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 +13.2 +11.0 +7.9 +5.3 72.4 9.2 3.2 99.4% 50.3% 9.9%
2 Big 12 +12.7 +14.8 +6.8 +6.0 71.6 8.8 3.7 99.9% 71.8% 22.7%
3 Big Ten +12.5 +12.7 +7.0 +5.5 69.1 9.8 3.9 99.9% 82.5% 40.5%
4 Atlantic Coast +10.4 +11.8 +5.3 +5.1 70.7 8.3 2.5 98.5% 51.6% 13.5%
5 Big East +9.8 +10.1 +5.2 +4.6 69.6 4.0 1.3 86.6% 30.1% 6.3%
6 Mountain West +4.4 +4.2 +2.4 +2.0 69.1 1.8 0.2 16.4% 1.5% 0.1%
7 Atlantic 10 +3.3 +3.6 +1.6 +1.7 69.2 1.4 0.1 11.5% 1.0% 0.1%
8 West Coast +2.8 +2.7 +1.2 +1.6 68.8 1.7 0.8 72.3% 25.3% 6.9%
9 Missouri Valley +1.5 +0.3 -0.2 +1.7 69.7 1.0 0.0 3.6% 0.1% 0.0%
10 American Athletic +1.0 +0.4 +1.0 0.0 68.5 1.1 0.0 4.6% 0.2% 0.0%
11 Conference USA -1.0 -1.9 -1.0 0.0 68.7 1.0 0.0 1.6% 0.0% 0.0%
12 Ivy League -1.6 -2.2 -0.2 -1.5 70.2 1.0 0.0 3.0% 0.1% 0.0%
13 Colonial Athletic -1.7 -0.7 -0.7 -1.0 68.3 1.0 0.0 1.4% 0.0% 0.0%
14 Mid-American -1.7 -0.4 +0.2 -1.9 71.4 1.0 0.1 5.8% 0.3% 0.0%
15 Western Athletic -1.9 +0.3 -2.1 +0.2 68.4 1.0 0.0 2.4% 0.0% 0.0%
16 Big West -2.3 -1.4 -1.5 -0.8 72.9 1.0 0.0 2.0% 0.0% 0.0%
17 Big Sky -2.5 -3.6 -1.0 -1.5 69.6 1.0 0.0 0.5% 0.0% 0.0%
18 Southland -3.2 -3.4 -2.3 -0.9 67.6 1.0 0.0 3.1% 0.1% 0.0%
19 Big South -4.2 -6.2 -1.7 -2.5 71.8 1.0 0.0 1.9% 0.0% 0.0%
20 Horizon -4.2 -3.7 -1.3 -2.9 72.5 1.0 0.0 0.6% 0.0% 0.0%
21 Sun Belt -4.3 -4.1 -2.6 -1.7 69.3 1.0 0.0 0.5% 0.0% 0.0%
22 Southern -5.0 -4.8 -1.5 -3.5 68.7 1.0 0.0 0.8% 0.0% 0.0%
23 Summit League -5.3 -5.0 -2.3 -3.1 71.4 1.0 0.0 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%
24 Atlantic Sun -5.4 -5.2 -2.2 -3.3 70.2 1.0 0.0 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%
25 Metro Atlantic Athletic -6.4 -6.0 -4.2 -2.2 67.9 1.0 0.0 0.5% 0.0% 0.0%
26 Patriot League -6.8 -7.3 -3.3 -3.5 67.4 1.0 0.0 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
27 Ohio Valley -7.3 -7.7 -4.8 -2.5 69.9 1.0 0.0 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
28 America East -8.8 -10.7 -5.2 -3.6 67.4 1.0 0.0 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
29 Southwestern Athletic -9.1 -8.8 -5.7 -3.4 71.8 1.0 0.0 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
30 Northeast -10.0 -9.9 -5.6 -4.4 68.6 1.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
31 Mid-Eastern -12.1 -14.3 -7.9 -4.2 69.1 1.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%