College basketball NET Rankings: Updates List For March Madness
College Basketball fans can only assume one thing as the calendar changes from February to March each year: March Madness is here. As such, fans may be familiar with the NCAA’s NET Rankings, which are used heavily to compare tournament résumés and build the bracket.
Next week is the start of Championship Week for the majority of conferences, specifically Power 5 Conferences. Teams are attempting to pick up some significant victories in order to qualify for the NCAA Tournament as we enter the last week of the regular season. Basketball fans can only assume one thing as the calendar changes from February to March each year: March Madness is here.
The NET rankings need improvement.
Kentucky, Expected Seed: 8
Overall: 19-9
Q1 & Q2: 10-7
Best Win: Tennessee (NET: 3) x 2
SOS: 22ndTCU, Expected Seed: 6
Overall: 18-10
Q1 & Q2: 9-9
Best Win: Kansas (NET: 6)
SOS: 56thBoth teams also have one Q4 loss.
Two seeds difference?
— Tristan Pharis (@TristanUda) February 24, 2023
By winning their conference championships before next week, a number of teams will have have secured a spot in the NCAA Tournament. Teams on the verge of being selected for March Madness will be hoping they have enough to offer on their résumés.
See the most recent NCAA NET rankings to get a sense of which at-large teams stand the best chance of earning a spot in the NCAA Tournament as Selection Sunday approaches on March 12.
Pitt drops 3 spots in the holy NET Rankings after an 8-point home win, putting them just behind 14-13 Florida and 15-13 Oregon. The NCAA has this metric figured out! pic.twitter.com/7jAlYFzERR
— DixonDisciple (@DixonDisciple) February 22, 2023
What are the NET Rankings?
The RPI (Ratings Percentage Index), which was based on three factors related to win %, was replaced by the NCAA’s NET (NCAA Evaluation Tool) Rankings in 2018.
The NCAA also produced a few charts to help visualise key contributing criteria prior to the release of the first-ever NET Rankings.
The Division 1 teams competing in the 2022–23 NCAA Men’s Basketball season are listed in order from 1–363.
Here’s how the NCAA explained the factors that go into the NET:
The NET includes more components than just winning percentage. It takes into account game results, strength of schedule, game location, scoring margin, net offensive and defensive efficiency, and the quality of wins and losses.
Current NET rankings has Arkansas 19th in the NCAA, 3rd in SEC pic.twitter.com/uvqMndMg9G
— Jacob Davis (@JacobScottDavis) February 19, 2023
NCAA Men’s Basketball NET rankings
If you’re looking for more information — such as records at home/on the road or records against Quadrant 1, 2, 3 and 4 teams — you can find that on the NCAA’s official website.
Updated through games on Sunday, Feb. 26.
| Rank | School | Conference | Record |
| 1. | Houston | AAC | 27-2 |
| 2. | Alabama | SEC | 25-4 |
| 3. | Tennessee | SEC | 21-8 |
| 4. | UCLA | Pac-12 | 25-4 |
| 5. | Purdue | Big Ten | 24-5 |
| 6. | Kansas | Big 12 | 24-5 |
| 7. | Saint Mary’s (CA) | WCC | 24-6 |
| 8. | UConn | Big East | 22-7 |
| 9. | Gonzaga | WCC | 24-5 |
| 10. | Texas | Big 12 | 22-7 |
| 11. | Arizona | Pac-12 | 24-5 |
| 12. | Baylor | Big 12 | 21-8 |
| 13. | Marquette | Big East | 23-6 |
| 14. | Arkansas | SEC | 19-10 |
| 15. | San Diego State | Mountain West | 22-5 |
| 16. | Creighton | Big East | 18-11 |
| 17. | Kansas State | Big 12 | 22-7 |
| 18. | Indiana | Big Ten | 20-9 |
| 19. | Florida Atlantic | C-USA | 24-3 |
| 20. | Kentucky | SEC | 20-9 |
| 21. | Maryland | Big Ten | 20-9 |
| 22. | TCU | Big 12 | 19-10 |
| 23. | Iowa State | Big 12 | 17-11 |
| 24. | Duke | ACC | 21-8 |
| 25. | Xavier | Big East | 21-8 |
| 26. | West Virginia | Big 12 | 16-13 |
| 27. | Texas A&M | SEC | 21-8 |
| 28. | Virginia | ACC | 21-6 |
| 29. | Boise State | Mountain West | 21-7 |
| 30. | Nevada | Mountain West | 21-7 |
| 31. | Utah State | Mountain West | 21-7 |
| 32. | Rutgers | Big Ten | 18-11 |
| 33. | Michigan State | Big Ten | 17-11 |
| 34. | Illinois | Big Ten | 19-10 |
| 35. | Miami (FL) | ACC | 23-6 |
| 36. | Auburn | SEC | 19-10 |
| 37. | Providence | Big East | 21-8 |
| 38. | Memphis | AAC | 22-7 |
| 39. | Mississippi State | SEC | 19-10 |
| 40. | Liberty | ASUN | 21-7 |
| 41. | Northwestern | Big Ten | 20-9 |
| 42. | NC State | ACC | 22-8 |
| 43. | Iowa | Big Ten | 18-11 |
| 44. | Oral Roberts | Summit | 23-4 |
| 45. | USC | Pac-12 | 21-8 |
| 46. | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | 16-13 |
| 47. | North Carolina | ACC | 18-11 |
| 48. | New Mexico | Mountain West | 19-9 |
| 49. | Missouri | SEC | 21-8 |
| 50. | North Texas | C-USA | 21-6 |
What determines NET Quadrant records?
The following records are listed in the order of appearance in the NCAA’s table of NET Rankings: overall record, road record, neutral record, and home record.
The NET Rankings also take into account each team’s performance in each of the four quadrants (Quad 1, Quad 2, Quad 3, and Quad 4). The highest-quality wins among the four Quadrants are those from Quad 1, then from Quad 2, and so on.
The rolling NET Rating of a team’s opponent and the venue of a game are closely tied to the Quadrant that a game’s outcome falls inside, with road victories and neutral wins carrying the greatest weight.
Bobby Hurley is not a fan of how the NET rankings viewed ASU's win against top-10 Arizona on the road. https://t.co/rTjNJdaEyS
— Arizona Sports (@AZSports) February 28, 2023
What is a Quadrant 1 win?
- Home games vs. opponents with NET ranking of 1-30
- Neutral games vs. opponents with NET ranking of 1-50
- Away games vs. opponents with NET ranking of 1-75
What is a Quadrant 2 win?
- Home games vs. opponents with NET ranking of 31-75
- Neutral games vs. opponents with NET ranking of 51-100
- Away games vs. opponents with NET ranking of 76-135
What is a Quadrant 3 win?
- Home games vs. opponents with NET ranking of 76-160
- Neutral games vs. opponents with NET ranking of 101-200
- Away games vs. opponents with NET ranking of 135-240
What is a Quadrant 4 win?
- Home games vs. opponents with NET ranking of 161-363
- Neutral games vs. opponents with NET ranking of 201-363
- Away games vs. opponents with NET ranking of 241-363
How can a team lose or gain a Quadrant 1 win without playing?
Here are a few illustrations to clarify:
TEAM A defeats TEAM B at home, resulting in a Quad 2 victory for TEAM A, which was ranked 40th in the NET at the time of the match. TEAM A would receive a Quad 1 victory if TEAM B climbs into the top 30 of the NET Rankings at any stage throughout the season. TEAM A may boast a Quad 1 victory as long as TEAM B stays in the top 30.
Road victory for TEAM C against TEAM D, who were rated 74th in the NET at the time of the match, results in a Quad 1 victory. The victory of TEAM C would become a Quad 2 victory if TEAM D dropped below 75th place in the NET Rankings at any time throughout the season. Whether or whether TEAM D was among the top 75 NET teams would determine which quadrant TEAM C would defeat TEAM D.
BREAKING: The NCAA has already refreshed the NET rankings through tonight's games.
Saint Mary's will officially be the #1 seed in the WCC Tournament, still ranked 7th in NET.
Gonzaga moves up one spot to 9th in NET and will be 2-Seed in Vegas.
— Rocco Miller (@RoccoMiller8) February 26, 2023
The difference between Quadrant 3 and Quadrant 4 victories is subject to the aforementioned guidelines.
Teams should support the victories of non-conference opponents they played earlier in the season, according to the algorithm. The higher the NET of a team’s non-conference opponent, the greater the calibre of that opponent. A higher quadrant of victory corresponds to ranking.
Due to team placement and the fact that clubs sometimes play many times, conference opponents are a little more difficult to predict.
FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-
