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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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