Illinois #19 in 12/2 AP Poll
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Goillinikobd
- Southeastern US
Never seen a number 2 ranked ANYTHING drop 23 places in one week
I'll stand.
Illinicpa14
- Chicago
Rightfully so, a lot of respect for the MBB. We’re in good hands with Brad.
Kinda shocked to see Arizona (3-4) left out this week/s
Last time I said Creighton shouldn't still be ranked and they've been removed. This time I will pick UNC to drop off.
Illini92and96
- Austin, TX
My brain can’t process being ranked in both sports at the same time. I thought this was football until I got half way down the page. lol.
I’ll have to remember back to 2001 or 1989.
I’ll have to remember back to 2001 or 1989.
I like the ability to go look at individual voters on the AP website. Really goes to show some "interesting" decisions by people that have somehow been given a vote. Just a couple interesting ones(there are plenty to pick from)...
Adam Lichtenstein - (Arkansas #15, Illinois #24)
Brenna Greene - (UConn #17, Indiana #21, Arkansas #23, Illinois...unranked)
Not sure how reporters get the ability to be included in this vote, but I have to question whatever process there is.
Adam Lichtenstein - (Arkansas #15, Illinois #24)
Brenna Greene - (UConn #17, Indiana #21, Arkansas #23, Illinois...unranked)
Not sure how reporters get the ability to be included in this vote, but I have to question whatever process there is.
Arizona went from #2 to out of the rankings after going 0-3 at The battle for Atlantis in 2017. (Deandre Ayton year & year of the recruiting scandal)
They went on to get a 4 seed, but lose in the opening round to Buffalo.
Guessing that Adam and Brenna didn't have CBS on at 3PM on Thanksgiving because they both made the same error in not moving Ark out and Ill up. It's fine if they missed the outcome because of the holiday, but they probably shouldn't have a vote if they weren't going to put the effort in.
I'll raise both you and Doogie94. How could you leave off the most consistently successful ILLINI sports team of the last decade: The Fighting Illini Men's golf program which has won 20 Big Ten championships, including the last eight consecutively, and in 2013 finished as national runner-up and reached the Final Four in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017. The Fighting Illini have won 14 of the last 16 Big Ten Golf Championships. Coach Mike Small is an ILLINI legend and he has them in the thick of it again in 2024/2025:
NCAA Division I (Men) Golf Current Poll Ranking:
Typical hypocrisy for the AP. They continue to base their rankings on past years. Houston 3 losses, UConn 3 losses, No. Carolina 3 losses all still ranked. Bull shirt!
Absolutely wild consistency for a northerly school where you can't even play the sport four months out of the year.I'll raise both you and Doogie94. How could you leave off the most consistently successful ILLINI sports team of the last decade: The Fighting Illini Men's golf program which has won 20 Big Ten championships, including the last eight consecutively, and in 2013 finished as national runner-up and reached the Final Four in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017. The Fighting Illini have won 14 of the last 16 Big Ten Golf Championships. Coach Mike Small is an ILLINI legend and he has them in the thick of it again in 2024/2025:
NCAA Division I (Men) Golf Current Poll Ranking:
Battle89
- Cary-Grove, the better Trojan team
So close...and it pains me to post this...butI'll raise both you and Doogie94. How could you leave off the most consistently successful ILLINI sports team of the last decade: The Fighting Illini Men's golf program which has won 20 Big Ten championships, including the last eight consecutively, and in 2013 finished as national runner-up and reached the Final Four in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017. The Fighting Illini have won 14 of the last 16 Big Ten Golf Championships. Coach Mike Small is an ILLINI legend and he has them in the thick of it again in 2024/2025:
NCAA Division I (Men) Golf Current Poll Ranking:
If they lose another in the next week or 2, every voter will catch on.
So, will anything come of this? Will Tom Fornelli do anything, like contact those voters or whoever is in charge of the AP voters, if anyone? Seems like last year there was one person (or maybe a couple) who consistently ranked Illinois low or not at all. But I believe that one (or two) have been removed. So maybe Lichtenstein and Greene and the six in Fornelli’s post will be removed as well.
If there's some worthwhile sports journalism out there, they'll contact each of those voters and ask for justification for their votes.
skyIdub
"I can't tell you. Secret."
You spelled Clownpants McIndiana wrong.
UNC last year or the year before. Number 1 to unranked in a weeks time.
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Epsilon
M tipping over
- Pdx
Brace yourself…
This is why AP rankings are not necessarily an indicator of how good a team is
Advance metrics are a better indicator of and are why they are used for seeding not AP rankings
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