Illinois unranked in 11/25 AP Poll

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Welcome to the 11/25 Polls thread.
 
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Illini in Italy
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GrayGhost77
I'm guessing we'll either stay at 25 or we'll be in the Others Getting Votes, but one of the first two or three out.
 
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Battle89
Knew we should have tried to keep that 50-point cushion in the UMES game. Only partially kidding.
 
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BDMAN
Hard to believe we fell out of the top 25 after a tough loss to Bama in what was essentially a home game for them in Birmingham.
 
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WeWillWhen
Gotta prove it against one of the tougher non-con opponents. I think the Illini will do that at some point in the next month.
 
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theNewGuy
This poll makes very little sense.
They punish Alabama for beating us by 13.
But then also punish us for losing to Alabama...
How did that loss drop us to 31?
 
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From the cheap seats
I understand that sportswriters vote in the AP poll, and that many of them don't follow all of the teams all that closely. And I understand the Illini dropping out after the loss to Alabama. However, I am having trouble understanding how Arizona remained in the Top 25. They have beaten no one of note and have gotten blown out by Wisconsin and Duke. The only way in which that differs from the Illini to date is that Arizona has played two good teams and lost to both by large margins...while the Illini have done that only once.
 
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Second place is 1st loser
BDMAN said:
Hard to believe we fell out of the top 25 after a tough loss to Bama in what was essentially a home game for them in Birmingham.
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It wasn't exactly a tough loss. They lead pretty much wire to wire and got down by almost 20. We did cut it to 8, but were never really a threat. Letting up a C note, regardless of how good Bama's offense is, isn't a great look either.

We were ranked on the merits of our coach, but nothing that we've done in games.

We have games coming up to prove that we belong.
 
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Second place is 1st loser
theNewGuy said:
This poll makes very little sense.
They punish Alabama for beating us by 13.
But then also punish us for losing to Alabama...
How did that loss drop us to 31?
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Because outside of Alabama, we haven't beaten any team with a pulse. UALR is a small step up in competition tonight, but then we're off the the races with a meatier part of the schedule. If we do some good things there, we'll be back. Can't lose by double digits in our only true test of the season and not expect to drop a few notches.
 
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Homecoming 2019
Second place is 1st loser said:
Because outside of Alabama, we haven't beaten any team with a pulse. UALR is a small step up in competition tonight, but then we're off the the races with a meatier part of the schedule. If we do some good things there, we'll be back. Can't lose by double digits in our only true test of the season and not expect to drop a few notches.
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Let's not try to make too much sense of the poll that ranked Alabama above Marquette.
 
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Illini2010-11
theNewGuy said:
This poll makes very little sense.
They punish Alabama for beating us by 13.
But then also punish us for losing to Alabama...
How did that loss drop us to 31?
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Early season volatility is the best explanation for major change in week to week polls, especially in the month of November. Alabama lost one spot because Tennessee jumped them (they blitzed Virginia and Baylor in the Bahamas). It is completely reasonable to me for Bama to drop one spot (the voters can't forget that Bama got destroyed against Purdue the week before, who subsequently got taken to the woodshed by Marquette). Illinois dropped six spots because there are some major question marks about the team going into the season and even now. If Illinois handles business this week, then they will likely be right back around the top 25.
 
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Chad Fleck
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foby
Chad Fleck said:
I don't many here care much. But I do think it can absolutely have an impact on AP voters.

CBS' Top 25 and I from the journalist who shall not be named has Illinois up to 17th.

A little blurb about the Illini on it as well:

www.cbssports.com

College basketball rankings: Led by first-year players, Illinois jumps into updated Top 25 And 1

The Fighting Illini are 6-1 after Thursday's easy win vs. Arkansas
www.cbssports.com www.cbssports.com
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We made a big national impression yesterday. I wouldn't be surprised with 17 or even slightly higher.
 
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