Mid Major Top 25 Poll (Tue, Apr 5)

[Deleted]

I don't really understand how they came up with these rankings.

1. Butler (31) 28-10 775 6 Horizon League
2. VCU 28-12 744 14 Colonial Athletic
3. George Mason 27-7 704 3 Colonial Athletic
4. Old Dominion 27-7 664 1 Colonial Athletic
5. Wichita State 29-8 649 9 Missouri Valley
6. Belmont 30-5 636 2 Atlantic Sun
7. Gonzaga 25-10 585 4 West Coast
8. Oakland 25-10 552 5 Summit Leagye
9. Missouri State 26-9 495 8 Missouri Valley
10. Princeton 25-7 485 10 Ivy League
11. St. Mary's 25-9 480 7 West Coast
12. Cleveland State 27-9 359 11 Horizon League
13. College of Charleston 26-11 357 12 Southern
14. Harvard 23-7 349 13 Ivy League
15. Morehead State 25-10 287 21 Ohio Valley
16. Fairfield 25-8 254 18 Metro Atlantic
17. Long Island 27-6 247 15 Northeast
18. Long Beach State 22-12 242 17 Big West
19. Kent State 25-12 213 NR Mid-American
20. Milwaukee 19-14 207 19 Horizon League
21. Bucknell 25-9 187 16 Patriot
22. Santa Clara 24-14 161 NR West Coast
23. Northern Colorado 21-11 86 20 Big Sky
24. Coastal Carolina 28-6 61 22 Big South
25. Woffird 21-13 58 23 Southern


OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Iona 54, Drexel 31, Akron 28, Indiana State 28, Hampton 27, Hofstra 18, Valparaiso 13, Creighton 9, San Francisco 7, Vermont 6, ESTU 5, Florida Atlantic 3, Murray State 2, Boston University 1, Jacksonville 1, James Madison 1, St. Peter's 1, Texas Southern 1, UC Santa Barbara 1.

[GuyF]

Coaches vote on them. It's clear they favored the teams that made the NCAAs, without considering who they beat to reach there. Even Angela Lento who works for CollegeInsider thought it was silly.

In the end, though, who really gives a damn.

[gregcrow]

Next year we will be arguing about a different top 25