Here's where I had Rutgers, and in comparison the teams in directly in front and behind them, plus the other teams you mentioned:chosen1lax wrote: ↑Mon Apr 17, 2023 12:24 pm Just looking at the media polls and assuming that this poll will follow suit.
Can someone tell me who Rutgers has beaten this year that deserves all of the love they are getting? Same with Cuse, nice they played on ESPN and beat a 7-5 UNC team.
Jville 11-2 with a win over Duke
BU pushing forward at 8-3
St. Joes quietly running away with the A10
Media bias to some teams as well as recency bias dominating the ballots
8. (16/10=1.60) Georgetown 7-3 Princeton (4), Richmond (3). High Point (2), Lehigh (3), Denver (4), Providence (1), Marquette (2) (Hopkins -1, Penn -1, ND -1)
9. (17/12=1.4167) Rutgers 8-4 Marist (1), Stony Brook (1), St John’s (1), Loyola (3), Utah (4), Princeton (4), UMass (3), Michigan (4) (Army -1, Ohio State -1, hopkins -1, Maryland -1)
10. (16/12=1.3333) Villanova 9-3 Penn State (5), Delaware (3), Hofstra (1), Drexel (1), Penn (5), Monmouth (1), Navy (1), St Johns (1), Providence(1) (Yale -1, Brown, -1, Denver -1 )
15. 12/11=1.0909) Boston U 8-3 Bryant (3), UMass (3), Colgate (1), Bucknell (1), Holy Cross (1), Harvard (3), Lafayette (1), Loyola (3) (Vermont -1, Navy -2, Yale -1 )
17. (13/13=1.0000) Jacksonville 11-2 Marist (1), Duke (6), High Point (2), UMass Lowell (1), St Johns (1), Mercer (1), Cleveland State (1), Queens (1), Lindwood(1) (Hopkins -1, Utah -1)
18. (13/13= 1.0 Syracuse 8-5 Vermont (4), Albany (2), Holy Cross (1), Hofstra (1) Hobart (1) st bon (1) Princeton (4), UNC (4) (Maryland -1, UNC -1, Duke -1, Hopkins -1, ND -1)
NR (5/12=0.4167) St. Joe’s 8-4 Sacred Heart (1), Towson (1), Providence (1), St Johns (1), Richmond (3), Monmouth (1), St Bon (1), Hobart (1) (Hopkins-1, Penn -1, Drexel -2, Duke-1)