Here is the final in-season 2014-2015 College Basketball
SBPI ratings covering action through Sunday March 8 (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 or vs.
last year on a weekly basis – check toolbar to right, click 2014 &
reference February & March; 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):
|
NON-ADJ
|
ADJ RATINGS
|
||||||||
|
Team
|
RANK
|
SUM
|
RANK
|
KP
|
BPI
|
RPI
|
SAG
|
||
|
Kentucky
|
1
|
420.8
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
||
|
Villanova
|
4
|
408.6
|
2
|
5
|
6
|
4
|
6
|
||
|
Duke
|
7
|
407.5
|
3
|
6
|
7
|
3
|
4
|
||
|
Arizona
|
2
|
397.1
|
4
|
2
|
4
|
7
|
5
|
||
|
Baylor
|
21
|
389.1
|
5
|
12
|
18
|
10
|
14
|
||
|
West Virginia
|
14
|
388.6
|
6
|
24
|
20
|
20
|
18
|
||
|
Wisconsin
|
12
|
386.6
|
7
|
4
|
2
|
5
|
3
|
||
|
Butler
|
10
|
381.9
|
8
|
23
|
23
|
25
|
19
|
||
|
Louisville
|
11
|
378.8
|
9
|
17
|
13
|
16
|
15
|
||
|
Kansas
|
82
|
368.5
|
10
|
9
|
8
|
2
|
8
|
||
|
VCU
|
20
|
359.7
|
11
|
29
|
19
|
||||
|
Utah
|
16
|
356.8
|
12
|
8
|
11
|
17
|
9
|
||
|
Oklahoma
|
64
|
352.7
|
13
|
10
|
15
|
13
|
12
|
||
|
Iowa State
|
58
|
347.3
|
14
|
14
|
17
|
11
|
11
|
||
|
Virginia
|
35
|
347.0
|
15
|
3
|
3
|
6
|
2
|
||
|
Providence
|
60
|
345.4
|
16
|
23
|
29
|
||||
I have included the Top 16 teams in the SBPI this week as we
are closing down the season & these ratings are very strong projecting
postseason tournament winners – see articles on this top from last month &
October 2014.
Next up let’s take a look where each of the current Top 16 in
SBPI ranked in the past eight week’s we have published:
|
Team
|
18-Jan
|
25-Jan
|
1-Feb
|
8-Feb
|
15-Feb
|
22-Feb
|
1-Mar
|
8-Mar
|
|
Kentucky
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
Villanova
|
3
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
|
Duke
|
5
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
|
Arizona
|
11
|
7
|
6
|
4
|
7
|
5
|
4
|
4
|
|
Baylor
|
9
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
4
|
6
|
5
|
5
|
|
West Virginia
|
15
|
15
|
18
|
13
|
10
|
10
|
6
|
6
|
|
Wisconsin
|
16
|
9
|
9
|
9
|
9
|
8
|
9
|
7
|
|
Butler
|
4
|
3
|
4
|
7
|
6
|
3
|
7
|
8
|
|
Louisville
|
12
|
12
|
8
|
6
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
9
|
|
Kansas
|
2
|
2
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
7
|
8
|
10
|
|
VCU
|
6
|
8
|
10
|
11
|
15
|
16
|
11
|
11
|
|
Utah
|
14
|
11
|
12
|
12
|
13
|
11
|
12
|
12
|
|
Oklahoma
|
26
|
22
|
17
|
22
|
25
|
21
|
17
|
13
|
|
Iowa State
|
31
|
34
|
33
|
29
|
27
|
22
|
16
|
14
|
|
Virginia
|
10
|
14
|
13
|
10
|
14
|
15
|
24
|
15
|
|
Providence
|
20
|
20
|
21
|
18
|
18
|
14
|
19
|
16
|
Strength of conference & breakdown of Top 16 by
conference:
|
RANK
|
CONFERENCE
|
AVG RATING
|
TOP 16
|
|
1
|
B12
|
334.0
|
5
|
|
2
|
BE
|
312.2
|
3
|
|
3
|
ACC
|
297.3
|
3
|
|
4
|
B10
|
293.7
|
1
|
|
5
|
SEC
|
290.3
|
1
|
|
6
|
P12
|
279.7
|
2
|
|
7
|
WCC
|
250.5
|
|
|
8
|
A10
|
245.6
|
1
|
|
9
|
MVC
|
230.0
|
|
|
10
|
AAC
|
220.4
|
|
|
11
|
MAC
|
220.3
|
|
|
12
|
HORIZON
|
214.6
|
|
|
13
|
MWC
|
212.0
|
|
|
14
|
BIG WEST
|
205.0
|
|
|
15
|
IVY
|
201.1
|
|
|
16
|
CUSA
|
187.6
|
|
|
17
|
CAA
|
177.1
|
|
|
18
|
OVC
|
173.0
|
|
|
19
|
SUN BELT
|
172.1
|
|
|
20
|
SUMMIT
|
170.9
|
|
|
21
|
INDEPENDENT
|
170.7
|
|
|
22
|
MAAC
|
166.0
|
|
|
23
|
SOCON
|
164.1
|
|
|
24
|
PATRIOT
|
162.2
|
|
|
25
|
BIG SOUTH
|
161.9
|
|
|
26
|
BIG SKY
|
153.4
|
|
|
27
|
SOUTHLAND
|
151.5
|
|
|
28
|
NEC
|
147.6
|
|
|
29
|
AMER EAST
|
146.9
|
|
|
30
|
ASUN
|
139.0
|
|
|
31
|
WAC
|
137.6
|
|
|
32
|
MEAC
|
123.9
|
|
|
33
|
SWAC
|
101.7
|
Next up let’s look at the Top 10 non-Power 6 (ACC, B12, B10,
BE, P12, SEC) conference teams:
|
NON-ADJ
|
ADJ RATINGS
|
||||||||
|
Team
|
RANK
|
SUM
|
RANK
|
KP
|
BPI
|
RPI
|
SAG
|
||
|
VCU
|
20
|
359.7
|
11
|
29
|
19
|
||||
|
Wichita State
|
5
|
329.8
|
26
|
13
|
9
|
18
|
17
|
||
|
Gonzaga
|
18
|
319.6
|
32
|
7
|
5
|
8
|
7
|
||
|
Brigham Young
|
25
|
315.9
|
34
|
29
|
28
|
34
|
|||
|
San Diego State
|
33
|
294.9
|
41
|
28
|
28
|
35
|
|||
|
Dayton
|
28
|
290.3
|
46
|
33
|
33
|
||||
|
Illinois State
|
49
|
288.3
|
50
|
||||||
|
Temple
|
46
|
285.3
|
52
|
34
|
|||||
|
Yale
|
25
|
283.5
|
53
|
||||||
|
Buffalo
|
52
|
283.1
|
54
|
32
|
|||||
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