Illinois #9 in 1/26 AP Poll

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Dr Copejam
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pruman91
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still partying the roadkill victory from Saturday.........................

I'm guessing # 8..................who's with me ???.....!!!!!!!!!!!...

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Fighter of the Nightman
FreshlySqueezed said:
I hate playing this game, but Gonzaga outperformed us so far against common opponents. They beat Maryland by 39 and beat Alabama by 10.

They're missing one of their two best players right now - I don't really think it's fair to drop them while playing without him as long as they continue to win.
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It’s BARELY more hypothetical than comparing common opponents than to wonder how Illinois would have performed vs. San Francisco, lol. Just as Iowa State’s Purdue win loses more of its shine with time, so do our losses from November. Right now, I think it’s obvious Illinois is playing like a much better team and vs. much tougher competition.
 
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jamarvelous31
Fighter of the Nightman said:
It’s BARELY more hypothetical than comparing common opponents than to wonder how Illinois would have performed vs. San Francisco, lol. Just as Iowa State’s Purdue win loses more of its shine with time, so do our losses from November. Right now, I think it’s obvious Illinois is playing like a much better team and vs. much tougher competition.
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FreshlySqueezed said:
I hate playing this game, but Gonzaga outperformed us so far against common opponents. They beat Maryland by 39 and beat Alabama by 10.

They're missing one of their two best players right now - I don't really think it's fair to drop them while playing without him as long as they continue to win.
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The poll is supposedly supposed to show 'who is the best team today'. Zaga's last ranked opponent being 6 weeks ago and their best win >2 months ago should have some bearing.

Knowing AP voting, it won't, but it should.
 
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SkyysNotFalling
FreshlySqueezed said:
I hate playing this game, but Gonzaga outperformed us so far against common opponents. They beat Maryland by 39 and beat Alabama by 10.

They're missing one of their two best players right now - I don't really think it's fair to drop them while playing without him as long as they continue to win.
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Illinois plays without Boswell & wins at Mackey. It may not be fair to drop them, but it’s unfair not to give Illinois credit for outperforming under the same situation.
 
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Fighter of the Nightman
jamarvelous31 said:
The poll is supposedly supposed to show 'who is the best team today'. Zaga's last ranked opponent being 6 weeks ago and their best win >2 months ago should have some bearing.

Knowing AP voting, it won't, but it should.
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Plus, there comes a time where a team should be able to make a jump. In December 2004 when we shot up to #1 after beating Wake, it wasn’t because every single team above us lost … it was because that was by far the most impressive win of the week and we more than passed the eye test.
 
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Calvin
20 games in, it's always relative to the prior week. For sure top-10, not sure we get much of a bump though even with the great week.
Does anyone have a site that shows how the top-25 did in the last week?
 
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RollChief
I hate to be a pessimist and maybe I have recency bias for my annoyance with how teams have been ranked over the last few weeks but I'm almost certain this is going to be 10. I doubt we'll jump MSU, and I don't think Gonzaga is going to move much either. The only team I think we're going to jump is Purdue.
 
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