I believe Marquette will be #8 and #9 tomorrow, passing Michigan State and Wake Forest in both and breaking the tie with Arizona State in ESPN. The Big East could get 5 of the top 10 in the AP if Nova passes Michigan State. Syracuse should be out, but with 15 of 21 teams ranked between No. 20 and No. 40 in the AP, I believe West Virginia will re-emerge to keep the Big East at six ranked teams. I’m submitting this before the Arizona-Arizona State game tonight, and for the moment assuming an Arizona State win – though Arizona has already had a great week with wins over USC and UCLA:
Predicted AP Top 25
1, Pitt; 2, UConn; 3, Oklahoma; 4, Memphis; 5, UNC
6, L’ville; 7, Duke; 8, Marquette; 9, Missouri; 10, Nova
11, Mich. St; 12, Arizona State (drop behind Gonzaga if lose to AZ); 13, Wake; 14, Clemson; 15, Purdue
16, Kansas; 17, Gonzaga; 18, LSU; 19, Texas; 20, Illini
21, Xavier; 22, Butler; 23, Arizona (move up to 20 if beat ASU); 24, WVU; 25, Florida State
Predicted ESPN Top 25
1, Pitt; 2, UConn; 3, Oklahoma; 4, Memphis; 5, UNC
6, L’ville; 7, Duke; 8, Missouri; 9, Marquette; 10, ASU (drop behind WF if lose to AZ)
11, Mich State; 12, Clemson; 13, Nova, 14, WF; 15, Purdue;
16, Kansas; 17, Gonzaga; 18, LSU; 19, Texas; 20, Illini;
21, Washington, 22, Xavier; 23, Butler; 24, WVU; 25, Florida State
* Move Arizona up to 21st if they beat ASU tonight
