Xavier is #30 in the initial NET rankings

Huzzah!The NCAA has released the first iteration of the NET rankings for the season, and your Xavier Musketeers are just outside the top 25 at 30th. As the NET is more of a sorting tool than a ranking one (if that makes any sense), the ranking of your opponents is probably at least as important as your own. Xavier has 8 opponents so far this season, and they've all held up as expected (with one happy exception).

That exception is Iowa State, Xavier's only loss of the year. They've jumped from 232nd in the preseason to 20th today, turning that from a Q4 loss for X into a Q1 one. Xavier is 3-1 in the top quadrant, with wins over OSU, a different OSU, and Va Tech to go with that lone loss.…