Once again the rankings prove that the voters (coaches) can't get it right. They are either biased, don't know their own team or don't know the competition. Perhaps all three. Here's a view of the Oct 1st NCAA rankings, the final NCAA team rankings and the NCAA meet results. Stanford, Arkansas, Princeton, Tulsa and a few others, clearly over ranked throughout the season. Wisconsin, Indiana, Air Force were under ranked. Draw your own conclusions. As for me, the rankings are almost useless.
Oct 1st Rankings:
1 Oklahoma State (12) 360 Midwest Big 12 Dave Smith (8th)
2 Colorado 342 Mountain Pac-12 Mark Wetmore (19th)
3 Northern Arizona 333 Mountain Big Sky Eric Heins (7th)
4 Oregon 316 West Pac-12 Robert Johnson (2nd)
5 BYU 304 Mountain West Coast Ed Eyestone (14th)
6 Arkansas 297 South Central SEC Chris Bucknam (6th)
7 Tulsa 287 Midwest Conference USA Steve Gulley (12th)
8 Portland 284 West West Coast Rob Conner (24th)
9 Princeton 256 Mid-Atlantic Ivy Jason Vigilante (2nd)
10 Syracuse 241 Northeast ACC Chris Fox (9th)
11 Iona 214 Northeast Metro Atlantic Ricardo Santos (6th)
12 UCLA 201 West Pac-12 Mike Maynard (5th)
13 North Carolina 195 Southeast ACC Mark VanAlstyne (2nd)
14 Texas 191 South Central Big 12 Mario Sategna (1st)
15 Indiana 171 Great Lakes Big Ten Ron Helmer (7th)
16 Colorado State 163 Mountain Mountain West Art Siemers (2nd)
17 Eastern Kentucky 162 Southeast Ohio Valley Rick Erdmann (35th)
18 Providence 155 Northeast Big East Ray Treacy (30th)
19 Wisconsin 152 Great Lakes Big Ten Mick Byrne (6th)
20 Georgetown 111 Mid-Atlantic Big East Patrick Henner (15th)
21 New Mexico 109 Mountain Mountain West Joe Franklin (7th)
22 Notre Dame 98 Great Lakes ACC Joe Piane (39th)
23 Stanford 91 West Pac-12 Chris Miltenberg (2nd)
24 Virginia 85 Southeast ACC Peter Watson (2nd)
24 Florida 85 South SEC Mike Holloway (7th)
26 Florida State 72 South ACC Bob Braman (14th)
27 Villanova 58 Mid-Atlantic Big East Marcus O’Sullivan (14th)
28 Arizona State 52 West Pac-12 Louie Quintana (13th)
29 Michigan 46 Great Lakes Big Ten Alex Gibby (4th)
30 Columbia 35 Northeast Ivy
Final Rankings:
1 Northern Arizona (6) 353 2
2 Oklahoma State (4) 347 3
3 Colorado (2) 343 1
4 Stanford 322 6
5 Oregon 309 4
6 New Mexico 284 11
7 Syracuse 267 14
8 BYU 264 5
9 Tulsa 259 13
10 Arkansas 255 9
11 Portland 250 10
12 Columbia 230 8
13 Michigan 214 16
14 Villanova 205 20
15 Iona 203 7
16 Eastern Kentucky 185 17
17 Wisconsin 170 19
18 Princeton 141 15
19 Notre Dame 137 22
20 Indiana 134 11
21 Providence 119 21
22 Virginia 104 NR
23 Texas 95 25
24 Air Force 80 29
25 Dartmouth 66 26
25 NC State 66 NR
27 Colorado State 62 23
28 North Carolina 39 18
29 Georgia 28 NR
30 Florida 18 NR
NCAA Results:
Place Team Points
1 Colorado 149
2 Northern Arizona 169
3 Oklahoma State 230
4 BYU 267
5 Oregon 274
6 Iona 284
7 Portland 293
8 Indiana 306
9 Wisconsin 326
10 Syracuse 329
11 New Mexico 334
12 Arkansas 340
13 Virginia 370
14 Texas 376
15 Eastern Kentucky 380
16 Providence 396
17 North Carolina 403
18 Villanova 415
19 Stanford 417
20 Air Force 419
21 Michigan 433
22 Princeton 469
23 Notre Dame 484
24 Dartmouth 551
25 Columbia 580
26 Colorado State 606
27 Tulsa 628
28 N.C. State 630
29 Florida 654
30 Harvard 678
31 Georgia 690