Eric Hoops College Basketball Rankings

Methodology

These rankings combine resume-based metrics (what teams have accomplished) with predictive metrics (how strong they appear) to strike a balance between results and true team quality.

Updated February 08, 2026
rank team resume rank predictive rank composite rank
1 Arizona 1.3 1.7 1.5
2 Michigan 2.0 2.0 2.0
3 Duke 3.0 3.3 3.1
4 Houston 5.7 4.0 5.0
5 Connecticut 3.7 8.3 5.5
6 Iowa St. 7.3 6.0 6.8
7 Illinois 8.0 5.3 6.9
8 Nebraska 6.7 12.7 9.1
9 Purdue 9.3 9.7 9.5
10 Kansas 9.3 12.0 10.4
11 Michigan St. 10.7 11.3 10.9
12 Florida 16.3 5.7 12.1
13 Gonzaga 14.3 12.7 13.7
14 Vanderbilt 13.7 14.0 13.8
15 Alabama 13.0 19.7 15.7
16 Virginia 16.3 17.7 16.9
17 Texas Tech 17.7 19.3 18.3
18 St. John's 20.0 17.7 19.1
19 North Carolina 14.7 28.7 20.3
20 Tennessee 24.0 15.7 20.7
21 Arkansas 20.7 24.3 22.1
22 Clemson 21.7 25.7 23.3
23 Louisville 28.3 16.3 23.5
24 Saint Louis 23.0 24.7 23.7
25 BYU 26.7 23.7 25.5
26 Iowa 30.3 20.3 26.3
27 Kentucky 24.7 30.3 26.9
28 Utah St. 26.0 29.3 27.3
29 N.C. State 29.0 24.7 27.3
30 Villanova 28.3 31.3 29.5
31 Auburn 31.7 27.3 29.9
32 UCF 24.0 48.7 33.9
33 Saint Mary's 36.0 33.7 35.1
34 SMU 35.0 36.7 35.7
35 Texas A&M 39.3 30.3 35.7
36 Indiana 42.0 29.7 37.1
37 Georgia 37.0 39.0 37.8
38 Wisconsin 40.0 38.0 39.2
39 USC 34.3 47.7 39.7
40 Santa Clara 41.3 41.3 41.3
41 UCLA 47.3 36.7 43.1
42 Miami FL 47.0 43.0 45.4
43 Ohio St. 50.7 38.3 45.7
44 Texas 51.7 37.0 45.8
45 San Diego St. 48.3 44.0 46.6
46 Missouri 48.0 49.0 48.4
47 VCU 48.3 50.0 49.0
48 Oklahoma St. 41.0 66.7 51.3
49 New Mexico 53.0 50.3 51.9
50 Tulsa 50.7 59.0 54.0
51 Baylor 61.7 44.3 54.7
52 Virginia Tech 49.0 64.3 55.1
53 Miami OH 37.0 84.0 55.8
54 Seton Hall 57.0 54.7 56.1
55 West Virginia 60.0 53.0 57.2
56 California 48.0 71.3 57.3
57 Belmont 49.3 72.3 58.5
58 Washington 68.3 45.0 59.0
59 Nevada 59.0 60.7 59.7
60 Boise St. 60.0 60.0 60.0
61 TCU 62.7 57.3 60.5
62 George Mason 47.3 87.3 63.3
63 LSU 71.3 53.0 64.0
64 Stanford 58.0 77.7 65.9
65 Grand Canyon 69.7 65.3 67.9
66 Liberty 55.3 88.0 68.4
67 McNeese St. 68.0 70.0 68.8
68 Creighton 68.3 70.3 69.1
69 Akron 68.7 70.3 69.3
70 Oklahoma 84.0 56.0 72.8
71 Yale 64.0 87.3 73.3
72 South Florida 75.7 70.0 73.4
73 Arizona St. 70.0 78.7 73.5
74 Cincinnati 86.7 55.7 74.3
75 Butler 78.3 70.7 75.3
76 Mississippi 82.0 65.7 75.5
77 Syracuse 84.0 65.0 76.4
78 Minnesota 85.3 63.7 76.7
79 Colorado 72.7 83.3 76.9
80 Stephen F. Austin 71.3 87.3 77.7
81 Georgetown 78.7 79.3 78.9
82 Wake Forest 85.0 70.7 79.3
83 Providence 96.0 60.3 81.7
84 Murray St. 79.0 98.7 86.9
85 Mississippi St. 90.7 81.3 86.9
86 Utah Valley 84.3 91.7 87.3
87 Xavier 81.7 99.0 88.6
88 Florida St. 88.0 90.3 88.9
89 High Point 91.3 86.7 89.5
90 Dayton 87.7 95.7 90.9
91 Notre Dame 96.0 84.0 91.2
92 Kansas St. 98.3 86.0 93.4
93 Northwestern 109.3 69.7 93.5
94 Hawaii 92.3 96.0 93.8
95 Illinois St. 101.0 84.7 94.5
96 UNC Wilmington 78.7 124.7 97.1
97 Davidson 96.7 102.3 98.9
98 Cal Baptist 78.7 131.7 99.9
99 Memphis 109.7 93.3 103.1
100 Wichita St. 110.7 94.7 104.3
101 Colorado St. 108.3 99.0 104.6
102 DePaul 106.3 107.0 106.6
103 Northern Iowa 110.7 101.3 106.9
104 Troy 98.0 122.7 107.9
105 Rhode Island 104.0 116.3 108.9
106 Florida Atlantic 113.3 106.7 110.7
107 Oregon 128.0 88.3 112.1
108 Kent St. 92.0 142.7 112.3
109 South Carolina 126.3 97.0 114.6
110 Sam Houston St. 116.7 114.3 115.7
111 Wyoming 122.0 107.0 116.0
112 Saint Joseph's 106.3 134.3 117.5
113 St. Thomas 113.7 127.3 119.1
114 Duquesne 121.3 116.0 119.2
115 Winthrop 106.3 140.3 119.9
116 UC Irvine 124.7 114.3 120.5
117 Hofstra 128.3 109.3 120.7
118 San Francisco 132.7 107.3 122.5
119 George Washington 151.7 80.3 123.1
120 North Dakota St. 116.3 134.7 123.7
121 Pacific 135.0 109.3 124.7
122 Penn St. 124.7 125.7 125.1
123 UAB 127.0 122.7 125.3
124 Austin Peay 110.3 148.7 125.7
125 Maryland 126.3 129.3 127.5
126 Temple 123.0 134.3 127.5
127 Pittsburgh 147.0 105.0 130.2
128 Portland St. 118.3 149.7 130.9
129 Seattle 133.0 128.0 131.0
130 Bradley 126.7 138.0 131.2
131 Utah 144.0 112.0 131.2
132 Marquette 156.3 96.0 132.2
133 William & Mary 127.7 139.3 132.3
134 UC Santa Barbara 138.3 124.0 132.6
135 East Tennessee St. 132.7 133.0 132.8
136 UNLV 139.7 123.3 133.1
137 Charleston 114.3 172.0 137.4
138 Oakland 135.7 141.0 137.8
139 UC San Diego 144.0 130.3 138.5
140 St. Bonaventure 132.0 148.3 138.5
141 Rutgers 134.7 147.0 139.6
142 Arkansas St. 145.7 140.3 143.5
143 Wright St. 155.3 128.0 144.4
144 Georgia Tech 154.7 133.7 146.3
145 Marshall 135.0 167.3 147.9
146 UT Arlington 138.0 169.7 150.7
147 Navy 139.3 173.3 152.9
148 Illinois Chicago 171.7 132.7 156.1
149 Merrimack 141.0 179.0 156.2
150 Charlotte 152.0 164.3 156.9
151 Richmond 163.0 147.7 156.9
152 Fresno St. 173.3 138.0 159.2
153 South Alabama 132.3 200.7 159.7
154 UC Davis 147.7 178.0 159.8
155 Furman 154.0 172.3 161.3
156 North Texas 173.0 145.7 162.1
157 Tulane 148.7 184.3 162.9
158 Loyola Marymount 177.3 143.7 163.9
159 Boston College 185.0 137.7 166.1
160 Harvard 167.7 164.0 166.2
161 Mercer 166.0 166.7 166.3
162 Marist 166.7 166.0 166.4
163 Tennessee Martin 134.0 216.7 167.1
164 Appalachian St. 167.3 168.3 167.7
165 Columbia 150.7 195.7 168.7
166 Kennesaw St. 175.7 158.3 168.7
167 Quinnipiac 150.7 196.0 168.8
168 Southern Illinois 194.7 132.0 169.6
169 Cornell 180.7 155.0 170.4
170 Bowling Green 186.0 148.7 171.1
171 Central Arkansas 171.7 174.3 172.7
172 Western Kentucky 175.3 173.0 174.4
173 Penn 172.3 178.0 174.6
174 UT Rio Grande Valley 198.7 141.0 175.6
175 Lipscomb 169.7 186.3 176.3
176 LIU 152.3 213.3 176.7
177 Cal St. Northridge 172.7 183.0 176.8
178 Washington St. 204.7 135.3 176.9
179 Valparaiso 188.3 161.0 177.4
180 Siena 172.7 185.0 177.6
181 Wofford 153.0 214.7 177.7
182 Toledo 189.0 163.3 178.7
183 Towson 177.3 183.3 179.7
184 Montana St. 203.7 152.3 183.1
185 Oregon St. 178.0 194.3 184.5
186 Missouri St. 184.7 184.7 184.7
187 Utah Tech 170.3 206.3 184.7
188 Northern Colorado 200.0 162.0 184.8
189 Middle Tennessee 197.7 167.0 185.4
190 Massachusetts 195.3 172.7 186.3
191 Jacksonville St. 197.7 174.3 188.3
192 Bethune Cookman 165.7 223.7 188.9
193 Montana 204.0 167.3 189.3
194 Saint Peter's 162.7 234.0 191.2
195 Queens 186.7 204.3 193.7
196 Colgate 188.0 202.3 193.7
197 Texas A&M Corpus Chris 201.7 185.7 195.3
198 Campbell 196.0 194.3 195.3
199 Portland 188.0 208.7 196.3
200 Drake 206.0 184.7 197.5
201 Robert Morris 195.7 202.0 198.2
202 Buffalo 190.3 213.0 199.4
203 Stony Brook 186.7 218.7 199.5
204 Ohio 196.3 211.0 202.2
205 Idaho 224.0 178.0 205.6
206 FIU 213.7 195.0 206.2
207 Northern Kentucky 214.0 195.0 206.4
208 Tennessee St. 173.3 257.0 206.8
209 Fordham 226.0 178.3 206.9
210 New Mexico St. 234.0 173.7 209.9
211 Elon 213.7 204.7 210.1
212 Coastal Carolina 192.7 236.7 210.3
213 Cal St. Fullerton 216.7 204.0 211.6
214 Green Bay 205.3 228.7 214.7
215 Purdue Fort Wayne 200.0 237.7 215.1
216 Louisiana Tech 206.3 230.7 216.1
217 Lindenwood 202.3 242.7 218.5
218 Southeast Missouri St. 206.0 243.0 220.8
219 UMBC 198.0 256.3 221.3
220 James Madison 225.3 216.3 221.7
221 Monmouth 228.3 214.0 222.6
222 Drexel 232.7 208.0 222.8
223 Dartmouth 217.3 233.0 223.6
224 Iona 216.3 238.3 225.1
225 New Orleans 227.3 223.7 225.9
226 Vermont 225.7 226.3 225.9
227 Rice 234.7 214.0 226.4
228 Fairfield 209.0 256.0 227.8
229 Samford 232.0 225.7 229.5
230 Texas St. 228.3 238.7 232.5
231 Lamar 257.7 196.0 233.0
232 SIU Edwardsville 223.0 248.0 233.0
233 Indiana St. 255.0 202.0 233.8
234 Howard 224.7 248.0 234.0
235 Tarleton St. 248.0 215.3 234.9
236 Southern Miss 232.0 242.7 236.3
237 American 242.3 232.0 238.2
238 San Diego 259.3 217.7 242.7
239 San Jose St. 246.3 242.3 244.7
240 Princeton 260.3 228.7 247.7
241 La Salle 265.0 228.7 250.5
242 Arkansas Pine Bluff 222.3 296.0 251.8
243 UNC Asheville 268.7 228.3 252.5
244 Abilene Christian 248.0 261.7 253.5
245 Sacramento St. 249.0 260.3 253.5
246 Morehead St. 227.0 296.3 254.7
247 Denver 262.0 245.0 255.2
248 Weber St. 282.3 215.0 255.4
249 Radford 271.3 232.7 255.9
250 Youngstown St. 297.0 194.3 255.9
251 Georgia Southern 253.7 259.7 256.1
252 South Dakota 239.3 282.7 256.7
253 Eastern Michigan 278.3 224.3 256.7
254 South Dakota St. 290.3 206.7 256.9
255 Florida Gulf Coast 279.0 226.7 258.1
256 Central Connecticut 242.3 285.0 259.4
257 North Dakota 248.3 278.7 260.5
258 Nicholls St. 278.3 235.3 261.1
259 Long Beach St. 276.0 246.7 264.3
260 Old Dominion 277.0 249.7 266.1
261 Eastern Washington 295.3 226.3 267.7
262 Detroit Mercy 274.7 257.3 267.7
263 Cal Poly 271.7 264.0 268.6
264 Idaho St. 278.3 255.3 269.1
265 East Carolina 265.3 277.0 270.0
266 Bellarmine 260.3 284.7 270.1
267 Hampton 277.3 260.3 270.5
268 Milwaukee 281.3 255.0 270.8
269 NJIT 242.3 316.0 271.8
270 Southern 287.0 257.3 275.1
271 Charleston Southern 288.0 257.0 275.6
272 Southern Utah 272.7 282.7 276.7
273 Longwood 290.7 259.3 278.1
274 Grambling St. 289.7 263.7 279.3
275 UC Riverside 277.7 282.0 279.4
276 Eastern Kentucky 293.0 259.7 279.7
277 Incarnate Word 303.3 245.7 280.3
278 Nebraska Omaha 296.7 256.0 280.4
279 Mount St. Mary's 270.0 297.3 280.9
280 Brown 288.0 270.7 281.1
281 Northeastern 295.7 263.7 282.9
282 Presbyterian 287.3 278.0 283.6
283 Western Carolina 296.7 273.3 287.3
284 UTEP 301.7 267.3 287.9
285 Delaware 292.0 282.3 288.1
286 Chattanooga 291.0 284.7 288.5
287 Jacksonville 286.7 292.7 289.1
288 Cleveland St. 289.7 289.7 289.7
289 Alabama A&M 270.0 319.3 289.7
290 Georgia St. 299.7 277.7 290.9
291 New Hampshire 275.7 320.0 293.4
292 Louisiana 289.3 299.7 293.5
293 Boston University 302.3 281.7 294.1
294 Northern Illinois 291.3 301.3 295.3
295 Le Moyne 297.3 293.7 295.9
296 Mercyhurst 300.3 289.3 295.9
297 Florida A&M 276.0 325.7 295.9
298 North Carolina A&T 302.7 288.0 296.8
299 Eastern Illinois 285.3 320.0 299.2
300 Evansville 302.0 296.7 299.9
301 Central Michigan 306.7 293.3 301.3
302 USC Upstate 309.0 291.3 301.9
303 East Texas A&M 313.0 286.7 302.5
304 Western Michigan 307.3 296.0 302.8
305 Loyola Chicago 317.7 288.0 305.8
306 Ball St. 309.0 301.0 305.8
307 Southeastern Louisiana 325.3 278.0 306.4
308 Pepperdine 323.3 283.0 307.2
309 UNC Greensboro 309.3 304.0 307.2
310 Sacred Heart 318.7 293.0 308.4
311 Norfolk St. 310.7 305.3 308.5
312 North Carolina Central 286.7 342.3 308.9
313 IU Indy 312.3 304.3 309.1
314 Texas Southern 310.3 309.0 309.8
315 Lehigh 312.7 307.0 310.4
316 Little Rock 307.3 315.0 310.4
317 West Georgia 302.3 323.3 310.7
318 Alabama St. 305.7 319.3 311.1
319 Jackson St. 292.0 341.3 311.7
320 UMass Lowell 306.3 322.3 312.7
321 Fairleigh Dickinson 307.0 322.3 313.1
322 Stetson 299.3 334.3 313.3
323 Prairie View A&M 311.0 321.0 315.0
324 Holy Cross 306.0 330.7 315.9
325 Lafayette 321.0 309.0 316.2
326 Manhattan 309.3 327.7 316.7
327 Northern Arizona 326.3 304.7 317.7
328 Houston Christian 321.0 315.3 318.7
329 Albany 321.0 315.3 318.7
330 Army 307.7 336.7 319.3
331 New Haven 308.3 337.0 319.8
332 Oral Roberts 312.0 332.7 320.3
333 Stonehill 314.0 332.0 321.2
334 Cal St. Bakersfield 324.0 318.0 321.6
335 Northwestern St. 339.7 295.3 321.9
336 Bucknell 318.7 327.7 322.3
337 Air Force 306.0 347.0 322.4
338 Tennessee Tech 325.0 328.0 326.2
339 Canisius 316.3 348.0 329.0
340 Loyola MD 333.7 323.3 329.5
341 Niagara 321.3 343.0 330.0
342 Morgan St. 314.0 354.3 330.1
343 Southern Indiana 321.7 343.0 330.2
344 Maryland Eastern Shore 323.0 345.0 331.8
345 North Alabama 327.0 339.0 331.8
346 North Florida 332.7 332.7 332.7
347 UMKC 321.7 351.3 333.5
348 Maine 329.7 339.7 333.7
349 Wagner 334.3 335.0 334.6
350 Alcorn St. 324.7 351.0 335.2
351 UTSA 337.0 339.7 338.1
352 Delaware St. 327.3 360.0 340.4
353 Chicago St. 335.3 352.7 342.3
354 The Citadel 339.3 346.7 342.3
355 Saint Francis 340.3 349.7 344.1
356 Bryant 343.7 349.7 346.1
357 Binghamton 339.3 360.7 347.9
358 South Carolina St. 341.3 359.0 348.4
359 Gardner Webb 340.3 362.7 349.3
360 Coppin St. 339.7 364.0 349.4
361 Louisiana Monroe 347.7 352.7 349.7
362 Rider 348.0 357.0 351.6
363 VMI 354.0 357.0 355.2
364 Mississippi Valley St. 349.3 365.0 355.6
365 Western Illinois 360.7 362.0 361.2