Here are my top 25 composite rankings for NCAA Division 1 men’s basketball now that the Final Four are set. The teams in the Final Four are in boldface. UCLA moved up from 39th place on Selection Sunday to 13th after five tournament victories.
My composite rankings use Markov chains and analytics to rank teams. The full rankings are here.
- Gonzaga
- Houston
- Baylor
- USC
- Alabama
- Illinois
- Michigan
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Iowa
- Ohio St
- Oregon
- UCLA
- Creighton
- Texas
- Kansas
- Oklahoma St
- West Virginia
- Texas Tech
- Loyola-Chicago
- Memphis
- San Diego St
- Villanova
- LSU
- BYU