Here is the FINAL Top 50 from my 2015-2016 College
Basketball SBPI ratings (RS = returning starters; OFF RANK = SOS adjusted rank
of performance offensively; DEF RANK = SOS adjusted rank of performance
defensively; SUM is rating for team & can be compared to prior season’s in
my Top 100 of last 13 year’s blog entry; RANK = ranking of each team’s SOS
Adjusted performance; KP = Ken Pomeroy; BPI = ESPN’s index; RPI = Ratings
Percentage Index; SAG = Jeff Sagarin’s ratings):
|
ADJ RATINGS
|
|
|||||||||
|
Team
|
RS
|
OFF RANK
|
DEF RANK
|
SUM
|
RANK
|
KP
|
BPI
|
RPI
|
SAG
|
|
|
West Virginia
|
3
|
6
|
2
|
437.8
|
1
|
9
|
7
|
12
|
9
|
|
|
Villanova
|
3
|
17
|
3
|
394.8
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
1
|
|
|
Baylor
|
3
|
4
|
13
|
384.6
|
3
|
28
|
32
|
25
|
24
|
|
|
Xavier
|
3
|
3
|
24
|
379.7
|
4
|
11
|
14
|
8
|
13
|
|
|
Kansas
|
4
|
7
|
14
|
379.0
|
5
|
4
|
5
|
1
|
2
|
|
|
Virginia
|
3
|
70
|
1
|
376.1
|
6
|
3
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
|
|
Louisville
|
1
|
30
|
5
|
376.0
|
7
|
10
|
8
|
17
|
7
|
|
|
North Carolina
|
4
|
2
|
33
|
373.4
|
8
|
2
|
1
|
5
|
3
|
|
|
Texas A&M
|
3
|
12
|
8
|
371.5
|
9
|
19
|
17
|
18
|
18
|
|
|
Miami (FL)
|
4
|
14
|
7
|
371.5
|
10
|
13
|
15
|
8
|
14
|
|
|
Oregon
|
3
|
8
|
19
|
368.1
|
11
|
12
|
16
|
2
|
12
|
|
|
Duke
|
1
|
1
|
89
|
363.2
|
12
|
20
|
11
|
19
|
15
|
|
|
Pittsburgh
|
4
|
13
|
17
|
361.0
|
13
|
43
|
43
|
51
|
37
|
|
|
Purdue
|
4
|
19
|
11
|
354.9
|
14
|
14
|
12
|
15
|
11
|
|
|
Wisconsin
|
2
|
61
|
4
|
351.7
|
15
|
33
|
36
|
41
|
34
|
|
|
Providence
|
2
|
32
|
10
|
346.7
|
16
|
44
|
47
|
38
|
43
|
|
|
Florida
|
3
|
11
|
41
|
344.9
|
17
|
41
|
34
|
52
|
36
|
|
|
Michigan State
|
2
|
23
|
18
|
343.2
|
18
|
5
|
4
|
11
|
5
|
|
|
Georgia Tech
|
3
|
22
|
25
|
342.0
|
19
|
49
|
48
|
67
|
48
|
|
|
Butler
|
3
|
10
|
49
|
341.1
|
20
|
32
|
35
|
54
|
26
|
|
|
Kentucky
|
0
|
5
|
86
|
340.6
|
21
|
6
|
10
|
10
|
8
|
|
|
Wichita State
|
3
|
72
|
6
|
339.8
|
22
|
8
|
25
|
49
|
20
|
|
|
Oklahoma
|
4
|
15
|
44
|
336.1
|
23
|
7
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
|
|
Seton Hall
|
2
|
33
|
26
|
333.6
|
24
|
22
|
28
|
22
|
29
|
|
|
Arizona
|
1
|
24
|
30
|
332.2
|
25
|
21
|
13
|
26
|
16
|
|
|
Kansas State
|
1
|
48
|
15
|
327.2
|
26
|
54
|
53
|
84
|
53
|
|
|
VCU
|
3
|
54
|
9
|
326.6
|
27
|
30
|
29
|
37
|
39
|
|
|
Cincinnati
|
5
|
43
|
20
|
326.3
|
28
|
34
|
27
|
45
|
35
|
|
|
Texas
|
4
|
29
|
36
|
325.0
|
29
|
36
|
37
|
27
|
33
|
|
|
California
|
3
|
37
|
31
|
324.3
|
30
|
29
|
21
|
16
|
30
|
|
|
Syracuse
|
4
|
38
|
32
|
323.8
|
31
|
24
|
39
|
68
|
31
|
|
|
Iowa
|
4
|
21
|
59
|
319.1
|
32
|
23
|
22
|
28
|
23
|
|
|
Utah
|
4
|
41
|
43
|
317.5
|
33
|
39
|
30
|
9
|
28
|
|
|
Indiana
|
4
|
36
|
48
|
317.5
|
34
|
15
|
19
|
24
|
10
|
|
|
Notre Dame
|
3
|
20
|
71
|
315.5
|
35
|
35
|
33
|
32
|
32
|
|
|
North Carolina State
|
3
|
9
|
124
|
315.0
|
36
|
74
|
77
|
114
|
73
|
|
|
Florida State
|
5
|
18
|
77
|
314.2
|
37
|
50
|
51
|
78
|
49
|
|
|
Vanderbilt
|
4
|
39
|
54
|
311.2
|
38
|
31
|
24
|
60
|
27
|
|
|
Colorado
|
3
|
28
|
63
|
310.9
|
39
|
63
|
45
|
34
|
54
|
|
|
Maryland
|
2
|
55
|
29
|
308.8
|
40
|
25
|
20
|
14
|
21
|
|
|
Southern Methodist
|
3
|
52
|
39
|
303.3
|
41
|
17
|
9
|
13
|
19
|
|
|
Gonzaga
|
2
|
59
|
37
|
301.0
|
42
|
18
|
23
|
46
|
17
|
|
|
Creighton
|
1
|
40
|
83
|
298.4
|
43
|
37
|
49
|
103
|
44
|
|
|
Arizona State
|
4
|
26
|
95
|
298.3
|
44
|
104
|
83
|
98
|
84
|
|
|
George Washington
|
3
|
45
|
61
|
296.8
|
45
|
47
|
60
|
65
|
47
|
|
|
South Carolina
|
4
|
44
|
64
|
295.9
|
46
|
61
|
38
|
57
|
58
|
|
|
Michigan
|
4
|
83
|
22
|
293.7
|
47
|
58
|
57
|
58
|
40
|
|
|
Iowa State
|
4
|
46
|
70
|
290.8
|
48
|
16
|
18
|
23
|
22
|
|
|
Georgetown
|
2
|
66
|
51
|
290.2
|
49
|
60
|
63
|
105
|
63
|
|
|
Clemson
|
3
|
92
|
23
|
289.6
|
50
|
48
|
50
|
125
|
57
|
|
West Virginia held the #1 spot all season, to the surprise
of myself and I am sure everyone reading this.
Their final SBPI rating of 437.8 as the 9th best team of the
last 16 seasons (as far back as the SBPI goes), which is obviously incredible
and stands out as a lone wolf of sorts.
What else is interesting is the Mountaineers were the only team in the
2015-2016 season to register a rating of 400.0 or above – how odd is that? Here is a chart showing number of teams that finished at that minimum rating in each season:
|
2003
|
3
|
|
2004
|
2
|
|
2005
|
3
|
|
2006
|
1
|
|
2007
|
2
|
|
2008
|
4
|
|
2009
|
4
|
|
2010
|
4
|
|
2011
|
3
|
|
2012
|
1
|
|
2013
|
2
|
|
2014
|
3
|
|
2015
|
5
|
|
2016
|
1
|
So it is not unprecedented but it’s just the third time in
sixteen seasons we saw only one team reach 400.0. Last year we had a record FIVE teams hit the
400.0 rating including the National Champion Duke Blue Devils, who finished
last year at a rating of 425.8, which was tops in the country.
This year’s National Champion Villanova finished the year
ranked 2nd in SBPI with a rating of 394.8, which would slot them as
the 42nd best team over the last 16 seasons according to SBPI. In addition this was the 4th best
Villanova team over the same time period, trailing:
- 2006 team (448.4 rating,
#1 that season, #6 overall)
- 2005 team (410.8 rating,
#2 that season, #25 overall)
- 2015 team (408.4 rating,
#5 that season, #29 overall)
Conference
strength & # of teams inside Top 50:
|
RANK
|
CONFERENCE
|
AVG RATING
|
TOP 50
|
|
1
|
B12
|
324.7
|
7
|
|
2
|
ACC
|
322.9
|
12
|
|
3
|
BIG EAST
|
301.3
|
6
|
|
4
|
P12
|
294.3
|
7
|
|
5
|
B10
|
279.3
|
7
|
|
6
|
SEC
|
273.5
|
5
|
|
7
|
AAC
|
244.4
|
2
|
|
8
|
A10
|
232.9
|
2
|
|
9
|
COLONIAL
|
232.6
|
|
|
10
|
HORIZON
|
224.0
|
|
|
11
|
MWC
|
221.9
|
1
|
|
12
|
MVC
|
216.2
|
1
|
|
13
|
WCC
|
206.6
|
|
|
14
|
BIG WEST
|
206.1
|
|
|
15
|
SUMMIT
|
203.5
|
|
|
16
|
MAC
|
199.6
|
|
|
17
|
SB
|
197.2
|
|
|
18
|
IVY
|
195.1
|
|
|
19
|
SOUTHERN
|
182.1
|
|
|
20
|
CUSA
|
167.5
|
|
|
21
|
OVC
|
167.1
|
|
|
22
|
BIG SOUTH
|
160.3
|
|
|
23
|
MAAC
|
157.1
|
|
|
24
|
WAC
|
150.5
|
|
|
25
|
BIG SKY
|
145.5
|
|
|
26
|
AMER EAST
|
144.0
|
|
|
27
|
SOUTHLAND
|
143.9
|
|
|
28
|
PATRIOT
|
139.5
|
|
|
29
|
ATL SUN
|
135.4
|
|
|
30
|
SWAC
|
119.0
|
|
|
31
|
NORTHEAST
|
111.2
|
|
|
32
|
MEAC
|
109.7
|
Next up let’s look
at all non-Power 6 conference teams (ACC, BE, B10, B12, P12, SEC) that finished
the season ranked inside the SBPI Top 100 (37 in total):
Here is a matrix
of where each team ranked inside the Final Top 20 of the SBPI checked in during
the season:
|
Team
|
25-Jan
|
1-Feb
|
9-Feb
|
15-Feb
|
26-Feb
|
2-Mar
|
14-Mar
|
After Rd1
|
After Rd2
|
After S16
|
After E8
|
FINAL
|
|
West Virginia
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
Villanova
|
4
|
8
|
4
|
3
|
5
|
5
|
7
|
9
|
10
|
10
|
3
|
2
|
|
Baylor
|
9
|
7
|
3
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
|
Xavier
|
3
|
5
|
10
|
8
|
6
|
7
|
10
|
10
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
4
|
|
Kansas
|
2
|
3
|
5
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
6
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
5
|
|
Virginia
|
18
|
12
|
12
|
13
|
13
|
13
|
5
|
7
|
8
|
8
|
7
|
6
|
|
Louisville
|
31
|
18
|
14
|
12
|
7
|
6
|
6
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
5
|
7
|
|
North Carolina
|
14
|
15
|
13
|
17
|
18
|
18
|
12
|
14
|
12
|
12
|
11
|
8
|
|
Texas A&M
|
6
|
2
|
2
|
9
|
10
|
8
|
8
|
3
|
5
|
5
|
8
|
9
|
|
Miami (FL)
|
12
|
10
|
9
|
7
|
9
|
10
|
9
|
8
|
7
|
7
|
9
|
10
|
|
Oregon
|
8
|
4
|
7
|
6
|
8
|
9
|
4
|
5
|
9
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
|
Duke
|
15
|
11
|
8
|
5
|
4
|
4
|
11
|
11
|
11
|
11
|
12
|
12
|
|
Pittsburgh
|
35
|
29
|
28
|
18
|
15
|
14
|
14
|
15
|
13
|
13
|
13
|
13
|
|
Purdue
|
11
|
13
|
15
|
15
|
14
|
12
|
13
|
12
|
14
|
14
|
14
|
14
|
|
Wisconsin
|
16
|
16
|
21
|
16
|
11
|
11
|
16
|
16
|
16
|
16
|
15
|
15
|
|
Providence
|
28
|
21
|
22
|
25
|
22
|
28
|
25
|
24
|
22
|
22
|
19
|
16
|
|
Florida
|
7
|
6
|
6
|
10
|
16
|
16
|
17
|
13
|
15
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
|
Michigan State
|
10
|
14
|
16
|
14
|
17
|
17
|
15
|
17
|
18
|
18
|
17
|
18
|
|
Georgia Tech
|
29
|
19
|
24
|
30
|
26
|
26
|
24
|
20
|
19
|
19
|
21
|
19
|
|
Butler
|
33
|
42
|
41
|
29
|
28
|
27
|
29
|
25
|
24
|
24
|
23
|
20
|
Here is a table
that shows how on a weekly basis the SBPI tied to each team’s final ranking:
|
25-Jan
|
1-Feb
|
9-Feb
|
15-Feb
|
26-Feb
|
2-Mar
|
14-Mar
|
After Rd1
|
After Rd2
|
After S16
|
After E8
|
FINAL
|
|
|
All
Teams
|
94.4%
|
96.5%
|
97.9%
|
98.5%
|
99.2%
|
99.3%
|
99.7%
|
99.9%
|
99.9%
|
99.9%
|
100.0%
|
100.0%
|
|
Final
T20
|
55.3%
|
61.6%
|
70.9%
|
76.3%
|
81.7%
|
79.6%
|
86.1%
|
81.0%
|
88.1%
|
88.1%
|
97.1%
|
100.0%
|
For those
interested here are the BOTTOM 25 teams:
|
ADJ RATINGS
|
|||||||
|
Team
|
RS
|
Conf
|
OFF RANK
|
DEF RANK
|
SUM
|
RANK
|
|
|
Maine
|
4
|
AMER EAST
|
311
|
316
|
112.6
|
327
|
|
|
Binghamton
|
5
|
AMER EAST
|
345
|
198
|
110.9
|
328
|
|
|
UMass Lowell
|
2
|
AMER EAST
|
306
|
336
|
109.3
|
329
|
|
|
Hartford
|
1
|
AMER EAST
|
286
|
344
|
109.2
|
330
|
|
|
Seattle
|
2
|
WAC
|
341
|
230
|
109.2
|
331
|
|
|
Alabama A&M
|
5
|
SWAC
|
316
|
314
|
109.2
|
332
|
|
|
Sacred Heart
|
3
|
NORTHEAST
|
284
|
347
|
108.7
|
333
|
|
|
North Carolina Central
|
1
|
MEAC
|
323
|
301
|
108.0
|
334
|
|
|
Lafayette
|
2
|
PATRIOT
|
296
|
346
|
105.1
|
335
|
|
|
Nicholls State
|
5
|
SOUTHLAND
|
330
|
304
|
103.3
|
336
|
|
|
Texas-RGV
|
2
|
WAC
|
320
|
330
|
102.2
|
337
|
|
|
Long Island
|
2
|
NORTHEAST
|
308
|
343
|
101.7
|
338
|
|
|
Robert Morris
|
4
|
NORTHEAST
|
344
|
255
|
101.2
|
339
|
|
|
Savannah State
|
2
|
MEAC
|
348
|
209
|
100.9
|
340
|
|
|
Alcorn State
|
4
|
SWAC
|
327
|
327
|
98.1
|
341
|
|
|
Southeastern Louisiana
|
2
|
SOUTHLAND
|
325
|
335
|
98.0
|
342
|
|
|
Howard
|
4
|
MEAC
|
324
|
342
|
93.8
|
343
|
|
|
Arkansas-Pine Bluff
|
3
|
SWAC
|
351
|
207
|
93.5
|
344
|
|
|
Mississippi Valley State
|
1
|
SWAC
|
335
|
329
|
92.7
|
345
|
|
|
Grambling State
|
4
|
SWAC
|
346
|
248
|
92.2
|
346
|
|
|
North Carolina A&T
|
5
|
MEAC
|
329
|
345
|
87.9
|
347
|
|
|
Bryant
|
3
|
NORTHEAST
|
337
|
339
|
86.6
|
348
|
|
|
Central Connecticut State
|
3
|
NORTHEAST
|
342
|
332
|
80.1
|
349
|
|
|
Delaware State
|
1
|
MEAC
|
340
|
337
|
79.7
|
350
|
|
|
Florida A&M
|
2
|
MEAC
|
350
|
310
|
71.8
|
351
|
|
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