Womhoops Guru

Mel Greenberg covered college and professional women’s basketball for the Philadelphia Inquirer, where he worked for 40 plus years. Greenberg pioneered national coverage of the game, including the original Top 25 women's college poll. His knowledge has earned him nicknames such as "The Guru" and "The Godfather," as well as induction into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007.

Tuesday, February 05, 2019

Guru’s AP Poll Trivia: Comparing This Week’s Poll With Feb. 5, 2018

By Mel Greenberg @womhoopsguru

With this season looking wild here’s some comparison rankings between the latest poll and the AP rankings of 2-5-18.

First Teams Surviving To This Poll With Current Ranking and Last Year

Baylor 1-3
Louisville 2-4
Oregon 3-9
Notre Dame 4-5
Connecticut 5-1

Mississippi State 6-2
Oregon State 7-16
N.C. State 9-23
Maryland 10-10

Stanford 11-17
South Carolina 12-7
Texas 14-6
Texas A&M 18-14
Arizona State 20T-25
Florida State 24-12

15 of 25 are in both polls

Teams Unranked and Current Rank

Marquette x-8
Gonzaga x-12
Syracuse x-15
Iowa x-16
Utah x-17
Kentucky x-19
Rutgers x-20Tied
Iowa State x-22
Michigan State x-23
Miami x-25

Ten Replaced

Teams Ranked Then and Not Now

UCLA 8-x
Tennessee 11-x
Ohio State 13-x
Missouri 15-x
Georgia 18-x
Duke 19-x
Green Bay 20-x
Michigan 21-x
Oklahoma State 22-x
TCU 24-x


posted by Mel Greenberg | 6:31 AM

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