Updated College Basketball NET Rankings for 2023 NCAA Tournament (March 13)

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Houston head coach Kelvin Sampson, third from left, talks with his team during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Temple, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023, in Philadelphia.
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Ryan Hannable @RyanHannable Mar 12, 2023, 6:15 PM
  • Houston was No. 1 in the NET Rankings.
  • No Big 12 team was in the top five.
  • The SEC had two top four teams.

NET Rankings for 2023

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

Updated: Sunday, March 12

NET Rankings are one of the biggest factors in building the NCAA Tournament field each year.

Here’s a detailed explainer of what NET Rankings are, but ultimately the algorithm is composed of two parts: team value index (TVI) and an adjusted net efficiency rating. TVI is a result-based feature that rewards teams who beat quality opponents, especially on the road. Meanwhile, adjusted net efficiency accounts for strength of opponent, as well as game location (home, away, neutral).

These rankings will be updated daily throughout the college basketball season, and help the selection committee on Selection Sunday.

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Ryan Hannable is a Content Managing Editor on the Web Content Team for BetMGM. Previously, he was a New England Patriots beat writer for WEEI in Boston. He also has published a golf book, “The Ultimate Book of Golf Trivia: 600 Questions and Answers.”