NCAA Basketball Rankings - 16 Feb

Michigan has been #1 in my rankings every single week this season, and Arizona has held down the #2 spot since 2026 began, and that didn't change this week. Purdue moved up 3 spots inside the top 10 after wins at Nebraska and Iowa, both of which were in my top 25 last week, and Gonzaga moved back into the top 10 after Michigan State faltered. Here are my full current rankings:

Rank	LW	Team	Rating	W	L
1	1	Michigan	-24.93	24	1
2	2	Arizona	-22.53	23	2
3	3	Duke	-21.7	23	2
4	4	Florida	-20.76	19	6
5	5	Iowa State	-19.63	22	3
6	9	Purdue	-19.62	21	4
7	6	Illinois	-19.5	21	5
8	7	Houston	-19.38	23	2
9	8	UConn	-18.48	24	2
10	11	Gonzaga	-18.24	25	2
11	12	Vanderbilt	-18.22	21	4
12	10	Michigan State	-17.63	20	5
13	13	Nebraska	-17.44	22	3
14	16	Texas Tech	-17.25	19	6
15	14	Kansas	-17.19	19	6
16	21	Louisville	-16.91	19	6
17	20	Arkansas	-16.82	19	6
18	18	Alabama	-16.48	18	7
19	15	St. John's	-16.25	20	5
20	17	Virginia	-16.15	22	3
21	19	Saint Louis	-15.9	24	1
22	22	Tennessee	-15.5	18	7
23	23	BYU	-15.3	19	6
24	26	North Carolina	-14.22	20	5
25	27	Utah State	-14.17	22	3
26	28	Villanova	-13.96	20	5
27	25	NC State	-13.63	18	8
28	24	Iowa	-13.57	18	7
29	39	Wisconsin	-13.52	18	7
30	33	Kentucky	-13.44	17	8
31	29	Auburn	-13.16	14	11
32	35	Saint Mary's	-13.1	23	4
33	32	SMU	-12.98	17	8
34	34	Indiana	-12.84	17	9
35	30	Clemson	-12.67	20	6
36	38	Texas	-12.66	16	9
37	41	Miami	-12.23	20	5
38	36	Texas A&M	-12.13	17	8
39	31	Georgia	-11.96	17	8
40	37	Santa Clara	-11.92	22	6
41	40	Ohio State	-11.65	16	9
42	42	San Diego State	-11.2	18	6
43	45	VCU	-11.08	20	6
44	43	UCLA	-11.02	17	8
45	46	New Mexico	-10.82	19	6
46	47	Seton Hall	-10.67	18	8
47	44	Washington	-10.27	13	13
48	49	Belmont	-10.1	24	4
49	48	Baylor	-9.697	13	12
50	50	Akron	-9.671	20	5
51	55	USC	-9.518	18	7
52	59	Cincinnati	-9.385	14	12
53	54	McNeese	-9.266	21	5
54	63	TCU	-9.161	16	9
55	53	UCF	-9.16	17	7
56	51	Tulsa	-9.014	20	6
57	61	South Florida	-9.001	18	8
58	52	LSU	-8.957	14	11
59	56	Missouri	-8.844	17	8
60	65	West Virginia	-8.743	16	9
61	62	Yale	-8.708	20	4
62	57	Miami (OH)	-8.631	25	0
63	69	Oklahoma	-8.448	13	12
64	60	Virginia Tech	-8.219	17	9
65	58	Oklahoma St	-8.03	16	9
66	67	Grand Canyon	-7.823	16	9
67	64	Stephen F Austin	-7.81	23	3
68	66	Nevada	-7.749	17	8
69	72	George Washington	-7.664	15	11
70	68	Providence	-7.593	11	15
71	83	High Point	-7.387	24	4
72	70	Northwestern	-7.268	10	16
73	87	Wake Forest	-7.217	13	12
74	71	Utah Valley	-7.095	18	7
75	82	California	-7.06	18	8
76	79	Colorado	-7.047	14	12
77	76	Syracuse	-7.003	15	11
78	85	Stanford	-6.963	16	10
79	84	Arizona State	-6.897	13	12
80	93	Northern Iowa	-6.839	17	10
81	74	Boise State	-6.644	15	10
82	80	Hofstra	-6.607	17	10
83	94	Florida State	-6.537	12	13
84	88	Notre Dame	-6.437	12	14
85	77	Butler	-6.391	13	13
86	86	Creighton	-6.289	13	13
87	92	Georgetown	-6.17	13	12
88	73	Illinois State	-6.125	17	10
89	90	Minnesota	-5.783	11	14
90	81	George Mason	-5.734	21	5
91	91	Liberty	-5.674	22	3
92	75	Ole Miss	-5.653	11	14
93	89	Wichita State	-5.587	16	10
94	95	Dayton	-5.335	16	9
95	100	Colorado State	-5.182	15	10
96	102	UNC Wilmington	-5.114	22	4
97	78	Murray State	-5.052	19	9
98	106	Xavier	-5.036	13	12
99	114	Mississippi St	-4.837	12	13
100	101	Sam Houston St	-4.787	17	8
101	99	Winthrop	-4.764	19	8
102	108	William & Mary	-4.714	16	10
103	104	St. Thomas	-4.63	21	7
104	107	South Carolina	-4.598	11	14
105	96	Memphis	-4.554	12	13
106	113	Cal Baptist	-4.529	19	7
107	125	UIC	-4.491	15	12
108	105	Wyoming	-4.441	13	12
109	98	Hawaii	-4.338	18	6
110	111	UC Irvine	-4.335	17	9
111	117	Austin Peay	-4.248	19	6
112	103	Kansas State	-4	10	15
113	121	Cornell	-3.995	12	11
114	124	Bowling Green	-3.9	16	10
115	134	Marquette	-3.868	9	17
116	118	DePaul	-3.768	13	12
117	123	Oregon	-3.753	9	16
118	139	Bradley	-3.704	18	9
119	112	Florida Atlantic	-3.673	14	12
120	110	Troy	-3.628	17	10
121	127	Southern Illinois	-3.618	12	15
122	122	UT Rio Grande	-3.576	14	12
123	116	Rhode Island	-3.517	14	11
124	97	Oakland	-3.445	14	13
125	133	Duquesne	-3.431	15	10
126	120	Davidson	-3.426	15	10
127	135	North Dakota St	-3.383	21	6
128	132	Mercer	-3.313	18	10
129	109	Pacific	-3.291	17	11
130	119	Wright State	-3.241	17	10
131	129	Pittsburgh	-3.205	9	17
132	115	East Tennessee St	-3.182	19	8
133	138	Montana State	-3.16	15	11
134	144	Penn State	-3.1	11	15
135	126	Kent State	-3.077	19	7
136	137	UC San Diego	-3.024	18	9
137	136	Portland State	-2.716	17	7
138	130	Arkansas State	-2.708	16	11
139	147	UAB	-2.592	16	10
140	128	San Francisco	-2.577	15	13
141	155	Navy	-2.566	21	6
142	156	Merrimack	-2.547	18	9
143	150	Utah	-2.532	9	16
144	142	Central Arkansas	-2.454	17	10
145	153	Seattle	-2.372	16	11
146	149	Toledo	-2.348	13	13
147	148	Columbia	-2.339	15	9
148	151	Richmond	-2.315	14	12
149	154	North Colorado	-2.256	17	10
150	145	St. Bonaventure	-2.217	14	11
151	152	Lipscomb	-2.067	16	11
152	146	UC Santa Barbara	-2.055	17	9
153	141	Siena	-1.96	18	9
154	160	UNLV	-1.924	13	12
155	131	Marist	-1.873	16	10
156	174	North Texas	-1.778	15	11
157	143	Harvard	-1.698	14	10
158	175	Fresno State	-1.692	12	13
159	158	Washington St	-1.663	11	16
160	140	UT Arlington	-1.663	14	11
161	163	UT Martin	-1.639	20	7
162	159	Penn	-1.585	13	10
163	180	Maryland	-1.582	10	15
164	161	Quinnipiac	-1.542	18	10
165	186	Robert Morris	-1.522	18	10
166	171	Towson	-1.376	14	13
167	177	UMass	-1.339	15	11
168	169	Appalachian St	-1.332	18	10
169	165	Long Island	-1.188	17	9
170	157	Marshall	-1.151	16	10
171	166	Texas A&M-CC	-1.134	14	12
172	164	Valparaiso	-1.055	14	13
173	173	North Kentucky	-1.048	16	11
174	170	Idaho	-0.936	14	12
175	187	Furman	-0.915	17	10
176	194	South Alabama	-0.888	19	7
177	182	Utah Tech	-0.828	16	11
178	168	Colgate	-0.773	16	11
179	162	Boston College	-0.731	9	16
180	183	Loyola Marymount	-0.656	13	15
181	191	Rutgers	-0.638	10	15
182	178	Charleston	-0.62	17	10
183	188	Buffalo	-0.618	15	10
184	172	Saint Joseph's	-0.601	15	10
185	209	Samford	-0.59	15	12
186	167	Kennesaw St	-0.505	14	11
187	212	Fordham	-0.405	14	12
188	208	CSU Northridge	-0.372	16	10
189	196	Youngstown St	-0.289	13	14
190	176	Temple	-0.281	15	10
191	184	Campbell	-0.28	12	14
192	205	Monmouth	-0.233	14	12
193	185	West Kentucky	-0.194	14	11
194	193	UC Davis	-0.127	16	10
195	179	Georgia Tech	-0.047	11	15
196	210	Mid Tennessee	0.0356	12	13
197	211	New Mexico St	0.0444	12	13
198	204	Elon	0.0479	14	13
199	190	Queens	0.1327	15	12
200	181	Lamar	0.2479	12	14
201	198	CSU Fullerton	0.3372	13	14
202	192	Montana	0.4205	14	12
203	203	New Orleans	0.4226	11	15
204	195	Tarleton	0.5151	12	13
205	244	Oregon State	0.7154	14	14
206	199	Indiana State	0.7559	10	17
207	216	Weber State	0.8	13	14
208	218	Vermont	0.8204	17	10
209	207	Bethune-Cookman	0.8496	13	12
210	202	Tennessee St	0.8624	17	9
211	246	UMBC	0.871	16	8
212	214	SE Missouri St	0.8775	16	11
213	197	Eastern Michigan	0.8978	9	17
214	219	SIU-Edwardsville	0.9418	17	10
215	224	Green Bay	0.9825	15	13
216	189	Drake	0.9872	12	16
217	233	Eastern Wash	1.0331	9	17
218	221	South Dakota St	1.0669	12	15
219	201	Wofford	1.0905	17	10
220	222	Saint Peter's	1.1078	15	9
221	220	Coastal Carolina	1.1375	16	11
222	213	Florida Intl	1.1417	12	13
223	200	Lindenwood	1.1645	16	11
224	226	Ohio	1.4215	13	13
225	237	Howard	1.5391	16	10
226	223	Stony Brook	1.5479	15	11
227	236	Denver	1.5858	13	15
228	229	UNC Asheville	1.643	12	14
229	231	Iona	1.6609	15	12
230	206	Jacksonville St	1.6794	13	12
231	235	Hampton	1.7375	12	14
232	217	Drexel	1.8317	13	13
233	215	Charlotte	1.9117	13	12
234	239	James Madison	1.9193	14	13
235	240	Charleston South	1.948	12	15
236	234	American	2.006	14	13
237	230	Southern Miss	2.0278	14	14
238	238	Fairfield	2.0681	16	11
239	232	Florida Gulf Coast	2.2256	12	15
240	242	Southern	2.2315	12	13
241	253	Abilene Christian	2.2385	12	13
242	249	Louisiana Tech	2.4072	14	11
243	252	Central Conn	2.4268	15	10
244	256	Detroit Mercy	2.4497	12	13
245	264	Tulane	2.4827	15	10
246	228	Dartmouth	2.4859	10	13
247	227	Missouri State	2.5316	13	12
248	248	Portland	2.5685	12	15
249	251	La Salle	2.6023	7	18
250	243	Fort Wayne	2.6384	15	12
251	254	Radford	2.6482	14	13
252	225	Princeton	2.7311	8	17
253	260	Old Dominion	2.8297	9	18
254	247	Nicholls	2.877	11	15
255	241	Incarnate Word	2.9717	10	16
256	265	Texas State	3.0096	17	11
257	255	Eastern Kentucky	3.0209	9	18
258	245	Grambling	3.0886	11	13
259	272	West Carolina	3.0965	10	15
260	259	Mercyhurst	3.231	18	10
261	273	Boston U	3.3529	12	15
262	250	Idaho State	3.4551	10	17
263	269	Milwaukee	3.5015	11	17
264	257	Bellarmine	3.5147	11	15
265	258	Rice	3.5945	11	15
266	263	San Diego	3.6689	11	17
267	261	Longwood	3.6727	14	14
268	268	Le Moyne	3.7229	14	13
269	271	Southern Utah	3.8536	9	17
270	270	Sacred Heart	3.8558	12	16
271	287	Cal Poly	3.903	11	16
272	274	Omaha	3.9082	14	14
273	283	Brown	3.9146	8	15
274	275	Georgia Southern	4.1213	15	12
275	266	Long Beach St	4.1423	8	18
276	277	SE Louisiana	4.1781	8	18
277	267	S Carolina Upstate	4.2693	11	16
278	262	Northeastern	4.3246	6	18
279	280	Morehead State	4.4762	15	12
280	281	Presbyterian	4.5089	13	14
281	285	Northwestern St	4.5207	8	18
282	301	Central Michigan	4.5951	8	17
283	279	Sacramento St	4.6648	9	16
284	296	NJIT	4.699	15	12
285	284	N Carolina A&T	4.7147	10	14
286	286	UC Riverside	4.7263	8	19
287	276	Georgia State	4.73	9	18
288	282	Ark-Pine Bluff	4.7392	11	14
289	288	San Jose State	4.7741	6	19
290	292	UMass Lowell	4.8316	11	15
291	278	East Texas A&M	4.8405	10	17
292	294	Mt. St. Mary's	4.8644	12	15
293	297	West Michigan	4.9726	9	16
294	305	Alabama State	4.997	8	17
295	290	Norfolk State	5.0082	12	14
296	289	Chattanooga	5.1263	10	17
297	300	Little Rock	5.2413	10	17
298	291	North Dakota	5.3384	15	14
299	310	UTEP	5.4823	10	16
300	313	Lehigh	5.5807	12	15
301	295	South Dakota	5.6626	14	13
302	304	Texas Southern	5.731	8	15
303	312	Evansville	5.7892	6	20
304	302	Jacksonville	5.8451	10	17
305	308	Tennessee Tech	5.8598	11	16
306	316	Houston Christian	5.8675	9	17
307	307	Alabama A&M	5.8805	14	11
308	322	UNC Greensboro	5.9765	12	15
309	299	Eastern Illinois	6.0251	11	16
310	306	New Haven	6.0259	11	15
311	327	East Carolina	6.0363	9	16
312	324	Loyola (MD)	6.0545	11	16
313	303	Prairie View A&M	6.1663	9	16
314	309	Fairleigh Dickinson	6.5048	10	17
315	293	North Illinois	6.5058	8	16
316	336	Delaware	6.5257	9	16
317	325	Wagner	6.5299	9	15
318	318	UAlbany	6.5765	9	17
319	321	West Georgia	6.5993	12	14
320	319	IU Indianapolis	6.746	7	21
321	317	Ball State	6.8827	8	17
322	323	North Arizona	6.9607	10	17
323	329	Pepperdine	7.012	7	20
324	314	Maryland-E Shore	7.0424	8	18
325	298	New Hampshire	7.0747	8	16
326	334	Manhattan	7.2003	12	16
327	328	Louisiana	7.2088	9	17
328	326	Holy Cross	7.2536	9	18
329	315	Cleveland State	7.2597	10	17
330	311	Stonehill	7.3799	9	18
331	333	Stetson	7.4222	9	18
332	332	North Florida	7.7052	6	21
333	330	Bucknell	7.8069	8	19
334	320	Lafayette	7.9103	8	19
335	338	Jackson State	8.1045	8	17
336	331	N Carolina Cent	8.2194	9	14
337	337	Niagara	8.5071	7	19
338	335	Army	8.6839	10	17
339	343	Loyola-Chicago	8.8877	6	20
340	345	Alcorn State	8.9849	6	18
341	341	Oral Roberts	9.3343	6	21
342	342	Florida A&M	9.4567	9	14
343	346	CSU Bakersfield	9.4669	8	18
344	347	Chicago State	9.4853	6	21
345	339	Maine	9.5306	6	21
346	344	Canisius	9.6543	8	19
347	340	Bryant	9.6605	8	18
348	348	North Alabama	9.8954	8	17
349	349	Southern Indiana	9.9662	5	21
350	351	Morgan State	9.9911	10	13
351	350	The Citadel	10.421	9	18
352	352	St. Francis (PA)	10.617	6	20
353	357	UT San Antonio	11.218	5	20
354	353	Rider	11.449	3	22
355	355	UL Monroe	12.221	4	23
356	356	Air Force	12.323	3	22
357	354	VMI	12.638	6	21
358	360	South Carolina St	13.029	6	17
359	358	Kansas City	13.387	4	22
360	359	Western Illinois	13.389	5	22
361	361	Delaware State	13.593	6	18
362	362	Binghamton	13.709	5	22
363	363	Coppin State	14.97	5	21
364	364	Gardner-Webb	16.256	3	24
365	365	Miss Valley St	17.413	1	24