are...we'll be ok...ranked or not. It's more important to me to win a game or two in the NCAA's...ranked or not.

[Newsbreaker]

Go and beat those two teams on the road and they'll deserve to be ranked. Such is life in a BCS league.

[NJ Panther]

It's more important to me to win a game or two in the NCAA's...ranked or not.

That's the big key to getting respect, votes, coverage, and ESPN games. We moan about Bucknell all the time (and, for the most part, I personally think rightfully so), but they have something we don't, and thats a recent NCAA tourny win over a traditional powerhouse. While ranking judgements should be made on what you do during the regular season, lets just face it, when you're labeled a "mid-major" they worry about past dance performace more. Thats a big reason SIU and Creighton have never gotten the coverage of Gonzaga, who has an elite 8 and several sweet 16's in the last 10 years (doing that off the top of my head, so please correct me if I'm off).