Weekly Polls Thread - Preseason

[BoulderSooner]

Preseason

Team	AP	Coaches	KenPom	BPI	SOR	SOS	BTOR	WAB	NET
Florida	3​		2​
Kentucky	9​		4​
Arkansas	14​		29​
Alabama	15​		23​
Tennessee	18​		9​
Auburn	20​		31​
Texas	29​		39​
Ole Miss	32​		24​
Missouri	34​		28​
Vanderbilt	36​		19​
Miss St	39​		26​
Oklahoma	43​		58​
Texas A&M	NR​		35​
Georgia	NR​		44​
LSU	NR​		56​
South Carolina	NR​		86​

BTOR = Bartorvik
WAB = Wins above Bubble
BPI SOR and SOS are from ESPN

 

[TEvans4Three]

58 in KenPom is...wild.

 

[pnkranger]

58 in KenPom is...wild.

Is some of that dependent on the fact that we have so many rotation players who didn't play last year (Jones, Nwankwo, Kai Rogers, Atak, etc.).

 

[stormspencer]

Is some of that dependent on the fact that we have so many rotation players who didn't play last year (Jones, Nwankwo, Kai Rogers, Atak, etc.).

That and 7 games against teams #307 or worse.....will initially drag you down a bit. But if we drill those teams by 30+ (like we should), then it won't have too adverse of an effect on our rating as the season goes along.

 

[TEvans4Three]

Is some of that dependent on the fact that we have so many rotation players who didn't play last year (Jones, Nwankwo, Kai Rogers, Atak, etc.).

Perhaps, but Nwankwo playing the most minutes while we are relying heavily on transfers.

That and 7 games against teams #307 or worse.....will initially drag you down a bit. But if we drill those teams by 30+ (like we should), then it won't have too adverse of an effect on our rating as the season goes along.

Scheduling never helps, but you are right...need to blowout those bottom feeders.


Just adding that this may be our best portal incoming class in a bit.

Also, here are the pre-KP ranks and finishes for OU under Moser:

Year	Pre-season	Finish
2025-26	58	N/A
2024-25	40	40
2023-24	48	46
2022-23	28	54
2021-22	52	30

This is our "lowest rank" and I don't think it is our lowest team AT ALL.

 

[soonertrash77]

Perhaps, but Nwankwo playing the most minutes while we are relying heavily on transfers.


Scheduling never helps, but you are right...need to blowout those bottom feeders.


Just adding that this may be our best portal incoming class in a bit.

Also, here are the pre-KP ranks and finishes for OU under Moser:

Year	Pre-season	Finish
2025-26	58	N/A
2024-25	40	40
2023-24	48	46
2022-23	28	54
2021-22	52	30

This is our "lowest rank" and I don't think it is our lowest team AT ALL.

From the SEC media days. Nate Oats: ‘playing 13 cupcakes in the preseason just doesn’t prepare us for SEC play’. Last year and this year their OOC schedule ranked first in the country. Just sayin’

 

[Maverick008]

From the SEC media days. Nate Oats: ‘playing 13 cupcakes in the preseason just doesn’t prepare us for SEC play’. Last year and this year their OOC schedule ranked first in the country. Just sayin’

The home schedule SUCKS but they aren’t playing 13 cupcakes either.

 

[CoachTalk]

From the SEC media days. Nate Oats: ‘playing 13 cupcakes in the preseason just doesn’t prepare us for SEC play’. Last year and this year their OOC schedule ranked first in the country. Just sayin’

Good thing we don’t play 13 but nice try.

Just sayin? we read what you said you don’t have to tell us you’re sayin it -trash

 

[soonertrash77]

Good thing we don’t play 13 but nice try.

Just sayin? we read what you said you don’t have to tell us you’re sayin it -trash

Hey donk. I merely posted a quote from a top tier SEC coach. Settle down sunshine

 

[hoopsaustin]

Hey donk. I merely posted a quote from a top tier SEC coach. Settle down sunshine

Hes just a general ass. Don't take it personally

 

[soonertrash77]

Hes just a general ass. Don't take it personally

Oh don’t worry. I could care less what a girls middle school bball coach thinks

 

[Skeeter1]

Oh don’t worry. I could care less what a girls middle school bball coach thinks

Coach brings a lot more to the board than clowns like you son. Boomer

 

[Sooner04]

Oh don’t worry. I could care less what a girls middle school bball coach thinks

I made good use of the ignore list, and it helped me to enjoy the board more. My monthly PSA!

 

[CMSOONER]

Hey donk. I merely posted a quote from a top tier SEC coach. Settle down sunshine

Oh don’t worry. I could care less what a girls middle school bball coach thinks

Sounds like you care. Just sayin

 

[BoulderSooner]

Rothstein has us at 42 in his preseason list