The Avenue Top 25 Poll

1.)Duke

2.)North Carolina

3.)Tennessee

4.)Connecticut

5.)Maryland

6.)LSU

7.)Arizona State

8.)Oklahoma

9.)Stanford

10.)Vanderbilt

11.)Ohio State

12.)Georgia

13.)Baylor

14.)Bowling Green

15.)Purdue

16.)George Washington

17.)Middle Tennessee

18.)Texas A & M

19.)Marquette

20.)Louisville

21.)NC State

22.)Wisconsin Green Bay

23.)Rutgers

24.)Michigan State

25.)Montana

Bubble:Nebraska, James Madison, Western Kentucky, Notre Dame, California, Ball State, Pittsburgh

The Avenue Top 25 is compiled through research & reality. While the AP and USA Today/ESPN polls are the accepted polls out there, The Avenue's rankings are based on strength of schedule and the rosters of the teams, the coaching and game performance, not on a popularity contest, name recognition or based on hype.

Week of February 19, 2007