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Utah State struggling to garner respect in polls despite being undefeated – Cache Valley Daily

Max Shulga. Photo by Lorene Hale LOGAN — Utah State is one of seven undefeated men’s basketball teams in Division I and moved up to 12 in the latest NCAA NET rankings. Three of those unbeaten teams make up the top three of the AP and Coaches polls – Purdue, Virginia and UConn – with Mississippi State coming in at No. 17 in the AP Poll and No. 20 in the Coaches Poll. The Aggies (alongside fellow undefeated Mountain West teams UNLV and New Mexico) remain in the “others receiving votes” category. It’s been a struggle for USU to receive recognition for its success despite being on the cusp of setting a program record for best start to a basketball season. A few weeks back the Aggies made their AP Poll debut by getting one 25th-place vote from Brian Holland of WVLA-TV/WGMB-TV (Louisiana) in the Week 3 poll published on Nov. 21. But despite defeating Oral Roberts the day after the poll released and not losing a game going into the Thanksgiving day break, Holland took the Aggies off his ballot and has yet to put them back on. Three weeks later in the Week 6 poll published on Monday,

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