NET SOS Rankings: College Basketball Strength of Schedule Rankings

BetMGM Dec 21, 2024, 8:24 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	Florida A&M	1
2	Mississippi Val.	2
3	Jackson St.	5
4	Louisville	12
5	North Carolina	4
6	Memphis	6
7	Auburn	8
8	Purdue	25
9	Baylor	9
10	Texas Southern	10
11	Alabama	11
12	Alcorn State	14
13	Montana	15
14	Arizona	16
15	Gonzaga	17
16	St. Francis (PA)	18
17	Virginia	27
18	San Diego St.	7
19	Ohio St.	28
20	Duke	22
21	Marquette	13
22	Oakland	3
23	Lehigh	21
24	Western Caro.	23
25	Southern U.	24
26	Tarleton St.	26
27	Kansas	29
28	Wisconsin	62
29	Butler	55
30	Prairie View	30
31	Eastern Ill.	19
32	MDES	31
33	Oregon	43
34	Central Mich.	35
35	Ark.-Pine Bluff	36
36	McNeese	37
37	Dayton	39
38	UConn	32
39	Illinois	56
40	Arizona St.	41
41	Iowa St.	42
42	Jacksonville	44
43	Georgia St.	45
44	West Virginia	48
45	Grambling	49
46	Buffalo	51
47	Pittsburgh	40
48	NW State	20
49	Troy	53
50	Creighton	60
51	Kentucky	54
52	Clemson	52
53	E. Texas A&M	33
54	Syracuse	57
55	CS Fullerton	38
56	Texas A&M	59
57	New Orleans	50
58	Rutgers	139
59	Lindenwood	46
60	UC Riverside	47
61	Sam Houston	64
62	Eastern Wash.	65
63	B-Cookman	67
64	Georgia Tech	104
65	Utah Tech	68
66	Houston	69
67	Howard	70
68	UNLV	71
69	Eastern Ky.	72
70	Nicholls	34
71	Seattle	74
72	Oral Roberts	75
73	Miami (FL)	90
74	Colorado	76
75	Northern Colo.	79
76	FGCU	80
77	Xavier	147
78	Cal Poly	58
79	Notre Dame	63
80	Wake Forest	61
81	Providence	108
82	Idaho St.	83
83	Chicago St.	84
84	Michigan	152
85	Idaho	86
86	Iowa	166
87	Michigan St.	82
88	NC State	89
89	Weber St.	91
90	Alabama St.	92
91	UTSA	93
92	SF Austin	66
93	George Mason	94
94	Virginia Tech	151
95	Washington	213
96	Tennessee	95
97	New Mexico	85
98	Wyoming	201
99	Austin Peay	97
100	Washington St.	98
101	Samford	100
102	Radford	101
103	Bucknell	102
104	Arkansas	103
105	Nebraska	259
106	Indiana	128
107	Central Ark.	107
108	Northwestern	264
109	Merrimack	78
110	North Florida	110
111	Mississippi St.	111
112	Southern Utah	113
113	Davidson	114
114	Pacific	115
115	Gardner-Webb	117
116	Southern Ill.	109
117	Houston Ch.	73
118	New Mexico St.	118
119	Santa Clara	119
120	Coppin St.	120
121	St. John’s	149
122	TCU	122
123	Canisius	88
124	Lipscomb	124
125	North Texas	125
126	Wofford	127
127	Northern Ky.	77
128	Tennessee Tech	87
129	USF	129
130	Boise St.	130
131	CSUB	331
132	Maryland	293
133	Charleston So.	132
134	San Francisco	133
135	UTRGV	81
136	Stony Brook	135
137	Little Rock	106
138	SEMO	99
139	Grand Canyon	136
140	F. Dickinson	137
141	Fordham	138
142	Saint Mary’s	141
143	Kent St.	142
144	Pepperdine	143
145	Wagner	145
146	Kansas St.	148
147	Fresno St.	165
148	Hofstra	150
149	Valparaiso	190
150	Cal	146
151	UC Davis	96
152	Oklahoma	153
153	UC Irvine	123
154	Le Moyne	154
155	Northern Illinois	155
156	Colgate	156
157	Evansville	158
158	Montana St.	157
159	Kansas City	160
160	Morehead St.	121
161	LSU	163
162	S. Dakota St.	164
163	Western Mich.	167
164	Sacramento St.	168
165	Rider	112
166	Toledo	169
167	UT Martin	131
168	SIEU	140
169	LBSU	116
170	Seton Hall	238
171	Holy Cross	171
172	Arkansas St.	172
173	Towson	175
174	Stonehill	176
175	IUPUI	105
176	Army	178
177	Monmouth	180
178	VMI	181
179	UNCG	182
180	Ga. Southern	183
181	UNCA	184
182	USC Upstate	186
183	DePaul	316
184	Delaware St.	188
185	Colorado St.	189
186	Georgia	191
187	Wichita St.	192
188	LIU Brooklyn	193
189	Florida	194
190	Murray St.	126
191	Queens	195
192	UC San Diego	170
193	Oregon St.	197
194	UCF	198
195	Bryant	199
196	Omaha	200
197	Cal Baptist	202
198	Ole Miss	203
199	UCLA	322
200	Miami (OH)	206
201	Richmond	207
202	SMU	185
203	Fla. Atlantic	210
204	Villanova	179
205	Lafayette	211
206	Kennesaw St.	212
207	App State	174
208	Norfolk St.	214
209	Yale	216
210	Florida St.	234
211	Harvard	217
212	Green Bay	134
213	Hampton	177
214	Louisiana	196
215	Mt. St. Mary’s	159
216	Furman	219
217	Stetson	220
218	Drake	208
219	Northern Iowa	215
220	Mercyhurst	221
221	Utah St.	209
222	Nevada	222
223	Elon	223
224	USC	320
225	Manhattan	161
226	American	225
227	UMass Lowell	226
228	Oklahoma St.	227
229	West Georgia	228
230	Akron	229
231	Abilene Ch.	231
232	N. Dakota St.	232
233	CCSU	235
234	Saint Joseph’s	236
235	A&M-CC	162
236	New Hampshire	237
237	Wright St.	144
238	North Ala.	239
239	La Salle	242
240	Portland	244
241	Utah Valley	245
242	Minnesota	350
243	Western Ky.	246
244	UMass	248
245	Cleveland St.	204
246	Maine	249
247	Incarnate Word	173
248	Alabama A&M	250
249	Quinnipiac	187
250	Vermont	251
251	Cincinnati	252
252	UMBC	253
253	Texas	254
254	Penn St.	329
255	S. Carolina St.	255
256	Bradley	243
257	St. Thomas	256
258	Texas St.	257
259	San Diego	258
260	N.C. Central	260
261	South Carolina	262
262	CS Northridge	230
263	Marshall	263
264	Missouri St.	240
265	St. Bonaventure	265
266	Sacred Heart	218
267	Vanderbilt	266
268	Lamar	247
269	Bellarmine	267
270	Robert Morris	261
271	Binghamton	269
272	UIC	282
273	Ohio	270
274	Missouri	271
275	Saint Louis	273
276	Southern Miss.	274
277	North Dakota	275
278	Charleston	276
279	Jacksonville St.	277
280	South Dakota	278
281	The Citadel	279
282	Fairfield	233
283	South Alabama	280
284	Iona	241
285	LMU	281
286	Niagara	224
287	IPFW	205
288	BYU	284
289	Penn	286
290	Charlotte	287
291	SE Louisiana	272
292	Winthrop	288
293	James Madison	291
294	UTEP	292
295	Boston College	312
296	UT Arlington	294
297	Chattanooga	295
298	Temple	296
299	N.C. A&T	289
300	Bowling Green	297
301	Georgetown	304
302	Old Dominion	298
303	Youngstown St.	268
304	Boston U.	299
305	UNCW	300
306	Louisiana Tech	301
307	Campbell	302
308	Texas Tech	303
309	Mercer	305
310	Ball St.	306
311	VCU	307
312	Tulane	308
313	Utah	309
314	Portland St.	310
315	Detroit Mercy	283
316	Milwaukee	285
317	UL Monroe	313
318	San Jose St.	342
319	Denver	315
320	Princeton	318
321	Siena	290
322	Loyola MD	321
323	Belmont	317
324	Hawaii	311
325	Liberty	323
326	Stanford	335
327	Southern Ind.	314
328	Illinois St.	338
329	Middle Tenn.	325
330	Cornell	326
331	ETSU	327
332	Western Ill.	319
333	Albany	330
334	Tennessee St.	328
335	Duquesne	332
336	Columbia	333
337	NJIT	334
338	Saint Peter’s	324
339	Presbyterian	336
340	Loyola Chicago	337
341	FIU	339
342	Eastern Mich.	340
343	Northern Ariz.	341
344	Dartmouth	343
345	William & Mary	344
346	Air Force	345
347	Morgan St.	346
348	Rice	347
349	Tulsa	348
350	East Carolina	349
351	UCSB	362
352	Rhode Island	351
353	Navy	352
354	Drexel	353
355	Indiana St.	354
356	C. Carolina	355
357	Longwood	356
358	Brown	357
359	Northeastern	358
360	High Point	359
361	Delaware	360
362	UAB	361
363	G. Washington	363
364	Marist	364

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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