Updated C-USA ARK Rankings through Saturday's action. FAU MBB moves up in the RPI to 11 and continues to hold down #1 with a 2-0 mark for the period. La Tech takes over #6. The Owls should climb slightly in both National Polls Monday given losses by teams that were ahead. Go Owls 👌

🚨BREAKING🚨 FAU MBB Jumps to #19 in the AP Top 25 Poll! LET'S GOOO! 🦉🏀

C USA ARK Rankings through Saturday, Feb 4th. FAU holds RPI at 11 and moves up in both KenPom (+3) and Sagarin (+4).

La Tech takes over the 5th spot and Charlotte drops to 6th. FAU should keep a spot in both the AP and Coaches polls Monday.

I'm having crow for lunch, and will send Rutgers the bill. They lose and don't move, staying at 24. That keeps the Owls out, IMHO.

As the top vote getter (93), win two this week and we should be back. They will have to face Indiana and Illinois. Good luck with that.

The disrespect to FAU is crazy, but the best part about this team is their persistence. They have shown no signs of going away, and they will continue to do so until they return to the rankings 🔥

Richard said

The disrespect to FAU is crazy, but the best part about this team is their persistence. They have shown no signs of going away, and they will continue to do so until they return to the rankings 🔥

Posted On: Feb 6th 2023, 4:20 PM #412292

You said it!
I see teams with worst records and they are highly ranked.
teams with 5, 6 and 7 losses are ranked higher.

NITE-OWL said

Richard said

The disrespect to FAU is crazy, but the best part about this team is their persistence. They have shown no signs of going away, and they will continue to do so until they return to the rankings 🔥

Posted On: Feb 6th 2023, 4:20 PM #412292

You said it!
I see teams with worst records and they are highly ranked.
teams with 5, 6 and 7 losses are ranked higher.

Posted On: Feb 6th 2023, 4:33 PM #412293

You are both correct, but CUSA does not get the respect some of the other conferences get based on strength of schedules.
You can be a 5 loss team in the ACC (Miami 18-5) or a 7 loss team in the Big 10 (Indiana and Rutgers 16-7) and still be ranked.
Just the way it is. We can still win our way back in!

Rutgers lost to unranked Iowa twice. By 11 points each time.

They should have at least fallen in the poll - like they did with the Coaches.

They are behind us in votes in the coaches poll as well.

AP = Ridiculous!

NITE-OWL said

Richard said

The disrespect to FAU is crazy, but the best part about this team is their persistence. They have shown no signs of going away, and they will continue to do so until they return to the rankings 🔥

Posted On: Feb 6th 2023, 4:20 PM #412292

You said it!
I see teams with worst records and they are highly ranked.
teams with 5, 6 and 7 losses are ranked higher.

Posted On: Feb 6th 2023, 4:33 PM #412293

A lot of those teams play much better schedules.  Let's get real here.  They should be ranked over a few.  But there are 6-7 loss teams that we'd be huge underdogs against head to head

Just ran the following current Top 25 opponents through Game Sim versus FAU on a neutral court for fun, and here are their simulation results:

FAU 63  #11 Iowa State 75

FAU 75  #14 Baylor 73

FAU 81  #19 Miami 61

FAU 72  #20 Providence 66

FAU 71  #24 Rutgers 61