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The College Basketball Power Index (BPI) is a measure of team strength that is meant to be the best predictor of performance going forward. BPI represents how many points above or below average a team is. Strength of Record (SOR) is a measure of team accomplishment based on how difficult a team's W-L record is to achieve. Game predictions account for opponent strength, pace of play, site, travel distance, day's rest and altitude, and are used to simulate the season 10,000 times to produce season projections. Numbers update daily.

BPI Leader

Villanova

36-4

SOS Leader

North Carolina

26-11

SOR Leader

Villanova

36-4

NCAAM RPI Leader

Virginia

31-3

RK	TEAM	CONF	W-L	BPI RK	SOS RK	SOR RK	RPI RK
1	VillanovaVILL	Big East	36-4	1	11	1	2
2	VirginiaUVA	ACC	31-3	2	32	2	1
3	DukeDUKE	ACC	29-8	3	8	6	5
4	PurduePUR	Big Ten	30-7	4	34	8	8
5	CincinnatiCIN	American	31-5	5	74	11	7
6	Michigan StMSU	Big Ten	30-5	6	60	7	13
7	KansasKU	Big 12	31-8	7	3	4	6
8	North CarolinaUNC	ACC	26-11	8	1	9	4
9	West VirginiaWVU	Big 12	26-11	9	12	14	28
10	GonzagaGONZ	WCC	32-5	10	90	15	24
11	Texas TechTTU	Big 12	27-10	11	7	10	31
12	MichiganMICH	Big Ten	33-8	12	28	3	11
13	XavierXAV	Big East	29-6	13	40	5	3
14	TennesseeTENN	SEC	26-9	14	17	12	9
15	Wichita StWICH	American	25-8	15	68	22	18
16	ClemsonCLEM	ACC	25-10	16	14	13	10
17	Ohio StateOSU	Big Ten	25-9	17	35	16	19
18	HoustonHOU	American	27-8	18	67	19	26
19	KentuckyUK	SEC	26-11	19	16	17	12
20	Penn StatePSU	Big Ten	26-13	20	56	34	71
21	ButlerBUT	Big East	21-14	21	5	31	38
22	TCUTCU	Big 12	21-12	22	26	32	25
23	AuburnAUB	SEC	26-8	23	65	18	14
24	CreightonCREI	Big East	21-12	24	48	41	41
25	FloridaFLA	SEC	21-13	25	18	36	44

Glossary

BPI RK: Rank in the Basketball Power Index (BPI) among all Division I teams.
SOS RK: Strength of Schedule (SOS) rank among all Division I teams based on how a typical 25th ranked team would do against each team's schedule to date. SOS accounts for the game location, day's rest, travel distance, and high altitude in addition to opponent strength.
SOR RK: Rank of Strength of Record (SOR) among all Division I teams. SOR reflects the chance a typical 25th ranked team would have team's record or better, given the schedule on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 is best.
RPI RK: Team's rank in official NCAA Ratings Percentage Index (RPI).

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