2013-14 Statistical College Basketball Rankings, Vol. V

I continue to decrease the weighting of last year's ratings, down to only about 25%, while this year's metric is now worth around 65% (recruiting around 10%). This has benefited teams like: Iowa, Minnesota, San Diego State, Arkansas, BYU, and Harvard. Conversely, it negatively impacts teams like: Kansas, Duke, Oregon, Indiana, Missouri, and UConn. Speaking of UConn, I wouldn't buy into their #10 AP ranking too much. With the #64 offense and #53 defense, I feel like their 9-0 record has a high degree of luck factored in. It looks like the most improved team from last week was Boise State, who jumped from unranked to 37th, thanks to having the #10 offense in the country. Dropping out of the Top 50 this week were: #37 VCU (52nd), #40 Belmont (68th), #47 George Washington (51st), and #49 Charlotte (107th). They were replaced by Boise State, Harvard, Stanford, and Creighton. Here are my rankings through games played on Tuesday, 12/17:

Rank	Prev. Rank	TEAM	Record	Weighted Metric	2013-14 Metric Rank	AP Rank
1	2	Arizona	(11-0, 0-0)	9.59	7	1
2	3	Memphis	(7-2, 0-0)	10.452	5	15
3	7	Ohio State	(10-0, 0-0)	10.74	8	3
4	1	Louisville	(10-1, 0-0)	11.623	15	6
5	4	Florida	(8-2, 0-0)	12.122	6	16
6	5	Oklahoma St	(10-1, 0-0)	12.148	2	7
7	8	Syracuse	(10-0, 0-0)	13.81	16	2
8	9	Wisconsin	(12-0, 0-0)	14.718	12	4
9	10	Villanova	(10-0, 0-0)	18.58	3	8
10	17	Iowa	(10-2, 0-0)	19.945	1	25
11	14	Colorado	(10-1, 0-0)	20.813	4	20
12	13	Wichita St	(11-0, 0-0)	21.42	11	11
13	15	Iowa State	(8-0, 0-0)	21.963	18	17
14	12	UCLA	(9-1, 0-0)	24.742	17	26
15	16	Michigan St	(9-1, 0-0)	24.83	23	5
16	23	Minnesota	(9-2, 0-0)	27.77	19	NR
17	22	Kentucky	(8-3, 0-0)	28.1	13	19
18	25	San Diego St	(7-1, 0-0)	28.897	21	24
19	6	Pittsburgh	(10-1, 0-0)	30.003	22	27
20	30	Arkansas	(7-2, 0-0)	31.22	9	NR
21	26	Marquette	(7-4, 0-0)	31.278	30	NR
22	11	Kansas	(7-3, 0-0)	32.1	47	18
23	18	Baylor	(8-1, 0-0)	32.357	40	12
24	19	Duke	(8-2, 0-0)	33.771	54	9
25	20	Oregon	(10-0, 0-0)	34.29	37	13
26	31	Gonzaga	(10-1, 0-0)	34.995	35	21
27	34	BYU	(8-4, 0-0)	36.471	20	NR
28	42	St Marys	(8-0, 0-0)	38.55	38	28
29	24	Indiana	(8-3, 0-0)	38.878	49	NR
30	21	Missouri	(10-0, 0-0)	39.718	46	23
31	33	Michigan	(6-4, 0-0)	39.824	14	33
32	28	N Carolina	(7-2, 0-0)	42.449	10	14
33	29	Connecticut	(9-0, 0-0)	42.752	57	10
34	32	U Mass	(9-0, 0-0)	43.935	34	22
35	38	Butler	(8-2, 0-0)	44.098	43	NR
36	43	California	(8-3, 0-0)	45.385	31	NR
37	NR	Boise State	(8-2, 0-0)	46.64	33	NR
38	27	New Mexico	(7-3, 0-0)	47.746	29	NR
39	39	Virginia	(7-3, 0-0)	48.748	25	NR
40	36	Cincinnati	(8-2, 0-0)	49.112	69	NR
41	35	Dayton	(8-2, 0-0)	50.366	28	NR
42	41	LSU	(6-2, 0-0)	50.592	45	NR
43	NR	Harvard	(9-1, 0-0)	51.02	24	30
44	NR	Stanford	(7-2, 0-0)	51.06	50	NR
45	50	Texas	(9-1, 0-0)	51.79	39	NR
46	45	Saint Louis	(9-2, 0-0)	52.38	58	NR
47	NR	Creighton	(8-2, 0-0)	52.91	51	NR
48	48	Florida St	(7-3, 0-0)	54.86	36	NR
49	44	Mississippi	(7-2, 0-0)	57.143	56	NR
50	46	Oklahoma	(10-1, 0-0)	57.323	60	30

I expect the Christmas week ratings to include a weight of 75-80% for this year's metric rank. Barring any upsets, this should continue to help previously mentioned teams, as well as Dayton, Virginia, and Michigan.