College Basketball Top 50: Indiana's Debut
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December 4th Top 50 Ranking
by Shawn Siegel: Collegehoops.net Editor
| Team | Record | Last | Pre. | |
| 1 | 8-0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2 | 8-0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 3 | 8-0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 4 | 6-2* | 5 | 1 | |
| 5 | 7-1* | 3 | 5 | |
| 6 | 7-0 | 6 | 6 | |
| 7 | 7-1 | 8 | 8 | |
| 8 | 6-0 | 9 | 12 | |
| 9 |
Baylor
 |
6-0 | 15 | 25 |
| 10 | 5-2* | 7 | 7 | |
| 11 | 7-0 | 13 | 23 | |
| 12 | 7-0 | 17 | 30 | |
| 13 | 7-1* | 11 | 24 | |
| 14 | 5-2 | 12 | 13 | |
| 15 | 7-1 | 19 | 9 | |
| 16 | 6-2** | 10 | 16 | |
| 17 | Creighton | 7-0 | 22 | 39 |
| 18 | 5-1* | 16 | 21 | |
| 19 | 8-1* | 18 | 34 | |
| 20 | 6-2* | 14 | 19 | |
| 21 | 6-1 | 20 | 14 | |
| 22 | Mississippi St | 8-1 | 27 | 35 |
| 23 | 8-0 | 30 | 46 | |
| 24 | 4-2 | 24 | 11 | |
| 25 |
Harvard
|
8-0 | 31 | NA |
| 26 | Michigan State | 6-2 | 25 | 28 |
| 27 | Cleveland St | 8-1 | 33 | NA |
| 28 | 7-2* | 23 | 32 | |
| 29 | 5-0 | 40 | 49 | |
| 30 | 6-2 | 35 | 20 | |
| 31 |
St Louis |
7-1* | 34 | NA |
| 32 |
San Diego St |
8-2* | 41 | NA |
| 33 |
Georgetown |
7-1 | NA | NA |
| 34 |
Stanford |
8-1 | 53 | NA |
| 35 | California | 6-2* | 32 | 29 |
| 36 | 5-2 | 42 | 33 | |
| 37 | 5-2 | 44 | 45 | |
| 38 | 5-3** | 21 | 10 | |
| 39 | 4-2 | 37 | 22 | |
| 40 | 5-2 | 46 | 44 | |
| 41 | 8-0 | NA | NA | |
| 42 | 5-3* | 28 | 18 | |
| 43 | 5-1 | 47 | 48 | |
| 44 | 6-2 | 50 | 27 | |
| 45 | Villanova | 5-2 | 48 | 37 |
| 46 |
Marshall |
5-1* | 29 | 42 |
| 47 | 4-2* | 26 | 26 | |
| 48 |
Miami |
5-2* | 36 | 36 |
| 49 | 4-2* | 38 | 41 | |
| 50 |
Northwestern
|
7-1* | 39 | NA |
* = lost this week
last = last week's ranking
pre. = preseason ranking
Next Five: Charleston (7-1), St. Mary's (5-1), Minnesota (8-1), Virginia (7-1), Murray St (9-0)
Preseason Top 50 Drop Outs
| Week | Pre | |||
| 5-4** | 4 | 38 | ||
|
Weber St |
5-1* | 4 | NA | |
| Virginia Tech | 5-3** | 4 | NA | |
| 5-2 | 3 | 17 | ||
| 4-4* | 3 | 31 | ||
| Saint Mary's | 5-1 | 3 | 47 | |
| 2-5* | 2 | 15 | ||
| 6-2 | 2 | 40 | ||
| Drexel | 2-4** | 2 | 43 | |
| 5-3 | 2 | 50 |
week = week dropped out of Top 50
During the season, don't forget to check out the CHN Top 50 Power Ranking every Sunday night! Check out past week's rankings and this week's AP Top 25.
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