College Basketball Team Rankings - March 5, 2012
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Here are the College Basketball Team Rankings as of February 27, 2012. These rankings use the Vegas point spreads to derive an implied team by team ranking. My original post of the rankings has more detail on the methodology.
I don't have much time for commentary this week, only to note that the Louisville Cardinals can now lay claim to being the best unranked team.
The Rankings (glossary below):
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| Rank | Team | LstWk | GPF | Conf | SOS | GWP | KenPom | AP | Coaches | ||
| 1 | Kentucky | 1 | 19.5 | SEC | 1 | 3.5 | 59 | 0.96 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | North Carolina | 5 | 18.0 | ACC | 1 | 4.0 | 50 | 0.95 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | Ohio St. | 2 | 18.0 | B10 | 1 | 7.5 | 2 | 0.95 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| 4 | Kansas | 4 | 17.5 | B12 | 1 | 6.0 | 17 | 0.95 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Michigan St. | 6 | 16.5 | B10 | 2 | 6.5 | 9 | 0.94 | 3 | 8 | 8 |
| 6 | Syracuse | 3 | 16.0 | BE | 1 | 4.0 | 54 | 0.94 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Missouri | 9 | 14.0 | B12 | 2 | 5.0 | 39 | 0.91 | 9 | 5 | 5 |
| 8 | Wisconsin | 8 | 12.5 | B10 | 3 | 7.0 | 6 | 0.89 | 7 | 14 | 12 |
| 9 | Wichita St. | 11 | 12.0 | MVC | 1 | 2.0 | 85 | 0.88 | 8 | 16 | 16 |
| 10 | Gonzaga | 20 | 11.5 | WCC | 1 | 1.0 | 106 | 0.88 | 31 | 24 | 25 |
| 11 | Louisville | 17 | 11.5 | BE | 2 | 6.0 | 15 | 0.87 | 30 | ||
| 12 | Marquette | 12 | 11.5 | BE | 3 | 5.0 | 35 | 0.87 | 17 | 9 | 9 |
| 13 | Vanderbilt | 14 | 11.5 | SEC | 2 | 5.5 | 21 | 0.87 | 21 | ||
| 14 | Kansas St. | 25 | 11.5 | B12 | 3 | 5.0 | 32 | 0.87 | 19 | ||
| 15 | Duke | 7 | 11.5 | ACC | 2 | 5.5 | 29 | 0.87 | 16 | 6 | 6 |
| 16 | Memphis | 26 | 11.0 | CUSA | 1 | 2.5 | 68 | 0.86 | 11 | ||
| 17 | California | 13 | 11.0 | P12 | 1 | 2.0 | 80 | 0.86 | 22 | ||
| 18 | Indiana | 19 | 10.5 | B10 | 4 | 8.0 | 1 | 0.86 | 10 | 15 | 15 |
| 19 | New Mexico | 18 | 10.5 | MWC | 1 | 0.5 | 115 | 0.86 | 14 | ||
| 20 | Georgetown | 16 | 10.5 | BE | 4 | 6.0 | 16 | 0.85 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
| 21 | UNLV | 23 | 10.0 | MWC | 2 | 2.0 | 81 | 0.84 | 32 | 20 | 20 |
| 22 | Michigan | 27 | 10.0 | B10 | 5 | 7.0 | 4 | 0.84 | 20 | 10 | 13 |
| 23 | Florida | 10 | 10.0 | SEC | 3 | 5.5 | 26 | 0.84 | 18 | 22 | 19 |
| 24 | Baylor | 15 | 9.5 | B12 | 4 | 7.0 | 3 | 0.83 | 15 | 12 | 11 |
| 25 | Virginia | 32 | 9.5 | ACC | 3 | 4.0 | 48 | 0.83 | 24 | ||
| 26 | Texas | 22 | 9.5 | B12 | 5 | 6.5 | 11 | 0.83 | 26 | ||
| 27 | Florida St. | 30 | 9.5 | ACC | 4 | 4.5 | 43 | 0.83 | 28 | 17 | 17 |
| 28 | Cincinnati | 37 | 9.5 | BE | 5 | 4.5 | 44 | 0.82 | 34 | ||
| 29 | St. Mary's | 33 | 9.0 | WCC | 2 | 0.0 | 125 | 0.82 | 43 | 18 | |
| 30 | Saint Louis | 21 | 9.0 | A10 | 1 | 1.0 | 109 | 0.82 | 12 | ||
| 31 | Purdue | 34 | 9.0 | B10 | 6 | 5.5 | 25 | 0.82 | 25 | ||
| 32 | West Virginia | 28 | 9.0 | BE | 6 | 5.5 | 28 | 0.81 | 40 | ||
| 33 | UCLA | 31 | 8.5 | P12 | 2 | 2.5 | 76 | 0.81 | 44 | ||
| 34 | Connecticut | 36 | 8.5 | BE | 7 | 6.0 | 18 | 0.81 | 38 | ||
| 35 | Temple | 24 | 8.0 | A10 | 2 | 1.5 | 101 | 0.80 | 33 | 21 | 24 |
| 36 | Creighton | 42 | 8.0 | MVC | 2 | 2.0 | 84 | 0.80 | 35 | 19 | 22 |
| 37 | Alabama | 43 | 8.0 | SEC | 4 | 5.0 | 36 | 0.79 | 29 | ||
| 38 | BYU | 35 | 8.0 | WCC | 3 | 0.5 | 121 | 0.79 | 47 | ||
| 39 | Iowa St. | 52 | 8.0 | B12 | 6 | 4.5 | 42 | 0.79 | 27 | 25 | |
| 40 | Arizona | 39 | 8.0 | P12 | 3 | 2.5 | 79 | 0.79 | 52 | ||
| 41 | Long Beach St. | 38 | 8.0 | BW | 1 | 0.5 | 119 | 0.79 | 41 | ||
| 42 | Washington | 48 | 7.5 | P12 | 4 | 3.0 | 64 | 0.78 | 63 | ||
| 43 | Notre Dame | 29 | 7.5 | BE | 8 | 6.0 | 14 | 0.78 | 36 | 23 | 23 |
| 44 | VA Commonwealth | 46 | 7.5 | CAA | 1 | -2.0 | 170 | 0.78 | 46 | ||
| 45 | Minnesota | 41 | 7.5 | B10 | 7 | 5.0 | 40 | 0.77 | 58 | ||
| 46 | Northwestern | 40 | 7.0 | B10 | 8 | 7.0 | 7 | 0.76 | 50 | ||
| 47 | Illinois | 44 | 7.0 | B10 | 9 | 7.0 | 8 | 0.76 | 68 | ||
| 48 | North Carolina St. | 49 | 7.0 | ACC | 5 | 3.5 | 55 | 0.76 | 48 | ||
| 49 | Pittsburgh | 45 | 7.0 | BE | 9 | 5.5 | 23 | 0.76 | 79 | ||
| 50 | Mississippi St. | 69 | 6.5 | SEC | 5 | 1.5 | 93 | 0.75 | 74 | ||
| 51 | San Diego St. | 54 | 6.5 | MWC | 3 | 2.0 | 82 | 0.75 | 51 | 18 | 21 |
| 52 | Harvard | 60 | 6.5 | Ivy | 1 | -3.0 | 213 | 0.75 | 37 | ||
| 53 | Oregon | 57 | 6.5 | P12 | 5 | 3.0 | 66 | 0.75 | 57 | ||
| 54 | Iona | 62 | 6.5 | MAAC | 1 | -3.5 | 225 | 0.74 | 56 | ||
| 55 | Clemson | 50 | 6.5 | ACC | 6 | 2.5 | 77 | 0.74 | 70 | ||
| 56 | Tennessee | 47 | 6.5 | SEC | 6 | 3.5 | 58 | 0.74 | 54 | ||
| 57 | Stanford | 56 | 6.5 | P12 | 6 | 2.5 | 74 | 0.74 | 53 | ||
| 58 | Seton Hall | 55 | 6.0 | BE | 10 | 5.0 | 41 | 0.74 | 62 | ||
| 59 | South Florida | 53 | 6.0 | BE | 11 | 4.0 | 47 | 0.73 | 67 | ||
| 60 | Miami Florida | 51 | 5.5 | ACC | 7 | 3.0 | 65 | 0.72 | 39 | ||
| 61 | Drexel | 70 | 5.0 | CAA | 2 | -3.0 | 208 | 0.70 | 42 | ||
| 62 | Wagner | 5.0 | NEC | 1 | -100.0 | 256 | 0.70 | 114 | |||
| 63 | Xavier | 68 | 5.0 | A10 | 3 | 3.0 | 61 | 0.70 | 60 | ||
| 64 | Oregon St. | 61 | 5.0 | P12 | 7 | 2.5 | 78 | 0.70 | 94 | ||
| 65 | Murray St. | 66 | 5.0 | OVC | 1 | -5.0 | 243 | 0.69 | 45 | 11 | 10 |
Glossary
- LstWk - The team's ranking from the prior week
- GPF - Stands for "Generic Points Favored". It's what you'd expect the team to be favored by against a Div-I average opponent at a neutral site.
- Conf - The conference the team plays in and their GPF rank within that conference
- SOS - Stands for "Strength of Schedule". It's the average GPF of the teams faced thus far this season (along with the corresponding rank).
- GWP - Stands for "Generic Win Probability". I converted the GPF into a win probability using the following formula: GWP = 1/(1+exp(-GPF/6))
- KenPom - The team's rank according to kenpom.com. The best college basketball stats site you're going to find.
- AP - The team's rank (if it exists) according to the AP Top 25 poll.
- Coaches - The team's rank (if it exists) according to the ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll.
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