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    March Madness Power Rankings: How Close Is the Field to Duke and Auburn?

    The most wonderful time of year is here; you certainly don’t want to be left out in the cold. Whether you’ve been tracking college basketball all season long or are just parachuting in for March Madness, we have easily digestible power rankings for you to consider before putting pen to paper (or mouse to screen if you want to update that archaic saying).

    college basketball power rankings from 1 to 364
    College Sports Network’s CBB Power Rankings analyze every team’s strength in a proprietary ranking system, from No. 1 to No. 364. Who are the real contenders?

    March Madness Power Rankings

    How you use these grades is 100% up to you. We have plenty of content currently published and more to come about how I am going to leverage this math into (hopefully) a very profitable upcoming month, so you won’t have to go far if you’d like further guidance.

    Overall RankSchoolRegionSeed
    1DukeEast1
    2GonzagaMidwest8
    3KentuckyMidwest3
    4AuburnSouth1
    5PurdueMidwest4
    6Texas TechWest3
    7LibertyEast12
    8AlabamaEast2
    9Brigham YoungEast6
    10CreightonSouth9
    11FloridaWest1
    12UC San DiegoSouth12
    13TennesseeMidwest2
    14WisconsinEast3
    15ArizonaEast4
    16MichiganSouth5
    17KansasWest7
    18Colorado StateWest12
    19LipscombSouth14
    20ConnecticutWest8
    21Iowa StateSouth3
    22XavierMidwest11
    23Utah StateMidwest10
    24MarylandWest4
    25IllinoisMidwest6
    26YaleSouth13
    27Michigan StateSouth2
    28ClemsonMidwest5
    29HoustonMidwest1
    30AkronEast13
    31North CarolinaSouth11
    32LouisvilleSouth8
    33MissouriWest6
    34UCLAMidwest7
    35OregonEast5
    36High PointMidwest13
    37OklahomaWest9
    38DrakeWest11
    39MontanaEast14
    40McNeese StateMidwest12
    41BaylorEast9
    42ArkansasWest10
    43Saint Mary's (CA)East7
    44Virginia CommonwealthEast11
    45UNC WilmingtonWest14
    46MarquetteSouth7
    47St. John's (NY)West2
    48MississippiSouth6
    49GeorgiaMidwest9
    50WoffordMidwest15
    51MemphisWest5
    52New MexicoSouth10
    53TexasMidwest11
    54Texas A&MSouth4
    55Mississippi StateEast8
    56VanderbiltEast10
    57Norfolk StateWest16
    58Robert MorrisEast15
    59OmahaWest15
    60Grand CanyonWest13
    61Saint Francis (PA)South16
    62TroyMidwest14
    63BryantSouth15
    64San Diego StateSouth11
    65Mount St. Mary'sEast16
    66AmericanEast16
    67SIU EdwardsvilleMidwest16
    68Alabama StateSouth16

    Power rankings are nice, but March Madness pools are as much game theory as anything. I encourage you to explore our variety of content regarding which teams have the most favorable routes based on our projections and which ones could fall short of expectations based on their draw.

    Of note is the number of elite profiles in this field. Duke has the second-best profile since 2021 and deserves to be heavily favored, but Auburn checks in as the 11th-best over that stretch, while Kentucky, Alabama, Texas Tech, and Tennessee are all elite statistically for their seed line.

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