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 falls to 5th. Wisconsin is 13th, and Purdue falls to 6th after losing to the Badgers last week. The full rankings are here.
1 Auburn
2 Baylor
3 Arizona
4 Kansas
5 Kentucky
6 Purdue
7 Gonzaga
8 Villanova
9 Texas Tech
10 Houston
11 Tennessee
12 Duke
13 Wisconsin
14 UCLA
15 Providence
16 Arkansas
17 Illinois
18 Connecticut
19 USC
20 St Mary’s CA
21 Colorado St
22 Texas
23 Iowa
24 LSU
25 Alabama
The Big Ten teams, ranked:
6 Purdue
13 Wisconsin
17 Illinois
23 Iowa
33 Michigan St
34 Ohio St
44 Michigan
54 Indiana
61 Rutgers
84 Maryland
104 Northwestern
112 Penn St
113 Minnesota
140 Nebraska