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New College Basketball Rankings, for games played through November 21.

Here are the new updated rankings.  I've added columns that show the change in the rating and the change in the rank for each school since last week's update.  Conference Rankings are at the end.  Enough games have now been played that the ratings reflect nearly a 50-50 split between results from the season to date and preseason rankings.  Once the average number of games played by all D1 teams reaches 10, the rankings will solely reflect results from the current season.


Rank School Conf Q Rating +/- +/- Rnk
1 Duke ACC 22.2 1.6 0
2 Michigan St. B10 21.5 1.2 2
3 Virginia ACC 20.5 0.1 0
4 Arizona P12 19.7 3.6 6
5 Kansas B12 19.1 2.4 4
6 Gonzaga WCC 18.8 -0.5 -1
7 Arkansas SEC 18.4 1.5 1
8 Kentucky SEC 18.2 -2.3 -6
9 Louisville ACC 17.2 -0.4 -3
10 Ohio St. B10 16.8 3.9 7
11 Oregon P12 16.0 2.5 4
12 Utah St. MWC 15.6 3.8 11
13 Memphis Amer 14.7 2.0 5
14 Texas Tech B12 14.5 2.1 6
15 Baylor B12 14.4 0.3 -3
16 Villanova BE 14.2 2.1 5
17 North Carolina ACC 13.9 -3.1 -10
18 Penn St. B10 13.3 3.3 16
19 Colorado P12 13.3 3.0 13
20 Tennessee SEC 13.3 4.5 27
21 Purdue B10 13.2 -0.5 -8
22 Maryland B10 13.2 1.3 0
23 Cincinnati Amer 13.1 1.5 1
24 Marquette BE 12.8 -0.7 -10
25 Seton Hall BE 12.7 2.1 2
26 Butler BE 12.2 2.6 13
27 Florida St. ACC 12.1 1.1 -1
28 Auburn SEC 12.0 2.7 15
29 Missouri SEC 12.0 2.5 11
30 Wisconsin B10 11.9 2.6 11
31 Florida SEC 11.7 -3.5 -20
32 Mississippi SEC 11.2 2.3 14
33 Xavier BE 11.2 1.3 2
34 LSU SEC 11.0 0.6 -4
35 Michigan B10 10.9 -0.2 -10
36 Providence BE 10.7 1.0 2
37 VCU A10 10.7 0.2 -9
38 N.C. State ACC 10.7 0.2 -9
39 Oklahoma St. B12 10.7 0.9 -3
40 San Diego St. MWC 10.6 5.0 36
41 Arizona St. P12 10.4 7.0 62
42 Harvard Ivy 10.3 -2.7 -26
43 Saint Mary's WCC 10.2 1.7 6
44 Indiana B10 10.0 2.7 13
45 Creighton BE 9.7 0.0 -8
46 Virginia Tech ACC 9.5 3.3 22
47 Illinois B10 9.5 0.2 -5
48 Houston Amer 9.5 -3.0 -29
49 West Virginia B12 9.4 3.6 26
50 Texas B12 9.4 -0.7 -17
51 Belmont OVC 9.4 2.5 13
52 Georgia Tech ACC 9.3 0.9 -2
53 Mississippi St. SEC 9.0 2.0 9
54 Iowa St. B12 9.0 1.9 7
55 UNC Greensboro SC 8.7 2.9 18
56 USC P12 8.5 0.4 -5
57 Georgetown BE 8.3 -0.8 -12
58 San Francisco WCC 8.2 2.2 13
59 Notre Dame ACC 8.1 -2.3 -28
60 Davidson A10 8.1 2.9 21
61 BYU WCC 8.0 -0.7 -13
62 Dayton A10 7.9 2.6 18
63 Washington P12 7.9 -1.3 -19
64 Georgia SEC 7.9 -0.1 -12
65 Louisiana Tech CUSA 7.8 1.4 2
66 South Carolina SEC 7.4 -0.5 -13
67 Wichita St. Amer 7.4 4.0 35
68 Clemson ACC 7.3 2.0 10
69 Duquesne A10 7.3 2.7 19
70 Furman SC 7.1 -0.7 -16
71 Vermont AE 6.9 1.8 11
72 Oklahoma B12 6.8 -0.3 -13
73 Iowa B10 6.7 -0.4 -13
74 Murray St. OVC 6.7 4.0 36
75 Liberty ASun 6.5 0.4 -5
76 Minnesota B10 6.5 1.7 9
77 Stanford P12 6.2 3.4 31
78 Western Kentucky CUSA 6.2 -0.7 -15
79 East Tennessee St. SC 6.2 -1.6 -24
80 Syracuse ACC 5.9 1.6 11
81 Rutgers B10 5.9 -1.7 -25
82 Sacramento St. BSky 5.9 0.4 -5
83 Radford BSth 5.9 1.6 9
84 Oregon St. P12 5.9 0.6 -5
85 DePaul BE 5.8 1.6 8
86 Kansas St. B12 5.8 -0.9 -21
87 Georgia St. SB 5.8 2.6 17
88 Toledo MAC 5.7 1.9 9
89 Boston College ACC 5.7 -0.3 -17
90 Miami FL ACC 5.6 1.1 -1
91 Drake MVC 5.5 2.0 8
92 St. John's BE 5.4 0.8 -5
93 Pittsburgh ACC 5.3 -1.3 -27
94 Texas St. SB 5.2 1.4 2
95 Yale Ivy 5.2 2.0 10
96 Ball St. MAC 5.0 0.9 -2
97 Alabama SEC 5.0 -2.2 -39
98 TCU B12 4.7 -1.1 -24
99 Temple Amer 4.7 -0.3 -15
100 Northeastern CAA 4.6 4.0 49
101 Connecticut Amer 4.5 1.5 5
102 Boise St. MWC 4.2 -0.9 -19
103 Georgia Southern SB 4.0 0.5 -2
104 Northern Arizona BSky 3.9 9.7 182
105 SMU Amer 3.8 0.2 -7
106 Eastern Washington BSky 3.6 3.3 50
107 Eastern Illinois OVC 3.6 4.5 72
108 Utah P12 3.6 -0.9 -18
109 Northern Kentucky Horz 3.4 0.8 2
110 FIU CUSA 3.4 4.5 73
111 Akron MAC 3.3 2.7 39
112 Bradley MVC 3.1 0.8 2
113 UC Irvine BW 3.1 1.3 8
114 Northern Iowa MVC 3.0 0.1 -7
115 New Mexico St. WAC 2.9 -3.3 -46
116 Loyola Chicago MVC 2.9 1.0 2
117 Rhode Island A10 2.9 0.6 -2
118 South Florida Amer 2.5 -2.2 -32
119 Saint Louis A10 2.3 0.0 -6
120 UCLA P12 2.3 0.8 6
121 Santa Clara WCC 2.2 0.6 3
122 Northern Colorado BSky 2.1 0.6 6
123 Massachusetts A10 2.0 4.5 97
124 Fresno St. MWC 1.9 0.7 11
125 Central Michigan MAC 1.9 -0.9 -16
126 Richmond A10 1.8 1.8 33
127 Towson CAA 1.8 0.7 10
128 UT Arlington SB 1.6 0.7 15
129 Old Dominion CUSA 1.4 0.7 18
130 Pepperdine WCC 1.4 -0.2 -5
131 Missouri St. MVC 1.3 0.2 5
132 Coastal Carolina SB 1.3 3.6 84
133 Buffalo MAC 1.3 0.1 1
134 Stony Brook AE 1.2 1.7 37
135 Kent St. MAC 1.1 -0.4 -8
136 North Texas CUSA 1.0 -0.3 -6
137 Charleston CAA 1.0 0.7 18
138 George Mason A10 1.0 0.0 2
139 UMKC WAC 0.9 3.2 76
140 North Florida ASun 0.9 1.2 23
141 New Mexico MWC 0.9 -0.1 0
142 UCF Amer 0.8 -1.1 -23
143 Washington St. P12 0.8 -1.0 -21
144 Northern Illinois MAC 0.7 2.3 49
145 South Dakota Sum 0.7 0.7 15
146 Wake Forest ACC 0.7 -0.2 -1
147 Vanderbilt SEC 0.7 1.1 18
148 Lamar Slnd 0.6 2.9 69
149 Bowling Green MAC 0.4 -1.9 -37
150 North Dakota St. Sum 0.4 0.0 4
151 Colgate Pat 0.4 -1.8 -35
152 Wright St. Horz 0.4 -1.3 -29
153 Portland WCC 0.4 2.2 44
154 Campbell BSth 0.3 2.8 65
155 Morehead St. OVC 0.2 2.2 49
156 Hampton BSth 0.1 0.3 6
157 Eastern Michigan MAC 0.1 0.1 1
158 Wofford SC 0.1 -3.4 -58
159 Evansville MVC 0.1 -1.1 -27
160 Colorado St. MWC 0.1 0.5 6
161 Cal Baptist WAC 0.1 -1.3 -32
162 Loyola Marymount WCC 0.0 -1.0 -20
163 Samford SC -0.1 -2.0 -43
164 Little Rock SB -0.2 1.4 26
165 Western Carolina SC -0.2 1.4 27
166 California P12 -0.3 0.1 -2
167 Miami OH MAC -0.3 0.1 0
168 UNLV MWC -0.3 -1.3 -29
169 Eastern Kentucky OVC -0.3 0.7 11
170 Jacksonville St. OVC -0.6 -0.2 -1
171 Hofstra CAA -0.6 0.2 5
172 Green Bay Horz -0.7 -1.2 -21
173 Boston University Pat -0.7 2.0 50
174 Bucknell Pat -0.7 -1.2 -22
175 Montana St. BSky -0.8 1.2 33
176 Appalachian St. SB -0.8 0.5 10
177 Winthrop BSth -0.8 0.7 11
178 Grambling St. SWAC -0.8 0.8 13
179 Tulsa Amer -0.8 -2.0 -46
180 Delaware CAA -0.8 3.3 79
181 Sam Houston St. Slnd -0.9 -0.1 -6
182 Texas A&M SEC -1.0 -4.9 -87
183 Fordham A10 -1.1 2.0 53
184 Siena MAAC -1.2 2.2 59
185 Penn Ivy -1.2 -2.0 -39
186 UMBC AE -1.2 -2.5 -55
187 South Alabama SB -1.2 -3.1 -70
188 San Diego WCC -1.3 -0.6 -14
189 Illinois St. MVC -1.4 1.6 45
190 Indiana St. MVC -1.5 -0.6 -12
191 McNeese St. Slnd -1.5 3.1 78
192 Nevada MWC -1.5 -1.0 -20
193 Nebraska Omaha Sum -1.6 -0.1 -4
194 Dartmouth Ivy -1.6 -2.2 -46
195 Norfolk St. MEAC -1.6 3.0 71
196 Hawaii BW -1.6 -0.4 -12
197 Northwestern B10 -1.9 -2.8 -53
198 Tulane Amer -1.9 1.8 51
199 Nicholls St. Slnd -2.0 1.1 38
200 Rider MAAC -2.0 -3.0 -62
201 Columbia Ivy -2.1 -1.0 -19
202 Southern Utah BSky -2.1 -0.4 -6
203 Charlotte CUSA -2.2 0.6 23
204 Valparaiso MVC -2.2 1.8 54
205 Lipscomb ASun -2.2 -2.5 -48
206 William & Mary CAA -2.2 -0.2 1
207 Air Force MWC -2.2 -1.4 -30
208 Ohio MAC -2.3 -0.3 -2
209 Abilene Christian Slnd -2.3 -1.3 -28
210 South Dakota St. Sum -2.3 -0.1 4
211 Utah Valley WAC -2.3 0.9 29
212 St. Bonaventure A10 -2.4 -0.3 1
213 UAB CUSA -2.5 -2.9 -60
214 UC Riverside BW -2.6 0.3 16
215 Oakland Horz -2.6 -0.7 -16
216 UC Santa Barbara BW -2.7 -0.8 -16
217 Lafayette Pat -2.7 0.0 7
218 Fairleigh Dickinson NEC -2.7 -0.8 -17
219 Albany AE -2.8 -1.4 -32
220 Rice CUSA -2.9 -0.3 1
221 Saint Joseph's A10 -2.9 1.1 35
222 Pacific WCC -3.0 0.9 31
223 Oral Roberts Sum -3.1 -1.3 -25
224 James Madison CAA -3.1 0.4 21
225 Southern Illinois MVC -3.1 -1.4 -30
226 UTEP CUSA -3.2 -1.5 -32
227 Cal St. Bakersfield WAC -3.3 0.6 28
228 Seattle WAC -3.4 -3.0 -60
229 Mercer SC -3.5 -1.6 -26
230 UT Rio Grande Valley WAC -3.5 -3.0 -60
231 UMass Lowell AE -3.7 -1.7 -22
232 Milwaukee Horz -3.7 1.0 41
233 Youngstown St. Horz -3.8 -3.8 -72
234 Middle Tennessee CUSA -3.8 -2.6 -49
235 Loyola MD Pat -3.8 -0.9 -4
236 Gardner Webb BSth -3.8 -1.7 -26
237 New Orleans Slnd -3.9 -0.7 5
238 Grand Canyon WAC -3.9 -0.9 -5
239 Western Michigan MAC -3.9 0.7 28
240 Marshall CUSA -4.0 0.3 23
241 St. Francis PA NEC -4.0 -0.9 -6
242 Cal St. Fullerton BW -4.1 -1.2 -13
243 Bryant NEC -4.1 1.5 37
244 Portland St. BSky -4.1 -1.4 -22
245 Louisiana Monroe SB -4.2 -2.1 -34
246 Austin Peay OVC -4.3 -2.2 -34
247 VMI SC -4.3 2.5 50
248 Tennessee St. OVC -4.4 2.0 45
249 Arkansas St. SB -4.4 2.7 55
250 Drexel CAA -4.4 -0.5 4
251 American Pat -4.4 -1.6 -26
252 Brown Ivy -4.5 -3.9 -79
253 Army Pat -4.6 0.1 18
254 Stephen F. Austin Slnd -4.6 1.3 33
255 St. Francis NY NEC -4.6 1.1 26
256 Purdue Fort Wayne Sum -4.7 0.2 19
257 Lehigh Pat -4.8 -2.8 -52
258 NJIT ASun -4.9 -1.4 -14
259 Prairie View A&M SWAC -4.9 -0.2 11
260 Chattanooga SC -4.9 0.0 14
261 Fairfield MAAC -5.0 -1.2 -9
262 Nebraska B10 -5.0 -0.3 10
263 Morgan St. MEAC -5.1 1.1 26
264 Bethune Cookman MEAC -5.1 2.1 42
265 LIU NEC -5.1 -1.9 -26
266 Longwood BSth -5.2 -0.6 2
267 La Salle A10 -5.2 -1.4 -17
268 Navy Pat -5.2 0.6 15
269 Jacksonville ASun -5.3 0.5 16
270 New Hampshire AE -5.3 1.8 35
271 Princeton Ivy -5.5 -2.3 -30
272 UNC Wilmington CAA -5.5 -0.1 7
273 Iona MAAC -5.6 -3.2 -55
274 Stetson ASun -5.7 -2.7 -42
275 Sacred Heart NEC -5.8 0.0 9
276 Long Beach St. BW -5.8 1.0 23
277 North Alabama ASun -5.8 0.5 14
278 UTSA CUSA -5.9 -4.0 -76
279 Cornell Ivy -6.0 -1.6 -15
280 UNC Asheville BSth -6.0 2.9 40
281 Southern Miss CUSA -6.0 -2.9 -43
282 Weber St. BSky -6.0 4.9 57
283 Mount St. Mary's NEC -6.1 -1.6 -18
284 Tennessee Martin OVC -6.3 -2.2 -24
285 George Washington A10 -6.5 -2.5 -28
286 Idaho St. BSky -6.5 1.2 27
287 East Carolina Amer -6.5 -0.7 -5
288 Louisiana SB -6.6 -0.2 4
289 North Dakota Sum -6.7 -2.4 -27
290 Manhattan MAAC -6.7 0.1 8
291 Cal Poly BW -6.8 1.2 24
292 Illinois Chicago Horz -6.9 -3.3 -45
293 Houston Baptist Slnd -7.1 -1.1 -5
294 IUPUI Horz -7.3 -2.2 -18
295 Alcorn St. SWAC -7.4 -0.2 13
296 Montana BSky -7.5 -3.7 -45
297 Florida Gulf Coast ASun -7.6 -2.5 -19
298 Hartford AE -7.7 -3.5 -37
299 Florida Atlantic CUSA -7.7 -4.1 -53
300 Wyoming MWC -7.7 1.3 22
301 Monmouth MAAC -7.9 -2.8 -24
302 Southern SWAC -7.9 3.8 40
303 The Citadel SC -7.9 -1.2 -8
304 Cal St. Northridge BW -7.9 -5.1 -77
305 Robert Morris NEC -8.0 -0.8 2
306 Elon CAA -8.2 -0.2 8
307 UC Davis BW -8.3 -1.6 -11
308 Troy SB -8.3 -1.0 3
309 Denver Sum -8.3 -0.1 7
310 Texas Southern SWAC -8.4 -1.3 -8
311 Quinnipiac MAAC -8.5 -4.9 -63
312 Western Illinois Sum -8.6 -1.7 -12
313 Canisius MAAC -8.6 -1.6 -12
314 Texas A&M Corpus Chris Slnd -8.8 -0.6 3
315 North Carolina Central MEAC -8.9 0.9 17
316 Presbyterian BSth -9.1 -2.0 -13
317 Detroit Horz -9.2 -6.4 -89
318 Southeast Missouri St. OVC -9.2 -2.0 -9
319 Coppin St. MEAC -9.2 1.1 17
320 Maine AE -9.2 0.7 13
321 Central Arkansas Slnd -9.8 -3.3 -27
322 San Jose St. MWC -10.0 -0.2 9
323 Jackson St. SWAC -10.1 -1.1 -2
324 Wagner NEC -10.2 -0.9 1
325 Alabama St. SWAC -10.4 -2.9 -13
326 North Carolina A&T MEAC -11.0 -1.6 1
327 SIU Edwardsville OVC -11.2 -1.6 2
328 USC Upstate BSth -11.3 -1.6 2
329 South Carolina St. MEAC -11.3 -2.3 -6
330 Florida A&M MEAC -11.7 -2.3 -4
331 Marist MAAC -11.8 -2.5 -7
332 Tennessee Tech OVC -12.0 -3.7 -14
333 Charleston Southern BSth -12.0 -5.8 -43
334 Southeastern Louisiana Slnd -12.0 -2.6 -6
335 Binghamton AE -12.1 0.5 11
336 Idaho BSky -12.1 0.2 8
337 Kennesaw St. ASun -12.6 -2.2 0
338 Holy Cross Pat -13.1 -5.8 -28
339 Arkansas Pine Bluff SWAC -13.3 -2.0 2
340 Northwestern St. Slnd -13.4 -3.3 -6
341 Cleveland St. Horz -13.4 -4.7 -22
342 Incarnate Word Slnd -14.1 -2.0 1
343 Merrimack NEC -14.2 3.4 9
344 High Point BSth -14.3 -3.8 -6
345 Niagara MAAC -14.4 -3.3 -5
346 Saint Peter's MAAC -15.1 -0.3 2
347 Howard MEAC -16.0 -5.8 -12
348 Maryland Eastern Shore MEAC -16.3 -0.8 1
349 Alabama A&M SWAC -16.7 -2.2 -2
350 Delaware St. MEAC -17.3 -1.0 0
351 Central Connecticut NEC -18.8 -6.4 -6
352 Chicago St. WAC -19.3 -1.9 -1
353 Mississippi Valley St. SWAC -22.0 -4.3 0
354 NonD1 NonD1 -27.3 -3.9 0


Rank Conf Avg Q Rating
1 B12 10.24
2 BE 10.18
3 ACC 10.14
4 SEC 9.63
5 B10 9.32
6 P12 7.71
7 WCC 4.36
8 Amer 4.18
9 A10 1.72
10 MAC 0.96
11 MWC 0.91
12 MVC 0.64
13 SC 0.00
14 SB -0.78
15 Ivy -0.79
16 CUSA -1.43
17 CAA -1.88
18 BSky -2.28
19 OVC -2.49
20 WAC -3.67
21 AE -3.89
22 Sum -3.92
23 Pat -4.09
24 BW -4.20
25 ASun -4.21
26 Horz -4.50
27 BSth -5.24
28 Slnd -6.27
29 NEC -7.74
30 MAAC -8.02
31 SWAC -10.33
32 MEAC -10.46
33 NonD1 -27.46

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