Rankings- 12-7-11

RPI

1) Davidson 12
2) College of Charleston 85
3) Elon 133
4) Wofford 151
5) Furman 167
6) Western Carolina 219
7) Georgia Southern 285
8) Samford 311
9) Appalachian State 318
10) The Citadel 324
11) UNC-Greensboro 327
12) Chattanooga 329

SoCon Rank: 28

KenPom

1) Davidson 72
2) College of Charleston 109
3) Elon 201
4) Wofford 202
5) Appalachian State 227
6) Furman 234
7) Western Carolina 248
8) Chattanooga 254
9) Georgia Southern 266
10) UNC-Greensboro 295
11) Samford 296
12) The Citadel 309

Sagarin

1) Davidson 33
2) College of Charleston 81
3) Wofford 171
4) Elon 177
5) Furman 203
6) Western Carolina 235
7) Georgia Southern 265
8) Appalachian State 284
9) Samford 301
10) Chattanooga 306
11) UNC-Greensboro 331
12) The Citadel 332

SoCon Rank: 27

ANALYSIS

This is before Wednesday night's games. The biggest problem I see is the SoCon's rank. Really? 27th? 28th? C'mon Socon! I expect more from you than that! Of course, it is still really early in the year, but we are starting to see some trends develop in these rankings. First of all, to date, UNCG, The Citadel, and Chattanooga have probably been the worst teams. Samford is not far off from there. Davidson is the best team, followed  by College of Charleston, with Wofford and Elon battling it out for the third and fourth spots.

It's interesting to look at these things as they continue to develop. With each passing day, Sagarin and KenPom rely more and more on this year's games only and less and less on last year's games. This year's games are becoming more and more important- which is why you see the Mocs sinking like a rock to the bottom of the standings (they have not been good so far).

Furman has been better than expected, and these rankings bear that out too.

Very interesting.