AP top 25

[LA_Mustang]

Okie St could come into Moody on Nov 29th as a top 5 team. They are ranked #7 in the preseason poll and I looked at their schedule.....they will be 3-0 coming to Dallas. We need to sell that game out. Let the big-time Texas recruits going to OSU next year, and that's damn near the top five players in Texas, know that they should've looked at SMU a little closer. We need a great crowd and a lot of students at Moody Nov 29th.

Other notables: UTEP got seven votes and believe it or not, Rice received 2....hummm.
Only one non-BSC conference school made the top 25- #25 Gonzaga. (I already consider Louisville and Pitt as being in the Big East)

[Cheesesteak]

I agree, SMU needs to do everything possible to pack Moody Coliseum when OSU comes to the Hilltop.

Win or lose, big-time college basketball atmosphere in Moody would be an important step forward for SMU athletics in 2004-05.

[PonySnob]

Win or lose, big-time college basketball atmosphere in Moody would be an important step forward for SMU athletics in 2004-05.

We need to keep the game competitive. It doesn't do any good to play a team like OSU if you get your [deleted] handed to you like we did last year. That blow-out loss on national TV did absolutely nothing to help the program last year.

[EastStang]

DePaul is not BCS, but like Louisville they will be in the Big East next year.

[stang_fan]

Being a basketball affiliate is much easier because in basketball anyone can win the national title or at least compete to win a national title. You don't have to be one of about 20 schools that are allowed to win it.