Illinois #25 in 11/18 AP Poll

[Licensed2ILL]

Men's hoops
Women's hoops
Football

All ranked at the same time.

I-L-L

Props to the man who said: We Will Win

 

[Gbop]

Cynical take: Just in time marketing, ESPN now has a top 25 match up to hype.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[Fighter of the Nightman]

You could say that about most of the teams in the first 4-5 weeks in any given year. We've earned the respect as a program so might as well enjoy it.

Yep, that second part is the key one! And yeah, these are the only ranked teams that have defeated another team in this week's top 25 so far, for reference (also using current rankings, not the rankings at the time).

#1 Kansas beat #10 North Carolina at home
#3 Gonzaga beat #13 Baylor at home
#4 Auburn beat #7 Houston pretty much on the road (neutral site in Houston)
#6 Purdue beat #8 Alabama at home
#9 Kentucky beat #12 Duke at a neutral site
#13 Baylor beat #20 Arkansas at a neutral site
#19 Wisconsin beat #17 Arizona at home

Only two of those teams are not (deservedly) rockin' top 10 rankings because they are the ONLY teams that have actually "proved themselves" so far. And of those two, Baylor is still knocking on the door, and Wisconsin zoomed all the way up from not being ranked at all to #19 (while Arizona fell 8 spots for that loss).

With a respectable loss to Alabama, we likely drop out but remain very high in the RV category, and we MIGHT even remain ranked if we just take care of business vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore on Sunday. Conversely, if we beat Alabama ... well, we will zoom right on up those rankings!

 

[artist3]

Cynical take: Just in time marketing, ESPN now has a top 25 match up to hype.

Good. I like it when Illinois is part of hyped top 25 matchups.

 

[RabidDawgClassic]

If anyone was curious, these are the coaches voting in the Coaches Poll this year:

Coach	School	Coach	School
Tobin Anderson	Iona	Greg McDermott	Creighton
Adrian Autry	Syracuse	Nick McDevitt	Middle Tennessee
John Becker	Vermont	Mike McGarvey	Lafayette
Randy Bennett	Saint Mary's	Niko Medved	Colorado State
Jeff Boals	Ohio	Dan Monson	Eastern Washington
Alvin Brooks	Lamar	Chris Mooney	Richmond
Scott Drew	Baylor	Nate Oats	Alabama
Matt Driscoll	North Florida	Eric Olen	UC San Diego
Dan Earl	Chattanooga	Matt Painter	Purdue
Jonas Hayes	Georgia State	Michael Schwartz	East Carolina
Alan Huss	High Point	Patrick Sellers	Central Connecticut State
Donte' Jackson	Grambling	Zach Spiker	Drexel
Ben Jacobson	Northern Iowa	Brett Tanner	Abilene Christian
James Jones	Yale	Stan Waterman	Delaware State
Greg Kampe	Oakland	Jeff Wulbrun	Denver
Brand Korn	Southeast Missouri State

And odds are those coaches are delegating this duty to an assistant.

 

[chiefini]

Men's hoops
Women's hoops
Football

All ranked at the same time.

I-L-L

I-N-I! Let’s goooooo!

 

[mysterio2525]

A+ gif reaction there. I may have actually done this motion with my head

 

[texillwek]

And odds are those coaches are delegating this duty to an assistant.

I do not have those odds

 

[shawnb99]

Here is a mock bracket from www.parsedsports.com that has us in the final Four vs Duke! It changes several times a day but hope this holds up! Lets go!

 

[illiniguy24]

Here is a mock bracket from www.parsedsports.com that has us in the final Four vs Duke! It changes several times a day but hope this holds up! Lets go!
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Purdue propaganda

 

[Piotyr]

Here is a mock bracket from www.parsedsports.com that has us in the final Four vs Duke! It changes several times a day but hope this holds up! Lets go!
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When we're looking at simulated brackets based on 3 game samples including about 90% buy games, and the simulations include a conference game in the first round, maybe pump the brakes a little.

 

[alaskaillini]

Here is a mock bracket from www.parsedsports.com that has us in the final Four vs Duke! It changes several times a day but hope this holds up! Lets go!
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I am not sure it means much, but it is refreshing to now have this respect in the college bball world.

 

[POWURR]

The only way is

 

[New Creation]

Here is a mock bracket from www.parsedsports.com that has us in the final Four vs Duke! It changes several times a day but hope this holds up! Lets go!
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Does it have us playing Maryland in the first round? Does it still think they are in the ACC ? lol

 

[New Creation]

 

[Bigtex]

Here is a mock bracket from www.parsedsports.com that has us in the final Four vs Duke! It changes several times a day but hope this holds up! Lets go!
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Someone likes B1G

6 in s16
4 in E8
2 in F4
champion

and all #1s knocked out before S16. Kansas, Auburn, Houston, and Gonzaga

 

[sacraig]

Being ranked is cool but don’t feel like we’ve earned it yet. Let’s beat Bama.