While the top 4 teams have been the same for several weeks now (Houston, Tennessee, UCLA, and Alabama), this week brings a shuffle to top of the order. After a week that included two impressive wins over Georgia and Texas, Tennessee has finally surpassed Houston for the top spot in the rankings. Purdue also moves up two spots to #5 after a dominant road win against Michigan State. Perhaps the biggest surprise, however, is Creighton, who are a much better team than their 13-8 record would suggest. After blowout wins on the road against St. John’s and Xavier, they have now moved into the top 10.

Team Conference Ranking Expected Winning Percentage vs. Average Opponent Strength of Schedule Change From Last Week
Tennessee SEC 1 0.953 0.653 +1
Houston AAC 2 0.951 0.624 -1
UCLA Pac 12 3 0.942 0.711 0
Alabama SEC 4 0.929 0.741 0
Purdue Big 10 5 0.926 0.663 +2
Saint Mary’s (CA) WCC 6 0.925 0.672 -1
UConn Big East 7 0.922 0.664 -1
Kansas Big 12 8 0.905 0.769 0
Arizona Pac 12 9 0.904 0.712 0
Creighton Big East 10 0.896 0.727 +5
Rutgers Big 10 11 0.895 0.665 -1
Texas Big 12 12 0.892 0.709 0
Marquette Big East 13 0.892 0.671 0
Baylor Big 12 14 0.881 0.730 +5
Illinois Big 10 15 0.880 0.641 +7
TCU Big 12 16 0.876 0.627 +7
Boise St. MWC 17 0.876 0.625 +1
Iowa St. Big 12 18 0.876 0.697 -7
Arkansas SEC 19 0.875 0.688 +1
Gonzaga WCC 20 0.875 0.692 -4
Ohio St. Big 10 21 0.872 0.691 -7
Virginia ACC 22 0.871 0.638 -1
San Diego St. MWC 23 0.870 0.712 +3
Kansas St. Big 12 24 0.870 0.677 +1
Indiana Big 10 25 0.869 0.655 -1
West Virginia Big 12 26 0.869 0.721 +1
Xavier Big East 27 0.855 0.725 +1
Auburn SEC 28 0.854 0.662 -11
Oklahoma St. Big 12 29 0.849 0.725 +1
Maryland Big 10 30 0.847 0.681 +7
Fla. Atlantic C-USA 31 0.846 0.510 -2
Northwestern Big 10 32 0.844 0.647 +4
Duke ACC 33 0.844 0.652 +2
Iowa Big 10 34 0.843 0.695 -1
Utah Pac 12 35 0.835 0.615 -1
North Carolina ACC 36 0.832 0.681 -5
New Mexico MWC 37 0.831 0.611 -5
Providence Big East 38 0.829 0.585 +6
Utah St. MWC 39 0.826 0.659 -1
Kentucky SEC 40 0.823 0.640 +2
Oklahoma Big 12 41 0.820 0.749 +5
Southern California Pac 12 42 0.819 0.703 +9
Michigan St. Big 10 43 0.817 0.759 -3
Penn St. Big 10 44 0.813 0.659 +5
Oregon Pac 12 45 0.812 0.737 +5
Mississippi St. SEC 46 0.812 0.666 +7
Texas A&M SEC 47 0.811 0.603 +13
Sam Houston WAC 48 0.811 0.573 +8
Florida SEC 49 0.810 0.671 -4
Memphis AAC 50 0.809 0.622 -7
Nevada MWC 51 0.808 0.691 -10
Liberty A-Sun 52 0.807 0.468 +10
Virginia Tech ACC 53 0.801 0.628 +4
NC State ACC 54 0.799 0.589 -7
Washington St. Pac 12 55 0.798 0.727 +4
Colorado Pac 12 56 0.793 0.680 -8
Miami (FL) ACC 57 0.792 0.584 +6
Missouri SEC 58 0.792 0.641 +12
Seton Hall Big East 59 0.791 0.705 +8
Texas Tech Big 12 60 0.787 0.638 -5
Oral Roberts Summit 61 0.783 0.492 0
Arizona St. Pac 12 62 0.781 0.667 -10
Kent St. MAC 63 0.777 0.498 -24
Dayton A-10 64 0.776 0.526 0
North Texas C-USA 65 0.774 0.549 -7
UCF AAC 66 0.773 0.642 -12
Cincinnati AAC 67 0.771 0.606 -1
UAB C-USA 68 0.763 0.518 +6
Wisconsin Big 10 69 0.757 0.719 -4
Clemson ACC 70 0.755 0.544 +2
Marshall Sunbelt 71 0.753 0.416 -3
Pittsburgh ACC 72 0.749 0.592 -1
UNLV MWC 73 0.749 0.637 +3
Michigan Big 10 74 0.744 0.689 -5
VCU A-10 75 0.733 0.518 +3
Col. of Charleston CAA 76 0.726 0.423 -1
Wake Forest ACC 77 0.724 0.619 +3
BYU WCC 78 0.723 0.636 +8
Iona MAAC 79 0.720 0.488 -6
LMU (CA) WCC 80 0.718 0.607 +9
Southern Miss. Sunbelt 81 0.718 0.439 +2
Villanova Big East 82 0.710 0.656 +3
James Madison Sunbelt 83 0.704 0.432 +1
UC Irvine Big West 84 0.704 0.514 +6
Drake MVC 85 0.702 0.471 +11
Yale Ivy 86 0.702 0.427 +17
St. John’s (NY) Big East 87 0.702 0.599 -10
Santa Clara WCC 88 0.702 0.654 -9
Utah Valley WAC 89 0.701 0.535 -8
Bradley MVC 90 0.699 0.478 -8
Vanderbilt SEC 91 0.695 0.688 -4
Saint Louis A-10 92 0.689 0.573 -1
UC Santa Barbara Big West 93 0.683 0.388 +1
Tulane AAC 94 0.682 0.527 +6
Charlotte C-USA 95 0.677 0.468 0
San Francisco WCC 96 0.675 0.536 +5
Syracuse ACC 97 0.672 0.563 0
Stanford Pac 12 98 0.668 0.622 +7
Ole Miss SEC 99 0.664 0.695 -11
Nebraska Big 10 100 0.659 0.737 -7
Southern Utah WAC 101 0.648 0.576 +16
Washington Pac 12 102 0.646 0.697 -3
Grand Canyon WAC 103 0.640 0.553 -11
Colorado St. MWC 104 0.639 0.647 +4
Hofstra CAA 105 0.636 0.515 +10
San Jose St. MWC 106 0.636 0.602 +14
Furman Southern 107 0.636 0.429 +11
Temple AAC 108 0.634 0.609 +8
Georgia SEC 109 0.634 0.541 -7
Butler Big East 110 0.632 0.706 -12
Toledo MAC 111 0.630 0.457 -5
Akron MAC 112 0.630 0.445 -5
Montana St. Big Sky 113 0.630 0.481 +6
Cornell Ivy 114 0.629 0.394 0
Seattle U WAC 115 0.629 0.518 -11
Louisiana Sunbelt 116 0.620 0.451 +9
Princeton Ivy 117 0.619 0.396 -8
Southern Ill. MVC 118 0.615 0.449 -7
Wichita St. AAC 119 0.613 0.550 +2
Indiana St. MVC 120 0.613 0.417 +2
Hawaii Big West 121 0.609 0.446 -9
Middle Tenn. C-USA 122 0.607 0.570 -12
SFA WAC 123 0.602 0.501 +11
Youngstown St. Horizon 124 0.595 0.337 +2
Quinnipiac MAAC 125 0.590 0.395 +8
Duquesne A-10 126 0.589 0.503 +4
LSU SEC 127 0.580 0.651 +2
Missouri St. MVC 128 0.575 0.527 0
Troy Sunbelt 129 0.572 0.472 -16
South Fla. AAC 130 0.569 0.548 +6
Colgate Patriot 131 0.569 0.352 +14
Louisiana Tech C-USA 132 0.567 0.527 +11
George Mason A-10 133 0.566 0.515 -9
Belmont MVC 134 0.561 0.472 -7
Richmond A-10 135 0.560 0.510 -12
California Baptist WAC 136 0.559 0.447 -5
Air Force MWC 137 0.552 0.493 -5
Ohio MAC 138 0.552 0.483 0
Cal St. Fullerton Big West 139 0.547 0.513 +18
UNC Greensboro Southern 140 0.546 0.474 -5
Kennesaw St. A-Sun 141 0.545 0.457 +23
Samford Southern 142 0.540 0.397 -5
DePaul Big East 143 0.538 0.665 -2
Rice C-USA 144 0.536 0.513 -2
Davidson A-10 145 0.534 0.541 +1
Massachusetts A-10 146 0.534 0.512 +17
Long Beach St. Big West 147 0.534 0.519 +9
Radford Big South 148 0.532 0.410 +1
Fordham A-10 149 0.532 0.387 +29
Eastern Wash. Big Sky 150 0.527 0.451 +2
UC Riverside Big West 151 0.526 0.498 -1
Ball St. MAC 152 0.526 0.432 -12
UC Davis Big West 153 0.525 0.443 +14
Siena MAAC 154 0.525 0.390 +31
Towson CAA 155 0.525 0.351 +3
Pepperdine WCC 156 0.525 0.642 -17
Portland WCC 157 0.522 0.623 -13
FGCU A-Sun 158 0.513 0.473 -4
Vermont Am. East 159 0.512 0.478 +25
UNCW CAA 160 0.509 0.412 -12
Fresno St. MWC 161 0.509 0.641 -8
Cleveland St. Horizon 162 0.503 0.378 -11
Wyoming MWC 163 0.502 0.648 -3
UTEP C-USA 164 0.502 0.553 +4
South Alabama Sunbelt 165 0.500 0.535 +18
Buffalo MAC 166 0.499 0.569 +41
Old Dominion Sunbelt 167 0.498 0.480 +3
Longwood Big South 168 0.497 0.338 -21
Notre Dame ACC 169 0.497 0.565 +10
Western Ky. C-USA 170 0.493 0.506 +2
Penn Ivy 171 0.493 0.458 +24
Harvard Ivy 172 0.492 0.448 -3
Florida St. ACC 173 0.492 0.661 -14
App State Sunbelt 174 0.490 0.486 +6
UMass Lowell Am. East 175 0.489 0.273 -14
St. Bonaventure A-10 176 0.488 0.492 -2
Chattanooga Southern 177 0.488 0.453 -11
George Washington A-10 178 0.484 0.483 -13
Gardner-Webb Big South 179 0.484 0.413 +18
Montana Big Sky 180 0.483 0.480 -18
New Mexico St. WAC 181 0.481 0.614 +1
Murray St. MVC 182 0.481 0.479 +5
UNI MVC 183 0.480 0.456 -7
SMU AAC 184 0.475 0.628 +2
Georgia Tech ACC 185 0.473 0.652 -30
Utah Tech WAC 186 0.472 0.530 -9
Tarleton St. WAC 187 0.471 0.578 +23
UNC Asheville Big South 188 0.464 0.401 +2
South Dakota St. Summit 189 0.463 0.536 -16
Sacramento St. Big Sky 190 0.462 0.485 +10
Pacific WCC 191 0.461 0.508 +12
Stetson A-Sun 192 0.459 0.489 -21
Eastern Ky. A-Sun 193 0.459 0.496 -5
Saint Joseph’s A-10 194 0.459 0.483 +14
San Diego WCC 195 0.458 0.569 +1
Minnesota Big 10 196 0.455 0.673 +2
Oregon St. Pac 12 197 0.452 0.623 +2
Northwestern St. Southland 198 0.451 0.399 +4
Milwaukee Horizon 199 0.451 0.430 -6
Norfolk St. MEAC 200 0.448 0.404 -8
Lipscomb A-Sun 201 0.446 0.382 -20
Purdue Fort Wayne Horizon 202 0.443 0.387 -13
N.C. Central MEAC 203 0.442 0.450 -12
Boston College ACC 204 0.441 0.590 -3
Rider MAAC 205 0.436 0.390 +15
Georgetown Big East 206 0.431 0.626 +12
Drexel CAA 207 0.430 0.343 -32
Queens (NC) A-Sun 208 0.427 0.354 +4
Wofford Southern 209 0.425 0.433 +17
Texas St. Sunbelt 210 0.423 0.483 +5
Northern Ky. Horizon 211 0.423 0.429 -5
Wright St. Horizon 212 0.418 0.348 +11
Grambling SWAC 213 0.417 0.366 +9
A&M-Corpus Christi Southland 214 0.416 0.347 +7
Brown Ivy 215 0.414 0.405 +9
Weber St. Big Sky 216 0.414 0.482 +3
SIUE OVC 217 0.412 0.354 -23
East Carolina AAC 218 0.411 0.453 -7
Bryant Am. East 219 0.410 0.410 -15
Southern U. SWAC 220 0.407 0.426 +9
St. Thomas (MN) Summit 221 0.406 0.389 -12
Jacksonville A-Sun 222 0.403 0.475 -9
UMBC Am. East 223 0.402 0.333 -6
American Patriot 224 0.401 0.300 +1
Rhode Island A-10 225 0.399 0.511 +6
Detroit Mercy Horizon 226 0.398 0.454 -21
Ga. Southern Sunbelt 227 0.396 0.458 0
Delaware CAA 228 0.396 0.429 -12
Navy Patriot 229 0.391 0.367 +1
Portland St. Big Sky 230 0.390 0.524 -16
FIU C-USA 231 0.384 0.516 +10
Abilene Christian WAC 232 0.364 0.480 +16
Western Ill. Summit 233 0.364 0.389 +7
Southern Ind. OVC 234 0.361 0.344 -1
North Dakota St. Summit 235 0.360 0.484 +2
Kansas City Summit 236 0.360 0.436 -2
Southeast Mo. St. OVC 237 0.354 0.377 +9
Bowling Green MAC 238 0.354 0.386 +16
Mercer Southern 239 0.353 0.404 -1
Army West Point Patriot 240 0.351 0.305 +3
California Pac 12 241 0.344 0.675 -9
Tulsa AAC 242 0.340 0.560 -7
Robert Morris Horizon 243 0.338 0.384 +6
Illinois St. MVC 244 0.338 0.431 +18
ETSU Southern 245 0.335 0.385 -6
Fairfield MAAC 246 0.333 0.385 +1
Northern Colo. Big Sky 247 0.332 0.529 -11
Howard MEAC 248 0.332 0.419 +12
South Carolina SEC 249 0.330 0.599 +6
Charleston So. Big South 250 0.330 0.428 +7
Southeastern La. Southland 251 0.330 0.400 +2
Idaho St. Big Sky 252 0.329 0.430 -2
Campbell Big South 253 0.329 0.405 -8
Georgia St. Sunbelt 254 0.327 0.487 -26
Lafayette Patriot 255 0.327 0.416 -3
Alcorn SWAC 256 0.320 0.446 -14
Coastal Carolina Sunbelt 257 0.320 0.482 +4
Winthrop Big South 258 0.319 0.436 +15
La Salle A-10 259 0.317 0.484 -1
Nicholls Southland 260 0.316 0.492 -9
Western Caro. Southern 261 0.316 0.377 -17
UT Martin OVC 262 0.316 0.328 -6
Niagara MAAC 263 0.315 0.364 -4
Oakland Horizon 264 0.313 0.482 +14
Northern Ariz. Big Sky 265 0.312 0.547 +2
UTRGV WAC 266 0.310 0.493 +4
UMES MEAC 267 0.310 0.442 +22
Bellarmine A-Sun 268 0.306 0.500 -3
Prairie View SWAC 269 0.300 0.415 +6
Lehigh Patriot 270 0.297 0.353 +13
Loyola Chicago A-10 271 0.297 0.487 -5
Western Mich. MAC 272 0.297 0.494 -9
NIU MAC 273 0.295 0.473 +7
New Hampshire Am. East 274 0.291 0.332 +25
Morgan St. MEAC 275 0.290 0.409 +1
UC San Diego Big West 276 0.288 0.491 +6
Chicago St. Independent 277 0.287 0.477 +14
Jacksonville St. A-Sun 278 0.283 0.451 +22
Dartmouth Ivy 279 0.282 0.415 +7
Idaho Big Sky 280 0.282 0.382 -16
Boston U. Patriot 281 0.281 0.354 -12
N.C. A&T Big South 282 0.281 0.467 -14
North Ala. A-Sun 283 0.278 0.382 +22
Maine Am. East 284 0.278 0.377 +12
USC Upstate Big South 285 0.278 0.425 -6
UT Arlington WAC 286 0.278 0.560 -12
UIC MVC 287 0.278 0.437 +6
ULM Sunbelt 288 0.275 0.511 +19
Northeastern CAA 289 0.273 0.387 -4
North Florida A-Sun 290 0.268 0.481 -13
Canisius MAAC 291 0.267 0.463 -10
Valparaiso MVC 292 0.266 0.419 -5
Denver Summit 293 0.266 0.377 -21
South Dakota Summit 294 0.264 0.438 +17
Tennessee Tech OVC 295 0.263 0.385 -3
Mount St. Mary’s MAAC 296 0.255 0.360 -12
Omaha Summit 297 0.249 0.534 +12
Morehead St. OVC 298 0.248 0.401 +8
Cal Poly Big West 299 0.244 0.476 -28
UTSA C-USA 300 0.241 0.543 +14
Tex. A&M-Commerce Southland 301 0.240 0.313 0
Texas Southern SWAC 302 0.237 0.490 -5
North Dakota Summit 303 0.237 0.457 -1
High Point Big South 304 0.237 0.387 -16
The Citadel Southern 305 0.237 0.413 +5
Wagner NEC 306 0.235 0.239 -11
Miami (OH) MAC 307 0.235 0.464 +1
William & Mary CAA 308 0.232 0.476 -5
Ark.-Pine Bluff SWAC 309 0.231 0.450 +4
Saint Peter’s MAAC 310 0.231 0.350 +13
Central Mich. MAC 311 0.226 0.425 -13
Jackson St. SWAC 312 0.225 0.458 -8
Austin Peay A-Sun 313 0.222 0.467 -23
Bucknell Patriot 314 0.221 0.299 -20
Tennessee St. OVC 315 0.220 0.270 -3
Louisville ACC 316 0.220 0.637 0
Arkansas St. Sunbelt 317 0.218 0.424 +1
NJIT Am. East 318 0.213 0.353 +6
Fairleigh Dickinson NEC 319 0.211 0.227 +3
Manhattan MAAC 320 0.210 0.358 +7
CSU Bakersfield Big West 321 0.206 0.500 0
McNeese Southland 322 0.203 0.469 -2
Eastern Mich. MAC 323 0.202 0.444 +8
CSUN Big West 324 0.198 0.493 -9
Coppin St. MEAC 325 0.196 0.484 -6
Marist MAAC 326 0.195 0.325 -9
Binghamton Am. East 327 0.191 0.342 +2
Central Conn. St. NEC 328 0.190 0.294 +2
Little Rock OVC 329 0.187 0.330 +5
Central Ark. A-Sun 330 0.185 0.442 +3
Saint Francis (PA) NEC 331 0.185 0.313 -5
Stony Brook CAA 332 0.184 0.393 +5
Alabama A&M SWAC 333 0.179 0.376 +3
Sacred Heart NEC 334 0.177 0.221 -6
Stonehill NEC 335 0.175 0.311 -10
Presbyterian Big South 336 0.170 0.372 -4
UIW Southland 337 0.168 0.315 +7
Holy Cross Patriot 338 0.168 0.355 0
Elon CAA 339 0.167 0.460 +1
UAlbany Am. East 340 0.164 0.397 -5
Eastern Ill. OVC 341 0.162 0.370 -2
VMI Southern 342 0.151 0.426 0
New Orleans Southland 343 0.150 0.377 0
Houston Christian Southland 344 0.149 0.378 +4
South Carolina St. MEAC 345 0.147 0.429 -4
Hampton CAA 346 0.147 0.401 -1
Loyola Maryland Patriot 347 0.146 0.352 +3
Evansville MVC 348 0.145 0.480 -1
Alabama St. SWAC 349 0.141 0.396 -3
Columbia Ivy 350 0.141 0.409 +2
Lindenwood OVC 351 0.138 0.374 -2
Merrimack NEC 352 0.136 0.349 -1
Bethune-Cookman SWAC 353 0.127 0.346 0
Delaware St. MEAC 354 0.110 0.459 +2
Monmouth CAA 355 0.107 0.539 +3
St. Francis Brooklyn NEC 356 0.105 0.201 +1
Mississippi Val. SWAC 357 0.097 0.453 -3
Lamar University Southland 358 0.095 0.363 -3
IUPUI Horizon 359 0.089 0.375 +1
Florida A&M SWAC 360 0.080 0.469 -1
Green Bay Horizon 361 0.067 0.436 0
LIU NEC 362 0.052 0.362 0
Hartford Independent 363 0.049 0.280 0