Sideline Sports CBB Top 25 Week One

The first week of the college basketball season has come and gone, and boy was it beautiful. We saw upsets, blowouts, and ranked battles that will be talked about for years to come. A week is a long time in this sport, and that means its time for a new set of rankings. (Ties sorted by alphabetical order, individual rankings do not do ties)

Rank	Composite	Alex	Ben	Dylan	Ryan
1	Gonzaga	Gonzaga	Gonzaga	Gonzaga	Gonzaga
2	UCLA	UCLA	UCLA	Kansas	UCLA
3	Kansas	Kansas	Kansas	UCLA	Duke
4	Duke	Duke	Michigan	Duke	Kansas
5	Michigan	Michigan	Purdue	Michigan	Texas
6	Purdue	Villanova	Duke	Purdue	Villanova
6	Texas	Texas	Villanova	Texas	Michigan
6	Villanova	Purdue	Baylor	Illinois	Memphis
9	Baylor	Baylor	Texas	Villanova	Purdue
10	Illinois	Oregon	Illinois	Baylor	Baylor
11	Memphis	Alabama	Memphis	Oregon	Illinois
12	Oregon	Illinois	Alabama	Memphis	Oregon
13	Alabama	Memphis	Oregon	Alabama	Arkansas
14	Arkansas	Arkansas	Tennessee	Arkansas	Alabama
15	North Carolina	Kentucky	Arkansas	North Carolina	Houston
16	Kentucky	North Carolina	Houston	Auburn	North Carolina
16	Tennessee	Tennessee	North Carolina	Kentucky	Kentucky
18	Houston	Houston	Kentucky	Tennessee	Tennessee
19	Maryland	Maryland	Ohio State	Houston	Maryland
20	UConn	Ohio State	Maryland	UConn	UConn
21	Auburn	UConn	St Bonaventure	Florida	Florida
22	Ohio State	Florida	UConn	Maryland	Auburn
23	Florida	Auburn	Auburn	Ohio State	Indiana
24	St Bonaventure	Virginia Tech	Florida	St Bonaventure	Virginia Tech
25	Virginia Tech	Arizona	Virginia Tech	Indiana	St Bonaventure

Also Receiving Votes: Indiana (4), Arizona (1)

Movers and Shakers

Ties All Around:

The problem with having a four person voting committee is that there isn’t a lot of variance, and this has happened twice this week, and occurred in our preseason poll. At the top we have Purdue, Texas, and Villanova tied for sixth, and towards the bottom SEC foes are linked as Kentucky and Tennessee are locked in at 16. It is a big week of games, so expect some more shake up here next week.

UCLA Cements Its Status:

The Bruins have been questioned by our staff all offseason, and they answered our doubts with an overtime win in this week’s marquee matchup against Villanova. This sets up a potential 1 vs 2 matchup in the coming weeks, as they are slated to face Gonzaga on November 22, and the toughest opponent each team faces up until then is Bellarmine.

Hello and Goodbye:

Two teams dropped from the rankings this week, as Michigan State’s opening night loss against Kansas bumped them from the rankings, and Florida State fell to an in state rival whole replaced them in the rankings. The Gators debut at #23, following their outstanding 16 point win against Florida State, and look scary with Colin Castleton inside, as he recorded a 15 point, 16 rebound, 6 block performance against the Noles. Virginia Tech debuts at #25, similarly to how they debuted in our first in season poll last year, hopefully the Hokies can maintain their ranking rather than losing it immediately as they did in their last appearance here.

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