Maine (Cillian O'Reilly) -- 3-7, 0-0 America East. It's been a rough go of it so far for young rookie coach Cillian O'Reilly, as his teams average margin of defeat is 19.1 points. They did, however, beat the Buffalo team that Drake lost to. Their other 2 wins are against teams with RPIs over 300.
Kansas State (Rudy Arellano) -- 7-2, 0-0 Big 12. Since their 24 point loss to Fresno State, the Wildcats have won 5 in a row, but 4 of those wins came against teams with a combined 5-33 record. They did get a nice victory in their last game against Missouri, who currently has a 32 RPI.
Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- 4-5, 0-0 Big West. There are some positives to look at for the Warriors, as their worst RPI opponent so far is UMKC at 252. Hawaii hammered them by 32, and also has good wins at DePaul, Oakland, and Pacific. But of the 2 teams they played that have RPIs of 100 or better, they lost to Tulsa by 18 points and lost to Robert Morris on a buzzer beater. Another team that with a few breaks could easily have a winning record.
Florida Atlantic (Kuji Chagulia) -- 5-4, 0-0 Conference USA. While the Owls have a winning record, 2 of their wins have come against teams that haven't won a game yet, and another win came against a team that has only won once. Their only significant win was against Georgia Southern, and even their RPI is 230. I fear Mr. Chagulia might get a wake up once C-USA conference play starts.
Washington (Shannon Elliott) -- 8-3, 0-0 Pac 12. The Huskies have 2 bad losses of their 3. You know about the loss to Seton Hall. They've also lost to Pacific.. well ok, I guess that one isn't totally bad. Pacific is a decent team. But they also have given Portland State their only win of the season thus far. Other than Seton Hall, their SOS hasn't really been impressive, so its hard to get a good read on them yet.
The polls entering conference play look really bad. We've got 1 MVC team in the mid-major poll, and none of our other MVC or FOFC teams even sniffed a vote in the AP top 25, or the mid Major top 25.
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Mid Major Top 25
# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. UNLV (72) 8-0 1800 1 Mountain West Conference
2. VCU 8-1 1728 2 Atlantic 10 Conference
3. UAB 9-1 1654 3 Conference USA
4. George Mason 8-1 1557 5 Atlantic 10 Conference
5. Saint Mary's 9-3 1487 10 West Coast Conference
6. Belmont 11-1 1470 4 Ohio Valley Conference
7. New Mexico 8-2 1366 11 Mountain West Conference
8. Duquesne 8-1 1200 14 Atlantic 10 Conference
9. Louisiana Tech 9-1 1121 6 Conference USA
10. Wichita State 7-1 1034 17 Missouri Valley Conference
11. Georgia State 9-1 993 16 Sun Belt Conference
12. Brigham Young 8-3 982 19 West Coast Conference
13. Kent State 6-2 883 8 Mid-American Conference
14. East Tennessee State 9-1 872 9 Southern Conference
15. Massachusetts 8-1 793 7 Atlantic 10 Conference
16. UTEP 7-1 769 21 Conference USA
17. Southern Mississippi 8-2 765 23 Conference USA
18. New Mexico State 7-2 711 22 Western Athletic Conference
19. Northern Illinois 7-2 538 NR Mid-American Conference
20. Texas Southern 7-1 415 12 Southwestern Athletic Conference
21. Iona 9-2 351 NR Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
22. Old Dominion 9-2 234 NR Conference USA
23. San Diego 10-2 198 NR West Coast Conference
24. Ohio 8-2 175 13 Mid-American Conference
25. Saint Louis 8-2 70 15 Atlantic 10 Conference
Others Receiving Votes:
Boise State 7-2 63 Mountain West Conference
Princeton 8-2 44 Ivy League
San Diego State 7-3 37 Mountain West Conference
Middle Tennessee 9-2 33 Conference USA
Davidson 6-2 14 Atlantic 10 Conference
LIU Brooklyn 8-2 11 Northeast Conference
Mercer 7-2 10 Southern Conference
Sacred Heart 8-2 9 Northeast Conference
North Texas 7-2 5 Conference USA
Akron 8-3 3 Mid-American Conference
Valparaiso 6-2 3 Horizon League
Cal State Fullerton 8-3 2 Big West Conference