03-03-2020, 09:54 AM
New ITA rankings are out, and Stanford dropped from 6th to 9th. Why, you ask? Well, we didn't play anyone this past weekend, so other teams had an opportunity to add a good countable win for rankings purposes. Why didn't we have anyone scheduled? That's a better question. This year's schedule is as light as I've ever seen from this team, so either we had some tentative scheduling agreements that fell apart, there were some miscommunications, or Lele decided this team needed a lighter schedule to be fresh for NCAAs and that she was gambling on sweeping through the Pac-12 again to ensure home playoff dates through the first three rounds.
Anyway, here's the new top 25, as well as the teams on our schedule in the top 50:
1. UNC
2. Ohio State (+3)
3. UCLA (+5) (L)
4. FSU (-2)
5. N.C. State (-2)
6. Texas (-2) (W, away)
7. Georgia (+2)
8. Georgia Tech (+2) (W)
9. Stanford (-3)
10. UVA (+3)
11. Duke (-4)
12. Oklahoma State (+2)
13. Princeton (-2)
14. Wake Forest (-2)
15. Michigan (+1) (W)
16. Pepperdine (+1)
17. Vanderbilt (+3)
18. UCF (+7)
19. Arizona State (+7)
20. Miami (-2)
21. Wisconsin (+1)
22. South Carolina (+8)
23. Syracuse (+21)
24. Notre Dame (-9)
25. LSU (+11)
30. Washington (-2)
37. USC (-6)
39. Washington State (+4) (W)
44. Utah (+1)
T50. UCSB (up from NR)
Cal continues to be unranked, and USC's fall continues. Around the Pac-12, here's what we saw last weekend while Stanford was idle:
* UCLA beat USC 5-2 on USC's courts and then followed it up with a 4-3 home win over Pepperdine. A great weekend for the Bruins.
* After losing to UCLA, USC beat Loyola Marymount 4-2. Looks like USC has some key injuries, which might explain why that scoreline was as close as it was.
* Oregon beat Fresno State 4-3 to move to 7-5 on the year (they've beaten some bad teams and lost to both good and bad teams; Oregon is still bad)
* Arizona beat San Francisco and Montana to get to 7-5 on the year.
* ASU lost 4-3 to a good Texas Tech team in Tempe and followed it up with a sweep over overmatched Cal Poly.
* UW was also idle
* WSU lost 4-3 at San Diego and then beat UCSB 4-2 on USD's courts.
* Colorado lost 6-1 to Denver and then beat Minnesota 4-1.
* Utah beat BYU and Boise State. Shrug.
* Cal beat San Diego State 7-0. Shrug.
In short, nothing changed my view of the conference that it's UCLA at the top, then Stanford, and then a gap, and then a muddled mess of USC, Cal, ASU, UW, WSU, and maybe Utah.
Anyway, here's the new top 25, as well as the teams on our schedule in the top 50:
1. UNC
2. Ohio State (+3)
3. UCLA (+5) (L)
4. FSU (-2)
5. N.C. State (-2)
6. Texas (-2) (W, away)
7. Georgia (+2)
8. Georgia Tech (+2) (W)
9. Stanford (-3)
10. UVA (+3)
11. Duke (-4)
12. Oklahoma State (+2)
13. Princeton (-2)
14. Wake Forest (-2)
15. Michigan (+1) (W)
16. Pepperdine (+1)
17. Vanderbilt (+3)
18. UCF (+7)
19. Arizona State (+7)
20. Miami (-2)
21. Wisconsin (+1)
22. South Carolina (+8)
23. Syracuse (+21)
24. Notre Dame (-9)
25. LSU (+11)
30. Washington (-2)
37. USC (-6)
39. Washington State (+4) (W)
44. Utah (+1)
T50. UCSB (up from NR)
Cal continues to be unranked, and USC's fall continues. Around the Pac-12, here's what we saw last weekend while Stanford was idle:
* UCLA beat USC 5-2 on USC's courts and then followed it up with a 4-3 home win over Pepperdine. A great weekend for the Bruins.
* After losing to UCLA, USC beat Loyola Marymount 4-2. Looks like USC has some key injuries, which might explain why that scoreline was as close as it was.
* Oregon beat Fresno State 4-3 to move to 7-5 on the year (they've beaten some bad teams and lost to both good and bad teams; Oregon is still bad)
* Arizona beat San Francisco and Montana to get to 7-5 on the year.
* ASU lost 4-3 to a good Texas Tech team in Tempe and followed it up with a sweep over overmatched Cal Poly.
* UW was also idle
* WSU lost 4-3 at San Diego and then beat UCSB 4-2 on USD's courts.
* Colorado lost 6-1 to Denver and then beat Minnesota 4-1.
* Utah beat BYU and Boise State. Shrug.
* Cal beat San Diego State 7-0. Shrug.
In short, nothing changed my view of the conference that it's UCLA at the top, then Stanford, and then a gap, and then a muddled mess of USC, Cal, ASU, UW, WSU, and maybe Utah.