NCAA Basketball Rankings - 8 Dec

The Michigan Wolverines have been red-hot to start the season, which includes a blowout of Gonzaga during Thanksgiving week, and as a result, they are the runaway #1 in my first rankings of the season. Here is where all 365 teams stand as of Monday morning:

Rank	LW	Team	Rating	W	L
1		Michigan	-25.228	8	0
2		Iowa State	-20.947	9	0
3		Vanderbilt	-20.911	9	0
4		Duke	-19.617	10	0
5		Gonzaga	-19.609	9	1
6		Arizona	-18.897	8	0
7		UConn	-16.877	8	1
8		Purdue	-16.259	8	1
9		Alabama	-15.656	7	2
10		BYU	-15.646	7	1
11		Virginia	-15.119	8	1
12		Florida	-14.451	5	3
13		Kansas	-14.107	7	3
14		Illinois	-14.057	7	2
15		Michigan State	-13.783	8	1
16		Texas Tech	-13.474	7	2
17		Tennessee	-13.416	7	3
18		Saint Louis	-13.292	8	1
19		Georgia	-13.214	8	1
20		Houston	-13.14	8	1
21		Louisville	-13.133	8	1
22		VCU	-12.473	6	3
23		St. John's	-12.43	5	3
24		Miami	-12.227	8	2
25		George Washington	-12.227	8	2
26		Belmont	-12.01	9	1
27		Arkansas	-11.804	7	2
28		Akron	-11.71	8	2
29		Indiana	-11.672	7	2
30		Utah State	-11.555	8	1
31		Winthrop	-11.481	5	5
32		Clemson	-11.419	7	2
33		LSU	-11.385	8	1
34		Oklahoma St	-11.373	9	0
35		North Carolina	-11.355	8	1
36		Iowa	-10.95	8	1
37		Saint Mary's	-10.925	9	1
38		Hofstra	-10.86	6	4
39		SMU	-10.849	9	1
40		Lipscomb	-10.832	6	4
41		Butler	-10.644	7	2
42		Columbia	-10.571	9	1
43		Nebraska	-10.538	9	0
44		Wisconsin	-10.272	7	2
45		Tulsa	-10.251	8	1
46		USC	-10.147	8	1
47		Seton Hall	-9.9925	9	1
48		Villanova	-9.9526	7	1
49		South Florida	-9.9433	5	4
50		William & Mary	-9.8838	8	3
51		McNeese	-9.7981	7	2
52		Washington	-9.5664	6	3
53		Yale	-9.5217	10	1
54		NC State	-9.4614	6	3
55		Auburn	-9.4158	7	3
56		Ohio State	-9.3795	7	1
57		UC San Diego	-9.3698	8	1
58		UCF	-9.286	8	1
59		Colorado	-9.2268	8	1
60		Utah Valley	-9.1754	6	3
61		Kentucky	-9.1518	5	4
62		Sam Houston St	-8.9265	6	3
63		Colorado State	-8.7894	7	2
64		Missouri	-8.5889	8	2
65		George Mason	-8.5684	9	1
66		Oklahoma	-8.3183	6	3
67		Wake Forest	-8.097	7	3
68		Santa Clara	-8.0749	8	2
69		Notre Dame	-7.8719	7	3
70		Wyoming	-7.6083	7	2
71		Baylor	-7.4532	6	2
72		Wichita State	-7.371	6	4
73		Virginia Tech	-7.2335	8	2
74		Oakland	-7.1113	5	5
75		Pacific	-7.0971	7	3
76		Cal Baptist	-7.0699	7	3
77		Texas A&M	-7.0689	7	3
78		Providence	-7.0572	6	4
79		High Point	-6.9406	8	2
80		Austin Peay	-6.9234	4	5
81		Rhode Island	-6.8306	7	3
82		TCU	-6.8134	6	3
83		Stephen F Austin	-6.5916	7	2
84		Montana State	-6.5553	4	6
85		Northwestern	-6.519	5	4
86		Bowling Green	-6.4918	7	3
87		New Mexico	-6.4401	7	2
88		California	-6.3402	8	1
89		UT Rio Grande	-6.2849	3	5
90		Texas	-6.2483	6	3
91		Boise State	-6.2408	6	3
92		Miami (OH)	-6.2001	8	0
93		UCLA	-6.1297	7	2
94		Arizona State	-6.0955	7	2
95		Murray State	-6.0484	7	3
96		Coastal Carolina	-5.9837	6	4
97		Wright State	-5.9665	5	5
98		Dayton	-5.8975	7	3
99		West Kentucky	-5.7935	6	2
100		Cornell	-5.7919	5	5
101		Mercer	-5.7875	7	2
102		Southern Miss	-5.604	5	4
103		Illinois State	-5.5523	8	2
104		Penn State	-5.4771	8	1
105		Colgate	-5.435	6	4
106		Siena	-5.3565	9	2
107		St. Bonaventure	-5.3129	9	1
108		UAB	-5.3098	7	3
109		East Tennessee St	-5.2369	8	2
110		Quinnipiac	-5.2122	7	3
111		Syracuse	-5.1598	5	3
112		South Alabama	-5.0308	8	2
113		UT Martin	-5.0018	7	2
114		San Diego State	-4.9787	4	3
115		Hampton	-4.9011	5	5
116		Idaho State	-4.7881	6	4
117		Marshall	-4.747	5	4
118		Youngstown St	-4.7013	6	4
119		Idaho	-4.6144	6	3
120		Troy	-4.6055	6	5
121		North Colorado	-4.6019	9	1
122		St. Thomas	-4.5409	7	4
123		Florida State	-4.4781	5	4
124		Richmond	-4.4617	8	1
125		Creighton	-4.4524	5	4
126		Northern Iowa	-4.4184	7	2
127		Towson	-4.4038	6	4
128		Nevada	-4.3569	7	3
129		Lindenwood	-4.3414	5	4
130		South Carolina	-4.2551	6	3
131		West Virginia	-4.1768	7	3
132		Tennessee St	-4.1341	5	4
133		Ole Miss	-4.1287	5	4
134		Toledo	-4.03	5	4
135		Liberty	-4.0113	6	2
136		Florida Atlantic	-4.0027	6	3
137		Tennessee Tech	-3.7781	4	6
138		Elon	-3.7123	5	4
139		Seattle	-3.6429	7	2
140		Southern Illinois	-3.6285	5	4
141		UNC Wilmington	-3.4517	9	1
142		Grand Canyon	-3.4442	5	4
143		Arkansas State	-3.4047	7	3
144		Robert Morris	-3.382	7	4
145		Mid Tennessee	-3.2837	5	4
146		Texas A&M-CC	-3.2395	3	5
147		Kansas State	-3.1318	5	4
148		North Dakota St	-3.1272	7	3
149		Cincinnati	-3.0885	6	3
150		Norfolk State	-2.9983	4	6
151		UT Arlington	-2.8931	6	3
152		North Kentucky	-2.8347	7	3
153		UC Irvine	-2.7338	7	4
154		Georgetown	-2.7064	6	3
155		Central Conn	-2.7011	5	4
156		Bradley	-2.6455	6	4
157		Northeastern	-2.6223	4	5
158		Xavier	-2.621	7	3
159		UC Davis	-2.6196	5	3
160		Iona	-2.593	7	3
161		UC Riverside	-2.5559	5	5
162		Long Island	-2.5137	5	4
163		UNC Asheville	-2.4094	4	5
164		Stanford	-2.3964	7	2
165		Wagner	-2.3462	2	6
166		Eastern Michigan	-2.2715	6	4
167		S Carolina Upstate	-2.2324	6	5
168		Kent State	-2.1947	9	1
169		Grambling	-2.1269	3	5
170		Memphis	-2.0661	4	4
171		SIU-Edwardsville	-1.9954	6	4
172		Alabama State	-1.9816	3	6
173		Weber State	-1.9744	4	5
174		Indiana State	-1.9439	6	4
175		Hawaii	-1.935	8	2
176		Loyola Marymount	-1.9238	7	3
177		Marist	-1.8354	6	2
178		Incarnate Word	-1.7817	5	4
179		Boston U	-1.7255	4	6
180		Denver	-1.6727	3	6
181		Southern	-1.658	4	4
182		Portland State	-1.6533	5	3
183		Drake	-1.4642	6	4
184		Kennesaw St	-1.3901	7	2
185		UIC	-1.3147	4	5
186		Campbell	-1.2837	4	5
187		New Mexico St	-1.1657	6	2
188		SE Missouri St	-1.1575	4	6
189		East Texas A&M	-1.146	5	4
190		Old Dominion	-1.1211	3	7
191		Maryland	-1.1146	6	4
192		Harvard	-1.0739	5	6
193		Vermont	-1.0186	6	5
194		Utah Tech	-0.8898	5	6
195		Buffalo	-0.8084	8	1
196		San Francisco	-0.7545	6	4
197		Prairie View A&M	-0.7344	4	5
198		Bethune-Cookman	-0.6681	3	6
199		New Orleans	-0.6393	2	7
200		Louisiana Tech	-0.5947	5	3
201		Lamar	-0.5102	5	3
202		Eastern Wash	-0.4506	2	7
203		Brown	-0.3513	5	6
204		Tarleton	-0.3313	7	4
205		Furman	-0.3221	6	4
206		Davidson	-0.2986	7	2
207		UC Santa Barbara	-0.2944	8	2
208		UMBC	-0.2639	6	3
209		Milwaukee	-0.1976	4	5
210		Alabama A&M	-0.1717	4	4
211		James Madison	-0.0811	7	4
212		Charleston South	0.0043	6	5
213		Stony Brook	0.0935	6	3
214		Navy	0.1183	6	5
215		Holy Cross	0.1758	4	6
216		Utah	0.1781	7	3
217		Mississippi St	0.2276	4	5
218		Minnesota	0.2993	5	4
219		UMass	0.3366	6	3
220		Marquette	0.4001	5	5
221		Monmouth	0.4014	5	5
222		Duquesne	0.6235	6	3
223		Cal Poly	0.6493	5	6
224		American	0.6522	7	4
225		Fort Wayne	0.6845	5	6
226		Fairfield	0.7274	5	5
227		Pittsburgh	0.7344	5	5
228		Green Bay	0.7475	4	7
229		Queens	0.8792	4	5
230		Montana	0.9037	5	5
231		Abilene Christian	0.9336	7	3
232		South Dakota St	0.9427	5	5
233		Boston College	0.9986	5	5
234		Central Arkansas	1.0005	4	6
235		UNLV	1.1864	4	5
236		Mercyhurst	1.2016	7	2
237		Bellarmine	1.2343	4	5
238		West Carolina	1.2707	4	5
239		Valparaiso	1.3203	6	3
240		Samford	1.3277	5	6
241		Rutgers	1.3636	5	5
242		Florida Gulf Coast	1.3682	5	5
243		Penn	1.3688	5	4
244		North Texas	1.4142	7	3
245		Houston Christian	1.464	5	4
246		Florida Intl	1.6049	5	3
247		Wofford	1.6497	6	4
248		San Jose State	1.7922	4	5
249		UMass Lowell	1.8029	3	7
250		West Michigan	2.054	5	5
251		North Florida	2.0876	2	7
252		N Carolina A&T	2.1353	4	3
253		Nicholls	2.1405	1	7
254		Temple	2.1475	4	5
255		Fordham	2.2077	6	4
256		Sacred Heart	2.2237	3	6
257		Georgia Southern	2.2988	6	5
258		Presbyterian	2.318	6	6
259		North Arizona	2.5135	4	4
260		Fresno State	2.5154	6	4
261		Jacksonville	2.5335	4	5
262		Detroit Mercy	2.6014	4	6
263		New Hampshire	2.6081	3	7
264		Drexel	2.638	4	6
265		Washington St	2.6842	3	7
266		CSU Fullerton	2.8299	3	7
267		Omaha	2.852	4	7
268		CSU Northridge	2.8906	4	5
269		Le Moyne	2.9117	5	5
270		UAlbany	2.983	3	7
271		Merrimack	3.013	5	6
272		Appalachian St	3.1417	5	5
273		Eastern Kentucky	3.2082	2	7
274		Southern Utah	3.2094	4	7
275		Chattanooga	3.2839	4	5
276		Ark-Pine Bluff	3.2906	1	9
277		West Georgia	3.2918	5	4
278		DePaul	3.3149	6	3
279		Texas State	3.3561	6	5
280		South Dakota	3.4481	5	5
281		Saint Joseph's	3.4815	5	3
282		North Alabama	3.4969	5	4
283		Jacksonville St	3.5402	4	4
284		Loyola (MD)	3.593	4	6
285		La Salle	3.6012	4	6
286		New Haven	3.6222	5	5
287		Oregon	3.7174	4	5
288		Charlotte	3.7314	4	6
289		Princeton	3.7541	3	9
290		Bryant	3.7701	3	7
291		Charleston	3.7803	4	5
292		Georgia Tech	3.8017	6	4
293		Rice	3.8625	4	6
294		Morehead State	3.8807	3	7
295		Alcorn State	3.9255	1	9
296		Manhattan	3.9275	4	6
297		Dartmouth	4.0356	3	4
298		Howard	4.147	5	5
299		Maryland-E Shore	4.2023	4	8
300		UT San Antonio	4.2712	4	5
301		North Illinois	4.3144	3	6
302		Oregon State	4.4641	5	5
303		Texas Southern	4.4706	1	6
304		Oral Roberts	4.5145	4	7
305		Ohio	4.6386	3	6
306		Northwestern St	4.6498	2	7
307		Longwood	4.6766	6	5
308		Portland	4.7382	6	4
309		Sacramento St	4.7987	4	6
310		Central Michigan	4.9429	3	6
311		Stonehill	5.0407	2	8
312		Missouri State	5.0757	4	4
313		North Dakota	5.0889	3	8
314		N Carolina Cent	5.1073	3	8
315		Lehigh	5.2004	3	8
316		CSU Bakersfield	5.2765	4	6
317		Evansville	5.2822	4	6
318		Southern Indiana	5.3051	3	7
319		SE Louisiana	5.3251	3	6
320		UNC Greensboro	5.3344	2	8
321		Long Beach St	5.4393	2	8
322		VMI	5.5385	4	7
323		San Diego	5.6094	3	5
324		NJIT	5.8225	3	7
325		UTEP	5.8939	3	5
326		Army	5.9439	4	7
327		Maine	5.9833	0	11
328		Jackson State	6.0394	1	7
329		IU Indianapolis	6.1391	3	8
330		Rider	6.1539	1	7
331		Radford	6.3312	4	7
332		Eastern Illinois	6.4345	2	6
333		Tulane	6.5137	6	3
334		Bucknell	6.7026	2	9
335		Stetson	6.7457	3	8
336		Little Rock	6.8239	2	7
337		Fairleigh Dickinson	7.0189	2	7
338		Mt. St. Mary's	7.047	2	8
339		Chicago State	7.1624	1	9
340		Ball State	7.6018	3	6
341		Georgia State	7.7065	1	9
342		Saint Peter's	8.1218	4	4
343		UL Monroe	8.3551	2	7
344		South Carolina St	8.6134	0	9
345		Niagara	8.8066	2	7
346		Florida A&M	9.1079	1	5
347		Western Illinois	9.3642	3	7
348		Lafayette	9.3665	3	7
349		Pepperdine	9.4079	3	7
350		Coppin State	9.4319	2	10
351		Air Force	9.5225	3	8
352		Miss Valley St	9.9948	1	8
353		Canisius	10.057	4	6
354		Delaware	10.092	2	6
355		Cleveland State	10.129	3	8
356		Kansas City	10.29	1	8
357		Louisiana	10.528	1	9
358		St. Francis (PA)	10.716	2	8
359		East Carolina	11.265	3	6
360		Morgan State	11.6	1	7
361		Delaware State	12.319	3	8
362		Loyola-Chicago	12.877	3	7
363		Binghamton	12.979	3	7
364		The Citadel	13.319	2	7
365		Gardner-Webb	15.23	0	11