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Rankings and Bracket Projections reflect games played through Sunday, November 18th.
No attempt whatsoever is being made to rank the overall strength of the teams. It is simply an assessment of CURRENT MERIT. In other words, I’m asking myself how difficult it would be for an average team to win the games that they’ve played, and then ranking them based on whether or not they’ve been able to win them. Teams that have won buy games have received virtually no merit, and teams that have lost away from home against good teams have received virtually no demerit.
I don’t need anyone to tell me that these rankings are nonsensical and crazy. I know that they are. I also know that there are teams that aren’t even in the bracket below that are much better than teams that are currently protected seeds. If you want something that accurately indicates how good teams are and where they are likely to be seeded in March, then this is not for you. I am ranking teams based on their current merit. Nothing more.
- MICHIGAN – 5-0, wins @Villanova, neutral wins vs GW and Providence
- DUKE – 3-0, neutral floor win vs Kentucky
- BUFFALO – 3-0, wins @West Virginia and @Southern Illinois
- FURMAN – 3-0, road wins @Loyola Chicago, and @Villanova
- Ohio State – 4-0, wins @Creighton and @Cincinnati
- Iowa – 4-0, neutral wins vs Oregon and UConn
- KANSAS – 3-0, neutral win vs Michigan State, home win vs Vermont and Louisiana
- Virginia Tech – 4-0, neutral win vs Purdue
- LMU – 4-0, road win @UNLV, neutral wins vs Georgetown and Ohio
- GEORGIA SOUTHERN – 4-0, neutral wins vs Montana and FAU
- FLORIDA ATLANTIC – 3-1, win @UCF, 2 neutral floor wins
- UCF – 4-1, 3-0 in neutral floor games vs St. Joe’s, WKU, and CS Fullerton
- Uconn – 3-1, neutral floor win vs Syracuse
- North Carolina – 4-0, 2 true road wins, home win vs Stanford
- AUBURN – 2-0, blowout home win vs Washington
- Louisiana Tech – 2-1, win @Wichita State, loss @LSU
- OREGON – 3-1, neutral win vs Syracuse
- Lsu – 4-0, 3 buy wins, home win vs LA Tech
- Wisconsin – 3-0, win @Xavier
- Texas, – 4-0, neutral win vs Arkansas
- Washington – 3-1, loss @Auburn, home win vs Western Kentucky
- Western Kentucky – 3-2, no bad losses, neutral win vs West Virginia
- Southern Miss – 3-0, wins @SMU and @Troy
- SAINT LOUIS – 4-0, win @Seton Hall
- UC IRVINIE – 3-0, road win @Texas A&M and Santa Clara
- BELMONT – 3-0, win @Lipscomb
- STONY BROOK – 3-1, road wins @South Carolina and GW
- LIPSCOMB – 2-1, loss to Belmont, won @SMU
- Vanderbilt – 3-0, win @USC
- Arkansas – 2-1, neutral loss vs Texas, home win vs Indiana
- Kansas State – 4-0, 2-0 on a neutral floor
- Indiana – 3-1, loss @Arkansas, home wins vs Marquette
- Temple – 4-0, home win vs Georgia
- Tennessee – 2-0, home win vs Georgia Tech
- Alabama – 4-1, neutral floor win vs Wichita State
- Wichita State – 3-2, neutral win v Providence
- Gonzaga – 3-0, 2 buy game wins, home win vs Texas A&M
- DEPAUL– 3-0, home win vs Penn State
- Saint Mary’s – 3-0, road win @New Mexico State
- Georgetown – 4-1, win @Illinois, loss vs LMU
- PENN – 4-1, neutral win vs Northern Iowa, road win @George Mason
- Duquesne – 3-0, neutral win vs Radford
- RADFORD – 2-1 div1, win @Notre Dame
- Purdue – 4-1, no bad losses, neutral win vs Davidson
- Nebraska – 3-0, 2 buy game wins, home win vs Seton Hall
- Saint John’s – 3-0, win @Rutgers
- Iowa State – 3-0, home win vs Missouri
- Providence – 3-2, no bad losses, neutral win vs South Carolina
- NEVADA – 3-0, home win vs BYU
- Kentucky – 3-1, neutral loss vs Duke, 2 buy game wins, home win vs Southern Illinois
- NEW MEXICO STATE – 3-1, 2 buy game wins, win @New Mexico, loss vs SMC
- JAMES MADISON – 3-0, road wins @East Carolina and Charlotte
- Florida State – 2-0, road win @Tulane
- UNC Greensboro – 2-1, road wins @NC A&T, @UNCW, loss @LSU
- NORTHERN KENTUCKY – 4-0, win @Northern Illinois
- Davidson – 3-2, no bad losses, neutral win vs Northeastern
- Liberty –1-0 div1 record, won @Kent State
- North Texas – 3-0, neutral win vs Portland, road win @Hawaii
- MONTANA – 4-1, 2 neutral floor wins, home win vs Georgia State
- Charleston – 3-1, loss @Oklahoma State, win @Western Carolina and home vs Rhody
- Minnesota – 3-0, home win vs Utah
- Longwood – 3-0 in div1 games, 2 true road wins
- Northeastern – 2-3, losses vs Boston U and Virginia Tech, neutral win vs Alabama
- Southern Utah – 2-0, 2 true road wins
- Oklahoma – 3-0, 2 true road wins
- AMERICAN – 2-1, win @George Mason
- Lehigh – 3-1, win @Monmouth
- Maryland – 5-0, 4 buy game wins, win @Navy
- Marshall – 3-0, win @Eastern Kentucky
- Colgate – 2-1, win @Cornell
- Virginia – 3-0 in buy games
- Michigan State – 3-1, 3 buy game wins, loss vs Kansas
- Mississippi State – 3-0 in buy games
- Tcu – 3-0 in buy games
- West Virginia – 2-2, neutral win vs Saint Joseph’s, losses to WKU and Buffalo
- Ucla – 3-0 in buy games
- Clemson – 3-0 in buy games
- Syracuse – 2-2, no bad losses, 2 buy game wins
- Saint Joseph’s – 3-2, neutral win vs Wake, no bad losses
- Utah State – 4-0, 3 buy game wins, win @Montana State
- UC Santa Barbara – 2-1, win @Wyoming
- NIAGARA – 2-1, win @Wyoming
- HOWARD – 1-0, win @UMass
- CENTRAL CONNECTICUT – 3-2, win @Hartford, losses @Georgetown, vs Austin Peay
- Samford 4-0, road win @Cleveland State
- Long Island – 2-1, loss @San Francisco, win @Fairfield
- Delaware – 2-1, loss @Maryland, wins @Saint Peter’s and Cornell
- Kent State – home loss to Liberty, win @Cleveland State
- Butler – 3-0, home win vs Ole Miss
- TEXAS SOUTHERN – 1-4, no bad losses, win @Baylor
- Wofford – 1-2, win @High Point, home loss to North Carolina, loss @Oklahoma
- Louisville – 3-0 in buy games
- Marquette – 3-1, 3 buy game wins, loss @Indiana
- LOYOLA CHICAGO – 3-1, 3 buy game wins, home loss to Furman
- Murray State – 1-0 div1 record, home win vs Wright State
- San Diego – 2-1 div1, win @UC Davis, close loss @Washington
- ABILENE CHRISTIAN – 2-0 div1, win @Denver
- Texas Tech – 3-0 in buy games
- NC State – 4-0 in buy games
- Miami FL – 3-0 in buy games
- Houston – 2-0 in buy games
- Vcu – 3-0 in buy games
- Northwestern – 3-0 in buy games
- Dayton – 3-0 in buy games
- Akron – 2-0 in buy games
- Tulsa – 3-0 in buy games
- Western Michigan – 2-1, win @Oakland
- Florida – 2-1, 2 buy game wins
- Arizona – 3-0 in buy games
- Arizona State – 3-0 in buy games
- Pittsburgh – 5-0 in buy games
- San Diego State – 2-0 in buy games
- Missouri – 3-1, neutral floor win vs Oregon State
- Byu – 4-1, 4 buy game wins, loss @Nevada
- Oregon State – 3-1, neutral floor win vs Old Dominion
- Missouri State – 3-0 in buy games
- Colorado State – 2-0 in buy games
- Colorado – 2-0 in buy games
- SOUTH DAKOTA STATE – 2-1, home win vs GCU, loss @FGCU
- San Francisco – 2-0 in buy games
