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Monday, February 27, 2006
Poll day
As usual, the first poll out is the Mid-Major Top 25, which has Bucknell back in the No. 2 spot after wins over Lehigh and Army and stumbles by Northern Iowa, George Mason and Western Kentucky.

George Mason dropped to No. 3 with a loss to Hofstra. Northern Iowa, last week's No. 3, fell all the way to No. 10 after losing two in a row following their BracketBusters double overtime win over Bucknell. Western Kentucky, which lost to Middle Tennessee last week, drops from No. 4 to No. 6.

No room at the inn for Mid Majors in the AP and Coaches Top 25 polls. George Mason dropped out of both polls. The only new team in either is 19-8 Wisconsin, which moved into the coaches top 25 on the strength of a 1-1 week that started with a double-digits loss to 13-13 Northwestern, which sits in 10th place in the 11-team Big Ten.

Bucknell is the defacto No. 27 in that poll, second behind Nevada in the others receiving votes category. In the AP Poll, Nevada holds on to the No. 25 spot it shared with George Mason last week. Bucknell also second in others receiving, behind Marquette. No. 25 in the AP poll goes to 19-9 Michigan State, which is ranked even higher (No. 23) in the coaches poll despite losing four of its last five games.
Published at 11:18 AM by Hoop Time.
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