Welcome to the Big East Basketball Power Rankings. Every week from now through the end of the regular season the editors of SB Nation's Big East blogs will cast their vote in an attempt to measure the current state of the Big East. The results are below. This feature runs on Mondays, in theory.
Once again there is no question about the top team in the league -- Syracuse has a stranglehold on the No. 1 spot and with Fab Melo back in the fold its tough to picture the Orange slipping very far. Georgetown took a strong hold on the second spot, and Marquette slipped to third somehow staying above Notre Dame despite getting pounded by the Irish 76-59.
But the team that really interests me is Pittsburgh. They were 16th two weeks ago, but then Travon Woodall returned from injury and the Panthers have caught fire. Pico from Rumble in the Garden said it was like watching an NBA team pull off a lopsided mid-season trade, and he's not wrong.
Homer of the Week No one was blatant enough to earn this, though Voodoo Five and Cardiac Hill both came dangerously close by listing their teams at 8. Still, those are respectable rankings confirmed by other voters, but it all feels a bit fishy to me. Hater of the Week goes to anyone who thinks Marquette should be ranked higher than Notre Dame. To be fair to Casual Hoya and On The Banks, they submitted their ballots early this week so they have an excuse. No one else does.
We'll see you back here next week.
1. Syracuse (12) (23-1, 10-1): 192 points -- Last week: 1
2. Georgetown (18-4, 8-3): 179 points -- Last week: 3
3. Marquette (19-5, 8-3): 162 points -- Last week: 2
4. Notre Dame (15-8, 7-3): 161 points -- Last week: 4
5. Louisville (18-5, 6-4): 142 points -- Last week: 6
6. West Virginia (16-8, 6-5): 128 points -- Last week: 5
7. Cincinnati (16-7, 6-4): 118 points -- Last week: 8
8. UConn (15-7, 5-5): 112 points -- Last week: 7
9. South Florida (13-10, 6-4): 92 points -- Last week: 9
10. Pittsburgh (15-9, 4-7): 88 points -- Last week: 14
11. Seton Hall (15-8, 4-7): 71 points -- Last week: 10
12. Rutgers (12-12, 4-7): 56 points -- Last week: 11
13. Villanova (10-12, 3-7): 53 points -- Last week: 12
14. St. John's (10-13, 4-7): 43 points -- Last week: 13
15. DePaul (11-11, 2-8): 19 points -- Last week: 15
16. Providence (13-11, 2-9): 17 points -- Last week: 16
Individual ballots are after the jump.
Anonymous Eagle
1. Syracuse
2. Georgetown
3. Notre Dame
4. Marquette
5. Louisville
6. West Virginia
7. Cincinnati
8. South Florida
9. UConn
10. Seton Hall
11. Rutgers
12. Pittsburgh
13. St. John's
14. Villanova
15. Providence
16. DePaul
Big East Coast Bias
1. Syracuse
2. Georgetown
3. Notre Dame
4. Marquette
5. Louisville
6. West Virginia
7. UConn
8. Cincinnati
9. South Florida
10. Pittsburgh
11. Seton Hall
12. Villanova
13. Rutgers
14. St. John's
15. DePaul
16. Providence
Card Chronicle
1. Syracuse
2. Georgetown
3. Marquette
4. Notre Dame
5. Louisville
6. Cincinnati
7. West Virginia
8. UConn
9. South Florida
10. Pittsburgh
11. Rutgers
12. Seton Hall
13. Villanova
14. St. John's
15. Providence
16. DePaul
Cardiac Hill
1. Syracuse
2. Georgetown
3. Marquette
4. Louisville
5. Notre Dame
6. Cincinnati
7. UConn
8. Pittsburgh
9. West Virginia
10. South Florida
11. Villanova
12. Seton Hall
13. St. John's
14. Rutgers
15. Providence
16. DePaul
Casual Hoya
1. Syracuse
2. Georgetown
3. Marquette
4. West Virginia
5. Notre Dame
6. Louisville
7. Cincinnati
8. Pittsburgh
9. UConn
10. South Florida
11. Seton Hall
12. Rutgers
13. St. John's
14. Villanova
15. DePaul
16. Providence
On The Banks
1. Syracuse
2. Georgetown
3. Marquette
4. Notre Dame
5. West Virginia
6. Cincinnati
7. Louisville
8. UConn
9. South Florida
10. Villanova
11. Pittsburgh
12. Rutgers
13. Seton Hall
14. St. John's
15. DePaul
16. Providence
One Foot Down
1. Syracuse
2. Georgetown
3. Notre Dame
4. Marquette
5. Louisville
6. Cincinnati
7. UConn
8. West Virginia
9. Pittsburgh
10. South Florida
11. Rutgers
12. Seton Hall
13. St. John's
14. Villanova
15. DePaul
16. Providence
Rumble in the Garden
1. Syracuse
2. Marquette
3. Georgetown
4. Notre Dame
5. Louisville
6. West Virginia
7. UConn
8. Pittsburgh
9. Cincinnati
10. South Florida
11. Seton Hall
12. Villanova
13. Rutgers
14. St. John's
15. Providence
16. DePaul
The Smoking Musket
1. Syracuse
2. Georgetown
3. Notre Dame
4. Marquette
5. Louisville
6. West Virginia
7. UConn
8. Cincinnati
9. Seton Hall
10. South Florida
11. Villanova
12. Pittsburgh
13. St. John's
14. Rutgers
15. DePaul
16. Providence
Troy Nunes is an Absolute Magician
1. Syracuse
2. Georgetown
3. Notre Dame
4. Marquette
5. Louisville
6. UConn
7. Cincinnati
8. West Virginia
9. South Florida
10. Seton Hall
11. Pittsburgh
12. Rutgers
13. St. John's
14. Villanova
15. Providence
16. DePaul
TheUConnBlog
1. Syracuse
2. Georgetown
3. Notre Dame
4. Marquette
5. Louisville
6. West Virginia
7. UConn
8. Pittsburgh
9. Cincinnati
10. South Florida
11. Seton Hall
12. Villanova
13. Rutgers
14. St. John's
15. DePaul
16. Providence
Voodoo Five
1. Syracuse
2. Georgetown
3. Notre Dame
4. Marquette
5. West Virginia
6. Louisville
7. Cincinnati
8. South Florida
9. Pittsburgh
10. UConn
11. Seton Hall
12. Rutgers
13. St. Johns
14. Villanova
15. DePaul
16. Providence