NCAA Basketball Rankings - 29 Dec

Gonzaga opened conference play yesterday as expected, with a 40-point road win against Pepperdine, which moved the Bulldogs up into the top 5 in this week's rankings, ahead of Iowa State. Illinois vaulted into the top 10 despite having three losses, thanks to a blowout of their own against Missouri, and the fact that all 3 losses are against teams in the top 20. Here are my full current rankings:

Rank	LW	Team	Rating	W	L
1	1	Michigan	-24.3	11	0
2	3	Vanderbilt	-20.43	12	0
3	2	Arizona	-20.29	12	0
4	4	Duke	-19.86	11	1
5	6	Gonzaga	-19.18	13	1
6	5	Iowa State	-18.37	12	0
7	7	UConn	-17.42	12	1
8	8	Purdue	-16.73	11	1
9	14	Illinois	-15.46	9	3
10	9	BYU	-15.32	12	1
11	11	Kansas	-14.84	10	3
12	10	Michigan State	-14.78	11	1
13	12	Florida	-13.93	8	4
14	13	Georgia	-13.53	11	1
15	16	Houston	-13.53	11	1
16	18	Alabama	-13.45	9	3
17	15	Iowa	-13.43	10	2
18	17	Nebraska	-13.33	12	0
19	24	Texas Tech	-13.32	10	3
20	22	Virginia	-13.15	11	1
21	19	Tennessee	-13.09	9	3
22	32	Villanova	-12.77	10	2
23	23	Louisville	-12.7	10	2
24	21	Utah State	-12.64	10	1
25	20	Saint Louis	-12.22	12	1
26	26	Arkansas	-12.08	9	3
27	27	Belmont	-11.89	12	1
28	30	McNeese	-11.78	10	2
29	28	North Carolina	-11.73	12	1
30	31	Indiana	-11.66	10	3
31	25	LSU	-11.44	11	1
32	38	SMU	-11.39	11	2
33	35	St. John's	-11.3	8	4
34	37	Hofstra	-10.89	9	4
35	34	Saint Mary's	-10.76	12	2
36	36	Miami	-10.76	11	2
37	39	Baylor	-10.71	9	2
38	43	Washington	-10.6	8	4
39	44	Akron	-10.44	9	3
40	40	NC State	-10.39	9	4
41	29	Tulsa	-10.33	12	1
42	42	Kentucky	-10.24	9	4
43	33	Seton Hall	-9.898	11	2
44	46	USC	-9.734	12	1
45	41	UCF	-9.687	11	1
46	58	Ohio State	-9.551	9	3
47	45	VCU	-9.502	9	4
48	49	Clemson	-9.361	10	3
49	47	Yale	-9.353	11	1
50	51	Butler	-9.245	10	3
51	53	Columbia	-9.183	10	3
52	57	Oklahoma	-8.955	9	3
53	52	Texas	-8.952	9	4
54	54	Auburn	-8.861	8	4
55	55	Lipscomb	-8.715	7	5
56	50	Miami (OH)	-8.638	13	0
57	61	Utah Valley	-8.577	10	3
58	70	UCLA	-8.44	10	3
59	59	William & Mary	-8.44	9	3
60	63	New Mexico	-8.362	10	2
61	48	UC San Diego	-8.262	11	2
62	92	Santa Clara	-8.21	10	4
63	68	Wisconsin	-8.083	8	4
64	66	Illinois State	-8.002	10	3
65	65	Texas A&M	-7.989	9	3
66	56	Winthrop	-7.949	8	7
67	64	Oklahoma St	-7.916	11	1
68	62	Sam Houston St	-7.845	8	4
69	74	Creighton	-7.723	8	5
70	72	Murray State	-7.518	10	3
71	69	South Florida	-7.472	7	5
72	83	Northern Iowa	-7.441	9	3
73	67	Bowling Green	-7.312	10	3
74	78	Oakland	-7.13	6	7
75	71	George Washington	-7.037	9	4
76	82	Stephen F Austin	-6.957	9	2
77	75	Cornell	-6.931	6	5
78	81	Arkansas State	-6.917	9	4
79	79	Colorado State	-6.778	9	3
80	60	Missouri	-6.769	10	3
81	77	Wyoming	-6.647	9	3
82	87	Notre Dame	-6.562	9	4
83	73	Grand Canyon	-6.44	8	4
84	85	Virginia Tech	-6.346	11	2
85	90	Boise State	-6.313	8	4
86	89	California	-6.188	12	1
87	95	Northwestern	-6.16	7	5
88	86	St. Thomas	-6.116	11	4
89	91	Cal Baptist	-5.941	10	3
90	96	Quinnipiac	-5.878	9	4
91	105	High Point	-5.831	12	3
92	88	Montana State	-5.774	6	7
93	106	UT Rio Grande	-5.744	5	6
94	109	Wake Forest	-5.724	9	4
95	80	George Mason	-5.711	12	1
96	76	Colorado	-5.689	10	3
97	123	UT Arlington	-5.668	8	4
98	104	Arizona State	-5.65	9	4
99	98	Mercer	-5.622	8	5
100	97	Austin Peay	-5.599	6	5
101	102	Wichita State	-5.511	8	5
102	100	Youngstown St	-5.494	8	5
103	93	Rhode Island	-5.439	9	4
104	115	Florida Atlantic	-5.425	8	5
105	107	Troy	-5.395	8	5
106	127	North Colorado	-5.351	10	3
107	111	Dayton	-5.334	9	4
108	103	TCU	-5.311	9	3
109	112	UT Martin	-5.291	9	4
110	94	Pacific	-5.248	9	5
111	84	Kansas State	-5.144	9	4
112	108	Idaho	-5.122	8	5
113	99	Wright State	-5.004	6	7
114	114	Southern Illinois	-4.961	6	7
115	119	West Virginia	-4.951	9	4
116	113	Providence	-4.915	7	6
117	116	San Diego State	-4.911	7	4
118	128	Liberty	-4.882	9	3
119	122	Nevada	-4.703	9	3
120	101	Stanford	-4.659	11	2
121	120	Marshall	-4.647	8	5
122	131	Towson	-4.472	8	5
123	121	St. Bonaventure	-4.31	11	2
124	125	UAB	-4.307	9	4
125	117	North Dakota St	-4.297	10	5
126	138	Coastal Carolina	-4.295	8	6
127	132	Ole Miss	-4.209	7	5
128	134	Bradley	-4.155	9	4
129	130	Cincinnati	-4.132	7	5
130	129	South Carolina	-4.109	8	4
131	133	Toledo	-3.957	6	6
132	135	UNC Wilmington	-3.917	11	2
133	148	Syracuse	-3.891	9	4
134	124	Siena	-3.854	9	4
135	110	Richmond	-3.784	10	3
136	143	East Tennessee St	-3.705	8	5
137	140	Lindenwood	-3.461	8	5
138	137	Elon	-3.451	8	5
139	144	Incarnate Word	-3.416	6	6
140	141	West Kentucky	-3.384	7	4
141	118	Colgate	-3.378	6	7
142	145	Marist	-3.363	8	3
143	156	Memphis	-3.359	5	7
144	142	Kent State	-3.297	10	2
145	150	South Alabama	-3.247	9	4
146	149	Texas A&M-CC	-3.241	5	6
147	139	Buffalo	-3.222	11	2
148	126	Seattle	-3.174	11	3
149	147	Robert Morris	-3.11	10	4
150	136	Grambling	-3.108	5	7
151	168	San Francisco	-3.081	9	5
152	151	Idaho State	-3.075	7	6
153	146	Iona	-3.061	9	4
154	155	Florida State	-2.9	7	6
155	153	Pittsburgh	-2.888	7	6
156	152	Southern Miss	-2.755	7	6
157	181	UC Irvine	-2.729	9	5
158	180	Harvard	-2.676	7	7
159	154	Minnesota	-2.632	7	5
160	158	Tarleton	-2.42	9	4
161	157	Kennesaw St	-2.406	8	4
162	189	Charleston South	-2.359	9	6
163	176	Northeastern	-2.355	4	7
164	175	Eastern Michigan	-2.355	6	7
165	162	S Carolina Upstate	-2.274	8	7
166	160	UC Davis	-2.182	7	5
167	165	New Mexico St	-2.151	8	3
168	159	SE Missouri St	-2.143	6	6
169	161	Hampton	-2.044	6	7
170	169	Long Island	-2.039	6	6
171	163	Portland State	-2.023	6	5
172	171	Penn State	-1.836	8	4
173	166	Tennessee St	-1.832	7	5
174	172	Furman	-1.806	9	4
175	186	Oregon	-1.726	7	6
176	178	Weber State	-1.722	6	7
177	170	Drake	-1.644	7	6
178	188	Maryland	-1.6	7	6
179	184	Xavier	-1.566	9	4
180	174	Hawaii	-1.564	10	2
181	177	UIC	-1.503	4	8
182	193	SIU-Edwardsville	-1.436	8	5
183	182	Central Conn	-1.427	6	5
184	164	Loyola Marymount	-1.405	9	5
185	187	Central Arkansas	-1.353	5	8
186	207	Denver	-1.341	7	8
187	217	Duquesne	-1.336	8	5
188	192	Georgetown	-1.236	9	4
189	167	UC Riverside	-1.161	6	8
190	179	Davidson	-1.136	8	4
191	202	Washington St	-1.107	6	8
192	191	North Kentucky	-1	9	5
193	185	Utah Tech	-0.981	7	7
194	190	Mid Tennessee	-0.976	7	4
195	194	Fort Wayne	-0.961	8	6
196	196	Southern	-0.906	4	8
197	200	Fairfield	-0.876	8	5
198	210	Abilene Christian	-0.868	8	5
199	199	Mississippi St	-0.811	7	5
200	209	North Texas	-0.809	9	4
201	201	Indiana State	-0.798	7	6
202	173	CSU Fullerton	-0.768	5	9
203	203	East Texas A&M	-0.65	6	6
204	195	Vermont	-0.644	8	6
205	214	Louisiana Tech	-0.549	7	4
206	206	Navy	-0.538	8	5
207	211	South Dakota St	-0.537	7	7
208	208	DePaul	-0.402	8	5
209	212	UC Santa Barbara	-0.371	9	4
210	213	UMass	-0.241	9	4
211	204	Sacred Heart	-0.133	5	8
212	225	Prairie View A&M	0.0021	5	7
213	198	Alabama State	0.0044	3	9
214	219	Wofford	0.0298	8	5
215	197	Temple	0.0665	8	5
216	215	Utah	0.1302	8	4
217	216	Howard	0.1546	9	5
218	221	New Orleans	0.1949	3	8
219	223	Florida Gulf Coast	0.2042	6	7
220	183	Norfolk State	0.2171	6	10
221	247	Campbell	0.2294	6	7
222	233	CSU Northridge	0.2402	8	6
223	220	James Madison	0.2971	7	6
224	229	Bellarmine	0.3225	5	7
225	205	Green Bay	0.4436	6	8
226	226	Tennessee Tech	0.5177	6	7
227	218	Old Dominion	0.5284	4	10
228	222	Brown	0.5435	5	7
229	228	Nicholls	0.5499	3	8
230	231	UMass Lowell	0.7198	5	9
231	230	Samford	0.7621	7	6
232	255	Penn	0.768	6	6
233	232	Dartmouth	0.8076	5	6
234	234	Georgia Southern	0.8205	10	5
235	235	Milwaukee	0.8905	6	6
236	237	Bethune-Cookman	0.8992	3	9
237	236	Monmouth	0.9042	6	7
238	227	Florida Intl	0.9459	7	5
239	238	Appalachian St	1.0688	8	6
240	224	Boston College	1.1864	7	6
241	240	Detroit Mercy	1.1974	5	7
242	241	Fordham	1.2033	9	4
243	242	Queens	1.2702	5	7
244	249	Boston U	1.4505	5	8
245	246	Marquette	1.4846	5	8
246	245	Charleston	1.602	7	6
247	248	N Carolina A&T	1.6689	7	4
248	256	Merrimack	1.6705	6	7
249	244	Fresno State	1.6927	6	6
250	253	Mercyhurst	1.7273	8	5
251	259	Georgia Tech	1.7352	9	4
252	252	UNLV	1.828	5	6
253	257	Northwestern St	1.8657	3	8
254	254	Ark-Pine Bluff	1.9457	3	10
255	239	Wagner	1.9524	5	6
256	251	Cal Poly	1.9679	5	9
257	250	American	1.9933	7	6
258	258	Eastern Kentucky	2.04	4	9
259	260	Jacksonville St	2.0642	5	6
260	269	La Salle	2.1006	4	9
261	264	Eastern Wash	2.116	2	11
262	263	Chattanooga	2.1849	6	7
263	262	Stony Brook	2.2308	8	5
264	261	UNC Asheville	2.2765	6	8
265	266	West Carolina	2.3597	4	7
266	274	Le Moyne	2.3671	5	8
267	265	UAlbany	2.4118	4	10
268	271	SE Louisiana	2.4142	4	8
269	273	Valparaiso	2.55	6	6
270	272	San Jose State	2.6425	5	7
271	270	Charlotte	2.6576	6	7
272	275	Rutgers	2.7772	6	6
273	277	Lamar	2.819	5	6
274	278	Presbyterian	2.8285	7	8
275	267	Omaha	2.8543	7	8
276	296	Morehead State	2.9251	6	7
277	276	New Hampshire	3.0062	4	8
278	268	Saint Joseph's	3.073	8	5
279	284	Houston Christian	3.1476	5	7
280	294	San Diego	3.1725	6	7
281	279	Southern Utah	3.2081	4	9
282	289	Ohio	3.2289	6	7
283	286	North Illinois	3.2444	5	7
284	280	Montana	3.2983	6	7
285	283	North Arizona	3.3345	5	7
286	287	Sacramento St	3.3534	4	8
287	281	UMBC	3.3619	6	6
288	297	Princeton	3.3666	3	11
289	293	Maryland-E Shore	3.4911	4	13
290	290	Rice	3.5559	6	7
291	243	Oregon State	3.6053	7	7
292	291	Bryant	3.8368	4	10
293	282	Stonehill	3.8825	3	10
294	298	Mt. St. Mary's	3.8964	4	9
295	306	Longwood	3.9525	8	7
296	313	West Michigan	3.9823	6	7
297	285	Jacksonville	4.1011	5	8
298	301	North Alabama	4.1209	5	6
299	305	West Georgia	4.1303	6	6
300	300	North Florida	4.2047	2	11
301	299	Drexel	4.2628	6	7
302	302	Holy Cross	4.2901	5	8
303	288	Oral Roberts	4.324	5	10
304	303	Chicago State	4.3299	2	11
305	295	New Haven	4.3732	5	7
306	314	Radford	4.3882	7	8
307	307	Bucknell	4.4192	3	10
308	310	Alcorn State	4.4545	1	10
309	320	UTEP	4.4808	4	7
310	315	North Dakota	4.5534	6	10
311	317	Alabama A&M	4.7034	6	6
312	304	Long Beach St	4.7396	3	10
313	292	Portland	4.7676	7	7
314	312	Loyola (MD)	4.7843	4	9
315	309	UNC Greensboro	4.8658	4	9
316	319	South Dakota	4.8786	8	7
317	327	Saint Peter's	4.8976	5	5
318	311	Texas State	4.9058	8	6
319	308	VMI	5.0501	5	8
320	325	Missouri State	5.0561	6	5
321	318	UT San Antonio	5.1837	4	8
322	322	Central Michigan	5.194	4	9
323	324	Evansville	5.2988	4	9
324	316	Army	5.4104	6	7
325	332	Eastern Illinois	5.4274	4	8
326	323	Little Rock	5.4639	4	9
327	330	Georgia State	5.5051	4	10
328	326	N Carolina Cent	5.535	4	10
329	335	IU Indianapolis	5.6651	4	10
330	321	Pepperdine	5.8873	5	9
331	328	Manhattan	6.1623	5	8
332	334	Lehigh	6.2746	4	9
333	338	Fairleigh Dickinson	6.5476	3	9
334	337	Jackson State	6.6255	1	11
335	336	Tulane	6.744	9	4
336	344	Louisiana	6.7925	3	11
337	339	CSU Bakersfield	6.7933	6	8
338	331	Stetson	6.8682	4	9
339	340	Ball State	6.9378	3	9
340	329	Texas Southern	7.0387	1	9
341	333	Canisius	7.2059	5	8
342	341	Lafayette	7.2389	3	10
343	343	Niagara	7.321	3	9
344	346	Delaware	7.5519	4	7
345	345	Maine	7.6899	1	13
346	349	Rider	7.7442	1	10
347	347	NJIT	7.7542	4	9
348	342	Western Illinois	7.8093	4	9
349	348	Kansas City	8.4634	3	11
350	351	Southern Indiana	8.7209	3	9
351	352	East Carolina	9.3751	5	8
352	353	Air Force	9.5258	3	9
353	350	Florida A&M	9.5549	3	8
354	359	UL Monroe	9.6335	3	11
355	354	Cleveland State	9.6562	4	10
356	355	The Citadel	9.9301	3	10
357	356	South Carolina St	10.44	1	13
358	357	Delaware State	10.644	5	9
359	358	St. Francis (PA)	10.716	2	11
360	360	Loyola-Chicago	10.788	4	9
361	361	Coppin State	11.657	2	14
362	362	Morgan State	12.704	2	11
363	363	Miss Valley St	12.822	1	12
364	365	Binghamton	13.318	3	11
365	364	Gardner-Webb	13.749	2	13