r/NCAAW Boston University Terriers •… Nov 21 '24

2024-25 NCAAW Mid-Major+ User Poll Top 20: Week 3 User Poll

This is not the main NCAAW user poll, for that poll go here

Top 20 rankings of teams in all conferences excluding the ACC, B10, B12, BE & SEC

The "+" in the poll name is a nod to the varied usage of the term "mid-major", as there are teams in this poll sometimes discussed as outliers, high or low majors etc. and the scope of this poll includes ALL teams outside of the 5 conferences mentioned above. Mid-Major is not an official term used by the NCAA and is not interpreted the same by all. The primary purpose of this poll is for starting conversations about the teams themselves, not the concept of a mid-major. Remember have fun and be courteous to others!

# Team (1st votes) Score

1 Richmond (1) 150

2 South Dakota St (6) 149

3 Saint Joseph’s 134

4 Middle Tennessee 123

5 Ball St 94

6 UNLV 85

7 Drake 80

8 Harvard 79

9 Quinnipiac (1) 74

10 George Mason 65

11 Columbia 57

12 Norfolk St 53

13 Fairfield 46

14 Belmont 42

14 FGCU 42

16 Gonzaga 41

17 Boise St 35

18 Duquesne 31

19 James Madison 29

20 Princeton 26

Others Receiving Votes:

N. Iowa 25, Colorado St 20, Grand Canyon 19, Southern Indiana 18, South Florida 15, Washington St 15, Stephen F. Austin 14, Montana St 13, Texas A&M-CC 13, Navy 11, Drexel 10, Georgia Southern 9, Coastal Carolina 8, Rice 8, Albany 7, Portland 7, Old Dominion 6, Charleston 5, Cleveland St 5, Liberty 5, Murray St 5, Tennessee Tech 5, Temple 2

Dropped from top 20: Colorado St, N. Iowa, South Florida, Washington St

8 voters this week

Last week's poll

Additional comments from voters:

"Southern Indiana, South Florida, Colorado State, Boise State, and James Madison are my next out (in no particular order)"

"Interested to see how FGCU is viewed after their coaching change this week"

"21. Columbia 22. Liberty 23. South Florida 24. Gonzaga 25. Rice 26. Princeton 27. Colorado St 28. Portland 29. James Madison 30. VCU 31. Southern Indiana 32. Missouri St"

11 Upvotes

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u/TallLatvianLad Boston University Terriers •… Nov 21 '24

Your eyes do not deceive you, while South Dakota St received the most 1st place votes for Week 3, Richmond actually outranked them by being a consensus higher ranked team overall amongst all voters.

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u/funfossa Iowa Hawkeyes Nov 21 '24

Someone must really hate the Jackrabbits. Something tells me UNI will be ranked next week.

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u/TallLatvianLad Boston University Terriers •… Nov 21 '24

The lowest they were ranked was 8th by one voter, so they were on all ballots, but for this week it was enough for the 1 point ranking difference between them and Richmond.

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u/DSmooth425 Nov 21 '24

UNI looked so poised in that 2nd half

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u/TallLatvianLad Boston University Terriers •… Nov 21 '24 edited Nov 21 '24

Today saw a couple of important wins for teams in the Top 20 or receiving votes: George Mason over Wake Forest, Northern Iowa over Iowa St and Albany over Syracuse. Also of note is Northern Arizona who did not receive votes this week, but came up with a big win over Arizona.

Here are a few notable games Thu-Sun for teams from the top 20 (in bold):

Thu 11/21: Cornell @ Quinnipiac, Belmont @ Duke, Rice @ Gonzaga, Boise St vs San Francisco, Princeton @ Seton Hall

Fri 11/22: Saint Joseph's @ Utah, Oklahoma @ UNLV

Sat 11/23: SDSU vs Georgia Tech, Ball St vs North Carolina (Battle for Atlantis), Harvard @ Northwestern, Columbia vs Indiana (Battle for Atlantis), FGCU vs Georgetown

Sun 11/24: Ball St vs Texas A&M or Villanova, Drake @ Iowa St, Harvard @ Illinois St, Quinnipiac @ Maine, Columbia vs Baylor or Southern Mississippi, FGCU vs Cincinnati, Gonzaga @ New Mexico, Princeton @ Rutgers

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u/JetsFan2003 UAlbany Great Danes Nov 21 '24

Wonder how much Albany will rise next poll after beating Syracuse tonight

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u/Nbafan_90 Nov 21 '24

As a St Joes alum, I am still not thrilled about our out of conference schedule lacking any Top 25 / RV teams. Utah is essentially our big one left and even winning that won’t get on the Top 25 radar IMO. I fear if we don’t outright win the A10 tournament title, we will go back to NIT again due to it. Not thrilled w our AD at all..

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u/woollygummybear Minnesota Golden Gophers Nov 22 '24

hmm I had Oral Roberts in my preseason poll; might be time to bring them back!