Preseason Rankings: AP vs Pomeroy

[What Would Jesus Do?]

Just for fun, I thought I'd post this comparison before the season begins. Might be good for a laugh later on.

It's my understanding that Pomeroy integrates subjective measures into his algorithm-based ratings early in the season. I imagine the portal was a big factor. After some number of games the subjective bits go away and it's all algorithm. Or something like that.

Rank	AP	Pomeroy
01	Kansas	Houston
02	Alabama	Duke
03	UConn	Auburn
04	Houston	Alabama
05	Iowa St	UConn
06	Gonzaga	Kansas
07	Duke	Iowa St
08	Baylor	Arizona
09	UNC	Gonzaga
10	Arizona	Purdue
11	Auburn	Baylor
12	Tennessee	Creighton
13	Texas A&M	Tennessee
14	Purdue	UNC
15	Creighton	Texas Tech
16	Arkansas	Texas A&M
17	Indiana	Cincinnati
18	Marquette	Texas
19	Texas	St John's
20	Cincinnati	Villanova
21	Florida	BYU
22	UCLA	Marquette
23	Kentucky	Illinois
24	Mississippi	Clemson
25	Rutgers	Arkansas
26*	Illinois	UCLA
27*	St John's	Dayton
28*	Xavier	Florida
29*	Texas Tech	Oregon
30*	Wake Forest	Xavier

*The 26-30 teams for AP are the top "others receiving votes" in order.

 

[gary-7]

Insert eye-rolling at the mention of pomeroy, especially before a shot has been taken...

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

Insert eye-rolling at the mention of pomeroy, especially before a shot has been taken...

As if everybody doesn't know your position.

 

[TPFKAPFS]

Pre-season polls mean very little to me, but it does mean peeps have respect for the Heels and it might look good to recruits!