Here is the 2014-2015 College Basketball SBPI ratings covering action through Sunday February 22 (NON-ADJ RANK = pure statistical rating prior to SOS adjustment; SUM is rating for team & can be compared to prior season’s in my Top 100 of last 12 year’s blog entry; RANK = rankings of each team’s SOS Adjusted performance; KP = Ken Pomeroy’s Rankings; BPI = ESPN’s Basketball Power Index Rankings; RPI = Ratings Power Index Rankings; SAG = Jeff Sagarin’s Rankings):
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NON-ADJ
|
ADJ RATINGS
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Team
|
RANK
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SUM
|
RANK
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KP
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BPI
|
RPI
|
SAG
|
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Kentucky
|
3
|
409.3
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
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||
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Duke
|
7
|
407.2
|
2
|
8
|
7
|
4
|
4
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||
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Butler
|
7
|
400.0
|
3
|
23
|
24
|
24
|
20
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Villanova
|
5
|
397.2
|
4
|
6
|
6
|
5
|
7
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Arizona
|
2
|
390.0
|
5
|
3
|
5
|
7
|
6
|
||
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Baylor
|
20
|
383.3
|
6
|
12
|
19
|
14
|
15
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||
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Kansas
|
69
|
379.1
|
7
|
9
|
8
|
1
|
9
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||
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Wisconsin
|
10
|
378.7
|
8
|
4
|
3
|
6
|
3
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||
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Louisville
|
12
|
367.3
|
9
|
19
|
11
|
18
|
14
|
||
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West Virginia
|
18
|
360.1
|
10
|
24
|
23
|
23
|
19
|
||
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Utah
|
15
|
359.1
|
11
|
7
|
10
|
11
|
8
|
||
|
Florida
|
56
|
357.6
|
12
|
35
|
32
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||||
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Oklahoma State
|
65
|
357.6
|
13
|
30
|
29
|
28
|
|||
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Providence
|
45
|
349.8
|
14
|
33
|
36
|
21
|
29
|
||
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Virginia
|
32
|
344.8
|
15
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
||
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VCU
|
22
|
343.5
|
16
|
28
|
21
|
12
|
25
|
||
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Georgetown
|
71
|
339.4
|
17
|
20
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
||
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North Carolina
|
112
|
338.8
|
18
|
15
|
9
|
13
|
11
|
||
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Gonzaga
|
13
|
336.2
|
19
|
5
|
4
|
8
|
5
|
||
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Xavier
|
52
|
335.0
|
20
|
26
|
25
|
30
|
24
|
||
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Oklahoma
|
86
|
334.7
|
21
|
10
|
17
|
15
|
12
|
||
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Iowa State
|
67
|
334.0
|
22
|
14
|
16
|
9
|
10
|
||
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South Carolina
|
86
|
332.7
|
23
|
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Wichita State
|
4
|
330.6
|
24
|
13
|
12
|
16
|
16
|
||
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Texas
|
71
|
328.9
|
25
|
21
|
29
|
21
|
|||
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Iowa
|
44
|
326.2
|
26
|
27
|
27
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||||
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Ohio State
|
11
|
325.8
|
27
|
18
|
14
|
17
|
|||
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Arkansas
|
15
|
323.9
|
28
|
29
|
22
|
19
|
26
|
||
|
Michigan State
|
34
|
323.8
|
29
|
17
|
18
|
28
|
18
|
||
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UCLA
|
115
|
322.4
|
30
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||||||
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Stanford
|
49
|
316.4
|
31
|
36
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Georgia Tech
|
92
|
316.4
|
32
|
||||||
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North Carolina State
|
81
|
310.9
|
33
|
34
|
36
|
||||
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Seton Hall
|
112
|
309.2
|
34
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Illinois
|
56
|
308.3
|
35
|
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Brigham Young
|
24
|
305.7
|
36
|
31
|
27
|
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I have included the Top 36 teams in the SBPI this week &
will continue that format going forward.
Why? I figured there are 32
automatic bids & 36 at-large bids given out on Selection Sunday – so
including my Top 36 here can give a good feel for if your team has what it
takes to potentially earn an at-large come mid-March. In this installment I have also added in the
Non-SOS adjusted rating for each team as that can be valuable information – it
shows which teams are boosted a ton by their SOS vs. teams that perhaps have
played well & have a solid SOS.
Let’s touch on Butler for example: they are ranked #3 in SBPI (a lot
higher than everyone would expect) yet they also rank #7 in non-SOS adjusted
SBPI meaning their statistics that I utilize in this model match up with just
about every other team in the country – meaning I am comfortable with that high
a mark for Butler. On the flip side
let’s look at Kansas – they are just #69 in non-SOS adjusted ranking suggesting
most of their plus in SBPI (and RPI also where they rank #1) is SOS boost;
their statistics are not matching up well with other top teams. By providing the non-SOS adjusted ranking it
adds another layer to analyze & matchup between teams. In addition to those two teams Florida &
Oklahoma State have very similar profiles – the biggest difference is the
Gators have struggled in close games this season while the Cowboys are winning
their fair share.
Here are additional teams of note that did not make the SBPI
Top 36 but were ranked inside Top 36 by at least one of the other four sources:
#38 Pittsburgh (RPI #36)
#39 Texas A&M (BPI #35)
#42 Purdue (SAG #33)
#45 Temple (RPI #31)
#46 Georgia (BPI #30, RPI #34)
#47 San Diego State (KP #25, RPI #25, SAG #32)
#48 Ole Miss (KP #32, BPI #28, RPI #33)
#51 Indiana (RPI #32, SAG #34)
#54 Maryland (BPI #31, RPI #10, SAG #30)
#57 Dayton (RPI #35)
#68 SMU (KP #22, BPI #26, RPI #17, SAG #31)
#75 LSU (KP #34)
#78 Northern Iowa (KP #11, BPI #13, RPI #20, SAG #23)
#82 Colorado State (RPI #27)
#86 Davidson (BPI #33, SAG #35)
#87 Notre Dame (KP #16, BPI #15, RPI #26, SAG #13)
Next up let’s take a look where each of the current Top 36
in SBPI ranked in the past six week’s we have published:
|
Team
|
18-Jan
|
25-Jan
|
1-Feb
|
8-Feb
|
15-Feb
|
22-Feb
|
|
Kentucky
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
|
Duke
|
5
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
|
Butler
|
4
|
3
|
4
|
7
|
6
|
3
|
|
Villanova
|
3
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
|
Arizona
|
11
|
7
|
6
|
4
|
7
|
5
|
|
Baylor
|
9
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
4
|
6
|
|
Kansas
|
2
|
2
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
7
|
|
Wisconsin
|
16
|
9
|
9
|
9
|
9
|
8
|
|
Louisville
|
12
|
12
|
8
|
6
|
8
|
9
|
|
West Virginia
|
15
|
15
|
18
|
13
|
10
|
10
|
|
Utah
|
14
|
11
|
12
|
12
|
13
|
11
|
|
Florida
|
19
|
16
|
15
|
14
|
11
|
12
|
|
Oklahoma State
|
13
|
17
|
22
|
16
|
12
|
13
|
|
Providence
|
20
|
20
|
21
|
18
|
18
|
14
|
|
Virginia
|
10
|
14
|
13
|
10
|
14
|
15
|
|
VCU
|
6
|
8
|
10
|
11
|
15
|
16
|
|
Georgetown
|
36
|
25
|
23
|
19
|
16
|
17
|
|
North Carolina
|
17
|
18
|
16
|
17
|
20
|
18
|
|
Gonzaga
|
8
|
13
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
19
|
|
Xavier
|
18
|
19
|
14
|
20
|
17
|
20
|
|
Oklahoma
|
26
|
22
|
17
|
22
|
25
|
21
|
|
Iowa State
|
31
|
34
|
33
|
29
|
27
|
22
|
|
South Carolina
|
32
|
24
|
19
|
24
|
23
|
23
|
|
Wichita State
|
7
|
10
|
11
|
15
|
19
|
24
|
|
Texas
|
35
|
36
|
26
|
26
|
29
|
25
|
|
Iowa
|
28
|
29
|
27
|
25
|
28
|
26
|
|
Ohio State
|
27
|
35
|
32
|
27
|
26
|
27
|
|
Arkansas
|
30
|
31
|
25
|
28
|
21
|
28
|
|
Michigan State
|
25
|
27
|
28
|
37
|
32
|
29
|
|
UCLA
|
34
|
28
|
24
|
23
|
24
|
30
|
|
Stanford
|
33
|
30
|
30
|
33
|
31
|
31
|
|
Georgia Tech
|
40
|
38
|
35
|
31
|
33
|
32
|
|
North Carolina State
|
23
|
26
|
36
|
38
|
30
|
33
|
|
Seton Hall
|
29
|
37
|
29
|
32
|
39
|
34
|
|
Illinois
|
38
|
32
|
39
|
39
|
38
|
35
|
|
Brigham Young
|
21
|
23
|
31
|
30
|
34
|
36
|
Strength of conference & breakdown of Top 36 by
conference:
|
RANK
|
CONFERENCE
|
AVG RATING
|
TOP 36
|
|
1
|
B12
|
328.9
|
7
|
|
2
|
BE
|
314.8
|
6
|
|
3
|
ACC
|
293.8
|
6
|
|
4
|
SEC
|
288.8
|
4
|
|
5
|
B10
|
287.7
|
5
|
|
6
|
P12
|
279.1
|
4
|
|
7
|
WCC
|
253.6
|
2
|
|
8
|
A10
|
240.6
|
1
|
|
9
|
MVC
|
229.0
|
1
|
|
10
|
AAC
|
221.6
|
|
|
11
|
MAC
|
218.6
|
|
|
12
|
HORIZON
|
216.1
|
|
|
13
|
MWC
|
209.6
|
|
|
14
|
BIG WEST
|
204.6
|
|
|
15
|
IVY
|
202.2
|
|
|
16
|
CUSA
|
186.1
|
|
|
17
|
CAA
|
176.0
|
|
|
18
|
OVC
|
175.4
|
|
|
19
|
SUMMIT
|
174.6
|
|
|
20
|
SUN BELT
|
170.9
|
|
|
21
|
SOCON
|
168.3
|
|
|
22
|
MAAC
|
168.2
|
|
|
23
|
BIG SOUTH
|
166.5
|
|
|
24
|
PATRIOT
|
166.1
|
|
|
25
|
INDEPENDENT
|
161.2
|
|
|
26
|
SOUTHLAND
|
160.4
|
|
|
27
|
BIG SKY
|
159.1
|
|
|
28
|
NEC
|
150.1
|
|
|
29
|
AMER EAST
|
147.6
|
|
|
30
|
ASUN
|
140.4
|
|
|
31
|
WAC
|
140.3
|
|
|
32
|
MEAC
|
129.7
|
|
|
33
|
SWAC
|
109.3
|
Next up let’s look at the Top 20 non-Power 6 (ACC, B12, B10,
BE, P12, SEC) conference teams:
|
ADJ RATINGS
|
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|
Team
|
SUM
|
RANK
|
KP
|
BPI
|
RPI
|
SAG
|
|
|
VCU
|
343.5
|
16
|
28
|
21
|
12
|
25
|
|
|
Gonzaga
|
336.2
|
19
|
5
|
4
|
8
|
5
|
|
|
Wichita State
|
330.6
|
24
|
13
|
12
|
16
|
16
|
|
|
Brigham Young
|
305.7
|
36
|
31
|
27
|
|||
|
Yale
|
295.4
|
43
|
|||||
|
Temple
|
291.5
|
45
|
31
|
||||
|
San Diego State
|
289.8
|
47
|
25
|
25
|
32
|
||
|
Illinois State
|
288.0
|
50
|
|||||
|
Boise State
|
279.0
|
56
|
|||||
|
Dayton
|
278.7
|
57
|
35
|
||||
|
Buffalo
|
275.2
|
58
|
|||||
|
Saint Mary's
|
270.6
|
62
|
|||||
|
Portland
|
269.7
|
63
|
|||||
|
Cincinnati
|
268.2
|
65
|
|||||
|
Tulsa
|
267.2
|
66
|
|||||
|
Southern Methodist
|
266.2
|
68
|
22
|
26
|
17
|
31
|
|
|
Green Bay
|
263.3
|
69
|
|||||
|
Rhode Island
|
261.3
|
71
|
|||||
|
Richmond
|
260.7
|
72
|
|||||
|
San Diego
|
260.1
|
73
|
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