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

NCAA men’s Division I basketball rankings, February 26, 2018

Here are my composite Markov chain rankings for February 26, 2018.  The full ranking is under the “NCAA BB rankings” tab.

  1. Michigan St
  2. Villanova
  3. Virginia
  4. Purdue
  5. Cincinnati
  6. Duke
  7. Kansas
  8. Auburn
  9. Xavier
  10. Gonzaga
  11. North Carolina
  12. Wichita St
  13. Ohio St
  14. Nevada
  15. St Marys CA
  16. West Virginia
  17. Texas Tech
  18. Michigan
  19. TCU
  20. Clemson
  21. Arizona
  22. Houston
  23. Tennessee
  24. USC
  25. Rhode Island
  26. Seton Hall
  27. Loyola-Chicago
  28. Virginia Tech
  29. Texas A&M
  30. Arkansas

Here are the B1G teams, ranked. Four are in the top 25. Wisconsin broke into the top 100 this week.

1 Michigan St
4 Purdue
13 Ohio St
18 Michigan
36 Nebraska
42 Maryland
44 Penn St
86 Indiana
97 Wisconsin
99 Minnesota
110 Northwestern
124 Iowa
126 Illinois
169 Rutgers