UP Top 5 in the nation this morning

Sandwiched between Duke and Louisville, according to the Premium side of Jerry Palm's www.collegerpi.com.
Here's a copy/paste of the Top 10. A LOT of basketball yet to be played, but nicely done by the Pilots thus far.

Edited to add: This can also be found this morning via Palm's non-Premium site -- which has Monday morning updates.
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2009-2010 RPI

Records reflect games against Division I opponents only.
Click on team name for schedule and results. Clickable column headings will sort by that column.

Last updated Mon Nov 23 2009, 6:57 AM

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RPI Data SOS Polls
Rank School W-L RPI W L Pct OWP OOWP Rank Rating AP USA
1 UNLV 2-0 0.8958 1.2 0.0 1.0000 1.0000 (1) 0.5833 2 0.8611
2 LSU 3-0 0.8137 1.8 0.0 1.0000 0.8889 (23) 0.4769 14 0.7515
3 CS Fullerton 1-0 0.8125 1.4 0.0 1.0000 1.0000 (1) 0.2500 15 0.7500
3 Duke 4-0 0.8125 2.4 0.0 1.0000 0.7500 (53) 0.7500 15 0.7500 9 8
5 Portland 3-0 0.7743 2.6 0.0 1.0000 0.7222 (71) 0.6528 28 0.6991
6 Louisville 3-0 0.7660 2.2 0.0 1.0000 0.7778 (49) 0.5083 32 0.6880 20 22
7 Coastal Carolina 2-1 0.7513 1.6 0.6 0.7273 0.8333 (31) 0.6111 12 0.7593
8 St. John's 3-0 0.7509 2.6 0.0 1.0000 0.6667 (79) 0.6704 45 0.6679
9 Maryland 3-0 0.7500 1.8 0.0 1.0000 0.6667 (79) 0.6667 46 0.6667 25
10 DePaul 2-1 0.7476 1.6 1.0 0.6154 1.0000 (1) 0.3750 6 0.7917

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I'll agree with you on the "lots of basketball yet to be played" comment, GoZags.

I'll also say that in the 8 years I've followed Pilot basketball (from my first game as a student to now), this is going to be one hell of a fun season...the most fun I've had in a while, for damn sure.

I don't care how early in the season it is. I will get excited about a top five ranking. In fact, I shall drink to it!

Huh...So there's the rank on the left, and then it says rank on the right in parenthisis as well 5. and (71). What is # 71???

I'll use this as an excuse for a beer, but, I'm not sure what I'm drinking to... I'd rather toast a win over Gonzaga. I think we can take them at home.

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Realtime RPI also has us @ #5. I'm not sure if it will hold up, but, I like it. We're now favorites over UCLA.

http://www.realtimerpi.com/