College basketball rankings: Gonzaga falls from Top 25 And 1, San Diego State enters after Aztecs down Zags

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The absolute safest thing anybody charged with ranking college basketball teams could do over the past eight seasons is assume Gonzaga belongs somewhere on the list — evidence being that the Zags have appeared in 141 consecutive Associated Press Top 25 polls. For context, consider that Houston has the second-longest active streak of AP poll appearances at 72 weeks.

That should illustrate just how consistently good, and generally elite, Gonzaga has been under Mark Few. The future Naismith Memorial Hall of Famer has built and maintained an elite program for a long time. But his Zags’ streak of appearances in the AP poll should now be very much in jeopardy after Gonzaga lost 84-74 to San Diego State late Friday at home to drop to 9-4 on the season with a resume featuring zero victories over top-45 teams at KenPom.com.

Gonzaga is 0-4 in Quadrant 1.

The Zags are now outside of the top 25 at KenPom.com, BartTorvik.com and EvanMiya.com — and all the way down to 59th in the NET. They’re 64th in strength of record, according to ESPN. Simply put, there are now more reasons to leave Gonzaga unranked than to keep Gonzaga ranked, which is why the Zags are out of Saturday morning’s updated CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 daily college basketball rankings.

Does this guarantee Gonzaga will also be left out of Monday’s AP poll?

Not necessarily.

The Zags are currently 13th in the AP poll, and AP voters rarely drop schools from 13th to all the way out in one week’s time. So it’s possible Gonzaga’s streak of AP poll appearances will soon extend to 142 weeks for that reason alone. As always, we’ll see. But based strictly on what has and has not happened since this season began 54 days ago, there really is no great argument for Gonzaga to be ranked Monday….

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Author : Gary Parrish

Publish date : 2023-12-30 16:44:38

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