We have now made it to exam week for most teams. There are only a few more OOC games left. I think now is a good time to check in with where the teams are ranked. We’ll check back in before conference play starts for most teams in early January and try to keep up a two week cadence to these rankings. Unlike last time we updated these back in November, we now have a real sample.
As always before we continue, here at The Hoops Resource, we define a mid-major and eligibility in these rankings as anyone, not in a top 10 Major Conference. There have been pretty distinct tiers in recent years developed both in money and average finish.
Power 6: Big 12, SEC, ACC, Big East, Big 10, Pac 12
Major: AAC, WCC, Atlantic 10, MWC
Mid Major: led by CUSA, MVC, CAA, WAC, MAAC, Big West, Sun Belt, SoCon, Horizon, MAC
There is a Low Major tier, but for our purposes, they will be included in these rankings.
We also have a mid-major dedicated section now.
I included the current NET rankings, but they are still noisy with only 10 games for most teams. I’ve looked over all of the schedules and these are how I rank them in the current snapshot.
