Top 25 discussion

[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (So Far)

Next poll comes out in January, so this interim report includes a look at upcoming games.

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	613	New York University	8-0	12/29 vs. Hamilton; 12/30 vs. SUNY Oneonta
#2	609	Scranton	11-0	won at DeSales, 74-48; def. Penn State-Harrisburg, 74-28
#3	562	UW-Oshkosh	9-0	def. (n) T#33 Coe, 53-46; won at Edgewood, 78-42; 12/28 vs. Minnesota-Morris; 12/29 vs. UW-Superior; 01/03 vs. #10 UW-Whitewater
#4	540	Smith	7-0	12/30 vs. Husson; 12/31 vs. TCNJ; 01/03 vs. Bridgewater State
#5	529	Johns Hopkins	8-0	12/31 vs. #17 Trinity (Conn.); 01/03 vs. T#49 William Paterson; 01/04 vs. Rowan
#6	496	Bowdoin	7-0	12/29 vs. Vassar; 12/30 vs. #37 Calvin; 01/02 vs. Wheaton (Mass.)
#7	452	Emory	9-0	01/03 at Lynchburg; 01/04 at #8 Washington and Lee
#8	417	Washington and Lee	10-0	won at University of New England, 68-33; def. (n) #14 Carroll, 76-66; 01/04 vs. #7 Emory
#9	412	Hope	10-1	won at Oglethorpe, 68-57; def. (n) Pacific, 72-52; 01/03 vs. #37 Calvin
#10	364	UW-Whitewater	8-1	won at Mary Hardin-Baylor, 66-37; def. (n) T#27 East Texas Baptist, 75-40; 12/29 at Augsburg; 12/30 at Gustavus Adolphus; 01/03 at #3 UW-Oshkosh
#11	347	John Carroll	9-1	def. St. Vincent, 62-51; def. (n) Williams, 70-61; def. (n) Berry, 73-47; 01/03 at DePauw
#12	337	Bates	8-1	def. (n) Central, 62-56; def. (n) Emmanuel, 49-42; 12/30 vs. Roger Williams; 12/31 vs. Hunter; 01/03 at Mass-Dartmouth
#13	305	Illinois Wesleyan	7-3	LOST at #21 Chicago, 54-73; 12/28 vs. #19 Bethel; 12/29 vs. #43 Wisconsin Lutheran; 01/03 vs. #14 Carroll
#14	257	Carroll	8-3	def. (n) WPI, 64-48; LOST to (n) #8 Washington and Lee, 66-76; 01/03 at #13 Illinois Wesleyan
#15	254	Amherst	6-0	12/28 vs. Gettysburg; 12/29 vs. Salve Regina; 12/31 at Whittier; 01/03 vs. Emerson
#16	238	Ohio Wesleyan	8-1	def. Capital, 68-53; def. (n) Berry, 61-44; def. (n) Simpson, 67-59; 12/30 vs. T#29 Washington and Jefferson; 12/31 vs. Allegheny; 01/03 vs. Oberlin
#17	237	Trinity (Conn.)	8-1	12/30 at Penn State-Abington; 12/31 at #5 Johns Hopkins; 01/03 vs. Clark
#18	166	Washington U.	7-2	def. Augustana, 82-54; 12/29 vs. Southern Virginia; 12/30 vs. T#27 Christopher Newport
#19	157	Bethel	7-1	def. (n) #38 UW-La Crosse, 63-57; def. (n) T#33 Coe, 88-84 2OT; 12/28 vs. #13 Illinois Wesleyan; 12/29 vs. #48 Messiah; 01/03 at Gustavus Adolphus
#20	103	Denison	10-0	won at Otterbein, 62-55; 12/29 vs. Albright; 12/30 vs. TBA; 01/03 vs. Kenyon
#21	98	Chicago	6-2	def. #13 Illinois Wesleyan, 73-54; 12/30 vs. Albion; 01/03 at Wheaton (Ill.)
#22	96	Elizabethtown	7-2	LOST to Dickinson, 49-66; 12/30 vs. Arcadia; 01/03 at Ursinus
#23	77	Baldwin Wallace	8-2	def. La Roche, 66-45; won at Capital, 74-64; 12/29 vs. Stevenson; 12/30 vs. Case Western Reserve; 01/03 vs. Penn State-Behrend
#24	54	Shenandoah	9-1	won at Salisbury, 79-57; 01/03 vs. DeSales
#25	32	Colby	5-2	12/30 at Albertus Magnus; 01/01 vs. T#29 Cortland; 01/02 at Springfield

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	31	Ripon	9-2	def. Lake Forest, 76-47; 12/28 vs. UW-Superior; 12/29 vs. Minnesota-Morris
T#27	29	Christopher Newport	10-2	won at Virginia Wesleyan, 61-56; def. York (Pa.), 70-50; def. T#29 Catholic, 81-73; 12/29 vs. Wellesley; 12/30 vs. #18 Washington U.; 01/03 vs. Stockton
T#27	29	East Texas Baptist	11-2	def. (n) George Fox, 52-46; def. (n) Trinity (Texas), 70-58; LOST to (n) #10 UW-Whitewater, 40-75; 12/29 vs. #39 UW-Eau Claire; 12/30 vs. Trinity (Texas); 01/01 vs. St. Thomas (Texas)
T#29	26	Catholic	7-4	def. Roanoke, 80-79; LOST to Randolph-Macon, 57-68; def. (n) Maryville (Tenn.), 67-46; LOST at T#27 Christopher Newport, 73-81
T#29	26	Concordia-Moorhead	7-1	12/28 vs. Howard Payne; 12/29 at #41 Hardin-Simmons; 01/03 vs. St. Scholastica
T#29	26	Cortland	5-2	01/01 vs. #25 Colby; 01/02 vs. Rivier
T#29	26	Washington and Jefferson	7-2	LOST to Carnegie Mellon, 67-78; 12/29 at Otterbein; 12/30 at #16 Ohio Wesleyan
T#33	24	Coe	8-3	def. Augustana, 62-39; LOST to (n) #3 UW-Oshkosh, 46-53; LOST to (n) #19 Bethel, 84-88 2OT; 12/30 vs. Principia; 01/03 at Loras
T#33	24	Trine	6-3	LOST to T#44 UW-Platteville, 63-67; LOST to Hanover, 46-49 OT; 12/29 at DePauw; 12/30 vs. Elmhurst; 01/03 vs. St. Mary's (Ind.)
#35	18	Cal Lutheran	9-1	def. Willamette, 67-46; LOST to St. Scholastica, 72-88; 12/28 vs. Nazareth; 01/03 at Chapman
#36	16	Bridgewater	7-2	LOST at Mary Washington, 56-63; 12/31 at Methodist; 01/02 at Marymount
#37	15	Calvin	5-4	12/29 vs. T#49 Tufts; 12/30 at #6 Bowdoin; 01/03 at #9 Hope
#38	14	UW-La Crosse	7-4	LOST to (n) #19 Bethel, 57-63; def. (n) Lawrence, 46-39; 01/03 at UW-River Falls
#39	13	UW-Eau Claire	8-1	12/29 at T#27 East Texas Baptist; 12/30 vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor; 01/03 vs. UW-Stevens Point
#40	10	Southern Maine	8-1	12/30 at Maine Maritime; 01/03 at Keene State
#41	9	Hardin-Simmons	10-2	won at Colorado College, 68-66; LOST to (n) Wartburg, 68-71; 12/28 vs. Chapman; 12/29 vs. T#29 Concordia-Moorhead; 01/03 at Schreiner
#42	7	St. Mary's (Minn.)	9-1	won at Luther, 68-65; 01/03 at Macalester
#43	6	Wisconsin Lutheran	6-3	LOST at UW-Milwaukee, 52-76; 12/28 vs. #48 Messiah; 12/29 vs. #13 Illinois Wesleyan; 01/03 at Concordia-Chicago
T#44	5	UW-Platteville	10-1	won at T#33 Trine, 67-63; def. (n) Olivet, 67-43; 01/03 vs. T#49 UW-Stout
T#44	5	Widener	9-2	LOST to (n) Grove City, 60-61; def. (n) Maine Maritime, 83-74
T#46	4	McDaniel	10-1	won at Stockton, 63-48; 01/03 at Mount Aloysius
T#46	4	Susquehanna	10-1	won at Eastern, 67-51; def. (n) Union, 63-44; def. (n) Montclair State, 63-61
#48	3	Messiah	7-2	12/28 vs. #43 Wisconsin Lutheran; 12/29 vs. #19 Bethel
T#49	1	Tufts	6-3	12/29 vs. #37 Calvin; 12/30 vs. Vassar; 01/03 vs. Skidmore
T#49	1	UW-Stout	7-2	12/29 at Dubuque; 12/30 vs. Loras; 01/03 at T#44 UW-Platteville
T#49	1	William Paterson	10-0	def. Marywood, 70-57; 01/03 at #5 Johns Hopkins; 01/04 vs. Medgar Evers