Coaches Poll and AP Rankings are out...

[Mars]

I think those 4 games ( at sdsu, at tcu, at wyoming and at utah) will all be within 4 points by Vegas's standards...

I'm willing to take that bet. Wyoming is 5-7, with an RPI of 230. They've lost AT HOME to South Dakota State by 16 (RPI 208), Monmouth (RPI 303), Hampton by 11 (RPI 292), and Akron by 9 (RPI 167) already this season.

How about for a "I Agree With Max" shirt?

[craigoscarson]

I think those 4 games ( at sdsu, at tcu, at wyoming and at utah) will all be within 4 points by Vegas's standards...

I'm willing to take that bet. Wyoming is 5-7, with an RPI of 230. They've lost AT HOME to South Dakota State by 16 (RPI 208), Monmouth (RPI 303), Hampton by 11 (RPI 292), and Akron by 9 (RPI 167) already this season.

How about for a "I Agree With Max" shirt?

If BYU doesn't lose any of those 4 games, I will happily buy you a tshirt. In fact I have 4 tickets promised to me right behind the BYU bench in SLC for the Utah game; you can tell Hartsock and Abouo that they're garbage face to face.

[clemdiggitydog1]

IF we can get past the first round[big hurdle given our tourney record of late]with a decent seed being very important to that eventuality,and we could somehow get to the sweet 16,wouldn't it be epic for us to play that game in SLC,given where Lunardi has us positioned at the moment? looks like it's up to us if we can get that high seed.

[SpiffCoug]

Well, yea. If BYU goes undefeated from this point on, I would expect them to be ranked at least in the top 8 and be looking at a 2-4 range of seeding, hopefully no lower than a 3.

The sad thing about reality is that I believe BYU can win all the rest of their games, but rarely do you see a team do that. I'm just not sure what we have with New Mexico.

If BYU went undefeated from here on out they would be 34-1 entering the NCAA tournament and having won the MWC tournament. I would bet a 34-1 BYU team would be in the Top 5 and be knocking on the door of a #1 seed.

[craigoscarson]

Well, yea. If BYU goes undefeated from this point on, I would expect them to be ranked at least in the top 8 and be looking at a 2-4 range of seeding, hopefully no lower than a 3.

The sad thing about reality is that I believe BYU can win all the rest of their games, but rarely do you see a team do that. I'm just not sure what we have with New Mexico.

If BYU went undefeated from here on out they would be 34-1 entering the NCAA tournament and having won the MWC tournament. I would bet a 34-1 BYU team would be in the Top 5 and be knocking on the door of a #1 seed.

We're still on for March 3 Kitic, I already have primo tickets promised to me. We'll know a lot more about this team that day.

[SpiffCoug]

Well, yea. If BYU goes undefeated from this point on, I would expect them to be ranked at least in the top 8 and be looking at a 2-4 range of seeding, hopefully no lower than a 3.

The sad thing about reality is that I believe BYU can win all the rest of their games, but rarely do you see a team do that. I'm just not sure what we have with New Mexico.

If BYU went undefeated from here on out they would be 34-1 entering the NCAA tournament and having won the MWC tournament. I would bet a 34-1 BYU team would be in the Top 5 and be knocking on the door of a #1 seed.

We're still on for March 3 Kitic, I already have primo tickets promised to me. We'll know a lot more about this team that day.

Shazamalama. I finished my documentary project with my editing software and am pretty good with it. I think it's going to be a lot of fun.

[Mars]

BYU is ranked now for part of the season for the 4th year in a row, a new BYU record.

Here are the All-Time Cougar rankings:
Year Highest Rank Coach
1950-51 11 Stan Watts
1953-54 19 Stan Watts
1955-56 5 Stan Watts
1964-65 9 Stan Watts
1965-66 6 Stan Watts
1966-67 7 Stan Watts
1970-71 20 Stan Watts
1971-72 6 Stan Watts
1972-73 12 Glen Potter
1979-80 12 Frank Arnold
1980-81 15 Frank Arnold
1981-82 15 Frank Arnold
1987-88 3 Ladell Andersen
1992-93 21 Roger Reid
2006-07 21 Dave Rose
2007-08 20 Dave Rose
2008-09 25 Dave Rose
2009-10 25 Dave Rose
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=272&sid=9227539

And our current computer profile:
Ken Pomeroy: 5th
Jeff Sagarin: 13th
Jerry Palm RPI: 42nd
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=498&sid=9224497

[GolfDiveNCougs]

Only have to end on a six game win streak.

Well, yes. Not to nitpick, but what I was inferring was that any* team, to get into the tournament, needs a maximum 4 wins in a row in their conference tourney to get INTO the NCAA Tourney, and from there it's 6** more before you're National Champion. So for the prohibitive majority of teams, 10 wins to end the season will guarantee you a National Championship.

*A very select few conferences don't include the worst-record teams in their conference tourney bracket, so a team from one of those conferences would need to get at least enough conference wins to be included in their own tourney.

**It could be 7 games if the team was bracketed into the play-in game, as would likely be the case if a team went, oh, 0-27 to start, then somehow miraculously went on a 3-game tear in their tourney. I'm sure it's happened before...

[SpiffCoug]

Got it.