Christmas Rankings

The PPI would like to give you a holiday gift - an interim Top 25 rankings. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all:


#1 North Carolina
#2 Oklahoma
#3 Pittsburgh
#4 Duke
#5 Wake Forest
#6 Syracuse
#7 Clemson
#8 Arizona State
#9 Xavier
#10 Saint Mary's
#11 Connecticut
#12 Texas
#13 Illinois
#14 Butler
#15 Creighton
#16 Niagara
#17 Gonzaga
#18 Villanova
#19 Tennessee
#20 UNLV
#21 Missouri
#22 West Virginia
#23 Illinois State
#24 Texas A&M
#25 Ohio State
Others receiving votes: Marquette, California, Dayton, Memphis, Utah State, Minnesota, Oklahoma State, Purdue, Michigan State, Brigham Young, Georgetown, UCLA, Boston College, Arizona, Stanford
Other notables: Louisville #43

PPI Rankings - 12/21/08

Lots of movement:

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

Want to Track a Team not in the Top 40?

If anyone has interest in tracking any team's ranking, even if that team is not in the Top 40, please reply to this thread and I will add that team to the weekly rankings with the note "Other Teams of Interest."