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MRI2005: Week 2 - Two Step Stumble

December 12, 2005  |  By Benjamin Miraski

Texas's reign atop the MRI sure didn't last long. Despite a widespread belief that they would triumph in the big game of the week, they were trounced by Duke. By virtue of their win, the Blue Devils vault to #2 in the MRI rankings this week. They trail Big East leader Pittsburgh by only a slim margin though.

Illinois should be giving Bruce Weber a raise. After their amazing run to the finals last season, they lost a large part of the core of the team. With two returning seniors this year and a young support cast, they have still been able to rattle off ten straight wins to begin the season. They move to #3 in the MRI this week.

Coming in at #4 is our mid-major surprise, Missouri State, who dropped the Southwest from their name this year. At 6-0 and entering conference play in the tough Missouri Valley, they will have a tough task to stay ranked this highly.

Rounding out the top five is Florida. The Gators have surprised a lot of people on their way to a 9-0 record this season. In the tough SEC, nothing is safe, but a start like that can build confidence for the squad. Check out all the rankings in Week 2 of the MRI.

And Now the Rankings

RANK
TEAM
RECORD
MRI
LW
1
Pittsburgh
7-0
103.85
5
2
Duke
9-0
103.27
10
3
Illinois
10-0
100.42
15
4
Missouri State
6-0
99.01
2
5
Florida
9-0
95.87
7
6
Washington
8-0
94.69
4
7
Texas
7-1
89.93
1
8
Memphis
7-1
89.35
8
9
Colorado
5-1
88.62
9
10
George Washington
7-0
87.75
11
11
Villanova
6-0
86.64
14
12
Clemson
8-0
86.40
3
13
Kansas State
6-1
82.61
16
14
Maryland
6-2
82.61
12
15
Michigan
7-0
81.13
NR(30)
16
Wisconsin
7-1
80.41
NR(31)
17
Oklahoma
5-1
79.43
6
18
Syracuse
7-2
79.30
19
19
Iona
7-0
78.18
NR(35)
20
Louisville
5-0
78.09
NR(29)
21
North Carolina
5-1
75.69
18
22
Connecticut
7-0
73.63
NR(27)
23
Indiana
5-2
73.55
23
24
LSU
4-1
71.38
17
25
Florida State
5-1
70.75
25

* NOTE: Baylor and Alabama A&M have not yet played a game.

Teams Dropped From The Top 25:
Oklahoma State (LW #13, TW #35), Iowa (LW #20, TW #32), Vanderbilt (LW #21, TW #29), Winthrop (LW #22, TW #26), Boston College (LW #24, TW #42)

Other Teams People Might Care About

RANK
TEAM
RECORD
MRI
LW
29
Vanderbilt
5-1
67.20
21
32
Iowa
7-3
63.97
20
36
Northern Iowa
5-1
62.89
83
40
Notre Dame
4-2
61.44
85
41
Arizona
4-3
61.36
47
42
Boston College
5-2
61.14
24
44
Drexel
5-5
60.58
97
45
Miami
6-3
60.58
69
48
UCLA
7-1
60.47
67
52
Dayton
6-3
59.32
37
78
Michigan State
6-2
51.38
128
87
Auburn
3-2
48.76
79
99
Kansas
3-4
45.08
107
106
Texas Tech
6-4
43.83
92
144
Georgia Tech
4-3
33.43
177
149
Pennsylvania
3-3
32.25
168
181
Ball State
2-2
27.96
189
182
Purdue
3-4
27.61
176
291
Wofford
1-6
-1.00
257

Last Place this week: Savannah State (0-6) at -65.08. 2nd week in a row.

Biggest Gain this week: Illinois gained 25.58 points (Beat Arkansas-Little Rock, Georgetown, and Oregon)
Biggest Loss this week: Texas Pan-American lost 25.77 points (Lost to Texas-San Antonio and Texas Tech)

Conference rankings this week: ACC, Big Ten, Big East, SEC, Big 12, MVC, PAC-10, Atlantic 10, Colonial, Mountain West, WAC, MAAC, Sun Belt, Horizon, MAC, WCC, C-USA

Enjoy
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Posted December 12, 2005 12:00 PM

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