After taking their fifth loss of the season, a 90-72 defeat to Kentucky on Tuesday night, the Tennessee Vols fell out of the Associated Press Top 25 men's basketball rankings:
AP POLL
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 18, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
Record Pts Pvs
1. Wake Forest (68) 16-0 1,793 2
2. Duke (4) 16-1 1,721 3
3. Connecticut 16-1 1,590 4
4. Pittsburgh 16-1 1,569 1
5. North Carolina 16-2 1,510 5
6. Oklahoma 17-1 1,498 6
7. Michigan St. 15-2 1,394 7
8. Syracuse 17-2 1,146 8
9. Louisville 13-3 1,090 20
10. Clemson 16-1 1,043 10
11. Marquette 16-2 1,003 14
12. Georgetown 12-4 979 13
13. UCLA 14-3 897 9
14. Texas 13-4 858 11
15. Xavier 15-2 848 15
16. Butler 16-1 726 17
17. Arizona St. 15-3 671 16
18. Purdue 14-4 553 19
19. Notre Dame 12-5 469 12
20. Villanova 14-3 353 23
21. Minnesota 16-2 298 18
22. Memphis 14-3 208 —
23. Gonzaga 12-4 201 —
24. Florida 16-2 175 —
25. Illinois 15-3 159 —
Others receiving votes: Baylor 148, Saint Mary’s, Calif. 137, Kentucky 105, California 82, Florida St. 34, Kansas 23, Ohio St. 20, Davidson 14, Missouri 14, Tennessee 14, Utah St. 12, Washington 12, Miami 8, West Virginia 8, Arkansas 6, Michigan 5, Dayton 4, George Mason 1, LSU 1.
USA TODAY-ESPN TOP 25
The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 18, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
Record Pts Pvs
1. Wake Forest (25) 16-0 769 3
2. Duke (6) 16-1 747 2
3. Connecticut 16-1 688 4
4. Pittsburgh 16-1 679 1
5. Oklahoma 17-1 649 5
6. North Carolina 16-2 643 6
7. Michigan State 15-2 566 10
8. Syracuse 17-2 520 8
9. Clemson 16-1 472 9
10. Marquette 16-2 469 14
11. UCLA 14-3 443 7
12. Louisville 13-3 377 20
13. Xavier 15-2 360 16
14. Georgetown 12-4 349 12
15. Texas 13-4 344 11
16. Arizona State 15-3 337 15
17. Butler 16-1 332 18
18. Purdue 14-4 193 19
19. Notre Dame 12-5 180 13
20. Minnesota 16-2 154 17
21. Villanova 14-3 152 22
22. Saint Mary’s 17-1 134 25
23. Baylor 14-3 82 21
24. Illinois 15-3 72 NR
24. Memphis 14-3 72 NR
Others receiving votes: California 65; Florida 52; Gonzaga 35; Utah State 31; BYU 22; Ohio State 22; Dayton 16; Missouri 13; Kentucky 12; Davidson 9; Kansas 3; West Virginia 3; Arkansas 2; Florida State 2; Miami (Fla.) 2; Washington 2; Michigan 1.
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Comments » 27
wizardofvolz writes:
Come March, throw the rankings out the door. We'll be fine! This YOUNG team will gel.
cjraney writes:
Hopefully it will motivate Hopson to keep being aggressive and driving to the hole, not just launching long-range jumpers.
drum45 writes:
Fire Pearl Now!
MrBamSeydu writes:
haha, Kentucky still isn't ranked though.
I guess Catscratch can scratch his head on why his team is in the same boat as us in the "others receiving votes" category.
VolJunkie writes:
No one should be surprised by this. Quality wins over now #11 Marquette and #12 Georgetown. Good to see Memphis ranked, will make UT's win on Saturday that much better!
Go VOLS!
overatedvols writes:
Oppss.. who came back into the top 25 and
who fell out. (Hint see number 22).
MemphoVol writes:
Memphis lost its star players from last year, much like Tennessee. Saturday will be a good game, but Memphis will not be able to hold up to the crowd at TB. Vols will step up and win by 10.
volwalk writes:
This is good. We've eaten enough humble pie this season, now its time to continue our dominance of the state by going 2-0 this week.
GO BIG ORANGE!
volsare1 writes:
omg i cant believe this happened haha why even make this an article..what fan thought were gonna stay in the top 25 haha we will be ok
allvol9 writes:
At this point we shouldn't be ranked. But I really think this team is going to gel. We showed signs of it against SC. I have confindence that BP will get them going. Now let's go and win one at Vandy. One at a time. Go Vols!
VolGraduate writes:
I see the media's love affair with Notre Dame is still going strong
givehim6 writes:
OK did I miss some thing? I thought the last game UT played was Sat. aginst USC and we won.
TopTenn writes:
Great for the tigers as they come to Knoxville. This may motivate our youngsters.
VolJunkie writes:
And the game before that we got our butt kicked at home by an unranked ky team ... this is not unexpected ...
Go Vols!
huntined#565710 writes:
Not playing like a top 25 team..will take some big wins to return..
jkendall#231407 writes:
It appears that the panel of coaches will always blackball Bruce Pearl unless the Vols are 15-0 from his blowing the whisle on a "fellow coach" a few years back.
= I notice that ND has 5 losses still in top 25 etc..
The Vols need to beat Vandy then KY memphis "State" get back on track.
TopTenn writes:
Looking at our losses: 2 to the Zags, a good team. A loss at Kansas in a hostile environment. UK, a team with a one man show in TBA. Temple was the worst, a pathetic team. Overall, we should be 14-2. This young team will start peaking this week.
VolJunkie writes:
Unlike the other polls, the AP makes public the results of their individual voters. For anyone interested in looking deeper into the AP poll, this is a pretty cool site (check out how our own Mike Griffith voted):
http://pollspeak.com/pollstalker/poll...
Go Vols!
VolJunkie writes:
Plasticman, totally agree with you, polls are not a big deal, just thought it was interesting to see the mindset of some of these guys. I think Davis is looking at who ND lost to this week: in OT at Louisville and then blown-out at the Carrier Dome. The teams in the Big East are just killing each other, they are going to eat up a lot of "at-large" bids this year.
sameolvolalum writes:
March madness is the plan. Let's stay patient with the young pups. There's lots of talent there and BP's a top tier coach, so we've got a lot to look forward to this season. 'Probably not final four but still a good showing.
straightshooter writes:
Like the old song went, "you don't know what you've got till its gone"! I and obviously a lot of others actually thought the team might be slightly improved this year what with bring in the new highly regarded freshman and also continued improvement with the returning underclassmen. But so far its been a big disappointing season. Now playing no better than 4th place in the SEC when preseason, UT was voted overwhelming favorites to win the conference. But keep the faith,in time Pearl will turn this team around to respectablity. Can't expect them to remain in Top 25 after being embarrassed week after week on national TV. But one thing he must do is change how they set up for shots as you can't play 3 point offense if you have no 3 point shooters!
Triton1 writes:
Should make a good run in the NIT.
blitzshoot writes:
Crazy last six months in UT sports. Can't remember such a period like this before.
WE__ARE_MEMPHIS writes:
Posted by max55 on January 19, 2009 at 2:43 p.m.
Good, a ranked team to beat Saturday.
just so were clear on the trolls, this was the 6th post on the CA in Memphis. please vol fans we all have trolls. Once again you seem to live in a bubble.
As for the game this week. I will be honest, I have no idea which Tiger team or vol team, will show up. I wish we werent ranked, we dont deserve it either. I think we play better D but dont shoot the rock any better. Chism is better than anything we have inside and our best player is a frosh. I will say this, you need the win much worse than us.
one more thing, I wonder if all those people that like both Memphis and TN are the ones that jump ship so fast on both teams??? Go Tigers!
Slystone writes:
However; the Vols have not faced a defensive team quite like the Tigers. It will be a good game, but if it's low scoring then it favors the Tigers. If Scotty continues to blossom it will favor the Vols. I don't think the Tigers will be intimidated by the TBA crowd. What I look too see is how this game will be officiated. Will they let them play or will the Refs be sucking whistle from the tip off.
Ralph_Crampton writes:
If the Vols are say a half-a-step too slow this year, well, you can't coach quickness, and any improvement might be very little if any...Vols can't really shoot the three's, their inside game hasn't come around...this could the reason teams are playing zone defense against them. It might be wise to stop full court press and go the zone themselves. Try it.
AtLeastMyTeamHasPerfectSeasons writes:
Polls this early don't mean shirt.
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