#12 BYU- lost to Cincinnati
#13 Colorado St- lost to Utah St
#16 Clemson- lost to Miami and N Carolina
#17 Florida Atl- lost to Charlotte
#19 James Madison- lost to Southern Miss
#20 Texas- lost to Texas Tech
#22 Ole Miss- lost to Tennessee
#23 Providence- lost to Creighton

I suspect Auburn should jump at least six of these… maybe all eight. Plus possibly move ahead of #24 Gonzaga (4 losses) and #21 Wisconsin (3 losses).

I am going to project we land somewhere around #15 when the rankings come out tomorrow.

My projection:
1. Purdue
2. Houston (up 1)
3. Kansas (down 1)
4. UConn
5. Tennessee
6. Kentucky
7. N Carolina (up 1)
8. Arizona (up 2)
9. Oklahoma (up 2)
10. Illinois (down 1)
11. Duke (up 3)
12. Memphis (up 3)
13. Marquette (down 6)
14. Baylor (up 4)
15. Auburn (up 10)
16. Wisconsin (up 5)
17. Gonzaga (up 7)
18. Cincinnati (NR)
19. BYU (down 7)
20. Creighton (NR)
21. Colorado St (down 8)
22. Clemson (down 6)
23. Michigan St (NR; assuming a win today)
24. San Diego St (NR)
25. Florida Atlantic (down 8)

This post was edited on 1/7/24 at 1:01 pm

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Posted by CorchJay

Member since Nov 2018

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Posted on 1/7/24 at 1:10 pm to AUTiger789

AP means nothing.

The only ranking that matters in college basketball is NET ranking.

In the NET we moved from 15 to 8 after yesterdays win.

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Posted by AUTiger789

Birmingham, AL

Member since Apr 2022

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Posted on 1/7/24 at 1:29 pm to CorchJay

Agree it’s meaningless, but still nice to see that little number next to “Auburn” on the screen move closer and closer to #1

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Posted by AU_251

Your dads room

Member since Feb 2013

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Posted on 1/7/24 at 3:28 pm to AUTiger789

Should be 10

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Posted by Warrior Court

Atlanta

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Posted on 1/7/24 at 4:50 pm to AU_251

I am semi husky at the moment.

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Posted by SECdragonmaster

Order of the Dragons

Member since Dec 2013

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Posted on 1/7/24 at 7:50 pm to AUTiger789

I am starting to Peacock again.

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Posted by wareagle7298

Birmingham

Member since Dec 2013

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Posted on 1/7/24 at 8:20 pm to SECdragonmaster

I think we are 100% better than we were 2 years ago when we reached #1.

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Posted by RandySavage

Member since May 2012

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Posted on 1/7/24 at 9:00 pm to wareagle7298

I hope we don't peak too early like that team. We are definitely deeper though. If Aden can become a dog like Jared Harper was we could be in business, tough ask for a freshman though. Tre brings some of that when he plays though

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Posted by auburnnyc94

Member since Nov 2017

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Posted on 1/7/24 at 9:16 pm to RandySavage

I need to see us 1. Win a quad 1 game and 2. Win a close game before I get crazy excited. We certainly look great and appear to have a high ceiling thus far though. But how will we respond if we are down 10 at half at Bama or UT? Or if A&M keeps it close and gives us all we can handle Tuesday?

Both close games so far we melted down in the last couple of minutes. I think we’ll be fine there but still need to see it. We’ve won the last 7 games by 15+ (which is incredible) so it’s been a while and I feel like we are kind of a different team now. Very methodical on offense

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