2013-14 Statistical College Basketball Rankings, Vol. VI

Rankings are through games played on Monday, 12/23. This year's metric rank accounts for 82% of this week's weighted rank. Next week, rankings will be sole based on this year's metric - no recruiting weighting, and no weighting from 2012-13 final standings. Of all teams, this will immediately help Iowa the most, as they currently have the #1 adjusted total offense and #1 adjusted total defense. With this week's rankings heading in that direction, it has already helped them, having moved from #10 to #6. For now though, undefeated Arizona remains the #1 team. For what it's worth, Ohio State is the best team I have seen play so far this season, with Oklahoma State being a close second, then Villanova third. I have not seen Arizona yet.

Rank	Prev. Rank	TEAM	Record	Weighted Metric	2013-14 Metric Rank	AP Rank
1	1	Arizona	(13-0, 0-0)	5.835	4	1
2	6	Oklahoma St	(11-1, 0-0)	8.52	2	7
3	3	Ohio State	(12-0, 0-0)	8.55	7	3
4	9	Villanova	(11-0, 0-0)	10.66	3	8
5	2	Memphis	(8-2, 0-0)	11.2	11	14
6	10	Iowa	(11-2. 0-0)	11.207	1	22
7	5	Florida	(9-2, 0-0)	11.747	5	13
8	12	Wichita St	(12-0, 0-0)	15.39	10	10
9	8	Wisconsin	(12-0, 0-0)	15.445	14	4
10	13	Iowa State	(11-0, 0-0)	16.471	15	14
11	11	Colorado	(10-2, 0-0)	17.4	6	21
12	18	San Diego St	(9-1, 0-0)	18.145	12	20
13	7	Syracuse	(11-0, 0-0)	18.185	20	2
14	15	Michigan St	(10-1, 0-0)	20.234	19	5
15	16	Minnesota	(10-2, 0-0)	21.745	17	NR
16	19	Pittsburgh	(11-1, 0-0)	21.831	16	36
17	17	Kentucky	(9-3, 0-0)	22.276	13	18
18	4	Louisville	(11-1, 0-0)	22.62	27	6
19	23	Baylor	(10-1, 0-0)	23.3	30	11
20	24	Duke	(9-2, 0-0)	26.77	36	9
21	14	UCLA	(10-2, 0-0)	27.185	22	33
22	21	Marquette	(7-5, 0-0)	30.472	25	NR
23	22	Kansas	(8-3, 0-0)	31.105	37	16
24	25	Oregon	(11-0, 0-0)	31.206	32	12
25	20	Arkansas	(9-2, 0-0)	31.85	9	NR
26	48	Florida St	(8-3, 0-0)	33.13	21	31
27	31	Michigan	(7-4, 0-0)	34.194	8	32
28	27	BYU	(8-5, 0-0)	34.423	24	NR
29	45	Texas	(10-2, 0-0)	36.327	35	28
30	40	Cincinnati	(10-2, 0-0)	37.34	38	NR
31	37	Boise State	(10-3, 0-0)	37.384	23	NR
32	47	Creighton	(9-2, 0-0)	40.56	34	37
33	43	Harvard	(10-1, 0-0)	40.79	28	34
34	38	New Mexico	(9-3, 0-0)	41.031	31	NR
35	30	Missouri	(10-1, 0-0)	41.41	41	25
36	34	U Mass	(10-1, 0-0)	41.579	40	23
37	35	Butler	(9-2, 0-0)	45.234	43	NR
38	46	Saint Louis	(11-2, 0-0)	45.35	46	NR
39	44	Stanford	(8-3, 0-0)	45.61	44	NR
40	39	Virginia	(9-3, 0-0)	46.383	29	NR
41	36	California	(8-4, 0-0)	47.784	45	NR
42	26	Gonzaga	(10-2, 0-0)	48.126	49	24
43	NR	George Washington	(10-1, 0-0)	48.98	39	29
44	29	Indiana	(10-3, 0-0)	49.274	55	NR
45	33	Connecticut	(10-1, 0-0)	49.606	61	15
46	42	LSU	(8-2, 0-0)	51.851	52	38
47	NR	Xavier	(9-3, 0-0)	54.633	53	NR
48	NR	Illinois	(10-2, 0-0)	56.276	57	27
49	NR	Tennessee	(7-4, 0-0)	58.712	26	NR
50	32	N Carolina	(8-3, 0-0)	58.842	18	19

This Week's Biggest Winners

• Florida St. (+22)
• Texas (+16)
• Creighton (+15)

This Week's Biggest Losers

• St. Mary's (-35)
• North Carolina (-18)
• Dayton (-17)

Most Overrated Teams (compared to AP Poll)

• North Carolina (+31)
• UConn (+30)
• Oklahoma (+26)

Most Underrated Teams (compared to AP Poll)

• Minnesota (-35)
• Pitt (-20)
• Marquette (-18)

UPDATE:  I have been trying to figure out why Marquette is rated so highly in my metric, despite their 7-5 record, and no key wins. As it turns out, the source I used to determine strength of schedule was inaccurate - in the case of Marquette, highly inaccurate. This week, I had them with a SOS of 27, but after comparing that to several other sources, it should be closer to 100. This would significantly alter their metric rank, giving them a lower ranking. I will make the necessary changes for next week's rankings.