Hawks? Oh for crying out loud!
They buried National powers Abilene Christian, Penn, Nebraska Omaha! Geez give 'em a break!
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Hawks? Oh for crying out loud!
They buried National powers Abilene Christian, Penn, Nebraska Omaha! Geez give 'em a break!
UNC shouldn't have jumped us. F Roy
UMASS should be ranked higher.
VCU crashed out of the top 25 pretty quickly.
Wisconsin and Wichita State are overrated right now.
Credit Iowa for not losing. However, their matchup with Xavier will be very tough.
LOL
These two clearly are Hawk haters first and ISU fans 2nd.
Awesome! Keep winning.
Seriously though, Iowa should NOT be ranked. I don't care that they are 5-0. Look at who they have played:
* UNC-Wilmington: 3-4
* Nebraska-Omaha: 3-3
* MD-Eastern Shore: 2-2
* Abilene Christian: 2-5
* Pennsylvania: 1-3
Combined opponent record = 11-17. 4 of those wins from Iowa's opponents were against non-D1 schools too. 0 of those wins were against any major conferences, and only one win was against an OK mid major conference. That was Nebraska-Omaha beating Northern Illinois, who is 2-3 themselves.
Sure, Iowa COULD be good this year, but the rankings are based off of what's been done as of now. I don't think the above resume screams top 25.
Their SOS is #344, that's almost dead last of all D1 teams, so if they don't beat Xavier, it will have been incredibly silly that they entered the rankings already.
Awesome.
Also, love Iowa being ranked. What could be better than a top-25 matchup of in-state rivals in Hilton??? But they'll have to survive Xavier and ND and we got Auburn and UNI... so it's far from guaranteed.