Men's College Basketball Power Index

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The Basketball Power Index (BPI) is a measure of team strength that is meant to be the best predictor of performance going forward. BPI represents how many points above or below average a team is. Strength of Record (SOR) is a measure of team accomplishment based on how difficult a team's W-L record is to achieve. Game predictions account for opponent strength, pace of play, site, travel distance, day's rest and altitude, and are used to simulate the season 10,000 times to produce season projections. Numbers update daily.

BPI Leader
Ohio State
31-8
SOS Leader
Michigan State
29-8
SOR Leader
Kentucky
38-2
NCAAM RPI Leader
Ohio State
31-8
RKTEAMCONFW-LBPI RKSOS RKSOR RKRPI RK
1Ohio StateOSUBig Ten31-81st2nd4th--
2KentuckyUKSEC38-22nd19th1st--
3SyracuseSYRBig East34-33rd32nd2nd--
4Michigan StateMSUBig Ten29-84th1st5th--
5North CarolinaUNCACC32-65th25th6th--
6WisconsinWISBig Ten26-106th6th12th--
7KansasKUBig 1232-77th4th3rd--
8MissouriMIZBig 1230-58th53rd8th--
9FloridaFLASEC26-119th27th19th--
10IndianaIUBig Ten27-910th11th11th--
11DukeDUKEACC27-711th16th10th--
12MemphisMEMCUSA26-912th66th33rd--
13Wichita StateWICHMVC27-613th113th23rd--
14MarquetteMARQBig East27-814th31st13th--
15GeorgetownGTWNBig East24-915th24th17th--
16New MexicoUNMMountain West28-716th121st34th--
17BaylorBAYBig 1230-817th8th7th--
18VanderbiltVANSEC25-1118th20th21st--
19LouisvilleLOUBig East30-1019th5th9th--
20Saint LouisSLUA-1026-820th73rd26th--
21Florida StateFSUACC25-1021st22nd18th--
22PurduePURBig Ten22-1322nd7th30th--
23BelmontBELASUN27-823rd160th55th--
24AlabamaALASEC21-1224th46th45th--
25GonzagaGONZWCC26-725th83rd22nd--
26Kansas StateKSUBig 1222-1126th26th29th--
27VirginiaUVAACC22-1027th51st36th--
28Saint Mary'sSMCWCC27-628th131st27th--
29MichiganMICHBig Ten24-1029th3rd14th--
30TexasTEXBig 1220-1430th15th47th--
31CaliforniaCALPac-1224-1031st97th52nd--
32UNLVUNLVMountain West26-932nd63rd28th--
33CreightonCREIMVC29-633rd88th16th--
34CincinnatiCINBig East26-1134th28th20th--
35West VirginiaWVUBig East19-1435th30th58th--
36TempleTEMA-1024-836th60th24th--
37Iowa StateISUBig 1223-1137th39th31st--
38IonaIONAMAAC25-838th190th62nd--
39UConnCONNBig East20-1439th23rd50th--
40BYUBYUWCC26-940th117th44th--
41NC StateNCSUACC24-1341st34th37th--
42Long Beach StateLBSUBig West25-942nd95th40th--
43PittsburghPITTBig East22-1743rd54th86th--
44MiamiMIAACC20-1344th49th61st--
45VCUVCUCAA29-745th127th32nd--
46DrexelDREXCAA29-746th221st51st--
47HarvardHARVIvy26-547th194th35th--
48DavidsonDAVSouthern25-848th183rd64th--
49XavierXAVA-1023-1349th48th46th--
50MinnesotaMINNBig Ten23-1550th21st41st--

Glossary

  • BPI RK: Rank in the Basketball Power Index (BPI) among all Division I teams.
  • SOS RK: Strength of Schedule (SOS) rank among all Division I teams based on how a typical 25th ranked team would do against each team's schedule to date. SOS accounts for the game location, day's rest, travel distance, and high altitude in addition to opponent strength.
  • SOR RK: Rank of Strength of Record (SOR) among all Division I teams. SOR reflects the chance a typical 25th ranked team would have team's record or better, given the schedule on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 is best.
  • RPI RK: Team's rank in official NCAA Ratings Percentage Index (RPI).

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