RowdyZip Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Just did a little number crunching of the teams in the AP poll immediately above the Zips. The new poll will be out tomorrow afternoon, but here is the interesting part: Keep in mind, the zips destroyed a decent WMU team on national television, holding them to just 36 total points and no players in double digits. The teams above the Zips in last weeks polls had records over the last week as follows (teams ranked 19 thru 45):7 teams were 0-21 team was 0-111 teams were 1-11 team was 1-011 teams (including the zips) were 2-0My prediction is at least 10-20 votes, and inside the top 35 for the first time since I can remember. Another 2-0 week next week (apparently emu is not a gimme with the way they dimantled the bulls tonight) and ditto to ball state who destroyed the f.lashes and the zips will crack the top 30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Wow Rowdy. That's bold. But I hope you are right.Remember folks, these are sportswriters....many of which do not pay much attention to what is going on in the MAC. For a siginificantly larger number of them to jump on our bandwagon in a one-week period is pretty wishful thinking.But...I do think it can happen if we keep winning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BZip_08 Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Being on national television has to help the Zips chances of cracking into those higher ranks. Especially since it was such an impressive win, to say the least.Let's face the Zips made wmu look like a high school girls team.Here's hoping for double digit votes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 So... anyone know at what time the poll comes out? It does come out on Mondays, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleacher Bum Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 I think the Bracket Buster pairings come out at 6ish and I know the Mid Major Top 25 usually isn't updated until the evening. So I would figure some time tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 I think the Bracket Buster pairings come out at 6ish and I know the Mid Major Top 25 usually isn't updated until the evening. So I would figure some time tonight. Tonight will be an exciting one, then. So many things to keep track of with so many implications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Nevermind. The AP poll is already out. It's right here.We still have an entire two votes. Right now, I don't think we have earned anything more than that either. Our only good win is over an average Oral Roberts team. They are the only team we have beaten with an RPI under 100.We have no respect right now and have no way of earning any, just yet. That won't change unless we go build up a huge winning streak going into the MAC tourney. Beating Toledo is the key to winning out in the MAC. If we can get past them, combined with the way we are playing right now, we should cruise to the championship game in Cleveland. We will never get respect unless we can make it to the "Big Dance" and win a few games there, for multiple years on a row. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdZip Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 I wonder if the national audience may have actually hurt us. If I didn't have Akron ties, would I have kept the game on beyond the first 10 minutes? Akron dismantled WMU, but they didn't start looking good until the second half.By the way, how about Jeremiah Wood! He played tough (except that he couldn't get a lay-up to drop). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgm405 Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Nevermind. The AP poll is already out. It's right here.We still have an entire two votes. Right now, I don't think we have earned anything more than that either. Our only good win is over an average Oral Roberts team. They are the only team we have beaten with an RPI under 100.We have no respect right now and have no way of earning any, just yet. That won't change unless we go build up a huge winning streak going into the MAC tourney. Beating Toledo is the key to winning out in the MAC. If we can get past them, combined with the way we are playing right now, we should cruise to the championship game in Cleveland. We will never get respect unless we can make it to the "Big Dance" and win a few games there, for multiple years on a row. That is still last week's poll. Notice that UCLA hasn't dropped from #3 on the poll you linked, which they certainly will do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akZORROrowdy Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 i believe all the polls come out around 6 which is also the bracketbuster selection time on espnU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Nevermind. The AP poll is already out. It's right here.We still have an entire two votes. Right now, I don't think we have earned anything more than that either. Our only good win is over an average Oral Roberts team. They are the only team we have beaten with an RPI under 100.We have no respect right now and have no way of earning any, just yet. That won't change unless we go build up a huge winning streak going into the MAC tourney. Beating Toledo is the key to winning out in the MAC. If we can get past them, combined with the way we are playing right now, we should cruise to the championship game in Cleveland. We will never get respect unless we can make it to the "Big Dance" and win a few games there, for multiple years on a row.That is still last week's poll. Notice that UCLA hasn't dropped from #3 on the poll you linked, which they certainly will do. Hmm. They updated the teams' records, so I thought it was the new poll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Nevermind. The AP poll is already out. It's right here.We still have an entire two votes.NOW the new AP poll is out, and akron has 5 votes.26. Indiana 14127. Kentucky 10628. Georgetown 10529. Southern Illinois 10130. Virginia Commonwealth 9231. USC 6732. UNLV 4733. Michigan State 4034. Texas Tech 3735. Tennessee 2136. George Washington 2036. West Virginia 2038. LSU 1639. Maryland 1440. New Mexico State 1241. Georgia 1141. Virginia 1143. Villanova 843. Creighton 845. Louisville 746. Arkansas 647. Akron 548. Northern Iowa 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balki Bartokomous Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 If two teams are tied at 41, we would actually be number 47. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 If two teams are tied at 41, we would actually be number 47. DOH! *fixed* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valpo Zip Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Beautiful ! I love it. I am expecting a top 10 Midmajor tonight.We better not screw it this week. In fact, we should win our next 4 games and maybe end up with 25-30 votes and a top 3 midmajor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Just be patient guys...as I said in an earlier post on this thread.The sportswriters won't jump on a MAC team until they see fellow colleagues moving in that direction. We were not going to jump significantly in just one week.It's going to take a few more weeks, and more wins to get near that #25 mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipboy Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 Elton Alexander finally showed us some love and ranked us 25. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyZip Posted January 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 Elton Alexander finally showed us some love and ranked us 25. You apparently found what I did. THIS is VERY interesting. Might wanna bookmark this page...Elton Alexander from the Plain Dealer had us at 25, and apparently we have fans in Idaho, because "Idaho Statesman" writer Nick Jezierny has the Zips at 23. Also...Mike Jensen from the Philadelphia Enquirer has the Zips at 25. I'm guessing the 23rd gave us the extra 3 points in the poll if Alexander had us 25 last week as well as Jensen...25th=1pt24th=2pts23rd=3ptsThis being the case, the Zips have a LOT of eyes to open to get up higher. Having a writer from the Philly Enquirer and the "hometown-north" writer on our side isnt a bad place to start. GO ZIPS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z.I.P. Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 Would you believe...Nick Jezierny, (Boise) Idaho Statesman sportswriter is an OU grad? :blink: Yep -- and he says he likes to vote for a MAC team once-a-year. In other words, don't expect this (3 points from him) to continue past this week. Well, we can hope.Thanks Nick. Go MAC! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 If we keep winning, there is no reason for people to stop voting for us. If we lose votes even if we don't lose, the people voting forus can get in trouble if we write to the people in charge of the polls because that has happened to voting members before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 Elton Alexander is doing his job. I think the contributor from the Plain Dealer should show Akron some love in the poll, because, for the most part, no one else would. If it was Can't, or CSU that had our record, I would like to think he would do it for them as well (specially if it was CSU, you know it would happen).I dunno what's up with Nick Jezierny (Boise), but is it possible that the writter from Philly took notice of the zips last year when we beat Temple in the NIT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmyboy Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 a few more wins under our belts an people will start noticing, especially if we beat toledo in a tough toledo arena. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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