College Basketball Team Rankings - February 13, 2012
Ohio State dropped out of the top spot to number two this week, with their Saturday loss against Michigan State being the key driver. Kentucky now holds the number 1 spot with a slim half point lead.
Wichita State moved up three spots in the rankings to number 9 (identical to kenpom.com), and also managed to crack the Top 25 in the AP poll.
The Rankings (glossary below):
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| Rank | Team | LstWk | GPF | Conf | SOS | GWP | KenPom | AP | Coaches | ||
| 1 | Kentucky | 2 | 18.0 | SEC | 1 | 2.5 | 72 | 0.95 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Ohio St. | 1 | 17.5 | B10 | 1 | 6.5 | 6 | 0.95 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Syracuse | 5 | 17.0 | BE | 1 | 4.0 | 45 | 0.95 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Kansas | 3 | 17.0 | B12 | 1 | 6.0 | 10 | 0.94 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | North Carolina | 4 | 15.5 | ACC | 1 | 3.5 | 49 | 0.93 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| 6 | Missouri | 9 | 14.5 | B12 | 2 | 4.5 | 38 | 0.92 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | Michigan St. | 7 | 14.0 | B10 | 2 | 6.0 | 13 | 0.91 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
| 8 | Duke | 6 | 13.5 | ACC | 2 | 5.0 | 24 | 0.91 | 14 | 5 | 4 |
| 9 | Wichita St. | 12 | 13.5 | MVC | 1 | 2.5 | 73 | 0.90 | 9 | 24 | |
| 10 | Florida | 15 | 12.0 | SEC | 2 | 5.0 | 31 | 0.88 | 18 | 14 | 12 |
| 11 | Wisconsin | 10 | 12.0 | B10 | 3 | 6.5 | 7 | 0.88 | 5 | 15 | 17 |
| 12 | UNLV | 11 | 11.5 | MWC | 1 | 2.5 | 76 | 0.87 | 22 | 11 | 11 |
| 13 | Marquette | 13 | 11.5 | BE | 2 | 5.0 | 27 | 0.87 | 19 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | New Mexico | 14 | 11.5 | MWC | 2 | 0.0 | 127 | 0.87 | 12 | ||
| 15 | Baylor | 8 | 11.0 | B12 | 3 | 7.5 | 2 | 0.87 | 16 | 9 | 10 |
| 16 | California | 18 | 11.0 | P12 | 1 | 2.5 | 75 | 0.86 | 15 | ||
| 17 | Saint Louis | 23 | 11.0 | A10 | 1 | 1.5 | 97 | 0.86 | 10 | ||
| 18 | Indiana | 27 | 10.5 | B10 | 4 | 8.0 | 1 | 0.86 | 11 | 18 | 20 |
| 19 | Michigan | 21 | 10.5 | B10 | 5 | 7.0 | 4 | 0.85 | 25 | 17 | 19 |
| 20 | Georgetown | 30 | 10.0 | BE | 3 | 6.0 | 16 | 0.85 | 13 | 10 | 9 |
| 21 | Louisville | 20 | 10.0 | BE | 4 | 5.0 | 26 | 0.84 | 23 | 19 | 18 |
| 22 | Gonzaga | 17 | 10.0 | WCC | 1 | 1.0 | 109 | 0.84 | 29 | 24 | 24 |
| 23 | UCLA | 37 | 10.0 | P12 | 2 | 2.5 | 74 | 0.84 | 46 | ||
| 24 | Florida St. | 36 | 9.5 | ACC | 3 | 4.0 | 47 | 0.83 | 26 | 20 | 21 |
| 25 | Connecticut | 19 | 9.5 | BE | 5 | 6.0 | 14 | 0.83 | 38 | ||
| 26 | West Virginia | 25 | 9.5 | BE | 6 | 5.5 | 19 | 0.83 | 39 | ||
| 27 | Texas | 28 | 9.5 | B12 | 4 | 6.5 | 9 | 0.83 | 20 | ||
| 28 | Purdue | 32 | 9.5 | B10 | 6 | 5.0 | 34 | 0.83 | 34 | ||
| 29 | Vanderbilt | 26 | 9.5 | SEC | 3 | 5.5 | 17 | 0.83 | 30 | ||
| 30 | Creighton | 29 | 9.5 | MVC | 2 | 2.5 | 66 | 0.83 | 35 | ||
| 31 | Alabama | 16 | 9.0 | SEC | 4 | 5.5 | 20 | 0.82 | 28 | ||
| 32 | BYU | 22 | 9.0 | WCC | 2 | 0.5 | 124 | 0.82 | 31 | ||
| 33 | Kansas St. | 24 | 9.0 | B12 | 5 | 4.5 | 35 | 0.82 | 27 | ||
| 34 | Cincinnati | 33 | 9.0 | BE | 7 | 4.0 | 42 | 0.82 | 42 | ||
| 35 | Pittsburgh | 34 | 9.0 | BE | 8 | 5.5 | 21 | 0.81 | 70 | ||
| 36 | Illinois | 39 | 9.0 | B10 | 7 | 6.0 | 11 | 0.81 | 44 | ||
| 37 | St. Mary's | 40 | 8.5 | WCC | 3 | 0.5 | 122 | 0.81 | 33 | 21 | 16 |
| 38 | Virginia | 41 | 8.5 | ACC | 4 | 3.0 | 60 | 0.80 | 21 | 22 | 22 |
| 39 | Minnesota | 38 | 8.5 | B10 | 8 | 3.0 | 55 | 0.80 | 45 | ||
| 40 | Long Beach St. | 31 | 8.0 | BW | 1 | 0.5 | 116 | 0.80 | 47 | ||
| 41 | Memphis | 44 | 8.0 | CUSA | 1 | 3.0 | 57 | 0.79 | 17 | ||
| 42 | Harvard | 35 | 7.5 | Ivy | 1 | -3.0 | 207 | 0.77 | 37 | ||
| 43 | Washington | 43 | 7.5 | P12 | 3 | 3.5 | 50 | 0.77 | 68 | ||
| 44 | Stanford | 52 | 7.5 | P12 | 4 | 2.0 | 80 | 0.77 | 58 | ||
| 45 | Seton Hall | 45 | 7.0 | BE | 9 | 4.5 | 36 | 0.76 | 59 | ||
| 46 | North Carolina St. | 51 | 7.0 | ACC | 5 | 2.0 | 91 | 0.76 | 53 | ||
| 47 | Oregon St. | 57 | 7.0 | P12 | 5 | 1.5 | 96 | 0.76 | 90 | ||
| 48 | Northwestern | 50 | 6.5 | B10 | 9 | 7.0 | 3 | 0.75 | 60 | ||
| 49 | Miami Florida | 53 | 6.5 | ACC | 6 | 2.5 | 69 | 0.75 | 41 | ||
| 50 | Iowa St. | 48 | 6.5 | B12 | 6 | 4.0 | 43 | 0.75 | 32 | ||
| 51 | Southern Miss | 55 | 6.5 | CUSA | 2 | 1.0 | 104 | 0.75 | 54 | ||
| 52 | Notre Dame | 61 | 6.5 | BE | 10 | 6.5 | 5 | 0.75 | 43 | 23 | 25 |
| 53 | San Diego St. | 54 | 6.5 | MWC | 3 | 2.0 | 85 | 0.75 | 56 | 13 | 15 |
| 54 | Arizona | 42 | 6.5 | P12 | 6 | 2.5 | 70 | 0.75 | 40 | ||
| 55 | VA Commonwealth | 47 | 6.5 | CAA | 1 | -3.0 | 208 | 0.75 | 49 | ||
| 56 | Mississippi St. | 49 | 6.5 | SEC | 5 | 1.0 | 105 | 0.74 | 71 | 23 | |
| 57 | Temple | 58 | 6.0 | A10 | 2 | 1.5 | 93 | 0.74 | 36 | ||
| 58 | Clemson | 62 | 6.0 | ACC | 7 | 0.5 | 112 | 0.73 | 85 | ||
| 59 | Iona | 59 | 5.5 | MAAC | 1 | -4.0 | 228 | 0.72 | 55 | ||
| 60 | Wyoming | 64 | 5.5 | MWC | 4 | -0.5 | 139 | 0.71 | 50 | ||
| 61 | Northern Iowa | 56 | 5.5 | MVC | 3 | 2.0 | 92 | 0.71 | 73 | ||
| 62 | Oklahoma | 70 | 5.0 | B12 | 7 | 5.0 | 30 | 0.69 | 102 | ||
| 63 | Xavier | 46 | 5.0 | A10 | 3 | 3.5 | 53 | 0.69 | 57 | ||
| 64 | South Dakota St. | 79 | 5.0 | Sum | 1 | -2.0 | 173 | 0.69 | 64 | ||
| 95 | Murray St. | 89 | 3.0 | OVC | 1 | -5.5 | 246 | 0.61 | 67 | 16 | 14 |
Glossary
- LstWk - The team's ranking from the prior week
- GPF - Stands for "Generic Points Favored". It's what you'd expect the team to be favored by against a Div-I average opponent at a neutral site.
- Conf - The conference the team plays in and their GPF rank within that conference
- SOS - Stands for "Strength of Schedule". It's the average GPF of the teams faced thus far this season (along with the corresponding rank).
- GWP - Stands for "Generic Win Probability". I converted the GPF into a win probability using the following formula: GWP = 1/(1+exp(-GPF/6))
- KenPom - The team's rank according to kenpom.com. The best college basketball stats site you're going to find.
- AP - The team's rank (if it exists) according to the AP Top 25 poll.
- Coaches - The team's rank (if it exists) according to the ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll.
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