Why early season polls don't matter

Kentucky fell from 10th to 13th in the ESPN/USA Today poll this week. This after a dominating win against a East Tennessee State team that made the NCAA tournament last year. But I say, to hell with the polls. Besides, we all know that the only time you need a poll is when you're a fireman, stripper, or in bed with Boogiewoogie. Need proof?

Nine of the top 11 teams in the first AP poll last year finished in top 25 while only 11 of the top 25 finished in the 25.

AP Poll 2009 Week 1 vs Week 19

1	Kansas (55)	0-0	X	1	Kansas (65)	32-2	X
2	Michigan State (5)	0-0	X	2	Kentucky	32-2	X
3	Texas (1)	0-0		3	Duke	29-5	X
4	Kentucky (3)	0-0	X	4	Syracuse	28-4
5	Villanova	0-0	X	5	Ohio State	27-7	X
6	North Carolina (1)	0-0		6	West Virginia	27-6	X
7	Purdue	0-0	X	7	Kansas State	26-7
8	West Virginia	0-0	X	8	New Mexico	29-4
9	Duke	0-0	X	9	Villanova	24-7	X
10	Tennessee	0-0	X	10	Purdue	27-5	X
11	Butler	0-0	X	11	Butler	28-4	X
12	Connecticut	0-0		12	Temple	29-5
13	California	0-0		13	Michigan State	24-8	X
14	Washington	0-0		14	Georgetown	23-10	X
15	Michigan	0-0		15	Tennessee	25-8	X
16	Ohio State	0-0	X	16	Wisconsin	23-8
17	Oklahoma	0-0		17	Brigham Young	29-5
18	Mississippi State	0-0		18	Pittsburgh	24-8
19	Louisville	0-0		19	Baylor	25-7
20	Georgetown	0-0	X	20	Maryland	23-8
21	Dayton	0-0		21	Vanderbilt	24-8
22	Georgia Tech	0-0		22	Gonzaga	26-6
23	Illinois	0-0		23	Texas A&M	23-9
24	Clemson	0-0		24	Richmond	26-8
25	Minnesota	0-0		25	Xavier	24-8

So there you have it. Preseason polls don't mean jack. The top stay in the top and the last 15, well the AP has no clue. With that, this is the top 25 now, with my markers of the teams that I don’t think will finish there by the end of the year.

1	Duke (58)	1-0
2	Michigan State (7)	1-0
3	Kansas State	1-0
4	Ohio State	1-0
5	Pittsburgh	3-0
6	Villanova	1-0
7	Kansas	1-0
8	North Carolina	1-0
9	Florida	1-0	X
10	Syracuse	2-0
11	Gonzaga	2-0
12	Kentucky	1-0
13	Illinois	3-0
14	Purdue	1-0	X
15	Missouri	0-0	X
16	Butler	1-0	X
17	Baylor	1-0	X
17	Washington	1-0
19	Memphis	1-0	X
20	Georgetown	1-0
21	Temple	2-0	X
22	Virginia Tech	1-0
23	Brigham Young	1-0	X
24	Tennessee	1-0
25	San Diego State	1-0	X