2/21/16 - List of College Basketball Rankings

Today is Sunday, February 21st. It is about 3 weeks from Selection Sunday and when the tournament brackets come out. There has been a lot of shuffling around in the college basketball rankings. As of today the rankings look like this:

1          Villanova 22-3 

2          Kansas 21-4

3          Oklahoma 20-4           

4          Iowa 20-5

5          North Carolina 21-4    

6          Maryland 22-4

7          Virginia 20-5   

8          Xavier  22-3    

8          Michigan State 21-5    

10        West Virginia    20-5    

11        Miami (FL) 20-4         

12        Arizona 21-5   

13        Iowa State 18-7          

14        Kentucky 19-6

15        Dayton 21-3   

16        Oregon 20-6   

17        Purdue 20-6    

18        Louisville 19-6 

19        Notre Dame 18-7        

20        Duke 19-6      

21        SMU 21-3      

22        Indiana 20-6   

23        Providence 19-7          

24        Texas   16-9    

25        Baylor  18-7

With only a couples weeks left until the conference tournaments teams will have to make a push to get at large bids for the NCAA tournament if they do not get automatic bids. To get an automatic bid, a team must win their conference championship and after all the automatic bids are taken, the rest of the field will be at large bids. Teams will want to have an impressive resume to be able to get those at large bids. Being in the top 25 is pretty much a guarantee lock to get into the tournament. After this week Villanova will retain the number 1 ranking, while Kansas and Oklahoma will continue to rank behind them. With a win yesterday, Texas A&M will look to make there way back into the top 25 on Monday. With a loss earlier in the week Texas may be the team that falls out of the top 25.