Michigan claims top spot in debut NET rankings after Vegas surge

Like the College Football Playoff rankings, there’s only one rankings metric that actually matters when it comes to college basketball — NET rankings. Similar to the CFP rankings, the NET rankings correlate directly to a team’s postseason fate, as they’re the rankings used to seed the NCAA Tournament in March. Thus, it is crucial for a team to fare well by these metrics.

On Monday, the first NET rankings of the season were released, and after a torrid streak in the Players Era Championship in Las Vegas last week, Michigan basketball ended up coming in ranked No. 1 for the first time, edging No. 2 Duke, No. 3 Purdue, and others. Rival MSU is ranked No. 10, Indiana is No. 11, Iowa is No. 16, USC is No. 20, and Illinois is No. 24.

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The Wolverines have victories over No. 5 Gonzaga, No. 30 Auburn, No. 54 TCU, No. 56 Wake Forest, No. 115 Oakland, No. 123 San Diego State, and No. 124 Middle Tennessee. Michigan hosts No. 186 Rutgers on Saturday.

Here are the top 25 teams according to the NET rankings:

Rank

Team

Record

Conf.

Road

Neutral

Home

Non-D-I

Pvs

Quad1

Quad 2

Quad 3

Quad 4

1

Michigan

7-0

Big Ten

1-0

4-0

2-0

0-0

3-0

1-0

3-0

0-0

2

Duke

8-0

ACC

1-0

3-0

4-0

0-0

2-0

1-0

0-0

5-0

3

Purdue

7-0

Big Ten

1-0

2-0

4-0

0-0

2-0

1-0

2-0

2-0

4

Vanderbilt

8-0

SEC

1-0

3-0

4-0

0-0

2-0

2-0

1-0

3-0

5

Gonzaga

7-1

WCC

1-0

2-1

4-0

0-0

1-1

1-0

3-0

2-0

6

Arizona

7-0

Big 12

1-0

2-0

4-0

0-0

2-0

1-0

0-0

4-0

7

Iowa St.

7-0

Big 12

0-0

4-0

3-0

0-0

1-0

1-0

2-0

3-0

8

UConn

6-1

Big East

0-0

2-0

4-1

0-0

2-1

1-0

0-0

3-0

9

Louisville

7-0

ACC

0-0

1-0

6-0

0-0

1-0

0-0

1-0

5-0

10

Michigan St.

7-0

Big Ten

0-0

3-0

4-0

0-0

2-0

1-0

1-0

3-0

11

Indiana

7-0

Big Ten

0-0

1-0

6-0

0-0

0-0

1-0

1-0

5-0

12

Tennessee

7-1

SEC

0-0

2-1

5-0

0-0

1-1

0-0

4-0

2-0

13

BYU

6-1

Big 12

0-0

4-1

2-0

0-0

1-1

3-0

0-0

2-0

14

Alabama

5-2

SEC

1-0

3-1

1-1

0-0

2-2

0-0

1-0

2-0

15

Kentucky

5-2

SEC

0-1

0-1

5-0

0-0

0-2

0-0

0-0

5-0

16

Iowa

7-0

Big Ten

0-0

2-0

5-0

0-0

0-0

1-0

2-0

4-0

17

Kansas

6-2

Big 12

0-1

3-1

3-0

0-0

1-2

2-0

0-0

3-0

18

Houston

7-1

Big 12

0-0

3-1

4-0

0-0

1-1

2-0

2-0

2-0

19

LSU

7-0

SEC

0-0

2-0

5-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

3-0

4-0

20

Southern California

7-0

Big Ten

0-0

4-0

3-0

0-0

1-0

2-0

2-0

2-0

21

Butler

6-1

Big East

0-1

2-0

4-0

0-0

1-1

1-0

0-0

4-0

22

Utah St.

6-0

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