College Basketball Top 25 Power Rankings

College basketball season is in high gear, and the top 25 has been consistently changing. To compile my power rankings, I have taken the average of 4 rankings systems, the AP poll, the coaches poll, the Sagarin ratings, and the RPI. For some teams, like Syracuse, who has a high RPI, this helped them. But for a team like Michigan State, their RPI of 14 affected their power ranking.

Here is the Top 25:
1. Kansas (AP: 2, Coaches 2, Sagarin: 1, RPI: 2)
2. Syracuse (4, 4, 2, 1)
3. Kentucky (1, 1, 6, 7)
4. Villanova (3, 3, 5, 4)
5. Duke (8, 7, 3, 3)
6. Texas (6, 6, 5, 9)
7. West Virginia (9, 9, 8, 5)
8. Georgetown (7, 11, 10, 6)
9. Michigan State (5, 5, 13, 14)
10. Purdue (10, 12, 9, 12)
11. Kansas St. (11, 13, 11, 8)
12. BYU (12, 10, 7, 22)
13. Wisconsin (16, 16, 12, 10)
14. Temple (15, 15, 15, 11)
15. Tennessee (14, 14, 14, 15)
16. Gonzaga (13, 8, 17, 24)
17. Pittsburgh (17, 17, 20, 20)
18. Vanderbilt (21, 23, 24, 16)
19. UCONN (19, 19, 31, 18)
20. Ole Miss (18, 20, 19, 31)
21. Georgia Tech (22, 22, 25, 29)
22. Wake Forest (29, 30, 16, 23)
23. New Mexico (23, 27, 30, 19)
24. Baylor (24, 29, 18, 30)
25. Butler (30, 18, 28, 25)

As you can see, some teams have higher power rankings than their AP ranking (Vandy, Butler, Wake Forest) because of their RPI and Sagarin ratings. Others (Gonzaga, Michigan State, Kentucky) are hurt by poor RPI and Sagarin ratings. Now let's take a look at the conference breakdown.
Big East (6)
SEC (4)
Big 10 (4)
Big 12 (3)
ACC (3)
MWC (2)
WCC (1)
A-10 (1)
Horizon (1)

So far, the Big East leads college basketball with 6 teams in the top 25. Only 5 teams have managed to crack the top 25 from non-power conferences, but many, such as Northern Iowa, UAB, and Cornell are right at the doorstep of the top 25 power rankings.

Game to watch: January 26, (11) Kansas State at (24) Baylor

Enjoy this weekend of college basketball! Come back next Monday for new rankings!