NCAAB Basketball - Power Rankings

Team	Rank	Last Week	Change	Power	Schedule	Adjusted Power
Connecticut	1	1	-	+56.66	0.68	+38.53
College of Charleston	2	2	-	+60.53	0.55	+33.29
Ohio	3	3	-	+72.81	0.40	+29.13
Alabama	4	4	-	+42.55	0.64	+27.23
North Texas	5	5	-	+40.85	0.58	+23.69
UMass-Lowell	6	6	-	+42.33	0.55	+23.28
Texas	7	7	-	+30.01	0.68	+20.41
Navy	8	8	-	+33.50	0.55	+18.42
Kent State	9	9	-	+37.98	0.48	+18.04
Duke	10	10	-	+26.54	0.66	+17.52
Louisiana-Lafayette	11	11	-	+26.47	0.65	+17.21
Cincinnati	12	12	-	+30.22	0.56	+16.92
North Carolina	13	13	-	+30.28	0.55	+16.65
Hofstra	14	14	-	+33.08	0.48	+15.88
UCLA	15	15	-	+24.71	0.64	+15.81
Iona	16	16	-	+26.10	0.60	+15.66
Oral Roberts	17	17	-	+24.25	0.64	+15.52
Northern Kentucky	18	18	-	+33.98	0.45	+15.29
Memphis	19	19	-	+23.18	0.65	+15.07
Southeast Missouri State	20	20	-	+26.48	0.56	+14.83
Miami	21	21	-	+20.57	0.72	+14.81
Merrimack	22	22	-	+44.84	0.33	+14.57
Towson	23	23	-	+23.25	0.60	+13.95
Kansas	24	24	-	+21.34	0.64	+13.66
VCU	25	25	-	+24.16	0.56	+13.53
Iowa	26	26	-	+23.31	0.56	+13.05
North Florida	27	27	-	+29.83	0.43	+12.93
Troy	28	28	-	+43.08	0.30	+12.92
Central Florida	29	29	-	+29.08	0.44	+12.79
Fairleigh Dickinson	30	30	-	+16.83	0.76	+12.79
Missouri State	31	31	-	+25.24	0.50	+12.62
Georgia Tech	32	32	-	+38.27	0.32	+12.25
Vermont	33	33	-	+27.54	0.44	+12.12
Maryland-Eastern Shore	34	34	-	+21.95	0.55	+12.07
High Point	35	35	-	+25.82	0.46	+11.88
Detroit	36	36	-	+26.95	0.44	+11.86
Robert Morris	37	37	-	+31.35	0.38	+11.76
Marquette	38	38	-	+17.25	0.68	+11.73
Mercer	39	39	-	+25.06	0.47	+11.70
Northwestern	40	41	+1	+25.19	0.45	+11.33
Houston	41	42	+1	+17.64	0.64	+11.29
Wisconsin	42	43	+1	+16.44	0.68	+11.10
Canisius	43	44	+1	+24.61	0.45	+11.08
Samford	44	45	+1	+21.94	0.50	+10.97
Saint Louis	45	46	+1	+18.03	0.60	+10.82
Southern Illinois	46	47	+1	+20.54	0.52	+10.68
BYU	47	48	+1	+26.37	0.40	+10.55
Fresno State	48	49	+1	+28.97	0.36	+10.43
Liberty	49	50	+1	+16.98	0.60	+10.19
Southeastern Louisiana	50	51	+1	+22.82	0.44	+10.04
Northern Arizona	51	52	+1	+22.54	0.44	+9.92
Princeton	52	53	+1	+16.12	0.60	+9.67
Prairie View A&M	53	54	+1	+18.25	0.53	+9.58
Grambling State	54	55	+1	+19.86	0.48	+9.53
Eastern Kentucky	55	56	+1	+15.97	0.58	+9.26
Tennessee	56	57	+1	+12.33	0.75	+9.25
Charlotte	57	58	+1	+19.43	0.46	+8.94
UNC Greensboro	58	59	+1	+16.03	0.52	+8.33
Drexel	59	60	+1	+20.64	0.40	+8.26
Stanford	60	61	+1	+22.80	0.36	+8.21
St. Thomas (MN)	61	62	+1	+13.46	0.60	+8.08
North Carolina Central	62	64	+2	+22.73	0.35	+7.95
Dixie State	63	65	+2	+15.79	0.50	+7.89
UAB	64	66	+2	+13.51	0.58	+7.84
Boston University	65	68	+3	+18.81	0.40	+7.53
Texas State	66	69	+3	+15.83	0.48	+7.52
Florida Atlantic	67	63	-4	+12.52	0.60	+7.51
Fordham	68	70	+2	+16.82	0.44	+7.40
James Madison	69	71	+2	+16.29	0.45	+7.33
Washington State	70	72	+2	+24.33	0.30	+7.30
Utah State	71	67	-4	+12.81	0.55	+7.05
Ohio State	72	73	+1	+11.00	0.63	+6.88
Grand Canyon	73	74	+1	+13.17	0.52	+6.85
Colgate	74	75	+1	+11.16	0.60	+6.70
Tarleton State	75	76	+1	+13.15	0.50	+6.58
Howard	76	77	+1	+16.34	0.40	+6.54
Utah Valley	77	78	+1	+11.20	0.58	+6.50
UC Riverside	78	79	+1	+12.38	0.52	+6.44
Indiana State	79	80	+1	+12.93	0.48	+6.21
Pennsylvania	80	81	+1	+11.02	0.55	+6.06
Drake	81	82	+1	+8.79	0.65	+5.71
Bucknell	82	83	+1	+12.66	0.45	+5.70
South Alabama	83	84	+1	+11.38	0.50	+5.69
Loyola-Maryland	84	85	+1	+10.73	0.50	+5.36
UC-Santa Barbara	85	86	+1	+11.12	0.48	+5.34
New Orleans	86	87	+1	+10.12	0.52	+5.26
Saint Joseph's	87	88	+1	+14.50	0.36	+5.22
Kentucky	88	89	+1	+10.98	0.48	+5.21
Lipscomb	89	90	+1	+12.45	0.40	+4.98
Dayton	90	91	+1	+8.30	0.60	+4.98
South Dakota State	91	92	+1	+9.95	0.50	+4.97
Belmont	92	93	+1	+13.22	0.38	+4.96
Penn State	93	94	+1	+7.73	0.64	+4.95
Cal State-Fullerton	94	95	+1	+9.79	0.50	+4.90
Southern Illinois-Edwardsville	95	96	+1	+11.02	0.44	+4.85
Northwestern State	96	97	+1	+9.08	0.53	+4.84
Murray State	97	98	+1	+15.74	0.30	+4.72
Jacksonville State	98	99	+1	+23.35	0.20	+4.67
Virginia	99	100	+1	+8.91	0.52	+4.63
Gonzaga	100	101	+1	+7.03	0.64	+4.50
Southern Utah	101	102	+1	+9.28	0.48	+4.41
Delaware	102	103	+1	+10.55	0.40	+4.22
UC Davis	103	104	+1	+8.64	0.48	+4.15
Harvard	104	105	+1	+8.57	0.48	+4.12
Santa Clara	105	106	+1	+15.43	0.26	+4.01
West Virginia	106	107	+1	+9.10	0.44	+4.01
Radford	107	108	+1	+6.00	0.66	+3.96
Virginia Tech	108	109	+1	+16.44	0.24	+3.95
Montana	109	110	+1	+8.54	0.44	+3.76
Creighton	110	111	+1	+6.23	0.56	+3.49
Purdue	111	112	+1	+8.28	0.42	+3.48
Yale	112	113	+1	+6.15	0.53	+3.23
Davidson	113	114	+1	+8.04	0.40	+3.22
Seattle	114	115	+1	+5.58	0.50	+2.79
Wagner	115	116	+1	+5.80	0.46	+2.67
Clemson	116	117	+1	+6.86	0.38	+2.57
Tennessee Tech	117	118	+1	+6.83	0.38	+2.56
McNeese State	118	119	+1	+4.12	0.60	+2.47
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	119	120	+1	+3.75	0.64	+2.40
Appalachian State	120	121	+1	+4.47	0.53	+2.35
USC Upstate	121	122	+1	+7.22	0.33	+2.35
Villanova	122	123	+1	+4.61	0.50	+2.30
Arizona State	123	124	+1	+6.24	0.36	+2.25
Wichita State	124	125	+1	+4.84	0.45	+2.18
San Francisco	125	126	+1	+3.99	0.52	+2.08
Longwood	126	127	+1	+4.15	0.50	+2.07
Morehead State	127	129	+2	+4.03	0.48	+1.93
Weber State	128	130	+2	+4.70	0.40	+1.88
Wake Forest	129	131	+2	+4.16	0.45	+1.87
Saint Peter's	130	132	+2	+6.07	0.30	+1.82
San Jose State	131	128	-3	+4.73	0.38	+1.80
UTSA	132	133	+1	+2.74	0.63	+1.71
South Dakota	133	134	+1	+3.41	0.48	+1.64
Wofford	134	135	+1	+4.61	0.35	+1.61
Hawaii	135	136	+1	+2.33	0.60	+1.40
Marshall	136	137	+1	+2.05	0.68	+1.38
Chattanooga	137	138	+1	+2.05	0.55	+1.13
Oklahoma	138	139	+1	+2.67	0.42	+1.12
Missouri	139	140	+1	+1.72	0.62	+1.07
Montana State	140	141	+1	+2.18	0.48	+1.04
UC Irvine	141	142	+1	+1.89	0.55	+1.04
Jackson State	142	144	+2	+2.35	0.40	+0.94
Akron	143	145	+2	+2.00	0.47	+0.94
Furman	144	143	-1	+1.60	0.56	+0.90
UNC Wilmington	145	146	+1	+1.67	0.52	+0.87
Stetson	146	147	+1	+1.62	0.50	+0.81
William & Mary	147	148	+1	+2.13	0.35	+0.75
Sacramento State	148	149	+1	+1.31	0.52	+0.68
Cornell	149	150	+1	+1.66	0.40	+0.67
Albany	150	151	+1	+1.26	0.36	+0.45
UTEP	151	152	+1	+0.70	0.50	+0.35
Nicholls State	152	153	+1	+0.77	0.44	+0.34
Boston College	153	154	+1	+0.56	0.48	+0.27
Kennesaw State	154	155	+1	+0.34	0.53	+0.18
Rider	155	156	+1	+0.16	0.50	+0.08
Army	156	157	+1	-0.03	0.50	-0.01
TCU	157	158	+1	-0.12	0.64	-0.04
Norfolk State	158	159	+1	-0.20	0.73	-0.05
Kansas State	159	160	+1	-0.17	0.60	-0.07
San Diego State	160	40	-120	-0.59	0.80	-0.12
Cal Poly	161	161	-	-0.65	0.60	-0.26
Buffalo	162	162	-	-0.46	0.43	-0.26
Texas Southern	163	163	-	-0.77	0.60	-0.31
Xavier	164	164	-	-1.86	0.72	-0.52
Rutgers	165	165	-	-1.11	0.50	-0.55
Tennessee State	166	166	-	-1.04	0.46	-0.56
Idaho State	167	167	-	-0.83	0.32	-0.56
Jacksonville	168	168	-	-1.66	0.50	-0.83
Marist	169	169	-	-1.98	0.55	-0.89
Western Michigan	170	170	-	-1.30	0.30	-0.91
Monmouth	171	171	-	-1.59	0.40	-0.96
Arkansas State	172	172	-	-1.64	0.38	-1.02
Oregon	173	173	-	-3.28	0.62	-1.25
Michigan	174	174	-	-2.19	0.40	-1.31
Arkansas	175	175	-	-3.08	0.56	-1.36
Michigan State	176	176	-	-3.42	0.60	-1.37
Iowa State	177	177	-	-3.19	0.55	-1.43
Alabama A&M	178	178	-	-2.72	0.45	-1.50
Arizona	179	179	-	-4.49	0.65	-1.57
Georgia Southern	180	180	-	-2.17	0.28	-1.57
Middle Tennessee	181	181	-	-6.49	0.75	-1.62
UC San Diego	182	182	-	-4.17	0.60	-1.67
Air Force	183	183	-	-3.21	0.45	-1.76
Cal Baptist	184	184	-	-2.95	0.38	-1.83
Loyola Marymount	185	185	-	-3.53	0.48	-1.84
UNLV	186	186	-	-2.84	0.35	-1.84
St. John's	187	187	-	-4.14	0.55	-1.86
UNC Asheville	188	188	-	-3.95	0.52	-1.90
Maryland	189	189	-	-5.37	0.60	-2.15
Charleston Southern	190	190	-	-5.05	0.55	-2.27
Colorado	191	191	-	-4.05	0.36	-2.59
Temple	192	192	-	-4.92	0.45	-2.71
George Mason	193	193	-	-5.48	0.50	-2.74
East Tennessee State	194	194	-	-5.15	0.45	-2.84
Mississippi-Ole Miss	195	195	-	-4.96	0.42	-2.88
Alcorn State	196	196	-	-5.39	0.45	-2.97
Oklahoma State	197	197	-	-6.96	0.56	-3.06
Western Illinois	198	198	-	-8.81	0.65	-3.08
Saint Mary's-California	199	200	+1	-15.58	0.80	-3.12
East Carolina	200	201	+1	-7.85	0.60	-3.14
South Florida	201	202	+1	-5.25	0.36	-3.36
Baylor	202	203	+1	-8.27	0.58	-3.52
Boise State	203	199	-4	-8.84	0.60	-3.54
Denver	204	204	-	-7.74	0.52	-3.72
Northern Colorado	205	205	-	-6.66	0.44	-3.73
Stonehill College	206	206	-	-6.29	0.40	-3.77
North Dakota	207	207	-	-6.08	0.36	-3.89
Western Carolina	208	208	-	-8.50	0.54	-3.91
Texas A&M-Commerce	209	209	-	-7.83	0.50	-3.92
Florida International	210	210	-	-8.23	0.50	-4.12
Florida Gulf Coast	211	211	-	-6.62	0.38	-4.14
Quinnipiac	212	212	-	-7.09	0.40	-4.26
Arkansas-Pine Bluff	213	213	-	-9.43	0.54	-4.34
Old Dominion	214	214	-	-7.63	0.43	-4.39
Seton Hall	215	215	-	-7.13	0.38	-4.42
Queens	216	216	-	-8.88	0.50	-4.44
New Mexico State	217	217	-	-9.70	0.54	-4.46
Duquesne	218	218	-	-9.20	0.50	-4.60
Houston Baptist	219	219	-	-9.75	0.52	-4.68
La Salle	220	220	-	-7.44	0.36	-4.76
Louisiana-Monroe	221	221	-	-14.86	0.68	-4.83
Southern University	222	222	-	-7.84	0.35	-5.10
St. Francis-Brooklyn	223	223	-	-9.73	0.48	-5.11
St. Francis-Pennsylvania	224	224	-	-7.57	0.33	-5.11
Texas A&M	225	225	-	-13.63	0.63	-5.11
Richmond	226	226	-	-14.95	0.65	-5.23
USC	227	227	-	-9.57	0.45	-5.27
Auburn	228	228	-	-12.64	0.58	-5.31
Portland	229	229	-	-9.54	0.44	-5.34
Lehigh	230	230	-	-10.30	0.48	-5.36
Niagara	231	232	+1	-9.93	0.44	-5.56
Miami-Ohio	232	233	+1	-11.43	0.50	-5.71
Winthrop	233	234	+1	-9.86	0.42	-5.72
Campbell	234	235	+1	-9.96	0.43	-5.72
Louisiana Tech	235	236	+1	-19.24	0.70	-5.77
Vanderbilt	236	237	+1	-12.20	0.52	-5.86
Colorado State	237	231	-6	-11.45	0.48	-5.96
Illinois	238	238	-	-14.21	0.58	-5.97
Youngstown State	239	239	-	-12.26	0.50	-6.13
Wisconsin-Milwaukee	240	240	-	-11.75	0.48	-6.17
Gardner-Webb	241	241	-	-17.77	0.65	-6.22
Eastern Washington	242	242	-	-14.81	0.58	-6.22
Mississippi State	243	243	-	-12.82	0.50	-6.41
Southern Methodist	244	244	-	-14.57	0.56	-6.41
Brown	245	245	-	-13.50	0.52	-6.48
Purdue Fort Wayne	246	246	-	-11.18	0.42	-6.49
Fairfield	247	247	-	-12.77	0.48	-6.64
Pittsburgh	248	248	-	-16.73	0.60	-6.69
Incarnate Word	249	249	-	-13.44	0.50	-6.72
Bryant	250	250	-	-15.31	0.56	-6.74
North Carolina State	251	251	-	-17.21	0.60	-6.88
Northeastern	252	252	-	-14.35	0.52	-6.89
St. Bonaventure	253	253	-	-15.55	0.55	-7.00
American	254	254	-	-14.02	0.50	-7.01
Sam Houston State	255	255	-	-16.17	0.56	-7.11
Lafayette	256	256	-	-14.25	0.50	-7.13
New Hampshire	257	257	-	-11.93	0.40	-7.16
Morgan State	258	258	-	-15.93	0.55	-7.17
Portland State	259	259	-	-14.95	0.52	-7.18
Abilene Christian	260	260	-	-15.61	0.54	-7.18
Southern Indiana	261	261	-	-16.61	0.56	-7.31
George Washington	262	262	-	-15.44	0.52	-7.41
Washington	263	263	-	-12.39	0.40	-7.43
Florida	264	264	-	-11.33	0.34	-7.48
Wright State	265	265	-	-11.35	0.34	-7.49
Texas Tech	266	266	-	-15.04	0.50	-7.52
Indiana	267	267	-	-18.66	0.58	-7.84
Nebraska-Omaha	268	268	-	-11.36	0.30	-7.95
Rhode Island	269	269	-	-15.34	0.48	-7.98
Bradley	270	270	-	-18.08	0.55	-8.14
Florida A&M	271	271	-	-14.64	0.44	-8.20
Southern Mississippi	272	272	-	-28.59	0.70	-8.58
Northern Iowa	273	273	-	-17.98	0.52	-8.63
Providence	274	274	-	-16.76	0.48	-8.71
LSU	275	275	-	-14.06	0.38	-8.72
Binghamton	276	276	-	-18.94	0.53	-8.84
Bethune-Cookman	277	277	-	-19.88	0.55	-8.95
Minnesota	278	278	-	-17.29	0.48	-9.08
Toledo	279	279	-	-19.29	0.53	-9.17
Utah	280	281	+1	-21.19	0.56	-9.32
Central Connecticut State	281	282	+1	-21.31	0.56	-9.37
Cleveland State	282	283	+1	-25.25	0.63	-9.47
New Mexico	283	284	+1	-18.62	0.48	-9.69
UTRGV	284	285	+1	-19.62	0.50	-9.81
Mount St. Mary's	285	286	+1	-21.87	0.55	-9.84
Lindenwood	286	287	+1	-23.33	0.58	-9.91
Northern Illinois	287	288	+1	-18.14	0.45	-9.98
Dartmouth	288	289	+1	-19.39	0.48	-10.09
Wyoming	289	280	-9	-21.18	0.52	-10.17
Delaware State	290	290	-	-21.42	0.52	-10.28
Arkansas-Little Rock	291	291	-	-15.25	0.32	-10.37
UMBC	292	292	-	-20.79	0.50	-10.40
North Carolina A&T	293	293	-	-18.63	0.44	-10.43
Long Beach State	294	294	-	-17.49	0.40	-10.49
Bowling Green	295	295	-	-23.89	0.55	-10.75
Florida State	296	296	-	-34.18	0.68	-10.94
Miss Valley State	297	297	-	-22.02	0.50	-11.01
Maine	298	298	-	-19.99	0.44	-11.19
Coppin State	299	299	-	-20.43	0.45	-11.24
Stephen F. Austin	300	300	-	-18.96	0.38	-11.75
Eastern Illinois	301	301	-	-26.37	0.54	-12.13
Sacred Heart	302	302	-	-24.38	0.50	-12.19
Tennessee-Martin	303	303	-	-23.53	0.48	-12.36
Alabama State	304	304	-	-23.94	0.48	-12.45
Illinois State	305	305	-	-21.48	0.42	-12.46
Texas-Arlington	306	306	-	-30.38	0.58	-12.76
Notre Dame	307	307	-	-26.73	0.52	-12.83
UMass	308	308	-	-17.94	0.28	-12.92
Nebraska	309	309	-	-23.64	0.45	-13.00
DePaul	310	310	-	-36.79	0.64	-13.24
North Dakota State	311	311	-	-23.69	0.44	-13.27
Nevada	312	312	-	-25.55	0.48	-13.29
Cal State-Bakersfield	313	313	-	-27.30	0.50	-13.65
Oakland	314	314	-	-25.47	0.45	-14.01
Loyola-Chicago	315	315	-	-27.05	0.48	-14.07
Pepperdine	316	316	-	-31.98	0.56	-14.07
Oregon State	317	317	-	-25.57	0.44	-14.32
Lamar	318	318	-	-31.99	0.55	-14.40
Rice	319	319	-	-30.42	0.53	-14.45
UMKC	320	320	-	-30.20	0.52	-14.50
South Carolina State	321	321	-	-32.40	0.55	-14.58
Valparaiso	322	322	-	-32.48	0.55	-14.61
Central Arkansas	323	323	-	-40.57	0.63	-15.21
Siena	324	324	-	-31.97	0.52	-15.35
UIC	325	325	-	-23.59	0.34	-15.57
Western Kentucky	326	326	-	-53.17	0.70	-15.95
Manhattan	327	327	-	-27.21	0.40	-16.33
Hartford	328	328	-	-49.42	0.66	-16.80
NJIT	329	329	-	-33.65	0.50	-16.83
Presbyterian	330	330	-	-37.87	0.55	-17.04
Cal State-Northridge	331	331	-	-28.76	0.40	-17.26
IUPUI-Indiana Purdue	332	332	-	-31.71	0.45	-17.44
San Diego	333	333	-	-34.10	0.48	-17.73
Coastal Carolina	334	334	-	-54.75	0.68	-17.79
Columbia	335	335	-	-31.87	0.44	-17.85
Butler	336	336	-	-31.89	0.44	-17.86
Louisville	337	337	-	-56.43	0.68	-18.06
The Citadel	338	338	-	-42.98	0.55	-19.34
Holy Cross	339	339	-	-55.50	0.65	-19.42
Chicago State	340	340	-	-30.04	0.35	-19.52
Pacific	341	341	-	-28.92	0.32	-19.67
North Alabama	342	342	-	-62.02	0.68	-20.16
South Carolina	343	343	-	-35.04	0.42	-20.32
Tulane	344	344	-	-40.72	0.50	-20.36
VMI	345	345	-	-46.22	0.55	-20.80
Syracuse	346	346	-	-46.55	0.55	-20.95
Tulsa	347	347	-	-46.21	0.52	-22.18
LIU	348	348	-	-58.60	0.60	-23.44
Idaho	349	349	-	-53.19	0.55	-23.93
Eastern Michigan	350	350	-	-32.17	0.25	-24.13
Stony Brook	351	351	-	-54.20	0.55	-24.39
California	352	352	-	-44.94	0.45	-24.72
Georgia	353	353	-	-41.75	0.40	-25.05
Elon	354	354	-	-62.69	0.60	-25.08
Ball State	355	355	-	-48.17	0.48	-25.29
Hampton	356	356	-	-40.03	0.35	-26.02
Georgia State	357	357	-	-58.95	0.55	-26.53
Bellarmine	358	358	-	-44.43	0.40	-26.66
Wisconsin-Green Bay	359	359	-	-52.00	0.44	-29.12
Austin Peay	360	360	-	-43.10	0.28	-31.25
Central Michigan	361	361	-	-59.92	0.45	-32.96
Evansville	362	362	-	-65.76	0.46	-35.51
Georgetown University	363	363	-	-55.69	0.34	-36.76

How College Basketball Power Rankings are created

* Power Rankings are updated every Monday and Friday. Ranks are based on a rolling 20-game range overall; early in the season, this date range reaches back to regular-season games of the previous year.

We remember a comment from a college basketball bettor when tiny Morehead State upset powerhouse Louisville in the first round of the 2011 March Madness tournament. Odds Shark 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 Odds Shark. It underscores the value of NCAA basketball power rankings in determining the relative strength (and weakness) of teams. We compare all the important stats – field-goal percentage, three-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.

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 Odds Shark take into account road and home offense, rebounding stats, margin of victory averages, three-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 box-score data on defense – steals, defensive rebounding, defensive three-point efficiency and more.

With that overall power number, we extrapolate a final result by multiplying 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 tourneys and postseason 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.