Oklahoma stays at #1 in the ITA Men’s rankings for the 8th week in a row and for the 9th time in the last 10 weeks.

The top 2 (UNC/USC) stays the same in the women’s rankings but Cal moves up from 4 to 3, Vanderbilt moves up from 9 to 4, and Florida falls from 3 to 5.  .  

Below I’ll breakdown the Top 10 on the men’s side looking at the 9 best wins that were used in the rankings this week along with other quality ranked wins.  You’ll notice some of the quality wins are ranked higher than a top 9 win and that is because I used the new ranking so that you can see what changes will be made next week.  I also listed the point totals gained from the best wins and losses to come up with the computer score.  

These are the final rankings that will be published before the NCAA Tournament field is announced next Tuesday (4/29) though a set of rankings will be run next week with them being published on May 1st.   Next week’s rankings are actually ran twice with the first run using this week’s rankings as the base and then the result of that will be used as the base for the second set.  

Oklahoma remains at #1 after the Sooners beat #29 Oklahoma State on Saturday. 

• 9 Best Wins (814): #2 Baylor (3x), #5 Virginia, #6 TCU, #8 USC, #10 Texas, at #11 Wake Forest, at #12 Ohio State, 
• Other Quality Wins: #13 Ole Miss, #16 North Carolina (2X), #19 South Florida, #28 Tulsa
• Losses (9.6): #3 Texas A&M, #17 Texas Tech
• Computer Score:  814.8/9.6 = 84.79 (was 84.31)
• What’s Coming Up: Big 12 Tournament – Texas/Texas Tech winner, Baylor/TCU winner
• Comments:  Oklahoma looks to finish strong in the Big 12 Tournament where a 4th matchup with Baylor looms in the finals. 

Baylor remains at #2 after winning on the road at #10 Texas and #17 Texas Tech.  The 2 wins moved Baylor 3 points closer to #1 Oklahoma.  

• 9 Best Wins (732.4): #5 Virginia (2X), #6 TCU, #8 USC, #9 Duke, at #10 Texas, at #13 Ole Miss, #15 UCLA, at #17 Texas Tech,  
• Other Quality Wins: at #28 Tulsa, #29 Oklahoma State, #31 Drake, at #43 Memphis
• Losses (9.4): #1 Oklahoma (3X), #4 Illinois
• Computer Score: 77.91 (was 74.70)
• What’s Coming Up:  Big 12 Tournament – TCU/Oklahoma State winner, Oklahoma/Texas winner
• Comments:  Baylor will likely see #6 TCU in the Big 12 semis and then probably gets a 4th crack at #1 Oklahoma in the finals.  Even if Baylor were to beat Oklahoma I doubt it’d be enough to move them up to #1 but it’d do wonders for the team’s confidence.  

Illinois drops 1 spot from 3 to 4 after the stunning 4-3 loss at Minnesota on Friday night though they did rebound with a 4-0 win over Wisconsin on Sunday.

• 9 Best Wins (669.2): at #2 Baylor, at #3 Texas A&M, at #10 Texas, #12 Ohio State (2X), #16 North Carolina, #25 California, #30 Northwestern, at #35 Notre Dame
• Other Quality Wins: #44 Indiana, #48 Penn State
• Losses (10.2): #6 TCU, #7 Georgia, #9 Duke, #23 Minnesota
• Computer Score: 65.61 (was 69.58)
• What’s Coming Up: Big 10 Tournament – Iowa/Wisconsin winner, #30 Northwestern, #12 Ohio State/#23 Minnesota winner
• Comments:  The loss to Minnesota definitely hurt because Illinois would have stayed at #3 even though Texas A&M won the SEC Tournament.  If Illinois had held the #3 spot after next week there is a good chance that they would have been seeded #2 in the NCAAs since they would have a H2H win over the current #2 Baylor.  Illinois will have a hard time holding off Virginia for #4 because if both teams win their respective conferences Virginia will likely pick up 2 more top 15 wins while at best Illinois would pick up 2 top 25 wins.  

• 9 Best Wins (663.7): #3 Texas A&M (2X+1 was at aTm), #4 Illinois, #10 Texas, #17 Texas Tech, #19 South Florida, #27 LSU, at #28 Tulsa, #29 Oklahoma State, 
• Other Quality Wins: #39 New Mexico, #46 Dartmouth, at #47 SMU, 
• Losses (10.2): #1 Oklahoma, #2 Baylor, #5 Virginia, #9 Duke, #11 Wake Forest, #15 UCLA
• Computer Score: 65.07 (was 61.32)
• What’s Coming Up:  Big 12 Tourney – #29 Oklahoma St, #2 Baylor, 
• Comments:  What an unbelievable job David Roditi has done this year – most thought they’d be a top 15 team but not many thought they’d be on the fringe of the top 5.  TCU likely won’t go much higher than 6 unless they were to beat both Oklahoma State and Baylor in the Big 12 Tournament.    

• 9 Best Wins (638.5): #3 Texas A&M, #4 Illinois, #13 Ole Miss (2X), #15 UCLA, #20 Columbia, at #21 Florida, #22 Vanderbilt, #27 LSU
• Other Quality Wins: #40 Tennessee (2X+1 was at UT), at #63 Auburn, at #65 Alabama 
• Losses (10): at #3 Texas A&M, #8 USC (2X), #18 Mississippi State
• Computer Score: 63.85 (was 63.79)
• What’s Coming Up:  Regular season completed – NCAA Tournament
• Comments:  Georgia was potentially a lightning/rain delay away from closing out Texas A&M in the finals of the SEC Tournament but they couldn’t regroup after the delay.  The Bulldogs would have risen to #3 with a win but now its going to be hard to move up any higher unless someone ahead of them gets upset.