2024 College Basketball Power Rankings

College basketball season is back, which means it’s time to search for betting edges on the hardwood.

Below, you’ll find FTN’s college basketball power rankings for the 2024 season. These will be updated every week after games, adjusting for results, news and injuries. We can use these ratings to create a point spread between any two teams in the country on a neutral court. Just subtract the lower team’s rating from the higher-ranked team’s rating. If you compare that number to the spread of a particular game, you can find situations where FTN identifies a betting edge. We will also keep track of teams that are trending up or down, helping to further identify value compared to the public’s perception on media polls.

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Here is the latest iteration of the FTN College Basketball Power Rankings for the 2024-2025 season!

Conference:

Team	Conference	Record	AP Rating	Current Rank	Previous	Week Diff	Preseason	Pre Diff
Duke	ACC	16-2	0	1	3	2	3	2
Houston	B12	14-3	0	2	2	0	2	0
Tennessee	SEC	16-2	0	3	4	1	4	1
Auburn	SEC	17-1	0	4	1	-3	1	-3
Florida	SEC	16-2	0	5	6	1	6	1
Iowa State	B12	15-2	0	6	5	-1	5	-1
Alabama	SEC	15-3	0	7	8	1	8	1
Texas Tech	B12	13-4	0	8	10	2	10	2
Kansas	B12	13-4	0	9	7	-2	7	-2
Arizona	P12	11-6	0	10	9	-1	9	-1
Kentucky	SEC	14-4	0	11	15	4	15	4
Illinois	B10	13-5	0	12	17	5	17	5
Marquette	BE	15-3	0	13	12	-1	12	-1
Baylor	B12	11-6	0	14	11	-3	11	-3
Michigan	B10	14-4	0	15	13	-2	13	-2
Gonzaga	WCC	14-6	0	16	14	-2	14	-2
Connecticut	BE	13-5	0	17	18	1	18	1
Michigan State	B10	16-2	0	18	21	3	21	3
St. John's	BE	16-3	0	19	23	4	23	4
Mississippi State	SEC	15-3	0	20	16	-4	16	-4
Maryland	B10	14-5	0	21	22	1	22	1
Purdue	B10	15-4	0	22	20	-2	20	-2
Cincinnati	B12	12-5	0	23	19	-4	19	-4
Oregon	P12	15-3	0	24	25	1	25	1
Missouri	SEC	15-3	0	25	28	3	28	3
BYU	B12	11-6	0	26	26	0	26	0
Texas A&M	SEC	14-4	0	27	29	2	29	2
Ole Miss	SEC	15-3	0	28	24	-4	24	-4
North Carolina	ACC	12-7	0	29	37	8	37	8
Wisconsin	B10	15-3	0	30	27	-3	27	-3
UCLA	P12	12-6	0	31	38	7	38	7
Saint Mary's	WCC	16-3	0	32	30	-2	30	-2
Louisville	ACC	14-5	0	33	34	1	34	1
Vanderbilt	SEC	15-3	0	34	39	5	39	5
Georgia	SEC	14-4	0	35	31	-4	31	-4
Pittsburgh	ACC	12-6	0	36	36	0	36	0
Clemson	ACC	15-4	0	37	35	-2	35	-2
Arkansas	SEC	11-7	0	38	32	-6	32	-6
Texas	B12	12-6	0	39	33	-6	33	-6
Ohio State	B10	10-8	0	40	40	0	40	0
Creighton	BE	12-6	0	41	43	2	43	2
SMU	Amer	14-4	0	42	54	12	54	12
Villanova	BE	12-7	0	43	42	-1	42	-1
West Virginia	B12	13-4	0	44	48	4	48	4
Oklahoma	B12	14-4	0	45	50	5	50	5
VCU	A10	14-4	0	46	45	-1	45	-1
Xavier	BE	12-7	0	47	56	9	56	9
Penn State	B10	12-6	0	48	44	-4	44	-4
Northwestern	B10	11-7	0	49	52	3	52	3
New Mexico	MWC	15-4	0	50	49	-1	49	-1
Utah State	MWC	16-2	0	51	53	2	53	2
Nebraska	B10	12-6	0	52	46	-6	46	-6
Iowa	B10	12-6	0	53	41	-12	41	-12
Wake Forest	ACC	14-4	0	54	55	1	55	1
Utah	P12	11-6	0	55	60	5	60	5
Boise State	MWC	13-6	0	56	58	2	58	2
San Diego State	MWC	11-5	0	57	57	0	57	0
Dayton	A10	12-6	0	58	47	-11	47	-11
USC	P12	11-7	0	59	67	8	67	8
Memphis	Amer	14-4	0	60	51	-9	51	-9
TCU	B12	10-7	0	61	59	-2	59	-2
UCF	B12	12-5	0	62	71	9	71	9
Nevada	MWC	11-7	0	63	66	3	66	3
North Texas	CUSA	13-4	0	64	63	-1	63	-1
Kansas State	B12	7-10	0	65	68	3	68	3
Florida State	ACC	13-5	0	66	77	11	77	11
Indiana	B10	14-5	0	67	61	-6	61	-6
LSU	SEC	12-6	0	68	62	-6	62	-6
UC San Diego	BW	15-4	0	69	82	13	82	13
Notre Dame	ACC	8-10	0	70	78	8	78	8
Rutgers	B10	10-8	0	71	65	-6	65	-6
Arizona State	P12	10-7	0	72	64	-8	64	-8
Drake	MVC	16-2	0	73	70	-3	70	-3
Santa Clara	WCC	13-7	0	74	73	-1	73	-1
Georgetown	BE	12-6	0	75	72	-3	72	-3
Stanford	P12	12-6	0	76	69	-7	69	-7
Colorado State	MWC	11-7	0	77	79	2	79	2
San Francisco	WCC	16-5	0	78	84	6	84	6
Colorado	P12	9-8	0	79	74	-5	74	-5
George Mason	A10	14-5	0	80	87	7	87	7
NC State	ACC	9-9	0	81	76	-5	76	-5
South Carolina	SEC	10-8	0	82	75	-7	75	-7
Oklahoma State	B12	10-7	0	83	90	7	90	7
Butler	BE	8-10	0	84	85	1	85	1
Washington	P12	10-8	0	85	86	1	86	1
Grand Canyon	WAC	13-5	0	86	83	-3	83	-3
Providence	BE	9-10	0	87	80	-7	80	-7
Liberty	ASun	15-4	0	88	81	-7	81	-7
McNeese State	Slnd	13-5	0	89	88	-1	88	-1
Oregon State	P12	14-6	0	90	89	-1	89	-1
Yale	Ivy	9-6	0	91	99	8	99	8
UC Irvine	BW	17-2	0	92	92	0	92	0
St. Bonaventure	A10	15-4	0	93	95	2	95	2
Washington State	P12	15-5	0	94	91	-3	91	-3
UAB	CUSA	11-7	0	95	94	-1	94	-1
St. Joseph's	A10	11-7	0	96	93	-3	93	-3
Minnesota	B10	9-9	0	97	101	4	101	4
Bradley	MVC	16-3	0	98	98	0	98	0
Arkansas State	SB	14-5	0	99	108	9	108	9
DePaul	BE	10-9	0	100	104	4	104	4
UNLV	MWC	11-7	0	101	106	5	106	5
High Point	BSth	16-5	0	102	105	3	105	3
Saint Louis	A10	11-7	0	103	103	0	103	0
Florida Atlantic	CUSA	10-9	0	104	96	-8	96	-8
California	P12	9-9	0	105	97	-8	97	-8
Seton Hall	BE	6-12	0	106	100	-6	100	-6
Georgia Tech	ACC	8-11	0	107	107	0	107	0
Wichita State	Amer	11-7	0	108	110	2	110	2
Lipscomb	ASun	13-6	0	109	114	5	114	5
Loyola Chicago	A10	11-7	0	110	118	8	118	8
Virginia	ACC	8-10	0	111	113	2	113	2
Samford	SC	15-4	0	112	112	0	112	0
Davidson	A10	12-6	0	113	119	6	119	6
Northern Iowa	MVC	11-8	0	114	111	-3	111	-3
Middle Tennessee	CUSA	13-5	0	115	127	12	127	12
Princeton	Ivy	13-4	0	116	115	-1	115	-1
Syracuse	ACC	9-9	0	117	109	-8	109	-8
Miami FL	ACC	4-14	0	118	102	-16	102	-16
Troy	SB	11-7	0	119	129	10	129	10
East Carolina	Amer	10-9	0	120	125	5	125	5
Virginia Tech	ACC	8-10	0	121	131	10	131	10
Ohio	MAC	10-7	0	122	117	-5	117	-5
UTEP	CUSA	14-4	0	123	123	0	123	0
Louisiana Tech	CUSA	13-6	0	124	122	-2	122	-2
Temple	Amer	12-6	0	125	140	15	140	15
South Dakota State	Sum	12-8	0	126	139	13	139	13
Murray State	MVC	10-9	0	127	124	-3	124	-3
Rhode Island	A10	14-4	0	128	120	-8	120	-8
Cornell	Ivy	10-5	0	129	130	1	130	1
South Alabama	SB	14-5	0	130	132	2	132	2
Akron	MAC	12-5	0	131	134	3	134	3
IPFW	Horz	14-6	0	132	145	13	145	13
North Dakota State	Sum	15-6	0	133	144	11	144	11
Loyola Marymount	WCC	11-8	0	134	141	7	141	7
Cal State Northridge	BW	12-6	0	135	147	12	147	12
Charleston	CAA	15-4	0	136	116	-20	116	-20
Furman	SC	15-4	0	137	135	-2	135	-2
South Florida	Amer	10-8	0	138	162	24	162	24
Kent State	MAC	11-6	0	139	121	-18	121	-18
Utah Valley	WAC	13-6	0	140	133	-7	133	-7
George Washington	A10	13-5	0	141	128	-13	128	-13
New Mexico State	WAC	11-7	0	142	152	10	152	10
Seattle	WAC	8-10	0	143	169	26	169	26
UC Santa Barbara	BW	12-6	0	144	136	-8	136	-8
James Madison	SB	10-9	0	145	143	-2	143	-2
Tulane	Amer	10-9	0	146	153	7	153	7
Bryant	AE	10-9	0	147	175	28	175	28
UNC Wilmington	CAA	13-5	0	148	150	2	150	2
Illinois Chicago	MVC	12-6	0	149	164	15	164	15
Belmont	MVC	14-5	0	150	159	9	159	9
Duquesne	A10	9-9	0	151	174	23	174	23
Towson	CAA	10-9	0	152	155	3	155	3
Western Kentucky	CUSA	11-7	0	153	137	-16	137	-16
Wofford	SC	10-9	0	154	171	17	171	17
East Tennessee State	SC	11-8	0	155	148	-7	148	-7
Hawaii	BW	12-6	0	156	126	-30	126	-30
Milwaukee	Horz	13-7	0	157	161	4	161	4
Illinois State	MVC	11-8	0	158	160	2	160	2
UNC Greensboro	SC	12-7	0	159	158	-1	158	-1
North Alabama	ASun	12-7	0	160	172	12	172	12
UMass	A10	8-11	0	161	168	7	168	7
Northern Colorado	BSky	14-5	0	162	156	-6	156	-6
Chattanooga	SC	12-7	0	163	149	-14	149	-14
St. Thomas	Sum	15-5	0	164	151	-13	151	-13
Appalachian State	SB	11-7	0	165	157	-8	157	-8
San Jose State	MWC	9-11	0	166	167	1	167	1
Cal Baptist	WAC	9-9	0	167	154	-13	154	-13
Wyoming	MWC	9-9	0	168	138	-30	138	-30
Boston College	ACC	9-9	0	169	142	-27	142	-27
Sam Houston State	WAC	8-11	0	170	146	-24	146	-24
Miami OH	MAC	13-4	0	171	179	8	179	8
Elon	CAA	13-6	0	172	183	11	183	11
Marshall	SB	11-9	0	173	181	8	181	8
Northeastern	CAA	10-9	0	174	180	6	180	6
Quinnipiac	MAAC	11-8	0	175	213	38	213	38
Cleveland State	Horz	14-6	0	176	203	27	203	27
Hofstra	CAA	10-8	0	177	177	0	177	0
Texas State	SB	11-8	0	178	163	-15	163	-15
Winthrop	BSth	13-8	0	179	170	-9	170	-9
Indiana State	MVC	9-10	0	180	173	-7	173	-7
William & Mary	CAA	11-7	0	181	184	3	184	3
Jacksonville State	ASun	11-7	0	182	186	4	186	4
UMass Lowell	AE	13-6	0	183	166	-17	166	-17
Rice	CUSA	11-8	0	184	178	-6	178	-6
Montana State	BSky	7-12	0	185	193	8	193	8
Wright State	Horz	10-10	0	186	188	2	188	2
Toledo	MAC	10-7	0	187	201	14	201	14
Columbia	Ivy	11-4	0	188	165	-23	165	-23
UTSA	CUSA	8-9	0	189	210	21	210	21
Longwood	BSth	14-6	0	190	191	1	191	1
Kennesaw State	ASun	11-7	0	191	212	21	212	21
UC Riverside	BW	11-8	0	192	176	-16	176	-16
Colgate	Pat	8-11	0	193	221	28	221	28
Oakland	Horz	8-12	0	194	187	-7	187	-7
FGCU	ASun	10-9	0	195	204	9	204	9
Jacksonville	ASun	11-7	0	196	190	-6	190	-6
Texas A&M CC	Slnd	13-6	0	197	182	-15	182	-15
La Salle	A10	10-8	0	198	185	-13	185	-13
Norfolk State	MEAC	12-8	0	199	198	-1	198	-1
Vermont	AE	10-9	0	200	202	2	202	2
Southern Illinois	MVC	8-11	0	201	230	29	230	29
UT Arlington	WAC	7-11	0	202	214	12	214	12
Pepperdine	WCC	7-12	0	203	196	-7	196	-7
Drexel	CAA	10-8	0	204	195	-9	195	-9
Montana	BSky	11-8	0	205	189	-16	189	-16
Charlotte	CUSA	7-12	0	206	199	-7	199	-7
Youngstown State	Horz	12-8	0	207	194	-13	194	-13
UNC Asheville	BSth	13-6	0	208	211	3	211	3
Richmond	A10	7-12	0	209	197	-12	197	-12
Radford	BSth	13-7	0	210	205	-5	205	-5
Central Michigan	MAC	8-9	0	211	231	20	231	20
Fordham	A10	8-10	0	212	215	3	215	3
Delaware	CAA	11-8	0	213	208	-5	208	-5
Northern Kentucky	Horz	9-11	0	214	192	-22	192	-22
Central Connecticut	NEC	12-6	0	215	218	3	218	3
Eastern Kentucky	ASun	9-10	0	216	229	13	229	13
Merrimack	NEC	9-9	0	217	200	-17	200	-17
Maine	AE	12-8	0	218	225	7	225	7
Idaho State	BSky	8-8	0	219	248	29	248	29
Valparaiso	MVC	10-9	0	220	209	-11	209	-11
Robert Morris	Horz	13-7	0	221	241	20	241	20
FIU	CUSA	7-12	0	222	223	1	223	1
Brown	Ivy	8-7	0	223	216	-7	216	-7
Marist	MAAC	13-3	0	224	219	-5	219	-5
Missouri State	MVC	7-12	0	225	206	-19	206	-19
Southern	SWAC	10-8	0	226	228	2	228	2
Nicholls State	Slnd	11-7	0	227	243	16	243	16
Tulsa	Amer	8-10	0	228	207	-21	207	-21
Harvard	Ivy	6-9	0	229	236	7	236	7
Cal Poly	BW	6-14	0	230	233	3	233	3
Nebraska Omaha	Sum	11-9	0	231	254	23	254	23
Mercer	SC	9-10	0	232	222	-10	222	-10
American	Pat	10-9	0	233	246	13	246	13
UC Davis	BW	11-8	0	234	247	13	247	13
UTRGV	WAC	11-7	0	235	217	-18	217	-18
Ball State	MAC	8-9	0	236	224	-12	224	-12
Cal State Bakersfield	BW	9-10	0	237	251	14	251	14
North Florida	ASun	9-10	0	238	239	1	239	1
UMKC	Sum	10-10	0	239	227	-12	227	-12
Campbell	BSth	8-11	0	240	268	28	268	28
Southern Utah	WAC	9-9	0	241	220	-21	220	-21
Abilene Christian	WAC	8-11	0	242	237	-5	237	-5
Portland State	BSky	11-7	0	243	234	-9	234	-9
Weber State	BSky	7-12	0	244	226	-18	226	-18
Fresno State	MWC	5-13	0	245	235	-10	235	-10
Iona	MAAC	6-12	0	246	256	10	256	10
Eastern Washington	BSky	6-12	0	247	253	6	253	6
Albany	AE	10-10	0	248	252	4	252	4
St. Peter's	MAAC	7-8	0	249	245	-4	245	-4
SFA	WAC	8-10	0	250	232	-18	232	-18
Northern Arizona	BSky	11-8	0	251	257	6	257	6
Monmouth	CAA	5-14	0	252	250	-2	250	-2
Idaho	BSky	8-10	0	253	242	-11	242	-11
Queens	ASun	12-7	0	254	249	-5	249	-5
Lamar	Slnd	9-9	0	255	240	-15	240	-15
SIU Edwardsville	OVC	12-7	0	256	255	-1	255	-1
Gardner Webb	BSth	8-11	0	257	263	6	263	6
South Dakota	Sum	11-9	0	258	238	-20	238	-20
Southeastern Louisiana	Slnd	10-8	0	259	266	7	266	7
South Carolina State	MEAC	9-10	0	260	258	-2	258	-2
North Dakota	Sum	8-13	0	261	259	-2	259	-2
Bowling Green	MAC	7-10	0	262	273	11	273	11
Little Rock	OVC	11-7	0	263	280	17	280	17
Southern Miss	SB	8-11	0	264	271	7	271	7
Portland	WCC	6-14	0	265	277	12	277	12
Sacred Heart	NEC	6-12	0	266	265	-1	265	-1
Boston	Pat	9-10	0	267	260	-7	260	-7
Incarnate Word	Slnd	9-9	0	268	262	-6	262	-6
Morehead State	OVC	12-7	0	269	283	14	283	14
Georgia Southern	SB	10-9	0	270	267	-3	267	-3
UMBC	AE	9-10	0	271	244	-27	244	-27
Texas Southern	SWAC	6-11	0	272	308	36	308	36
Tarleton State	WAC	8-12	0	273	289	16	289	16
Presbyterian	BSth	8-12	0	274	269	-5	269	-5
Hampton	CAA	9-9	0	275	272	-3	272	-3
Army	Pat	10-8	0	276	276	0	276	0
Western Michigan	MAC	4-13	0	277	278	1	278	1
San Diego	WCC	4-16	0	278	287	9	287	9
Bucknell	Pat	8-11	0	279	261	-18	261	-18
Air Force	MWC	3-15	0	280	275	-5	275	-5
Bethune Cookman	SWAC	6-11	0	281	284	3	284	3
Siena	MAAC	8-10	0	282	301	19	301	19
Pacific	WCC	6-15	0	283	274	-9	274	-9
Jackson State	SWAC	4-13	0	284	300	16	300	16
Charleston Southern	BSth	6-14	0	285	288	3	288	3
Alabama State	SWAC	7-11	0	286	295	9	295	9
Georgia State	SB	7-12	0	287	281	-6	281	-6
Dartmouth	Ivy	7-8	0	288	286	-2	286	-2
Lafayette	Pat	7-12	0	289	264	-25	264	-25
Old Dominion	SB	8-11	0	290	307	17	307	17
Loyola MD	Pat	8-9	0	291	309	18	309	18
Southeast Missouri State	OVC	10-9	0	292	294	2	294	2
Northwestern State	Slnd	7-10	0	293	303	10	303	10
North Carolina Central	MEAC	9-12	0	294	298	4	298	4
Niagara	MAAC	7-11	0	295	296	1	296	1
Manhattan	MAAC	8-8	0	296	291	-5	291	-5
Penn	Ivy	4-11	0	297	302	5	302	5
Evansville	MVC	6-13	0	298	282	-16	282	-16
UL Lafayette	SB	6-13	0	299	292	-7	292	-7
Howard	MEAC	8-10	0	300	293	-7	293	-7
UT Martin	OVC	9-10	0	301	299	-2	299	-2
Mount St. Mary's	MAAC	11-7	0	302	270	-32	270	-32
Tennessee State	OVC	7-12	0	303	312	9	312	9
Coastal Carolina	SB	8-11	0	304	285	-19	285	-19
Navy	Pat	5-14	0	305	297	-8	297	-8
Rider	MAAC	7-11	0	306	310	4	310	4
Fairfield	MAAC	7-11	0	307	306	-1	306	-1
Utah Tech	WAC	6-13	0	308	305	-3	305	-3
Lehigh	Pat	6-11	0	309	290	-19	290	-19
Binghamton	AE	9-11	0	310	304	-6	304	-6
Austin Peay	ASun	7-12	0	311	317	6	317	6
IUPUI	Horz	6-14	0	312	311	-1	311	-1
LIU	NEC	9-11	0	313	319	6	319	6
Oral Roberts	Sum	5-13	0	314	320	6	320	6
Holy Cross	Pat	10-9	0	315	318	3	318	3
North Carolina A&T	CAA	4-15	0	316	315	-1	315	-1
Eastern Michigan	MAC	8-9	0	317	314	-3	314	-3
Houston Christian	Slnd	7-11	0	318	324	6	324	6
Cal State Fullerton	BW	6-14	0	319	334	15	334	15
Long Beach State	BW	7-12	0	320	279	-41	279	-41
VMI	SC	8-11	0	321	332	11	332	11
Stonehill	NEC	10-9	0	322	321	-1	321	-1
Stony Brook	CAA	4-15	0	323	322	-1	322	-1
Tennessee Tech	OVC	9-10	0	324	316	-8	316	-8
Delaware State	MEAC	9-10	0	325	326	1	326	1
USC Upstate	BSth	5-15	0	326	335	9	335	9
Lindenwood	OVC	8-11	0	327	337	10	337	10
Grambling State	SWAC	4-14	0	328	325	-3	325	-3
Buffalo	MAC	6-11	0	329	331	2	331	2
Western Carolina	SC	5-12	0	330	323	-7	323	-7
Southern Indiana	OVC	8-10	0	331	327	-4	327	-4
Prairie View A&M	SWAC	4-14	0	332	313	-19	313	-19
Wagner	NEC	9-8	0	333	328	-5	328	-5
Denver	Sum	6-15	0	334	329	-5	329	-5
Sacramento State	BSky	5-13	0	335	342	7	342	7
Central Arkansas	ASun	5-14	0	336	330	-6	330	-6
Eastern Illinois	OVC	5-13	0	337	336	-1	336	-1
Fairleigh Dickinson	NEC	6-13	0	338	339	1	339	1
Western Illinois	Sum	8-11	0	339	333	-6	333	-6
Le Moyne	NEC	6-13	0	340	340	0	340	0
West Georgia	ASun	3-16	0	341	349	8	349	8
Morgan State	MEAC	8-12	0	342	345	3	345	3
UL Monroe	SB	4-16	0	343	338	-5	338	-5
Green Bay	Horz	2-18	0	344	341	-3	341	-3
St. Francis PA	NEC	7-12	0	345	344	-1	344	-1
Alcorn State	SWAC	2-15	0	346	347	1	347	1
Canisius	MAAC	2-16	0	347	350	3	350	3
East Texas A&M	Slnd	2-16	0	348	354	6	354	6
Alabama A&M	SWAC	6-12	0	349	348	-1	348	-1
Stetson	ASun	5-14	0	350	343	-7	343	-7
Bellarmine	ASun	3-16	0	351	346	-5	346	-5
Mercyhurst	NEC	8-12	0	352	355	3	355	3
Detroit	Horz	6-14	0	353	353	0	353	0
Citadel	SC	5-12	0	354	352	-2	352	-2
Northern Illinois	MAC	4-13	0	355	351	-4	351	-4
Florida A&M	SWAC	4-11	0	356	357	1	357	1
New Orleans	Slnd	4-14	0	357	356	-1	356	-1
New Hampshire	AE	4-16	0	358	358	0	358	0
NJIT	AE	4-15	0	359	359	0	359	0
Pine Bluff	SWAC	3-14	0	360	361	1	361	1
Maryland Eastern Shore	MEAC	4-15	0	361	360	-1	360	-1
Chicago State	ind	2-17	0	362	362	0	362	0
Coppin State	MEAC	3-16	0	363	363	0	363	0
Mississippi Valley State	SWAC	2-16	0	364	364	0	364	0
	Conference

Key Takeaways

Houston remains the top team in our CBB Power Rankings despite its three losses against a brutal non-conference schedule. The Cougars battled Auburn throughout their matchup and suffered two overtime losses to Alabama and San Diego State. Those overtime losses are relatively fluky, reinforcing our belief in the Cougars at the top spot. Houston still ranks 11th overall in offense and third overall in defense, per KenPom.
Tennessee and Duke are now No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, in our FTN CBB Power Rankings, boasting a combined record of 15-2. Duke’s two losses to Kentucky and Kansas were games decided in the final possessions. Tennessee is a perfect 8-0 overall but will be tested next Saturday in a true road game at Illinois.
The power rankings have started to back Baylor, as the Bears rose three spots to No. 9 overall in our rankings. Baylor has three losses, including last Wednesday’s true road loss at Connecticut. The Bears lost Jeremy Roach (concussion) during that game but battled until the final possession. Baylor has three winnable games until opening the Big 12 conference season on December 31 at home against Utah.
Florida rose four spots this week to No. 13 overall in our power rankings. They are a perfect 9-0 but will be tested with Arizona State in a neutral-court battle in Atlanta and a semi-away matchup against North Carolina in the next week.
The big riser of the week is Michigan State, sitting at No. 23 overall. The Spartans have improved greatly since their 77-69 loss to Kansas on November 12. They have won six of their last seven games, with three straight victories over North Carolina, Minnesota and Nebraska. They are up 15 spots in our power rankings from last week.
Our biggest faller is Ohio State, which dropped eight spots to No. 32 overall. The Buckeyes lost two of their last three games, including a 24-point blowout at Maryland. Things do not get easier for the Buckeyes as they battle Auburn in Atlanta on Saturday.

2024 College Basketball Power Rankings

Key Takeaways

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