NCAA Basketball Rankings - Final

The tournament ended last night with the two best teams on the court, and Baylor came away as the champion, while Gonzaga maintained their spot at the top of the rankings, though their margin over #2 was cut in half. The three hottest teams of the tournament were UCLA, who made a Cinderella run to the Final Four and rose from #35 to #12 in my final rankings, along with their cross-town rival USC, who was already in my top 10 going in to the tournament and did not disappoint despite being given a 6-seed, along with the champions from Baylor. Here are my full final rankings:

Rank	LW	Team	Rating	W	L
1	1	Gonzaga	-22.84	31	1
2	4	Baylor	-20.08	28	2
3	2	Michigan	-18.1	23	5
4	3	Illinois	-17.55	24	7
5	9	USC	-17.14	25	8
6	5	Houston	-16.86	28	4
7	7	Alabama	-15.97	26	7
8	6	Iowa	-15.86	22	9
9	10	Colorado	-15.81	23	9
10	12	Villanova	-14.16	18	7
11	8	Ohio State	-14.1	21	10
12	35	UCLA	-13.71	22	10
13	14	Arkansas	-13.59	25	7
14	29	Oregon	-13.35	21	7
15	21	Texas Tech	-12.93	18	11
16	17	BYU	-12.87	20	7
17	15	Creighton	-12.8	22	9
18	19	Florida State	-12.77	18	7
19	13	UConn	-12.58	15	8
20	25	LSU	-12.55	19	10
21	23	Wisconsin	-12.48	18	13
22	24	West Virginia	-12.46	19	10
23	27	Loyola-Chicago	-12.37	26	5
24	22	Texas	-12.34	19	8
25	16	Tennessee	-12.08	18	9
26	34	Arizona	-12.04	17	9
27	18	San Diego State	-11.95	23	5
28	36	Memphis	-11.83	20	8
29	20	Purdue	-11.66	18	10
30	26	Kansas	-11.65	21	9
31	31	Oklahoma St	-11.38	21	9
32	28	Virginia	-11.21	18	7
33	11	Colgate	-10.46	14	2
34	32	North Carolina	-10.46	18	11
35	30	St. Bonaventure	-10.38	16	5
36	33	Florida	-10.26	15	10
37	39	Oklahoma	-10.1	16	11
38	37	Rutgers	-9.858	16	12
39	38	Maryland	-9.551	17	14
40	48	UC Santa Barbara	-9.486	22	5
41	41	Penn State	-9.354	11	14
42	43	Missouri	-9.213	16	10
43	40	Utah State	-9.201	20	9
44	42	Georgia Tech	-9.101	17	9
45	49	SMU	-9.058	11	6
46	82	Oregon State	-9.052	20	13
47	54	Syracuse	-8.982	18	10
48	68	Utah	-8.917	12	13
49	44	Seton Hall	-8.867	14	13
50	45	Duke	-8.685	13	11
51	46	Clemson	-8.625	16	8
52	70	Stanford	-8.601	14	13
53	50	Boise State	-8.599	19	9
54	51	Indiana	-8.575	12	15
55	53	Ole Miss	-8.39	16	12
56	52	VCU	-8.363	19	7
57	55	Kentucky	-8.324	10	15
58	47	Saint Louis	-8.22	14	7
59	57	Drake	-7.817	26	5
60	56	Wright State	-7.764	18	6
61	58	Abilene Christian	-7.666	24	5
62	63	Auburn	-7.636	13	14
63	59	Louisville	-7.612	13	7
64	61	Richmond	-7.539	13	10
65	65	Xavier	-7.084	13	8
66	67	Minnesota	-6.962	14	15
67	73	North Texas	-6.95	18	10
68	69	St. John's	-6.892	16	11
69	80	Mississippi St	-6.865	18	15
70	77	Eastern Wash	-6.821	16	8
71	60	Colorado State	-6.802	20	8
72	75	Saint Mary's	-6.782	14	10
73	62	Georgetown	-6.73	13	13
74	71	Winthrop	-6.729	23	2
75	66	Toledo	-6.707	21	9
76	85	UC Riverside	-6.653	14	8
77	74	Louisiana Tech	-6.578	24	8
78	72	Michigan State	-6.566	15	13
79	64	Davidson	-6.402	13	9
80	84	Wichita State	-6.357	16	6
81	83	NC State	-6.35	14	11
82	102	Washington St	-6.313	14	13
83	76	Virginia Tech	-6.283	15	7
84	90	UC Irvine	-6.2	18	9
85	81	Marshall	-6.028	15	7
86	89	Grand Canyon	-6.027	17	7
87	79	Providence	-5.972	13	13
88	78	Buffalo	-5.91	16	9
89	86	Marquette	-5.758	13	14
90	87	Furman	-5.752	16	9
91	91	Weber State	-5.696	17	6
92	88	UNC Greensboro	-5.613	21	9
93	97	San Francisco	-5.575	11	14
94	113	Pepperdine	-5.301	15	12
95	94	Belmont	-5.264	26	4
96	96	UAB	-5.246	22	7
97	92	Nevada	-5.23	16	10
98	93	Northwestern	-5.136	9	15
99	103	Loyola Marymount	-5.114	13	9
100	98	Liberty	-5.053	23	6
101	115	Arizona State	-5.029	11	14
102	100	West Kentucky	-4.96	22	8
103	99	Notre Dame	-4.816	11	15
104	101	Ohio	-4.75	17	8
105	95	Dayton	-4.695	14	10
106	107	UCF	-4.522	11	12
107	108	South Dakota St	-4.492	16	7
108	106	Missouri State	-4.274	17	7
109	104	Pittsburgh	-4.093	10	12
110	105	Rhode Island	-3.916	10	15
111	114	Southern Utah	-3.881	20	4
112	109	Georgia	-3.797	14	12
113	112	Vanderbilt	-3.554	9	16
114	117	Wofford	-3.348	15	9
115	138	California	-3.245	9	20
116	124	CSU Bakersfield	-3.207	15	11
117	111	Massachusetts	-3.161	8	7
118	139	Oral Roberts	-3.098	18	11
119	122	Cincinnati	-2.97	12	11
120	118	Kent State	-2.933	15	8
121	125	Pacific	-2.903	9	9
122	119	Nebraska	-2.733	7	20
123	120	Vermont	-2.661	10	5
124	127	Tulsa	-2.651	11	12
125	123	Mercer	-2.518	18	11
126	129	Stephen F Austin	-2.497	16	5
127	121	Akron	-2.464	15	8
128	136	New Mexico St	-2.179	12	8
129	131	East Tennessee St	-2.14	13	12
130	126	Morehead State	-2.039	23	8
131	133	Georgia State	-1.939	16	6
132	130	Butler	-1.934	10	15
133	110	Navy	-1.916	15	3
134	132	Coastal Carolina	-1.709	18	8
135	144	North Dakota St	-1.699	15	12
136	140	Sam Houston St	-1.593	19	9
137	134	Bowling Green	-1.423	14	12
138	135	Duquesne	-1.38	9	9
139	137	UMBC	-1.358	14	6
140	143	Indiana State	-1.324	15	10
141	146	South Carolina	-1.249	6	15
142	151	Temple	-1.161	5	11
143	145	Iona	-1.129	12	6
144	152	UTEP	-1.052	12	12
145	128	Bryant	-1.02	15	7
146	153	Texas A&M	-0.941	8	10
147	156	TCU	-0.921	12	14
148	147	Eastern Kentucky	-0.9	22	7
149	158	Nicholls	-0.88	18	7
150	148	VMI	-0.86	13	12
151	149	Jacksonville St	-0.855	18	9
152	150	Chattanooga	-0.821	18	8
153	116	Army	-0.755	12	10
154	160	Bellarmine	-0.719	14	8
155	142	Drexel	-0.686	12	8
156	157	Florida Atlantic	-0.67	13	10
157	154	Murray State	-0.647	13	13
158	184	Washington	-0.596	5	20
159	162	South Dakota	-0.588	14	11
160	169	Santa Clara	-0.522	12	8
161	155	DePaul	-0.351	5	14
162	161	Bradley	-0.318	12	16
163	159	James Madison	-0.281	13	7
164	170	Tulane	-0.249	10	13
165	163	Old Dominion	-0.108	15	8
166	165	Wyoming	-0.01	14	11
167	171	UT San Antonio	0.098	15	11
168	175	South Florida	0.113	9	13
169	176	Montana	0.12	15	13
170	166	Miami	0.134	10	17
171	180	Hawaii	0.256	11	10
172	167	Northeastern	0.286	10	9
173	172	UNLV	0.626	12	15
174	174	Siena	0.636	12	5
175	168	Cleveland State	0.691	19	8
176	141	Loyola (MD)	0.7	6	11
177	173	Hartford	0.739	15	9
178	182	Tarleton	0.761	9	10
179	185	East Carolina	0.858	8	11
180	190	Montana State	0.949	13	10
181	183	Texas State	0.96	18	7
182	179	Appalachian St	0.97	17	12
183	178	Ball State	1.007	10	13
184	177	George Mason	1.033	13	9
185	194	Seattle	1.132	12	11
186	200	Texas Southern	1.145	17	9
187	181	Detroit Mercy	1.247	12	10
188	186	Boston College	1.273	4	16
189	195	Cal Baptist	1.331	13	10
190	188	Gardner-Webb	1.457	11	15
191	192	Northern Iowa	1.496	10	15
192	199	UMKC	1.501	11	13
193	198	Utah Valley	1.505	10	11
194	189	Miami (OH)	1.58	12	11
195	187	Hofstra	1.598	13	10
196	202	Iowa State	1.633	2	22
197	197	Rice	1.71	15	13
198	203	Louisiana	1.862	17	9
199	210	UC Davis	1.913	10	8
200	205	South Alabama	2.202	17	11
201	216	Kansas State	2.25	9	20
202	219	Prairie View A&M	2.407	16	5
203	191	Wagner	2.477	13	7
204	217	North Colorado	2.479	11	11
205	206	Saint Peter's	2.545	14	11
206	220	Sacramento St	2.589	8	12
207	211	Austin Peay	2.591	14	13
208	212	The Citadel	2.611	13	12
209	224	Idaho State	2.643	13	11
210	228	UC San Diego	2.665	7	10
211	208	Elon	2.697	10	9
212	209	Albany	2.726	7	9
213	164	Boston U	2.737	7	11
214	207	Fresno State	2.764	12	12
215	214	Wake Forest	2.784	6	16
216	213	Monmouth	2.785	12	8
217	193	Mt. St. Mary's	2.788	12	11
218	221	Southern Illinois	2.876	12	14
219	233	San Diego	2.924	3	11
220	215	Stony Brook	2.95	9	14
221	222	Valparaiso	3.021	10	18
222	226	Little Rock	3.045	11	15
223	218	UMass Lowell	3.101	11	12
224	223	Campbell	3.15	17	10
225	225	Norfolk State	3.186	17	8
226	238	CSU Fullerton	3.335	6	10
227	231	UT Arlington	3.501	13	13
228	232	Illinois State	3.659	7	18
229	236	Lipscomb	3.682	15	12
230	227	La Salle	3.718	9	16
231	243	Arkansas State	3.826	11	13
232	234	Radford	3.864	15	12
233	239	Evansville	3.878	9	16
234	230	North Kentucky	3.93	14	11
235	201	American	4.028	4	6
236	249	Stetson	4.06	12	15
237	248	UT Rio Grande	4.093	9	10
238	235	Milwaukee	4.128	10	12
239	240	Morgan State	4.129	14	8
240	242	Niagara	4.146	9	11
241	251	Long Beach St	4.175	6	12
242	204	Lafayette	4.275	9	6
243	244	Georgia Southern	4.377	13	13
244	241	Saint Joseph's	4.379	5	15
245	245	UNC Wilmington	4.413	7	10
246	247	UNC Asheville	4.44	10	10
247	255	Portland State	4.5	9	13
248	246	Oakland	4.581	12	18
249	196	Holy Cross	4.6	5	11
250	256	Jackson State	4.671	12	6
251	250	West Carolina	4.754	11	16
252	237	Long Island	4.871	9	9
253	258	New Orleans	5.028	10	15
254	254	Samford	5.036	6	13
255	252	New Hampshire	5.146	10	9
256	268	CSU Northridge	5.184	9	13
257	261	Southern Miss	5.241	8	17
258	262	North Alabama	5.245	13	11
259	229	Bucknell	5.381	5	7
260	260	Marist	5.459	12	9
261	265	Charlotte	5.468	9	16
262	259	Canisius	5.486	7	6
263	257	George Washington	5.628	5	12
264	263	Longwood	5.649	12	17
265	264	Youngstown St	5.697	15	12
266	266	Delaware	5.721	7	8
267	267	Charleston	5.782	9	10
268	253	Merrimack	5.943	9	9
269	270	Florida A&M	6.157	8	12
270	269	Troy	6.262	11	17
271	271	Green Bay	6.575	8	17
272	280	Southern	6.6	8	11
273	275	N Carolina A&T	6.642	10	10
274	278	Florida Gulf Coast	6.745	10	8
275	274	NJIT	6.809	7	12
276	277	SE Missouri St	6.845	11	16
277	287	North Dakota	6.936	9	17
278	288	Northwestern St	7.109	11	18
279	279	Quinnipiac	7.173	10	13
280	272	Fairleigh Dickinson	7.195	9	15
281	286	UL Monroe	7.229	7	19
282	281	High Point	7.315	9	15
283	282	Fairfield	7.327	10	17
284	289	Lamar	7.371	10	18
285	273	St. Francis (BKN)	7.383	9	10
286	291	McNeese	7.457	10	14
287	294	Grambling	7.459	12	12
288	292	Western Illinois	7.473	7	15
289	290	Jacksonville	7.495	11	13
290	295	North Arizona	7.543	6	16
291	276	St. Francis (PA)	7.552	6	16
292	284	IUPUI	7.651	8	10
293	285	William & Mary	7.73	7	10
294	300	Central Arkansas	7.958	5	19
295	303	Omaha	7.987	5	20
296	298	Florida Intl	8.097	9	17
297	296	New Mexico	8.202	6	16
298	293	Fort Wayne	8.209	8	15
299	301	North Florida	8.212	8	15
300	283	Sacred Heart	8.241	9	9
301	299	Eastern Illinois	8.26	9	18
302	307	Dixie State	8.289	8	13
303	302	UIC	8.597	9	13
304	304	Coppin State	8.661	9	13
305	306	Rider	8.713	6	17
306	305	West Michigan	8.78	5	16
307	308	SIU-Edwardsville	8.784	9	17
308	310	Manhattan	8.957	7	13
309	309	Towson	8.985	4	14
310	312	Mid Tennessee	9.012	5	18
311	311	Binghamton	9.2	4	14
312	314	Tennessee Tech	9.341	5	22
313	313	Robert Morris	9.39	4	15
314	316	N Carolina Cent	9.425	5	9
315	315	Central Michigan	9.441	7	16
316	321	Cal Poly	9.492	4	20
317	319	SE Louisiana	9.599	8	18
318	317	Presbyterian	9.684	7	15
319	318	Tennessee St	9.787	4	19
320	323	Kennesaw St	10.04	5	19
321	320	Eastern Michigan	10.12	6	12
322	325	Incarnate Word	10.17	8	14
323	297	Lehigh	10.31	4	11
324	322	Maine	10.32	2	7
325	324	Air Force	10.46	5	20
326	330	Houston Baptist	10.73	6	19
327	329	Texas A&M-CC	10.76	5	19
328	326	Hampton	10.85	11	14
329	333	Portland	10.88	6	15
330	327	S Carolina Upstate	10.99	5	18
331	332	Alcorn State	11.06	6	13
332	331	Fordham	11.64	2	12
333	328	Central Conn	11.86	5	16
334	336	Alabama A&M	12	6	9
335	334	Charleston South	12.09	3	18
336	337	Denver	12.4	2	19
337	335	San Jose State	12.59	5	16
338	338	Ark-Pine Bluff	12.59	4	21
339	340	UT Martin	13.49	8	16
340	341	Idaho	13.62	1	21
341	339	North Illinois	13.7	3	16
342	342	Alabama State	15.96	4	14
343	343	South Carolina St	16.6	1	17
344	344	Delaware State	17.8	3	16
345	345	Howard	18.81	1	4
346	346	Chicago State	19.23	0	9
347	347	Miss Valley St	22.64	2	23