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. Wisconsin moves down a spot to 12th, and there are 5 Big 10 teams in the top 25. The full rankings are here.
1 Auburn
2 Baylor
3 Kansas
4 Purdue
5 Gonzaga
6 Houston
7 Villanova
8 LSU
9 Kentucky
10 Arizona
11 Texas Tech
12 Wisconsin
13 Duke
14 Michigan St
15 Iowa St
16 Alabama
17 USC
18 Providence
19 Illinois
20 UCLA
21 Marquette
22 Tennessee
23 Xavier
24 Texas
25 Indiana
The Big 10, ranked:
4 Purdue
12 Wisconsin
14 Michigan St
19 Illinois
25 Indiana
33 Iowa
36 Ohio St
72 Maryland
83 Minnesota
93 Michigan
102 Rutgers
104 Northwestern
126 Penn St
155 Nebraska