Friday, October 26, 2007

New USA Today ESPN Coaches Poll (Preseason)

I'm in North Carolina right now, and the new Coaches poll is out, and the University of North Carolina is ranked number 1 in the country. The rest of the list:

2. UCLA
3. Memphis (they have a kid named Rose who might help)
4. Kansas (can Bill Self meet expectations this year?)
5. Georgetown
6. Louisville
7. Tennessee
8. Michigan State (Izzo's team should be back this year)
9. Indiana (some guy named Gordon is a freshman for them)
10. Washington State
11. Duke (likely Illini opponent in Maui)
12. Marquette (likely final round team in Maui)
13. Oregon
14. Gonzaga
15. Texas A&M
16. Texas
17. Arizona (on the Illini schedule again this year)
18. USC
19. Arkansas
20. Pittsburgh
21. Stanford
22. Kentucky
23. Southern Illinois
24. North Carolina State
25. Villanova

38. Illinois (low expectations for the Illini this year, but maybe they can surprise some people, with some early tough opponents scheduled.)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

where is osu?


scott

Ron said...

OSU is ranked 28th in this poll, probably because of their youth. Sporting News has OSU at 18 preseason, since they seriously reloaded this year.