Excel H Sports Men’s College Basketball rankings February 26th, 2023

Initial preseason rankings were released October 21, 2022.

EDITORS NOTE: Our rankings included games from Sunday through Saturday each individual week.

1	Kansas	24-5	2
2	Alabama	25-4	4
3	UCLA	24-4	5
4	Kansas State	22-7	11
5	Marquette	23-6	9
6	Gonzaga	25-5	7
7	Houston	27-2	10
8	Purdue	24-5	3
9	Arizona	24-5	6
10	Miami of Florida	23-6	8
11	Indiana	20-9	17
12	Virginia	21-6	1
13	Baylor	21-8	25
14	Duke	21-8	19
15	Texas	22-7	12
16	Texas A & M	21-8	13
17	Connecticut	22-7	22
18	Kentucky	20-9	26
19	Pittsburgh	21-8	27
20	St. Mary’s	25-6	18
21	Northwestern	20-8	15
22	Creighton	18-11	14
23	Southern California	21-8	20
24	San Diego State	23-5	28
25	Tennessee	21-8	21
26	Maryland	19-9	16
27	Xavier	21-8	23
28	Clemson	21-8	NR
29	Arizona State	20-9	NR
30	North Carolina State	22-8	29

BELOW THE 30 (In no particular order): 

Auburn 19-10, Providence 20-8, Texas Christian 19-10, Iowa State 17-11, Iowa 18-11, Michigan State 17-11, Florida Atlantic 26-3, Arkansas 19-10, North Carolina 18-11, Oklahoma State 16-13, Villanova 15-14, New Mexico 20-9, Kennesaw State 23-8, Liberty 24-7, Vermont 19-10, U Massachusetts Lowell 24-7, Memphis 21-7, Tulane 17-8, Virginia Commonwealth 22-7, Dayton 19-10, Fordham 23-6, Saint Louis 19-10, Wake Forest 18-11, Illinois 19-9, Michigan 16-12, Rutgers 17-11, Wisconsin 16-11, Penn State 16-11, Eastern Washington 22-8, Montana State 21-9, UNC Ashville 24-7, U C Irvine 20-10, U C Riverside 20-10, U C Santa Barbara 22-7, Hawai’i 21-9, California State Fullerton 18-12, Hofstra 23-8, Charleston 28-3, North Texas 23-6, Alabama Birmingham 22-8, Youngstown State 23-8, Milwaukee 20-10, Cleveland State 19-12, Northern Kentucky 19-12, Yale 19-7, Princeton 18-8, Penn 17-11, Iona 21-7, Toledo 23-6, Kent State 23-6, Ball State 20-9, Akron 20-9, Drake 24-6, Bradley 22-8, Southern Illinois 21-9, Indiana State 20-10, Belmont 20-10, Furman 24-7, Samford 21-10, UNC Greensboro 20-11, Oral Roberts 27-4, Santa Clara 23-8, Sam Houston State 22-6, Utah Valley 22-7, San Francisco 18-13, Loyola Marymount 19-11, Boise State 22-7, Nevada 22-7, Utah State 22-7, Morehead State 21-10, Colgate 23-8, Missouri 21-8, Vanderbilt 16-13, Mississippi State 19-10, Texas A & M Corpus Christi 20-10, Northwestern State 20-10, Grambling 19-8, Southern Mississippi 25-6, Marshall 24-7, Louisiana 23-7