St. John's Slips In National Polls After Opening Week

 

St. John's warming up before the season opener on November 3rd. Photo by Jason Schott.

The St. John's Red Storm, after the opening week in the season, came in No. 13 in both of the two major polls, dropping eight spots in the came AP Poll released on Monday, and seven in the USA Today Coaches Poll.

St. John's won the opener on Monday, November 3, over Quinnipiac, 108-74, at Carnesecca Arena. They dropped their second game, 103-96, to Alabama, at Madison Square Garden Saturday afternoon.

AP TOP 25 MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL POLL (released November 10):

RANKING - TEAM - RECORD - POINTS - FIRST-PLACE VOTES:

1. Houston - 2-0 - 1462 - 18

2. Purdue 2-0 - 1459 - 36

3. UConn - 2-0 - 1361 - 3

4. Duke - 2-0 - 1223 - 2

5. Arizona - 2-0 - 1204

6. Michigan - 1-0 - 1121 - 1

7. BYU - 2-0 - 1111

8. Alabama - 2-0 - 1087 - 1

9. Kentucky - 2-0 - 1072

10. Florida - 1-1 - 990

11. Texas Tech - 2-0 - 969

12. Louisville - 2-0 - 856

13. St. John's - 1-1 - 812

14. Illinois - 2-0 - 610

15. UCLA - 2-0 - 609

16. Iowa State - 2-0 - 605

17. Michigan State - 2-0 - 557

18. North Carolina - 2-0  - 494

19. Gonzaga - 2-0 - 466

20. Tennessee - 2-0 - 456

21. Arkansas - 1-1 - 324

22. Auburn - 2-0 - 207

23. Creighton - 1-0 - 153

24. Wisconsin - 2-0 - 140

25. Kansas - 1-1 - 130

RECEIVED VOTES: NC State (87, San Diego State (67), Indiana (45), Oregon (43), Vanderbilt (37), Ohio State (17), Baylor (14), USC (12), Kansas State (5), Ole Miss (4), Missouri (4), Mississippi State (3), Georgia (2), Iowa (1), Utah State (1), Virginia Tech (1), Texas (1), Oklahoma State (1), Georgetown (1), Stanford (1).

USA TODAY SPORTS COACHES POLL (released November 10):

RANKING - TEAM - RECORD - POINTS - FIRST-PLACE VOTES:

1. Purdue 2-0 - 749 - 21

2. Houston - 2-0 - 746 - 7

3. UConn - 2-0 - 682 

4. Duke - 2-0 - 661 - 1

5. Michigan - 1-0 - 582

6. Arizona - 2-0 - 574

7. BYU - 2-0 - 544

8. Kentucky - 2-0 - 537

9. Alabama - 2-0 - 532

10. Florida - 1-1 - 507

11. Texas Tech - 2-0 - 454

12. Louisville - 2-0 - 430

13. St. John's - 1-1 - 384

14. Illinois - 2-0 - 379

15. UCLA - 2-0 - 324

16. Iowa State - 2-0 - 292

17. Michigan State - 2-0 - 288

18. Tennessee - 2-0 - 282

19. Gonzaga - 2-0 - 249

20. North Carolina - 2-0 - 225

21. Arkansas - 1-1 - 135

22. Wisconsin - 2-0 - 100

23. Creighton - 1-0 - 92

24. Kansas - 1-1 - 82

25. Auburn - 2-0 - 48

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Vanderbilt (31), Oregon (26), Baylor (25), Indiana (24), NC State (23), Virginia (14), San Diego State (10), Ole Miss (8), USC (6), Missouri (5), Georgetown (5), Clemson (5), Saint Mary's (4), Georgia (4), Iowa (3), Ohio State (2), Texas (1), Kansas State (1).