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If you listened to Friday’s episode of the Eye On College Basketball Podcast, or read Saturday’s Top 25 And 1, you likely know that I promised to keep Purdue at No. 1 in the Top 25 And 1 regardless of what happened Saturday when the Boilermakers played at Indiana. That’s why it should come as no surprise that Purdue remains No. 1 in Sunday morning’s updated Top 25 And 1 daily college basketball rankings despite Saturday’s 79-74 loss on the road to the Hoosiers.
Simply put, Purdue still has the sport’s best body of work.
Even with the loss at Indiana, Purdue is 22-2 overall and 11-2 in the Big Ten, where the Boilermakers hold a three-game lead in the win column of the conference standings. More importantly, they’re 9-2 in Quadrant 1 with zero additional losses. Nobody has more Q1 wins. Nobody has fewer losses. The only team with as many Q1 wins (Kansas) has three more losses. The only teams with as few losses (Houston/Florida Atlantic) have at least four fewer Q1 wins and more losses outside of Q1.
Chop it up however you like, and there is no intelligent argument that backs the idea that anybody besides Purdue should be ranked No. 1 right now as long as the thing that matters most is what’s actually been accomplished on the court this season.
Will Purdue remain a unanimous No. 1 in Monday’s AP Top 25 poll? I have no idea.
Some AP voters struggle with logic and often move teams up that win and move teams down that lose with no regard for context. I used to write a column about it every Monday. So I can’t promise you what AP voters will do this week. But what they should do is simply leave the school they had No. 1 on last week’s ballot No. 1 on this week’s ballot and start analyzing things at No. 2, because the school that was No. 1 on last week’s ballot should remain No. 1 on this week’s ballot based on an incredible body of work that remains the sport’s best even after this weekend’s defeat.
Top 25 And 1 rankings
In: Indiana, Rutgers | Out: Memphis, Missouri
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