Excel H Sports Men’s College Basketball Rankings January 1st, 2023

Initial preseason rankings were released October 21, 2022

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

1	Purdue	13-0	2
2	Kansas	12-1	1
3	Arizona	13-1	5
4	Texas	12-1	7
5	Alabama	11-2	8
6	Houston	14-1	6
7	UCLA	12-2	9
8	Tennessee	11-2	10
9	Gonzaga	12-3	11
10	Duke	11-3	13
11	Connecticut	14-1	4
12	Kansas State	12-1	14
13	Utah	11-4	16
14	Wisconsin	10-2	18
15	Arkansas	11-2	3
16	Virgina	10-2	19
17	Auburn	11-2	20
18	Ohio State	9-3	20
19	Indiana	10-3	24
20	Texas Christian	12-1	22
20	Iowa State	10-2	26
22	Baylor	10-3	12
23	Maryland	10-3	28
24	Louisiana State	12-1	NR
25	Xavier	12-3	NR
26	Miami of Florida	13-1	25
27	Texas Tech	10-3	23
28	Kentucky	9-4	17
29	San Diego State	11-3	29
30	New Mexico	14-0	NR

BELOW THE TOP 30 (In No Particular Order):p

North Carolina 9-5, West Virginia 10-3, Mississippi State 11-2, Illinois 9-4, Pittsburgh 10-4, Central Florida 10-4, Michigan State 9-4, USC 11-3, Washington 9-5, Arizona State 11-3, Oklahoma 9-4, Wake Forest 10-4, Virginia Tech 11-3, Marquette 11-4, Seton Hall 8-7, St. John’s 11-4, Charleston 14-1, Oklahoma State 8-5, Princeton 10-4, Saint Louis 9-5, Duquesne 11-4, Florida Gulf Coast 11-3, Syracuse 9-5, Bradley 10-5, U Mass Lowell 13-2, Charlotte 11-3, Virginia Commonwealth 10-4, Dayton 10-5, Liberty 10-4, Memphis 11-3, Cincinnati 10-4, Nevada 12-3, Utah State 12-2, James Madison 11-4, Marshall 12-3, U N C Wilmington 12-3, Purdue Fort Wayne 10-5, Southern Utah 10-5, Southern Mississippi 13-2, Oral Roberts 12-3, North Texas 11-3,  U A Birmingham 12-2, Rice 11-3, San Jose State 11-4, U N Las Vegas 11-3, Seattle 10-4, Saint Mary’s 12-4, Santa Clara 13-4, U C Santa Barbara 11-2, Brigham Young 12-5, Hawai’i 11-3, Providence 11-3, Creighton 8-6, Northwestern 10-2, Rutgers 9-4, Penn State 10-3, Princeton 10-4, Cornell 10-3, Kent State 10-3, Ball State 9-4, Toledo 9-4, Indiana State 10-4, Southern Illinois 10-4, Drake 11-3, Utah State 12-2, Missouri 12-1