Gopher Nation Rankings

I have a couple of personal rankings for my loyal readership. I have been giving you the GN Big Ten Power Poll most weeks, but I have also been participating in a blogger top 25 every week and I have not been very good at showing my rankings. Here are both for this week...

GN Big Ten Power Poll - for a couple weeks Minnesota has been entrenched at #6, but their grip on the best of the worst is slipping. Losing at home to the Illini hurts but so does Michigan beating Ohio State and Penn State beating Illinois. Those teams come to town this week so we can solidify that coveted 6 seed in the B10 Tourney (#6 gets to play Northwestern in the opening round).

1	Purdue
2	Wisconsin
3	Indiana
4	Michigan State
5	Ohio State
6	Minnesota
7	Michigan
8	Penn State
9	Iowa
10	Illinois
11	Northwestern

GN NCAA Top 25 - I didn't really fault Duke for their loss to Wake Forest as it still only gives them 2 losses on the season. So just because they lost their second game now instead of earlier I don't know that it should really penalize them. Purdue and Connecticut keep moving up with their recent hotness while Michigan State and Texas A&M dropped with their recent week.

1	Memphis
2	Duke
3	Tennessee
4	North Carolina
5	Kansas
6	Texas
7	UCLA
8	Xavier
9	Wisconsin
10	Connecticut
11	Purdue
12	Georgetown
13	Stanford
14	Indiana
15	Butler
16	Louisville
17	Michigan St.
18	Drake
19	Kansas St.
20	Brigham Young
21	Washington St.
22	Notre Dame
23	Marquette
24	St. Mary's
25	Texas A&M

I know that commenting is rare here at Gopher Nation, but I would love some feedback particularly on the top 25.