CSD Prime College Basketball Computer Rankings Week 9 – Virginia, Alabama Climb

We all knew Virginia was a talented team, but the Cavaliers had not shown it yet. The best win in non-conference play was a home overtime victory over Kent State, and their 4-0 start in ACC play came against the worst teams in the conference. On Saturday against Clemson, though, Tony Bennet showed why he is a future Naismith Hall of Fame coach.

Virginia opened the game on a 29-5 run and never trailed, going on to beat the nation’s best defense on the road by a score of 85-50, scoring more points per possession than even Gonzaga did against the Cavs back in December.

It took a weird start, with a loss to San Francisco and a throbbing at the hands of Gonzaga, to get there, but now, you couldn’t find an oddsmaker in Vegas that would tell you that Virginia was not the favorite to win the ACC, just as we all predicted at the season’s outset.

A reminder, as always, these rankings DO NOT reflect a team’s resume. They are solely used to measure a team’s strength in the sense Vegas would to set lines. Thus, team talent remains an important variable throughout the season. Additionally, recent games are weighted more heavily, and if you are lucky or don’t look good in a win, you may fall, while if you look good or are unlucky in a loss, you may rise. Let’s get into it.

Rank	Name	Conf	Record	change	ytd change
1	Gonzaga	WCC	14-0	1	0
2	Baylor	Big 12	12-0	-1	2
3	Iowa	Big Ten	12-2	0	4
4	Villanova	Big East	8-1	0	-2
5	Tennessee	SEC	10-1	3	23
6	Michigan	Big Ten	11-1	0	10
7	Illinois	Big Ten	9-5	-2	1
8	Houston	AAC	11-1	3	10
9	Texas	Big 12	11-2	-2	12
10	Virginia	ACC	9-2	15	-4
11	Wisconsin	Big Ten	11-3	-2	8
12	Colorado	Pac-12	11-3	4	35
13	Creighton	Big East	10-3	-3	-3
14	Texas Tech	Big 12	11-4	0	-2
15	Kansas	Big 12	10-3	-3	-12
16	Alabama	SEC	11-3	8	34
17	Ohio State	Big Ten	11-3	5	3
18	USC	Pac-12	11-2	-5	41
19	West Virginia	Big 12	9-4	-2	-5
20	LSU	SEC	10-2	3	18
21	Oregon	Pac-12	9-2	-2	-6
22	Florida State	ACC	7-2	8	-11
23	Connecticut	Big East	7-1	-2	18
24	Minnesota	Big Ten	11-4	7	19
25	UCLA	Pac-12	11-2	3	6
26	Purdue	Big Ten	10-5	3	-4
27	Oklahoma	Big 12	7-4	12	3
28	Saint Louis	A10	7-1	-1	38
29	Arizona	Pac-12	10-3	15	3
30	Missouri	SEC	8-2	4	49
31	Clemson	ACC	9-2	-16	25
32	Indiana	Big Ten	8-6	-12	-8
33	Oklahoma State	Big 12	9-3	3	21
34	Arkansas	SEC	10-4	-16	21
35	Boise State	Mountain West	12-1	10	50
36	Louisville	ACC	9-2	-10	-13
37	Drake	Missouri Valley	13-0	0	105
38	Virginia Tech	ACC	11-2	0	24
39	North Carolina	ACC	8-5	-7	-10
40	BYU	WCC	11-3	12	-7
41	Xavier	Big East	10-2	1	10
42	Florida	SEC	6-4	1	-25
43	Rutgers	Big Ten	7-5	-3	3
44	Maryland	Big Ten	8-6	3	-18
45	Utah State	Mountain West	11-3	9	12
46	San Diego State	Mountain West	9-4	-13	-21
47	Seton Hall	Big East	9-5	-1	-20
48	Penn State	Big Ten	3-5	-7	-9
49	Loyola-Chicago	Missouri Valley	10-3	13	24
50	Michigan State	Big Ten	8-4	-1	-41
51	Stanford	Pac-12	8-5	-16	-14
52	Marquette	Big East	8-6	3	-10
53	SMU	AAC	7-2	4	16
54	Duke	ACC	5-3	-4	-49
55	Richmond	A10	9-3	4	10
56	Syracuse	ACC	7-4	-8	-20
57	Wichita State	AAC	8-3	8	-13
58	Northwestern	Big Ten	6-6	-7	45
59	VCU	A10	10-3	2	29
60	St Bonaventure	A10	6-1	3	36
61	Providence	Big East	7-6	-3	-26
62	North Carolina State	ACC	6-4	-9	-10
63	Kentucky	SEC	4-8	-7	-50
64	Pittsburgh	ACC	7-2	9	36
65	Ole Miss	SEC	6-6	-5	7
66	Rhode Island	A10	7-7	3	9
67	South Carolina	SEC	3-3	-1	-3
68	Furman	Southern	10-3	-1	12
69	Mississippi State	SEC	9-5	-1	-8
70	Davidson	A10	8-5	6	8
71	Auburn	SEC	8-6	8	-23
72	Georgia Tech	ACC	6-3	-1	-4
73	Tulsa	AAC	8-4	-9	25
74	Toledo	MAC	11-4	-4	55
75	Colorado State	Mountain West	10-2	0	32
76	Colgate	Patriot	5-1	6	54
77	Memphis	AAC	6-5	0	-14
78	Utah	Pac-12	5-6	7	-2
79	Cincinnati	AAC	3-7	1	-39
80	UCF	AAC	3-5	-6	28
81	St Mary’s	WCC	9-5	-9	-36
82	San Francisco	WCC	9-7	-1	8
83	Wright State	Horizon	9-4	5	33
84	Notre Dame	ACC	4-8	9	-26
85	Winthrop	Big South	13-0	2	37
86	Marshall	Conference USA	7-4	-8	34
87	Dayton	A10	8-3	3	-34
88	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	11-4	10	-1
89	UAB	Conference USA	10-2	3	59
90	Miami FL	ACC	6-6	-7	-23
91	St John’s	Big East	7-7	5	-21
92	Georgia	SEC	8-4	-6	0
93	Bradley	Missouri Valley	9-4	4	21
94	South Dakota State	Summit	8-3	1	12
95	Arizona State	Pac-12	4-6	-6	-46
96	TCU	Big 12	9-5	-12	-22
97	Butler	Big East	4-7	2	-63
98	Kent State	MAC	6-3	7	62
99	Missouri State	Missouri Valley	9-1	2	25
100	Massachusetts	A10	5-3	6	55
101	North Texas	Conference USA	7-5	19	-8
102	Georgia State	Sun Belt	8-2	-2	8
103	Nevada	Mountain West	10-5	9	-19
104	DePaul	Big East	2-4	6	-13
105	Bowling Green	MAC	10-3	-14	35
106	Liberty	ASUN	12-5	-12	5
107	Belmont	OVC	14-1	-4	-8
108	Buffalo	MAC	5-4	-6	-3
109	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	11-4	-5	-8
110	Pacific	WCC	5-1	28	18
111	Texas A&M	SEC	7-5	-2	-22
112	Boston College	ACC	3-10	4	15
113	Abilene Christian	Southland	11-2	1	57
114	South Florida	AAC	7-5	-6	-2
115	Wofford	Southern	8-4	0	16
116	Georgetown	Big East	3-8	-5	-22
117	Washington State	Pac-12	9-4	-10	27
118	Vermont	AEC	7-3	10	-41
119	Temple	AAC	3-3	15	17
120	Siena	MAAC	6-0	-1	36
121	Nebraska	Big Ten	4-8	-4	12
122	UNLV	Mountain West	3-6	21	-13
123	Loyola Marymount	WCC	6-4	-10	46
124	UC Santa Barbara	Big West	8-3	7	30
125	UC Irvine	Big West	6-4	-7	-8
126	Iowa State	Big 12	2-7	-5	-45
127	UNC Greensboro	Southern	8-5	8	-41
128	Grand Canyon	WAC	8-3	4	55
129	UC Riverside	Big West	6-3	34	89
130	Wake Forest	ACC	3-5	-1	-17
131	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	9-3	-4	34
132	Northeastern	CAA	7-5	-2	14
133	Eastern Washington	Big Sky	3-5	-8	-1
134	Ohio	MAC	7-6	-12	17
135	Cal State Bakersfield	Big West	9-4	7	73
136	Ball State	MAC	6-5	38	-2
137	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	6-7	18	-16
138	Akron	MAC	5-3	-15	-20
139	Santa Clara	WCC	8-3	-15	-2
140	California	Pac-12	7-8	8	-14
141	Pepperdine	WCC	5-6	10	-18
142	Oregon State	Pac-12	6-5	-16	-47
143	East Carolina	AAC	7-3	1	45
144	Mercer	Southern	8-4	-11	34
145	Bryant	NEC	10-3	-8	150
146	Duquesne	A10	3-5	-10	-44
147	Vanderbilt	SEC	4-6	-8	-6
148	Murray State	OVC	5-6	-1	-44
149	Texas State	Sun Belt	9-4	23	-34
150	Eastern Kentucky	OVC	12-2	7	90
151	New Mexico State	WAC	2-1	-2	-69
152	East Tennessee State	Southern	6-5	-6	-55
153	Monmouth	MAAC	7-4	-1	21
154	Kansas State	Big 12	5-9	5	-71
155	Old Dominion	Conference USA	8-4	-14	-36
156	Navy	Patriot	9-1	5	67
157	Army	Patriot	8-3	19	106
158	Sam Houston State	Southland	11-5	12	72
159	North Dakota State	Summit	7-7	-6	-2
160	Charlotte	Conference USA	6-6	5	26
161	Northern Iowa	Missouri Valley	3-10	-16	-90
162	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	7-3	-4	1
163	Hofstra	CAA	7-6	-23	-38
164	Arkansas Little Rock	Sun Belt	7-6	-14	-26
165	Weber State	Big Sky	6-3	22	91
166	Louisiana	Sun Belt	9-4	15	9
167	Oral Roberts	Summit	8-6	-5	17
168	South Dakota	Summit	6-6	0	28
169	George Mason	A10	6-6	19	-34
170	Drexel	CAA	6-5	-1	40
171	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	7-6	44	18
172	Washington	Pac-12	1-11	-1	-112
173	Chattanooga	Southern	11-4	-9	6
174	St Peter’s	MAAC	6-5	-7	13
175	Montana State	Big Sky	7-3	7	46
176	UMBC	AEC	10-3	-1	27
177	Southern Utah	Big Sky	10-2	-4	13
178	Lafayette	Patriot	5-1	12	50
179	UTEP	Conference USA	6-6	-13	-7
180	Montana	Big Sky	6-7	-26	-35
181	UNC Wilmington	CAA	6-3	5	77
182	UT Arlington	Sun Belt	7-7	3	-29
183	Iona	MAAC	5-3	0	37
184	Tulane	AAC	6-4	-5	30
185	Appalachian State	Sun Belt	10-5	-1	6
186	Stephen F. Austin	Southland	7-2	27	-25
187	Cleveland State	Horizon	9-4	2	81
188	Rice	Conference USA	10-4	13	64
189	Western Carolina	Southern	7-4	2	-4
190	Nicholls State	Southland	6-5	8	47
191	La Salle	A10	5-8	-35	-32
192	Jacksonville State	OVC	8-5	0	59
193	Bellarmine	ASUN	5-5	56	140
194	Fresno State	Mountain West	5-5	-14	-51
195	UT Rio Grande Valley	WAC	8-3	15	62
196	Morehead State	OVC	9-6	48	109
197	Austin Peay	OVC	7-4	-2	-45
198	Gardner Webb	Big South	3-8	6	27
199	Purdue Fort Wayne	Horizon	6-5	22	34
200	South Alabama	Sun Belt	8-7	11	-29
201	UC Davis	Big West	2-2	4	11
202	Illinois Chicago	Horizon	7-4	26	-5
203	College of Charleston	CAA	5-8	-1	-53
204	FIU	Conference USA	8-6	-44	-36
205	Wisconsin Milwaukee	Horizon	5-4	-28	54
206	Saint Joseph’s	A10	1-9	2	-11
207	James Madison	CAA	6-4	22	77
208	Hawaii	Big West	3-3	-11	-14
209	Wyoming	Mountain West	7-5	-31	-16
210	Valparaiso	Missouri Valley	3-8	-7	-63
211	Lipscomb	ASUN	9-7	-4	-31
212	Hartford	AEC	9-6	24	38
213	LIU Brooklyn	NEC	4-2	-1	51
214	North Carolina Central	MEAC	1-3	13	73
215	Detroit	Horizon	3-7	39	57
216	George Washington	A10	3-9	14	-12
217	UTSA	Conference USA	5-8	7	-51
218	Utah Valley	WAC	5-5	17	24
219	Sacremento State	Big Sky	4-2	-20	-10
220	VMI	Southern	7-6	19	76
221	Miami OH	MAC	4-4	-4	-39
222	Albany	AEC	3-5	33	25
223	Northern Colorado	Big Sky	7-6	25	-84
224	Mt St Mary’s	NEC	4-5	29	65
225	Radford	Big South	8-6	0	-27
226	San Diego	WCC	1-5	-7	-50
227	UNC Asheville	Big South	7-6	29	44
228	New Hampshire	AEC	6-5	44	18
229	Missouri Kansas City	Summit	5-8	4	40
230	Massachusetts Lowell	AEC	6-8	17	55
231	Central Michigan	MAC	6-7	0	-30
232	Seattle	WAC	7-6	-6	9
233	Southern Miss	Conference USA	7-6	37	-1
234	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	9-6	3	-76
235	Eastern Michigan	MAC	4-5	-41	-73
236	Air Force	Mountain West	4-7	29	-21
237	Northern Kentucky	Horizon	5-8	-28	-88
238	Texas Southern	SWAC	2-7	-42	16
239	Niagara	MAAC	5-7	-25	38
240	Elon	CAA	3-3	5	8
241	Cal State Northridge	Big West	5-4	-9	40
242	Canisius	MAAC	3-3	-4	-20
243	Eastern Illinois	OVC	5-8	-43	-30
244	Illinois State	Missouri Valley	4-8	-2	-63
245	Samford	Southern	5-7	-29	70
246	Evansville	Missouri Valley	6-8	-28	15
247	Delaware	CAA	4-6	26	-55
248	Norfolk State	MEAC	8-4	-2	-3
249	NJIT	AEC	4-6	-29	4
250	Robert Morris	Horizon	3-5	-27	-26
251	St Francis PA	NEC	2-7	15	-45
252	Stony Brook	AEC	6-6	-46	-47
253	Stetson	ASUN	4-6	25	33
254	Bucknell	Patriot	2-4	37	-52
255	Oakland	Horizon	5-12	21	-44
256	New Mexico	Mountain West	4-7	3	-89
257	Florida Gulf Coast	ASUN	5-4	-64	-8
258	Towson	CAA	1-5	-15	-85
259	William & Mary	CAA	4-6	-2	-59
260	American University	Patriot	0-2	-26	-31
261	Campbell	Big South	8-7	6	-22
262	Prairie View A&M	SWAC	2-4	-2	20
263	Cal Baptist	WAC	5-4	0	-29
264	High Point	Big South	3-6	0	49
265	Morgan State	MEAC	6-4	-13	58
266	Citadel	Southern	8-2	-25	52
267	North Alabama	ASUN	7-3	21	25
268	Loyola Maryland	Patriot	0-2	-28	-6
269	St Francis NY	NEC	4-3	5	34
270	Wagner	NEC	2-5	-2	40
271	Middle Tennessee State	Conference USA	3-7	-49	-52
272	Western Michigan	MAC	2-8	-1	-37
273	Florida A&M	MEAC	2-6	-4	41
274	Marist	MAAC	7-5	-16	16
275	Southern University	SWAC	2-4	29	3
276	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	3-4	17	4
277	Central Arkansas	Southland	3-10	-27	16
278	Idaho State	Big Sky	7-5	12	33
279	North Florida	ASUN	4-10	5	-63
280	Long Beach State	Big West	3-4	1	-36
281	Youngstown State	Horizon	7-7	-30	-64
282	Troy	Sun Belt	6-7	-2	-7
283	Quinnipiac	MAAC	3-5	3	0
284	Nebraska Omaha	Summit	2-12	-7	-85
285	Jacksonville	ASUN	9-5	4	3
286	Wisconsin Green Bay	Horizon	3-11	-25	-59
287	IUPUI	Horizon	3-4	22	4
288	Alabama A&M	SWAC	3-0	6	53
289	North Dakota	Summit	4-11	-4	-34
290	SIU Edwardsville	OVC	3-4	8	44
291	Portland State	Big Sky	2-7	1	-60
292	Boston University	Patriot	1-5	-30	-128
293	Rider	MAAC	3-10	6	-86
294	Portland	WCC	6-7	-7	5
295	UC San Diego	Big West	2-3	-16	7
296	Sacred Heart	NEC	4-4	4	-29
297	Fordham	A10	1-5	-15	-71
298	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	5-6	16	-55
299	Farleigh Dickinson	NEC	2-6	-3	-39
300	Grambling	SWAC	5-6	15	9
301	Holy Cross	Patriot	2-4	6	31
302	Manhattan	MAAC	5-4	15	-37
303	New Orleans	Southland	3-9	10	13
304	Lehigh	Patriot	1-5	-21	-34
305	South East Missouri State	OVC	3-8	-10	22
306	Louisiana Monroe	Sun Belt	4-9	-9	-40
307	Tennessee State	OVC	2-8	-4	-33
308	Longwood	Big South	3-13	0	12
309	Hampton	Big South	7-8	1	-3
310	Merrimack	NEC	1-3	-35	-72
311	Tarleton State	WAC	2-7	-6	34
312	Texas A&M Corpus Christi	Southland	3-7	-11	-11
313	Jackson State	SWAC	1-5	5	-16
314	Northern Arizona	Big Sky	4-9	13	-41
315	Western Illinois	Summit	2-9	-3	20
316	Lamar	Southland	3-10	-5	-80
317	North Carolina A&T	MEAC	6-9	5	-17
318	South Carolina Upstate	Big South	3-11	-12	-6
319	Tennessee Tech	OVC	2-13	-3	-15
320	Northern Illinois	MAC	2-10	10	-143
321	Fairfield	MAAC	3-12	2	-42
322	Maine	AEC	2-7	-3	-1
323	Southeastern Louisiana	Southland	3-10	1	-6
324	Coppin State	MEAC	4-9	8	5
325	Central Conn	NEC	2-8	-4	1
326	Northwestern Louisiana	Southland	2-13	-6	-32
327	Howard	MEAC	1-4	2	10
328	Dixie State	WAC	4-5	-26	18
329	Houston Baptist	Southland	2-10	6	7
330	Presbyterian	Big South	3-5	-5	-2
331	Incarnate Word	Southland	5-6	7	7
332	Tennessee Martin	OVC	3-7	-1	-10
333	San Jose State	Mountain West	2-10	1	-35
334	Kennesaw State	ASUN	3-11	-1	9
335	Cal Poly	Big West	2-8	-9	-16
336	Denver	Summit	1-10	5	-28
337	McNeese State	Southland	6-7	-9	-30
338	Arkansas Pine Bluff	SWAC	3-9	1	-13
339	Binghamton	AEC	1-12	-3	-9
340	Charleston Southern	Big South	1-11	-3	-64
341	Idaho	Big Sky	0-11	-1	-17
342	Alcorn State	SWAC	1-6	0	-11
343	Alabama State	SWAC	1-4	0	-4
344	Delaware State	MEAC	0-9	0	-2
345	South Carolina State	MEAC	0-13	0	-5
346	Chicago State	WAC	0-9	0	-2
347	Mississippi Valley State	SWAC	0-11	0	0