College Basketball Rankings February 22: Purdue Just Outside Top 25

It was a very productive week last week or Purdue. The Boilers had a pair of games and won both, including one on the road. Even better, Maryland moved into the top 30 of the NET rankings, thus moving our home win over the Terrapins onto tier 1 of the NET rankings. We now have four such wins (Maryland, Indiana, and Ohio State x2), and Michigan State is closing in on the #73 spot (making the road win tier 1 if they get there).

All that work has moved Purdue on the cusp of the top 25 agains but not quite there yet.

1. Gonzaga (60) 1,596
2. Baylor (4) 1,540
3. Michigan 1,472
4. Ohio State 1,370
5. Illinois 1,356
6. Alabama 1,196
7. Oklahoma 1,150
8. Villanova 1,132
9. Iowa 1,088
10. West Virginia 1,014
11. Florida State 967
12. Houston 921
13. Creighton 836
14. Texas 730
15. Virginia 690
16. Virginia Tech 545
17. Kansas 532
18. Texas Tech 477
19. USC 423
20. Arkansas 346
21. Loyola-Chicago 288
22. San Diego State 222
23. Wisconsin 200
24. Missouri 149
25. Tennessee 145

Others Receiving Votes: Oklahoma St. 92, Belmont 80, Purdue 53, Oregon 53, LSU 32, BYU 19, Drake 19, UCLA 17, Clemson 13, Colorado 8, North Carolina 6, Wichita St. 6, Boise St. 5, Toledo 4, UC Santa Barbara 2, Western Kentucky 2, Winthrop 2, Xavier 2.

Purdue is also just outside the coaches top 25.

1. Gonzaga (27) 795
2. Baylor (4) 771
3. Michigan (1) 737
4. Illinois 657
5. Ohio State 648
6. Villanova 608
7. Alabama 589
8. Oklahoma 552
9. Florida State 490
10. Houston 483
11. Creighton 468
12. Iowa 465
13. West Virginia 462
14. Virginia 361
15. Virginia Tech 314
16. Texas 308
17. Texas Tech 224
18. USC 218
19. Kansas 168
20. Arkansas 134
21. Oklahoma State 132
22. Loyola-Chicago 124
23. Oregon 115
24. Wisconsin 105
25. San Diego State 96

Others Receiving Votes: Missouri 83; Tennessee 74; Purdue 64; Belmont 45; Drake 22; UCLA 17; Clemson 16; Louisiana State 13; Winthrop 9; Brigham Young 9; Boise St. 8; Wichita St. 7; North Carolina 5; Connecticut 3; Seton Hall 1.