NCAA Basketball Rankings - 19 Feb

This is the final week of the regular season for many conferences, so the tournament is right around the corner, and the team that played the best this week was Penn State, who faced two top 10 opponents, beating Ohio State by 23, then falling just short against Purdue on the road yesterday. The strong showing allowed the Nittany Lions to vault into the top 25, though they still have work to do to get into the tournament. Here are this week's full rankings, with projected conference champs in bold, at-large teams underlined, and teams whose in/out status changed in italics:

				Record
TW	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	MOV	SOS
1	1	Villanova	-22.73	24	3	2	4
2	3	Duke	-21.43	22	5	5	8
3	2	Virginia	-21.36	24	2	6	11
4	4	Purdue	-19.51	24	5	8	35
5	5	Michigan State	-19.42	26	3	4	59
6	8	North Carolina	-18.4	21	7	31	1
7	6	Cincinnati	-17.68	23	4	1	100
8	7	Auburn	-16.92	23	4	17	43
9	11	Texas Tech	-16.91	22	5	22	50
10	9	Xavier	-16.32	24	4	49	12
11	10	Gonzaga	-16.25	25	4	3	141
12	14	Kansas	-15.81	21	6	54	10
13	16	Wichita State	-15.64	21	5	15	72
14	13	Tennessee	-15.26	19	7	62	2
15	12	Ohio State	-15.05	22	7	53	28
16	15	Clemson	-15.05	20	6	58	19
17	17	West Virginia	-15	20	8	33	61
18	18	Nevada	-14.84	23	5	18	63
19	24	Houston	-14.59	21	5	16	79
20	19	Saint Mary's	-13.72	25	4	10	142
21	20	Butler	-13.7	18	10	84	20
22	23	Rhode Island	-13.68	21	4	24	76
23	36	Penn State	-13.58	19	10	47	58
24	26	Michigan	-13.42	22	7	42	67
25	29	Arizona	-13.39	21	6	40	60
26	22	Texas A&M	-13.27	17	10	103	5
27	21	Creighton	-13.24	19	8	46	65
28	28	TCU	-13.03	18	9	81	22
29	34	Virginia Tech	-12.93	19	8	59	53
30	41	Notre Dame	-12.66	16	11	76	27
31	43	Arkansas	-12.63	19	8	90	30
32	39	Middle Tennessee	-12.58	22	5	26	97
33	25	Louisville	-12.53	18	9	82	46
34	37	Kentucky	-12.45	18	9	134	6
35	35	Louisiana	-12.45	23	4	7	217
36	27	Florida	-12.37	17	10	101	25
37	32	Florida State	-12.35	19	8	79	44
38	33	Seton Hall	-12.17	18	9	110	17
39	40	Baylor	-12.17	17	10	85	42
40	30	Oklahoma	-12.1	16	10	125	9
41	38	Arizona State	-11.93	19	7	57	69
42	31	Miami	-11.91	18	8	75	45
43	42	Maryland	-11.59	18	11	87	54
44	46	Texas	-11.47	16	11	137	15
45	45	Missouri	-11.44	18	9	102	34
46	58	Old Dominion	-11.2	21	5	14	182
47	55	NC State	-11.17	18	9	108	47
48	48	Alabama	-10.77	17	10	132	21
49	47	Syracuse	-10.77	18	9	128	37
50	56	Marquette	-10.63	15	11	158	14
51	53	Loyola-Chicago	-10.57	23	5	23	181
52	44	Vermont	-10.53	22	6	20	131
53	60	St. Bonaventure	-10.51	20	6	48	83
54	52	Davidson	-10.49	15	10	38	86
55	61	Western Kentucky	-10.46	20	7	41	107
56	49	USC	-10.31	19	9	80	70
57	64	Kansas State	-10.22	19	8	114	56
58	50	East Tennessee State	-9.989	23	5	12	231
59	54	Boise State	-9.881	21	6	44	153
60	59	Nebraska	-9.767	20	9	106	52
61	57	Murray State	-9.756	22	5	11	319
62	65	South Dakota	-9.65	24	6	9	324
63	62	LSU	-9.601	15	11	156	33
64	51	New Mexico State	-9.543	22	5	21	254
65	67	Mississippi State	-9.393	19	8	86	112
66	72	Utah	-9.282	17	9	92	66
67	81	San Diego State	-9.065	15	10	60	124
68	75	Belmont	-8.884	22	7	30	191
69	63	BYU	-8.875	21	8	55	152
70	69	Oregon	-8.826	17	10	95	101
71	80	Fresno State	-8.824	19	8	36	246
72	87	Georgia	-8.629	15	11	177	18
73	79	Providence	-8.607	17	10	194	16
74	71	Northern Kentucky	-8.604	19	8	19	286
75	74	UCLA	-8.558	19	8	99	75
76	77	Indiana	-8.536	16	12	168	38
77	73	Buffalo	-8.467	20	7	52	134
78	88	UNC Greensboro	-8.423	21	7	25	281
79	78	St. John's	-8.326	14	13	205	23
80	84	Furman	-8.317	19	9	35	225
81	66	Oklahoma State	-8.07	15	12	197	40
82	82	Boston College	-8.043	16	11	169	49
83	76	Northwestern	-7.894	15	13	161	48
84	85	South Dakota State	-7.774	23	6	27	302
85	68	SMU	-7.678	15	12	121	98
86	83	Bucknell	-7.559	20	9	50	118
87	70	UNLV	-7.409	19	8	71	188
88	98	South Carolina	-7.256	14	13	199	32
89	86	Montana	-7.212	20	7	29	268
90	89	Temple	-7.037	15	12	201	13
91	90	Wake Forest	-6.956	10	17	258	7
92	97	Georgetown	-6.897	15	10	152	95
93	93	Utah Valley	-6.798	19	8	32	304
94	96	Winthrop	-6.712	18	9	28	307
95	101	Wisconsin	-6.673	12	16	233	24
96	106	UCF	-6.505	17	9	146	80
97	92	Georgia State	-6.301	19	8	43	269
98	104	Rider	-6.19	21	7	73	138
99	91	Northeastern	-6.151	19	9	96	128
100	113	Stephen F Austin	-6.077	22	5	13	348
101	124	Canisius	-6.07	19	10	64	171
102	111	Vanderbilt	-5.948	11	16	265	3
103	102	Iowa	-5.851	12	17	230	36
104	100	Missouri State	-5.724	17	12	113	130
105	110	Albany	-5.722	20	9	63	192
106	123	Penn	-5.711	19	7	67	239
107	108	Iowa State	-5.676	13	13	260	26
108	95	Ole Miss	-5.569	11	16	268	29
109	117	Washington	-5.48	18	9	192	77
110	118	UAB	-5.468	17	11	61	287
111	116	Illinois	-5.413	13	15	206	71
112	119	DePaul	-5.368	10	16	241	41
113	114	Stanford	-5.312	14	13	212	64
114	107	UC Santa Barbara	-5.3	20	6	51	259
115	109	Grand Canyon	-5.282	17	10	37	335
116	103	Minnesota	-5.26	14	14	239	55
117	132	Weber State	-5.2	19	7	34	340
118	94	Toledo	-5.183	19	8	94	208
119	115	Idaho	-5.173	19	7	56	284
120	105	Iona	-5.172	16	12	105	99
121	99	Florida Gulf Coast	-5.056	20	10	39	333
122	129	Charleston	-5.05	22	6	66	274
123	125	Georgia Southern	-4.98	17	10	70	220
124	128	Marshall	-4.928	19	8	97	219
125	126	Oregon State	-4.906	13	13	162	110
126	130	Mercer	-4.795	15	13	83	237
127	121	Portland State	-4.541	16	11	89	205
128	137	Northern Colorado	-4.468	18	10	68	294
129	112	UT Arlington	-4.46	16	12	123	164
130	147	UC Davis	-4.427	18	9	72	212
131	135	Southern Illinois	-4.329	19	10	141	139
132	120	Colorado	-4.312	15	12	222	62
133	131	Tulsa	-4.288	16	10	166	105
134	136	Wagner	-4.247	20	7	45	331
135	133	Wright State	-4.217	20	8	74	283
136	122	Towson	-4.198	18	11	91	261
137	142	New Mexico	-3.92	13	14	165	125
138	134	San Diego	-3.891	17	11	127	186
139	150	Saint Joseph's	-3.794	12	14	175	87
140	138	Louisiana Tech	-3.794	16	12	138	267
141	127	Georgia Tech	-3.721	11	16	279	39
142	155	Wofford	-3.719	19	9	93	258
143	143	Bradley	-3.679	18	11	154	145
144	141	Wyoming	-3.675	17	10	191	90
145	145	Nicholls	-3.542	18	9	65	326
146	159	Liberty	-3.403	17	12	69	328
147	148	Jacksonville State	-3.397	18	11	88	310
148	158	Valparaiso	-3.348	14	15	157	135
149	146	Hofstra	-3.309	17	11	155	122
150	152	Oakland	-3.305	17	11	124	173
151	154	William & Mary	-3.284	16	11	135	143
152	168	Fort Wayne	-3.273	18	12	77	311
153	185	Ball State	-3.192	18	9	131	197
154	149	UC Irvine	-3.127	14	15	122	137
155	144	Utah State	-3.117	14	14	210	89
156	153	Eastern Washington	-3.089	14	13	119	167
157	166	Rutgers	-3.059	13	16	263	93
158	173	Drake	-3.032	16	13	179	115
159	140	Dayton	-2.96	12	14	218	84
160	163	Harvard	-2.909	14	11	151	114
161	171	Saint Louis	-2.755	15	12	190	132
162	172	San Francisco	-2.658	17	12	196	146
163	165	Northern Iowa	-2.626	13	15	214	104
164	139	VCU	-2.612	15	12	231	103
165	182	Lipscomb	-2.547	19	9	98	256
166	157	UNC Asheville	-2.45	19	10	143	176
167	170	Pacific	-2.384	14	15	204	91
168	167	Evansville	-2.332	16	13	185	155
169	151	Central Arkansas	-2.269	13	14	100	257
170	160	Monmouth	-2.236	10	18	217	78
171	156	UT San Antonio	-2.223	15	12	140	235
172	193	Memphis	-2.218	16	11	242	102
173	184	Radford	-2.058	17	12	145	174
174	183	St. Francis (PA)	-2.033	16	11	104	291
175	169	Illinois State	-2.016	15	13	250	68
176	180	UMBC	-1.991	19	9	111	292
177	175	Troy	-1.942	13	14	148	221
178	164	North Dakota State	-1.882	13	15	139	241
179	187	Yale	-1.869	12	14	164	123
180	162	High Point	-1.865	13	14	115	295
181	177	La Salle	-1.613	11	16	256	74
182	161	Tulane	-1.609	13	13	236	127
183	174	Indiana State	-1.594	11	17	223	116
184	189	CS Fullerton	-1.577	15	9	142	238
185	181	Western Michigan	-1.559	15	12	150	260
186	197	Colgate	-1.519	15	12	130	245
187	188	Miami (OH)	-1.519	13	14	167	168
188	176	North Texas	-1.471	15	12	178	195
189	178	Austin Peay	-1.359	16	12	160	216
190	191	Texas State	-1.177	14	14	149	226
191	192	Niagara	-1.17	18	11	170	169
192	199	SE Louisiana	-1.164	18	10	109	298
193	194	Connecticut	-1.135	13	14	296	51
194	195	Lamar	-1.092	17	11	78	349
195	203	Navy	-1.072	19	10	120	305
196	198	Central Michigan	-1.001	16	11	112	337
197	196	Campbell	-0.984	15	13	116	329
198	179	Princeton	-0.88	11	14	195	120
199	202	UIC	-0.86	16	12	117	314
200	186	Tennessee State	-0.718	15	12	173	230
201	211	South Alabama	-0.698	14	13	159	228
202	208	Eastern Michigan	-0.671	16	11	129	322
203	206	Columbia	-0.67	7	16	184	140
204	190	Appalachian State	-0.667	12	16	182	189
205	212	Sam Houston State	-0.572	17	11	118	332
206	207	Manhattan	-0.329	13	15	186	184
207	223	Seattle	-0.292	19	9	133	343
208	204	Richmond	-0.193	9	17	299	57
209	215	Hartford	-0.089	16	11	171	278
210	205	Coastal Carolina	-0.065	12	16	209	253
211	219	Tennessee Tech	-0.033	17	12	183	206
212	200	Pittsburgh	-0.024	8	20	337	31
213	213	Duquesne	-0.006	15	12	174	330
214	221	UL Monroe	0.037	13	12	189	270
215	217	Kent State	0.3547	13	14	234	179
216	201	Elon	0.5902	14	14	215	157
217	216	Massachusetts	0.6298	11	16	278	109
218	247	Lehigh	0.7311	14	13	200	224
219	209	Fairfield	0.7796	12	15	255	126
220	226	Charleston Southern	0.8159	12	15	163	312
221	220	Stony Brook	0.8181	11	17	232	166
222	218	Abilene Christian	0.8412	15	12	136	336
223	210	Southern Miss	0.9037	13	15	225	218
224	229	Washington State	0.9448	10	16	310	73
225	230	James Madison	0.9777	9	19	254	159
226	264	George Washington	1.0637	12	15	305	88
227	222	Long Beach State	1.0781	13	15	245	154
228	231	New Hampshire	1.1361	10	18	203	276
229	232	Bowling Green	1.1556	16	11	202	275
230	224	Robert Morris	1.2232	15	14	188	213
231	236	Ohio	1.2664	11	15	249	236
232	228	Hampton	1.2854	14	14	107	346
233	245	CSU Bakersfield	1.4405	11	15	211	204
234	253	George Mason	1.5259	12	15	288	117
235	239	Mt. St. Mary's	1.5485	16	13	147	316
236	235	Florida Atlantic	1.5826	11	15	240	242
237	214	Army	1.589	13	14	181	277
238	227	UT Rio Grande Valley	1.607	13	15	226	207
239	243	New Orleans	1.6493	14	12	172	289
240	238	Florida International	1.7669	11	16	229	315
241	237	NJIT	1.8096	13	15	193	317
242	246	Brown	1.9254	11	12	221	249
243	244	Denver	2.0217	13	14	246	263
244	225	Saint Peter's	2.0829	10	17	261	151
245	234	Boston University	2.2622	12	15	220	243
246	254	Eastern Illinois	2.273	10	17	243	185
247	266	Hawaii	2.2815	15	10	216	341
248	242	Northern Illinois	2.3186	12	15	252	266
249	267	LIU Brooklyn	2.3725	13	16	198	306
250	240	Gardner-Webb	2.3955	12	17	257	198
251	272	Delaware	2.5148	12	17	264	215
252	251	Lafayette	2.5497	9	18	228	273
253	268	UNC Wilmington	2.564	9	19	272	175
254	252	Fairleigh Dickinson	2.6106	11	16	219	240
255	249	Southeast Missouri State	2.6241	14	15	235	271
256	265	McNeese	2.628	10	15	180	296
257	241	Milwaukee	2.6907	14	15	227	309
258	255	Colorado State	2.849	11	17	306	94
259	256	Loyola Marymount	2.8546	7	20	301	106
260	262	Cornell	2.8891	10	13	270	149
261	261	Prairie View A&M	2.9685	11	16	213	211
262	233	Texas Southern	2.9841	8	18	266	82
263	259	Oral Roberts	3.1219	10	20	277	144
264	250	Fordham	3.128	9	17	311	136
265	263	Omaha	3.1338	9	19	289	92
266	273	Binghamton	3.1342	11	17	207	327
267	270	Drexel	3.1466	11	18	287	133
268	248	Dartmouth	3.1487	6	17	267	177
269	271	Montana State	3.1522	13	15	238	285
270	258	Western Illinois	3.2299	11	14	237	325
271	275	Idaho State	3.3121	12	13	208	318
272	277	North Carolina A&T	3.381	16	11	153	347
273	285	Grambling	3.4368	15	12	176	300
274	257	Portland	3.4471	10	19	307	163
275	274	Air Force	3.4718	10	15	293	160
276	260	Western Carolina	3.669	12	16	294	121
277	269	Morehead State	3.9654	6	21	300	108
278	300	Santa Clara	3.9685	11	17	303	222
279	289	Bethune-Cookman	4.0547	15	12	126	350
280	278	Green Bay	4.0997	10	19	253	323
281	279	Samford	4.1796	9	20	290	178
282	287	North Florida	4.3026	13	17	273	194
283	276	UTEP	4.3034	8	18	314	201
284	305	Eastern Kentucky	4.3474	10	19	280	196
285	288	Quinnipiac	4.3773	10	18	297	165
286	299	Holy Cross	4.3861	10	17	284	200
287	280	Arkansas State	4.4321	9	18	282	203
288	295	St. Francis (BKN)	4.4844	13	15	251	321
289	281	North Dakota	4.5093	10	17	308	161
290	301	Kennesaw State	4.7178	10	18	269	252
291	286	North Carolina Central	4.7207	13	13	144	351
292	290	California	4.7211	8	19	341	81
293	293	Siena	4.7317	8	21	320	111
294	282	Akron	4.7658	11	15	302	248
295	309	Central Connecticut	4.867	13	16	259	244
296	283	Chattanooga	4.9235	9	20	295	250
297	296	UC Riverside	4.9865	7	19	283	223
298	294	UMass Lowell	5.0069	10	16	286	297
299	291	Sacramento State	5.2791	6	21	321	148
300	307	IUPUI	5.2885	9	17	271	247
301	284	UT Martin	5.2934	9	20	275	282
302	298	Savannah State	5.2957	13	14	292	147
303	292	Sacred Heart	5.349	9	20	276	293
304	304	Southern Utah	5.4961	10	15	304	210
305	308	Little Rock	5.5514	6	21	316	172
306	315	Presbyterian	5.602	11	18	285	288
307	303	Southern	5.7809	13	14	224	334
308	316	Detroit Mercy	5.8123	8	20	315	202
309	306	Texas A&M-CC	5.8742	8	16	274	290
310	328	Morgan State	5.9105	10	15	187	342
311	297	The Citadel	5.9221	9	18	312	234
312	321	Norfolk State	6.041	10	17	247	339
313	314	Stetson	6.1088	12	18	248	345
314	318	SIU-Edwardsville	6.1365	9	18	328	119
315	320	East Carolina	6.1426	10	15	327	272
316	325	Pepperdine	6.31	4	24	338	113
317	329	Marist	6.4054	6	22	326	183
318	317	Jacksonville	6.4766	13	17	262	338
319	311	Charlotte	6.5905	5	20	334	150
320	327	American	6.7186	6	21	313	180
321	302	Loyola (MD)	6.7555	8	19	309	232
322	319	UMKC	6.7784	9	19	322	229
323	313	San Jose State	6.8181	3	22	340	96
324	310	Rice	6.8669	5	22	335	162
325	312	Cleveland State	6.8742	8	21	318	233
326	323	Houston Baptist	7.0117	6	21	317	199
327	330	South Florida	7.0793	8	20	339	158
328	326	Youngstown State	7.3522	8	21	323	190
329	335	Alcorn State	7.4645	10	17	244	344
330	322	Cal Poly	7.5279	8	19	324	265
331	332	VMI	7.5889	8	18	332	193
332	333	Maine	7.8314	6	22	325	209
333	334	Jackson State	8.2084	10	17	281	320
334	324	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	8.2393	9	19	298	262
335	331	CSU Northridge	8.3141	6	21	319	280
336	336	Howard	8.9933	8	20	291	313
337	338	Incarnate Word	10.043	5	19	336	303
338	340	South Carolina Upstate	10.325	7	23	331	301
339	342	Northern Arizona	10.396	4	23	344	156
340	341	Longwood	10.409	6	23	343	264
341	339	Alabama State	10.434	6	19	329	255
342	337	Florida A&M	10.597	6	23	330	187
343	344	Coppin State	11.205	5	23	342	170
344	345	South Carolina State	11.291	9	18	333	299
345	343	Bryant	11.344	3	26	346	129
346	347	Mississippi Valley State	13.403	2	25	345	214
347	349	Chicago State	13.814	2	26	351	85
348	346	Maryland-Eastern Shore	14.013	6	22	347	251
349	348	Northwestern State	14.112	3	22	349	279
350	350	Alabama A&M	15.207	2	24	350	227
351	351	Delaware State	15.476	2	25	348	308