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NET Rankings 2025-26

Butler coming in second in the BE is something no one saw coming. Thad! As of now, 3 BE teams in range - probably where it ends up.

Surprises - Vandy & LSU.
 
As of today:

1. UConn (8)
2. Butler (21)
3. St. John's (23)
4. Seton Hall (50)
5. Villanova (64)
6. Xavier (102)
7. Creighton (119)
8. Georgetown (122)
9. Providence (127)
10. Marquette (167)
11. DePaul (183)

Its still semi early, but with conference play starting the middle of this month, time is running out.

Butler is in a good spot, and has an OOC opportunity with Northwestern on the 20th of this month.

Seton Hall has Kansas State/Rutgers left for OOC.

Villanova has Michigan/Pittsburgh/Wisconsin left OOC, as well as either Penn or St. Joe's as part of the Big 5 Classic this weekend. They can really improve their profile.

As for our OOC:

BYU (13)
Arizona (6)
Illinois (24)
Kansas (17)
Florida (33)
Texas (68)
 
Dooooooomed said:
5 teams below Xavier... Gross.
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Over 50% of our league is 100+ - that is grosser than gross. That's more than half our league being Quad 3 type opportunities.

Brett, we just went 9-3 in FB, will get Matt Patricia as a HC and own TD, MSG, Hartford & Storrs. We are willing to make deal you can't refuse.
marlon brando GIF
 
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BFieldHusky said:
As of today:

1. UConn (8)
2. Butler (21)
3. St. John's (23)
4. Seton Hall (50)
5. Villanova (64)
6. Xavier (102)
7. Creighton (119)
8. Georgetown (122)
9. Providence (127)
10. Marquette (167)
11. DePaul (183)

Its still semi early, but with conference play starting the middle of this month, time is running out.

Butler is in a good spot, and has an OOC opportunity with Northwestern on the 20th of this month.

Seton Hall has Kansas State/Rutgers left for OOC.

Villanova has Michigan/Pittsburgh/Wisconsin left OOC, as well as either Penn or St. Joe's as part of the Big 5 Classic this weekend. They can really improve their profile.

As for our OOC:

BYU (13)
Arizona (6)
Illinois (24)
Kansas (17)
Florida (33)
Texas (68)
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Absolutely dreadful performance by the conference.

Once conference play starts, you can only shuffle teams up and down, you're not going to be able to lift all boats. The inverse of this is how the SEC got a ton of bids last year.

This is a 3 bid league unless Seton Hall or Nova rise at the expense of everyone else below them, and assuming Butler doesn't fall off a cliff which is entirely possible.
 
Not many Q1 opportunities in the BE this year.

Looks like 2 (maybe 3) at home if either SH or Nova gets to top 30 & only 5 on the road....ugly. You would think Creighton & Marquette maybe figure it out in BE play and improve.
 
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Too early for me to care much, but one thing caught my eye. Strength of schedule in the top 10:

Michigan - 17
Duke - 158
Purdue - 71
Vanderbilt - 117
Gonzaga - 63
Arizona - 85
Iowa St - 220
UConn - 27
Louisville - 288
Michigan St - 96

Out of the top 10, UConn has faced the second hardest schedule and is still 6-1 without a fully healthy and integrated roster. Bodes well
 
REB1094 said:
Too early for me to care much, but one thing caught my eye. Strength of schedule in the top 10:

Michigan - 17
Duke - 158
Purdue - 71
Vanderbilt - 117
Gonzaga - 63
Arizona - 85
Iowa St - 220
UConn - 27
Louisville - 288
Michigan St - 96

Out of the top 10, UConn has faced the second hardest schedule and is still 6-1 without a fully healthy and integrated roster. Bodes well
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With games against Kansas, Florida and Texas to help.
 
I was looking at the Texas game as meh as far as scheduling and now it would be a top four game in our league.
 
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RuffRuff said:
Over 50% of our league is 100+ - that is grosser than gross. That's more than half our league being Quad 3 type opportunities.

Brett, we just went 9-3 in FB, will get Matt Patricia as a HC and own TD, MSG, Hartford & Storrs. We are willing to make deal you can't refuse.
marlon brando GIF
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Matt Patricia? Why?
 
Hi-Low said:
Not many Q1 opportunities in the BE this year.

Looks like 2 (maybe 3) at home if either SH or Nova gets to top 30 & only 5 on the road....ugly. You would think Creighton & Marquette maybe figure it out in BE play and improve.
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Probably only 4 on the road, gonna be tough for Xavier or Creighton to get above 75
 
Tenspro2002 said:
Absolutely dreadful performance by the conference.

Once conference play starts, you can only shuffle teams up and down, you're not going to be able to lift all boats. The inverse of this is how the SEC got a ton of bids last year.

This is a 3 bid league unless Seton Hall or Nova rise at the expense of everyone else below them, and assuming Butler doesn't fall off a cliff which is entirely possible.
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I really wonder if we end up being the "Golden ticket" for the BE fringe bubble teams, where a W against us is the centerpiece of an otherwise unflattering tourney resume. I will honestly be disappointed if we don't go at least 18-2 in the BE this year (for a team that has title aspirations).
 
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ctbro1999 said:
I really wonder if we end up being the "Golden ticket" for the BE fringe bubble teams, where a W against us is the centerpiece of an otherwise unflattering tourney resume. I will honestly be disappointed if we don't go at least 18-2 in the BE this year (for a team that has title aspirations).
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I am expecting us to be the SuperBowl for a lot of BE teams on the road this year, that is for sure. Hopefully we are tough enough to muscle those out.

I'm not fully understanding of how the NET works, but how is StJ's in the top 25 with their only meaningful win against 67 Baylor?
 
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RuffRuff said:
I am expecting us to be the SuperBowl for a lot of BE teams on the road this year, that is for sure. Hopefully we are tough enough to muscle those out.

I'm not fully understanding of how the NET works, but how is StJ's in the top 25 with their only meaningful win against 67 Baylor?
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They have played a very competitive schedule with close losses.
 
RuffRuff said:
I am expecting us to be the SuperBowl for a lot of BE teams on the road this year, that is for sure. Hopefully we are tough enough to muscle those out.

I'm not fully understanding of how the NET works, but how is StJ's in the top 25 with their only meaningful win against 67 Baylor?
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Gotta play the games before they count!
 
RuffRuff said:
Weird that close losses are viewed as a value.
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I think it’d be weird not to consider the value of a close loss. Just intuitively, we as a UConn fan base would have been far more pessimistic if we lost to Arizona by 25 than we were losing a close game. The optimists among us saw that despite being down two top 5 players, we hung we with one of the best teams in the country. That’s evidence UConn is a very good team, despite it being a loss.
 
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