My ranking and the November 25 AP poll. As mine is two days later, there will be wins and losses the AP couldn't take into account.
I doubt I'll go back to this regularly, but as I see it the AP voters are doing as much predicting as anything else. If their predictions are correct, then midway and later in the season the schools in their poll today will probably still be there, and will be in mine as well.
At the end of the regular season I might have a ranking going as far as 100 deep as an evaluation of which teams are most deserving of at-large NCAA Tournament invitations, in comparison to which teams were invited.
When I compiled my own, I hadn't looked at the AP ranking and had no idea how much they'd differ.
My Ranking AP Poll
1. Virginia, 6-0 1. Duke (before Duke lost)
2. West Virginia, 5-0 2. Louisville
3. UTEP, 2-0, 3.Michigan St..
4.Oregon, 5-0 4. Kansas
5.Auburn 7-0 5. Maryland
6. Dayton, 5-0 6. North Carolina
7. Ohio State, 6-0 7. Virginia
8. Temple, 4-0 8. Gonzaga
9. Stanford, 7-1 9. Kentucky
10. Arkansas, 6-0 10. Ohio State
11. Arizona, 6-0 11.Oregon
12. Kansas, 4-1 12.Texas Tech
13. Colorado, 5-0 13. Seton Hall
14. Tennessee, 5-0 14. Arizona
15. Butler, 7-0 15. Utah State
16. Duke, 6-1 16. Memphis
17. LSU, 4-2 17. Tennesee
18. Maryland, 5-0 18. Auburn
19. Yale, 4-3 19. Baylor
20. Okla St., 5-0 20. VCU
21.Oklahoma, 6-1 21. Colorado
22. Villanova, 4-2 22. Villanova
23, USC, 5-1 23. Washington
24. George Mason, 7-1 24. Florda
25. Florida St., 5-1 25. Xavier
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