Talisman Red's College Basketball Computer Ratings

Welcome to 2026-27!

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D-I game scores this year are again courtesy of Ken Pomeroy. Scores for D-II and D-III games are courtesy of Dr. Kenneth Massey. As always, if you see something out of place, please drop me a line.

Greetings to my loyal D-II and D-III followers...

Thank you, once again, so very much for your continued support. Click over on the menu under the Wilson section, or go directly to the D-II or D-III "everything pages" to get everything you need. Glad you are here.

I produce the same content for the D2 & D3 women's teams that I produce here -- head over and check out those rankings & standings if you'd like.

Division I Top 25

For any hypothetical matchup, use the Points column to estimate a margin of victory and add 3 for home advantage, if necessary. Early in the season, ratings rely heavily on last year's results. A description of the other columns is below the top 25.

Direct links to other items: list of all teams rated  •  conference standings  •  a list of the conferences ranked  •  game predictions for the next few days

Ratings last updated 03-Nov-2026 08 AM EST.

                      Talisman Red Computer Ratings                       
                 Through Games Of Monday 02 November 2026                 
  
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  Rank Team                      W  L   Rating   BCS   Points   Conf. 
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     1 Michigan                  1  0     6.06     1    41.51   BIG10    
     2 Duke                      1  0     5.50     3    38.87   ACC      
     3 Arizona                   0  1     5.49     2    37.89   BIG12    
     4 Florida                   1  0     4.63     9    36.45   SEC      
     5 Houston                   1  0     4.62     5    35.26   BIG12    
     6 Illinois                  1  0     4.62    11    36.63   BIG10    
     7 Connecticut               1  0     4.52     4    32.31   BIGEAST  
     8 Purdue                    0  1     4.48     6    33.91   BIG10    
     9 Gonzaga                   1  0     4.31    10    33.08   PAC12    
    10 Michigan St.              1  0     4.29     8    32.37   BIG10    
    11 Iowa St.                  0  1     4.25    18    34.74   BIG12    
    12 St. John's                1  0     4.19     7    31.06   BIGEAST  
    13 Alabama                   0  0     4.15    14    31.99   SEC      
    14 Vanderbilt                1  0     4.08    16    32.24   SEC      
    15 Arkansas                  0  0     4.03    13    30.65   SEC      
    16 Nebraska                  1  0     3.98    15    30.71   BIG10    
    17 Virginia                  0  0     3.95    12    29.69   ACC      
    18 Kansas                    1  0     3.77    17    29.29   BIG12    
    19 Tennessee                 0  0     3.76    21    31.22   SEC      
    20 Texas Tech                1  0     3.70    19    29.76   BIG12    
    21 Louisville                1  0     3.55    28    30.82   ACC      
    22 BYU                       1  0     3.49    24    29.20   BIG12    
    23 North Carolina            1  0     3.34    22    26.79   ACC      
    24 Utah St.                  1  0     3.34    20    26.19   PAC12    
    25 Wisconsin                 1  0     3.33    25    27.55   BIG10    

The columns you see above...

• Rank, Team, W-L, and Rating: hopefully self-explanatory
• Points: the column to use if you want to calculate a hypothetical margin of victory for any matchup. Just subtract. Adjust for home court if you need to, about 3 points
• BCS: a ranking system that uses only margin of victory, with no consideration of score margin. The old-timers would call this a more "politically-correct" system, like the ones used in the Bowl Championship Series for many years (hence the title "BCS")
• Top 50, 51-100, 100+: a team's won-loss record against teams in each of those ranking groups

 

 

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