NET SOS Rankings: College Basketball Strength of Schedule Rankings

BetMGM Jan 19, 2025, 8:39 AM

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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)

(AP Photo/Michael Thomas)

SOS	Team	NC SOS
1	Auburn	8
2	Alabama	10
3	Baylor	21
4	Kentucky	51
5	Purdue	9
6	Arizona	30
7	Oregon	60
8	Memphis	4
9	West Virginia	61
10	Kansas	28
11	North Carolina	5
12	Ohio St.	33
13	Arizona St.	34
14	Texas A&M	37
15	Louisville	24
16	Creighton	35
17	Florida A&M	1
18	Butler	40
19	Illinois	59
20	Virginia	46
21	Iowa St.	90
22	Jackson St.	3
23	Marquette	12
24	Arkansas	139
25	Washington	264
26	Mississippi Val.	2
27	UCF	183
28	Ole Miss	92
29	UCLA	110
30	Mississippi St.	99
31	San Diego St.	11
32	Rutgers	149
33	Pittsburgh	50
34	Duke	18
35	Wisconsin	85
36	Tennessee	133
37	Colorado	103
38	Texas	298
39	Xavier	135
40	Iowa	188
41	Kansas St.	201
42	TCU	97
43	Georgia	250
44	South Carolina	282
45	MDES	22
46	Northwestern	320
47	Nebraska	174
48	Minnesota	344
49	Indiana	175
50	UConn	62
51	Oklahoma	147
52	Central Mich.	7
53	Gonzaga	23
54	Georgia Tech	192
55	USC	288
56	Florida	234
57	Cal	105
58	LSU	245
59	Missouri	179
60	Providence	191
61	Utah	241
62	Houston	77
63	Michigan	161
64	Alcorn State	19
65	Clemson	72
66	UNLV	76
67	Syracuse	54
68	Michigan St.	128
69	Notre Dame	66
70	Pepperdine	165
71	Oakland	6
72	Penn St.	349
73	Texas Southern	16
74	UC Riverside	47
75	Tarleton St.	31
76	DePaul	265
77	New Orleans	25
78	Cincinnati	280
79	B-Cookman	32
80	Grambling	15
81	Maryland	329
82	Miami (FL)	152
83	Montana	17
84	Wake Forest	52
85	Southern U.	14
86	Villanova	238
87	Stanford	262
88	Dayton	43
89	Cal Poly	82
90	Virginia Tech	154
91	Sam Houston	44
92	BYU	295
93	Texas Tech	317
94	Western Caro.	20
95	Utah St.	117
96	Oklahoma St.	319
97	LMU	263
98	Prairie View	27
99	Seton Hall	240
100	Portland	305
101	Chicago St.	45
102	Santa Clara	130
103	NW State	13
104	NC State	96
105	Ark.-Pine Bluff	38
106	Boise St.	129
107	Wyoming	229
108	New Mexico	84
109	Vanderbilt	333
110	St. John’s	194
111	Fresno St.	211
112	Pacific	138
113	San Diego	256
114	Oral Roberts	55
115	Georgetown	336
116	Colorado St.	159
117	SMU	215
118	CS Fullerton	79
119	Florida St.	243
120	Oregon St.	181
121	Austin Peay	75
122	St. Francis (PA)	49
123	Western Ky.	118
124	Georgia St.	68
125	Nicholls	42
126	Alabama St.	53
127	North Texas	136
128	Howard	78
129	Houston Ch.	36
130	North Florida	58
131	E. Texas A&M	56
132	Toledo	71
133	Troy	64
134	Washington St.	121
135	Jacksonville	57
136	New Mexico St.	120
137	Fla. Atlantic	124
138	Wofford	86
139	San Jose St.	330
140	Utah Tech	109
141	Eastern Ill.	26
142	A&M-CC	29
143	Weber St.	91
144	San Francisco	169
145	S. Dakota St.	89
146	Boston College	327
147	Abilene Ch.	151
148	Buffalo	83
149	Eastern Wash.	70
150	UTSA	114
151	Lamar	74
152	Queens	107
153	Murray St.	163
154	McNeese	39
155	Eastern Ky.	67
156	Radford	111
157	Charleston So.	113
158	Seattle	98
159	Nevada	177
160	Brown	185
161	Kent St.	69
162	La Salle	236
163	Coppin St.	123
164	Davidson	197
165	Middle Tenn.	140
166	Norfolk St.	108
167	Merrimack	63
168	Montana St.	100
169	Fordham	228
170	Western Mich.	122
171	Southern Utah	155
172	Evansville	167
173	Central Ark.	95
174	Penn	157
175	UTRGV	48
176	UMass	227
177	Monmouth	106
178	George Mason	187
179	Lehigh	65
180	Saint Louis	244
181	Bucknell	93
182	UNCG	156
183	Idaho St.	104
184	Southern Ill.	166
185	Yale	184
186	Air Force	338
187	Hofstra	142
188	Cal Baptist	168
189	Lindenwood	41
190	Valparaiso	260
191	Saint Mary’s	112
192	Northern Colo.	101
193	Lipscomb	116
194	UC Irvine	204
195	Gardner-Webb	158
196	Green Bay	119
197	UIC	230
198	F. Dickinson	137
199	Canisius	87
200	Richmond	276
201	CSUB	331
202	LBSU	132
203	Arkansas St.	162
204	Northern Ky.	73
205	Kansas City	170
206	Saint Joseph’s	249
207	USF	173
208	Kennesaw St.	216
209	Towson	178
210	Stetson	125
211	FGCU	131
212	Chattanooga	160
213	James Madison	200
214	UTEP	221
215	Samford	134
216	App State	115
217	SF Austin	127
218	West Georgia	209
219	UC Davis	143
220	Jacksonville St.	259
221	Omaha	208
222	Bellarmine	193
223	UC San Diego	202
224	IUPUI	145
225	Idaho	150
226	Indiana St.	294
227	North Dakota	180
228	USC Upstate	196
229	VCU	313
230	Little Rock	102
231	South Dakota	226
232	UNCA	176
233	S. Carolina St.	172
234	Wagner	164
235	Illinois St.	292
236	Temple	291
237	Morehead St.	80
238	Drake	286
239	Detroit Mercy	148
240	IPFW	94
241	Northern Iowa	223
242	East Carolina	346
243	SE Louisiana	246
244	Tennessee Tech	88
245	Campbell	242
246	The Citadel	307
247	Winthrop	195
248	Southern Miss.	219
249	Loyola Chicago	351
250	Vermont	239
251	Rider	141
252	Belmont	289
253	Wichita St.	237
254	SEMO	81
255	Missouri St.	272
256	VMI	251
257	Furman	214
258	Hampton	222
259	Duquesne	316
260	Northern Illinois	205
261	Miami (OH)	189
262	Delaware St.	213
263	Bradley	267
264	N.C. A&T	206
265	Akron	182
266	Wright St.	144
267	Bryant	225
268	Louisiana	198
269	Le Moyne	210
270	Morgan St.	220
271	LIU Brooklyn	218
272	Sacramento St.	233
273	Louisiana Tech	325
274	Cleveland St.	171
275	St. Bonaventure	318
276	Mercyhurst	203
277	Stony Brook	231
278	St. Thomas	278
279	North Ala.	248
280	UT Arlington	257
281	Denver	311
282	American	199
283	Grand Canyon	275
284	Texas St.	274
285	UMass Lowell	269
286	Ga. Southern	232
287	Harvard	304
288	Marshall	235
289	Ohio	271
290	Utah Valley	254
291	Colgate	207
292	UT Martin	126
293	Incarnate Word	146
294	Elon	258
295	N.C. Central	247
296	Mt. St. Mary’s	190
297	Quinnipiac	186
298	Holy Cross	224
299	Old Dominion	261
300	Stonehill	255
301	CS Northridge	308
302	Milwaukee	217
303	Alabama A&M	212
304	SIEU	153
305	Charlotte	309
306	Liberty	324
307	Princeton	314
308	New Hampshire	266
309	Longwood	302
310	Maine	287
311	N. Dakota St.	270
312	William & Mary	296
313	South Alabama	253
314	Mercer	310
315	Charleston	283
316	Portland St.	297
317	Delaware	277
318	UAB	358
319	Columbia	332
320	Sacred Heart	268
321	Tulane	321
322	Youngstown St.	323
323	Siena	279
324	Hawaii	284
325	Niagara	252
326	Robert Morris	303
327	Army	273
328	UMBC	306
329	Northeastern	337
330	ETSU	342
331	Bowling Green	299
332	UNCW	315
333	NJIT	322
334	Rice	355
335	Lafayette	293
336	Manhattan	281
337	Iona	285
338	Fairfield	300
339	Rhode Island	357
340	Presbyterian	343
341	G. Washington	363
342	Cornell	345
343	CCSU	312
344	Eastern Mich.	339
345	Ball St.	354
346	Saint Peter’s	290
347	Dartmouth	348
348	FIU	361
349	Boston U.	335
350	Binghamton	341
351	Tennessee St.	301
352	Loyola MD	328
353	Tulsa	359
354	C. Carolina	360
355	High Point	350
356	UL Monroe	334
357	Drexel	347
358	UCSB	362
359	Western Ill.	326
360	Albany	356
361	Northern Ariz.	352
362	Navy	353
363	Southern Ind.	340
364	Marist	364

SOS = Strength of Schedule, NC SOS = Non-Conference Strength of Schedule

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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