NET SOS Rankings: College Basketball Strength of Schedule Rankings (March 17)

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Baylor head coach Scott Drew calls out to his team during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Texas, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Michael Thomas)
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SOS Team Non-Conf. SOS
1 Baylor 70
2 Kansas 36
3 Wisconsin 26
4 Alabama 18
5 Xavier 34
6 Michigan 42
7 Marquette 17
8 Purdue 9
9 DePaul 113
10 Tennessee 16
11 Houston 194
12 Kansas St. 218
13 West Virginia 156
14 Michigan St. 44
15 Butler 86
16 Iowa St. 324
17 Texas 208
18 Texas A&M 21
19 Iowa 99
20 Rutgers 154
21 Villanova 76
22 Oklahoma 274
23 Indiana 122
24 UConn 69
25 San Diego St. 15
26 TCU 328
27 Creighton 58
28 Mississippi St. 234
29 Texas Tech 311
30 Florida 107
31 Oklahoma St. 325
32 North Carolina 25
33 Seton Hall 227
34 St. John’s 172
35 Illinois 150
36 Providence 230
37 UCF 350
38 Cincinnati 322
39 Vanderbilt 232
40 BYU 293
41 Missouri 101
42 Georgetown 332
43 Syracuse 97
44 Utah 28
45 USC 50
46 Georgia Tech 90
47 Northwestern 330
48 NC State 189
49 Arizona 13
50 Florida St. 127
51 Boise St. 32
52 Clemson 64
53 LSU 155
54 Maryland 307
55 Virginia Tech 38
56 Kentucky 173
57 Arkansas 148
58 Ohio St. 250
59 Arizona St. 66
60 Colorado St. 82
61 Notre Dame 109
62 Miami (FL) 158
63 Georgia 239
64 Auburn 171
65 Ole Miss 315
66 Louisville 297
67 Nebraska 301
68 UCLA 72
69 South Carolina 289
70 Penn St. 288
71 Duke 116
72 Oregon 243
73 Wake Forest 251
74 Oregon St. 141
75 Washington 73
76 Cal 211
77 Minnesota 362
78 UNLV 121
79 Pittsburgh 343
80 Virginia 161
81 Colorado 262
82 New Mexico 273
83 Wyoming 128
84 Stanford 267
85 Boston College 233
86 Fresno St. 235
87 Washington St. 295
88 Nevada 247
89 San Jose St. 312
90 Utah St. 198
91 Gonzaga 20
92 Dayton 40
93 Saint Louis 131
94 Air Force 361
95 Santa Clara 94
96 Duquesne 181
97 Davidson 143
98 Northern Iowa 48
99 Fla. Atlantic 51
100 North Texas 98
101 Memphis 87
102 Saint Mary’s 80
103 VCU 169
104 Penn 60
105 Pepperdine 140
106 Rice 65
107 Saint Joseph’s 220
108 Rhode Island 168
109 Evansville 210
110 Portland 255
111 Richmond 179
112 Tulane 286
113 St. Bonaventure 263
114 UAB 206
115 Loyola Chicago 203
116 Murray St. 212
117 LMU 244
118 Valparaiso 222
119 San Francisco 215
120 UT Arlington 8
121 Belmont 157
122 Wichita St. 202
123 Missouri St. 305
124 SMU 167
125 Mississippi Val. 4
126 George Mason 246
127 Bradley 200
128 UIC 275
129 Indiana St. 188
130 Drake 282
131 San Diego 316
132 Temple 257
133 Charlotte 124
134 Yale 92
135 La Salle 313
136 Florida A&M 1
137 Fordham 329
138 Pacific 334
139 Texas St. 30
140 G. Washington 353
141 Illinois St. 290
142 Houston Christian 7
143 New Mexico St. 53
144 East Carolina 323
145 Brown 259
146 Charleston So. 29
147 Dartmouth 248
148 Harvard 216
149 CS Fullerton 35
150 Southern Ill. 351
151 A&M-Commerce 10
152 Alcorn State 5
153 Arkansas St. 112
154 Cornell 192
155 Southern U. 3
156 Tarleton St. 49
157 Oakland 14
158 Utah Valley 63
159 Wofford 119
160 UMass 357
161 Nicholls 22
162 Marshall 159
163 Northern Illinois 55
164 Stony Brook 83
165 Utah Tech 133
166 Hofstra 74
167 Eastern Wash. 23
168 Towson 100
169 Grambling 2
170 Bellarmine 43
171 UL Monroe 115
172 Southern Utah 135
173 Gardner-Webb 61
174 UC Irvine 39
175 ETSU 166
176 Chicago St. 258
177 Furman 187
178 UTSA 352
179 UC Riverside 71
180 UTRGV 170
181 New Hampshire 105
182 Liberty 111
183 Ga. Southern 197
184 Detroit Mercy 68
185 Radford 114
186 Central Mich. 52
187 Bryant 96
188 USF 321
189 Monmouth 136
190 SE Louisiana 31
191 Mercer 225
192 Princeton 193
193 Louisiana Tech 91
194 Rider 24
195 Old Dominion 221
196 Georgia St. 190
197 Columbia 337
198 Sam Houston 132
199 Winthrop 110
200 N.C. A&T 130
201 Texas Southern 6
202 Eastern Ill. 19
203 VMI 279
204 Oral Roberts 57
205 The Citadel 260
206 Toledo 102
207 Alabama St. 12
208 Queens 84
209 Tulsa 359
210 Seattle 237
211 Abilene Christian 236
212 Akron 59
213 UNC Wilmington 118
214 Ark.-Pine Bluff 11
215 Northern Ky. 67
216 Northeastern 180
217 Kent St. 108
218 UNC Greensboro 249
219 SF Austin 240
220 Texas A&M-CC 47
221 Louisiana 176
222 New Orleans 56
223 Morgan St. 75
224 Northern Ariz. 145
225 Long Beach St. 186
226 Chattanooga 266
227 Southern Ind. 46
228 Stonehill 81
229 CSU Bakersfield 174
230 Middle Tenn. 281
231 North Dakota St. 125
232 North Ala. 104
233 Jacksonville 88
234 Kansas City 117
235 Weber St. 89
236 Buffalo 178
237 UNC Asheville 137
238 Eastern Ky. 79
239 FIU 276
240 Prairie View 33
241 South Alabama 264
242 Binghamton 196
243 Stetson 62
244 Drexel 245
245 Manhattan 54
246 Albany 265
247 S. Carolina St. 106
248 FGCU 95
249 Cleveland St. 139
250 Montana 77
251 Jackson St. 45
252 Robert Morris 162
253 Northwestern St. 120
254 USC Upstate 195
255 Western Caro. 309
256 Green Bay 126
257 Southern Miss. 209
258 NJIT 241
259 Grand Canyon 213
260 Samford 261
261 UTEP 291
262 Lehigh 37
263 Cal Baptist 342
264 Maine 271
265 UC San Diego 231
266 Canisius 93
267 Morehead St. 27
268 Charleston 253
269 Elon 228
270 Colgate 41
271 Milwaukee 149
272 Wright St. 138
273 C. Carolina 346
274 Jacksonville St. 304
275 Miami (OH) 205
276 App State 280
277 Western Mich. 217
278 Sacramento St. 201
279 IUPUI 238
280 Lipscomb 146
281 UT Martin 103
282 Troy 199
283 UC Davis 287
284 UCSB 296
285 Vermont 182
286 Denver 183
287 Omaha 177
288 Austin Peay 147
289 Hawaii 308
290 North Florida 175
291 Delaware 303
292 Cal Poly 335
293 Western Ill. 85
294 Merrimack 78
295 Youngstown St. 142
296 Bucknell 152
297 SEMO 144
298 Idaho 277
299 Siena 229
300 Lamar 300
301 Idaho St. 269
302 Longwood 326
303 Campbell 333
304 Lindenwood 160
305 Iona 204
306 MD Eastern Shore 134
307 Montana St. 272
308 UMass Lowell 317
309 Tennessee Tech 184
310 Eastern Mich. 278
311 UMBC 336
312 S. Dakota St. 214
313 CS Northridge 349
314 SIU Edwardsville 165
315 Norfolk St. 151
316 Portland St. 298
317 IPFW 299
318 Saint Peter’s 185
319 Alabama A&M 123
320 James Madison 331
321 Coppin St. 223
322 Tennessee St. 153
323 Central Ark. 285
324 William & Mary 348
325 Northern Colo. 302
326 Presbyterian 340
327 Loyola MD 191
328 Western Ky. 345
329 N.C. Central 164
330 Lafayette 207
331 North Dakota 314
332 Incarnate Word 327
333 Delaware St. 224
334 Hampton 355
335 Mount St. Mary’s 306
336 Howard 242
337 St. Thomas 319
338 McNeese 129
339 Ball St. 320
340 Fairfield 283
341 St. Francis (PA) 219
342 Ohio 347
343 LIU Brooklyn 256
344 Quinnipiac 294
345 Holy Cross 284
346 B-Cookman 163
347 Kennesaw St. 310
348 Niagara 318
349 American 254
350 South Dakota 341
351 Wagner 226
352 Bowling Green 356
353 High Point 344
354 Sacred Heart 268
355 Le Moyne 252
356 F. Dickinson 292
357 CCSU 270
358 Marist 358
359 Boston U. 339
360 Navy 338
361 Army 354
362 Little Rock 360

The 68-team NCAA Tournament field is built using a variety of metrics, chief among them the NET rankings. And not only are the rankings themselves used heavily by the selection committee, metrics and quadrant records built upon the NET rankings are also critical components.

NET strength of schedule (SOS), for example, has been referenced by the committee chair since the NET was introduced in 2018.

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