Big Red Rankings

Several college basketball websites are publishing preseason rankings in the form of a daily or weekly countdown to No. 1.

CollegeHoopsNet.com (CHN) is counting down the Top 144 teams in Division I in 144 days. Last season, CHN ranked Cornell No. 89 . Cornell was the only Ivy to crack the ranking. Thus far, CHN has ranked some of the following teams, many of which come from major conferences.

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95. St. Joseph's (Cornell '09-'10 opponent)
96. Alabama (Cornell '09-'10 opponent)

98. Providence
100. Houston
103. Texas Christian

107. Nebraska
109. Indiana
110. Binghamton
114. Rutgers
115. Temple
117. Southern Illinois
119. NC State
120. USC
123. Iowa
126. Charlotte
129. Wyoming
130. Texas Tech
131. Holy Cross
133. Vermont (Cornell '09-'10 opponent)
134. Rhode Island
139. South Florida
141. Washington St.

In other rankings, Bleacher Report's George Barnette is counting down 65 Teams in 65 Days, as the nation's best teams headed into 2009-2010. Cornell is ranked No. 52 on the Bleacher Report.

MidMajorMadness.com (MMM) is counting down and ranking the nation's 344 Division I teams for the 2009-2010 season. Thus far, MMM has ranked teams Nos. 344 to 254. Potential Cornell opponents on the 2009-2010 schedule already ranked include:

330. Toledo
329. Dartmouth
308. Bryant
307. Brown
291. Columbia
283. Bucknell
262. Penn