NCAA Basketball Rankings - 8 Mar

The hottest team in the nation right now is Illinois, who won two road games this week against top 10 teams to push themselves up to #4 in my rankings, and give them the inside track for the final #1 seed in the NCAA tournament next week. One of the teams they beat, Michigan, lost twice this week after having only one loss total coming in, but they are still ranked #3 overall and just as likely as the Illini to snag a #1 seed. Here are my full current rankings with just one week to go until the bracket comes out:

Rank	LW	Team	Rating	W	L
1	1	Gonzaga	-22.44	24	0
2	3	Baylor	-19.41	21	1
3	2	Michigan	-18.68	19	3
4	6	Illinois	-17.69	20	6
5	4	Iowa	-17.43	20	7
6	5	Houston	-16.67	21	3
7	7	Alabama	-15.86	21	6
8	11	USC	-15.38	21	6
9	9	Colorado	-15.28	20	7
10	8	Ohio State	-15.05	18	8
11	10	Colgate	-14.61	12	1
12	12	Villanova	-14.57	16	5
13	13	Creighton	-13.98	18	7
14	16	Arkansas	-13.91	21	5
15	15	Florida State	-13.35	15	5
16	17	Purdue	-13.2	18	8
17	25	UConn	-13.19	14	6
18	18	BYU	-13.17	19	5
19	19	San Diego State	-13.04	20	4
20	23	Tennessee	-12.89	17	7
21	20	Wisconsin	-12.88	16	11
22	21	Texas Tech	-12.74	17	9
23	14	West Virginia	-12.66	18	8
24	26	Texas	-12.54	17	7
25	27	Virginia	-12.3	17	6
26	28	LSU	-12.24	16	8
27	29	Loyola-Chicago	-12.19	24	4
28	22	Kansas	-12.14	19	8
29	32	Oregon	-12.11	19	5
30	24	Florida	-11.79	13	8
31	35	St. Bonaventure	-11.61	15	4
32	31	UCLA	-11.08	17	8
33	37	Oklahoma St	-11.06	18	7
34	39	North Carolina	-10.81	16	9
35	34	Arizona	-10.79	17	9
36	42	Memphis	-10.61	15	7
37	30	Rutgers	-10.6	14	10
38	33	Oklahoma	-10.59	14	9
39	36	Maryland	-10.25	15	12
40	52	Penn State	-10.08	10	13
41	44	Missouri	-9.885	15	8
42	47	Georgia Tech	-9.853	15	8
43	41	SMU	-9.85	11	4
44	43	Indiana	-9.722	12	14
45	46	Clemson	-9.72	16	6
46	45	Utah State	-9.717	18	7
47	38	Seton Hall	-9.599	13	12
48	40	Boise State	-9.551	18	7
49	53	VCU	-9.311	19	6
50	55	Saint Louis	-9.28	14	6
51	59	Kentucky	-8.987	10	14
52	48	Louisville	-8.836	13	6
53	61	Ole Miss	-8.823	15	10
54	50	UC Santa Barbara	-8.765	19	4
55	49	Wright State	-8.643	18	6
56	54	Toledo	-8.358	20	7
57	62	Colorado State	-8.349	17	5
58	57	Stanford	-8.303	14	12
59	58	Drake	-8.302	25	4
60	66	Syracuse	-8.252	15	8
61	56	Xavier	-8.16	13	7
62	60	Duke	-8.083	11	11
63	51	Richmond	-7.912	12	9
64	67	Auburn	-7.866	13	14
65	72	St. John's	-7.82	16	10
66	76	Davidson	-7.818	13	8
67	75	Utah	-7.68	11	12
68	71	Michigan State	-7.678	15	11
69	64	Minnesota	-7.454	13	14
70	87	Winthrop	-7.326	23	1
71	84	NC State	-7.27	13	9
72	78	Abilene Christian	-7.258	21	4
73	70	Providence	-7.242	13	12
74	73	Buffalo	-7.165	14	7
75	68	Louisiana Tech	-7.12	20	6
76	80	Saint Mary's	-7.094	14	8
77	77	Mississippi St	-7.053	14	13
78	74	Virginia Tech	-7.034	15	5
79	69	UC Riverside	-6.983	13	7
80	83	Marquette	-6.974	13	13
81	65	Marshall	-6.968	15	6
82	86	Wichita State	-6.8	15	4
83	63	North Texas	-6.794	13	9
84	82	Notre Dame	-6.525	10	14
85	81	Weber State	-6.301	17	5
86	79	Eastern Wash	-6.269	13	7
87	88	Furman	-6.178	16	9
88	90	Northwestern	-6.034	9	14
89	91	UC Irvine	-6.01	16	8
90	93	UNC Greensboro	-5.933	20	8
91	85	Belmont	-5.772	26	4
92	110	Dayton	-5.711	14	9
93	92	Liberty	-5.573	23	5
94	109	UAB	-5.559	21	6
95	94	Washington St	-5.225	14	12
96	100	Nevada	-5.203	15	9
97	101	San Francisco	-5.165	11	14
98	95	Pittsburgh	-5.149	10	11
99	98	Oregon State	-5.1	14	12
100	99	Georgetown	-4.975	9	12
101	89	West Kentucky	-4.967	19	6
102	105	Loyola Marymount	-4.757	13	9
103	97	Kent State	-4.677	15	7
104	107	Missouri State	-4.62	17	7
105	96	Rhode Island	-4.611	10	15
106	106	South Dakota St	-4.602	16	6
107	104	Grand Canyon	-4.581	15	6
108	102	UCF	-4.431	10	11
109	115	Army	-4.324	12	8
110	121	Southern Utah	-4.226	19	3
111	112	Georgia	-4.163	14	11
112	111	Massachusetts	-4.114	8	7
113	103	Arizona State	-3.867	10	13
114	114	Wofford	-3.794	15	9
115	119	Pepperdine	-3.706	12	11
116	124	Vanderbilt	-3.697	8	15
117	131	Nebraska	-3.377	7	19
118	113	Vermont	-3.315	10	5
119	108	Navy	-3.27	15	3
120	118	Tulsa	-3.214	11	11
121	128	Bryant	-3.2	15	5
122	117	Cincinnati	-3.164	10	10
123	138	Mercer	-3.161	18	10
124	125	CSU Bakersfield	-3.156	15	10
125	123	Ohio	-3.147	13	7
126	127	Akron	-3.117	14	7
127	129	Georgia State	-2.957	16	5
128	122	Butler	-2.953	9	14
129	135	Morehead State	-2.78	23	7
130	120	Bowling Green	-2.766	14	10
131	140	Stephen F Austin	-2.67	16	5
132	133	Coastal Carolina	-2.655	16	7
133	126	Pacific	-2.633	9	9
134	134	East Tennessee St	-2.525	13	12
135	139	Duquesne	-2.217	9	9
136	136	Sam Houston St	-2.199	19	8
137	116	South Carolina	-2.179	6	14
138	130	TCU	-1.986	12	13
139	132	UMBC	-1.897	14	6
140	176	New Mexico St	-1.809	10	7
141	141	Indiana State	-1.731	15	10
142	148	Texas A&M	-1.728	8	9
143	142	North Dakota St	-1.677	14	11
144	145	Oral Roberts	-1.629	14	10
145	156	Nicholls	-1.616	17	6
146	137	Temple	-1.569	5	10
147	152	UTEP	-1.502	12	11
148	144	Eastern Kentucky	-1.426	22	7
149	147	Drexel	-1.416	10	7
150	146	VMI	-1.332	13	12
151	153	Jacksonville St	-1.324	18	9
152	143	Chattanooga	-1.286	18	8
153	150	Murray State	-1.144	13	13
154	149	DePaul	-1.107	4	13
155	154	Bellarmine	-0.824	13	7
156	167	Florida Atlantic	-0.757	12	9
157	151	Bradley	-0.747	12	16
158	162	California	-0.744	8	19
159	166	South Dakota	-0.705	14	10
160	155	James Madison	-0.638	13	7
161	169	Boston U	-0.579	7	11
162	174	Northeastern	-0.505	10	8
163	163	Iona	-0.452	8	5
164	179	Old Dominion	-0.43	15	7
165	164	Montana	-0.372	13	12
166	157	Siena	-0.324	12	4
167	173	Santa Clara	-0.157	12	8
168	171	UT San Antonio	-0.134	14	10
169	161	Boston College	-0.133	4	15
170	160	Tulane	-0.129	9	12
171	175	Loyola (MD)	-0.096	5	10
172	165	Cleveland State	-0.02	17	7
173	170	Hofstra	0.0784	13	9
174	172	UNLV	0.197	11	14
175	168	George Mason	0.319	13	9
176	177	Detroit Mercy	0.3417	12	10
177	180	Hawaii	0.3588	11	9
178	158	South Florida	0.4433	8	12
179	197	Hartford	0.4666	14	8
180	183	Ball State	0.5017	10	12
181	159	East Carolina	0.5154	8	10
182	184	Miami	0.5239	8	16
183	193	Wyoming	0.562	13	10
184	190	Miami (OH)	0.5956	12	10
185	198	Appalachian St	0.6281	16	11
186	224	Tarleton	0.6297	9	10
187	189	Cal Baptist	0.6913	13	9
188	181	Monmouth	0.6998	12	7
189	182	Texas State	0.7204	18	7
190	188	Washington	0.8693	5	19
191	203	Utah Valley	0.9101	10	10
192	185	Gardner-Webb	0.9528	11	15
193	196	Northern Iowa	1.1607	10	15
194	178	Wagner	1.2197	13	7
195	201	Holy Cross	1.2289	5	11
196	208	Seattle	1.4209	11	10
197	199	UMKC	1.4848	11	13
198	204	Louisiana	1.5596	17	9
199	200	Saint Peter's	1.5711	13	10
200	202	South Alabama	1.6847	17	11
201	195	Montana State	1.6881	11	9
202	194	Iowa State	1.7907	2	21
203	186	Rice	1.8683	13	12
204	192	Prairie View A&M	1.9406	14	4
205	207	Mt. St. Mary's	1.95	11	10
206	206	Albany	2.0583	7	9
207	210	Austin Peay	2.1335	14	13
208	219	Sacramento St	2.1337	8	11
209	217	UMass Lowell	2.1426	11	11
210	226	The Citadel	2.1739	13	12
211	235	Fresno State	2.1868	11	11
212	212	Stony Brook	2.2403	9	14
213	209	Wake Forest	2.3538	6	15
214	218	UC Davis	2.4007	9	7
215	237	Idaho State	2.4623	13	10
216	191	American	2.5127	4	6
217	221	Southern Illinois	2.5429	12	14
218	213	Valparaiso	2.5583	10	18
219	214	North Kentucky	2.6196	14	10
220	205	Lafayette	2.6278	9	6
221	223	UC San Diego	2.6758	7	10
222	239	Campbell	2.7058	17	10
223	216	Little Rock	2.7075	11	15
224	215	La Salle	2.7681	9	16
225	236	North Colorado	2.8015	10	10
226	211	Texas Southern	2.8331	13	8
227	220	CSU Fullerton	2.8634	6	9
228	256	Elon	3.102	9	8
229	229	UT Arlington	3.1921	13	13
230	247	Milwaukee	3.2496	10	11
231	232	Illinois State	3.2661	7	18
232	243	Bucknell	3.2672	5	6
233	187	UT Rio Grande	3.3814	9	9
234	228	Lipscomb	3.4276	15	12
235	227	Radford	3.4465	15	12
236	233	Evansville	3.4708	9	16
237	234	Long Island	3.496	9	9
238	244	Arkansas State	3.5022	11	13
239	238	Niagara	3.5074	8	10
240	240	Kansas State	3.5514	8	19
241	231	San Diego	3.5682	3	11
242	248	Saint Joseph's	3.6096	5	15
243	246	Georgia Southern	3.8385	13	13
244	222	UNC Asheville	3.8913	10	10
245	241	Oakland	3.9139	11	17
246	261	Canisius	3.9476	7	5
247	225	UNC Wilmington	3.9733	7	10
248	230	Portland State	4.0377	9	12
249	251	Stetson	4.0737	11	14
250	245	West Carolina	4.2806	11	16
251	249	Norfolk State	4.3047	14	7
252	257	Marist	4.372	12	8
253	253	New Hampshire	4.3775	10	9
254	262	CSU Northridge	4.5554	9	12
255	242	Samford	4.6072	6	13
256	254	Merrimack	4.6372	9	9
257	252	Morgan State	4.647	12	7
258	260	Jackson State	4.7331	11	5
259	255	Southern Miss	4.7788	8	16
260	264	Charlotte	4.7796	9	15
261	250	George Washington	4.8347	5	12
262	277	North Alabama	4.9321	13	11
263	258	Youngstown St	4.9451	15	12
264	271	New Orleans	4.9542	9	14
265	267	Longwood	5.0568	12	16
266	259	Delaware	5.1658	7	8
267	263	Charleston	5.2565	9	10
268	266	Florida A&M	5.2909	8	11
269	265	Quinnipiac	5.7169	10	12
270	272	Troy	5.7444	11	17
271	268	Green Bay	5.7582	8	17
272	274	Southern	5.9801	8	10
273	278	Long Beach St	5.981	5	11
274	269	Fairleigh Dickinson	5.9966	9	15
275	280	N Carolina A&T	6.0311	10	10
276	270	St. Francis (BKN)	6.0933	9	10
277	279	NJIT	6.1803	7	12
278	276	St. Francis (PA)	6.3315	6	16
279	281	SE Missouri St	6.359	11	16
280	284	Florida Gulf Coast	6.5274	10	8
281	283	High Point	6.7975	9	15
282	287	IUPUI	6.8007	8	10
283	282	Northwestern St	6.8691	10	17
284	273	McNeese	6.9221	10	13
285	286	UL Monroe	6.9248	7	19
286	288	North Dakota	6.9879	9	17
287	275	Sacred Heart	7.0083	9	9
288	295	William & Mary	7.1104	7	10
289	285	N Carolina Cent	7.2406	5	8
290	292	Jacksonville	7.2769	11	13
291	289	Western Illinois	7.3652	7	15
292	294	Fort Wayne	7.3902	8	15
293	309	Lamar	7.4556	8	17
294	290	Grambling	7.479	11	11
295	299	New Mexico	7.5644	6	15
296	302	Florida Intl	7.6916	9	17
297	303	Central Arkansas	7.7091	5	19
298	296	Eastern Illinois	7.722	9	18
299	297	UIC	7.8267	9	13
300	301	West Michigan	7.8538	5	16
301	300	Rider	7.8942	5	16
302	298	North Florida	7.9032	8	15
303	318	Fairfield	7.9123	7	16
304	306	Omaha	8.0667	5	20
305	305	Coppin State	8.1915	9	12
306	304	Dixie State	8.2427	8	13
307	308	SIU-Edwardsville	8.2921	9	17
308	291	Manhattan	8.2986	7	12
309	293	Towson	8.3625	4	14
310	311	Lehigh	8.395	4	11
311	307	Mid Tennessee	8.4431	5	17
312	310	Robert Morris	8.5247	4	15
313	313	Binghamton	8.5286	4	14
314	317	North Arizona	8.6557	5	15
315	314	Central Michigan	8.657	7	16
316	315	Tennessee Tech	8.7582	5	22
317	316	SE Louisiana	8.9457	7	17
318	323	Presbyterian	9.192	7	15
319	321	Tennessee St	9.2566	4	19
320	322	Air Force	9.2947	5	19
321	319	Eastern Michigan	9.3385	6	12
322	312	Incarnate Word	9.5148	8	13
323	324	Maine	9.665	2	7
324	325	Kennesaw St	9.7066	5	19
325	330	Alcorn State	10.379	6	12
326	326	Hampton	10.405	11	14
327	329	Texas A&M-CC	10.476	5	19
328	328	S Carolina Upstate	10.489	5	18
329	327	Central Conn	10.537	5	16
330	334	Cal Poly	10.612	3	19
331	332	Fordham	10.696	2	12
332	320	Houston Baptist	10.73	5	18
333	333	San Jose State	11.269	5	15
334	335	Portland	11.424	6	15
335	336	Charleston South	11.567	3	18
336	331	Alabama A&M	11.948	6	9
337	338	Ark-Pine Bluff	12.319	4	20
338	337	Denver	12.583	2	19
339	340	North Illinois	12.896	3	16
340	339	UT Martin	13.004	8	16
341	341	Idaho	14.195	1	20
342	343	South Carolina St	15.752	1	17
343	342	Alabama State	15.912	4	14
344	344	Delaware State	17.846	3	16
345	345	Howard	18.402	1	4
346	346	Chicago State	19.003	0	9
347	347	Miss Valley St	22.543	2	22