On Tuesdays, I will be posting my power rankings from all the power conferences, including the A10 and AAC. Also at the end of each ranking, I will add a few remarks on different team’s movements.
A10
1) Rhode Island
2) VCU
3) St. Bonaventure
4) Dayton
5) St. Louis
6) La Salle
7) Davidson
8) St. Joes
9) UMass
10) George Mason
11) Fordham
12) Richmond
13) Duquesne
14) George Washington
La Salle makes a big jump with a great victory over Temple.
Dayton is #4, but do not get me wrong, they have had a depressing start to the year.
AAC
1) Wichita State
2) Cincinnati
3) SMU
4) Houston
5) Temple
6) Tulane
7) UConn
8) Tulsa
9) UCF
10) Memphis
11) USF
12) ECU
Temple and Tulane both lose for the first time after great starts to their potential bounce-back seasons.
ACC
1) Duke
2) Notre Dame
3) Miami
4) Louisville
5) UNC
6) Virginia
7) NC State
8) Syracuse
9) Virginia Tech
10) Florida State
11) Boston College
12) Clemson
13) Georgia Tech
14) Wake Forest
15) Pittsburgh
Syracuse is coming alive as a contender after they were snubbed for a NCAA Tourney bid last year.
Big 12
1) Kansas
2) West Virginia
3) Baylor
4) Texas
5) TCU
6) Texas Tech
7) Oklahoma
8) Oklahoma State
9) Iowa State
10) Kansas State
Texas is ranked higher than ranked teams TCU and Texas Tech because of their play in the PK80.
I have Kansas State last because they have been the most boring team with no solid wins so far thus year.
Big East
1) Villanova
2) Creighton
3) Xavier
4) Seton Hall
5) Providence
6) St. Johns
7) Butler
8) Depaul
9) Marquette
10) Georgetown
Creighton jumps Xavier because of their incredible wins on the year so far.
Big Ten
1) Michigan State
2) Minnesota
3) Michigan
4) Maryland
5) Penn State
6) Illinois
7) Purdue
8) Northwestern
9) Ohio State
10) Iowa
11) Rutgers
12) Wisconsin
13) Indiana
14) Nebraska
I had a tough time ranking the teams between three and eight because they all have very weird resumes so far.
The Big Ten/ACC challenge will give us more clarity on the Big Ten conference.
PAC 12
1) USC
2) ASU
3) UCLA
4) Arizona
5) Oregon
6) Wash State
7) Utah
8) Washington
9) Colorado
10) Oregon State
11) Stanford
12) Cal
ASU is the hottest team in college hoops right now. Tra Holder, learn the name.
Arizona lost three straight in Atlantis out of nowhere to drop.
Stanford was projected to be one of the most improved teams in the nation, but they are struggling.
SEC
1) Florida
2) Kentucky
3) Texas A/M
4) Alabama
5) Arkansas
6) Ole Miss
7) Tennessee
8) South Carolina
9) LSU
10) Missouri
11) Georgia
12) Mississippi State
13) Auburn
14) Vandy
Florida beats out Kentucky barely at the top because they have a better loss.
Tennessee opened eyes in Atlantis to rise in the SEC.
Mississippi State is undefeated, but ranked 12th until they beat a team that is relevant.
