We remember a comment from a college basketball bettor last year when tiny Morehead State upset powerhouse Louisville in the first round of the 2011 March Madness tournament. OddsShark.com had predicted the Eagles would cover the spread and maybe even win outright based on some handicapping trends that included college basketball power rankings.
'How the hell do you handicap the second-place team in the OVC to beat Louisville!? How!? This should have been a blowout!'
Actually, it shouldn't. They were 9.5-point underdogs but matched up well against Louisville and were ranked No. 50 among 345 teams here at OddsShark.com. It underscores the value of NCAA basketball power rankings in determining the relative strength (and weakness) of teams. We compare all the important stats - FG %, 3-point defense, home and road ATS victories, away rebounding and more - and rate all 345 college basketball teams according to our handicapping math. See below the ratings chart for details on the math that underlies the rankings.
Team
Rank
Last Week
Change
Power
Str. Schedule
Adj. Power
4
5
1 
3134.64
.583
1826.24
5
4
-1
3014.80
.587
1770.59
7
9
2 2907.33
.586
1702.24
8
7
-1
2908.18
.585
1699.83
9
8
-1
2847.87
.589
1676.54
10
16
6 2769.91
.598
1655.85
12
10
-2
2702.84
.594
1606.57
13
12
-1
2733.13
.582
1591.50
14
13
-1
2895.47
.548
1587.01
15
14
-1
2680.29
.591
1583.52
16
15
-1
2870.80
.549
1576.35
19
27
8 2523.69
.603
1521.53
20
19
-1
2462.54
.612
1507.07
22
32
10 2694.91
.550
1481.66
23
24
1 2639.49
.560
1477.59
24
40
16 2786.64
.530
1475.53
26
29
3 2636.82
.555
1463.70
27
20
-7
2717.53
.537
1459.31
28
22
-6
2786.18
.523
1457.45
29
26
-3
2695.29
.541
1457.07
30
23
-7
2494.78
.582
1452.71
31
43
12 2685.35
.535
1435.32
32
30
-2
2511.25
.571
1434.18
34
35
1 2777.93
.513
1423.97
35
38
3 2539.99
.559
1420.36
36
42
6 2832.08
.496
1405.84
37
31
-6
2684.90
.522
1402.59
38
28
-10
2843.96
.491
1396.38
39
36
-3
2697.31
.515
1389.38
40
34
-6
2458.44
.564
1386.56
41
48
7 2603.42
.532
1386.06
42
39
-3
2499.24
.548
1369.08
43
41
-2
2366.30
.578
1367.96
44
46
2 2444.01
.559
1366.69
45
44
-1
2425.31
.563
1366.42
46
37
-9
2312.86
.590
1364.58
47
50
3 2336.54
.580
1354.96
48
45
-3
2627.48
.515
1351.84
50
53
3 2206.92
.608
1340.92
51
52
1 2597.30
.514
1335.53
52
64
12 2731.61
.483
1319.37
53
57
4 2606.91
.506
1318.58
54
55
1 2473.73
.532
1316.27
55
47
-8
2334.30
.562
1312.11
56
54
-2
2275.10
.574
1305.45
57
58
1 2210.35
.590
1304.99
58
56
-2
2554.30
.508
1298.35
59
68
9 2333.11
.556
1296.74
60
51
-9
2293.14
.565
1295.85
61
66
5 2308.81
.561
1295.24
62
60
-2
2481.86
.520
1291.31
63
72
9 2305.08
.560
1290.61
64
65
1 2509.72
.514
1288.99
65
61
-4
2717.35
.474
1287.48
66
67
1 2291.41
.561
1285.02
67
59
-8
2277.55
.564
1284.77
68
73
5 2351.22
.546
1284.71
69
63
-6
2448.03
.525
1284.48
70
69
-1
2726.27
.466
1269.08
71
74
3 2266.61
.556
1261.14
72
62
-10
2456.42
.513
1259.41
73
75
2 2593.76
.483
1253.31
74
70
-4
2229.95
.556
1239.41
75
76
1 2232.92
.553
1235.70
76
71
-5
2333.43
.529
1235.32
77
80
3 2594.30
.474
1230.74
80
77
-3
2129.00
.576
1226.09
82
86
4 2124.66
.572
1214.88
83
82
-1
2382.52
.509
1213.18
84
90
6 2229.11
.544
1211.52
85
88
3 2545.82
.475
1209.01
86
84
-2
2587.64
.467
1208.95
87
89
2 2540.19
.476
1208.87
88
85
-3
2091.38
.576
1205.26
89
91
2 2568.49
.468
1202.83
90
83
-7
2496.45
.480
1199.30
91
112
21 2236.18
.534
1194.12
92
94
2 2264.67
.526
1190.54
93
97
4 2121.41
.559
1185.23
94
101
7 2841.88
.416
1183.07
96
98
2 2298.23
.514
1181.52
97
99
2 2459.77
.479
1177.99
98
96
-2
2181.26
.539
1175.48
99
104
5 2185.53
.538
1174.94
100
100
-
2167.75
.541
1173.40
101
87
-14
2339.92
.501
1171.36
102
92
-10
2145.86
.545
1169.71
103
105
2 2478.48
.471
1166.13
104
106
2 2450.51
.475
1164.24
105
102
-3
2272.85
.512
1163.70
106
93
-13
2631.01
.442
1162.12
107
107
-
2594.89
.448
1161.22
108
109
1 2222.93
.519
1154.59
109
108
-1
2204.08
.523
1152.07
110
113
3 2108.88
.545
1148.71
111
103
-8
2176.74
.526
1143.88
112
114
2 2137.45
.532
1136.06
113
115
2 2358.74
.479
1128.66
114
110
-4
2263.53
.498
1127.69
115
111
-4
1989.17
.560
1114.13
116
116
-
2077.77
.536
1113.48
117
120
3 2121.39
.524
1111.61
118
117
-1
1910.88
.582
1111.18
119
123
4 2289.64
.482
1104.07
120
118
-2
1937.36
.569
1101.39
121
124
3 1944.89
.564
1097.31
122
126
4 2262.78
.482
1090.89
123
127
4 2119.05
.509
1079.23
124
128
4 2088.57
.516
1077.07
125
122
-3
2185.21
.492
1074.03
126
119
-7
1999.47
.535
1068.72
127
121
-6
1912.89
.558
1067.39
128
129
1 2215.56
.480
1063.25
129
130
1 1912.66
.556
1062.67
130
125
-5
2521.34
.421
1060.98
131
132
1 2011.54
.526
1058.47
132
131
-1
2141.43
.492
1053.37
133
134
1 2050.25
.514
1053.21
134
136
2 2123.95
.494
1049.23
135
133
-2
1999.79
.524
1047.09
136
135
-1
2032.02
.515
1045.88
137
137
-
2013.06
.517
1039.74
138
142
4 2375.05
.435
1034.09
139
138
-1
2074.32
.498
1033.63
140
139
-1
1987.02
.519
1031.27
141
141
-
1970.45
.520
1025.03
142
146
4 2144.42
.477
1022.67
143
143
-
2035.91
.502
1022.23
144
147
3 1919.87
.532
1021.18
145
148
3 1834.83
.555
1018.51
146
155
9 1722.55
.590
1016.82
147
151
4 2138.45
.475
1014.69
148
150
2 1981.74
.509
1008.70
149
159
10 2143.70
.471
1008.61
150
145
-5
2051.56
.491
1006.90
151
140
-11
1986.97
.506
1006.00
152
156
4 1965.43
.512
1005.91
153
144
-9
2222.08
.453
1005.71
154
152
-2
1717.40
.585
1004.51
155
149
-6
1900.42
.527
1001.33
156
153
-3
2189.83
.455
995.72
159
160
1 2108.77
.466
982.48
160
165
5 2187.74
.448
979.67
161
167
6 1952.02
.500
976.01
162
164
2 1993.02
.490
975.78
163
166
3 1911.75
.510
975.76
164
163
-1
1681.65
.580
974.69
165
162
-3
2036.95
.478
973.87
166
154
-12
1721.12
.564
970.54
167
171
4 1798.46
.539
969.55
168
169
1 1778.96
.545
968.82
169
174
5 1784.50
.542
967.91
170
168
-2
1708.26
.565
965.85
171
170
-1
1932.16
.498
962.99
174
177
3 1787.72
.532
950.17
175
192
17 1550.90
.611
948.22
176
182
6 1854.45
.511
947.81
177
175
-2
2013.14
.471
947.58
178
183
5 1798.35
.527
947.55
179
178
-1
1915.06
.495
947.19
180
179
-1
1770.22
.534
945.65
181
180
-1
1825.67
.516
941.50
182
181
-1
1704.13
.552
941.19
183
186
3 1825.72
.515
940.79
184
193
9 1710.73
.549
939.02
186
188
2 2120.66
.441
935.21
187
184
-3
1846.32
.505
933.13
188
161
-27
1831.97
.507
929.17
189
187
-2
1824.64
.507
925.82
190
191
1 1973.41
.469
925.53
191
190
-1
1872.83
.494
924.24
192
195
3 1708.64
.537
916.86
193
194
1 1741.41
.526
916.33
194
199
5 2008.89
.456
915.65
195
196
1 1874.64
.488
914.26
196
189
-7
1680.40
.544
913.97
197
200
3 1853.43
.493
913.37
198
197
-1
1861.33
.490
911.31
199
176
-23
1595.02
.570
909.00
200
202
2 1713.17
.530
907.64
201
215
14 1846.67
.491
907.27
202
205
3 1971.86
.458
902.32
203
207
4 1817.03
.495
899.98
204
201
-3
2134.55
.421
898.01
205
204
-1
1734.18
.517
895.70
206
203
-3
1624.46
.549
892.16
207
198
-9
1862.06
.478
889.32
209
206
-3
1715.37
.517
885.99
210
209
-1
1671.74
.529
883.52
211
213
2 1618.68
.543
879.10
213
220
7 1516.29
.577
875.50
214
216
2 1770.08
.494
873.89
215
214
-1
1953.53
.446
872.06
216
217
1 1702.45
.507
863.99
217
211
-6
1607.09
.532
855.13
218
223
5 1815.76
.470
852.86
219
210
-9
1895.25
.449
850.97
220
218
-2
1726.29
.491
847.09
223
225
2 1607.19
.523
839.76
225
226
1 1654.92
.503
832.26
226
227
1 1564.20
.525
821.83
227
230
3 1581.99
.518
818.84
228
219
-9
1376.04
.595
818.20
229
232
3 1665.38
.486
809.87
230
228
-2
1745.26
.463
808.75
231
229
-2
1499.90
.539
808.60
232
235
3 1709.49
.471
805.00
233
238
5 1499.05
.536
802.89
235
231
-4
1526.55
.526
802.35
236
233
-3
1398.25
.573
800.78
237
236
-1
1372.64
.578
793.94
238
237
-1
1595.79
.494
788.64
239
240
1 1569.32
.502
787.33
240
241
1 1446.77
.542
783.43
241
239
-2
1429.61
.547
782.57
242
251
9 1836.46
.426
781.96
243
242
-1
1378.89
.562
775.08
244
245
1 1547.13
.499
772.48
245
243
-2
1713.64
.451
772.17
246
244
-2
1920.39
.402
771.42
247
252
5 1457.15
.528
769.52
248
246
-2
1481.43
.518
767.68
250
248
-2
1549.72
.492
762.00
251
247
-4
1421.70
.534
759.19
252
250
-2
1496.95
.503
753.57
253
255
2 1818.62
.410
746.36
254
257
3 1593.67
.468
745.68
255
256
1 1378.22
.537
739.55
256
254
-2
1294.10
.568
735.44
257
259
2 1301.56
.557
725.23
258
260
2 1383.86
.523
723.62
259
264
5 1313.25
.548
719.66
260
268
8 1335.24
.538
717.82
262
263
1 1444.84
.495
715.05
263
258
-5
1343.08
.532
714.12
264
262
-2
1570.31
.455
714.02
266
272
6 1494.30
.473
706.66
267
266
-1
1364.17
.512
698.18
268
267
-1
1359.11
.510
693.01
270
271
1 1287.78
.532
685.61
271
270
-1
1446.44
.471
681.13
272
274
2 1365.49
.497
678.79
273
275
2 1387.55
.489
678.23
274
277
3 1395.17
.481
670.66
275
276
1 1415.42
.472
668.65
276
273
-3
1165.01
.573
668.02
277
278
1 1145.62
.578
662.51
278
279
1 1220.96
.541
660.66
279
282
3 1337.94
.489
654.79
280
281
1 1306.06
.501
654.34
281
280
-1
1261.60
.518
653.76
282
283
1 1212.99
.534
647.62
283
284
1 1307.37
.494
646.10
284
286
2 1311.03
.491
643.32
285
296
11 1316.10
.480
631.46
286
291
5 1253.14
.497
622.68
287
288
1 1239.90
.501
621.81
288
290
2 1233.03
.503
620.83
290
285
-5
1228.78
.504
619.06
291
292
1 1088.92
.566
616.43
292
293
1 1134.55
.542
615.27
293
294
1 1162.36
.529
614.66
294
317
23 1287.07
.475
611.23
295
297
2 1314.56
.462
607.72
296
299
3 1324.19
.456
603.17
297
300
3 1294.99
.465
602.17
298
304
6 1305.08
.461
602.17
299
303
4 1054.46
.569
600.41
300
298
-2
1088.52
.552
600.32
303
310
7 1207.11
.493
595.35
304
287
-17
1043.49
.560
584.46
305
295
-10
1066.63
.541
576.51
306
305
-1
1363.82
.419
571.44
307
306
-1
1215.28
.466
566.08
308
307
-1
1168.08
.477
556.59
309
308
-1
1102.76
.504
555.35
310
309
-1
1230.19
.450
554.08
311
312
1 1063.82
.515
547.97
312
311
-1
865.58
.619
536.14
313
315
2 1026.60
.513
526.85
315
313
-2
1021.62
.515
526.34
317
318
1 1079.46
.473
510.69
318
319
1 876.69
.564
494.28
319
320
1 955.47
.511
488.34
320
321
1 900.72
.522
470.54
321
322
1 815.41
.568
463.48
322
323
1 888.11
.519
460.93
323
324
1 863.36
.527
454.82
324
325
1 901.98
.487
439.00
325
326
1 805.69
.534
430.56
326
328
2 793.81
.536
425.09
328
331
3 874.02
.479
418.57
329
330
1 903.45
.460
415.40
330
329
-1
915.90
.452
413.62
331
332
1 849.99
.478
406.29
332
333
1 747.71
.537
401.37
333
334
1 780.43
.505
393.96
334
335
1 748.09
.504
376.89
335
336
1 754.91
.475
358.66
336
337
1 665.03
.504
335.38
337
339
2 620.62
.526
326.20
338
340
2 618.32
.522
322.76
339
338
-1
637.88
.479
305.48
340
341
1 604.20
.465
280.89
341
342
1 460.43
.573
263.59
342
343
1 517.69
.485
250.87
343
344
1 450.29
.517
232.58
Last Updated: 2012-03-12 06:03:40
How College Basketball Power Rankings are created?
College basketball has more teams than any other sport and more range of talent than any other sport. You can have a tiny Division 2 school playing the defending national champion at a preseason tournament and you have to be able to handicap whether the 45.5 point spread is a good bet or not.
The best way to help find betting value is via college basketball power rankings. It's especially vital when teams are playing outside of their own conference where you have little or no game history to work from as a handicapper.
The NCAA Basketball Power Rankings at OddsShark.com take into account road and home offense, rebounding stats, margin of victory averages, 3-point skill, and more. Each team is ranked in a dozen categories and we apply our formula weightings to come up with a total offensive rank. We repeat the process with boxscore data on defense - steals, defensive rebounding, defensive 3-point efficiency and more.
With that overall power number, we extrapolate a final result by mutliplying a strength-of-schedule factor that gives our overall NCAAB power rank. That list is a great guide for helping bettors evaluate the best college basketball odds. It's valuable information all season long and you should bookmark the page, especially during preseason tournaments and post-season tournaments like the NIT and March Madness when teams from different conferences compete together.
Good luck with your NCAAB handicapping and bookmark this page for weekly power rank updates.
