Apparently DeCock and the AP botched his ballot this week. The AP published his votes from last week which is why he still had Illinois not ranked. CollegePollTracker figured it out and updated their site with his new ballot. He's still ranking Illinois lower than any other voter and has them...
Gotta run up the score on these guys to push us up higher in the NET rankings. KenPom's got us winning 98-66. I'm afraid if we don't win by at least 32 we'll likely drop in the NET.
Margin of victory definitely matters for the current iteration of NET rankings. Beating up on cupcakes (by 40 or 50 points) has a huge affect on a team's ranking. One good example of this is Iowa State. They're currently ranked #5 in net by beating up on sub-300 teams. They have lost their...