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

NCAA men’s basketball rankings: February 7, 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 Baylor drops to 4th. Wisconsin moves down a spot to 13th, and there are 4 Big 10 teams in the top 25. The full rankings are here.

1 Auburn
2 Kansas
3 Purdue
4 Baylor
5 Gonzaga
6 Houston
7 Kentucky
8 Arizona
9 Texas Tech
10 Villanova
11 Duke
12 Illinois
13 Wisconsin
14 LSU
15 Providence
16 Tennessee
17 Texas
18 Marquette
19 USC
20 Iowa St
21 Michigan St
22 Alabama
23 St Mary’s CA
24 San Francisco
25 UCLA

The Big 10, ranked.

3 Purdue
12 Illinois
13 Wisconsin
21 Michigan St
28 Iowa
31 Indiana
39 Ohio St
87 Maryland
89 Rutgers
91 Michigan
93 Minnesota
98 Northwestern
110 Penn St
165 Nebraska