Basketball BlogPoll -- Week 15

Here is the Week 15 Basketball BlogPoll.

This is a poll I didn't have time to vote in, but you can see there are significant changes from last week.  UConn continues to rise up the charts, although now I believe they have reached the point at which they are actually overrated.  Louisville is also surging, but contrary to UConn, I think they are actually underrated in the BlogPoll at this point.  Purdue surged 8 places, the biggest upward movement of anyone due to them by beating Wisconsin and Michigan State last week.  I don't subscribe to moves that big, myself, and I think their subsequent loss at Indiana bears that out.  Michigan State got dropped due to losses to Purdue, Indiana and Penn State, and losing 3 out of their last 4.

Clemson moved back into the poll after a lengthy absence, but I expect that will be short-lived.  Texas A&M dropped out of the poll completely, and as of Saturday has dropped 3 in a row.  Due to the Tennessee-Memphis outcome, we will certainly see a change at the top later this week.

The public spreadsheet is here so you can see how everyone voted.  Comments and observations, as usual, are welcome.

2007 - 08 Week Fifteen Blogpoll
Average vote	Rank last week	Rank based on position average	School (1st place votes)	Change	Delta
1.00	1	1	Memphis (13)	-	0
2.69	3	2	Tennessee		1
3.85	4	3	Kansas		1
3.92	2	4	Duke		-2
4.38	5	5	North Carolina	-	0
5.62	6	6	UCLA	-	0
7.23	8	7	Texas		1
8.85	10	8	Xavier		2
9.31	7	9	Stanford		-2
10.85	13	10	Butler		3
11.92	15	11	UConn		4
13.08	14	12	Wisconsin		2
13.31	9	13	Georgetown		-4
14.00	22	14	Purdue		8
15.69	11	15	Drake		-4
15.85	20	16	Louisville		4
17.23	18	17	Washington St.		1
17.69	16	18	Indiana		-2
20.00	21	19	Notre Dame		2
20.08	12	20	Michigan St.		-8
20.23	23	21	St. Mary's		2
20.69	17	22	Kansas State		-5
21.85	24	23	Vanderbilt		1
22.69	25	24	Marquette		1
24.85		25	Clemson	NPR	-25

NPR = Not previously ranked
TWO or = Jump > 3
New in poll:  Clemson
Dropped out: Texas A&M