AP poll breakdown: Andy Katz Q&A, reactions to college basketball rankings (12/23/24)

Big ten are doing great

West Virginia vs Kansas

What you think about penn st

I should see Michigan in the top 25 they won their last 5 games

Yup! Terps are a legit team! Keep underrating us. Let’s prove them wrong

northwestern beat illinois

U.C. beat Dayton and Arkansas. Dayton lost to U.C., Lost to Iowa St. by 5, beat Uconn, beat Marquette. (They also lost to N.C. by 2, when they were ranked #2).Why is U.C.ranked, but Dayton isn’t? Look who they have played!

Arkansas st & UC san diego should be in the picture as well . Red wolves beated memphis 🤦🏽

Dayton is better than at least 1/3 of the AP top 25 teams

Auburn should be #1

Can someone explain why everyone is so high on Maryland? No ranked wins, barely got by Villanova. Not saying they're a bad team, no question, but seriously a big ten favorite? High power ranking? Over Oregon, Illinois, MSU, Michigan, Purdue? All with ranked wins (most more than 1 ranked win)? Not sure if I can agree but trying to hear out a decent argument.

How many times has Tennessee been better than Auburn in the past 9 seasons? Maybe last season that’s it

Finally some uga love

Purdue beats Maryland, Alabama, and Ole Miss, But you want to put Purdue at 30 and Maryland at 13? So you straight up hate Purdue.

Maryland hasn’t beat anyone

Im a cincinnati fan and i dont understand how dayton aint atleast in the top 25 its insane. And i dont know how cincinnati isnt a little higher aswell i know for a fact they could beat maryland, marquette and houston. And maybe even kentucky and texas A&M. This favortism is crazy

Maryland definitely needs to be in the top 25 but 13 come on now Andy the best team they beat is Ohio state and there shaky at best but Syracuse is straight trash

How many different teams do you think is going to compete or win a big ten title

I was at the 2002 McDonalds All-American game at MSG and didn't like the atmosphere. It was so huge and it felt impersonal. I'm biased to Auburn's Neville Arena, but also like Duke's Cameron indoor. They are both small and loud. That being said, I think Duke gets more home cookingand Auburn should be #1. I'm going to be patient, though, and hopefully they will continue their winning ways.

BTW Auburn's offensive production is crazy right now. The best offensive production in the Kenpom era.

If Duke, Kansas, or UNC had Auburn's resume they'd be Number 1. I know it doesn't matter but it shows the Bias I'm people who vote for these polls. Just remember that the same people vote and end up keeping college teams out of the playoffs. The media definitely has it's favorites.

Literally thought #25 was blank TBD!

Fighting illini basketball 🏀 team should be a top 10 team. 🎉

You're criticizing Houston for not beating challenging opponents yet rank Florida so highly when they have played no one difficult.

My rankings
1 Tennessee
2 Auburn
3 Florida
4 Alabama
5 Duke
6 Kentucky
7 Marquette
8 Kansas
9 Oregon
10 Oklahoma
11 Michigan state
12 Mississippi state
13 UCLA
14 St Bonaventure
15 UConn
16 Utah state
17 Texas A&M
18 Drake
19 Gonzaga
20 Houston
21 Baylor
22 Ohio state
23 Illinois
24 Georgia
25 Texas

People say we haven't played no one but guess what, when we vest Kentucky and Tennessee everyone will be silent. Im tired of hearing people saying we haven't played no one.

i know why these rankings came this week, because Duke won and Kentucky lost. They love seeing kentucky lose

Peer to peer? Purdue has 4 losses, including 3 by double digits.

Auburn could cure cancer and they wouldn’t move to #1