I love UT baseball . . . even though the lads had a hard time scraping runs this last weekend. Part of why I do this poll is I have to listen to Craig Way (and I love ya Craig) rattle off UT's rank in about four or five polls before the game starts. Craig . . . I've done all the hard part for you . . . hence the amazing blended poll! Five different polls and two types of computer rankings all distilled down into one breathtaking chart. As in other weeks, the top teams are listed in the first chart. I then have my sub-work-ups for the Boyd Nation and Kenneth Massey computer rankings. It's an interesting process. Once again you will see that we get way more respect from human polls than from the computers. A few comments about the results this week . . . (1) Virginia is a truly unanimous #1, (2) UT as high as #4 in three different human polls, (3) A&M hanging very solid while our OU lads stumble down the charts, and (4) Texas State is in at #31 . . . in case you care!
Adj. Rank |
Team |
Avg. Rank |
Total Score |
Coll. Bball |
Nat. Coll. Bball Writers |
USA Today |
Bball Amer |
Coll. Bball Lineup |
Boyd's Blended Rating |
Massey's Blended Rating |
1 |
Virginia |
1.43 |
10 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
South Carolina |
2.57 |
18 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
3 |
Vanderbilt |
3.00 |
21 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
Florida |
4.14 |
29 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
Cal St Fullerton |
6.43 |
45 |
5 |
8 |
6 |
8 |
5 |
9 |
4 |
6 |
Arizona State |
7.57 |
53 |
12 |
6 |
9 |
9 |
7 |
6 |
4 |
7 |
Texas |
8.29 |
58 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
7 |
9 |
16 |
14 |
8 |
Oregon State |
8.71 |
61 |
7 |
15 |
8 |
3 |
10 |
11 |
7 |
9 |
Texas A&M |
9.71 |
68 |
8 |
9 |
7 |
6 |
13 |
12 |
13 |
10 |
Florida State |
10.43 |
73 |
18 |
10 |
11 |
10 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
11 |
North Carolina |
11.29 |
79 |
14 |
13 |
10 |
14 |
12 |
5 |
11 |
12 |
Georgia Tech |
12.00 |
84 |
9 |
16 |
12 |
13 |
19 |
7 |
8 |
13 |
TCU |
12.57 |
88 |
10 |
7 |
14 |
11 |
6 |
26 |
14 |
14 |
Fresno State |
12.71 |
89 |
13 |
14 |
13 |
12 |
15 |
10 |
12 |
15 |
Arkansas |
15.71 |
110 |
17 |
12 |
16 |
21 |
14 |
13 |
17 |
16 |
Oklahoma |
16.86 |
118 |
16 |
11 |
15 |
17 |
20 |
23 |
16 |
17 |
UCLA |
18.14 |
127 |
11 |
17 |
20 |
20 |
11 |
30 |
18 |
18 |
Oklahoma State |
18.29 |
128 |
15 |
20 |
17 |
16 |
18 |
19 |
23 |
19 |
California |
19.57 |
137 |
19 |
22 |
19 |
15 |
31 |
21 |
10 |
20 |
Rice |
20.86 |
146 |
25 |
19 |
22 |
22 |
17 |
18 |
23 |
Here is the Boyd Nation matrix . . . I love this portion of my work . . . had to run it out to 25 to show where the OU lads showed up!
Adj. Rank |
Team |
Total Score |
Boyd's Interactive Strength Rating |
Boyd's Pseudo 2X RPI |
Boyd's Pseudo RPI Raw |
1 |
Virginia |
260.3 |
129.5 |
130.8 |
65.4 |
2 |
Florida |
254.9 |
125.9 |
129.0 |
64.5 |
3 |
South Carolina |
252.4 |
124.8 |
127.6 |
63.8 |
4 |
Vanderbilt |
252.0 |
126.2 |
125.8 |
62.9 |
5 |
North Carolina |
250.4 |
124.4 |
126.0 |
63.0 |
6 |
Arizona State |
249.6 |
123.4 |
126.2 |
63.1 |
7 |
Georgia Tech |
248.1 |
122.5 |
125.6 |
62.8 |
8 |
Florida State |
247.0 |
122.8 |
124.2 |
62.1 |
9 |
Cal St Fullerton |
246.6 |
123.8 |
122.8 |
61.4 |
10 |
Fresno State |
246.0 |
124.4 |
121.6 |
60.8 |
11 |
Oregon State |
245.8 |
124.0 |
121.8 |
60.9 |
12 |
Texas A&M |
241.4 |
120.2 |
121.2 |
60.6 |
13 |
Arkansas |
241.0 |
119.4 |
121.6 |
60.8 |
14 |
Southern Miss |
240.7 |
119.9 |
120.8 |
60.4 |
15 |
Clemson |
238.2 |
117.8 |
120.4 |
60.2 |
16 (t) |
Texas |
237.1 |
119.1 |
118.0 |
59.0 |
16 (t) |
Stanford |
237.1 |
118.1 |
119.0 |
59.5 |
18 |
Rice |
235.8 |
116.8 |
119.0 |
59.5 |
19 |
Oklahoma State |
235.5 |
117.9 |
117.6 |
58.8 |
20 |
Auburn |
235.4 |
114.6 |
120.8 |
60.4 |
21 |
California |
234.9 |
120.3 |
114.6 |
57.3 |
22 |
Miami |
233.9 |
116.5 |
117.4 |
58.7 |
23 |
Oklahoma |
233.7 |
117.1 |
116.6 |
58.3 |
24 |
Stetson |
233.1 |
115.3 |
117.8 |
58.9 |
25 |
Texas State |
230.8 |
114.6 |
116.2 |
58.1 |
And here is the Kenneth Massey portion of the table:
Adj. Rank |
Team |
Total Score |
Massey Overall Rating |
Massey Power Rating |
1 |
Virginia |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
Vanderbilt |
6 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
Florida |
9 |
6 |
3 |
4 (t) |
Cal St Fullerton |
10 |
3 |
7 |
4 (t) |
Arizona State |
10 |
8 |
2 |
6 |
South Carolina |
14 |
5 |
9 |
7 |
Oregon State |
15 |
4 |
11 |
8 (t) |
Florida State |
17 |
11 |
6 |
8 (t) |
Georgia Tech |
17 |
12 |
5 |
10 |
California |
18 |
10 |
8 |
11 |
North Carolina |
22 |
9 |
13 |
12 |
Fresno State |
26 |
7 |
19 |
13 |
Texas A&M |
29 |
13 |
16 |
14 (t) |
TCU |
31 |
21 |
10 |
14 (t) |
Texas |
31 |
14 |
17 |
16 |
Oklahoma |
34 |
19 |
15 |
17 |
Arkansas |
36 |
15 |
21 |
18 (t) |
UCLA |
38 |
26 |
12 |
18 (t) |
UC-Irvine |
38 |
20 |
18 |
20 |
Southern Miss |
40 |
16 |
24 |
21 (t) |
Stanford |
44 |
24 |
20 |
21 (t) |
Clemson |
44 |
30 |
14 |
23 (t) |
Rice |
47 |
25 |
22 |
23 (t) |
Oklahoma State |
47 |
17 |
30 |
25 |
Miami |
49 |
23 |
26 |