Ferris Mowers Coaches Poll: Where the Vols are ranked

A look at this week’s Ferris Mowers Coaches Poll.

Tennessee (16-7, 9-7 SEC) is not ranked in this week’s Ferris Mowers Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll, powered by USA TODAY Sports.

The Vols are receiving nine votes in this week’s poll.

1 Gonzaga 24-0
2 Michigan 18-1
3 Baylor 18-1
4 Illinois 18-6
5 West Virginia 17-6
5 Alabama 19-6
7 Houston 20-3
8 Iowa 18-7
9 Villanova 15-4
10 Ohio St. 18-7
11 Florida State 14-4
12 Creighton 17-6
13 Arkansas 19-5
14 Kansas 18-8
15 Oklahoma 14-7
16 Texas 14-7
17 Oklahoma State 16-6
18 Texas Tech 15-8
19 Virginia Tech 15-5
20 Virginia 15-6
21 San Diego St. 19-4
22 Loyola-Chicago 21-4
23 Purdue 16-8
24 Southern California 19-6
25 Oregon 16-5

Schools that dropped out

No. 24 Wisconsin

Others receiving votes

Wisconsin 43; Colorado 43; UCLA 25; Brigham Young 25; Wichita St. 21; Maryland 21; Drake 19; Clemson 18; Florida 14; Connecticut 14; Missouri 12; Belmont 11; Tennessee 9; Winthrop 6; North Carolina 6; Rutgers 3; Xavier 2; Louisville 2; Toledo 1; St. Bonaventure 1; Michigan St 1.

The Ferris Mowers Board of Coaches is made up of 32 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the National Association of Basketball Coaches. The board for the 2020-21 season: Randy Bennett, Saint Mary’s; Jim Boeheim, Syracuse; Glenn Braica, St. Francis (N.Y.); Scott Drew, Baylor; Matt Driscoll, North Florida; Baker Dunleavy, Quinnipiac; John Gallagher, Hartford; Michael Huger, Bowling Green; Ron Hunter, Tulane; George Ivory, Arkansas-Pine Bluff; Ben Jacobson, Northern Iowa; Chris Jans, New Mexico State; Rob Jeter, Western Illinois; James Jones, Yale; Greg Kampe, Oakland; Shantay Legans, Eastern Washington; Grant McCasland, North Texas; Mike McConathy, Northwestern State; Robert McCullum, Florida A&M; Greg McDermott, Creighton; Matt McMahon, Murray State; Wes Miller, UNC-Greensboro; Dan Monson, Long Beach State; Chris Mooney, Richmond; Nate Oats, Alabama; T.J. Otzelberger, UNLV; Matt Painter, Purdue; Brett Reed, Lehigh; Tubby Smith, High Point; Zach Spiker, Drexel; Wayne Tinkle, Oregon State; Darrell Walker, Arkansas-Little Rock

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