March 2018
Problem of the Month

Women's Basketball Polls



Shown below are the 2018 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings for Week 15 (Feb. 12) by the AP Poll and the USA Today Coaches Poll.   The polls show the top 25 teams with their records and the number of points from the voters.   The points are based on 25 points for a first place vote, 24 points for a second place vote, ... through one point for a 25th-place vote.   Connecticut received all the first place votes from the voters for a perfect score of 800 in both polls.

But I wondered how the voters voted for the second place team, Mississippi State.   Give all the possibilities that could have happened so that Mississippi state received 765 points in the AP Poll and 766 points in the USA Today Poll.



Hint: You must first determine the number of voters in each poll.




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