The House of Blue

Maybe I dont pay close attention but I wasnt aware that ESPN had a poll ranking the teams except for the power rankings(RPI) They have used(I think) the AP Poll for a while now there is also the USA Todays Coaches Poll they publish on their website along with the AP Poll so if they have a poll of their own I havent seen it and if thats the case tell me where to look and I will take a peek at it.

I watch a lot of college basketball on ESPN and I have heard the play by play people along with the studio people mention KYs lack of being in the top 25, so Im not sure that they use the coaches poll. Also at the bottom of the screen I havent seen UKs name on it as being ranked which would indicate that they use the AP poll exclusively IMO.

shepp, I have seen the polls listed by ESPN.com and they list 4 ranking polls 1. AP Top 25 2. USA Todays Coaches Poll 3. ESPN Power Rankings 4 ESPN RPI INSIDER Poll. UK isnt ranked in the AP Poll and is ranked #23 in the USA Todays Coached Poll and # 24 in the ESPN Power Rankings and Im not sure about the ESPN iNSIDER rpi b/c Im not an insider. So the point is that ESPN uses the AP poll when considering the rankings of the the top 25 and again KY isnt in that poll yet but is #23 in the USA Todays coaches poll. You may have seen UKs ranking being scrolled at the bottom of the various ESPN networks and where they stand in the coaches poll but ESPN uses the AP Poll when they talk about the teams rankings and how they are shown on the air. Today for instance they didnt show UK being ranked at all in the game with Marshall there wasnt any # next to KYs name when shown at anytime on the air.

Your right of course no big deal either way. Lets just hope they return to all the polls before long.

It became USA Today only in 2004 actually...see below and link.

The Coaches' Poll began selecting the top 20 teams on a weekly basis during the 1950-1951 college football and basketball seasons. It was initially published by United Press from 1950 thru 1990, followed by USA Today/CNN from 1991 thru 1996, and USA Today/ESPN from 1997 to 2004, and USA Today from 2005 to present. For the 1990-1991 football and basketball seasons, the poll expanded to a top 25, and it has retained this format since.

So, espn retains its involvement with college basketball, just not football. I swear I have always been a huge follower of the basketball rankings, I always look forward to Mondays, just been that way for me since I was younger. I just found it weird that they switched, and it kind of pissed me off that I felt like it happened the week we dropped out of the ap lol. Oh well, thanks for the replies, I still learned something!

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