Rankings as of 11:01am on 3/5/2012.  Sagarin Ratings for games though 3/4/2012.

Previous rankings are here.

Florida falls the farthest this week, dropping 6 spots and landing at number 25 after losing both of their games this week making them losers of three straight (at Georgia, at Vanderbilt, and Kentucky).  In the top 10, Michigan State falls three spots to number 7 after losing back to back games to Indiana and Ohio State this week.

Moving in the other direction were teams like Kansas, North Carolina, and Ohio State who each have a win over a top ten team in the last ten days (Missouri, Duke, and Michigan State, respectively).  The team making the biggest move in the top 25 this week is Memphis.  Who jumps up 6 spots and into the top 25 at number 23.  They picked up two big Conference USA wins this week over the 3rd and 4th place teams UCF and Tulsa.

Interesting note: My rankings (The SITW) and the AP rankings have the exact same top 9 teams, but in a different order.

I also think it’s interesting that the Mountain West has two teams in my top 25 and the AP top 25, but neither of those teams is actually in first place in their conference.  New Mexico lead the MWC.

Breakdown by conference: 2, 4, 5, 3, 0, 2, 2, 2, 5

ACC Big East Big Ten Big 12 Pac 12 SEC MWC MVC Other

26-35: Florida St., Vanderbilt, Saint Louis, New Mexico, Virginia, Alabama, Purdue, Iowa State, Cincinnati, Southern Miss

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Rankings as of 11:16am on 2/27/2012.  Sagarin Ratings for games though 2/26/2012.

Previous rankings are here.

Breakdown by conference: 2, 4, 5, 3, 0, 3, 2, 2, 4

ACC Big East Big Ten Big 12 Pac 12 SEC MWC MVC Other

26-35:Virginia, Alabama, Purdue, Memphis, Southern Miss, Iowa State, Notre Dame, Florida State, New Mexico, California

BCS: My offer still stands…….if you want to contact me you can send me a tweet @StatsInTheWild.

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Rankings as of 4:14pm on 2/20/2012.  Sagarin Ratings for games though 2/19/2012.

Previous rankings are here.

Syracuse, Kentucky, and Missouri remain atop the rankings.  Ohio State drops 2 spots after losing to Michigan this past week knocking them out of the top 5, while Duke and Michigan State both move up one spot rounding out the top 5.  Indiana is the weeks biggest loser, falling 4 spots to number 16 after a 12 point loss at a barely above .500 Iowa team.  Florida St. moves up 10 spots to number 22 and sits in a three way tie for first in the ACC.  Murray State moves up 7 spots to number 19 and back into the top 25 after it’s bracket buster win over St. Mary’s-CA.  Two teams make their season debut in the top 25: Vanderbilt and Saint Louis at 24 and 25, respectively.  Saint Louis joins fellow Atlantic 10 team Temple in the top 25 as the league now sports two top 25 teams.  The Mountain West is moving in the opposite direction as UNLV and San Diego State have fallen out of the top 25 in recent weeks leaving only one team, New Mexico, to represent to MWC.

Breakdown by conference: 3, 4, 5, 3, 0, 3, 1, 2, 4

ACC Big East Big Ten Big 12 Pac 12 SEC MWC MVC Other

26-35: Virginia, St. Mary’s-CA, UNLV, Notre Dame, Southern Miss, California, San Diego St., BYU, Alabama, Memphis

BCS: My offer still stands…….if you want to contact me you can send me a tweet @StatsInTheWild.

Cheers.

Chart of the Day: Why Shaq is jealous of the Missouri Tigers

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Rankings as of 9:53am on 2/13/2012.  Sagarin Ratings for games though 2/13/2012.

Previous rankings are here.

I had a bit of a data problem and the rankings were wrong last week.  I’ve updated them and they are now correct.

Breakdown by conference: 4, 4, 5, 3, 0, 2, 1, 2, 4

ACC Big East Big Ten Big 12 Pac 12 SEC MWC MVC Other

26-35: Murray St., Southern Miss, Mississippi St., Vanderbilt, Saint Louis, Illinois, Florida St., Alabama, Iowa St., Memphis

BCS: My offer still stands…….if you want to contact me you can send me a tweet @StatsInTheWild.

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Rankings as of 11:05am on 2/6/2012.  Sagarin Ratings for games though 2/5/2012.  AP Poll as of 1/30/2012. (It’s 11:11 am on Monday and the AP poll isn’t out yet.  What takes these guys so long?)

Previous rankings are here.

Two new teams this week: Murray St. and New Mexico.   Murray St. is in the SITW top 25 for the first time this season, whereas New Mexico has been bouncing in and out all season.  Murray St. finally gets into the top 25 at 23-0.  It takes a lot to crack the top 25 when you’re playing in the Ohio Valley Conference.

Vanderbilt and Gonzaga drop out of the top 25.  Vanderbilt falls out after losing both of it’s games this week (at Arkansas and at Florida) and Gonzaga drops out after a loss to BYU.

(Note: The Missouri Valley Conference will now be represented by red.  In order for the Pac-12 to earn back their color, they will need to get a team in the top 25 and have all the MVC teams fall out of the top 25.  Until that happens, Pac-12 teams will be listed in the “other” category.)

Breakdown by conference: 3, 4, 6, 3, 0, 2, 3, 2, 2

ACC Big East Big Ten Big 12 Pac 12 SEC MWC MVC Other

26-35: Southern Miss, Mississippi St., Gonzaga, Florida St., UConn, Vanderbilt, Iowa St., Alabama, Temple, Minnesota

BCS: My offer still stands…….if you want to contact me you can send me a tweet @StatsInTheWild.

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Rankings as of 10:23am on 1/30/2012.  Sagarin Ratings for games though 1/30/2012.  AP Poll as of 1/30/2012.

Previous rankings are here.

Moving into the top 25 were Vanderbilt, Florida, Virginia, and Louisville.  They replaced Seton Hall, UConn, Minnesota, and Kansas St. who all dropped out of the top 25.

Breakdown by conference: 3, 4, 6, 3, 0, 3, 2, 2, 2

ACC Big East Big Ten Big 12 Pac 12 SEC MWC MVC Other

26-35: Minnesota, Mississippi St., New Mexico, Purdue, Southern Miss, UConn, Kansas St., Murray St., Seton Hall, Alabama

BCS: My offer still stands…….if you want to contact me you can send me a tweet @StatsInTheWild.

Cheers.