NCAA Basketball Rankings - 11 Jan

Now that nearly every team that is participating this year has started play (with the exceptions of American and Loyola Maryland), I feel like it is time to post my first rankings of the college basketball season. The teams at the very top are pretty familiar, with Gonzaga and Baylor picking up where they left off in March. One of the biggest surprises so far has been Drake, which is an undefeated 13-0 so far, and is making an appearance in the top 25. Others haven't been able to match last year's level of play so far, like perennial contenders Duke and Michigan State, and last year's mid-major darlings San Diego State and Dayton. Here are my full current rankings:

Rank	LW	Team	Rating	W	L
1	2	Gonzaga	-21.11	12	0
2	3	Baylor	-19.7	11	0
3	20	Michigan	-18.2	10	0
4	31	Colorado	-17.51	8	3
5	33	Iowa	-17.48	11	2
6	57	USC	-17.16	8	2
7	18	Houston	-16.58	10	1
8	65	Tennessee	-16.25	9	1
9	70	Texas	-16.18	10	1
10	13	Villanova	-16.06	8	1
11	37	Illinois	-15.73	9	4
12	16	Creighton	-15.59	10	2
13	55	UConn	-15.12	6	1
14	32	LSU	-15	8	2
15	12	Oregon	-14.33	9	2
16	74	Saint Louis	-14	7	1
17	22	Wisconsin	-13.77	10	2
18	43	Arkansas	-13.59	10	2
19	187	Drake	-13.51	13	0
20	8	West Virginia	-13.27	9	4
21	21	Texas Tech	-12.94	10	3
22	83	Clemson	-12.65	9	1
23	100	Missouri	-12.55	7	2
24	52	Alabama	-12.38	9	3
25	56	Oklahoma St	-12.34	8	3
26	9	Ohio State	-12.22	9	3
27	1	Kansas	-11.92	10	2
28	38	Indiana	-11.84	8	5
29	42	Stanford	-11.8	8	3
30	25	Penn State	-11.63	3	4
31	92	Boise State	-11.58	10	1
32	113	Colgate	-11.4	3	1
33	90	UCLA	-11.27	9	2
34	10	Arizona	-11.23	9	3
35	11	Seton Hall	-10.94	9	5
36	150	Marshall	-10.85	7	2
37	51	Virginia	-10.78	7	2
38	148	Toledo	-10.74	10	3
39	125	St. Bonaventure	-10.71	4	1
40	27	Minnesota	-10.71	10	4
41	86	North Carolina	-10.67	7	4
42	17	Louisville	-10.54	8	1
43	19	BYU	-10.27	9	3
44	36	Oklahoma	-10.19	6	4
45	66	VCU	-10.17	9	3
46	41	Richmond	-10.12	8	4
47	14	Maryland	-9.914	7	6
48	128	Wright State	-9.726	8	3
49	47	Utah State	-9.673	9	3
50	186	Bowling Green	-9.604	9	2
51	94	Tulsa	-9.567	7	3
52	7	San Diego State	-9.542	9	2
53	30	Purdue	-9.521	8	5
54	62	Syracuse	-9.326	7	2
55	29	Florida	-9.109	5	3
56	58	Rhode Island	-9.107	6	6
57	91	SMU	-8.866	6	2
58	97	New Mexico St	-8.422	2	1
59	71	San Francisco	-8.358	8	6
60	50	NC State	-8.337	6	3
61	75	South Carolina	-8.315	3	2
62	35	Rutgers	-8.018	7	4
63	122	Kent State	-7.918	4	3
64	46	Xavier	-7.906	10	2
65	105	Ole Miss	-7.811	6	4
66	106	Winthrop	-7.796	11	0
67	155	UC Riverside	-7.765	4	2
68	15	Florida State	-7.641	5	2
69	215	Bryant	-7.622	9	2
70	126	UCF	-7.455	3	3
71	34	Wichita State	-7.425	7	3
72	24	Marquette	-7.377	6	6
73	199	American	-7.313	0	0
74	108	Eastern Wash	-7.287	2	4
75	153	Northwestern	-7.198	6	4
76	107	Loyola-Chicago	-7.083	7	3
77	68	Furman	-7.077	8	3
78	85	Liberty	-6.741	11	4
79	45	Saint Mary's	-6.741	9	3
80	133	Missouri State	-6.665	8	1
81	166	Abilene Christian	-6.617	10	2
82	49	Mississippi St	-6.584	8	4
83	26	Kentucky	-6.578	5	5
84	123	Pittsburgh	-6.567	6	2
85	118	Georgia State	-6.517	7	2
86	124	South Dakota St	-6.502	8	3
87	218	Hawaii	-6.357	3	1
88	200	UAB	-6.183	9	1
89	110	Utah	-6.139	4	4
90	152	Buffalo	-5.989	4	3
91	40	Providence	-5.922	7	5
92	182	Massachusetts	-5.909	3	3
93	109	Georgia	-5.909	7	3
94	116	Colorado State	-5.828	8	2
95	117	Bradley	-5.824	6	4
96	59	Memphis	-5.789	6	4
97	296	Grand Canyon	-5.759	6	3
98	114	Virginia Tech	-5.64	9	2
99	78	North Texas	-5.452	5	5
100	28	Auburn	-5.429	6	6
101	6	Michigan State	-5.25	8	4
102	95	UC Irvine	-5.234	6	4
103	204	Loyola Marymount	-5.215	6	3
104	72	Georgia Tech	-5.175	6	3
105	76	Davidson	-5.116	6	5
106	84	Nevada	-5.046	8	5
107	138	Oral Roberts	-5.036	6	6
108	140	South Florida	-4.977	7	5
109	143	Wofford	-4.869	6	4
110	157	UC Santa Barbara	-4.83	6	3
111	99	DePaul	-4.788	1	3
112	282	Milwaukee	-4.729	5	2
113	73	Louisiana Tech	-4.575	9	4
114	211	Mercer	-4.528	7	3
115	314	UNC Wilmington	-4.326	6	3
116	212	UC Davis	-4.284	2	2
117	195	Sam Houston St	-4.205	9	5
118	87	Belmont	-3.982	12	1
119	270	Jacksonville St	-3.937	7	4
120	48	Cincinnati	-3.914	3	7
121	131	Washington St	-3.882	9	2
122	111	West Kentucky	-3.869	10	4
123	60	Arizona State	-3.869	4	5
124	189	Coastal Carolina	-3.852	9	2
125	208	Montana State	-3.796	5	3
126	275	Army	-3.557	6	3
127	173	Ohio	-3.496	6	5
128	103	Miami	-3.426	5	5
129	135	Siena	-3.421	4	0
130	207	UTEP	-3.4	6	4
131	104	North Dakota St	-3.367	6	6
132	169	Santa Clara	-3.356	7	2
133	69	St. John's	-3.323	6	6
134	89	TCU	-3.29	9	4
135	54	Vermont	-3.199	5	3
136	324	Cleveland State	-3.106	8	3
137	250	Navy	-2.885	7	1
138	132	Chattanooga	-2.781	10	3
139	326	Samford	-2.763	5	5
140	134	UT Arlington	-2.732	6	6
141	259	CSU Bakersfield	-2.713	7	4
142	137	Northeastern	-2.709	5	5
143	156	Montana	-2.632	5	6
144	269	Weber State	-2.603	4	3
145	281	Eastern Kentucky	-2.515	11	2
146	130	Little Rock	-2.481	7	4
147	181	South Dakota	-2.472	6	6
148	184	Nicholls	-2.446	4	5
149	180	Saint Peter's	-2.402	6	5
150	245	N Carolina Cent	-2.372	1	3
151	120	Pacific	-2.346	3	1
152	216	Rice	-2.28	9	3
153	151	Texas A&M	-2.238	6	4
154	144	Southern Utah	-2.189	9	1
155	210	Lafayette	-1.956	3	1
156	174	Sacramento St	-1.943	4	1
157	231	East Carolina	-1.924	7	3
158	5	Dayton	-1.707	6	3
159	201	Nebraska	-1.691	4	8
160	223	UMKC	-1.609	5	8
161	332	The Citadel	-1.587	8	0
162	254	UMBC	-1.561	9	2
163	77	Akron	-1.452	4	2
164	257	Texas Southern	-1.338	2	5
165	196	Robert Morris	-1.154	3	3
166	264	Loyola (MD)	-1.057	0	0
167	221	Florida Atlantic	-0.978	5	6
168	98	Hofstra	-0.974	6	5
169	183	Appalachian St	-0.906	9	4
170	4	Duke	-0.888	5	2
171	214	Iona	-0.847	5	3
172	188	Monmouth	-0.846	5	4
173	289	Idaho State	-0.809	6	5
174	81	Georgetown	-0.639	3	8
175	145	West Carolina	-0.595	7	3
176	67	Notre Dame	-0.519	3	7
177	175	Old Dominion	-0.494	7	3
178	190	Southern Illinois	-0.492	7	3
179	205	Boston College	-0.488	2	9
180	64	Northern Iowa	-0.464	3	7
181	115	Temple	-0.412	1	2
182	209	Gardner-Webb	-0.267	3	8
183	102	UNLV	-0.187	1	6
184	139	Indiana State	-0.179	4	6
185	79	UNC Greensboro	-0.1	6	5
186	23	Butler	-0.073	3	6
187	263	VMI	0.0778	6	5
188	39	Iowa State	0.1246	2	7
189	179	California	0.149	6	7
190	251	UT Rio Grande	0.2997	6	3
191	53	East Tennessee St	0.357	6	4
192	337	SIU-Edwardsville	0.4688	4	4
193	121	Murray State	0.5261	4	6
194	288	Wyoming	0.5686	7	2
195	331	Wagner	0.6504	1	4
196	176	South Alabama	0.6645	7	6
197	164	Stony Brook	0.6686	6	4
198	119	Ball State	0.729	4	5
199	191	La Salle	0.7815	5	6
200	242	Campbell	0.8111	6	7
201	197	Tulane	0.8716	6	3
202	287	Central Arkansas	0.8963	3	8
203	241	Drexel	0.9242	5	4
204	142	Pepperdine	0.955	4	5
205	213	Seattle	0.9773	7	5
206	162	Florida Intl	0.9944	8	4
207	237	CSU Northridge	1.0629	4	3
208	308	James Madison	1.1164	5	4
209	297	Niagara	1.1403	5	5
210	234	Hartford	1.1486	8	5
211	194	Vanderbilt	1.329	4	5
212	303	NJIT	1.3364	4	4
213	147	Boston U	1.4231	1	3
214	316	Florida Gulf Coast	1.4743	5	2
215	235	Youngstown St	1.5633	7	5
216	159	Radford	1.6001	8	6
217	219	Eastern Illinois	1.6154	5	6
218	80	Oregon State	1.6184	5	4
219	354	Tarleton	1.6585	2	4
220	168	Valparaiso	1.6966	3	7
221	301	Lehigh	1.7734	1	3
222	193	Prairie View A&M	1.7995	1	4
223	112	Wake Forest	1.8919	3	3
224	284	UNC Asheville	1.9387	5	6
225	310	Morehead State	1.9871	7	6
226	354	Dixie State	2.0101	4	2
227	305	Florida A&M	2.0178	2	6
228	63	North Colorado	2.0633	5	6
229	240	Lipscomb	2.2456	8	6
230	61	Washington	2.307	1	8
231	96	Texas State	2.3277	7	4
232	192	Cal Baptist	2.3583	3	4
233	229	UT San Antonio	2.3725	5	6
234	129	Georgia Southern	2.4004	7	6
235	286	Mt. St. Mary's	2.4759	2	5
236	136	North Kentucky	2.6044	5	6
237	272	Albany	2.6139	1	5
238	88	Duquesne	2.7134	3	3
239	82	Stephen F Austin	2.7942	5	2
240	161	Austin Peay	2.8414	7	4
241	149	Fresno State	2.9452	5	3
242	291	Saint Joseph's	3.0911	1	8
243	300	Troy	3.1139	6	5
244	228	Green Bay	3.1232	3	9
245	247	Long Island	3.1991	3	1
246	266	Utah Valley	3.2374	3	5
247	256	Illinois State	3.3452	4	6
248	227	North Dakota	3.4148	3	10
249	354	UC San Diego	3.4336	2	1
250	317	Morgan State	3.4357	5	3
251	248	Bucknell	3.4556	0	4
252	261	Fort Wayne	3.5671	4	5
253	340	High Point	3.6221	3	6
254	309	Evansville	3.6322	6	6
255	252	San Diego	3.6954	1	4
256	299	Southern Miss	3.8528	5	6
257	224	Omaha	3.9339	2	12
258	283	St. Francis (BKN)	3.9585	4	3
259	233	Miami (OH)	4.0929	4	3
260	280	North Alabama	4.1063	5	3
261	271	UMass Lowell	4.2613	4	8
262	167	Charlotte	4.2637	5	5
263	239	Louisiana	4.2787	8	3
264	236	UIC	4.3089	5	4
265	244	McNeese	4.3569	6	5
266	220	Air Force	4.4509	3	7
267	225	New Hampshire	4.5049	4	5
268	243	Oakland	4.5083	3	12
269	290	Elon	4.6152	3	3
270	253	Norfolk State	4.6496	5	4
271	292	Stetson	4.6728	3	5
272	141	St. Francis (PA)	4.7283	1	6
273	165	Charleston	4.7447	5	6
274	93	Kansas State	4.8404	5	8
275	276	CSU Fullerton	4.9653	2	3
276	323	Marist	5.1093	6	4
277	279	Northwestern St	5.1188	2	12
278	338	SE Missouri St	5.1377	3	7
279	354	Bellarmine	5.2144	3	5
280	312	Maine	5.2691	2	5
281	238	Jacksonville	5.4393	9	5
282	177	William & Mary	5.4398	3	5
283	335	Western Illinois	5.442	2	9
284	222	Central Michigan	5.4728	5	6
285	345	Holy Cross	5.6451	2	2
286	334	Tennessee Tech	5.7157	1	12
287	319	New Orleans	5.8047	2	9
288	202	Eastern Michigan	5.8706	3	3
289	230	Arkansas State	5.8751	3	6
290	278	Grambling	5.9625	3	6
291	185	George Mason	5.9708	5	5
292	352	Kennesaw St	6.0441	3	9
293	260	Canisius	6.1196	3	3
294	232	Southern	6.2259	1	4
295	154	New Mexico	6.3525	3	6
296	306	Long Beach St	6.3612	3	4
297	344	Incarnate Word	6.5292	4	5
298	318	Detroit Mercy	6.5843	1	7
299	311	Texas A&M-CC	6.7157	3	6
300	274	N Carolina A&T	6.7688	5	9
301	307	Longwood	6.8542	3	11
302	343	SE Louisiana	6.88	2	9
303	347	Central Conn	6.9146	2	7
304	313	Mid Tennessee	7.0767	3	5
305	170	Sacred Heart	7.107	3	4
306	246	West Michigan	7.2125	2	7
307	206	Merrimack	7.2592	1	1
308	203	North Arizona	7.3349	3	8
309	226	Lamar	7.358	3	9
310	171	North Florida	7.3588	3	9
311	341	Alabama A&M	7.3944	2	0
312	302	Portland	7.5636	6	5
313	160	Rider	7.5843	3	8
314	339	IUPUI	7.6527	1	4
315	328	Presbyterian	7.7048	3	3
316	285	UL Monroe	7.7167	4	7
317	262	Jackson State	7.7707	1	5
318	163	Towson	8.0243	1	4
319	342	Houston Baptist	8.2323	2	9
320	255	Tennessee St	8.3871	2	6
321	346	Ark-Pine Bluff	8.4912	3	8
322	258	George Washington	8.5276	3	7
323	330	Idaho	9.1178	0	9
324	295	Hampton	9.1526	5	8
325	158	Portland State	9.2263	2	5
326	333	UT Martin	9.9147	3	6
327	268	Fordham	9.9191	1	3
328	315	Cal Poly	9.955	2	6
329	322	S Carolina Upstate	10.759	3	9
330	320	San Jose State	11.003	2	8
331	172	Delaware	11.049	3	5
332	293	Alcorn State	11.051	0	5
333	277	Fairleigh Dickinson	11.191	2	6
334	329	Binghamton	11.261	1	10
335	298	Fairfield	11.329	2	11
336	178	North Illinois	11.504	1	9
337	249	Quinnipiac	11.928	4	3
338	325	Coppin State	13.017	3	8
339	321	Denver	13.853	1	8
340	267	Manhattan	13.972	3	4
341	304	Charleston South	14.15	1	9
342	336	South Carolina St	15.143	0	13
343	349	Delaware State	16.489	0	7
344	353	Chicago State	16.86	0	9
345	351	Miss Valley St	18.344	0	10
346	350	Howard	21.028	1	4
347	327	Alabama State	21.591	0	3