wkuhillhound
September 28th, 2008, 06:50 PM
As many don't know, the start of basketball practice is only 2 1/2 weeks away! It is time once again for the best college sports in all of the world, where ANY team has a chance for the national championship from the start. The Cinderella gains full strength come March, none of this BCS bull*****. I digress and give you the preview based on two magazines that I purchase. Athlon Sports and Lindy's..... These magazines give detailed Top 40 analysis and ALL conference previews and predictions without further ado here it is........ I'll start with Lindy's
I will create another thread that will have conference predictions for instead of lumping them into one. It makes it a little bit more efficient. Besides, there should be some chatter when talking about the positions of the teams anyways. xpopcornx
Lindy's Top 40
40) Illinois State
39) Nevada
38) Vanderbilt
37) UNLV
36) Siena
35) Creighton
34) Temple
33) UAB
32) Kansas
31) Saint Joseph's
30) Alabama
29) Clemson
28) Saint Mary's
27) USC
26) Florida
25) Arizona
24) Ohio State
23) Virginia Tech
22) Georgetown
21) Texas A&M
20) Wisconsin
19) Villanova
18) Miami (FL)
17) Marquette
16) Memphis
15) Davidson
14) Texas
13) Arizona State
12) Purdue
11) Gonzaga
10) Tennessee
9) Notre Dame
8) UCLA
7) Oklahoma
6) Louisville
5) Michigan State
4) Duke
3) Pittsburgh
2) Connecticut
1) North Carolina
* There are 9 teams that are either Mid-Major or FCS that are ranked in the Top 40.
Conference Ratings
1) Big East
2) ACC
3) Pac-10
4) Big 12
5) SEC
6) Big Ten
7) A-10
8) Conference USA
9) Mountain West
10) West Coast
11) Missouri Valley
12) Colonial
13) SoCon
14) WAC
15) Horizon
16) MAC
17) MAAC
18) Big West
19) Summit
20) Sun Belt
21) Big Sky
22) Ivy League
23) American East
24) Patriot League
25) Southland
26) Ohio Valley
27) Northeast
28) Big South
29) Atlantic Sun
30) MEAC
31) SWAC
Athlon only goes to 25
25) Syracuse
24) UNLV
23) USC
22) Kansas
21) Georgetown
20) Wisconsin
19) Baylor
18) Wake Forest
17) Marquette
16) Arizona State
15) Miami (FL)
14) Michigan State
13) Memphis
12) Duke
11) Tennessee
10) Oklahoma
9) Purdue
8) Gonzaga
7) Pittsburgh
6) Texas
5) Notre Dame
4) UCLA
3) Louisville
2) Connecticut
1) North Carolina
*only 2 in the Top 25 with Athlon it does give as good of detail as I would like, but I would like to make a comparison between the two.
I will create another thread that will have conference predictions for instead of lumping them into one. It makes it a little bit more efficient. Besides, there should be some chatter when talking about the positions of the teams anyways. xpopcornx
Lindy's Top 40
40) Illinois State
39) Nevada
38) Vanderbilt
37) UNLV
36) Siena
35) Creighton
34) Temple
33) UAB
32) Kansas
31) Saint Joseph's
30) Alabama
29) Clemson
28) Saint Mary's
27) USC
26) Florida
25) Arizona
24) Ohio State
23) Virginia Tech
22) Georgetown
21) Texas A&M
20) Wisconsin
19) Villanova
18) Miami (FL)
17) Marquette
16) Memphis
15) Davidson
14) Texas
13) Arizona State
12) Purdue
11) Gonzaga
10) Tennessee
9) Notre Dame
8) UCLA
7) Oklahoma
6) Louisville
5) Michigan State
4) Duke
3) Pittsburgh
2) Connecticut
1) North Carolina
* There are 9 teams that are either Mid-Major or FCS that are ranked in the Top 40.
Conference Ratings
1) Big East
2) ACC
3) Pac-10
4) Big 12
5) SEC
6) Big Ten
7) A-10
8) Conference USA
9) Mountain West
10) West Coast
11) Missouri Valley
12) Colonial
13) SoCon
14) WAC
15) Horizon
16) MAC
17) MAAC
18) Big West
19) Summit
20) Sun Belt
21) Big Sky
22) Ivy League
23) American East
24) Patriot League
25) Southland
26) Ohio Valley
27) Northeast
28) Big South
29) Atlantic Sun
30) MEAC
31) SWAC
Athlon only goes to 25
25) Syracuse
24) UNLV
23) USC
22) Kansas
21) Georgetown
20) Wisconsin
19) Baylor
18) Wake Forest
17) Marquette
16) Arizona State
15) Miami (FL)
14) Michigan State
13) Memphis
12) Duke
11) Tennessee
10) Oklahoma
9) Purdue
8) Gonzaga
7) Pittsburgh
6) Texas
5) Notre Dame
4) UCLA
3) Louisville
2) Connecticut
1) North Carolina
*only 2 in the Top 25 with Athlon it does give as good of detail as I would like, but I would like to make a comparison between the two.