College Hoops Power Rankings

Mark Presley | Mon, Jan 31 2011, 11:06pm
Updated: Thu, Feb 3 2011, 10:21am

With just a month to go until the arrival of March the Texas Longhorns sit atop our first college basketball Power Rankings of the season.

The Longhorns appear to be hitting their stride after winning their last six games. That includes their mammoth win at Kansas that snapped the Jayhawks' phenomenal 69-game home winning streak.

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Not only have the Longhorns been putting wins on the board, but they've also been rewarding members of the college basketball betting circuit who have backed them with a sparkling 13-2 record ATS. With only one more AP ranked team on tap the rest of the regular season there's no reason why Texas can't keep it up into the postseason.

Rounding out the Top 3 on the inaugural power rankings are Kansas and Kentucky. The Jayhawks, led by the Morris brothers, are to be feared at 20-1 on the season, but they haven't been big winners for the college basketball betting crowd with only two ATS wins in their last seven games and a lame 8-10 ATS record on the season.

It's impossible for Kentucky to fly under the radar because of their immense history, but two recent losses to Georgia and Alabama have removed some of their luster. They earned their way to No. 3 in our rankings though, so don't be surprised if they pick up their play down the stretch.

Some bettors may be questioning the rankings given out to Ohio State and Duke this week. The Buckeyes are the AP's No. 1 team in the nation due to their perfect 22-0 record. However, the Buckeyes haven't exactly been blowing teams out of the water - just look at their 58-57 win over Northwestern as an example.

At Bovada they were 10-point road favorites in that game. In their last eight games the Buckeyes are only 3-5 ATS.

And then there's Duke, which didn't even crack the Top 25, instead resting at No. 29. The Blue Devils can thank their poor strength of schedule for that. Duke actually had a better Power Ranking than 11 teams in the Top 25, but once their strength of schedule was added to the mix they took a steep drop. Duke's 93-78 upset loss to St. John's as 9-point road favorites didn't help much either.

City	Rank	Power Rank	Schedule	Adjusted Power
Texas	1	3304	0.61	2022
Kansas	2	3240	0.62	2013
Kentucky	3	3213	0.60	1941
Pittsburgh	4	3141	0.59	1844
BYU	5	2851	0.63	1784
Connecticut	6	2898	0.61	1781
West Virginia	7	2747	0.64	1769
Maryland	8	3120	0.57	1768
Florida	9	2783	0.63	1761
Villanova	10	3078	0.57	1749
Vanderbilt	11	2886	0.60	1736
North Carolina	12	2845	0.61	1732
San Diego State	13	2957	0.57	1695
Tennessee	14	2509	0.67	1684
Texas A&M	15	2888	0.58	1671
Washington	16	2816	0.58	1635
Ohio State	17	2905	0.56	1630
Marshall	18	2777	0.58	1620
Purdue	19	2748	0.59	1610
Wichita State	20	2878	0.55	1593
Florida State	21	2937	0.54	1572
Syracuse	22	2711	0.58	1569
Louisville	23	2678	0.58	1552
Georgetown	24	2335	0.66	1548
Illinois	25	2598	0.59	1540
Central Florida	26	2693	0.57	1535
Kansas State	27	2439	0.63	1525
Duke	28	2851	0.53	1507
Arizona	29	2637	0.57	1498
UNLV	30	2534	0.59	1485
George Mason	31	2707	0.54	1471
Seton Hall	32	2318	0.63	1451
Coastal Carolina	33	3087	0.47	1448
Missouri	34	2614	0.55	1443
Drexel	35	2678	0.54	1434
New Mexico	36	2600	0.55	1427
Utah State	37	2860	0.49	1413
Georgia	38	2511	0.56	1413
Iowa State	39	2735	0.52	1412
Michigan State	40	2167	0.65	1410
Cleveland State	41	2757	0.51	1405
Washington State	42	2616	0.54	1402
Notre Dame	43	2268	0.62	1399
St. Mary's	44	2640	0.53	1397
Butler	45	2288	0.61	1391
Minnesota	46	2417	0.57	1387
UAB	47	2445	0.57	1386
Alabama	48	2704	0.51	1385
Duquesne	49	2780	0.50	1383
Cincinnati	50	2711	0.51	1382
Old Dominion	51	2350	0.58	1358
Richmond	52	2515	0.54	1351
Temple	53	2550	0.53	1351
Utah Valley	54	2751	0.49	1349
Texas El Paso	55	2575	0.52	1349
Providence	56	2413	0.56	1348
Nebraska	57	2584	0.52	1344
Virginia Tech	58	2560	0.52	1344
Xavier	59	2239	0.60	1342
South Florida	60	2065	0.65	1342
Valparaiso	61	2417	0.55	1337
Dayton	62	2457	0.54	1337
Sam Houston State	63	2175	0.61	1336
Miami	64	2230	0.59	1324
Texas-Arlington	65	2535	0.52	1321
Southern Miss	66	2494	0.53	1310
Gonzaga	67	2277	0.57	1294
Charleston Southern	68	2497	0.51	1283
East Tennessee State	69	2483	0.52	1279
UCLA	70	2124	0.60	1279
South Carolina	71	2344	0.55	1279
Austin Peay	72	2447	0.52	1276
Clemson	73	2428	0.52	1274
Wisconsin	74	2226	0.57	1270
Montana	75	2651	0.48	1269
Vermont	76	2655	0.48	1261
Baylor	77	2287	0.55	1252
Liberty	78	2537	0.49	1236
UNC Asheville	79	2300	0.54	1234
Kent State	80	2262	0.54	1224
Belmont	81	2887	0.42	1221
Winthrop	82	2081	0.58	1214
North Carolina State	83	2133	0.57	1213
Tulsa	84	2073	0.58	1210
Northern Colorado	85	2285	0.53	1210
East Carolina	86	2031	0.60	1209
Memphis	87	2120	0.57	1204
Mississippi	88	2103	0.57	1200
Oakland	89	2158	0.55	1197
San Francisco	90	1978	0.60	1195
Indiana State	91	2142	0.55	1184
New Mexico State	92	2004	0.59	1174
Morehead State	93	2242	0.52	1167
Stephen F. Austin	94	2634	0.44	1160
Marquette	95	1975	0.58	1154
Massachusetts	96	2038	0.57	1152
California	97	1834	0.63	1151
USC	98	1947	0.59	1150
Northern Arizona	99	2483	0.46	1149
Pacific	100	2184	0.52	1140
Jacksonville	101	2539	0.45	1138
Oklahoma State	102	1966	0.57	1125
Saint Peter's	103	2325	0.48	1125
Arkansas	104	2161	0.52	1120
Nevada	105	1920	0.58	1115
Lipscomb	106	2199	0.51	1115
Indiana	107	1980	0.56	1113
Furman	108	2406	0.46	1113
Detroit	109	2180	0.51	1110
Buffalo	110	2386	0.46	1108
Lamar	111	2225	0.50	1102
La Salle	112	1995	0.55	1098
Robert Morris	113	1964	0.56	1097
LSU	114	1984	0.55	1089
Utah	115	1881	0.58	1089
Houston	116	2150	0.51	1087
Rider	117	2390	0.45	1081
James Madison	118	2181	0.49	1076
Rutgers	119	1946	0.55	1075
Bucknell	120	2176	0.49	1074
Cent Conn State	121	2381	0.45	1067
Michigan	122	1727	0.62	1066
Charlotte	123	1944	0.55	1065
St. Bonaventure	124	1982	0.54	1062
Long Beach State	125	1823	0.58	1061
Maine	126	2192	0.48	1057
Nicholls State	127	1861	0.57	1056
Virginia Commonwealth	128	2093	0.50	1051
Davidson	129	2022	0.52	1051
Siena	130	1969	0.53	1051
Rhode Island	131	1980	0.53	1048
Air Force	132	1845	0.57	1045
Quinnipiac	133	2377	0.44	1042
San Jose State	134	2041	0.51	1039
Missouri State	135	2027	0.51	1036
Colorado	136	1934	0.54	1035
Ball State	137	2313	0.45	1033
Florida Atlantic	138	2124	0.49	1031
Stony Brook	139	2349	0.44	1030
Colorado State	140	1798	0.57	1027
Hawaii	141	2085	0.49	1024
Tulane	142	2209	0.46	1023
Harvard	143	2145	0.48	1021
Iona	144	1909	0.53	1018
Chattanooga	145	1956	0.52	1016
Long Island	146	2533	0.40	1014
College of Charleston	147	1939	0.52	1014
Loyola Marymount	148	1955	0.52	1012
Murray State	149	2031	0.50	1010
Fairfield	150	2422	0.42	1010
Hampton	151	2293	0.44	1007
Western Carolina	152	1990	0.50	1004
Arkansas State	153	1971	0.51	996
Boston University	154	2004	0.50	996
Portland	155	1807	0.55	994
Georgia Tech	156	1870	0.53	994
Princeton	157	2140	0.46	993
Georgia State	158	1880	0.53	991
Tennessee Tech	159	2087	0.47	990
St. John's	160	1539	0.64	989
Creighton	161	1924	0.51	988
North Carolina A&T	162	1867	0.53	984
Idaho	163	1993	0.49	972
VMI	164	2021	0.48	970
Iowa	165	1685	0.57	968
Western Kentucky	166	1748	0.55	964
Louisiana Tech	167	1910	0.50	964
Yale	168	1849	0.52	961
Stanford	169	1836	0.52	960
Boston College	170	1597	0.60	953
McNeese State	171	1922	0.49	949
Texas State	172	1904	0.50	949
Canisius	173	1977	0.48	942
Cal Poly	174	1929	0.49	942
Delaware	175	1849	0.51	941
Ohio	176	1682	0.56	940
North Dakota State	177	1926	0.49	939
Penn State	178	1487	0.63	937
Texas-San Antonio	179	1949	0.48	936
Jackson State	180	2022	0.46	935
Fresno State	181	1700	0.55	934
Weber State	182	1787	0.52	928
Boise State	183	1895	0.49	925
UC Irvine	184	2157	0.43	925
Northwestern	185	1680	0.55	920
Akron	186	1832	0.50	918
Eastern Washington	187	1677	0.54	912
New Hampshire	188	1999	0.46	911
Mississippi State	189	1648	0.55	908
Florida A&M	190	1953	0.46	905
Tennessee State	191	1750	0.52	901
Troy	192	1632	0.55	901
UC Riverside	193	1715	0.52	899
Santa Clara	194	1732	0.51	885
Santa Barbara	195	1673	0.53	883
Loyola of Chicago	196	1835	0.48	882
Western Michigan	197	1885	0.47	881
Texas Southern	198	1902	0.46	878
Southern Illinois	199	1634	0.54	878
Rice	200	1540	0.57	874
Brown	201	1637	0.53	866
Columbia	202	1928	0.45	866
Auburn	203	1742	0.50	865
Alabama A&M	204	1999	0.43	863
Louisiana-Lafayette	205	1693	0.51	856
Albany	206	1949	0.44	854
CS Northridge	207	1693	0.50	854
Northern Iowa	208	1617	0.53	853
Texas Tech	209	1458	0.58	849
Elon	210	1731	0.49	849
North Carolina Central	211	1958	0.43	847
Wright State	212	1591	0.53	847
IUPU Fort Wayne	213	1721	0.49	847
Appalachian State	214	1619	0.52	845
TCU	215	1450	0.58	845
Arizona State	216	1507	0.56	844
George Washington	217	1811	0.47	844
Middle Tennessee	218	1553	0.54	841
The Citadel	219	1555	0.54	838
Savannah State	220	1500	0.56	834
Saint Louis	221	1420	0.59	833
Eastern Illinois	222	1707	0.49	832
Hofstra	223	1578	0.53	831
IUPUI	224	1568	0.53	824
South Dakota	225	2023	0.41	820
Wisc-Green Bay	226	1438	0.57	816
North Texas	227	1790	0.46	815
Miss Valley State	228	1540	0.53	814
Southeastern Louisiana	229	1660	0.49	814
Coppin State	230	1690	0.48	814
Wagner	231	1465	0.56	813
Northwestern State	232	1817	0.45	813
South Dakota State	233	1829	0.44	812
American	234	1779	0.45	809
Lehigh	235	1945	0.42	809
Holy Cross	236	1601	0.50	804
Wofford	237	1540	0.52	801
Eastern Michigan	238	1648	0.49	801
UNC Wilmington	239	1478	0.54	797
Fordham	240	1459	0.54	795
Delaware State	241	1425	0.55	790
Oregon	242	1366	0.58	790
Evansville	243	1448	0.54	776
Arkansas-Little Rock	244	1566	0.50	776
Seattle	245	1652	0.47	775
Mount St. Mary's	246	1479	0.52	771
Illinois State	247	1567	0.49	769
Montana State	248	1624	0.47	768
Oral Roberts	249	1449	0.53	766
Loyola	250	1577	0.49	765
High Point	251	1398	0.55	762
Monmouth	252	1422	0.53	761
Oklahoma	253	1343	0.56	758
Eastern Kentucky	254	1675	0.45	758
Campbell	255	1648	0.46	750
Southern Methodist	256	1504	0.49	730
Western Illinois	257	1528	0.47	720
Northern Illinois	258	1499	0.48	715
Illinois-Chicago	259	1289	0.55	709
Bowling Green	260	1598	0.44	708
Army	261	1561	0.45	707
Florida International	262	1325	0.53	707
Bethune-Cookman	263	1463	0.48	706
Portland State	264	1496	0.47	704
Tennessee-Martin	265	1399	0.50	703
Morgan State	266	1529	0.46	703
Presbyterian	267	1280	0.55	698
Central Arkansas	268	1286	0.54	698
South Alabama	269	1594	0.44	697
William & Mary	270	1302	0.53	697
Saint Joseph's	271	1211	0.58	697
Prairie View A&M	272	1549	0.45	696
Wisc-Milwaukee	273	1234	0.56	689
Cornell	274	1263	0.54	688
Oregon State	275	1319	0.52	686
Mercer	276	1401	0.49	684
Youngstown State	277	1261	0.54	682
Hartford	278	1424	0.48	681
CS Fullerton	279	1360	0.49	673
Pepperdine	280	1256	0.53	667
South Carolina State	281	1316	0.50	660
Virginia	282	1258	0.52	659
Fairleigh Dickinson	283	1332	0.49	657
North Dakota	284	1394	0.47	656
UMKC	285	1434	0.46	654
Gardner-Webb	286	1269	0.52	654
Alabama State	287	1400	0.47	652
UC Davis	288	1303	0.50	648
SE Missouri State	289	1271	0.51	644
Manhattan	290	1194	0.54	643
St. Francis NY	291	1637	0.38	629
Sacramento State	292	1203	0.51	619
Miami (Ohio)	293	965	0.64	616
Central Michigan	294	1252	0.48	607
Bradley	295	1114	0.54	606
Norfolk State	296	1188	0.51	605
Drake	297	1169	0.52	604
CS Bakersfield	298	1265	0.47	600
Texas A&M C.C.	299	983	0.60	593
USC Upstate	300	1097	0.54	591
Wake Forest	301	1131	0.52	586
Denver	302	1122	0.52	582
DePaul	303	1015	0.57	578
Navy	304	1262	0.46	578
Longwood	305	1175	0.49	575
Wyoming	306	1120	0.51	570
North Florida	307	1001	0.57	567
Dartmouth	308	1085	0.52	567
Samford	309	1204	0.47	561
UNC Greensboro	310	952	0.58	549
Jacksonville State	311	1096	0.50	545
Toledo	312	1004	0.53	537
Sacred Heart	313	1279	0.42	534
NJIT	314	1206	0.44	534
Idaho State	315	969	0.55	534
Bryant	316	956	0.55	523
Pennsylvania	317	1057	0.49	518
Radford	318	907	0.57	517
Colgate	319	1031	0.50	514
Lafayette	320	978	0.52	506
Grambling State	321	1113	0.45	502
Houston Baptist	322	1096	0.45	497
Alcorn State	323	985	0.50	496
Southern Utah	324	986	0.50	495
Niagara	325	965	0.50	481
Marist	326	901	0.53	480
Northeastern	327	807	0.59	476
Chicago State	328	951	0.50	475
St. Francis PA	329	929	0.50	460
Towson State	330	815	0.56	453
Florida Gulf Coast	331	928	0.48	446
Howard	332	824	0.52	429
San Diego	333	747	0.57	423
MD-Eastern Shore	334	798	0.53	420
Louisiana-Monroe	335	825	0.48	395
Texas-Pan American	336	781	0.50	388
Stetson	337	779	0.49	384
Georgia Southern	338	788	0.48	380
Kennesaw State	339	815	0.46	378
Arkansas-Pine Bluff	340	767	0.49	373
Southern	341	790	0.47	369
SIU Edwardsville	342	633	0.53	333
UMBC	343	582	0.53	307
Binghamton	344	620	0.49	301
Centenary	345	391	0.50	196