THE OFFICIAL 2024-2025 NET RANKINGS THREAD

[bac2therac]

Things can change, but at the moment we don’t play all that many more Q2 games and a good number of them are at home against contenders and could possibly move to Q1 (Wisconsin and Purdue). Besides those two there’s Iowa at home and @ Washington (I agree those two games along with the two Q3 games aren’t resume builders). For now, the other 13 games are Q1.

I believe its 12...iowa, wisconsin, Purdue, at Washington are Q2 games, USC/Minnesota in Q3

the issue as repeated is that only 3 of those Q1 games are at the RAC. 1 at MSG with 8 on the road.

 

[BillyC80]

I believe its 12...iowa, wisconsin, Purdue, at Washington are Q2 games, USC/Minnesota in Q3

the issue as repeated is that only 3 of those Q1 games are at the RAC. 1 at MSG with 8 on the road.

Isn’t the nature of the NET such that more Q1 games will typically be on the road?

 

[bac2therac]

Isn’t the nature of the NET such that more Q1 games will typically be on the road?

Well that's why you want to have some q1 wins going into conference play

 

[BillyC80]

Well that's why you want to have some q1 wins going into conference play

At this point we need 11 more wins, so my guess is if we accomplish that, we’ll have 5 or 6 Q1 wins.

 

[bac2therac]

NET holds at 84

Indiana up 5 to 62

Illinois big move from 11 to 5.

Oregon big loser from from 11 all the way down to 23

 

[RAC93]

NET holds at 84

Indiana up 5 to 62

Illinois big move from 11 to 5.

Oregon big loser from from 11 all the way down to 23

Oregon was destroyed, no shame in losing to Illinois but to lose by 33 on your home floor is really bad. Maryland lost at Washington, a bad loss. Maryland only dropped 5 spots to 17 while Washington jumped up 11 to 95. Washington and USC may soon be breathing down our necks in the NET.

 

[RUChoppin]

RU is now #84
Q1: 0-4 / Q2: 1-0 / Q3: 2-2 / Q4: 5-0

Results:
Q1 (1-30 Home, 1-50 Neutral, 1-75 Away)
10 - (N)Alabama (L)
20 - (N)Texas A&M (L)
21 - @OSU (L)
62 - @Indiana (L)

Q2 (31-75 Home 51-100 Neutral, 76-135 Away)
41 - PSU (W)

Q3 (76-160 Home, 101-200 Neutral, 136-240 Away)
103 - (N)Notre Dame (W)
119 - (N)Princeton (L)
126 - Columbia (W)
193 - @Kennesaw St (L)

Q4 (161+ Home, 201+Neutral, 241+ Away)
185 - Merrimack (W)
189 - SHU (W)
198 - St. Peters (W)
259 - Monmouth (W)
316 - Wagner (W)

Upcoming
Q1 (1-30 Home, 1-50 Neutral, 1-75 Away)
5 - Illinois
11 - @Michigan
11 - Michigan
15 - UCLA
17 - @Maryland
23 - @Oregon
26 - (N)MSU
31 - @Purdue
41 - @PSU
45 - @Northwestern

Q2 (31-75 Home, 51-100 Neutral, 76-135 Away)
33 - Wisconsin
37 - Purdue
44 - Nebraska
49 - Iowa
95 - @Washington

Q3 (76-160 Home, 101-200 Neutral, 136-240 Away)
91 - USC

Q4 (161+ Home, 201+Neutral, 241+ Away)
165 - Minnesota

Notes:
- (N)FUND drops to Q3
- Minnesota drops to Q4
- Merrimack moved ahead of SHU

 

[bac2therac]

Rutgers slips to 87

Wisconsin with their raucous win over Iowa moves to 25 and is now a Quad 1 home game for Rutgers

 

[goru7]

Wisconsin is at 25 after the 3 point barrage against Iowa and is now Quad 1

 

[goru7]

Wisconsin is at 25 after the 3 point barrage against Iowa and is now Quad 1

The opportunities are there. Will Pike make some adjustments and will the supporting cast show up ? Will the team commit to team rebounding and eliminate second chance points ?

 

[bac2therac]

Rutgers up to 83

Wisconsin 25, Purdue slides into Q1 at 30, UCLA falls to 19

Nebraska surges to 34

Penn State, RU's best win at 38.

Notre Dame back to Quad 2 at 100.

Princeton 124

Kennesaw State at 186

Seton Hall in Quad 4 at 196

 

[goru7]

Huge jumps across all the NET with teams moving 30-40 places. The SEC and BIG 10 are dominating the top of the NET with the BIG 12 closely behind. The Big East and ACC are way behind the top 3 conferences

 

[RuSnp]

Huge jumps across all the NET with teams moving 30-40 places. The SEC and BIG 10 are dominating the top of the NET with the BIG 12 closely behind. The Big East and ACC are way behind the top 3 conferences

I saw maybe 10 minutes of the ACC network yesterday. First - it still amazes me how poor the ACC has become. There's Duke, some mediocre teams and then some really poor teams. Second, they were trying to put lipstick on a pig that "a number of (ACC) teams" are quad 1s currently - but listed the teams in the top 75 (so technically I guess it is true as an away game). But nobody on the panel mentioned that it's a zero sum situation at this point - one ACC win means an ACC loss on the other side, and often that would be a bad loss.

 

[goru7]

I saw maybe 10 minutes of the ACC network yesterday. First - it still amazes me how poor the ACC has become. There's Duke, some mediocre teams and then some really poor teams. Second, they were trying to put lipstick on a pig that "a number of (ACC) teams" are quad 1s currently - but listed the teams in the top 75 (so technically I guess it is true as an away game). But nobody on the panel mentioned that it's a zero sum situation at this point - one ACC win means an ACC loss on the other side, and often that would be a bad loss.

Yes , the ACC is less than mediocre. On the other hand , the SEC is ridiculously good , maybe the best conference since the 1990’s ACC teams. What was surprising in the SEC yesterday , with the exception of Florida / Kentucky game that was a barn burner , Tennessee blew out Arkansas, Auburn blew out Missouri , Mississippi State blew out South Carolina , Alabama blew out a previous undefeated Oklahoma team, Texas A&M blew out Texas. If the SEC is that good top to bottom , why did all the teams that lost get blown out. ? Maybe the winners are that good and I can agree that Tennessee , Auburn , Alabama , Texas A& M are in the very top of the top 10 teams but maybe the highly ranked losers are not as good as the out of conference record says it is. Something to watch. I would add Florida and Kentucky to that top tier but then again an average Ohio State team blew out Kentucky by 20. So jury still out on Kentucky.