Basketball KenPom Preseason College Basketball Rankings For 2024-25 By: Admin Date: October 14, 2024 UConn has been the gold standard in men’s college basketball recently, winning back-to-back national championships under coach Dan Hurley. But as the Huskies go for the three-peat, some believe they still have ground to make up. KenPom.com, the popular college basketball advanced analysis site, came out with its preseason rankings on Monday. It has four teams ahead of UConn, including Houston, Duke, Auburn and Alabama. The Big 12 leads all conferences with four teams in the top 10, led by No. 1 Houston. The Big 12, ACC, SEC, Big East – and even the West Coast Conference – all have teams ranked ahead of the first Big Ten team, which is No. 10 Purdue. All the way down at No. 23 is the next Big Ten team, Illinois, giving the conference just two top-25 teams compared to the Big 12’s eight. While the Big Ten lacks top-end teams, according to KenPom, it doesn’t lack depth or parity. All 18 Big Ten teams are ranked between No. 10 and No. 75, with Washington at the bottom entering its first season under coach Danny Sprinkle. The college basketball regular season is set to begin on Nov. 4, so here are the KenPom preseason rankings, from No. 1 to No. 364. The 18 Big Ten teams are in bold. 1. Houston 2. Duke 3. Auburn 4. Alabama 5. UConn 6. Kansas 7. Iowa State 8. Arizona 9. Gonzaga 10. Purdue 11. Baylor 12. Creighton 13. Tennessee 14. North Carolina 15. Texas Tech 16. Texas A&M 17. Cincinnati 18. Texas 19. St. John’s 20. Villanova 21. BYU 22. Marquette 23. Illinois 24. Clemson 25. Arkansas 26. UCLA 27. Dayton 28. Florida 29. Oregon 30. Xavier 31. Ohio State 32. Mississippi State 33. Iowa 34. Saint Mary’s 35. Michigan State 36. Michigan 37. Maryland 38. Pittsburgh 39. Indiana 40. Oklahoma 41. VCU 42. Kentucky 43. Memphis 44. Wake Forest 45. Boise State 46. Wisconsin 47. Ole Miss 48. San Diego State 49. Kansas State 50. Northwestern 51. LSU 52. NC State 53. Missouri 54. Grand Canyon 55. Miami FL 56. Nebraska 57. USC 58. TCU 59. Minnesota 60. Providence 61. Penn State 62. New Mexico 63. Rutgers 64. Louisville 65. South Carolina 66. UCF 67. Georgia 68. Syracuse 69. Notre Dame 70. Georgia Tech 71. Arizona State 72. Utah State 73. Nevada 74. SMU 75. Washington 76. Colorado State 77. Princeton 78. Virginia 79. Loyola Chicago 80. Colorado 81. North Texas 82. Utah 83. Butler 84. UAB 85. San Francisco 86. Saint Joseph’s 87. West Virginia 88. Georgetown 89. Oklahoma State 90. Florida State 92. Virginia Tech 93. Bradley 94. UNLV 95. Santa Clara 96. Vanderbilt 97. Vermont 98. George Mason 99. Stanford 100. UC Irvine 101. Wichita State 102. South Florida 103. McNeese State 104. Florida Atlantic 105. Saint Louis 106. Liberty 107. Louisiana Tech 108. High Point 109. Yale 110. Wofford 111. Washington State 112. Murray State 113. Boston College 114. Sam Houston State 115. Northern Iowa 116. Ohio 117. Massachusetts 118. Appalachian State 119. Seattle 120. UMass Lowell 121. Arkansas State 122. Rhode Island 123. St. Bonaventure 124. Troy 125. Davidson 126. East Carolina 127. Towson 128. Charlotte 129. Akron 130. UC San Diego 131. Loyola Marymount 132. Western Kentucky 133. Drake 134. Chattanooga 135. California 136. Charleston 137. Kent State 139. Richmond 140. Cal Baptist 141. Lipscomb 142. Purdue Fort Wayne 143. Duquesne 144. Oregon State 145. Bryant 146. George Washington 147. Southern Illinois 148. UC Santa Barbara 149. Samford 150. UT Arlington 151. Tulsa 152. East Tennessee State 153. Utah Valley 154. UNC Wilmington 155. Stephen F. Austin 156. Louisiana 157. Northern Kentucky 158. New Mexico State 159. Marshall 160. Indiana State 161. James Madison 162. Abilene Christian 163. Winthrop 164. Fordham 165. Furman 166. DePaul 167. La Salle 168. Cornell 169. UC Riverside 170. Belmont 171. UTEP 172. Milwaukee 173. Oakland 174. Weber State 175. UC Davis 176. Montana 177. Toledo 178. Texas State 179. Hofstra 180. South Dakota State 181. UNC Greensboro 182. Cleveland State 183. Youngstown State 184. Georgia Southern 185. Middle Tennessee 186. Nicholls 187. Georgia State 188. Tulane 189. Montana State 190. Longwood 191. Jacksonville 192. Penn 193. Quinnipiac 194. UNC Asheville 195. Illinois State 196. Southern Utah 197. Northern Colorado 198. Hawaii 199. Wright State 200. San Jose State 201. Kansas City 202. Monmouth 203. St. Thomas 204. Evansville 205. Iona 206. Florida Gulf Coast 207. Tarleton State 208. Air Force 209. Columbia 210. Northeastern 211. Miami OH 212. Mercer 213. North Alabama 214. Howard 215. Wyoming 216. North Dakota State 217. Colgate 218. Valparaiso 219. Missouri State 220. Illinois Chicago 221. Jacksonville State 222. Drexel 223. Kennesaw State 224. William & Mary 225. UTSA 226. Saint Peter’s 227. Merrimack 228. Portland State 229. Norfolk State 230. American 231. Boston University 232. Pepperdine 233. Texas A&M Corpus Christi 234. Rice 235. South Alabama 236. Marist 237. Albany 238. Charleston Southern 239. Old Dominion 240. Ball State 241. Fairfield 242. Oral Roberts 243. Brown 244. Delaware 245. Rider 246. Bucknell 247. Southern Miss 248. Morehead State 249. Southern 250. North Dakota 251. Little Rock 252. Cal State Northridge 253. North Florida 254. Maine 255. North Carolina Central 256. Grambling State 257. Navy 258. Western Carolina 259. Harvard 260. Cal State Fullerton 261. Radford 262. Bowling Green 263. Utah Tech 264. Lehigh 265. South Dakota 266. Mount St. Mary’s 267. Stony Brook 268. Central Michigan 269. Wagner 270. Long Beach State 271. Austin Peay 272. Gardner Webb 273. Fresno State 274. Portland 275. Lafayette 276. FIU 277. South Carolina State 278. Lamar 279. Texas Southern 280. Northern Arizona 281. UMBC 282. Alabama State 283. Eastern Washington 284. Idaho 285. Southeastern Louisiana 286. Eastern Kentucky 287. Pacific 288. Robert Morris 289. North Carolina A&T 290. Army 291. Presbyterian 292. Cal State Bakersfield 293. Eastern Michigan 294. Western Illinois 295. San Diego 296. Coastal Carolina 297. Stetson 298. Elon 299. Elon 300. Sacramento State 301. Bethune Cookman 302. Tennessee State 303. Central Connecticut 304. Louisiana Monroe 305. Bellarmine 306. Campbell 307. UT Rio Grande Valley 308. Idaho State 309. Canisius 310. Binghamton 311. Morgan State 313. Western Michigan 314. Dartmouth 315. Denver 316. Manhattan 317. Northern Illinois 318. Nebraska Omaha 319. New Hampshire 320. Green Bay 321. SIUE 322. Niagara 323. Incarnate Word 324. Southern Indiana 325. Northwestern State 326. Jackson State 327. Central Arkansas 328. West Georgia 329. Southeast Missouri 330. Siena 331. Delaware State 332. Eastern Illinois 333. Alcorn State 334. NJIT 335. Chicago State 336. Le Moyne 337. Sacred Heart 338. Detroit Mercy 339. Tennessee Martin 340. Prairie View A&M 341. The Citadel 342. Holy Cross 343. Cal Poly 344. Tennessee Tech 345. Lindenwood 346. New Orleans 347. Buffalo 348. USC Upstate 349. Alabama A&M 350. Saint Francis 351. Fairleigh Dickinson 352. Loyola (MD) 353. LIU 354. Arkansas Pine Bluff 355. Mercyhurst 356. Stonehill 357. Houston Christian 358. Florida A&M 359. VMI 360. Texas A&M Commerce 361. IU Indy 362. Maryland Eastern Shore 363. Coppin State 364. 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