NCAA Basketball Rankings - 17 Feb

The top 5 teams have put a little distance between themselves and the rest of the country, but there are plenty of teams getting hot and falling flat as we enter the final month of the season. Michigan jumped back into the top 25 after beating both Northwestern and Indiana by more than 20 points this week, both in games that should have been decided by single digits. Louisville, meanwhile, is headed in the opposite direction after losing games at Georgia Tech and Clemson, two teams that are nowhere near tournament consideration. Here are my full current rankings, with projected conference champs in bold, at-large teams underlined, and teams whose in/out status changed in italics:

				Actual
Rank	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	SOS	MOV
1	1	Kansas	-19.64	22	3	4	6
2	2	Duke	-18.44	22	3	41	3
3	3	Gonzaga	-18.03	26	1	108	1
4	4	Baylor	-16.77	23	1	39	9
5	6	San Diego State	-16.61	26	0	124	2
6	7	Dayton	-15.71	23	2	103	4
7	5	West Virginia	-15.57	18	7	2	31
8	11	Arizona	-14.67	18	7	37	19
9	8	Michigan State	-14.52	17	9	8	34
10	9	Maryland	-14.37	21	4	23	28
11	14	Penn State	-13.98	20	5	34	25
12	10	Seton Hall	-13.95	18	7	5	44
13	13	Ohio State	-13.65	17	8	27	40
14	18	Colorado	-13.4	20	6	32	32
15	12	Louisville	-13.04	21	5	51	26
16	17	Oregon	-12.98	20	6	26	48
17	19	Marquette	-12.82	17	7	13	61
18	16	Florida State	-12.76	21	4	42	29
19	15	Houston	-12.75	20	6	65	20
20	27	Creighton	-12.7	20	6	43	43
21	29	Michigan	-12.6	16	9	17	68
22	24	Villanova	-12.55	19	6	9	72
23	21	BYU	-12.43	21	7	69	16
24	25	Texas Tech	-12.33	16	9	48	45
25	30	Wisconsin	-11.61	15	10	3	99
26	22	Auburn	-11.51	22	3	54	52
27	23	Butler	-11.49	19	7	29	80
28	26	Kentucky	-11.39	20	5	76	37
29	20	Purdue	-11.08	14	12	10	94
30	28	LSU	-10.94	18	7	49	63
31	34	Iowa	-10.82	18	8	14	101
32	32	Minnesota	-10.77	12	12	1	141
33	44	Wichita State	-10.76	19	6	81	46
34	39	Yale	-10.72	18	6	145	7
35	38	Alabama	-10.52	14	11	12	103
36	33	Rhode Island	-10.48	19	6	60	58
37	42	Rutgers	-10.33	18	8	70	76
38	46	Oklahoma	-10.15	16	9	6	134
39	31	Arkansas	-10.08	16	9	55	78
40	47	Florida	-10.06	16	9	33	89
41	35	Illinois	-10.04	16	9	46	87
42	41	Cincinnati	-9.994	17	8	52	69
43	45	Xavier	-9.91	16	9	16	128
44	43	Saint Mary's	-9.777	20	6	83	54
45	48	Vermont	-9.611	21	6	193	8
46	36	Stanford	-9.601	16	9	97	60
47	40	Mississippi St	-9.556	16	9	47	92
48	50	Utah State	-9.538	21	7	116	27
49	63	Richmond	-9.337	19	6	88	49
50	53	Arizona State	-9.2	17	8	31	112
51	37	VCU	-9.158	17	8	84	64
52	64	Georgetown	-8.712	15	10	20	149
53	59	UNC Greensboro	-8.7	21	6	233	14
54	51	East Tennessee St	-8.662	23	4	258	11
55	54	Memphis	-8.596	17	8	93	73
56	57	USC	-8.588	19	7	59	96
57	66	Tennessee	-8.554	14	11	44	131
58	49	Northern Iowa	-8.513	22	4	169	22
59	55	Virginia	-8.4	17	7	57	119
60	56	Iowa State	-8.397	11	14	19	172
61	52	Indiana	-8.388	16	9	35	158
62	62	NC State	-8.356	16	9	61	102
63	58	Providence	-8.197	14	12	21	159
64	60	Furman	-8.014	22	5	230	13
65	69	Connecticut	-7.75	14	11	72	118
66	65	Liberty	-7.732	24	3	343	5
67	73	Akron	-7.694	19	6	235	23
68	61	Washington	-7.677	12	14	45	137
69	67	North Colorado	-7.583	18	7	227	15
70	90	Davidson	-7.498	13	11	74	75
71	68	Notre Dame	-7.455	15	10	78	109
72	72	Syracuse	-7.335	14	11	64	148
73	70	SMU	-7.309	18	6	112	71
74	79	St. John's	-7.26	14	11	66	156
75	74	North Texas	-7.205	18	9	156	41
76	87	South Carolina	-7.131	16	9	71	117
77	71	Louisiana Tech	-7.028	19	7	275	18
78	78	Nevada	-6.972	16	10	89	96
79	85	Oklahoma St	-6.877	13	12	7	226
80	76	Duquesne	-6.875	18	6	153	65
81	75	Oregon State	-6.725	15	10	85	121
82	108	Clemson	-6.661	13	12	38	194
83	82	Belmont	-6.605	20	7	318	12
84	81	San Francisco	-6.537	17	10	100	98
85	77	DePaul	-6.469	13	12	53	166
86	84	Georgia Tech	-6.321	12	13	40	188
87	92	Stephen F Austin	-5.979	22	3	339	10
88	109	Ole Miss	-5.976	13	12	67	169
89	88	Boise State	-5.799	17	10	105	108
90	98	UC Irvine	-5.777	17	10	182	35
91	97	Tulsa	-5.69	17	8	115	107
92	94	Harvard	-5.452	16	7	141	55
93	96	Georgia State	-5.406	18	9	168	53
94	89	North Carolina	-5.397	10	15	18	252
95	102	Virginia Tech	-5.393	15	10	98	153
96	86	Texas	-5.389	14	11	36	229
97	80	Winthrop	-5.359	19	9	284	24
98	91	Colorado State	-5.298	18	9	111	124
99	101	Saint Louis	-5.282	18	7	140	116
100	95	TCU	-5.148	14	11	62	217
101	105	Loyola-Chicago	-5.102	18	9	200	67
102	99	Texas State	-4.998	17	10	215	57
103	93	Kansas State	-4.978	11	16	22	255
104	83	Pittsburgh	-4.929	15	11	68	204
105	104	Hofstra	-4.911	20	7	248	36
106	111	Wake Forest	-4.89	11	14	24	230
107	127	Miami	-4.843	13	12	25	241
108	110	Kent State	-4.818	17	8	239	56
109	100	Temple	-4.591	13	12	58	208
110	124	Missouri	-4.568	12	13	56	216
111	120	Colgate	-4.533	20	7	198	47
112	103	St. Bonaventure	-4.484	17	9	110	105
113	114	UCLA	-4.368	15	11	75	202
114	116	West Kentucky	-4.345	19	8	155	95
115	106	Utah	-4.273	14	11	30	246
116	121	Wright State	-4.222	23	5	351	17
117	113	North Dakota St	-4.205	19	7	290	38
118	107	New Mexico St	-4.097	21	6	321	30
119	125	Bradley	-4.027	18	9	214	82
120	129	Murray State	-3.966	19	7	346	21
121	130	Pacific	-3.885	20	9	242	100
122	118	South Dakota St	-3.87	20	8	315	39
123	122	Stony Brook	-3.833	17	9	161	74
124	131	UT Arlington	-3.75	12	15	104	132
125	112	Georgia	-3.528	12	13	63	235
126	128	Eastern Wash	-3.477	16	9	144	84
127	140	Boston U	-3.286	16	11	204	77
128	133	Northeastern	-3.275	13	13	192	90
129	115	Ball State	-3.251	14	11	267	81
130	126	UCF	-3.182	13	11	82	219
131	132	Washington St	-3.159	14	12	101	200
132	141	UNLV	-3.102	13	14	79	220
133	117	Southern Utah	-3.089	14	11	212	86
134	134	Little Rock	-2.945	18	9	146	106
135	119	Indiana State	-2.86	14	11	118	155
136	154	Radford	-2.78	17	9	221	70
137	151	Chattanooga	-2.641	16	11	175	115
138	135	Charleston	-2.542	15	12	133	143
139	136	Penn	-2.52	13	8	126	152
140	149	West Carolina	-2.498	16	9	142	126
141	138	South Florida	-2.472	11	14	94	242
142	161	Buffalo	-2.444	16	9	189	144
143	158	St. Francis (PA)	-2.383	17	8	264	62
144	142	Fresno State	-2.382	9	17	86	201
145	156	Siena	-2.293	13	10	196	130
146	123	North Kentucky	-2.285	19	8	329	51
147	145	UC Riverside	-2.251	14	13	325	50
148	155	Oral Roberts	-2.227	14	12	238	88
149	137	Wofford	-2.146	16	11	241	104
150	153	Sam Houston St	-2.133	17	9	344	33
151	180	Missouri State	-2.121	13	14	117	170
152	148	Pepperdine	-2.115	14	13	77	233
153	147	Charlotte	-2.037	14	11	180	150
154	139	Northwestern	-2.036	6	18	11	306
155	146	New Mexico	-2.014	17	10	179	173
156	150	Georgia Southern	-1.998	16	11	232	111
157	159	Appalachian St	-1.973	15	12	130	147
158	152	Austin Peay	-1.94	18	9	304	79
159	174	Montana	-1.741	16	10	191	135
160	160	Marshall	-1.724	13	14	154	165
161	143	Santa Clara	-1.712	18	9	303	133
162	144	Toledo	-1.709	12	14	181	140
163	165	Abilene Christian	-1.647	15	10	347	42
164	173	Sacred Heart	-1.634	16	11	285	66
165	157	UC Santa Barbara	-1.624	16	9	299	85
166	162	Towson	-1.596	16	11	231	129
167	170	Rider	-1.502	15	10	207	122
168	169	Florida Intl	-1.314	17	10	291	93
169	168	North Illinois	-1.237	15	11	188	138
170	179	North Florida	-1.207	18	10	247	110
171	183	Valparaiso	-1.161	14	13	122	177
172	186	Nebraska	-1.128	7	18	15	317
173	164	South Dakota	-1.035	19	9	320	91
174	184	Bowling Green	-1.001	19	7	228	162
175	181	Delaware	-0.965	19	8	272	123
176	178	George Mason	-0.922	14	11	127	234
177	175	Old Dominion	-0.897	11	16	109	218
178	163	William & Mary	-0.824	18	10	178	146
179	166	Southern Illinois	-0.75	15	12	184	179
180	191	Portland State	-0.576	12	14	150	160
181	177	Prairie View A&M	-0.567	13	11	226	113
182	171	Nicholls	-0.56	17	9	330	83
183	176	Boston College	-0.451	13	13	50	302
184	194	Saint Peter's	-0.392	14	11	270	127
185	190	Cal Baptist	-0.357	18	7	352	59
186	195	Sacramento St	-0.294	13	11	216	163
187	182	Lafayette	-0.263	16	9	269	120
188	167	Drake	-0.243	17	10	250	168
189	187	Princeton	-0.242	11	10	162	214
190	198	Monmouth	-0.12	14	11	158	171
191	172	La Salle	-0.061	11	13	96	268
192	185	South Alabama	-0.037	16	11	287	151
193	193	Montana State	0.0211	14	11	222	154
194	189	North Arizona	0.1284	14	10	202	187
195	211	Eastern Michigan	0.2961	14	11	251	164
196	201	Robert Morris	0.2995	15	12	261	125
197	192	California	0.3978	10	15	131	332
198	204	Merrimack	0.4262	18	9	220	145
199	196	Texas A&M	0.453	12	12	91	296
200	197	Vanderbilt	0.4544	9	16	80	307