The NCAA NET rankings were released for the first time this season on Monday morning and Michigan occupies the top spot at No. 1.
The Wolverines are now ranked 1st by the NET, KenPom and Bart Torvik. They also lead college basketball in “wins above bubble” which is an NCAA measurement of resume quality.
Michigan has three quadrant one victories in the bag — Gonzaga (5th), Auburn (30th) and TCU (54th) — with Wake Forest (56th) on the fringe.
More than three months remain until Selection Sunday for the 2026 NCAA tournament.
Here’s how the entire Big Ten is ranked in the first edition of the NET, which will be updated daily:
1. Michigan
3. Purdue
10. Michigan State
11. Indiana
16. Iowa
20. USC
24. Illinois
28. Nebraska
48. Northwestern
63. Ohio State
69. Wisconsin
74. Washington
76. UCLA
83. Penn State
144. Minnesota
186. Rutgers
192. Oregon
200. Maryland
The full NET rankings are available here.
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umhoops
Michigan also 1st in NCAA WAB.
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CoryR
#1 in NET
Davis104
Wow…Maryland and Oregon…that is bad.
mgl
I am STILL shorting the aich eee double hockeysticks out of USC
BlueFront
Oakland at #115. I did not expect that, nor that they would have a better NET than four Big Ten teams at this point of the season.