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

NCAA men’s basketball rankings: February 15, 2019

My Markov chain based NCAA men’s basketball rankings are below, and the full rankings are here. Tennessee is not ranked #1. It appears that Tennessee does not have a strong schedule. They have games against ranked teams in the near future that could elevate them in my rankings.

  1. Duke
  2. Gonzaga
  3. Virginia
  4. Houston
  5. Tennessee
  6. Michigan St
  7. Michigan
  8. Nevada
  9. Texas Tech
  10. Villanova
  11. Kentucky
  12. Kansas
  13. Virginia Tech
  14. Iowa St
  15. Marquette
  16. North Carolina
  17. LSU
  18. Cincinnati
  19. Buffalo
  20. Purdue
  21. Florida St
  22. Kansas St
  23. Maryland
  24. Wisconsin
  25. Iowa
  26. Louisville
  27. NC State
  28. Toledo
  29. Washington
  30. Mississippi St

The B1G conference, ranked:

6 Michigan St
7 Michigan
20 Purdue
23 Maryland
24 Wisconsin
25 Iowa
47 Ohio St
56 Minnesota
63 Nebraska
71 Indiana
101 Northwestern
111 Rutgers
125 Penn_St
126 Illinois