Yes, this is only the second installment of the rankings, but you'll recall that we're only doing these bi-weekly until conference play starts. Thanks again to Andrew Porter of The UConn Blog for hosting this.
I thought the UConn were an absolute shoe-in to get on the top spot this week after a 2-week tear that included wins over the Michigan St. Spartans and Kentucky Wildcats (CALHOUN!) in Maui. But, no. Thanks to Andrew's email requesting we "just vote UConn #1" it appears as though the BIG EAST bloggers have spurned the Kemba Walker's Huskies.
Make sure to check out the mother post for your Homer and Hater of the Week!
I tip my hat to Pico Dulce of The East Coast Bias and Dave Pean of FriarBlog for voting the Huskies behind our 'Nova this week. Well done gents, even I couldn't do that in my ballot. Here are the rankings:
1. Pittsburgh Panthers (6) (7-0): 155 points -- Last Poll: 1
2. Connecticut Huskies (4) (5-0): 148 points -- Last Poll: 7
3. Georgetown Hoyas (6-0): 133 points -- Last Poll: 3
4. Villanova Wildcats (5-1): 127 points -- Last Poll: 2
5. Syracuse Orange (6-0): 125 points -- Last Poll: 4
6. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (7-0): 107 points -- Last Poll: 9
7. West Virginia Mountaineers (4-1): 99 points -- Last Poll: 5
8. Louisville Cardinals (4-0): 94 points -- Last Poll: 10
9. Cincinnati Bearcats (5-0): 77 points -- Last Poll: 12
10. St. John's Red Storm (4-1): 74 points -- Last Poll: 8
11. Marquette Golden Eagles (5-2): 68 points -- Last Poll: 6
12. Providence Friars (5-1): 47 points -- Last Poll: 14
13. Seton Hall Pirates (2-3): 35 points -- Last Poll: 11
14. Rutgers Scarlet Knights (3-2): 34 points -- Last Poll: 15
15. South Florida Bulls (4-3): 27 points -- Last Poll: 13
16. TCU Horned Frogs (4-2): DePaul +1 points -- Last Poll: NR
17. DePaul Blue Demons (1-4): 10 points -- Last Poll: 16
Past rankings: Week 1
Individual ballots are after The Jump.
Anonymous Eagle:
1. UConn
2. Pittsburgh
3. Syracuse
4. Georgetown
5. Villanova
6. Notre Dame
7. Louisville
8. West Virginia
9. Marquette
10. Cincinnati
11. St. John's
12. Rutgers
13. Seton Hall
14. Providence
15. South Florida
16. DePaul
BlueDemon'sLair:
Unable to get a ballot in, but he said if he had been, UConn would have been No. 1 and DePaul No. 16. Smart man, very smart man.
Card Chronicle:
1. UConn
2. Pittsburgh
3. Syracuse
4. Georgetown
5. Cincinnati
6. Louisville
7. West Virginia
8. Villanova
9. Notre Dame
10. St. John's
11. Marquette
12. Providence
13. Seton Hall
14. Rutgers
15. South Florida
16. DePaul
Cardiac Hill:
1. Pittsburgh
2. UConn
3. Syracuse
4. Georgetown
5. Notre Dame
6. Louisville
7. Cincinnati
8. Villanova
9. West Virginia
10. St. John's
11. Marquette
12. Providence
13. Seton Hall
14. Rutgers
15. South Florida
16. DePaul
Casual Hoya:
1. Pittsburgh
2. Georgetown
3. UConn
4. Villanova
5. West Virginia
6. Syracuse
7. St. John's
8. Notre Dame
9. Marquette
10. Louisville
11. Cincinnati
12. Providence
13. Seton Hall
14. Rutgers
15. South Florida
16. DePaul
The East Coast Bias:
1. Pittsburgh
2. Georgetown
3. Villanova
4. UConn
5. West Virginia
6. Syracuse
7. Notre Dame
8. St. John's
9. Louisville
10. Marquette
11. Cincinnati
12. Providence
13. Rutgers
14. Seton Hall
15. South Florida
16. DePaul
Friar Blog:
1. Pittsburgh
2. Syracuse
3. Villanova
4. UConn
5. Georgetown
6. Notre Dame
7. West Virginia
8. Louisville
9. Marquette
10. St. John's
11. Cincinnati
12. Providence
13. Seton Hall
14. Rutgers
15. South Florida
16. DePaul
The Nova Blog:
1. UConn
2. Pittsburgh
3. Villanova
4. Georgetown
5. Notre Dame
6. Syracuse
7. Louisville
8. West Virginia
9. Cincinnati
10. Marquette
11. Providence
12. St. John's
13. South Florida
14. Rutgers
15. Seton Hall
16. DePaul
Troy Nunes is an Absolute Magician:
1. Pittsburgh
2. UConn
3. Villanova
4. Syracuse
5. Notre Dame
6. Georgetown
7. Louisville
8. West Virginia
9. Cincinnati
10. Providence
11. St. John's
12. Marquette
13. Rutgers
14. South Florida
15. Seton Hall
16. DePaul
TheUConnBlog:
1. UConn
2. Georgetown
3. Pittsburgh
4. Villanova
5. Notre Dame
6. West Virginia
7. Syracuse
8. St. John's
9. Cincinnati
10. Louisville
11. Marquette
12. Seton Hall
13. Providence
14. South Florida
15. Rutgers
16. DePaul
Voodoo Five:
1. Pittsburgh
2. Villanova
3. UConn
4. Georgetown
5. Syracuse
6. Louisville
7. Notre Dame
8. West Virginia
9. St. John's
10. Marquette
11. Cincinnati
12. South Florida
13. Rutgers
14. Seton Hall
15. Providence
16. DePaul