NCAA Basketball Rankings - 24 Feb

With a big win against Baylor over the weekend, Kansas cemented themselves as the best team in the country and the likely #1 overall seed in the tournament. The hottest team of the week was Villanova, who beat DePaul and Xavier on the road, hurting DePaul's tourney hopes while knocking Xavier closer to the bubble. Meanwhile, conference rival Marquette was moving in the opposite direction, losing twice this week, once at home against Creighton and again on the road against streaking Providence. 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	-19.88	24	3	1	7
2	3	Gonzaga	-17.63	27	2	100	1
3	2	Duke	-17.51	23	4	42	6
4	4	Baylor	-17	24	2	28	11
5	5	San Diego State	-15.86	26	1	125	2
6	6	Dayton	-15.61	25	2	96	3
7	7	West Virginia	-15.22	19	8	3	35
8	9	Michigan State	-14.93	18	9	14	26
9	8	Arizona	-14.79	19	8	40	19
10	10	Maryland	-13.81	22	5	27	36
11	12	Seton Hall	-13.68	20	7	13	45
12	22	Villanova	-13.64	21	6	6	53
13	15	Louisville	-13.59	23	5	60	22
14	20	Creighton	-13.56	22	6	37	34
15	21	Michigan	-13.38	18	9	11	57
16	13	Ohio State	-13.37	18	9	24	50
17	19	Houston	-13.19	21	7	66	15
18	16	Oregon	-13.13	21	7	16	54
19	11	Penn State	-13.05	20	7	35	39
20	18	Florida State	-13.03	23	4	43	29
21	24	Texas Tech	-12.95	18	9	49	33
22	23	BYU	-12.74	23	7	74	14
23	14	Colorado	-12.56	21	7	39	48
24	17	Marquette	-11.85	17	9	20	75
25	28	Kentucky	-11.73	22	5	73	40
26	25	Wisconsin	-11.38	17	10	7	101
27	27	Butler	-11.29	19	9	15	89
28	26	Auburn	-10.94	23	4	54	60
29	30	LSU	-10.89	19	8	45	66
30	31	Iowa	-10.83	19	8	21	95
31	29	Purdue	-10.68	14	14	8	114
32	32	Minnesota	-10.65	13	13	4	129
33	34	Yale	-10.63	20	6	140	5
34	46	Stanford	-10.63	18	9	87	41
35	33	Wichita State	-10.61	20	7	83	51
36	41	Illinois	-10.54	17	9	38	69
37	40	Florida	-10.42	17	10	29	79
38	35	Alabama	-10.4	15	12	25	84
39	36	Rhode Island	-10.37	19	7	57	58
40	37	Rutgers	-9.801	18	10	64	91
41	39	Arkansas	-9.747	17	10	48	77
42	44	Saint Mary's	-9.684	22	6	101	46
43	43	Xavier	-9.611	17	10	17	136
44	48	Utah State	-9.521	22	7	127	27
45	42	Cincinnati	-9.395	18	9	62	76
46	61	Indiana	-9.269	18	9	31	139
47	38	Oklahoma	-9.252	16	11	2	166
48	49	Richmond	-9.152	20	7	94	49
49	45	Vermont	-9.124	22	7	193	10
50	50	Arizona State	-9.101	19	8	33	118
51	63	Providence	-9.053	16	12	19	140
52	62	NC State	-8.89	17	10	58	99
53	47	Mississippi St	-8.774	17	10	50	108
54	54	East Tennessee St	-8.523	25	4	250	12
55	59	Virginia	-8.411	19	7	68	107
56	51	VCU	-8.325	17	10	79	87
57	56	USC	-8.284	19	9	46	111
58	53	UNC Greensboro	-8.242	23	6	234	16
59	58	Northern Iowa	-8.231	23	5	165	24
60	55	Memphis	-8.11	19	8	98	73
61	57	Tennessee	-8.084	15	12	47	137
62	52	Georgetown	-7.959	15	12	23	174
63	68	Washington	-7.816	13	15	52	132
64	66	Liberty	-7.693	26	3	343	4
65	65	Connecticut	-7.649	15	12	75	117
66	69	North Colorado	-7.59	20	7	221	13
67	71	Notre Dame	-7.457	17	10	89	112
68	67	Akron	-7.45	21	6	238	23
69	64	Furman	-7.443	23	6	209	18
70	60	Iowa State	-7.294	11	16	12	225
71	77	Louisiana Tech	-7.214	20	7	243	17
72	79	Oklahoma St	-7.182	14	13	5	227
73	78	Nevada	-7.155	18	10	95	80
74	82	Clemson	-7.153	14	12	44	165
75	76	South Carolina	-7.064	16	11	69	122
76	70	Davidson	-7.046	14	12	84	71
77	83	Belmont	-6.982	22	7	314	9
78	75	North Texas	-6.884	18	10	150	47
79	72	Syracuse	-6.844	15	12	63	171
80	74	St. John's	-6.831	14	13	59	179
81	86	Georgia Tech	-6.678	13	14	34	178
82	81	Oregon State	-6.608	15	12	72	135
83	80	Duquesne	-6.469	18	8	126	78
84	73	SMU	-6.373	18	8	102	96
85	84	San Francisco	-6.319	18	11	92	115
86	90	UC Irvine	-6.303	19	10	189	25
87	89	Boise State	-6.288	19	10	113	74
88	96	Texas	-6.274	16	11	41	206
89	87	Stephen F Austin	-6.201	24	3	342	8
90	85	DePaul	-5.851	14	13	55	194
91	91	Tulsa	-5.763	18	9	103	116
92	113	UCLA	-5.758	17	11	67	175
93	99	Saint Louis	-5.727	19	8	128	106
94	105	Hofstra	-5.719	22	7	224	28
95	94	North Carolina	-5.534	10	17	10	254
96	102	Texas State	-5.454	19	10	215	56
97	100	TCU	-5.304	15	12	56	223
98	88	Ole Miss	-5.075	13	14	71	199
99	93	Georgia State	-5.036	18	11	135	62
100	92	Harvard	-4.989	18	7	147	64
101	107	Miami	-4.977	14	13	22	239
102	101	Loyola-Chicago	-4.776	19	10	200	68
103	95	Virginia Tech	-4.674	15	12	88	186
104	112	St. Bonaventure	-4.589	18	9	111	109
105	104	Pittsburgh	-4.575	15	13	65	226
106	97	Winthrop	-4.552	19	10	297	30
107	103	Kansas State	-4.551	11	18	26	264
108	109	Temple	-4.544	14	13	61	210
109	110	Missouri	-4.514	13	14	51	221
110	132	UNLV	-4.455	15	14	76	189
111	98	Colorado State	-4.37	19	10	116	141
112	106	Wake Forest	-4.328	11	15	30	244
113	115	Utah	-4.3	15	12	36	249
114	117	North Dakota St	-4.157	20	8	270	38
115	121	Pacific	-4.109	21	9	241	88
116	125	Georgia	-4.099	14	13	70	222
117	118	New Mexico St	-4.068	22	6	330	31
118	114	West Kentucky	-4.02	19	9	152	105
119	111	Colgate	-4.004	22	7	256	43
120	122	South Dakota St	-4.003	22	8	315	37
121	116	Wright State	-3.621	24	6	351	20
122	119	Bradley	-3.616	19	10	204	90
123	120	Murray State	-3.605	20	8	340	21
124	108	Kent State	-3.575	17	10	227	72
125	126	Eastern Wash	-3.259	18	9	156	86
126	130	UCF	-3.249	14	12	86	216
127	129	Ball State	-3.221	15	12	245	85
128	123	Stony Brook	-3.193	18	10	177	83
129	142	Buffalo	-3.179	18	9	167	124
130	133	Southern Utah	-3.068	14	13	168	92
131	124	UT Arlington	-3.041	13	16	108	157
132	134	Little Rock	-3.035	19	9	137	97
133	128	Northeastern	-3.027	14	14	163	94
134	127	Boston U	-2.956	17	12	212	70
135	136	Radford	-2.939	19	9	262	59
136	156	Georgia Southern	-2.825	17	12	185	100
137	135	Indiana State	-2.792	16	11	122	151
138	141	South Florida	-2.685	11	16	78	247
139	149	Wofford	-2.648	16	13	186	103
140	146	North Kentucky	-2.646	21	8	326	42
141	139	Penn	-2.63	13	10	107	156
142	152	Pepperdine	-2.628	15	14	77	218
143	137	Chattanooga	-2.549	17	12	194	102
144	144	Fresno State	-2.501	10	18	93	191
145	143	St. Francis (PA)	-2.485	19	8	273	63
146	151	Missouri State	-2.402	14	15	115	160
147	153	Charlotte	-2.345	15	11	160	146
148	158	Austin Peay	-2.193	19	10	302	61
149	165	UC Santa Barbara	-2.175	18	9	300	67
150	147	UC Riverside	-2.148	15	14	328	52
151	159	Montana	-2	17	10	179	120
152	148	Oral Roberts	-1.977	14	13	235	81
153	138	Charleston	-1.956	15	13	131	150
154	131	Washington St	-1.932	14	14	105	238
155	162	Toledo	-1.924	13	14	181	121
156	163	Abilene Christian	-1.85	17	10	345	32
157	140	West Carolina	-1.801	17	10	182	127
158	145	Siena	-1.759	15	10	220	123
159	160	Marshall	-1.758	14	14	157	163
160	161	Santa Clara	-1.715	18	11	248	148
161	164	Sacred Heart	-1.657	17	12	264	65
162	178	William & Mary	-1.54	20	10	154	128
163	171	Valparaiso	-1.54	15	14	119	169
164	154	Northwestern	-1.502	6	20	9	313
165	155	New Mexico	-1.428	17	12	148	203
166	170	North Florida	-1.399	19	11	232	113
167	157	Appalachian St	-1.384	16	13	144	161
168	168	Florida Intl	-1.373	17	10	284	82
169	166	Towson	-1.165	17	12	244	138
170	184	Saint Peter's	-1.075	16	11	261	110
171	199	Texas A&M	-1.013	14	12	82	285
172	175	Delaware	-0.995	20	9	263	126
173	180	Portland State	-0.975	14	14	173	143
174	189	Princeton	-0.964	12	11	133	195
175	179	Southern Illinois	-0.905	16	13	172	176
176	173	South Dakota	-0.896	19	11	305	104
177	169	North Illinois	-0.895	16	11	201	144
178	167	Rider	-0.881	15	12	188	131
179	186	Sacramento St	-0.844	14	12	203	145
180	192	South Alabama	-0.787	18	11	255	133
181	150	Sam Houston St	-0.784	18	10	348	55
182	177	Old Dominion	-0.784	11	17	109	220
183	185	Cal Baptist	-0.751	19	8	352	44
184	174	Bowling Green	-0.744	20	7	237	170
185	176	George Mason	-0.671	15	12	123	242
186	172	Nebraska	-0.607	7	19	18	326
187	191	La Salle	-0.548	13	13	106	251
188	195	Eastern Michigan	-0.537	15	12	222	154
189	181	Prairie View A&M	-0.532	15	11	252	98
190	194	North Arizona	-0.437	15	11	183	167
191	190	Monmouth	-0.271	16	11	174	153
192	182	Nicholls	-0.039	18	10	324	93
193	188	Drake	-0.033	18	11	247	172
194	202	Massachusetts	0.0932	12	15	85	286
195	204	Ohio	0.1142	13	14	213	196
196	197	California	0.1696	11	16	138	325
197	187	Lafayette	0.187	17	10	281	130
198	200	Vanderbilt	0.2073	9	18	80	307
199	183	Boston College	0.3055	13	15	53	309
200	207	Loyola Marymount	0.3103	10	18	91	284