2013-14 Statistical College Basketball Rankings, Vol. IX

I finally found a chance to update my basketball ratings, after about a week and a half since the last update. Rankings below are through games played on Sunday, 1/19. With the #5 offense and the #3 defense in the country, the Arizona Wildcats remain #1 overall.

Rank	Prev. Rank	TEAM	Record	Weighted Metric	2013-14 Metric Rank	AP Rank
1	1	Arizona	(18-0, 5-0)	1	1	1
2	4	Villanova	(16-1, 5-0)	3.3	2	4
3	3	Ohio State	(15-3, 2-3)	7.75	5	17
4	7	Florida	(15-2, 4-0)	8	3	6
5	2	Iowa	(15-3, 4-1)	8.087	6	10
6	11	Michigan St	(17-1, 6-0)	9.595	8	3
7	17	Wichita St	(19-0, 6-0)	12	12	5
8	8	Pittsburgh	(16-2, 4-1)	13.3	7	20
9	6	Syracuse	(18-0, 5-0)	13.66	15	2
10	14	Louisville	(16-3, 5-1)	17.85	10	12
11	13	Oklahoma St	(15-3, 3-2)	17.95	4	11
12	5	Wisconsin	(16-2, 3-2)	18.269	16	9
13	9	San Diego St	(16-1, 5-0)	20	20	7
14	15	Kentucky	(13-4, 3-1)	20.145	11	14
15	23	Memphis	(13-4, 3-2)	23.825	25	23
16	18	Cincinnati	(17-2, 6-0)	24.356	29	15
17	12	Iowa State	(14-3, 2-3)	26.144	18	16
18	19	UCLA	(14-4, 3-2)	26.5	14	31
19	27	Minnesota	(14-5, 3-3)	26.875	27	NR
20	10	Colorado	(15-4, 4-2)	27.15	13	30
21	31	Virginia	(13-5, 4-1)	30.7	9	38
22	16	Baylor	(13-4, 1-3)	30.949	33	24
23	39	Florida St	(12-5, 3-2)	32	32	NR
24	26	George Washington	(15-3, 3-1)	32.85	21	33
25	22	Duke	(14-4, 3-2)	33.127	22	18
26	24	Creighton	(15-3, 5-1)	33.3	31	26
27	36	Kansas	(13-4, 4-0)	33.813	43	8
28	33	Michigan	(13-4, 5-0)	34.026	24	21
29	NR	Oklahoma	(14-4, 3-2)	36.92	36	25
30	47	U Mass	(16-1, 3-0)	37	37	13
31	43	Texas	(14-4, 3-2)	37.714	39	35
32	NR	Connecticut	(14-4, 2-3)	38.821	40	27
33	29	Gonzaga	(16-3, 6-1)	40.65	23	28
34	34	California	(14-4, 5-0)	41.05	28	29
35	46	Stanford	(12-5, 3-2)	41.4	34	NR
36	20	Arkansas	(12-5, 1-3)	42.334	35	NR
37	40	Xavier	(14-4, 4-1)	42.726	30	36
38	21	Harvard	(14-2, 1-0)	44	44	32
39	30	N Carolina	(11-6, 1-3)	46.975	26	NR
40	49	Saint Louis	(17-2, 4-0)	48	48	19
41	41	S Methodist	(14-4, 3-2)	50	50	37
42	35	New Mexico	(13-4, 4-1)	50.361	38	38
43	37	Boise State	(13-5, 3-2)	50.5	46	NR
44	25	Marquette	(10-8, 2-3)	51.187	56	NR
45	32	Oregon	(13-4, 1-4)	51.3	45	NR
46	NR	BYU	(13-7, 5-2)	52.016	19	NR
47	NR	WI-Green Bay	(15-3, 5-0)	53.38	51	NR
48	NR	Providence	(13-5, 3-2)	55.08	54	NR
49	44	Tennessee	(11-6, 2-2)	55.449	17	NR
50	45	Dayton	(13-5, 1-2)	58.2	41	NR

A couple of oddities I noticed with this update. I had Iowa one spot ahead of Ohio St., now they are two spots below them....after beating them in Columbus. I'm not sure why Ohio St. stayed at #3. Somehow Syracuse dropped three spots to #9, despite remaining undefeated....again, I don't know why. Dropping out of the Top 50 this week were #28 Missouri (52nd), #38 Louisiana Tech (63rd), #42 Wake Forest (56th), #48 Indiana (55th), and #50 Hawai'i (98th...ouch!); they were replaced by Oklahoma, Connecticut, BYU, WI-Green Bay, and Providence.

5 Teams I Expect to Continue Rising:
#21 Virginia.....#27 Kansas.....#28 Michigan.....#30 UMass.....#40 Saint Louis

5 Teams I Expect to Continue Falling:
#17 Iowa State.....#22 Baylor.....#39 North Carolina.....#44 Marquette.....#45 Oregon

Maryland Terrapins Update
Maryland had their best victory of the season last week, a home victory against Notre Dame (currently 65th). Their early season neutral court win over Providence is looking better and better too. The ND win helped the Terps rise to #72 in my rankings. Their defense is surprisingly good considering they refuse to play perimeter defense; I have them 39th in the country. However their offense is a disappointing 87th. I am not expecting Maryland to continue rising towards the Top 50 though. This team has been inconsistent all season, and they can not win on the road. Maryland's only true road win was an 88-80 win at Boston College. I was hoping they would beat NC State in Raleigh, but a poor second half prevented that from happening. Next up is a home game against Pitt.