NCAA men’s basketball rankings: February 21, 2022
Here are this week’s top 25 composite rankings for NCAA Division 1 men’s basketball. My composite rankings use Markov chains and analytics to rank teams. Auburn remains in the top spot, and Purdue moves into the second spot. Wisconsin is 13th. The full rankings are here.
1 Auburn
2 Purdue
3 Kansas
4 Baylor
5 Gonzaga
6 Arizona
7 Texas Tech
8 Villanova
9 Kentucky
10 Houston
11 Duke
12 Tennessee
13 Wisconsin
14 USC
15 Illinois
16 LSU
17 Arkansas
18 UCLA
19 Texas
20 Connecticut
21 St Mary’s CA
22 Providence
23 Alabama
24 Iowa St
25 Iowa
The Big 10, ranked:
2 Purdue
13 Wisconsin
15 Illinois
25 Iowa
28 Michigan St
42 Ohio St
48 Indiana
59 Michigan
63 Rutgers
94 Maryland
96 Minnesota
97 Northwestern
108 Penn St
173 Nebraska