Monday, February 27, 2017

College Basketball Rankings 2-26-17

After last week's rankings were posted, I felt there was some opportunity for improvement.  I re-worked some things in the methodology and think this is a lot closer to reality.  Thanks to Massey Ratings for score data.

Rank School Aggregate
1 Kansas 31.05
2 Gonzaga 31.03
3 Villanova 29.03
4 Kentucky 26.18
5 West Virginia 24.51
6 North Carolina 24.29
7 Duke 24.12
8 Louisville 23.93
9 Butler 23.69
10 Baylor 23.39
11 UCLA 22.11
12 Florida St 20.78
13 Florida 19.29
14 Wisconsin 18.51
15 Purdue 18.36
16 Virginia 18.26
17 St Mary's CA 17.94
18 Oklahoma St 17.79
19 Arizona 17.75
20 SMU 17.46
21 Oregon 17.10
22 Notre Dame 16.50
23 Miami FL 16.02
24 Cincinnati 15.99
25 Minnesota 15.34
26 Iowa St 15.22
27 Maryland 15.13
28 Creighton 14.80
29 Virginia Tech 13.09
30 UT Arlington 12.43
31 Dayton 12.16
32 Michigan St 12.14
33 Wichita St 12.01
34 South Carolina 11.14
35 Xavier 10.71
36 MTSU 10.61
37 Kansas St 9.99
38 USC 9.73
39 Nevada 9.53
40 UNC Wilmington 9.53
41 Illinois St 9.29
42 Arkansas 9.25
43 Seton Hall 9.25
44 VA Commonwealth 9.17
45 Michigan 9.14
46 Marquette 8.87
47 Providence 7.76
48 Belmont 7.21
49 Vermont 7.15
50 Northwestern 7.05
51 Vanderbilt 6.93
52 Indiana 6.92
53 Valparaiso 6.81
54 ETSU 6.80
55 BYU 6.61
56 CS Bakersfield 6.17
57 Texas Tech 6.08
58 Illinois 6.08
59 Monmouth NJ 5.97
60 Wake Forest 5.94
61 Bucknell 5.77
62 Utah 5.65
63 Georgia 5.46
64 New Mexico St 5.43
65 California 5.41
66 Houston 5.38
67 Akron 4.84
68 UNC Asheville 4.68
69 FL Gulf Coast 4.36
70 Colorado 4.08
71 Clemson 3.80
72 Colorado St 3.75
73 Rhode Island 3.72
74 Princeton 3.60
75 TCU 3.36
76 Alabama 3.22
77 Col Charleston 2.55
78 Mississippi 2.54
79 UCF 2.46
80 UNC Greensboro 2.40
81 Winthrop 2.26
82 Ohio 2.25
83 Boise St 2.00
84 Syracuse 1.71
85 Loyola-Chicago 1.61
86 Arkansas St 1.58
87 Georgetown 1.49
88 San Francisco 1.47
89 San Diego St 1.39
90 St Bonaventure 1.36
91 Memphis 1.21
92 Georgia Tech 0.78
93 N Dakota St 0.65
94 Harvard 0.52
95 Tennessee 0.32
96 Ohio St 0.32
97 Furman -0.03
98 Pittsburgh -0.07
99 Oakland -0.19
100 Georgia St -0.28
101 Connecticut -0.42
102 Ga Southern -0.44
103 Oklahoma -0.46
104 Penn St -0.68
105 ULL -0.78
106 Louisiana Tech -0.85
107 Northeastern -0.97
108 E Washington -1.12
109 Auburn -1.17
110 Elon -1.20
111 Iowa -1.35
112 North Dakota -1.49
113 New Hampshire -1.54
114 N Kentucky -1.83
115 Temple -2.19
116 Fresno St -2.21
117 Richmond -2.27
118 NC Central -2.66
119 Chattanooga -2.66
120 William & Mary -2.76
121 Old Dominion -2.84
122 New Orleans -2.97
123 Towson -2.99
124 Texas A&M -3.00
125 South Dakota -3.04
126 Wright St -3.07
127 Lehigh -3.27
128 Stanford -3.34
129 Weber St -3.59
130 Toledo -3.61
131 Nebraska -3.63
132 Liberty -3.64
133 Tulsa -3.82
134 Yale -3.86
135 NC State -3.89
136 Texas -4.05
137 IPFW -4.22
138 New Mexico -4.23
139 La Salle -4.45
140 Grand Canyon -4.53
141 Buffalo -4.54
142 TN Martin -4.56
143 Wyoming -4.67
144 George Mason -4.86
145 Siena -5.15
146 UC Davis -5.25
147 Mississippi St -5.35
148 Rice -5.37
149 TX Southern -5.65
150 Loy Marymount -5.75
151 Albany NY -5.84
152 TAM C. Christi -6.00
153 WI Green Bay -6.02
154 Iona -6.30
155 Utah St -6.36
156 Morehead St -6.36
157 W Michigan -6.39
158 Murray St -6.53
159 Tennessee St -6.57
160 Gardner Webb -6.73
161 Hofstra -7.02
162 UC Irvine -7.06
163 Davidson -7.08
164 Arizona St -7.10
165 St John's -7.16
166 Sam Houston St -7.26
167 Santa Clara -7.38
168 G Washington -7.47
169 Mercer -7.49
170 Texas St -7.74
171 Boston Univ -7.76
172 Penn -7.96
173 Troy -8.15
174 Rutgers -8.15
175 Lipscomb -8.23
176 Kent -8.25
177 Marshall -8.30
178 Washington St -8.42
179 NE Omaha -8.43
180 Jacksonville St -8.47
181 Samford -8.56
182 C Michigan -8.61
183 E Michigan -8.81
184 Northern Iowa -8.86
185 Ball St -8.86
186 Portland St -9.12
187 Denver -9.18
188 Coastal Car -9.29
189 UAB -9.32
190 SF Austin -9.34
191 Massachusetts -9.35
192 UMBC -9.36
193 Missouri St -9.69
194 Canisius -9.97
195 Houston Bap -10.62
196 Evansville -10.73
197 Norfolk St -10.98
198 Stony Brook -11.07
199 Fairfield -11.16
200 Missouri KC -11.21
201 Holy Cross -11.27
202 Idaho -11.36
203 St Peter's -11.75
204 Kennesaw -11.86
205 Indiana St -11.94
206 San Jose St -12.04
207 N Illinois -12.11
208 IL Chicago -12.20
209 Wofford -12.20
210 S Illinois -12.30
211 Mt St Mary's -12.93
212 Lamar -12.94
213 South Alabama -12.95
214 Campbell -13.07
215 S Dakota St -13.46
216 Bowling Green -13.54
217 Seattle -13.67
218 Montana St -13.70
219 SC Upstate -13.80
220 Radford -13.80
221 East Carolina -14.03
222 Rider -14.21
223 IUPUI -14.23
224 Montana -14.26
225 Navy -14.45
226 Air Force -14.53
227 Charlotte -14.73
228 WKU -14.90
229 Alcorn St -15.08
230 Utah Valley -15.12
231 Wagner -15.16
232 Charleston So -15.22
233 Bryant -15.26
234 Bradley -15.32
235 LSU -15.49
236 San Diego -15.56
237 St Joseph's PA -15.94
238 Grambling -16.01
239 SE Louisiana -16.13
240 Nicholls St -16.24
241 DePaul -16.31
242 Cleveland St -16.37
243 Washington -16.49
244 NJIT -16.75
245 Hawaii -17.02
246 Ark Little Rock -17.22
247 Columbia -17.24
248 Fordham -17.27
249 Long Beach St -17.35
250 UNLV -17.36
251 North Florida -17.41
252 Jacksonville -17.61
253 E Kentucky -17.61
254 Abilene Chr -17.65
255 Austin Peay -17.79
256 Long Island -17.82
257 Pacific -17.89
258 SE Missouri St -17.92
259 Drexel -18.60
260 Manhattan -18.66
261 MD E Shore -18.66
262 Delaware -18.75
263 Brown -18.91
264 MA Lowell -18.99
265 Portland -19.09
266 Pepperdine -19.25
267 UT San Antonio -19.31
268 ULM -19.32
269 St Louis -19.43
270 F Dickinson -19.51
271 Duquesne -19.53
272 Robert Morris -20.24
273 UTRGV -20.39
274 W Carolina -20.48
275 Tennessee Tech -20.49
276 Boston College -20.92
277 E Illinois -21.06
278 Loyola MD -21.11
279 Missouri -21.14
280 Hampton -21.41
281 High Point -21.47
282 James Madison -21.94
283 Prairie View -22.01
284 CS Sacramento -22.79
285 Youngstown St -23.02
286 Oral Roberts -23.44
287 CS Fullerton -23.51
288 Morgan St -23.55
289 UTEP -23.63
290 St Francis PA -23.92
291 Army -24.56
292 Binghamton -24.62
293 Marist -24.73
294 Quinnipiac -24.91
295 Incarnate Word -25.11
296 N Colorado -25.25
297 Miami OH -25.29
298 Oregon St -25.43
299 FL Atlantic -25.63
300 Detroit -25.68
301 Cornell -25.82
302 Stetson -25.96
303 WI Milwaukee -26.06
304 Chicago St -26.15
305 Northwestern LA -26.45
306 Citadel -26.67
307 Appalachian St -26.89
308 Idaho St -27.15
309 South Florida -27.47
310 Drake -27.69
311 CS Northridge -28.31
312 Southern Univ -28.41
313 S Carolina St -28.50
314 Cent Arkansas -28.57
315 Coppin St -28.61
316 Savannah St -28.71
317 Cal Poly SLO -29.76
318 VMI -29.86
319 Sacred Heart -30.02
320 Florida Intl -30.93
321 Tulane -31.64
322 Northern Arizona -31.65
323 Hartford -31.71
324 Alabama St -32.56
325 Colgate -32.59
326 Southern Miss -32.75
327 Niagara -33.69
328 Presbyterian -33.98
329 W Illinois -34.74
330 American Univ -35.38
331 Lafayette -35.69
332 Maine -35.82
333 Santa Barbara -36.54
334 McNeese St -37.12
335 Edwardsville -37.14
336 UC Riverside -37.56
337 North Texas -37.91
338 Delaware St -40.02
339 Longwood -40.03
340 Southern Utah -40.68
341 Howard -40.73
342 Central Conn -41.77
343 Dartmouth -42.04
344 Bethune-Cookman -44.19
345 Jackson St -44.23
346 MS Valley St -44.84
347 Florida A&M -48.85
348 Ark Pine Bluff -50.42
349 St Francis NY -52.59
350 NC A&T -65.47
351 Alabama A&M -71.65

Monday, February 20, 2017

College Basketball Rankings through 2-19-17

Here's my first College Basketball Rankings for the 2016-2017 Men's NCAA Division I season.

Credit to masseyratings.com as this is the primary source of score data.

Rank School Aggregate
1 Gonzaga 6.06
2 Villanova 5.85
3 West Virginia 5.77
4 North Carolina 5.13
5 Louisville 5.01
6 Kentucky 4.93
7 Baylor 4.16
8 Purdue 3.80
9 Virginia 3.66
10 Florida 3.58
11 Duke 3.47
12 Kansas 3.45
13 Oregon 3.03
14 Arizona 2.98
15 UCLA 2.94
16 St Mary's CA 2.89
17 Wisconsin 2.86
18 SMU 2.85
19 Cincinnati 2.66
20 Oklahoma St 2.64
21 Wichita St 1.82
22 Butler 1.40
23 Notre Dame 1.00
24 Creighton 0.67
25 Dayton 0.65
26 Iowa St 0.59
27 Xavier 0.51
28 Kansas St 0.45
29 UT Arlington 0.32
30 Maryland 0.26
31 USC 0.10
32 Utah 0.09
33 CS Bakersfield 0.06
34 Minnesota 0.06
35 California -0.14
36 UNC Wilmington -0.24
37 Michigan -0.27
38 Florida St -0.31
39 Wake Forest -0.34
40 Texas Tech -0.41
41 South Carolina -0.42
42 Illinois St -0.43
43 MTSU -0.44
44 ETSU -0.46
45 New Mexico St -0.75
46 Northwestern -0.75
47 Miami FL -0.90
48 Akron -1.22
49 UNC Asheville -1.27
50 Bucknell -1.35
51 Michigan St -1.38
52 Vermont -1.42
53 Colorado -1.46
54 Nevada -1.55
55 TCU -1.69
56 Seton Hall -1.73
57 Indiana -1.84
58 VA Commonwealth -1.84
59 Tennessee -1.94
60 Marquette -2.01
61 FL Gulf Coast -2.05
62 Belmont -2.09
63 Arkansas -2.27
64 Louisiana Tech -2.44
65 San Diego St -2.50
66 Virginia Tech -2.53
67 Ohio -2.59
68 Winthrop -2.75
69 Georgia -2.80
70 Valparaiso -2.81
71 Providence -2.82
72 Georgetown -2.83
73 St Bonaventure -2.85
74 Princeton -2.89
75 Ohio St -3.00
76 Monmouth NJ -3.28
77 Colorado St -3.47
78 Mississippi -3.64
79 Clemson -3.82
80 Houston -3.92
81 San Francisco -3.93
82 Ga Southern -4.06
83 Loyola-Chicago -4.09
84 NC Central -4.25
85 IPFW -4.31
86 Boise St -4.39
87 Oklahoma -4.39
88 Illinois -4.40
89 BYU -4.43
90 Memphis -4.43
91 Texas A&M -4.51
92 Wyoming -4.53
93 Connecticut -4.57
94 Col Charleston -4.58
95 Samford -4.59
96 Alabama -4.63
97 Texas -4.66
98 Fresno St -4.66
99 Georgia Tech -4.68
100 Toledo -4.71
101 South Dakota -5.03
102 UCF -5.21
103 ULL -5.28
104 Furman -5.34
105 Stanford -5.39
106 Harvard -5.40
107 Loy Marymount -5.44
108 Northeastern -5.44
109 Auburn -5.53
110 Buffalo -5.56
111 Rhode Island -5.58
112 New Hampshire -5.59
113 Missouri St -5.60
114 Arkansas St -5.81
115 New Mexico -5.88
116 Rice -5.90
117 UNC Greensboro -5.96
118 Elon -6.11
119 Towson -6.22
120 Old Dominion -6.25
121 Albany NY -6.31
122 William & Mary -6.35
123 Vanderbilt -6.38
124 Morehead St -6.39
125 North Dakota -6.44
126 Penn St -6.47
127 Nebraska -6.47
128 Weber St -6.60
129 Pittsburgh -6.63
130 Chattanooga -6.63
131 Lehigh -6.65
132 Oakland -6.66
133 Richmond -6.74
134 Siena -6.75
135 Georgia St -6.83
136 N Kentucky -6.96
137 E Washington -7.17
138 New Orleans -7.25
139 Yale -7.29
140 Canisius -7.43
141 Iowa -7.52
142 Denver -7.55
143 Utah St -7.58
144 UC Davis -7.61
145 Temple -7.66
146 Hofstra -7.67
147 La Salle -7.69
148 Montana St -7.72
149 G Washington -7.73
150 Liberty -7.74
151 Wright St -7.83
152 Syracuse -7.88
153 Mississippi St -7.96
154 Davidson -8.12
155 N Dakota St -8.19
156 TX Southern -8.23
157 Iona -8.47
158 Washington -8.68
159 WI Green Bay -8.78
160 Kennesaw -8.83
161 Massachusetts -8.90
162 Ball St -9.01
163 IL Chicago -9.06
164 W Michigan -9.29
165 UMBC -9.34
166 TN Martin -9.35
167 Mt St Mary's -9.37
168 C Michigan -9.44
169 Norfolk St -9.44
170 Tennessee St -9.52
171 Boston Univ -9.62
172 Wagner -9.64
173 Tulsa -9.64
174 Troy -9.66
175 Santa Clara -9.68
176 Duquesne -9.69
177 Mercer -9.74
178 NC State -9.80
179 Sam Houston St -9.87
180 George Mason -9.91
181 Murray St -9.94
182 Gardner Webb -10.13
183 Jacksonville St -10.14
184 Air Force -10.24
185 Arizona St -10.30
186 Lipscomb -10.40
187 TAM C. Christi -10.44
188 Stony Brook -10.65
189 Texas St -10.66
190 Long Beach St -10.78
191 S Illinois -10.84
192 Portland St -10.88
193 St John's -10.92
194 NE Omaha -10.97
195 Cleveland St -10.98
196 Evansville -10.99
197 Grand Canyon -10.99
198 Bryant -11.16
199 N Illinois -11.18
200 Rutgers -11.22
201 Missouri KC -11.27
202 IUPUI -11.51
203 Kent -11.59
204 Washington St -11.69
205 UAB -11.78
206 Navy -11.85
207 E Michigan -11.92
208 Penn -11.93
209 Houston Bap -12.08
210 Northern Iowa -12.15
211 SF Austin -12.27
212 Marshall -12.29
213 South Alabama -12.50
214 MA Lowell -12.54
215 Indiana St -12.64
216 San Jose St -12.65
217 Fairfield -12.81
218 Coastal Car -12.81
219 East Carolina -12.87
220 Wofford -12.95
221 San Diego -13.03
222 Charlotte -13.11
223 E Illinois -13.32
224 NJIT -13.32
225 Utah Valley -13.46
226 Montana -13.51
227 St Joseph's PA -13.61
228 Rider -13.62
229 Columbia -13.65
230 Drexel -13.84
231 James Madison -14.07
232 SC Upstate -14.18
233 S Dakota St -14.48
234 Charleston So -14.57
235 Lamar -14.89
236 Idaho -14.92
237 DePaul -15.13
238 Ark Little Rock -15.15
239 Brown -15.17
240 Radford -15.20
241 Jacksonville -15.22
242 Army -15.27
243 UNLV -15.28
244 UC Irvine -15.30
245 Bowling Green -15.31
246 SE Missouri St -15.40
247 Hawaii -15.42
248 Abilene Chr -15.46
249 SE Louisiana -15.52
250 Holy Cross -15.79
251 Boston College -16.00
252 Seattle -16.05
253 Savannah St -16.12
254 Missouri -16.33
255 Campbell -16.34
256 Southern Univ -16.46
257 Loyola MD -16.58
258 Alcorn St -16.71
259 Pacific -16.74
260 St Peter's -16.78
261 ULM -16.86
262 LSU -16.90
263 Long Island -17.25
264 UTRGV -17.28
265 High Point -17.31
266 F Dickinson -17.42
267 MD E Shore -18.38
268 Binghamton -18.59
269 North Florida -18.86
270 Cornell -18.96
271 Colgate -18.98
272 Robert Morris -18.99
273 Miami OH -19.04
274 Prairie View -19.09
275 Citadel -19.15
276 Niagara -19.26
277 Austin Peay -19.44
278 St Francis PA -19.50
279 Bradley -19.59
280 Incarnate Word -19.78
281 Fordham -19.82
282 Drake -19.89
283 WKU -19.91
284 Oral Roberts -19.95
285 Florida Intl -20.39
286 CS Sacramento -20.48
287 FL Atlantic -20.51
288 UTEP -20.54
289 Appalachian St -20.58
290 Tennessee Tech -20.64
291 Quinnipiac -20.73
292 Pepperdine -21.43
293 CS Fullerton -22.15
294 Manhattan -22.42
295 Nicholls St -22.56
296 WI Milwaukee -22.93
297 Hampton -22.96
298 N Colorado -23.05
299 St Louis -23.42
300 Portland -23.75
301 Youngstown St -23.81
302 Oregon St -24.05
303 Cent Arkansas -24.09
304 Detroit -24.23
305 E Kentucky -24.62
306 Tulane -24.86
307 Grambling -24.95
308 UT San Antonio -25.08
309 North Texas -25.08
310 Northwestern LA -25.38
311 Delaware -25.75
312 VMI -26.83
313 Idaho St -27.07
314 CS Northridge -27.51
315 UC Riverside -27.53
316 Dartmouth -28.31
317 Sacred Heart -28.96
318 Stetson -29.55
319 W Illinois -29.63
320 Marist -30.62
321 Cal Poly SLO -31.07
322 South Florida -31.25
323 Alabama St -32.02
324 Morgan St -32.12
325 W Carolina -32.41
326 American Univ -32.51
327 Edwardsville -33.38
328 Bethune-Cookman -35.22
329 McNeese St -35.36
330 Florida A&M -36.26
331 Southern Utah -36.72
332 S Carolina St -37.43
333 Northern Arizona -38.34
334 Hartford -39.47
335 Coppin St -39.89
336 Howard -41.09
337 MS Valley St -41.24
338 Maine -41.57
339 Lafayette -42.29
340 Chicago St -42.55
341 Delaware St -43.70
342 Jackson St -43.87
343 Santa Barbara -44.77
344 Longwood -44.85
345 Southern Miss -48.50
346 Ark Pine Bluff -49.35
347 Central Conn -50.29
348 Presbyterian -50.52
349 St Francis NY -53.92
350 NC A&T -69.78
351 Alabama A&M -81.52