Sports analytics from Laura Albert at the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering

NCAA MBB rankings

Here is the full rank-ordered list of NCAA men’s Division I basketball rankings using Laura Albert’s composite Markov chain rankings  on January 19, 2026:

1 Arizona
2 Michigan
3 Connecticut
4 Duke
5 Purdue
6 Nebraska
7 Gonzaga
8 Houston
9 Michigan St
10 BYU
11 Iowa St
12 Vanderbilt
13 Illinois
14 Virginia
15 Texas Tech
16 St Louis
17 Florida
18 Kansas
19 Clemson
20 Alabama
21 St Mary’s CA
22 Georgia
23 UCF
24 Arkansas
25 North Carolina
26 Iowa
27 SMU
28 Louisville
29 St John’s
30 Santa Clara
31 Wisconsin
32 Miami FL
33 Villanova
34 Stanford
35 Utah St
36 USC
37 Texas A&M
38 Tennessee
39 Virginia Tech
40 Seton Hall
41 Oklahoma St
42 Kentucky
43 New Mexico
44 George Mason
45 Auburn
46 Miami OH
47 California
48 NC State
49 Ohio St
50 LSU
51 TCU
52 San Diego St
53 Murray St
54 Indiana
55 UCLA
56 Texas
57 Tulsa
58 Belmont
59 Butler
60 Washington
61 Wake Forest
62 Missouri
63 West Virginia
64 Baylor
65 Nevada
66 Creighton
67 Colorado
68 Dayton
69 Cincinnati
70 VCU
71 Akron
72 Oklahoma
73 Xavier
74 Notre Dame
75 Utah Valley
76 McNeese St
77 Arizona St
78 Mississippi
79 Liberty
80 Boise St
81 Syracuse
82 Kansas St
83 FL Atlantic
84 Grand Canyon
85 Seattle
86 UNC Wilmington
87 Mississippi St
88 San Francisco
89 SF Austin
90 Providence
91 High Point
92 UC San Diego
93 Minnesota
94 Troy
95 DePaul
96 South Florida
97 G Washington
98 Colorado St
99 Illinois St
100 Northwestern
101 Yale
102 Utah
103 Kent
104 Cal Baptist
105 Oakland
106 Wyoming
107 Hofstra
108 Northern Iowa
109 Georgia Tech
110 South Carolina
111 Memphis
112 Oregon
113 Bradley
114 Hawaii
115 Wichita St
116 N Dakota St
117 Pacific
118 Richmond
119 Georgetown
120 UAB
121 St Thomas MN
122 Winthrop
123 MTSU
124 Penn St
125 Bowling Green
126 Pittsburgh
127 Davidson
128 Wright St
129 UT Arlington
130 Loy Marymount
131 Marshall
132 UC Irvine
133 Arkansas St
134 Rutgers
135 Sam Houston St
136 Florida St
137 Oregon St
138 Maryland
139 St Bonaventure
140 William & Mary
141 Marist
142 Fresno St
143 Washington St
144 North Texas
145 Buffalo
146 ETSU
147 Rhode Island
148 UNLV
149 TN Martin
150 Quinnipiac
151 UC Davis
152 Temple
153 Mercer
154 Elon
155 Tulane
156 WKU
157 Marquette
158 Columbia
159 Toledo
160 Lipscomb
161 Kennesaw
162 New Mexico St
163 UC Santa Barbara
164 S Illinois
165 Col Charleston
166 Portland
167 Furman
168 N Kentucky
169 Montana St
170 Portland St
171 Massachusetts
172 Towson
173 CS Northridge
174 Iona
175 N Colorado
176 South Alabama
177 Boston College
178 Duquesne
179 PFW
180 Charlotte
181 Valparaiso
182 LIU Brooklyn
183 Idaho
184 Robert Morris
185 Coastal Car
186 Navy
187 Colgate
188 Siena
189 St Joseph’s PA
190 Utah Tech
191 Tarleton St
192 Queens NC
193 Abilene Chr
194 Austin Peay
195 Ohio
196 WI Green Bay
197 IL Chicago
198 Ga Southern
199 Campbell
200 San Diego
201 Merrimack
202 Idaho St
203 Weber St
204 E Michigan
205 CS Fullerton
206 Appalachian St
207 Drake
208 Penn
209 Tennessee St
210 Stony Brook
211 Indiana St
212 St Peter’s
213 Southern Miss
214 American Univ
215 S Dakota St
216 Wofford
217 Florida Intl
218 Denver
219 Vermont
220 Harvard
221 TAM C. Christi
222 Fordham
223 Missouri St
224 Montana
225 New Orleans
226 San Jose St
227 Texas St
228 WI Milwaukee
229 Fairfield
230 Lamar
231 Nicholls St
232 James Madison
233 Jacksonville St
234 La Salle
235 Monmouth NJ
236 Cent Arkansas
237 Cal Poly
238 Drexel
239 Long Beach St
240 UTRGV
241 SC Upstate
242 Incarnate Word
243 Charleston So
244 Louisiana Tech
245 Youngstown St
246 Howard
247 Central Conn
248 Pepperdine
249 Rice
250 North Dakota
251 FGCU
252 Lindenwood
253 Northeastern
254 W Michigan
255 Radford
256 Old Dominion
257 SIUE
258 UC Riverside
259 UNC Asheville
260 West Georgia
261 Bethune-Cookman
262 CS Bakersfield
263 Princeton
264 Samford
265 E Kentucky
266 South Dakota
267 Loyola-Chicago
268 SE Missouri St
269 Dartmouth
270 MD E Shore
271 Hampton
272 Presbyterian
273 Delaware
274 Evansville
275 Grambling
276 Longwood
277 Cornell
278 Chattanooga
279 NE Omaha
280 E Washington
281 East Texas A&M
282 Morehead St
283 Detroit
284 Mt St Mary’s
285 Jacksonville
286 E Illinois
287 Southern Univ
288 Manhattan
289 Georgia St
290 Lehigh
291 East Carolina
292 Air Force
293 Holy Cross
294 Ark Little Rock
295 Northwestern LA
296 Le Moyne
297 Ark Pine Bluff
298 UTEP
299 SE Louisiana
300 W Carolina
301 Oral Roberts
302 Brown
303 Sacred Heart
304 UMBC
305 Louisiana
306 Boston Univ
307 Alabama A&M
308 Norfolk St
309 New Haven
310 Army
311 Southern Utah
312 Bucknell
313 Prairie View
314 Bellarmine
315 Florida A&M
316 N Illinois
317 Stetson
318 Houston Chr
319 Northern Arizona
320 NC A&T
321 UNC Greensboro
322 NJIT
323 MA Lowell
324 Mercyhurst
325 CS Sacramento
326 Alabama St
327 Canisius
328 C Michigan
329 IUPUI
330 Jackson St
331 Bryant
332 Ball St
333 North Alabama
334 Tennessee Tech
335 UT San Antonio
336 Lafayette
337 Cleveland St
338 New Hampshire
339 Loyola MD
340 Stonehill
341 NC Central
342 SUNY Albany
343 Wagner
344 North Florida
345 Missouri KC
346 VMI
347 Maine
348 Alcorn St
349 Rider
350 Chicago St
351 Niagara
352 TX Southern
353 Southern Indiana
354 F Dickinson
355 St Francis PA
356 Citadel
357 ULM
358 W Illinois
359 S Carolina St
360 Gardner Webb
361 Coppin St
362 Morgan St
363 Delaware St
364 Binghamton
365 MS Valley St