1. (2) North Carolina Tar Heels 45-10
2. (1) Miami, Fla. Hurricanes 43-8
3. (4) Arizona State Sun Devils 44-9
4. (3) Florida State Seminoles 46-9
5. (6) Rice Owls 42-11
6. (8) Oklahoma State Cowboys 40-15
7. (5) Nebraska Cornhuskers 39-12
8. (9) San Diego Toreros 39-15
9. (10) Cal State Fullerton Titans 35-17
10. (7) Texas A&M Aggies 42-14
11. (16) LSU Tigers 39-16
12. (15) Missouri Tigers 37-17
13. (13) UC Irvine Anteaters 36-15
14. (11) Georgia Bulldogs 35-19
15. (12) California Golden Bears 32-17
16. (17) Michigan Wolverines 42-12
17. (21) Coastal Carolina Chanticleers 43-11
18. (19) Wichita State Shockers 41-15
19. (18) Stanford Cardinal 31-19
20. (20) St. John’s Red Storm 41-12
21. (23) Kentucky Wildcats 41-15
22. (NR) Arizona Wildcats 35-16
23. (22) North Carolina State Wolfpack 37-18
24. (NR) Long Beach State Dirtbags 34-18
25. (NR) Texas Christian Horned Frogs 40-16
Others Considered: Texas Longhorns 34-19, South Carolina Gamecocks 37-19, Pepperdine Waves 35-17, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 38-17, Florida Gators 34-20, Vanderbilt Commodores 37-18
Dropped Out: South Carolina Gamecocks (24), Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (25), Vanderbilt Commodores (14)
The top 25 is FINALLY settling down! The top five got a bit of a shake up just in order of who was ranked higher. North Carolina took a series from Miami so they were unanimous at No. 1. I felt and agreed with other publications in keeping Miami at No. 2. I think my push of ASU moved the flip flop to No. 3 and FSU to No. 4.
Now for pressing matters, the Beavers. Last I saw they had dropped to 18 in the RPI and I don’t know what the USC sweep did to that. In my personal opinion they may have to be perfect for the next four. If any team in the past has shown it can be perfect at this point in the season it is OSU, problem is those were different squads.
Tonights Long Beach State game may be one that they theoretically could drop and not hurt too bad, but they must sweep Pacific. Pacific is 13-38 overall with a RPI just outside the top 100. The Tigers are in last place in the Big West at 5-19, with two of those wins against Northridge (7-14). The two teams have many common opponents, Santa Clara, Washington, BYU, Gonzaga, Nevada, Stanford, California and Long Beach State (Pacific plays one more vs. Santa Clara, OSU v. Long Beach State). Below are the records against each team, OSU’s bold.
Santa Clara: 1-0 0-2
Washington: 2-1 1-2
BYU: 2-0 0-2
Gonzaga: 0-2 0-3
Nevada: 1-1 1-1
Stanford: 1-2 1-3
Cal: 1-2 0-1
Long Beach State: 0-3