Ags come in at number 12! Big jump after Purdue win!
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AP Poll - December 16
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basically traded spots with purdue
Surprised we jumped OU. Thought we would be 13 or 14 depending on how far they would drop Gonzaga.
Oklahoma better beat Michigan or they might be set up to take an even more extreme SEC beating than they got in football. Prime candidate to go from undefeated and ranked to 5-13 in the league.
Yeah, Oklahoma being ranked #13 is ridiculous. Power of a logo people know and just winning games. KenPom noncon SOS of 314. But they are also a good case study in why the "don't do preseason polls" crowd is wrong in my opinion. Even if you don't actually rank teams, how good we think everyone is this time of year is still built on the foundation of how good you expected teams to be coming into the season.
Oklahoma wasn't even receiving votes in the preseason but they've beaten a few teams whose names sound good, including a ranked-at-the-time Arizona, and they haven't lost, so there they are, #13. Even if you didn't release a poll until this week I bet they'd shake out roughly in that same area.
I kinda feel the same way about Florida but at least their metrics are good. They play North Carolina tomorrow so we'll see a little bit there maybe.
Oklahoma wasn't even receiving votes in the preseason but they've beaten a few teams whose names sound good, including a ranked-at-the-time Arizona, and they haven't lost, so there they are, #13. Even if you didn't release a poll until this week I bet they'd shake out roughly in that same area.
I kinda feel the same way about Florida but at least their metrics are good. They play North Carolina tomorrow so we'll see a little bit there maybe.
We've beaten 3 currently ranked teams and deserve this spot for sure.
11 of the top 28 teams are SEC
Speaking of Arizona, crazy how they are 4-5
Is this our highest ranking ever?
vette said:
Is this our highest ranking ever?
I'll look it up but would bet we have gotten inside the top 10 a few times.
Edit: Well I lost my bet. This is our highest AP Poll ranking.
Edit Edit: This is the highest this season but we've been in the top 10 before, at least twice.
https://chatgpt.com/share/67608cc8-17a8-8013-8b6f-cc8b59bece09Muy said:vette said:
Is this our highest ranking ever?
I'll look it up but would bet we have gotten inside the top 10 a few times.
i should have gone here first... #9 is highest
In a couple weeks we'll be in the top 10
Here is our AP poll history. Our highest ever rank is #5 twice.
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/texas-am/men/polls.html
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/texas-am/men/polls.html
vette said:
Is this our highest ranking ever?
Season to date? Certainly not all time.
Don't forget the infamous #6 ranking during the BCG and Turgeon years where it seemed like every time we made it to #6, we'd lose a game.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind." - J.S. Mill
DC Aggie beat me to it but some of y'all gotta get better at researching. This one isn't even that hard.
The highest we've ever been ranked in the AP poll is #5. We've reached that point twice. The Christmas day poll in 2017 and the January 26 poll in 2016. Both times we lost the next week.
Prior to that the highest we reached was #6, which we got to three times in 2006-07.
The highest we've ever been ranked in the AP poll is #5. We've reached that point twice. The Christmas day poll in 2017 and the January 26 poll in 2016. Both times we lost the next week.
Prior to that the highest we reached was #6, which we got to three times in 2006-07.
Well since the SEC has about 54 teams, that's not unexpectedcs69ag said:
11 of the top 28 teams are SEC
What a strange post.
The ACC and Big Ten have even more teams than the SEC does.
The ACC and Big Ten have even more teams than the SEC does.
We're about to find out how good Oklahoma is when they play at Alabama and then play us at their place.
bobinator said:
What a strange post.
The ACC and Big Ten have even more teams than the SEC does.
The BIG has more top 25 teams than the SEC?
Check the post I was replying to that was saying this many ranked teams is not unexpected because the SEC has "about 54 teams."
True. It was said in jest, but the megaconferences and corresponding unbalanced scheduling (primarily in football) is something I struggle with.bobinator said:
What a strange post.
The ACC and Big Ten have even more teams than the SEC does.
11 of the top 25 from any conference is damn good.
NE PA Ag said:vette said:
Is this our highest ranking ever?
Season to date? Certainly not all time.
Don't forget the infamous #6 ranking during the BCG and Turgeon years where it seemed like every time we made it to #6, we'd lose a game.
All these years later, my brain immediately recalled the #6 curse. It was that annoying
And there probably should be at least 2 more - Arkansas and Missouri. SEC conference is going to be murderous row this year.cs69ag said:
11 of the top 28 teams are SEC
"Can I Ask What Exactly Is An Aggie? Sure! An Aggie is quite simply the best thing anyone can strive to be!" - Sydney Colson
Someone needs to update the A&M Basketball Wikipedia page. It has our highest ranking at #9... but I now remember the #5 rankings and the cursed #6 ranking.dcaggie04 said:
Here is our AP poll history. Our highest ever rank is #5 twice.
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/texas-am/men/polls.html
bobinator said:
Check the post I was replying to that was saying this many ranked teams is not unexpected because the SEC has "about 54 teams."
Gotcha; my error
Tobias Funke said:NE PA Ag said:vette said:
Is this our highest ranking ever?
Season to date? Certainly not all time.
Don't forget the infamous #6 ranking during the BCG and Turgeon years where it seemed like every time we made it to #6, we'd lose a game.
All these years later, my brain immediately recalled the #6 curse. It was that annoying
Me too.
vette said:Someone needs to update the A&M Basketball Wikipedia page. It has our highest ranking at #9... but I now remember the #5 rankings and the cursed #6 ranking.dcaggie04 said:
Here is our AP poll history. Our highest ever rank is #5 twice.
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/texas-am/men/polls.html
#9 was the highest AP rank we finished the season with and unless I missed something, that is what the wiki page is referencing.
Conference play will be fun this year!
vette said:
Is this our highest ranking ever?
Ummm no. Remember BCG and the Acie years,,,
I dont know how we can get college sports, especially football, collectively to move off of the absurd way polls are just about lining everybody up and then counting losses. We talked about Oklahoma, but the very top of the poll where people should do the most research is no less bad. Auburn has the best wins, best sos, best strength of record, best metrics and its not close. But what we get is " Dur, Tennessee number one because ranked higher first and fewer losses."
Haven't been to an actual game in 2 decades, but I bought tickets for the t.u. and Tennessee games last night to attend with my son. The atmosphere is gonna be electric! This team is gonna make a deep run.
I get it in football though because there just frankly isn't close to enough data to compare teams from different leagues most of the time. A lot of it is just a guess.
The other thing you need is just a new type of voter that really understands what a poll is. Too many people vote like rankings are a title belt that gets handed off each time a team loses. They're really hesitant to "drop" teams that didn't lose games.
I honestly don't mind it all that much though. You can look at KenPom or Torvik or whatever your metric of choice is if you want to see how good a team is, the polls are better about telling you what's the vibe around a team.
The other thing you need is just a new type of voter that really understands what a poll is. Too many people vote like rankings are a title belt that gets handed off each time a team loses. They're really hesitant to "drop" teams that didn't lose games.
I honestly don't mind it all that much though. You can look at KenPom or Torvik or whatever your metric of choice is if you want to see how good a team is, the polls are better about telling you what's the vibe around a team.
Ew stop talking about the #6 curse
Let's just remember the good times. First Big XII South school to ever win in Allen Fieldhouse
Let's just remember the good times. First Big XII South school to ever win in Allen Fieldhouse
It might surprise some to know that we spent 4 different weeks ranked at #6 in the 2006-07 season, and most of that season ranked somewhere in the Top 10.
That was just three years removed from going 0-16 in the Big 12 and being one of the dregs of college basketball.
The greatness of Billy Gillispie!
That was just three years removed from going 0-16 in the Big 12 and being one of the dregs of college basketball.
The greatness of Billy Gillispie!
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