StatLogic Sports College Basketball Power 75 & NCAA Tournament Projections

Below please find the third edition of our StatLogic Sports College Basketball Power 75 and NCAA Tournament Projections. These power rankings were updated as of Monday, Feb. 17, at 4:30 p.m. EST. They will be updated again on Monday, Feb. 24.

The Power 75 is based on a combination of information that we have been compiling and tracking via our proprietary algorithm over the course of the season, actual game results vs. pre-flop probabilities and point spreads, what the bookmakers are saying via their opening game odds, sports book futures and how the professional gamblers are moving the lines on a daily basis.

We use these various components and the numbers they combine to produce to narrow down our daily betting options before running them through our model to filter out all the win probabilities that are below sixty percent. We throw those away right away, no questions asked.

Once we have the potential picks narrowed down, we incorporate new information such as injuries, travel, rest, location and other outside factors that might influence an outcome to determine our recommended picks. Those factors usually eliminate quite a few games before the final numbers are run for the contests that remain.

As we have stated many times in this space, we are extremely particular about the games we recommend, but these numbers serve as a starting point for our process. We hope to update them and post them here weekly.

Factored into the NCAA projections in addition to our raw numbers are teams' NET rankings, the NCAA Selection Committee seedings and strength of schedule.

StatLogic Sports Power 75 NCAA College Basketball Rankings v3.0

Rank	Team	Rate
1	Auburn	99.79
2	Duke	99.30
3	Houston	98.81
4	Alabama	98.49
5	Tennessee	97.69
6	Florida	97.69
7	Purdue	96.70
8	Texas Tech	96.18
9	Iowa State	95.43
10	Arizona	95.40
11	Illinois	95.16
12	Texas A&M	95.03
13	Michigan State	94.94
14	Michigan	94.77
15	St. John's	94.48
16	Kansas	94.46
17	Maryland	93.88
18	Mississippi	93.76
19	Marquette	93.76
20	Gonzaga	93.71
21	Missouri	93.62
22	Wisconsin	93.48
23	Kentucky	93.44
24	St. Mary's	92.92
25	UCLA	92.34
26	Mississippi State	92.25
27	UConn	91.66
28	Baylor	91.55
29	Clemson	91.38
30	Oregon	91.16
31	Ohio State	91.13
32	Creighton	90.47
33	Louisville	90.34
34	BYU	89.72
35	Texas	89.67
36	Georgia	88.83
37	SMU	88.77
38	Arkansas	88.72
39	VCU	88.50
40	Nebraska	88.23
41	Memphis	88.03
42	Vanderbilt	88.02
43	New Mexico	87.61
44	North Carolina	87.60
45	West Virginia	87.18
46	Villanova	86.99
47	Xavier	86.99
48	Cincinnati	86.81
49	Oklahoma	86.72
50	Pittsburgh	86.59
51	Indiana	86.59
52	San Diego State	86.53
53	Utah State	86.29
54	Wake Forest	86.20
55	USC	86.17
56	Kansas State	85.92
57	Boise State	85.52
58	Penn State	85.28
59	Northwestern	85.04
60	UC San Diego	84.96
61	Rutgers	84.79
62	Iowa	84.65
63	UCF	84.62
64	Santa Clara	84.59
65	Irvine	84.49
66	Oregon State	84.19
67	North Texas	83.92
68	Arizona State	83.90
69	LSU	83.55
70	Dayton	83.52
71	McNeese State	83.41
72	San Francisco	83.26
73	Drake	83.22
74	South Carolina	83.05
75	Minnesota	82.87

StatLogic Sports NCAA Basketball Tournament Projections

Last Four In - Arkansas, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt, San Diego State

Last Four Byes - BYU, Georgia, Nebraska, Utah State

First Four Out - North Carolina (1st), SMU, Cincinnati, Xavier

Next Four Out - Indiana, Pittsburgh, Villanova, Wake Forest

Automatic Bids Included - VCU (12), New Mexico, Memphis (9), St. Mary's (6)

StatLogic #1 Seeds (Not Committee)

Auburn, Duke, Houston, Alabama

StatLogic #2 Seeds

Florida, Tennessee, Texas Tech, Texas A&M

StatLogic #3 Seeds

Purdue, Iowa State, Arizona, Wisconsin

StatLogic #4 Seeds

Kansas, St. John's, Illinois, Kentucky