College Basketball Rankings: Top 68 Teams February 16

College Football News 2023 college basketball rankings for the top 68 teams – and with the remaining schedules – Thursday, February 16

College Football News 2023 college basketball rankings for the top 68 teams – and with the remaining schedules – for Thursday, February 16


College Basketball Rankings: Week 15

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CFN 2023 Rankings: After Week 15
51-68 | 26-50 | 11-25Top 10
AP | Coaches | NCAA Tournament Bracket Projections
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Based on a combination of respecting the results, strength of schedule, and more than anything else, just how good these teams appear to be at the moment, here are our college basketball rankings for February 16th – we’ll do this again Sunday night – from 1-68.

68 UCF Knights 15-9

Previous Rank: 68
Remaining Schedule: at Memphis, Cincinnati, USF, at Tulsa, at Temple, East Carolina

67 UAB Blazers 17-8

Previous Rank: 67
Remaining Schedule: at UTEP, at UTSA, Rice, at WKU, at Charlotte

66 North Texas Mean Green 19-5

Previous Rank: 65
Remaining Schedule: at Louisiana Tech, at UTEP, at Charlotte, Middle, Tennessee, WKU

65 Michigan Wolverines 14-12

Previous Rank: 63
Remaining Schedule: at Wisconsin (L), Michigan State, at Rutgers, Wisconsin, at Illinois, at Indiana

64 Florida Gators 14-12

Previous Rank: 64
Remaining Schedule: Ole Miss (W), at Arkansas, Kentucky, at Vanderbilt, at Georgia, LSU

63 Penn State Nittany Lions 15-11

Previous Rank: 66
Remaining Schedule: Illinois (W), at Minnesota, at Ohio State, Rutgers, at Northwestern, Maryland

62 Liberty Flames 21-6

Previous Rank: 60
Remaining Schedule: at Kennesaw State, at Jacksonville State, at Queens University, Queens University

61 Utah Utes 17-9

Previous Rank: 59
Remaining Schedule: at Arizona, at Arizona State, UCLA, USC, at Colorado

60 Drake Bulldogs 22-6

Previous Rank: 61
Remaining Schedule: at Northern Iowa (W), Belmont, Illinois State, at Bradley

59 Southern Miss Golden Eagles 23-4

Previous Rank: 57
Remaining Schedule: at South Alabama, Georgia Southern, at Old Dominion, at Texas State

58 Vanderbilt Commodores 14-12

Previous Rank: 62
Remaining Schedule: at South Carolina (W), Auburn, at LSU, Florida, at Kentucky, Mississippi State

57 College of Charleston 25-3

Previous Rank: 57
Remaining Schedule: Northeastern (W), at Elon, Towson, Stony Brook

56 Seton Hall Pirates 16-11

Previous Rank: 56
Remaining Schedule: Georgetown (W), at UConn, Xavier, Villanova, at Providence

55 Arizona State Sun Devils 18-8

Previous Rank: 55
Remaining Schedule: Colorado, Utah, at Arizona, at UCLA, at USC

54 North Carolina Tar Heels 16-10

Previous Rank: 54
Remaining Schedule: Miami (L), at NC State, at Notre Dame, Virginia, at Florida State, Duke

53 Wake Forest Demon Deacons 17-9

Previous Rank: 53
Remaining Schedule: Miami, at NC State, at Notre Dame, Boston College, at Syracuse

52 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles 23-4

Previous Rank: 51
Remaining Schedule: North Dakota, North Dakota State, at South Dakota, at South Dakota State

51 USC Trojans 17-8

Previous Rank: 50
Remaining Schedule: Cal, Stanford, at Colorado, at Utah, Arizona, Arizona State

CFN 2023 Rankings: After Week 15
51-68 | 26-50 | 11-25Top 10
AP | Coaches | NCAA Tournament Bracket Projections

NEXT: CFN 2023 College Basketball Rankings: February 16 Top 50

Making sense of Texas’ 74-67 loss to Texas Tech

Looking at what happened to Texas basketball on Monday night.

Texas suffered a shocking upset loss to Texas Tech on Monday night. Frankly, it’s taken a day to process what happened and still is hard to understand.

It’s equally difficult to explain the Raiders’ 14-12 record on the year. On paper, a team with the likes of Devion Harmon and Kevin Obanor should be a force in any conference. Add in Pop Isaacs’ skill set and early contribution, and you have a team that never should have started 0-8 in conference.

It appears Texas Tech head coach Mark Adams has started to put things together with wins over Kansas State and Texas in around a 48 hour span.

Let’s look at what went wrong for the Longhorns and what went right for the Red Raiders on Monday night.

Texas jumps one spot in latest USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll

Texas cracks the top five in the latest Coaches Poll.

The latest USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll showed significant movement this week in regards to the top five teams in the country. Continue reading “Texas jumps one spot in latest USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll”

Texas basketball checks in at No. 6 in latest AP Top 25 Poll

13 consecutive weeks in the Top 10 for Texas basketball.

The Texas Longhorns (20-5) didn’t fall very far after a 1-1 split last week. The Longhorns fell one spot to No. 6 in college basketball’s latest AP Top 25 Poll.

With the ranking, Rodney Terry’s team stays in the Top 10 for a remarkable 13 straight weeks. To Terry’s credit, it’s easy to chart relative consistency from the team throughout the season.

There’s palpable excitement in the Lone Star State as the Longhorns travel to face the unranked Texas Tech Red Raiders (13-12) on Monday evening with revenge on their minds.

Texas won the first matchup with an impressive second half comeback before sending the game to overtime. Even so, the sting of Tech’s two-game sweep of the Longhorns last season brings added incentive to win on Monday.

With six games to go, each game certainly bears added importance. Despite the Raiders’ struggles facing the basketball team that hates Texas the most makes this matchup matter more than many prior games.

Texas will look to lock in its 14th consecutive week in the Top 10 starting Monday night.

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College Basketball Rankings: Top 68 Teams Week 15

College basketball rankings from CollegeFootballNews.com from 1 to 68 for Week 15

College Football News 2023 college basketball rankings for the top 68 teams – and with the remaining schedules – after Week 15


College Basketball Rankings: Week 15

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CFN 2023 Rankings: After Week 15
51-68 | 26-50 | 11-25Top 10
AP | Coaches | NCAA Tournament Bracket Projections
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Okay, yeah, we’re College Football News, so it takes a little while to get up to the speed we should be at for college basketball.

The predictions are doing okay, things are starting to become clear, and we’ve seen enough to do this right.

Based on a combination of respecting the results, strength of schedule, and more than anything else, just how good these teams appear to be at the moment, here are our college basketball rankings for Week 15 from 1-68 – 68 for the number of teams in the NCAA Tournament, even though a bulk of them here will be knocked out by conference champions with automatic bids.

68 UCF Knights 15-9

Remaining Schedule: at Memphis, Cincinnati, USF, at Tulsa, at Temple, East Carolina

67 UAB Blazers 17-8

Remaining Schedule: at UTEP, at UTSA, Rice, at WKU, at Charlotte

66 Penn State Nittany Lions 14-11

Remaining Schedule: Illinois, at Minnesota, at Ohio State, Rutgers, at Northwestern, Maryland

65 North Texas Mean Green 19-5

Remaining Schedule: at Louisiana Tech, at UTEP, at Charlotte, Middle, Tennessee, WKU

64 Florida Gators 13-12

Remaining Schedule: Ole Miss, at Arkansas, Kentucky, at Vanderbilt, at Georgia, LSU

63 Michigan Wolverines 14-11

Remaining Schedule: at Wisconsin, Michigan State, at Rutgers, Wisconsin, at Illinois, at Indiana

62 Vanderbilt Commodores 13-12

Remaining Schedule: at South Carolina, Auburn, at LSU, Florida, at Kentucky, Mississippi State

61 Drake Bulldogs 20-6

Remaining Schedule: at Northern Iowa, Belmont, Illinois State, at Bradley

60 Liberty Flames 18-6

Remaining Schedule: at Kennesaw State, at Jacksonville State, at Queens University, Queens University

59 Utah Utes 17-9

Remaining Schedule: at Arizona, at Arizona State, UCLA, USC, at Colorado

57 College of Charleston 23-3

Remaining Schedule: Northeastern, at Elon, Towson, Stony Brook

57 Southern Miss Golden Eagles 20-4

Remaining Schedule: at South Alabama, Georgia Southern, at Old Dominion, at Texas State

56 Seton Hall Pirates 14-11

Remaining Schedule: Georgetown, at UConn, Xavier, Villanova, at Providence

55 Arizona State Sun Devils 18-8

Remaining Schedule: Colorado, Utah, at Arizona, at UCLA, at USC

54 North Carolina Tar Heels 16-9

Remaining Schedule: Miami, at NC State, at Notre Dame, Virginia, at Florida State, Duke

53 Wake Forest Demon Deacons 17-9

Remaining Schedule: Miami, at NC State, at Notre Dame, Boston College, at Syracuse

52 Utah State Aggies 18-7

Remaining Schedule: Air Force, Nevada, at Wyoming, at UNLV, Boise State

51 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles 23-4

Remaining Schedule: North Dakota, North Dakota State, at South Dakota, at South Dakota State

CFN 2023 Rankings: After Week 15
51-68 | 26-50 | 11-25Top 10

NEXT: CFN 2023 College Basketball Rankings: Week 15 Top 50

Looking at where its 34-point win puts Texas before March Madness

Texas basketball is playing well at the right time.

The Texas Longhorns bullied the West Virginia Mountaineers, 94-60. Entering the game, betting line setters predicted Texas to win by less than they did in Morgantown. Rodney Terry’s team took that personally.

Coming as no surprise, Sir’Jabari Rice performed well for the home crowd. His 24-point night off the bench included making five of six field goals and all 10 free throw attempts.

Rice, Marcus Carr and Arterio Morris shot a combined 8-for-12 from the three point line, while Timmy Allen went 6-for-6 from the free throw line. Allen and Rice helped lead the team to 24-for-25 from the charity stripe.

Sitting at 20-5, Texas is now solidly in the hunt for a Top 3 seed with six games to play. On top of that, the team is playing well heading into the stretch run.

Should Texas finish 4-2, it would likely finish as a No. 2 or 3 seed at 24-7. Should the team close even more impressively, it could inch toward the top line.

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Texas men’s basketball climbs five spots in latest AP Top 25 Poll

The Longhorns are now a top five team in the country.

After an impressive 69-66 comeback win against Kansas State on Saturday, Texas climbed five spots in the latest AP Top 25 Poll this week. Continue reading “Texas men’s basketball climbs five spots in latest AP Top 25 Poll”

Texas ranks No. 4 in analyst Jeff Goodman’s hoops rankings

One college basketball analyst is taking note of Texas’ upward trajectory.

The Texas Longhorns are catching the attention of the college basketball world. A recent power ranking highlights Texas as one of the best teams in the country.

College basketball writer Jeff Goodman ranked the ‘Horns No. 4 in his latest poll.

The least surprising ranking puts the Purdue Boilermakers as the top team. Despite Saturday’s upset loss to Indiana, the team has stood head and shoulders above the rest of college basketball.

One of the more noteworthy rankings sees the Tennessee Volunteers fall to No. 12 in the rankings. Since thoroughly defeating Texas, the Vols have lost to Florida and narrowly defeated the struggling Auburn Tigers.

Texas leads all big 12 teams on the list. Four other teams make it into the Top 11 with Kansas (5), Iowa State (7), Kansas State (10) and Baylor (11) viewed in high regard.

The Longhorns will look to continue their upward trajectory on Monday as they battle Kansas at 8 pm CT on ESPN.

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Texas basketball stays put at No. 10 in the AP Top 25 Poll

Texas holds steady at No. 10 following a 1-1 week.

Texas men’s basketball held steady at No. 10 in the latest AP Top 25 Poll following a 1-1 week on the court.

The Longhorns took down Oklahoma State at home before dropping a road matchup against top-five Tennessee in the Big 12/SEC challenge.

Texas is one of six Big 12 Conference teams in the latest rankings. The Longhorns are joined by Kansas State (No. 7), Kansas (No. 8), Baylor (No. 11), Iowa State (No. 13) and TCU (No. 15).

Here is a complete look at the updated top 25 following a chaotic week of basketball.

  1. Purdue (21-1)
  2. Tennessee (18-3)
  3. Houston (20-2)
  4. Alabama (18-3)
  5. Arizona (19-3)
  6. Virginia (16-3)
  7. Kansas State (18-3)
  8. Kansas (17-4)
  9. UCLA (17-4)
  10. Texas (17-4)
  11. Baylor (16-5)
  12. Gonzaga (18-4)
  13. Iowa State (15-5)
  14. Marquette (17-5)
  15. TCU (16-5)
  16. Xavier (17-5)
  17. Providence (17-5)
  18. Saint Mary’s (19-4)
  19. Florida Atlantic (21-1)
  20. Clemson (18-4)
  21. Indiana (15-6)
  22. San Diego State (17-4)
  23. Miami (16-5)
  24. UConn (16-6)
  25. Auburn (16-5)

A difficult slate of games awaits Texas as they host Baylor on Monday night before a road trip to Kansas State and Kansas. Texas has the opportunity to climb the rankings with a big week against elite competition.

Rodney Terry believes the Tennessee game will help his team grow and be prepared for the final stretch of the season.

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Texas Basketball: Horns drop three spots in latest Coaches Poll

Texas faces Oklahoma State tomorrow followed by No. 4 Tennessee on Saturday.

It was another week of chaos for the Big 12. Continue reading “Texas Basketball: Horns drop three spots in latest Coaches Poll”