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Won twice this week, including a tricky road game at SCAR. |
2 |
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Had a close win at rival Va Tech, but still look elite. |
3 |
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Two convincing wins, including a 21-point dismantling of St. Mary's |
4 |
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Won big at Georgetown, then handled Creighton at home. |
5 |
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Won twice, including at St. John's, giving Coach K his 1,000th victory. |
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The Wildcats turned two tough road games into relatively quiet contests. |
7 |
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Big win at Wake Forest, then had a close one against Florida State. |
8 |
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The Irish showed a lot of moxy in their overtime win at NC State. They looked like the better team in that overtime period. |
9 |
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Won at Pitt, but dropped a couple spots in my poll to reflect how I feel about them compared to North Carolina and Notre Dame right now. |
10 |
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Demolished Iowa at home, then took to the road and won at Ann Arbor. |
11 |
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Made quick work of Missouri State and Drake, setting up for that first contest with UNI this week. |
12 |
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Beat both Washington schools this week to move up 3 spots. |
13 |
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KU beat two ranked teams this past week. Is this the Kansas team we'll see the rest of the season? |
14 |
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Watched their game at Saint Louis, and was impressed with how they kept composure to win down the stretch. |
15 |
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Had two tight wins over Indiana State and Illinois State. A weekend date with Wichita State looms this week. |
16 |
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A rough loss at Texas Tech has the Cyclones stumbling this week. |
17 |
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Lost big at Indiana, then flirted with disaster at home against Northwestern. The Terps were lucky to erase an 11-point halftime deficit. |
18 |
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Let's overlook the Oklahoma win and talk about the grit Baylor showed at home against an NAIA school. |
19 |
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Ohio State is back in thanks to a win over a ranked Indiana team. |
20 |
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Had a solid win over San Diego State at home. |
21 |
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Weird to see Syracuse finally enter my poll, but I've liked what the Orange have done recently. |
22 |
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Won and lost to now-ranked teams. As Stannis Beratheon says, "A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good." |
23 |
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Won convincingly at TCU, but stumbled at home to Kansas. |
24 |
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Won narrowly against TCU to move up 1 spot, but I'm still a little suspicious of this team. |
25 |
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SDSU hangs on to a Top-25 spot due to losing close on the road to a ranked team, while beating Air Force by 32 earlier this week. |