College Basketball Rankings 1/20/20

One thing that I keep hearing people say this year is that it’s crazy top teams keep getting beat. I think this is more of a reflection on how bad the AP poll actually is. While I miss on teams also, my rankings are more inlined with actual wins. For example here are some of the teams that went down on Saturday.

Shouldn't be surprised at this point, but ... there was a Top 25 upset in every major conference yesterday 😳 pic.twitter.com/C0rIn2ndpY
— FOX College Hoops (@CBBonFOX) January 19, 2020

The AP poll tells you what writers think of a team, but not what the stats actually say. This upcoming week is going to be a very interesting one for my rankings. There is a good chance that the top 3 looks very different in next week’s rankings. Anyway enough ranting, here are this week’s power rankings.

Top 25

353 Team Power Rankings

Ranking	Team	Rating	Change	Preseason Change
1	Michigan State Spartans	0.770831131	0	0
2	Duke Blue Devils	0.765324315	0	0
3	Gonzaga Bulldogs	0.755346933	2	10
4	Kansas Jayhawks	0.736707303	0	2
5	Maryland Terrapins	0.730900289	1	-1
6	Louisville Cardinals	0.722237986	1	1
7	Kentucky Wildcats	0.685850342	-4	-4
8	Colorado Buffaloes	0.675227142	1	3
9	Seton Hall Pirates	0.67314198	3	11
10	Villanova Wildcats	0.672191224	0	-1
11	Virginia Cavaliers	0.67042273	-3	-6
12	Michigan Wolverines	0.668498808	-1	2
13	Saint Marys College-California Gaels	0.664881591	1	-3
14	Dayton Flyers	0.661094355	2	34
15	Florida Gators	0.661046183	8	0
16	Virginia Commonwealth Rams	0.660564398	2	-4
17	Baylor Bears	0.657078399	3	19
18	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.65638723	-5	8
19	Purdue Boilermakers	0.655173721	-2	2
20	Wisconsin Badgers	0.650755547	2	-2
21	Houston Cougars	0.650174067	3	-2
22	Louisiana State Tigers	0.646744003	4	8
23	Marquette Golden Eagles	0.646716055	4	1
24	Florida State Seminoles	0.645938855	1	14
25	Oregon Ducks	0.643554468	-6	8
26	Texas Tech Red Raiders	0.642737342	4	1
27	Auburn Tigers	0.640159918	-12	12
28	Memphis Tigers	0.637302711	-7	-3
29	Iowa Hawkeyes	0.630381323	3	15
30	Arizona Wildcats	0.629896951	3	34
31	Utah State Aggies	0.626908013	-3	-14
32	Mississippi State Bulldogs	0.623123198	9	-1
33	Liberty University Flames	0.620337603	-2	-4
34	North Carolina State Wolfpack	0.618230117	0	-11
35	Creighton Blue Jays	0.614555321	0	-1
36	Belmont Bruins	0.614263756	3	7
37	Vermont Catamounts	0.613884104	-1	-5
38	East Tennessee State Buccaneers	0.613089546	4	-3
39	Cincinnati Bearcats	0.611564627	-2	-11
40	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.601244742	3	6
41	New Mexico State Aggies	0.600708386	6	-25
42	Furman Paladins	0.598656892	-4	0
43	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.596581702	5	12
44	Arkansas Razorbacks	0.595941474	1	18
45	Butler Bulldogs	0.595179752	-5	28
46	Tennessee Volunteers	0.593177612	0	-5
47	North Carolina Tar Heels	0.592820572	-18	-39
48	San Diego State Aztecs	0.59241408	3	62
49	Illinois Fighting Illini	0.592075995	-5	7
50	Indiana Hoosiers	0.588119667	0	1
51	Texas Longhorns	0.587414897	1	-11
52	Davidson College Wildcats	0.586820415	-3	-30
53	West Virginia Mountaineers	0.580577295	4	51
54	Brigham Young Cougars	0.574810392	1	37
55	Xavier Musketeers	0.574207916	-2	-8
56	Harvard Crimson	0.573853833	-2	-11
57	Syracuse Orange	0.573292707	7	8
58	North Carolina-Greensboro Spartans	0.570860915	1	3
59	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.568274247	11	29
60	Providence Friars	0.566810839	0	-10
61	Arizona State Sun Devils	0.564957636	4	-8
62	Oregon State Beavers	0.5641047	-6	-3
63	Louisiana Tech Bulldogs	0.562257228	0	11
64	Georgetown Hoyas	0.561493962	-2	8
65	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	0.560808839	3	30
66	South Florida Bulls	0.560116707	0	-29
67	Wichita State Shockers	0.559845016	-9	25
68	Iowa State Cyclones	0.556669187	-7	-14
69	Rhode Island Rams	0.553057992	0	-6
70	Northern Kentucky Norse	0.551032921	8	-12
71	Washington Huskies	0.547561662	3	27
72	Virginia Tech Hokies	0.546995491	0	24
73	Temple Owls	0.545874479	0	-13
74	Wofford Terriers	0.545755411	-3	-25
75	Connecticut Huskies	0.545013757	2	-7
76	Kansas State Wildcats	0.544332286	-1	-24
77	Northern Iowa Panthers	0.542937792	3	24
78	Missouri Tigers	0.542874496	-11	4
79	Richmond Spiders	0.538520416	8	23
80	Duquesne Dukes	0.537533854	-4	28
81	Murray State Racers	0.534695021	2	-14
82	Oklahoma Sooners	0.534528302	0	8
83	San Francisco Dons	0.534436728	-4	-17
84	Loyola-Chicago Ramblers	0.532492231	2	5
85	Stanford Cardinal	0.532116514	4	57
86	Yale Bulldogs	0.525866909	4	50
87	Toledo Rockets	0.525659058	1	-18
88	California-Irvine Anteaters	0.525354317	5	-11
89	Mississippi Rebels	0.523966205	-5	-32
90	Ball State Cardinals	0.523458446	6	16
91	Akron Zips	0.522171003	6	14
92	Wright State Raiders	0.518763746	-1	7
93	DePaul Blue Demons	0.518596676	7	38
94	North Texas Mean Green Eagles	0.518395141	8	27
95	Colgate Red Raiders	0.518013883	-3	-20
96	Minnesota Golden Gophers	0.51780757	-1	59
97	Oklahoma State Cowboys	0.517365836	-12	-16
98	Southern California Trojans	0.51732407	3	18
99	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	0.516119132	-1	-15
100	Texas Christian Horned Frogs	0.51276105	-19	17
101	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	0.511638813	-7	-4
102	Hofstra Pride	0.51065634	-3	-26
103	Clemson Tigers	0.509254899	4	21
104	Georgia Southern Eagles	0.507162477	-1	-33
105	Radford Highlanders	0.503567478	-1	-11
106	Buffalo Bulls	0.503045602	3	-36
107	Pittsburgh Panthers	0.502479266	7	21
108	Boise State Broncos	0.501418868	-3	-23
109	Southern Methodist Mustangs	0.500622462	7	36
110	Fresno State Bulldogs	0.49976674	-2	-32
111	Northern Colorado Bears	0.497031646	-5	11
112	South Carolina Gamecocks	0.493370961	17	14
113	Bradley Braves	0.492425077	-2	46
114	College of Charleston Cougars	0.49214599	-4	-21
115	California-Santa Barbara Gauchos	0.491043755	-3	-29
116	Stony Brook Seawolves	0.487953999	-3	24
117	Kent State Golden Flashes	0.487330039	0	37
118	North Dakota State Bison	0.487098634	1	-7
119	Saint Bonaventure Bonnies	0.485937751	-1	13
120	Nevada Wolf Pack	0.48380121	-5	17
121	Saint Johns Red Storm	0.482819189	7	46
122	Northeastern Huskies	0.482812827	4	19
123	Bowling Green State Falcons	0.482208678	2	-40
124	Miami-Florida Hurricanes	0.481777444	-4	-1
125	Texas A&M Aggies	0.479710055	-4	-45
126	Saint Louis Billikens	0.479140905	5	31
127	Pennsylvania Quakers	0.478261436	-5	-18
128	Texas State Bobcats	0.475616359	5	6
129	Central Florida Knights	0.474880773	6	20
130	Alabama-Birmingham Blazers	0.47407503	-7	-18
131	Texas-Arlington Mavericks	0.472970646	11	12
132	UCLA Bruins	0.47040591	-5	-25
133	Drake Bulldogs	0.470268139	-3	-18
134	Old Dominion Monarchs	0.467472307	3	-31
135	Georgia Bulldogs	0.467261619	-3	36
136	Tulsa Golden Hurricane	0.467231124	5	24
137	Seattle University Red Hawks	0.464434171	1	-50
138	Central Michigan Chippewas	0.464398983	-4	-25
139	New Mexico Lobos	0.458949268	-15	13
140	Pepperdine Waves	0.457813445	0	-21
141	Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners	0.455568498	6	-21
142	Princeton Tigers	0.455170687	2	-3
143	George Mason Patriots	0.454837045	-7	4
144	South Dakota State Jackrabbits	0.454517666	1	35
145	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	0.451956544	3	13
146	Georgia State Panthers	0.45027287	0	52
147	North Florida Ospreys	0.447409781	6	6
148	California Baptist Lancers	0.446656171	4	16
149	Indiana State Sycamores	0.44663925	7	29
150	Northwestern Wildcats	0.44395103	1	13
151	Gardner Webb Runnin Bulldogs	0.443783676	3	-33
152	Colorado State Rams	0.443295279	21	48
153	Santa Clara Broncos	0.441384903	-14	-5
154	Northern Illinois Huskies	0.44128529	-5	-10
155	Winthrop Eagles	0.44077039	9	54
156	Utah Utes	0.439154207	-6	30
157	Illinois-Chicago Flames	0.437612428	4	-78
158	Coastal Carolina Chanticleers	0.435863656	-15	10
159	Brown Bears	0.435825875	-2	-26
160	Marshall Thundering Herd	0.435649796	-5	24
161	Boston University Terriers	0.434721397	16	13
162	Loyola-Marymount Lions	0.434038793	-2	-48
163	Wisconsin-Green Bay Phoenix	0.433950213	-5	-36
164	New Jersey Tech Highlanders	0.433597195	5	-64
165	Air Force Falcons	0.432084911	-6	10
166	Florida International Panthers	0.431248681	13	23
167	Hawaii Rainbow Warriors	0.430850098	-4	3
168	South Dakota Coyotes	0.428936466	4	-17
169	Florida Atlantic Owls	0.428743659	-7	-4
170	South Alabama Jaguars	0.427836203	-5	-9
171	UNLV Rebels	0.424923349	7	30
172	Bucknell Bison	0.424467794	3	-47
173	Missouri State Bears	0.423921645	-3	7
174	Montana Grizzlies	0.423853454	-3	-2
175	Sacred Heart Pioneers	0.422148663	-7	-2
176	Sam Houston State Bearkats	0.421785072	5	16
177	Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans	0.420510429	13	39
178	Rider Broncs	0.420344919	-12	-2
179	Miami-Ohio Redhawks	0.420120738	-5	-17
180	Lipscomb Bison	0.414478634	-4	-45
181	Southern Utah Thunderbirds	0.413354686	3	40
182	Oral Roberts Golden Eagles	0.411322437	22	57
183	Boston College Eagles	0.411266042	-16	-17
184	Saint Francis-Pennsylvania Red Flash	0.409818191	8	34
185	American Eagles	0.408076557	-3	-4
186	Austin Peay State Governors	0.407441601	11	18
187	Towson Tigers	0.407151726	-2	7
188	Abilene Christian Wildcats	0.406875545	-1	2
189	Washington State Cougars	0.406081339	17	48
190	Dartmouth College Big Green	0.404286605	-1	-2
191	Vanderbilt Commodores	0.402257155	-11	12
192	Columbia Lions	0.401183312	-1	-36
193	Iona Gaels	0.400991461	-10	-43
194	Long Island Brooklyn Blackbirds	0.400407252	2	-11
195	Charleston Southern Buccaneers	0.399855333	12	-66
196	Eastern Washington Eagles	0.397438435	5	23
197	Valparaiso Crusaders	0.397385669	-2	30
198	Nebraska Cornhuskers	0.395987541	-4	8
199	Weber State Wildcats	0.393818476	4	-53
200	Grand Canyon Antelope	0.393039834	-2	-31
201	Albany Great Danes	0.392851797	-2	-19
202	Lafayette College Leopards	0.391351806	3	31
203	Maryland-Baltimore County Retrievers	0.388229413	-1	-65
204	Samford Bulldogs	0.38689462	-18	-74
205	California State-Sacramento Hornets	0.385618219	-17	7
206	Appalachian State Mountaineers	0.385595428	-13	-9
207	Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks	0.381982991	-7	-30
208	La Salle Explorers	0.381290558	7	32
209	San Diego Toreros	0.37963859	1	-18
210	Jacksonville State Gamecocks	0.378751552	7	-11
211	Southern Illinois Salukis	0.377411092	10	30
212	Texas-El Paso Miners	0.377021228	-1	38
213	Western Carolina Catamounts	0.376119061	1	31
214	Robert Morris Colonials	0.375594037	-6	15
215	Eastern Illinois Panthers	0.372501787	8	34
216	William & Mary Tribe	0.371008829	-3	52
217	Campbell Fighting Camels	0.370260713	-5	0
218	Youngstown State Penguins	0.369058469	1	-5
219	Tennessee-Chattanooga Moccasins	0.368434854	7	38
220	Stephen F. Austin State Lumberjacks	0.365700087	10	71
221	Loyola-Maryland Greyhounds	0.365389037	-12	-25
222	North Dakota Fighting Hawks	0.365166199	-2	-8
223	Monmouth-New Jersey Hawks	0.364969604	5	15
224	Texas Rio Grande Vaqueros	0.363042013	0	-17
225	IUPU-Fort Wayne Mastadons	0.362044184	-9	-23
226	Lamar Cardinals	0.361800215	-4	-11
227	Utah Valley Wolverines	0.357363363	-2	-16
228	Massachusetts-Lowell River Hawks	0.357299242	-1	-5
229	Oakland Golden Grizzlies	0.356931339	3	7
230	Mercer Bears	0.356782729	15	-2
231	Rice University Owls	0.356097085	-2	-7
232	Quinnipiac Bobcats	0.355966624	-14	10
233	Pacific Tigers	0.352858774	8	64
234	Drexel Dragons	0.351378244	19	14
235	Prairie View A&M Panthers	0.350380457	8	16
236	George Washington Colonials	0.349842645	18	16
237	Mount Saint Marys Mountaineers	0.349581974	5	-5
238	Lehigh Mountain Hawks	0.348225451	-5	-16
239	Fairleigh Dickinson-Metropolitan Knights	0.347338801	-5	-54
240	Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks	0.347229182	-5	-35
241	California State-Northridge Matadors	0.346471146	3	-48
242	Manhattan Jaspers	0.346111696	-3	5
243	Evansville Aces	0.34605795	-12	-35
244	Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles	0.343592554	-6	-49
245	Fordham Rams	0.342194275	4	-10
246	Portland State Vikings	0.341077726	-6	14
247	California Golden Bears	0.340321408	-11	-1
248	Grambling State Tigers	0.336800429	-11	-23
249	James Madison Dukes	0.336645344	1	-18
250	New Orleans Privateers	0.335040256	-4	-63
251	Northern Arizona Lumberjacks	0.334734023	11	13
252	California State-Fullerton Titans	0.334217603	-1	-26
253	Army Black Knights	0.333569808	3	-23
254	Delaware Blue Hens	0.332739484	-7	28
255	California State-Bakersfield Roadrunners	0.33173983	5	0
256	Siena College Saints	0.327503421	-4	9
257	Nicholls State Colonels	0.324125671	-2	31
258	Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders	0.323738636	0	-48
259	Massachusetts Minutemen	0.323704392	-11	7
260	Canisius Golden Griffins	0.320593668	7	33
261	Illinois State Redbirds	0.318131601	0	8
262	Western Michigan Broncos	0.316711297	4	-1
263	Navy Midshipmen	0.315923376	8	36
264	Jacksonville Dolphins	0.314946937	-7	14
265	North Carolina-Charlotte 49ers	0.313802933	7	51
266	Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin Cajuns	0.31211641	-7	-23
267	Ohio Bobcats	0.310498221	12	28
268	California-Riverside Highlanders	0.310029073	-5	3
269	Fairfield Stags	0.308151651	7	16
270	Missouri-Kansas City Kangaroos	0.307280397	-5	0
271	Eastern Michigan Eagles	0.307236967	-7	-9
272	California-Davis Aggies	0.307027056	9	12
273	Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers	0.306112698	-5	10
274	Texas Southern Tigers	0.304406829	8	-15
275	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders	0.303572859	2	-21
276	Longwood Lancers	0.302460518	-6	-31
277	Hampton University Pirates	0.301409952	-4	-57
278	Saint Francis-New York Terriers	0.301258587	2	-15
279	Montana State Bobcats	0.300370653	-5	15
280	Eastern Kentucky Colonels	0.300192659	-5	-46
281	Arkansas State Red Wolves	0.297085507	6	20
282	Morehead State Eagles	0.295559615	-4	-15
283	Bethune Cookman Wildcats	0.295270003	-14	-9
284	Saint Peters Peacocks	0.294460509	5	22
285	North Carolina Central Eagles	0.289686347	11	-4
286	Saint Josephs-Pennsylvania Hawks	0.288729165	5	-11
287	Norfolk State Spartans	0.288449522	-4	15
288	Virginia Military Keydets	0.28561975	-3	-9
289	Alcorn State Braves	0.284373294	13	-12
290	Presbyterian Blue Hose	0.283807396	0	-32
291	North Alabama Lions	0.281861787	-7	9
292	Florida Gulf Coast Eagles	0.28160728	3	-20
293	North Carolina-Asheville Bulldogs	0.278979337	-7	11
294	Cornell Big Red	0.277393017	-2	-8
295	Indiana-Purdue Jaguars	0.276410795	-2	-42
296	Bryant University Bulldogs	0.275702221	-8	25
297	North Carolina A&T Aggies	0.274063469	3	-5
298	Morgan State Bears	0.272597296	-1	-8
299	Troy Trojans	0.272300395	-1	11
300	Western Illinois Leathernecks	0.270461599	-6	-44
301	New Hampshire Wildcats	0.270250874	-2	6
302	Detroit-Mercy Titans	0.268163415	3	1
303	Wyoming Cowboys	0.260818594	1	-7
304	Citadel Bulldogs	0.258129494	-1	8
305	Tennessee State Tigers	0.257856944	1	27
306	Tulane Green Wave	0.255251882	-5	41
307	Central Arkansas Bears	0.249447385	1	-34
308	Southeastern Louisiana Lions	0.248043224	-1	-21
309	Hartford Hawks	0.246595314	5	16
310	Elon Phoenix	0.24604217	-1	4
311	North Carolina-Wilmington Seahawks	0.242765059	4	-13
312	Florida A&M Rattlers	0.242508862	-1	-1
313	South Carolina State Bulldogs	0.242095841	5	-8
314	East Carolina Pirates	0.240530742	-4	23
315	Idaho State Bengals	0.234407982	1	8
316	Portland Pilots	0.234400632	-4	11
317	McNeese State Cowboys	0.231116512	8	22
318	Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks	0.230270247	-5	-5
319	California State-Long Beach 49ers	0.226930957	0	-4
320	Niagara Purple Eagles	0.226878473	3	9
321	South Carolina-Upstate Spartans	0.22620988	0	10
322	Southeast Missouri State Redhawks	0.22458065	-5	-14
323	High Point Panthers	0.222694322	-3	-43
324	Houston Baptist Huskies	0.213613283	-2	-48
325	Cal Poly-Slo Mustangs	0.21308873	4	5
326	Cleveland State Vikings	0.211783268	0	-2
327	Northwestern State Demons	0.209748898	3	7
328	Denver Pioneers	0.207732818	5	7
329	Jackson State Tigers	0.207726465	-5	-11
330	Merrimack Warriors	0.205660113	7	19
331	Holy Cross Crusaders	0.20439204	-4	-14
332	Alabama State Hornets	0.203380887	-1	-23
333	Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Cougars	0.202743731	-5	-14
334	Idaho Vandals	0.201948011	2	8
335	Stetson Hatters	0.200715192	5	10
336	Wagner Seahawks	0.200495089	-4	0
337	Marist Red Foxes	0.197462843	2	-4
338	Howard Bison	0.191548282	-4	-49
339	Maine Black Bears	0.1874932	6	1
340	San Jose State Spartans	0.18712679	2	6
341	Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles	0.183770853	0	-13
342	Alabama A&M Bulldogs	0.18328024	-7	-1
343	Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions	0.180129468	-5	-23
344	Kennesaw State Owls	0.165542682	0	-22
345	Southern University A&M Jaguars	0.163895061	3	5
346	Incarnate Word Cardinals	0.163017531	-3	-20
347	Binghamton Bearcats	0.156166885	-1	1
348	Coppin State Eagles	0.156013155	-1	3
349	Delaware State Hornets	0.13407172	0	-6
350	Central Connecticut State Blue Devils	0.117979366	0	-12
351	Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks	0.10252477	0	-7
352	Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils	0.032693825	0	0
353	Chicago State Cougars	-0.014479048	0	0