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CollegeHoops.net Top 50 Ranking: Week Nine
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January 11th, 2009
by Shawn Siegel
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The Collegehoops.net Top 50 Power Ranking is the web's premier ordering of the national college basketball scene. Is the Top 50 Better than the AP or the Coaches Polls? Perhaps.. but at the very least, the Top 50 has no agenda like the coaches and we go deeper into the country than most power-conference biased media members. The CHN Top 50 is brought to you before everybody else on Sunday night! (New: Check out the weekly Non-BCS Top 25 Ranking.)
Week Nine Ranking: January 11th
by Shawn Siegel: Collegehoops.net Editor
| Team | Record | Last | Pre. | |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 15-0 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | Wake Forest | 14-0 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | Duke | 14-1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Connecticut | 14-1 | 5 | 3 |
| 5 | UNC | 14-2* | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | Oklahoma | 15-1 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | Clemson | 16-0 | 8 | 23 |
| 8 | Michigan State | 13-2 | 13 | 7 |
| 9 | Syracuse | 16-1 | 10 | 22 |
| 10 | Texas | 12-3* | 7 | 2 |
| 11 | UCLA | 13-2 | 12 | 4 |
| 12 | Georgetown | 11-3* | 9 | 33 |
| 13 | Arizona State | 14-2 | 14 | 15 |
| 14 | Notre Dame | 12-3 | 15 | 9 |
| 15 | Baylor | 13-2 | 16 | 17 |
| 16 | Memphis | 12-3 | 17 | 8 |
| 17 | Butler | 14-1 | 21 | 65 |
| 18 | Marquette | 15-2 | 22 | 16 |
| 19 | Xavier | 13-2 | 23 | 32 |
| 20 | Purdue | 12-4* | 18 | 20 |
| 21 | Gonzaga | 10-4 | 25 | 13 |
| 22 | Tennessee | 10-4* | 11 | 10 |
| 23 | Villanova | 13-3* | 19 | 30 |
| 24 | California | 15-2 |
37 |
127 |
| 25 | Minnesota | 15-1 | 27 | 52 |
| 26 | Saint Mary's | 14-1 | 24 | 35 |
| 27 | Miami | 12-3 | 30 | 26 |
| 28 | Florida | 14-2 | 29 | 19 |
| 29 | Michigan | 13-3 | 32 | 72 |
| 30 | Dayton | 14-2* | 20 | 42 |
| 31 | Illinois | 14-2 | 34 | 66 |
| 32 | BYU | 13-2 | 28 | 36 |
| 33 | Louisville | 11-3 | 39 | 6 |
| 34 | West Virginia | 11-4** | 26 | 44 |
| 35 | Davidson | 11-3* | 31 | 40 |
| 36 | 11-3* | 33 | 34 | |
| 37 | UNLV | 13-3* | 35 | 28 |
| 38 | Florida State | 13-3* | 40 | 78 |
| 39 | Wisconsin | 12-4* | 42 | 18 |
| 40 | Kansas | 11-4* | 36 | 31 |
| 41 | Oklahoma State | 12-3 | 47 | 49 |
| 42 | Arkansas | 12-2* | NA | 107 |
| 43 | Texas A&M | 14-2* | 38 | 63 |
| 44 | Arizona | 11-5 | 49 | 29 |
| 45 | Utah State | 15-1 | NA | 124 |
| 46 | Boston College | 13-4* | 41 | 90 |
| 47 | San Diego State | 12-3 | 46 | 55 |
| 48 | Illinois State | 14-2** |
43 |
82 |
| 49 | South Carolina | 12-2 | NA | 80 |
| 50 | Missouri | 13-3* | 45 | 54 |
Next Five (in order): Kentucky (12-4), Washington (11-4), Maryland (12-3*), Creighton (13-4*), Utah (10-6)
Dropped Out
| Week | Pre | |||
| Creighton | 13-4* | 9 | 24 | |
| Maryland | 12-3* | 9 | 67 | |
| Cincinnati | 10-6** | 9 | 109 | |
| Virginia Tech | 10-5 | 8 | 39 | |
| Seton Hall | 9-7** | 7 | 100 | |
| Temple | 7-6 | 6 | 27 | |
| LSU | 12-3** | 6 | 50 | |
| Mississippi | 9-6* | 5 | 46 | |
| USC | 10-5* | 4 | 21 | |
| Kent State | 7-8** | 3 | 41 | |
| Siena | 12-5* | 3 | 45 | |
| UAB | 9-6* | 3 | 47 | |
| VCU | 11-5 | 3 | 48 | |
| Southern Illinois | 7-9 | 2 | 43 | |
| Cleveland State | 13-5 | 2 | 53 | |
| Nevada | 9-7 | 2 | 59 | |
| Kentucky | 12-4 | 1 | 25 | |
| Alabama | 11-4* | 1 | 37 | |
| Washington | 11-4* | 1 | 38 |
Pre = Preseason CHN Top 144 Ranking
Week = Last Week in Top 50
* = losses this week
Don't forget to check out the CHN Top 50 Power Ranking every Sunday night! Check out past week's rankings and this week's AP Top 25.
New: Check out the weekly Non-BCS Top 25 Ranking
Agree/Disagree? Post Your Thoughts Below!
Comments
I agree with the previous
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 2009-01-12 00:10.
I agree with the previous poster, Memphis is ranked too high. Similarly why should Texas be ranked ahead of Michigan St?
MSU/Texas.. When I'm wrong I'm wrong
Submitted by Shawn Siegel on Mon, 2009-01-12 00:22.
Agree that MSU should definitely be ahead of Texas. This will be changed shortly when I update it for UCLA/USC result.. really have no clue what I was thinking there.. when I'm wrong I'm wrong.
Shawn, im just curiously
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 2009-01-12 01:06.
Shawn, im just curiously wondering if you still believe that Jeff Teague, the one that I've been promoting on this site relentlessly since november, is indeed NOT one of the top ten best gaurds in the nation?
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Some questions regarding Memphis
I would really like to know why you Memphis ranked above Xavier, im not saying xavier should be ranked higher but more why you have memphis ranked that high (a few spots in front of the musketeers). As it stands:
* X has more wins, less losses
* X beat the Tigers straight up on a neutral site down in San Juan
* X has a stronger SOS
* X has a stronger RPI (X:7 M:14)
* Memphis's best win is most likely @ Seton Hall, they really have not
beat a quality team this season although there losses are actually
not bad whatsoever (Georgetown, Syracuse, Xavier)
I understand rankings usually operate on the basis that if a team wins they move up a little and down a little if they lose. I would like to see why you think Memphis is so good when they have proved little into the season, i fail to see what evidence proves the ranking.