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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 5200689, member: 1969"]
Here were last year's preseason rankings (as of Nov 2, 2023).  My overall assessment (you can see the data below) was that for 23/24 anyway, his top 10 and top 20 rankings were quite good (he hit 16 of the top 20).   But once you are outside of the top 20 its a crapshoot.   And that range is probably more relevant to us for the time being.

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The ranking hit 16 of the final top 20, and 7 of top 10,  which I would say is very solid.
Those that were outside to start but made it 
31.  Iowa St
36.  BYU
38.  St Mary's 
51.  Clemson
And those that were in to start but missed
2.  Kansas (big miss ended up 27)
14.  Arkansas (big mess ended up 108)
16.  Texas (ended up 25)
18. Kentucky (ended up 23)

In terms of other teams that were off by 20 spots in the top 50 (either way)
2.  Kansas (27)
14.  Arkansas (108)
21.   USC (85)
22.  Maryland (62)
25.   Kansas St (70)
26.   UCLA (98)
31.   Iowa St (8)
32.   Memphis (76)
33.   Virginia (68)
34.  Xavier (56)
42.   Stanford (105)
44.  Michigan (128)
45.  Miami (96)
47.  LSU (95)
49.  Indiana (91)

60.  St John's (21)
73.  Wake (28)
58.  Nebraska (30)
69.  Dayton (32)
62.  Pitt (33)
111.   Indiana St (38)
67.  Nevada (40)
84.   Washington St (42)
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