CBB Rankings 1-5-14

This week's rankings still haven't stabilized to the point where I'm comfortable posting a bubble watch.  The two things to address are:

#1:  The mid-major darling of my heart, UMASS is presently at #6 this week.

#2:  Last week on my Facebook link, a viewer asked what drove the difference between Oregon and Iowa State's rankings (13 vs. 2) and suspected that it was Iowa State's additional neutral based wins that was the cause of the difference.  I responded that it was the difference and noted that Oregon faced two stiff road tests this week in Utah (then 39) and Colorado (then 15) and that those games would tell us quite a bit about Oregon.  The Ducks survived Utah but suffered their first road loss of the season to the Buffaloes.  You'll note that the change in Oregon's ranking was immaterial, dropping from 13 to 16.  Iowa State won both of their games this week, albeit vs. inferior competition (Texas Tech, Northern Illinois) and they have dropped slightly to #4 as other teams have surpassed them.

Rank Team Rating 1 Wisconsin 5.90 2 Arizona 5.35 3 Villanova 5.04 4 Iowa State 4.90 5 Syracuse 4.85 6 Massachusetts 4.79 7 Oklahoma State 4.75 8 Michigan State 4.60 9 Florida 4.49 10 Baylor 4.32 11 Kansas 4.31 12 Wichita State 4.03 13 Colorado 3.98 14 Ohio State 3.82 15 San Diego State 3.59 16 Oregon 3.52 17 Kentucky 3.46 18 Cincinnati 3.44 19 North Carolina 3.34 20 Creighton 3.21 21 Louisville 3.19 22 Gonzaga 2.95 23 Pittsburgh 2.86 24 Iowa 2.76 25 Harvard 2.73 26 Missouri 2.69 27 Saint Louis 2.64 28 Memphis 2.63 29 Kansas State 2.59 30 Southern Methodist 2.48 31 Dayton 2.43 32 Duke 2.42 33 Southern Miss 2.40 34 Florida State 2.40 35 Texas 2.38 36 UCLA 2.37 37 Illinois 2.36 38 Louisiana Tech 2.35 39 Virginia 2.35 40 Arkansas 2.27 41 Xavier 2.16 42 Michigan 2.11 43 Saint Mary's 2.06 44 Toledo 2.05 45 Boise State 2.04 46 Virginia Commonwealth 1.99 47 LSU 1.99 48 Notre Dame 1.93 49 Wake Forest 1.92 50 New Mexico 1.88 51 Oklahoma 1.85 52 Utah 1.80 53 Indiana State 1.78 54 Tennessee 1.71 55 Connecticut 1.70 56 Georgetown 1.70 57 George Washington 1.68 58 UC-Santa Barbara 1.65 59 California 1.62 60 Butler 1.60 61 Hawaii 1.59 62 Green Bay 1.59 63 Ohio 1.48 64 Manhattan 1.25 65 Princeton 1.23 66 UAB 1.05 67 Nebraska-Omaha 1.04 68 Indiana 1.03 69 Minnesota 1.00 70 Marquette 1.00 71 Ole Miss 0.99 72 NC State 0.93 73 Arizona State 0.92 74 New Mexico State 0.91 75 Stephen F. Austin 0.88 76 Incarnate Word 0.85 77 Missouri State 0.82 78 Belmont 0.80 79 Louisiana 0.80 80 North Dakota State 0.74 81 Maryland 0.73 82 Drexel 0.68 83 Brigham Young 0.68 84 Richmond 0.66 85 Clemson 0.64 86 Utah State 0.61 87 Purdue 0.56 88 Providence 0.48 89 Drake 0.44 90 Texas-El Paso 0.37 91 St. Joseph's (PA) 0.27 92 Cleveland State 0.26 93 USC 0.26 94 Eastern Michigan 0.26 95 Vanderbilt 0.25 96 Mercer 0.23 97 Northern Colorado 0.22 98 Arkansas State 0.22 99 St. John's 0.18 100 West Virginia 0.17 101 Georgia Tech 0.15 102 St. Bonaventure 0.12 103 Western Michigan 0.03 104 Stanford 0.01 105 Wyoming 0.00 106 Loyola Marymount -0.03 107 Eastern Kentucky -0.04 108 Nebraska -0.04 109 Towson -0.06 110 Pacific -0.08 111 Northern Iowa -0.09 112 Washington -0.16 113 Mississippi State -0.16 114 Auburn -0.17 115 UC Irvine -0.20 116 IPFW -0.20 117 Texas Tech -0.21 118 Akron -0.22 119 Stony Brook -0.28 120 North Carolina Central -0.28 121 South Carolina -0.34 122 East Carolina -0.41 123 Western Kentucky -0.42 124 Georgia State -0.45 125 Colorado State -0.45 126 UNLV -0.54 127 Houston -0.54 128 Texas A&M -0.62 129 DePaul -0.62 130 Alabama -0.63 131 Rhode Island -0.65 132 Delaware -0.67 133 Louisiana-Monroe -0.68 134 Morehead State -0.70 135 Sam Houston State -0.73 136 Middle Tennessee State -0.77 137 La Salle -0.78 138 Boston University -0.78 139 Washington State -0.82 140 Charlotte -0.82 141 Youngstown State -0.82 142 Oregon State -0.85 143 Kent State -0.87 144 Denver -0.91 145 Radford -0.96 146 Penn State -1.06 147 TCU -1.08 148 Iona -1.08 149 Milwaukee -1.09 150 Columbia -1.10 151 Quinnipiac -1.10 152 USC Upstate -1.16 153 San Diego -1.22 154 Bryant -1.23 155 Fresno State -1.23 156 Seattle -1.30 157 Northwestern -1.32 158 South Dakota State -1.33 159 Oral Roberts -1.34 160 San Francisco -1.34 161 Georgia -1.35 162 Arkansas-Little Rock -1.39 163 North Florida -1.40 164 Colgate -1.41 165 UCF -1.42 166 Illinois State -1.45 167 Dartmouth -1.47 168 Lehigh -1.55 169 Northwestern State -1.55 170 Detroit -1.61 171 Virginia Military Institute -1.69 172 Montana -1.69 173 Cal Poly -1.69 174 Miami (FL) -1.69 175 Evansville -1.75 176 Canisius -1.75 177 George Mason -1.79 178 Utah Valley University -1.80 179 Tulsa -1.83 180 Long Beach State -1.83 181 Wright State -1.91 182 Buffalo -1.96 183 North Texas -1.98 184 Seton Hall -2.02 185 Rider -2.09 186 Robert Morris -2.10 187 Yale -2.10 188 Bowling Green -2.12 189 Pepperdine -2.12 190 ABILENE CHRISTIAN -2.16 191 Northern Illinois -2.24 192 Weber State -2.25 193 Charleston Southern -2.25 194 Nevada -2.28 195 North Dakota -2.29 196 Grand Canyon -2.33 197 Virginia Tech -2.35 198 Vermont -2.35 199 Portland -2.37 200 Western Carolina -2.49 201 Elon -2.49 202 Oakland -2.49 203 Valparaiso -2.52 204 Santa Clara -2.53 205 St. Francis (NY) -2.55 206 Texas-Arlington -2.63 207 Chicago State -2.66 208 American University -2.66 209 Marshall -2.67 210 Florida Gulf Coast -2.70 211 Boston College -2.84 212 Southern University -2.86 213 College of Charleston -2.86 214 William & Mary -2.89 215 Winthrop -2.89 216 Alabama State -2.91 217 Siena -2.92 218 Cal State Bakersfield -2.93 219 South Alabama -2.96 220 Fordham -2.97 221 Long Island -2.97 222 East Tennessee State -2.98 223 Air Force -2.99 224 Southeast Missouri State -3.04 225 Cal State Northridge -3.07 226 McNeese State -3.08 227 Holy Cross -3.10 228 Coastal Carolina -3.16 229 Nicholls State -3.20 230 South Dakota -3.21 231 Loyola (MD) -3.25 232 Florida International -3.26 233 Georgia Southern -3.26 234 Gardner-Webb -3.29 235 Albany -3.29 236 Eastern Washington -3.34 237 South Florida -3.34 238 Norfolk State -3.39 239 North Carolina-Asheville -3.41 240 Brown -3.42 241 Texas Southern -3.47 242 Murray State -3.50 243 Duquesne -3.51 244 New Orleans -3.57 245 Miami (OH) -3.58 246 Alabama A&M -3.60 247 Davidson -3.64 248 Bradley -3.65 249 James Madison -3.69 250 Northern Arizona -3.72 251 Old Dominion -3.73 252 Missouri-Kansas City -3.75 253 Florida Atlantic -3.79 254 Tennessee Tech -3.82 255 Troy -3.85 256 Wagner -3.88 257 Wofford -3.92 258 Western Illinois -3.92 259 Coppin State -3.99 260 Jackson State -4.01 261 Hampton -4.04 262 San Jose State -4.12 263 Cal State Fullerton -4.23 264 Northeastern -4.24 265 Delaware State -4.25 266 Rutgers -4.33 267 Navy -4.35 268 North Carolina-Wilmington -4.40 269 Chattanooga -4.48 270 Idaho State -4.49 271 Marist -4.53 272 Mount St. Mary's -4.56 273 Mississippi Valley State -4.57 274 Central Michigan -4.59 275 Southeastern Louisiana -4.61 276 UC Riverside -4.65 277 Temple -4.68 278 Tulane -4.83 279 Monmouth -4.94 280 Lipscomb -4.97 281 Tennessee-Martin -4.99 282 Morgan State -5.00 283 South Carolina State -5.06 284 Arkansas-Pine Bluff -5.15 285 Sacramento State -5.17 286 Bucknell -5.21 287 Portland State -5.25 288 Montana State -5.32 289 Idaho -5.38 290 Lafayette -5.50 291 Ball State -5.55 292 Jacksonville State -5.56 293 Liberty -5.60 294 New Jersey Tech -5.61 295 High Point -5.65 296 Prairie View A&M -5.65 297 Loyola (Chicago) -5.69 298 Austin Peay -5.70 299 Florida A&M -5.73 300 Hartford -5.85 301 Maryland-Baltimore County -5.88 302 North Carolina A&T -5.88 303 Rice -5.91 304 St. Peter's -5.93 305 Samford -6.03 306 Longwood -6.04 307 North Carolina-Greensboro -6.13 308 Fairfield -6.18 309 Houston Baptist -6.24 310 Northern Kentucky -6.31 311 Southern Illinois -6.32 312 Niagara -6.37 313 Eastern Illinois -6.39 314 Appalachian State -6.40 315 UIC -6.68 316 Furman -6.69 317 Hofstra -6.69 318 Campbell -6.75 319 Jacksonville -6.81 320 Alcorn State -6.83 321 Central Arkansas -6.83 322 Army -6.89 323 Savannah State -7.10 324 IUPUI -7.15 325 Texas State -7.19 326 Central Connecticut State -7.21 327 Citadel -7.28 328 Pennsylvania -7.28 329 Maryland-Eastern Shore -7.48 330 Fairleigh Dickinson -7.55 331 MA Lowell -7.63 332 SIU Edwardsville -8.22 333 Bethune-Cookman -8.24 334 Presbyterian -8.27 335 Kennesaw State -8.27 336 Southern Utah -8.28 337 Howard -8.40 338 Grambling State -8.44 339 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi -8.50 340 UC Davis -8.52 341 Lamar -8.71 342 Binghamton -8.98 343 Tennessee State -9.00 344 St. Francis (PA) -9.09 345 Texas-Pan American -9.40 346 Sacred Heart -9.46 347 Texas-San Antonio -9.98 348 Stetson -10.03 349 Maine -11.17 350 New Hampshire -11.46 351 Cornell -12.41