After falling for the second straight game on the road Providence has managed to still be receiving votes in one national poll but not the other. The Friars got 4 votes in the USA Today Coaches Poll which is good for 44th while Providence went from receiving 56 votes in last week’s AP poll to 0 votes this week in that poll.
Last week’s USA Today Coaches Poll had the Friars receiving 50 votes. This could be a good week for the Friars to make a move back towards the top 25 with 3 games this week against Brown, Rhode Island and Stony Brook. Providence opponent Yale got 1 vote in the AP poll this week after knocking off UConn last week.
After being ranked among the top 25 teams in the nation a week ago for the first time since March of 2004 the Providence Friars are back on the outside looking in after a 1-1 week with a 6 point win at home against Yale and a 20 point road loss at Kentucky on Sunday. While Providence was ranked 25th in the USA Today Coaches Poll last week the Friars were 4 spots outside the top 25 in the AP Poll. This week’s polls both have Providence receiving votes with the Friars getting 56 votes in the AP poll which is 32 behind 25th ranked Utah and 50 votes in the USA Today Coaches Poll which is 7 behind 25th ranked Illinois.
Following an impressive 5-0 start to the season that concluded with two wins over ACC foes Florida State and Notre Dame at Mohegan Sun over the weekend the Providence Friars have jumped into the 25th spot of the USA Today Coaches Poll for Week 3 of the college basketball season. The Friars had not been receiving votes in any prior USA Today Coaches Polls so this is an impressive accomplishment.
The AP poll came out a few minutes after the USA Today Coaches Poll Monday afternoon and Providence received 63 votes in that poll but that was not enough to crack the top 25. Arkansas is the 25th team in the AP poll and they received 129 votes. Providence is behind Oklahoma (109 votes) and Stanford (80 votes) just outside the top 25. Kevin McNamara of the Providence Journal slotted Providence 23rd in his AP poll vote for this week.
The 25th ranking in the USA Today Coaches Poll is the first time Providence has been ranked in any poll since the 2003-04 season when the Friars finished the year 21st in the AP poll and 19th in the Coaches Poll.
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