CUSA-fans.com presents the Conference USA Basketball Power 5, a weekly-updated ranking of the top 5 basketball teams in Conference USA as voted on by the CUSA-fans.com staff. Like the Top 25 polls, 5 points are awarded for a 1st place vote and 1 for a 5th place vote.
All comments, records and RPI rankings are current going into 01.03 games.
updated 01.03.06
Rank
Team
Points
Record
RPI
Comments
1
Memphis
15
11-2
2
While the loss to #2 Texas will hurt Memphis in the next set of national polls, they're not in any danger of losing their #1 ranking in C-USA.
2
Houston
11
7-3
39
The Cougars have three straight wins and are 5-3 against the RPI Top 150.
3
UAB
10
9-3
40
Five straight wins and a W over Ok State is the good news. Losing senior forward
Demario Eddins is very bad news.
4
UTEP
6
7-4
213
Losses to Georgetown and Texas Tech are not bad, but it would have been nice to see a W in one of the two games.
5
SMU
3
7-4
240
After a 1-2 start SMU has won 6 of 8 games. While the Mustangs will not likely compete for a conference title, they do appear to be one of the better teams in the middle class of the Conference USA.