College Basketball Top 25 Rankings, Week 16, 2011-12
Top 25
1. Kentucky Wildcats, 26-1, SEC
2. Syracuse Orange, 27-1, Big East
3. Missouri Tigers, 25-2, Big 12
4. Duke Blue Devils, 22-4, ACC
5. Kansas Jayhawks, 22-5, Big 12
6. Michigan State Spartans, 22-5, Big Ten
7. North Carolina Tar Heels, 23-4, ACC
8. Ohio State Buckeyes, 22-5, Big Ten
9. Georgetown Hoyas, 20-5, Big East
10. Marquette Golden Eagles, 22-5, Big East
11. Murray State Racers, 26-1, OVC
12. Baylor Bears, 22-5, Big 12
13. Florida Gators, 21-6, SEC
14. Michigan Wolverines, 20-7, Big Ten
15. UNLV Runnin’ Rebels, 22-6, MWC
16. Florida State Seminoles, 19-7, ACC
17. Louisville Cardinals, 21-6, Big East
18. Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 19-8, Big East
19. Indiana Hoosiers, 20-6, Big Ten
20. Wisconsin Badgers, 19-7, Big Ten
21. Saint Mary’s Gaels, 23-5, WCC
22. Wichita State Shockers, 24-4, MVC
23. Temple Owls, 21-5, A-10
24. New Mexico Lobos, 22-4, MWC
25. San Diego State Aztecs, 20-6, MWC
Analysis
Dropped out: Virginia, Mississippi State
Newcomers: Temple, New Mexico
Almost made it: Harvard, Gonzaga
The top three are unchanged from last week, and short of conference tournament upsets (or any other upsets the rest of the way), those are three of your #1 seeds right there. As of this moment, the fourth one will probably go to Duke over Kansas, but it’s relatively close.
Michigan State is getting very hot and they rise to #6. Sparty is a solid two seed right now, but you never know what else they could be if things continue to break right.
Indiana was going to make a big move up in the rankings this week, that is, until they lost to Iowa yesterday. In fact, many teams in the middle and bottom of the pack did some losing, which led to some odd shifts up and down as we tried to figure out who belonged where.
New Mexico and Temple definitely deserved to be ranked this week, and San Diego State just barely got back in. Virginia and Mississippi State didn’t have enough juice this time. Gonzaga had a good chance, but they lost to San Francisco on Saturday.
