NET Rankings 2025-26

[Inyatkin]

It is sarcasm. Obviously too complex if it undermines people’s undying affection for the New Big Easy, oops East.

The board: This conference is holding us back and has severely underperformed so far this year; we're in big trouble if we can't find a way out.

This dude: People just love this conference too much.

 

[TJT]

The relative conference NET rankings for the Big East are pretty much nearly sealed in as most members have few OOC games left. With a league schedule of 20 games (which starts in a few weeks), teams can only play a maximum of eleven OOC contests. Several teams such as PC have already played eight games. For the maximum number of bids, the league will need separation with the better teams breaking with the past and piling up wins over the lesser teams. Parity in conference play, unlike some 4-5 years ago, will not earn more bids this season.

 

[BFieldHusky]

The relative conference NET rankings for the Big East are pretty much nearly sealed in as most members have few OOC games left. With a league schedule of 20 games (which starts in a few weeks), teams can only play a maximum of eleven OOC contests. Several teams such as PC have already played eight games. For the maximum number of bids, the league will need separation with the better teams breaking with the past and piling up wins over the lesser teams. Parity in conference play, unlike some 4-5 years ago, will not earn more bids this season.

A team like Villanova still has some really good OOC opportunities. St. Johns has Ole Miss and Kentucky. GTown has UNC. It depends on the individual team.

 

[bendm]

Average of the 5 power conference leagues as of today:

SEC. 54.18
Big 12 60.18
ACC 64.05
Big Ten 69.30
Big East 73.00

Shocking we’re so close to the BIG given all the love they’ve been getting as “this year’s SEC.” Guess that’s just the BIG hype machine at work…fart sound

 

[thekollieman]

Question then is, is a close loss better than a win against a mid team? W/L feels pretty binary to me.

So many teams play into big leads then allow the other team to backdoor into a closer game than it looks. I feel like in either direction, there should be a threshold on value. Again, not sure how the algorithm works.

That’s a good question. Would barely eking out a win over UMES, for example, be worse than barely losing to Arizona? It would feel worse to me as a UConn fan, but then again a win is still a win.

 

[RuffRuff]

A team like Villanova still has some really good OOC opportunities. St. Johns has Ole Miss and Kentucky. GTown has UNC. It depends on the individual team.

If we go better than 2-5, I'd be shocked. I don't know why we do this to ourselves. Field of 68 with a special segment called "Big East Stinks". Lol. You can't hide from it or pretend it's any good.

 

[ctbro1999]

That’s a good question. Would barely eking out a win over UMES, for example, be worse than barely losing to Arizona? It would feel worse to me as a UConn fan, but then again a win is still a win.

Barely beating a 300+ NET team would definitely screw our metrics a lot more than a close L to a top team. Especially since that "bad" win would almost certainly be a home game too.

I think that's 1 reason Oregon is near 200 in NET; they don't have any loses to bad teams (though they did get waxed in games against good teams) but they have several almost L's to really bad teams.

 

[freescooter]

Barely beating a 300+ NET team would definitely screw our metrics a lot more than a close L to a top team. Especially since that "bad" win would almost certainly be a home game too.

I think that's 1 reason Oregon is near 200 in NET; they don't have any loses to bad teams (though they did get waxed in those games) but they have several almost L's to really bad teams.

That is insane. But it happens in all of these metrics and in other sports too. First rule should be that a win is the gold standard. If it isn’t then the system is nonsense. It is also why some leagues get overrated. If you are a bottom dweller in the Big 10, even if you stink you will always have a better NET or RPI or whatever than a bottom dweller in a solid mid major league. Not because you are better. Just because you play better teams.

In college baseball you see teams cancel games later in the year because a win against a bad team hurts RPI.

The last thing is that these systems were originally developed for gambling. No doubt there is some element in them designed to spread the handle evenly.

 

[CCSU97]

NET (12/1/2025)
8 - Connecticut
25 - Yale
146 - Quinnipiac
151 - Central Connecticut
203 - Fairfield
295 - Sacred Heart
315 - New Haven

 

[RuffRuff]

NET (12/1/2025)
8 - Connecticut
25 - Yale
146 - Quinnipiac
151 - Central Connecticut
203 - Fairfield
295 - Sacred Heart
315 - New Haven

A non P5 16 team preseason NE tourney would be pretty fun. Get UVM, Maine, Dartmouth, Bryant, URI, Harvard, BU, NE, , UNH, Brown in there.

 

[Inyatkin]

NET (12/1/2025)
8 - Connecticut
25 - Yale
146 - Quinnipiac
151 - Central Connecticut
203 - Fairfield
295 - Sacred Heart
315 - New Haven

Not bad for New Haven in its first year

 

[freescooter]

Yale is pretty impressive. I thought Central would be a bit higher. The BC win probably hurt their NET though.

 

[ctbro1999]

I thought Central would be a bit higher. The BC win probably hurt their NET though.

And Rutgers. 😆

 

[RuffRuff]