KenPom basketball ratings: 6 B1G teams rank within top 25 through first 3 weeks of season

Computer models for ranking college basketball teams has become more and more popular as the years have gone by.

Perhaps the biggest of those computer models in KenPom, a website created by Ken Pomeroy that ranks all 363 teams in college basketball by all sorts of different factors: Efficiency, 3-point shooting, defense, rebound percentage – you name it.

We’re nearing 3 weeks into the college basketball season and 6 B1G teams are at the top of KenPom’s model. Purdue, Indiana, Ohio State, Iowa. Maryland and Illinois all rank within the top 25 of his rankings.

Here are the full rankings through the first 20 days of the season, per KenPom:

1. Texas
2. Houston
3. Tennessee
4. Kentucky
5. Virginia
6. Baylor
7. Purdue
8. Connecticut
9. Gonzaga
10. Arizona
11. Indiana
12. UCLA
13. Arkansas
14. Alabama
15. Creighton
16. Auburn
17. San Diego State
18. Kansas
19. Ohio State
20. Duke
21. North Carolina
22. Illinois
23. Iowa
24. Maryland
25. Saint Mary’s

Ethan Stone

Ethan Stone was an editor for his student newspaper at the University of Tennessee and is now a News Manager for Saturday Tradition.