Starting last week, the BlogPoll is now prominently featured on the same page as the AP and Coaches Polls on CBSSports.com -- giving the same amount of space and billing to the BlogPoll as they do to the "mainstream" polls. So that's cool.
In this week's poll summary and recap, an ominous note appears near the bottom of author Brian Cook's breakdown:
Is it possible to jinx a jinx? Last week in this space I touted the dire power of the CK Award and boldy warned of a bad week on the court for I Bleed Blue and White -affiliated Villanova, only for the Wildcats to curb-stomp Notre Dame in South Bend and coast to a double-digit victory over Providence. Maybe by presuming to be so confident in the CKA's cursing abilities, the curse cursed me by cursing the "runner-up" team in last week's poll, Inside Creighton Hoops's Bluejays, instead?
Gulp. Sorry about that, guys.
Big change this week: Creighton drops out, Northern Iowa is in. I made a deal with my brother last week that if UNI won the MVC Tournament, I'd take Creighton out and put UNI in. I'm likely the only voter with UNI in my poll. I'm also likely the only voter with a free case of Bud Light in my fridge after his brother felt bad for having done this to me. Before you ask, this is not untoward, shady or illegal -- this is two brothers who went to two schools in the same conference talking smack. His team won, and my punishment is getting pummeled by you, my humble readers, for putting UNI in my poll.
Blast away. I can take it.
In other poll news, Louisville is my new number one because they didn't lose last week, and I had them at number two previously. Seems logical enough. The rest of the poll is pretty self-explanatory, so explain it to yourself after the jump. You bet.
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| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louisville |  1 |
| 2 | North Carolina | 5 |
| 3 | Memphis | |
| 4 | Connecticut |  3 |
| 5 | Pittsburgh | 1 |
| 6 | Michigan St. | 3 |
| 7 | Duke | 3 |
| 8 | Oklahoma | 3 |
| 9 | Kansas | 1 |
| 10 | Wake Forest | 1 |
| 11 | Gonzaga | 1 |
| 12 | UCLA | 1 |
| 13 | Missouri | 2 |
| 14 | Butler | 3 |
| 15 | Villanova | 4 |
| 16 | Washington | 5 |
| 17 | Xavier | 3 |
| 18 | Siena | 4 |
| 19 | Louisiana St. | 7 |
| 20 | Marquette | 4 |
| 21 | Purdue | 3 |
| 22 | Syracuse | |
| 23 | Arizona St. | 3 |
| 24 | Brigham Young | 1 |
| 25 | Northern Iowa | |
| Last week's ballot | ||
Dropped Out: Creighton (#23), Dayton (#24).
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