College Hoops Power Rankings

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 |