PPI RANKINGS 12/14/08 - Back from hiatus

There were lots of movement in the rankings this week. On Saturday, there is a huge doubleheader between #3 Xavier against #6 Duke (2 PM CBS), followed by #5 Gonzaga against #14 UConn. Also, Louisville (#37) and Georgetown (#28) hit the "other receiving votes" category for the first time, and we believe at the PPI that these rankings will only go up. The biggest mover into the Top 25 was #17 Creighton (up from #41) and the biggest drop out of the Top 25 was Memphis (who dropped from #17 to #32). Here are the rankings after Sunday's games


#1 North Carolina
#2 Oklahoma
#3 Xavier
#4 Pittsburgh
#5 Gonzaga
#6 Duke
#7 Syracuse
#8 Texas
#9 Clemson
#10 Wake Forest
#11 Arizona State
#12 Villanova
#13 Missouri
#14 Connecticut
#15 Illinois
#16 Brigham Young
#17 Creighton
#18 Butler
#19 Miami (OH)
#20 Dayton
#21 Tennessee
#22 California
#23 Wisconsin
#24 West Virginia
#25 Niagara
Others receiving votes: Davidson, Baylor, Georgetown, Texas A&M, Illinois State, UNLV, Memphis, Boston College, Florida State, Saint Mary's, Ohio State, Louisville, Arizona, Minnesota, Illinois-Chicago