Statistical College Basketball Rankings, Vol. III

Below are my latest statistical college basketball rankings. Dropping out of the Top 50 were: Creighton, Illinois, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Xavier. They were replaced by five new teams: Indiana, Virginia, Florida St., Arizona St., and George Washington. For this week's rankings, I began the process of decreasing the weight of last year's final rankings, and will continue to do so until it is completely removed by New Year's Day.

Rank	Prev. Rank	TEAM	Record	Weighted Metric	2013-14 Metric Rank	AP Rank
1	7	Arizona	(7-0, 0-0)	9.2	3	2
2	8	Ohio State	(6-0, 0-0)	12.4	5	5
3	4	Syracuse	(7-0, 0-0)	12.8	17	4
4	3	Pittsburgh	(7-0, 0-0)	15	8	31
5	6	Memphis	(5-1, 0-0)	17.5	9	16
6	9	Oklahoma St	(7-1, 0-0)	18.85	2	9
7	23	Villanova	(7-0, 0-0)	19.9	4	14
8	1	Kansas	(6-1, 0-0)	19.9	18	6
9	11	Iowa State	(6-0, 0-0)	20.15	10	17
10	5	Louisville	(6-1, 0-0)	20.2	39	7
11	12	Wisconsin	(8-0, 0-0)	20.3	25	8
12	2	Florida	(6-2, 0-0)	25.3	11	15
13	10	Michigan St	(7-0, 0-0)	25.6	16	1
14	14	Duke	(6-2, 0-0)	27.6	62	10
15	34	San Diego St	(5-1, 0-0)	29.2	14	24
16	17	Wichita St	(8-0, 0-0)	29.4	7	11
17	NR	Indiana	(6-1, 0-0)	29.75	56	26
18	24	Connecticut	(8-0, 0-0)	30.5	45	12
19	15	Kentucky	(7-1, 0-0)	31	13	3
20	13	UCLA	(7-0, 0-0)	32.6	34	18
21	20	Oregon	(7-0, 0-0)	33	38	13
22	19	Colorado	(7-1, 0-0)	33.4	15	35
23	43	Dayton	(6-1, 0-0)	34.2	21	25
24	27	Iowa	(7-1, 0-0)	34.6	1	23
25	50	Michigan	(5-2, 0-0)	37.05	6	22
26	18	Baylor	(7-1, 0-0)	40.4	28	20
27	32	Arkansas	(4-2, 0-0)	41.2	29	NR
28	41	Marquette	(5-3, 0-0)	41.2	35	NR
29	16	Minnesota	(6-2, 0-0)	41.2	22	NR
30	25	BYU	(6-2, 0-0)	41.2	36	NR
31	22	California	(6-2, 0-0)	42.4	23	NR
32	39	Gonzaga	(7-1, 0-0)	42.6	27	19
33	26	Cincinnati	(6-0, 0-0)	43.05	58	40
34	NR	Virginia	(7-1, 0-0)	46.7	32	27
35	31	Oklahoma	(6-1, 0-0)	47.2	37	NR
36	40	Saint Louis	(6-2, 0-0)	48.2	49	NR
37	49	VCU	(6-2, 0-0)	49.1	50	33
38	33	Butler	(5-2, 0-0)	49.5	48	NR
39	38	U Mass	(6-0, 0-0)	49.6	30	21
40	44	Missouri	(7-0, 0-0)	49.8	75	37
41	28	St Marys	(6-0, 0-0)	49.8	61	42
42	37	New Mexico	(5-1, 0-0)	50.6	33	28
43	29	Texas	(7-1, 0-0)	50.8	20	NR
44	46	Belmont	(7-2, 0-0)	53.6	97	NR
45	35	Stanford	(6-2, 0-0)	54	55	NR
46	45	LSU	(5-2, 0-0)	54.25	42	NR
47	NR	Florida St	(5-2, 0-0)	55.8	19	30
48	48	Mississippi	(6-0, 0-0)	56.8	66	41
49	NR	Arizona St	(7-2, 0-0)	59.25	79	NR
50	NR	George Washington	(6-1, 0-0)	59.8	41	43