Conferences
2024-25 - 2025-26 - 2026-27


Rank Conference Predictive Rating Expected Predictive Rating Offense Defense Pace NCAA Tourney Teams Sweet Sixteen Teams Sweet Sixteen Team Final Four Team National Champion
1 Southeastern +13.8 +13.3 +8.2 +5.6 71.6 10.3 3.3 99.6% 46.8% 8.4%
2 Big 12 +13.1 +14.3 +7.2 +5.9 70.9 8.0 3.8 99.9% 77.7% 30.3%
3 Big Ten +13.0 +13.3 +7.2 +5.8 67.7 9.4 4.2 100.0% 84.0% 37.6%
4 Atlantic Coast +10.7 +11.0 +5.5 +5.2 69.4 8.1 2.2 97.8% 49.7% 14.9%
5 Big East +10.4 +10.8 +5.4 +5.0 69.6 4.0 1.2 85.9% 26.7% 5.5%
6 Mountain West +4.7 +4.7 +2.0 +2.7 67.7 2.0 0.1 13.3% 0.8% 0.1%
7 Atlantic 10 +3.5 +3.1 +1.7 +1.8 68.3 1.4 0.2 20.6% 2.8% 0.3%
8 West Coast +3.2 +3.5 +1.0 +2.2 68.8 1.7 0.6 62.1% 14.9% 3.0%
9 Missouri Valley +1.7 +1.1 -0.1 +1.8 69.1 1.0 0.0 2.1% 0.0% 0.0%
10 American Athletic +1.0 +0.6 +0.2 +0.8 69.0 1.0 0.0 2.7% 0.0% 0.0%
11 Conference USA -0.9 -1.1 -0.7 -0.2 67.3 1.0 0.0 1.1% 0.0% 0.0%
12 Ivy League -1.4 -1.8 +0.1 -1.4 69.3 1.0 0.0 2.3% 0.0% 0.0%
13 Western Athletic -1.8 -0.4 -2.1 +0.3 69.4 1.0 0.0 0.7% 0.0% 0.0%
14 Mid-American -1.9 -1.1 -0.3 -1.6 70.7 1.0 0.0 3.1% 0.1% 0.0%
15 Colonial Athletic -1.9 -1.4 -0.8 -1.1 68.1 1.0 0.0 0.5% 0.0% 0.0%
16 Big West -2.1 -1.7 -1.7 -0.5 72.7 1.0 0.0 1.3% 0.0% 0.0%
17 Big Sky -3.1 -3.6 -1.0 -2.1 69.0 1.0 0.0 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%
18 Southland -3.1 -3.1 -2.1 -1.1 67.0 1.0 0.0 2.1% 0.0% 0.0%
19 Horizon -4.2 -3.8 -0.4 -3.8 70.6 1.0 0.0 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%
20 Sun Belt -4.3 -4.3 -2.7 -1.6 69.0 1.0 0.0 0.6% 0.0% 0.0%
21 Big South -4.7 -6.0 -2.1 -2.6 71.0 1.0 0.0 1.2% 0.0% 0.0%
22 Southern -5.2 -5.5 -1.2 -3.9 67.8 1.0 0.0 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%
23 Summit League -5.4 -6.0 -1.6 -3.8 70.1 1.0 0.0 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%
24 Metro Atlantic Athletic -6.2 -6.2 -4.2 -2.0 66.9 1.0 0.0 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
25 Atlantic Sun -6.4 -6.2 -1.7 -4.7 69.2 1.0 0.0 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
26 Patriot League -7.4 -7.6 -3.7 -3.7 66.7 1.0 0.0 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
27 Ohio Valley -7.5 -7.6 -5.3 -2.1 68.6 1.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
28 America East -9.6 -10.5 -5.8 -3.7 66.3 1.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
29 Northeast -9.9 -10.4 -5.7 -4.2 66.3 1.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
30 Southwestern Athletic -10.2 -10.2 -6.2 -4.0 71.8 1.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
31 Mid-Eastern -12.5 -12.9 -8.0 -4.4 69.6 1.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%