The NCAA Men's Basketball Top 50, Final

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The NCAA Tournament was cancelled this year because of the Coronavirus. The approaching weekend would have featured the Final Four.

As a result, good teams are left with how they fared in conference standings, and their ranking in the Top 25 according to the AP and Coaches polls. I have chosen to do my own ranking,without consulting those polls, although I have extended it to 50. I used the methodology I would use if I had a vote in the polls.

Following each team in my ranking is where they landed in the major polls. When the team is beyond their Top 25, I include their "ranking" in the order of "others receiving votes."


  1. Kansas 28-3; AP 1, Coaches 1
  2. Dayton 29-2 AP 3, Coaches 3
  3. San Diego St. AP 6, Coaches 6
  4. Gonzaga 31-2 AP 2, Coaches 2
  5. Baylor 26-4, AP 5, Coaches 4
  6. Florida St.26-5 AP 4, Coaches 5
  7. ETSU 30-4 AP 27, Coaches 26
  8. Liberty 30-4 AP 44, Coaches 32
  9. Duke 25-6 AP 11,Coaches 8
  10. Saint Mary's 26-8 AP 31, Coaches 38
  11. Kentucky 25-6 AP 8, Coaches 7
  12. Creighton 24-7 AP 7, Coaches 9
  13.  SF Austin 28-3 AP 26, Coaches 30
  14. Louisville 24-7 AP 14, Coaches 13
  15. BYU 24-8 AP 18, Coaches 16
  16. Auburn 25-6 AP 20, Coaches 20
  17. Houston 23-8 AP 22, Coaches 23
  18. Northern Iowa 25-6 AP no votes, Coaches 36
  19. Villanova 24-7 AP 10, Coaches 10
  20. Oregon 24-7 AP 13, Coaches 14
  21. Maryland 24-7 AP 12, Coaches 11
  22. Wichita St 23-8 AP no votes, Coaches no votes
  23. Seton Hall 21-9 AP 15,Coaches 15
  24. Arizona 21-11 AP 33, Coaches 29
  25. Vermont 26-7 AP 40, Coaches no votes
  26. Richmond 24-7 AP 35, Coaches no votes
  27. Belmont 26-7 AP 43, Coaches no votes
  28. Hofstra 26-8 AP no votes, Coaches no votes
  29. Michigan St. 22-9 AP 9, Coaches 12
  30. Akron 24-7 58.96 AP no votes, Coaches no votes
  31. Yale 23-7 56.95 AP no votes, Coaches no votes
  32. Utah St.26-8 AP 30, Coaches 34
  33. Rhode Island 21-9; AP & Coaches no votes
  34. Colgate 25-9, no votes
  35. Ohio St. 21-10 AP 19, Coaches 18
  36. W. Virginia 21-10 AP 24, Coaches 24
  37. Colorado 21-11 AP no votes, Coaches 39
  38. USC 22-9, AP 37, Coaches 35
  39. Wright State 25-7, no votes
  40. Saint Louis 23-8, no votes
  41. Furman 25-7, no votes
  42. Providence 19-12 AP 28, Coaches 37
  43. LSU 21-10 AP no votes, Coaches 33
  44. Butler 22-9 AP 23, Coaches 21
  45. N. Mex St. 25-6 AP 36, Coaches no votes
  46. Florida 19-12, no votes
  47. Virginia 23-7 AP 16, Coaches 17
  48. Boise St. 20-12, no votes  
  49. UNCG 23-9, no votes
  50. North Dakota State 25-8, no votes

The biggest discrepancies are that I've favored some mid-majors that the mainstream voters haven't paid attention to, and some "Power" teams, notably Virginia and Michigan State, that I seem to highly undervalue.

The way I viewed it, some teams were dominant enough to overcome a relatively weak schedule to rate them highly, and others were not very dominant even if their schedule was difficult. It's unfortunate the tournament couldn't have been played so that we could find out.

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