The rankings Charts home Rankings Scorecard Matchup Model Season Tournament Dashboard Every Division I team the model rated this season in one order, cut into tiers, and the same field plotted offence against defence. The tier a team lands in is a cut on its rank, not a judgement: the top 16, the next 32, the next 52, and everyone else. The rating is adjusted efficiency margin, which is how many points per 100 possessions better than an average team the model thinks a team is, after adjusting for who it played. It is the same number the order, the tiers and the quadrant are all drawn from. 365 Teams ranked +41.9 Best rating in the field 17 Teams in the top tier 90100110120130Points scored per 100 possessions12011010090Points allowed per 100 possessionsFinal four potentialHit or missThe restTitle favouritesTier−2002040Adjusted Efficiency MarginEvery team in the country, offence against defenceUp and to the right is good. The defensive axis runs downward, because points allowed is a number to minimise. +0.0+10.0+20.0+30.0+40.0Adjusted efficiency marginMichigan WolverinesDuke Blue DevilsArizona WildcatsIllinois Fighting IlliniFlorida GatorsHouston CougarsIowa State CyclonesPurdue BoilermakersGonzaga BulldogsUConn HuskiesMichigan State SpartansAlabama Crimson TideNebraska CornhuskersTennessee VolunteersSt. John's Red StormLouisville CardinalsVanderbilt CommodoresVirginia CavaliersArkansas RazorbacksTexas Tech Red RaidersIowa HawkeyesKansas JayhawksSaint Mary's GaelsBYU CougarsWisconsin BadgersUtah State AggiesOhio State BuckeyesNorth Carolina Tar HeelsKentucky WildcatsSaint Louis BillikensUCLA BruinsGeorgia BulldogsMiami HurricanesNC State WolfpackAuburn TigersIndiana HoosiersTexas LonghornsClemson TigersVillanova WildcatsSanta Clara BroncosFinal four potentialTitle favouritesThe top 40, in orderAdjusted efficiency margin, which is points per 100 possessions better than an average team What each tier looks likeThe cut is on rank, so the bands describe this field rather than a fixed ratingTierTeamsAvg MarginAvg OffenceAvg DefenceTitle favourites17+32.4125.993.5Final fourpotential32+21.4122.1100.7Hit or miss51+11.7115.7104.0The rest265−6.9105.3112.2 The full field Sortable, and wide enough to compare the two halves of a rating. A team can rank tenth overall on the strength of one side of the ball, and the offence and defence ranks beside the margin are where that shows. The full fieldEvery ranked team, in order#TeamConferenceRecordMarginOffenceDefenceTempoOffRankDefRankEloMade theFieldTier1Michigan WolverinesBig Ten36-3+41.9130.788.770.4311,959TrueTitle favourites2Duke Blue DevilsACC34-3+40.5129.288.766.5411,959TrueTitle favourites3Arizona WildcatsBig 1235-3+37.9126.888.971.2831,926TrueTitle favourites4Illinois Fighting IlliniBig Ten26-8+36.6133.496.862.91211,837TrueTitle favourites5Florida GatorsSEC26-8+35.1126.591.471.6961,883TrueTitle favourites6Houston CougarsBig 1229-7+34.5123.689.164.72341,881TrueTitle favourites7Iowa State CyclonesBig 1227-8+33.7125.191.468.11261,819TrueTitle favourites8Purdue BoilermakersBig Ten28-9+32.9132.9100.064.32371,831TrueTitle favourites9Gonzaga BulldogsWCC29-4+31.6122.590.969.83151,855TrueTitle favourites10UConn HuskiesBig East33-6+30.3123.293.063.526101,860TrueTitle favourites11Michigan State SpartansBig Ten26-8+29.6122.793.166.430111,826TrueTitle favourites12Alabama Crimson TideSEC24-10+28.3129.2100.973.84451,815TrueTitle favourites13Nebraska CornhuskersBig Ten28-7+28.1120.192.066.24381,755TrueTitle favourites14Tennessee VolunteersSEC24-12+27.8121.994.066.934121,785TrueTitle favourites15St. John's Red StormBig East29-7+27.7121.694.069.837121,840TrueTitle favourites16Vanderbilt CommodoresSEC26-9+27.5127.199.665.77321,775TrueTitle favourites16Louisville CardinalsACC24-11+27.5124.196.670.820191,760TrueTitle favourites18Virginia CavaliersACC28-6+26.9123.496.566.224181,761TrueFinal four potential19Arkansas RazorbacksSEC28-8+26.7128.7102.072.06591,788TrueFinal four potential20Texas Tech Red RaidersBig 1222-11+26.3124.898.467.616261,747TrueFinal four potential21Iowa HawkeyesBig Ten23-11+25.3124.999.660.815321,710TrueFinal four potentialRows 1–21 of 365 1 2 18 Data as of 01:14 UTC on 16 Sep 2026 made withdbt Charts