2013-14 Statistical College Basketball Rankings, Vol. VIII

Below are my Top 50 rankings through games played on 1/7. Dropping out from last week were #30 Illinois, #33 St. John's, #38 UConn, #41 Butler, and #48 LSU. They were replaced by Louisiana Tech, SMU, Wake Forest, Indiana, and Saint Louis.

Rank	Prev. Rank	TEAM	Record	Weighted Metric	2013-14 Metric Rank	AP Rank
1	2	Arizona	(15-0, 2-0)	2	2	1
2	3	Iowa	(12-3, 1-1)	3.4	1	20
3	4	Ohio State	(15-1, 2-1)	5	4	3
4	1	Villanova	(13-1, 2-0)	6.4	6	8
5	6	Wisconsin	(15-0, 4-0)	8.44	9	4
6	7	Syracuse	(15-0, 2-0)	9.64	10	2
7	11	Florida	(11-2, 0-0)	10.7	5	10
8	17	Pittsburgh	(14-1, 2-0)	10.75	7	30
9	21	San Diego St	(12-1, 1-0)	12	12	13
10	10	Colorado	(13-2, 2-0)	13.25	8	15
11	14	Michigan St	(14-1, 3-0)	14.45	14	5
12	13	Iowa State	(14-0, 2-0)	15.56	17	9
13	5	Oklahoma St	(12-2, 0-1)	16.65	3	11
14	8	Louisville	(13-2, 2-0)	17	16	12
15	15	Kentucky	(10-3, 0-0)	17.652	13	14
16	9	Baylor	(12-2, 0-1)	22.225	29	7
17	18	Wichita St	(15-0, 2-0)	23	23	6
18	24	Cincinnati	(14-2, 3-0)	24.362	22	26
19	35	UCLA	(12-2, 1-0)	25.5	25	28
20	28	Arkansas	(10-3, 0-0)	27.75	24	41
21	25	Harvard	(13-1, 0-0)	28	28	31
22	23	Duke	(12-3, 1-1)	28.95	19	16
23	12	Memphis	(10-3, 1-1)	29.662	34	24
24	50	Creighton	(13-2, 3-0)	33	33	27
25	46	Marquette	(9-6, 1-1)	33.85	27	NR
26	42	George Washington	(12-2, 0-0)	33.975	31	37
27	16	Minnesota	(12-3, 1-1)	35	35	NR
28	20	Missouri	(12-1, 0-0)	35.625	30	21
29	34	Gonzaga	(14-2, 4-0)	36.187	26	22
30	22	N Carolina	(10-4, 0-1)	37.647	20	29
31	36	Virginia	(10-4, 1-0)	37.9	21	NR
32	31	Oregon	(13-1, 1-1)	38	38	17
33	43	Michigan	(10-4, 2-0)	39.2	15	35
34	40	California	(10-4, 1-0)	39.225	37	NR
35	37	New Mexico	(10-3, 1-0)	40.213	36	NR
36	26	Kansas	(9-4, 0-0)	41.808	47	18
37	29	Boise State	(11-3, 1-0)	42.5	39	NR
38	NR	LA Tech	(12-3, 0-0)	42.75	18	NR
39	27	Florida St	(9-4, 0-1)	44	44	NR
40	39	Xavier	(12-3, 2-0)	44.153	43	38
41	NR	S Methodist	(11-3, 1-1)	45	45	36
42	NR	Wake Forest	(11-3, 1-0)	46	46	NR
43	19	Texas	(11-3, 0-1)	46.75	42	NR
44	47	Tennessee	(10-4, 1-0)	48.563	11	NR
45	44	Dayton	(12-3, 0-0)	49.953	40	NR
46	49	Stanford	(9-4, 0-1)	51	51	NR
47	32	U Mass	(12-1, 0-0)	52.053	56	19
48	NR	Indiana	(10-5, 0-2)	54	41	NR
49	NR	Saint Louis	(14-2, 1-0)	54	54	33
50	45	Hawai'i	(11-3, 0-0)	55	55	NR

Maryland Update: After a disappointing drop to 107th last week, the Terps have begun their slow climb, checking in at 92nd this week. Overall team play has improved, not surprisingly, since the return of PG Seth Allen. I have their defense ranked 51st, but offense is just 95th. If they can cut down the turnovers and do a better job getting to the line, they may gradually work their way to the Top 50. more importantly, they need some key wins. Based off of my ratings, they have yet to beat a Top 100 team, with their recent win against 108th Georgia Tech their best win of the season.