NCAA Basketball Rankings - 27 Feb

The regular season has ended for several conferences, and some conference tournaments are starting this evening, so we are definitely in the stretch run of the season. Houston took back the #1 spot from Alabama this week, and Kentucky had a very strong week with propelled it into the top 25 for the first time this season. Here are my full current rankings:

Rank	LW	Team	Rating	W	L
1	2	Houston	-18.27	27	2
2	1	Alabama	-18.19	25	4
3	3	UCLA	-17.1	25	4
4	6	UConn	-16.18	22	7
5	5	Tennessee	-16.17	21	8
6	4	Purdue	-15.78	24	5
7	7	Kansas	-15.72	24	5
8	8	Arizona	-14.53	24	5
9	11	Texas	-14.32	22	7
10	10	Marquette	-14.04	23	6
11	12	Gonzaga	-14	25	5
12	15	Arkansas	-13.64	19	10
13	9	Creighton	-13.64	18	11
14	13	Baylor	-13.62	21	8
15	14	Saint Mary's	-13.43	25	6
16	16	Xavier	-12.92	21	8
17	18	Indiana	-12.56	20	9
18	19	Maryland	-12.56	20	9
19	22	West Virginia	-12.56	16	13
20	23	Kansas State	-12.25	22	7
21	25	San Diego State	-12.2	23	5
22	21	TCU	-11.72	19	10
23	27	Providence	-11.48	21	8
24	17	Auburn	-11.46	19	10
25	44	Kentucky	-11.27	20	9
26	29	Texas A&M	-11.19	21	8
27	20	Iowa State	-11.18	17	11
28	26	Rutgers	-11.06	18	11
29	24	Illinois	-10.95	19	10
30	32	Memphis	-10.86	22	7
31	30	Boise State	-10.77	22	7
32	40	Michigan State	-10.65	17	11
33	36	Utah State	-10.64	22	7
34	31	Miami	-10.63	23	6
35	38	Florida Atlantic	-10.58	26	3
36	35	Duke	-10.58	21	8
37	28	Virginia	-10.48	21	6
38	34	North Carolina	-10.42	18	11
39	41	Nevada	-10.2	22	7
40	43	Mississippi St	-10.15	19	10
41	45	Liberty	-10.09	24	7
42	59	USC	-10.07	21	8
43	37	Iowa	-10.04	18	11
44	42	Northwestern	-9.89	20	9
45	33	Oklahoma St	-9.875	16	13
46	47	Iona	-9.781	22	7
47	46	Charleston	-9.55	28	3
48	60	Michigan	-9.513	17	12
49	39	NC State	-9.488	22	8
50	49	Yale	-9.302	19	7
51	50	Penn State	-9.245	17	12
52	48	New Mexico	-9.24	20	9
53	55	Texas Tech	-9.061	16	13
54	51	Oregon	-8.903	16	13
55	54	Pittsburgh	-8.898	21	8
56	57	Marshall	-8.856	24	7
57	65	UAB	-8.729	22	8
58	67	Missouri	-8.716	21	8
59	56	Cincinnati	-8.613	19	11
60	62	Ohio State	-8.496	12	17
61	52	Kent State	-8.49	23	6
62	61	Oklahoma	-8.483	14	15
63	70	Arizona State	-8.329	20	9
64	76	VCU	-8.271	22	7
65	63	Sam Houston St	-8.173	22	6
66	53	Colorado	-8.14	15	15
67	58	Florida	-7.983	14	15
68	85	Clemson	-7.974	21	8
69	66	UCF	-7.915	16	12
70	69	Dayton	-7.904	19	10
71	80	Villanova	-7.858	15	14
72	64	Utah	-7.732	17	13
73	78	Wisconsin	-7.681	16	12
74	74	Washington St	-7.639	15	15
75	72	Drake	-7.567	24	7
76	75	Oral Roberts	-7.556	27	4
77	79	Bradley	-7.498	23	8
78	71	Virginia Tech	-7.214	16	13
79	68	Seton Hall	-7.142	16	13
80	77	North Texas	-6.99	23	6
81	84	Hofstra	-6.897	23	8
82	82	Wake Forest	-6.604	18	11
83	73	Tulane	-6.52	17	9
84	87	Furman	-6.518	24	7
85	81	Utah Valley	-6.427	22	7
86	83	James Madison	-6.423	21	10
87	97	Toledo	-6.325	23	6
88	91	BYU	-6.312	17	14
89	90	Southern Miss	-6.15	25	6
90	93	Vanderbilt	-6.017	16	13
91	89	UNLV	-5.987	17	11
92	88	Indiana State	-5.857	20	11
93	94	St. John's	-5.665	17	13
94	98	Santa Clara	-5.641	23	8
95	95	Colgate	-5.623	23	8
96	86	UC Irvine	-5.323	20	10
97	96	Louisiana	-5.269	23	7
98	101	UNC Greensboro	-5.086	20	11
99	100	Nebraska	-5.047	15	14
100	105	Southern Utah	-4.962	19	10
101	92	Youngstown St	-4.949	23	8
102	106	UMass Lowell	-4.947	24	7
103	103	Vermont	-4.865	19	10
104	104	Saint Louis	-4.856	19	10
105	107	Princeton	-4.663	18	8
106	99	Akron	-4.614	20	9
107	110	Duquesne	-4.512	19	10
108	111	Stanford	-4.279	12	17
109	112	Loyola Marymount	-4.227	19	11
110	113	Charlotte	-4.198	18	11
111	102	Syracuse	-4.164	16	13
112	108	Cornell	-4.103	16	10
113	128	Kennesaw St	-4.078	23	8
114	118	Wichita State	-4.062	15	13
115	114	South Alabama	-4.06	16	15
116	115	San Jose State	-4.051	17	12
117	109	Montana State	-4.008	21	9
118	122	Stephen F Austin	-4.003	19	10
119	117	Washington	-3.795	16	14
120	124	Troy	-3.739	19	12
121	116	Eastern Wash	-3.67	22	8
122	125	Belmont	-3.567	21	10
123	131	Ole Miss	-3.562	11	18
124	127	Towson	-3.558	20	11
125	129	Temple	-3.504	15	14
126	134	UNC Asheville	-3.477	24	7
127	120	Penn	-3.466	17	11
128	132	Southern Illinois	-3.296	22	9
129	130	Colorado State	-3.266	13	16
130	133	Mid Tennessee	-3.2	18	11
131	121	UC Santa Barbara	-3.17	22	7
132	135	Butler	-3.045	14	15
133	123	San Francisco	-2.957	18	13
134	145	Seattle	-2.945	19	10
135	147	CSU Fullerton	-2.921	18	12
136	126	Grand Canyon	-2.83	18	11
137	136	Longwood	-2.787	20	11
138	119	Ohio	-2.707	17	12
139	146	Hawaii	-2.581	21	9
140	139	Stetson	-2.491	17	12
141	140	Samford	-2.446	21	10
142	153	UC Riverside	-2.443	20	10
143	141	Fordham	-2.287	23	6
144	160	Davidson	-2.138	14	14
145	155	Navy	-2.125	18	12
146	148	UC Davis	-2.119	17	12
147	138	Quinnipiac	-2.115	19	10
148	142	Radford	-2.099	18	13
149	170	Lipscomb	-2.08	19	12
150	161	George Mason	-2.054	17	12
151	149	Ball State	-1.995	20	9
152	143	Norfolk State	-1.84	20	8
153	164	South Florida	-1.815	13	16
154	144	UNC Wilmington	-1.809	22	9
155	137	Georgia	-1.803	16	13
156	175	Missouri State	-1.727	16	14
157	174	Tarleton	-1.668	15	15
158	159	N Carolina Cent	-1.666	15	11
159	167	Old Dominion	-1.648	19	11
160	162	South Dakota St	-1.583	18	12
161	156	Long Beach St	-1.518	16	14
162	152	Florida Gulf Coast	-1.496	17	14
163	165	LSU	-1.446	13	16
164	166	Brown	-1.413	14	12
165	150	Louisiana Tech	-1.336	13	16
166	154	Harvard	-1.334	14	13
167	168	Richmond	-1.32	14	15
168	173	Air Force	-1.231	14	16
169	157	Bryant	-1.199	17	11
170	151	Gardner-Webb	-1.135	15	15
171	158	Siena	-1.115	17	12
172	178	Grambling	-1.02	19	8
173	180	Wright State	-1.002	17	14
174	172	Montana	-0.937	15	13
175	177	Eastern Kentucky	-0.898	19	12
176	183	DePaul	-0.888	9	20
177	188	Appalachian St	-0.852	16	15
178	184	Utah Tech	-0.801	12	17
179	171	Chattanooga	-0.64	15	16
180	176	Cal Baptist	-0.615	15	14
181	169	Texas A&M-CC	-0.603	20	10
182	163	Rider	-0.577	15	12
183	194	North Kentucky	-0.515	19	12
184	182	New Mexico St	-0.5	9	15
185	198	Fresno State	-0.265	10	18
186	186	West Kentucky	-0.184	15	14
187	191	St. Bonaventure	-0.17	14	16
188	197	Drexel	-0.15	16	14
189	179	Rice	-0.138	17	12
190	189	Abilene Christian	-0.067	13	15
191	187	Queens	-0.036	17	14
192	199	Notre Dame	0.053	10	19
193	190	Cleveland State	0.0836	19	12
194	193	Northwestern St	0.102	20	10
195	181	Detroit Mercy	0.1208	13	18
196	200	Portland	0.1561	13	18
197	185	UMass	0.2006	14	14
198	195	Wyoming	0.3095	8	20
199	206	Boston College	0.3544	14	15
200	192	St. Thomas	0.3864	18	13
201	202	SMU	0.4375	10	19
202	201	UTEP	0.587	13	16
203	204	Georgia Southern	0.6908	16	15
204	207	Georgia Tech	0.7876	12	17
205	214	Maryland-E Shore	0.8644	16	11
206	205	Buffalo	0.9046	13	16
207	196	Saint Joseph's	1.0551	13	16
208	211	Wofford	1.1349	16	15
209	224	North Florida	1.1474	14	16
210	209	Weber State	1.1676	16	14
211	221	Fort Wayne	1.1681	17	14
212	203	Jacksonville	1.2772	13	16
213	210	Pepperdine	1.3053	9	21
214	217	Milwaukee	1.415	20	10
215	212	UMBC	1.456	17	13
216	219	North Dakota St	1.4601	14	16
217	238	Mercer	1.505	13	18
218	222	East Carolina	1.5249	14	14
219	234	Delaware	1.5318	16	15
220	228	Campbell	1.5526	13	17
221	218	Army	1.5706	16	15
222	229	Robert Morris	1.5963	15	16
223	220	SIU-Edwardsville	1.6786	18	13
224	242	Florida State	1.7329	9	20
225	208	Northern Iowa	1.7446	13	17
226	216	Murray State	1.8186	16	14
227	240	George Washington	1.8277	15	14
228	241	Morehead State	1.8878	21	10
229	231	West Carolina	1.9427	17	14
230	237	Oregon State	1.9951	10	19
231	261	Jacksonville St	2.0206	13	18
232	233	Winthrop	2.1737	15	16
233	213	North Alabama	2.1814	18	13
234	226	Alcorn State	2.217	15	12
235	225	Southern	2.2462	13	15
236	223	Georgetown	2.2845	7	23
237	243	East Tennessee St	2.3099	12	19
238	235	Howard	2.3684	17	12
239	215	Nicholls	2.3889	15	14
240	232	Fairfield	2.4302	12	17
241	248	Southern Indiana	2.4461	16	15
242	251	S Carolina Upstate	2.521	15	14
243	227	UT Martin	2.5232	18	13
244	230	La Salle	2.5302	13	16
245	245	Pacific	2.5366	14	17
246	239	Niagara	2.5698	15	13
247	236	San Diego	2.7162	11	19
248	244	UT Arlington	2.7189	11	18
249	262	Sacramento St	2.728	13	17
250	265	South Carolina	2.7407	10	19
251	263	Minnesota	2.7432	7	20
252	257	North Arizona	2.775	9	21
253	255	UT Rio Grande	2.856	15	15
254	264	Lehigh	2.9108	16	13
255	260	Bellarmine	2.9147	14	17
256	256	Portland State	2.9565	12	17
257	252	Maine	2.9738	12	16
258	267	Canisius	2.9957	9	19
259	254	Chicago State	3.0448	11	18
260	247	Texas State	3.055	13	18
261	269	SE Louisiana	3.0791	17	13
262	266	Boston U	3.0895	15	16
263	249	SE Missouri St	3.101	15	16
264	250	Lafayette	3.2287	9	22
265	258	North Colorado	3.2365	10	19
266	259	Rhode Island	3.3206	8	20
267	246	American	3.3372	15	14
268	271	North Illinois	3.3808	12	17
269	272	Idaho State	3.4496	11	19
270	270	Prairie View A&M	3.6256	12	17
271	253	Florida Intl	3.6288	13	16
272	268	New Hampshire	3.7477	13	14
273	279	Western Illinois	3.7769	16	13
274	273	Dartmouth	3.9379	9	18
275	277	Morgan State	4.0753	14	14
276	274	Coastal Carolina	4.1909	11	19
277	285	Mt. St. Mary's	4.2537	11	19
278	294	Tennessee Tech	4.3622	15	16
279	278	Tennessee St	4.435	18	13
280	275	UL Monroe	4.4581	11	20
281	292	Wagner	4.4862	15	12
282	289	Valparaiso	4.6865	11	20
283	283	Loyola-Chicago	4.6944	9	19
284	282	Bucknell	4.7272	12	19
285	288	Illinois State	4.7417	11	20
286	281	North Dakota	4.7836	12	19
287	290	Oakland	4.82	13	18
288	284	Bowling Green	4.8475	10	19
289	286	Fairleigh Dickinson	4.8761	17	14
290	299	Charleston South	4.9558	9	20
291	276	Georgia State	4.9698	10	20
292	311	Miami (OH)	5.0241	11	18
293	280	Manhattan	5.063	11	16
294	300	High Point	5.0775	14	16
295	310	Merrimack	5.177	15	16
296	298	California	5.1851	3	26
297	293	Binghamton	5.1856	12	16
298	307	UC San Diego	5.2474	10	20
299	312	Texas A&M-Com	5.2566	13	18
300	287	N Carolina A&T	5.2882	13	18
301	302	UIC	5.3075	12	19
302	314	Marist	5.3209	10	17
303	291	CSU Bakersfield	5.3692	10	19
304	301	Texas Southern	5.3708	11	18
305	297	Idaho	5.5018	10	20
306	303	Saint Peter's	5.5953	11	16
307	309	Denver	5.6505	15	16
308	304	Jackson State	5.692	10	18
309	295	Northeastern	5.9538	10	19
310	306	Ark-Pine Bluff	5.964	10	19
311	318	Arkansas State	5.9844	12	19
312	322	South Dakota	6.017	12	18
313	315	William & Mary	6.1085	12	19
314	296	UMKC	6.1373	11	20
315	308	Stonehill	6.1472	14	17
316	305	Sacred Heart	6.159	15	16
317	325	Loyola (MD)	6.1918	12	19
318	323	Louisville	6.3623	4	25
319	316	The Citadel	6.5191	10	21
320	317	West Michigan	6.5457	7	22
321	313	Austin Peay	6.6038	9	22
322	320	St. Francis (PA)	6.9077	12	17
323	335	Little Rock	7.013	10	21
324	319	NJIT	7.0373	7	21
325	328	Cal Poly	7.0527	7	23
326	337	Eastern Michigan	7.1801	8	21
327	324	Tulsa	7.1858	5	23
328	327	Alabama A&M	7.2616	13	16
329	332	Stony Brook	7.328	10	21
330	321	Central Conn	7.3487	10	21
331	329	Omaha	7.3655	8	22
332	330	CSU Northridge	7.3726	7	23
333	326	Elon	7.6746	8	23
334	334	Lindenwood	7.6807	11	20
335	331	Central Michigan	7.8144	10	19
336	340	UT San Antonio	7.8225	9	21
337	338	McNeese	8.0199	8	22
338	342	South Carolina St	8.3502	5	23
339	343	Incarnate Word	8.3899	12	18
340	339	Presbyterian	8.4925	5	26
341	333	Central Arkansas	8.5632	9	22
342	341	Eastern Illinois	8.65	9	22
343	345	Albany	8.6909	8	22
344	336	Holy Cross	8.7343	10	21
345	347	Hampton	8.946	8	23
346	346	Columbia	9.0978	7	21
347	349	Coppin State	9.3596	7	22
348	350	Houston Baptist	9.382	10	20
349	352	Bethune-Cookman	9.4091	11	18
350	344	Alabama State	9.457	8	21
351	348	VMI	9.5492	7	24
352	351	St. Francis (BKN)	9.6398	14	15
353	353	Delaware State	9.9624	6	21
354	356	Miss Valley St	10.617	5	25
355	354	Monmouth	10.632	6	25
356	358	New Orleans	10.688	10	18
357	355	Evansville	10.851	5	26
358	359	Florida A&M	11.255	7	20
359	357	Lamar	12.068	9	21
360	360	IUPUI	12.911	5	26
361	361	Hartford	14.638	5	23
362	362	Green Bay	15.247	3	28
363	363	Long Island	15.723	3	25