Saturday, May 19, 2012

2012-2013 Preseason Top 25 (and more) - May 19 2012

Woke up early on a Saturday and wanted to see what the prognosticators were saying regarding this coming season's Top 25.  Took a look at 11 very early listings (CBS, ESPN, CNNSI, NBC, Rivals, CollegeHoopsNet, Sports Bank, Athlon, MercuryNews, Ringer Sports, and BigLead).  Gave 25 points to the top rated team in each poll, 24 to the second rated team, and so on ... and here's where they rank:

1 - Indiana (271) - First or Second in every poll
2 - Kentucky (249)
3 - Louisville (244)
4 - Michigan (209)
5 - Kansas (203)
6 - NC State (201)
7 - North Carolina (188)
8 - Baylor (181)
9 - Florida (180)
10 - Syracuse (178)
11 - Ohio State (164)
12 - Duke (158)
13 - Michigan State (150)
14 - San Diego State (122)
15 - Memphis (114)
16 - Creighton (104)
17 - Arizona (96)
18 - Wisconsin (89)
19 - Gonzaga (68)
20 - Notre Dame (55)
21 - Butler (36)
22 - Texas (33)
23 - Virginia Commonwealth (31)
24 - UCLA (30)
25 - Missouri (30)

Others with more than 10 - Kansas State (27), UNLV (23), St. Louis (22), Cincinnati (21), Marquette (19), Tennessee (17), Maryland (13), Villanova (12)

NOTE:  Many of these listings were completed before some major announcements (Shabazz to UCLA, Amile Jefferson to Duke) so expect significant shift over the summer.