NCAA men’s and women’s basketball rankings: March 9, 2026

Men’s D1 NCAA basketball rankings Below are Badger Bracketology’s analytics-based Men’s D1 NCAA basketball rankings. The top 25 are listed below. View how all men’s D1 teams are ranked here.
1 Michigan 2 Arizona 3 Duke 4 Houston 5 Florida 6 Connecticut 7 Michigan St 8 Illinois 9 Gonzaga 10 Iowa St 11 Nebraska 12 Virginia 13 Purdue 14 Texas Tech 15 St John’s 16 Kansas 17 Alabama 18 North Carolina 19 Vanderbilt 20 St Mary’s CA 21 Arkansas 22 BYU 23 Louisville 24 Wisconsin 25 Tennessee
The men’s Big Ten teams are ranked below:
1 Michigan 7 Michigan St 8 Illinois 11 Nebraska 13 Purdue 24 Wisconsin 32 Iowa 34 UCLA 35 Ohio St 46 Indiana 65 USC 72 Washington 80 Minnesota 86 Northwestern 101 Oregon 122 Rutgers 128 Maryland 131 Penn St
Women’s D1 NCAA basketball rankings Below are Badger Bracketology’s analytics-based Women’s D1 NCAA basketball rankings. UCLA remains the top-ranked team. View how all women’s D1 teams are ranked here.
1 UCLA 2 Texas 3 Connecticut 4 South Carolina 5 LSU 6 Vanderbilt 7 Michigan 8 TCU 9 Iowa 10 West Virginia 11 Ohio St 12 Oklahoma 13 Louisville 14 Maryland 15 Duke 16 Kentucky 17 Minnesota 18 Mississippi 19 Michigan St 20 North Carolina 21 Texas Tech 22 Alabama 23 Baylor 24 Villanova 25 Washington
The women’s Big Ten teams are ranked below:
1 UCLA 7 Michigan 9 Iowa 11 Ohio St 14 Maryland 17 Minnesota 19 Michigan St 25 Washington 26 Oregon 28 Illinois 33 USC 36 Nebraska 58 Indiana 89 Wisconsin 92 Penn St 94 Purdue 129 Northwestern 134 Rutgers