AP voters earned an early vacation reward from the faculty basketball gods with a chalky, sleepy week of outcomes wherein all groups ranked contained in the top-11 both didn’t play or didn’t lose. In whole, solely 5 groups ranked in final week’s ballot sustained a loss.
Voters cannot mail of their ballots with out exerting some effort however the top-10 very nicely might stay the identical because it was final week. And that is how I am anticipating it to look when the ballot is launched Monday.
The massive tweaks will come within the teenagers this week with No. 12 Alabama, No. 13 Illinois, No. 16 Texas Tech and No. 18 Florida all sustaining losses. No. 23 Nebraska’s win over No. 13 Illinois and No. 25 UCLA’s loss to No. 8 Gonzaga also needs to be an element within the closing tabulations.
The largest riser ought to be Nebraska, which solely appeared final week within the AP ballot for the primary time this season at No. 23. Its win over a No. 13 Illinois staff all however ensures it’ll bump up into the teenagers — forward of Illinois. Nebraska is one in all solely seven undefeated groups nonetheless standing.
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So how else may the rankings shift round Monday?
My projection for a way voters will forged their ballots is beneath — with Arizona and Michigan clinging to the highest two spots after one other good week.