Top 3 in each conference

[GE Nole]

So @Rhavicc's prediction that VT will finish 3rd in the ACC got me thinking--what teams do I believe are at the top of each conference? With conference play about to kick into high gear, I figured we could all predict our top 3 for the regular season standings. I'm gonna do each of the power conferences, but feel free to do any conference(s) you want. Hopefully this will generate some good discussion.

ACC:
1. Miami (really favorable unbalanced schedule)
2. Duke
3. UVA
(Bonus, VT finishes t7)

Big 10:
1. Michigan State
2. Purdue
3. Who the eff knows? The pick out of the hat is Michigan

Big 12:
1. West Virginia ends the streak
2. Kansas
3. Oklahoma

Big East:
1. Villanova
2. Xavier
3. Creighton

Pac-12:
1. Arizona
2. Arizona State
3. A whole lot of crap. Let's say Oregon just because of how tough they are at home. But, yeesh...this is a bad bad league.

SEC:
1. Texas A&M
2. Kentucky
3. Tennessee

AAC (I wasn't going to do them, but I guess if I'm doing the Pac...):
1. Wichita State
2. Cincy
3. SMU

 

[BoilerDaddy]

UNC has to be in the ACC top 3, in my opinion. I like UVA, but not above UNC.

 

[HRTheCard]

Why isn't VT in the top 3? They're the best team in the ACC.

 

[KDcats11]

Why isn't VT in the top 3? They're the best team in the ACC.

Just like how Peyton Siva is better than John Wall, right?

 

[Mgkcbb]

ACC
Virginia, UNC, Duke

B1G
Purdue, MSU, Michigan

Big12
Kansas, West Virginia, Texas Tech

Big East
Villanova, Xavier, Seton Hall

SEC
Texas AnM, Arkansas, Florida

Pac12
Arizona, Arizona State, Oregon

 

[WojoRising]

Just like how Peyton Siva is better than John Wall, right?

Yikes

 

[GE Nole]

UNC has to be in the ACC top 3, in my opinion. I like UVA, but not above UNC.

It came down to UVA and UNC for me. I think UVA has the easier schedule, and UVA gets UNC at home in their only meeting.

Both are very good teams.

 

[Kevin Bryan]

SEC
Texas AnM, Arkansas, Florida

lolz

 

[HRTheCard]

Just like how Peyton Siva is better than John Wall, right?

Good misdirection. Have no idea what you're talking about.

 

[Mgkcbb]

lolz

Take it up with BPI. I copy and pasted the top 3 teams ranked from BPI for each conference.

If we went 4 Tennessee would have been fourth.

 

[RR30]

Take it up with BPI. I copy and pasted the top 3 teams ranked from BPI for each conference.

If we went 4 Tennessee would have been fourth.

The hair on my left nut is more valuable than BPI

 

[Kevin Bryan]

Take it up with BPI. I copy and pasted the top 3 teams ranked from BPI for each conference.

If we went 4 Tennessee would have been fourth.

Analytics mean nothing to me.

 

[HRTheCard]

Take it up with BPI. I copy and pasted the top 3 teams ranked from BPI for each conference.

If we went 4 Tennessee would have been fourth.

#ukhater #uktroll

 

[Kevin Bryan]

The hair on my left nut is more valuable than BPI

You have hairy nuts? Bruh....it's almost 2018.

 

[Mgkcbb]

The hair on my left nut is more valuable than BPI

BPI is awesome. Love it/KenPom/Sagarin Wish it would just replace the human polls already.

 

[Mgkcbb]

Analytics mean nothing to me.

Lol?

 

[RR30]

BPI is awesome. Love it/KenPom/Sagarin Wish it would just replace the human polls already.

Nope. Love Ken Pom & Sagarin. BPI sucks. It's better than RPI at least.

 

[coryfly]

It came down to UVA and UNC for me. I think UVA has the easier schedule, and UVA gets UNC at home in their only meeting.

Both are very good teams.

Yeah, UNC has a pretty tough schedule in the conference this year.

 

[Mgkcbb]

Nope. Love Ken Pom & Sagarin. BPI sucks. It's better than RPI at least.

What differences specifically make you prefer Sagarin and KenPom?

 

[lurkeraspect84]

Good misdirection. Have no idea what you're talking about.

UL fans used to say that all the time back in the day. It's been an ongoing joke since.

 

[kyjeff1]

ACC
Virginia, UNC, Duke

B1G
Purdue, MSU, Michigan

Big12
Kansas, West Virginia, Texas Tech

Big East
Villanova, Xavier, Seton Hall

SEC
Texas AnM, Arkansas, Florida

Pac12
Arizona, Arizona State, Oregon

That's bait.

 

[Mgkcbb]

That's bait.

How can copy and pasting BPI even be considered as bait?!?!?!

 

[RR30]

What differences specifically make you prefer Sagarin and KenPom?

Not a fan of a couple of the things on the formula. Plus ESPN decided one day to move to BPI as the main stat like theirs is more important and it irks me.

 

[BoilerDaddy]

It came down to UVA and UNC for me. I think UVA has the easier schedule, and UVA gets UNC at home in their only meeting.

Both are very good teams.

I’m flipping to UVA. Wofford convinced me.

 

[silerbr2]

BIG= MSU, MINNY, MARYLAND
PAC=ASU OREGON UCLA
SEC= KENTUCKY, A&M, FLA
B12= KANSAS, WVU, OKLAHOMA
Acc= DUKE, VIRGINA, UNC

 

[JimboBBN]

Yea, Kentucky isn’t finishing outside the top three. I don’t think we’ve done that since Cal has been here, even during UK’s NIT year.

1. Kentucky
2. TAM
3. Florida

 

[silerbr2]

Yea, Kentucky isn’t finishing outside the top three. I don’t think we’ve done that since Cal has been here, even during UK’s NIT year.

1. Kentucky
2. TAM
3. Florida

Great minds think alike!

 

[Cat_Incognito]

UNC has to be in the ACC top 3, in my opinion. I like UVA, but not above UNC.

What about Wofford?

 

[yiana]

Big Ten

1. MSU
2. Iowa
3. Purr doo

 

[Wolves198921]

SEC
UK
A&M
Arkansas

ACC
Duke
Miami
UNC

PAC 12
Arizona
Arizona State
UCLA

Big 12
West Virginia
Kansas
Oklahoma

Big 10
Michigan State
Purdue
Maryland

 

[della]

ACC
Virginia, UNC, Duke

B1G
Purdue, MSU, Michigan

Big12
Kansas, West Virginia, Texas Tech

Big East
Villanova, Xavier, Seton Hall

SEC
Texas AnM, Arkansas, Florida

Pac12
Arizona, Arizona State, Oregon

Based on the season to date, I don't see how you can have Tennessee out of the top 3 in the SEC.
Where would you place Purdue if they were in the SEC?

 

[Boilermaker03]

What about Wofford?

Didn't you see they beat NC last night?

 

[Mgkcbb]

Based on the season to date, I don't see how you can have Tennessee out of the top 3 in the SEC.
Where would you place Purdue if they were in the SEC?

Hold on, let look it up according to the KP/Sag/BPI models ....

....Ok I found it. Purdue would be the best team in the SEC according to those metrics.

 

[boilerzz]

BIG= MSU, MINNY, MARYLAND
PAC=ASU OREGON UCLA
SEC= KENTUCKY, A&M, FLA
B12= KANSAS, WVU, OKLAHOMA
Acc= DUKE, VIRGINA, UNC

 

[della]

Hold on, let look it up according to the KP/Sag/BPI models ....

....Ok I found it. Purdue would be the best team in the SEC according to those metrics.

Do you think we should stop playing the game? Y'all would be 0-1 in the SEC, yet you think that the team that beat you isn't in the top 3? Considering UT's losses are against highly rated opponents and we have not played a padded schedule, I have to assume you are a little disgruntled over the loss and are taking it out on the Vols.

 

[Mgkcbb]

Do you think we should stop playing the game? Y'all would be 0-1 in the SEC, yet you think that the team that beat you isn't in the top 3? Considering UT's losses are against highly rated opponents and we have not played a padded schedule, I have to assume you are a little disgruntled over the loss and are taking it out on the Vols.

I copy and pasted from BPI. Thats literally all I did.

 

[schoonerwest]

Not a fan of a couple of the things on the formula. Plus ESPN decided one day to move to BPI as the main stat like theirs is more important and it irks me.

Hard to trust anything like that espn puts out there after seeing their final CFB rankings a few years ago. I think it had 9 SEC teams in the top 25. 6 in the top 10. Florida was ranked like 16th and they had 5 losses.

 

[WeAreDePaul]

BIG= MSU, MINNY, MARYLAND
PAC=ASU OREGON UCLA
SEC= KENTUCKY, A&M, FLA
B12= KANSAS, WVU, OKLAHOMA
Acc= DUKE, VIRGINA, UNC

Your predictions seem heavily influenced by what you saw in the Bahamas over thanksgiving.

 

[Kevin Bryan]

Hold on, let look it up according to the KP/Sag/BPI models ....

....Ok I found it. Purdue would be the best team in the SEC according to those metrics.

Yet actual on-court results say they aren't better than the 3rd best BPI team in CUSA?

 

[tw3301]

Yet actual on-court results say they aren't better than the 3rd best BPI team in CUSA?

there's no sense in arguing with him, he's balls deep in metrics and doesn't buy into the eye test or common sense.