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Team Talent
Rank |
Team |
Conference |
Talent Metric (1-10) |
1 |
Houston |
B12 |
9.0 |
2 |
Duke |
ACC |
9.3 |
3 |
Iowa St. |
B12 |
5.7 |
4 |
Kansas |
B12 |
8.8 |
5 |
Tennessee |
SEC |
7.1 |
6 |
North Carolina |
ACC |
9.3 |
7 |
Auburn |
SEC |
4.2 |
8 |
Gonzaga |
WCC |
6.9 |
9 |
Alabama |
SEC |
6.1 |
10 |
Arizona |
B12 |
7.8 |
11 |
Texas |
SEC |
7.0 |
12 |
Connecticut |
BE |
10.0 |
13 |
Creighton |
BE |
7.8 |
14 |
Baylor |
B12 |
7.5 |
15 |
St. John's |
BE |
8.4 |
16 |
Purdue |
B10 |
9.1 |
17 |
Michigan St. |
B10 |
9.0 |
18 |
Rutgers |
B10 |
6.0 |
19 |
Texas Tech |
B12 |
4.9 |
20 |
Illinois |
B10 |
9.7 |
21 |
Texas A&M |
SEC |
8.1 |
22 |
Mississippi St. |
SEC |
7.0 |
23 |
Kentucky |
SEC |
6.7 |
24 |
Marquette |
BE |
7.9 |
25 |
Miami FL |
ACC |
7.5 |
26 |
BYU |
B12 |
3.8 |
27 |
Cincinnati |
B12 |
6.0 |
28 |
Kansas St. |
B12 |
5.8 |
29 |
Indiana |
B10 |
9.5 |
30 |
UCLA |
B10 |
8.1 |
31 |
Wake Forest |
ACC |
8.8 |
32 |
Memphis |
Amer |
6.6 |
33 |
Michigan |
B10 |
7.3 |
34 |
Ohio St. |
B10 |
7.9 |
35 |
Arkansas |
SEC |
8.5 |
36 |
Florida |
SEC |
3.7 |
37 |
Xavier |
BE |
5.6 |
38 |
Saint Mary's |
WCC |
5.9 |
39 |
Mississippi |
SEC |
7.2 |
40 |
Georgia |
SEC |
7.9 |
41 |
Wisconsin |
B10 |
3.7 |
42 |
Maryland |
B10 |
8.4 |
43 |
Villanova |
BE |
7.3 |
44 |
Oregon |
B10 |
6.5 |
45 |
Iowa |
B10 |
6.8 |
46 |
Clemson |
ACC |
5.8 |
47 |
Nebraska |
B10 |
5.1 |
48 |
Northwestern |
B10 |
4.6 |
49 |
TCU |
B12 |
6.0 |
50 |
USC |
B10 |
5.2 |
51 |
Pittsburgh |
ACC |
5.1 |
52 |
Grand Canyon |
WAC |
4.7 |
53 |
VCU |
A10 |
5.2 |
54 |
South Carolina |
SEC |
6.5 |
55 |
New Mexico |
MWC |
4.7 |
56 |
Oklahoma |
SEC |
5.2 |
57 |
SMU |
ACC |
6.5 |
58 |
N.C. State |
ACC |
7.7 |
59 |
Nevada |
MWC |
3.7 |
60 |
Providence |
BE |
9.2 |
61 |
UCF |
B12 |
4.7 |
62 |
Louisville |
ACC |
3.4 |
63 |
Missouri |
SEC |
6.6 |
64 |
Virginia |
ACC |
9.4 |
65 |
McNeese St. |
Slnd |
3.7 |
66 |
Notre Dame |
ACC |
6.8 |
67 |
Boise St. |
MWC |
3.3 |
68 |
Arizona St. |
B12 |
7.4 |
69 |
Dayton |
A10 |
5.0 |
70 |
LSU |
SEC |
6.6 |
71 |
Minnesota |
B10 |
4.1 |
72 |
Syracuse |
ACC |
8.0 |
73 |
Washington |
B10 |
3.2 |
74 |
Penn St. |
B10 |
8.2 |
75 |
Vanderbilt |
SEC |
5.7 |
76 |
Butler |
BE |
6.4 |
77 |
San Diego St. |
MWC |
6.2 |
78 |
Utah St. |
MWC |
3.5 |
79 |
Colorado St. |
MWC |
4.8 |
80 |
Saint Joseph's |
A10 |
6.0 |
81 |
UAB |
Amer |
1.4 |
82 |
West Virginia |
B12 |
4.7 |
83 |
Utah |
B12 |
6.8 |
84 |
San Francisco |
WCC |
4.0 |
85 |
George Mason |
A10 |
4.5 |
86 |
Washington St. |
WCC |
1.6 |
87 |
North Texas |
Amer |
4.1 |
88 |
Virginia Tech |
ACC |
5.1 |
89 |
UNLV |
MWC |
5.7 |
90 |
UC Irvine |
BW |
1.8 |
91 |
Loyola Chicago |
A10 |
1.8 |
92 |
Seton Hall |
BE |
6.6 |
93 |
Oklahoma St. |
B12 |
4.0 |
94 |
Florida St. |
ACC |
5.9 |
95 |
Bradley |
MVC |
1.1 |
96 |
Georgia Tech |
ACC |
5.2 |
97 |
Western Kentucky |
CUSA |
2.4 |
98 |
Stanford |
ACC |
5.1 |
99 |
Santa Clara |
WCC |
3.1 |
100 |
Wichita St. |
Amer |
3.6 |
101 |
Princeton |
Ivy |
2.7 |
102 |
High Point |
BSth |
3.2 |
103 |
South Florida |
Amer |
4.1 |
104 |
Vermont |
AE |
1.3 |
105 |
Florida Atlantic |
Amer |
6.6 |
106 |
Georgetown |
BE |
8.6 |
107 |
Arkansas St. |
SB |
4.0 |
108 |
California |
ACC |
3.4 |
109 |
Saint Louis |
A10 |
3.1 |
110 |
Northern Iowa |
MVC |
2.8 |
111 |
Louisiana Tech |
CUSA |
6.0 |
112 |
UT Arlington |
WAC |
2.4 |
113 |
St. Bonaventure |
A10 |
3.6 |
114 |
Duquesne |
A10 |
1.0 |
115 |
Sam Houston St. |
CUSA |
1.9 |
116 |
Colorado |
B12 |
7.0 |
117 |
Troy |
SB |
1.0 |
118 |
Towson |
CAA |
1.8 |
119 |
Drake |
MVC |
1.0 |
120 |
Charleston |
CAA |
1.5 |
121 |
George Washington |
A10 |
4.3 |
122 |
Ohio |
MAC |
3.5 |
123 |
Massachusetts |
A10 |
4.9 |
124 |
James Madison |
SB |
3.4 |
125 |
Samford |
SC |
3.3 |
126 |
Liberty |
CUSA |
2.1 |
127 |
Charlotte |
Amer |
2.1 |
128 |
UTEP |
CUSA |
1.0 |
129 |
DePaul |
BE |
4.3 |
130 |
East Carolina |
Amer |
4.2 |
131 |
Akron |
MAC |
4.0 |
132 |
Yale |
Ivy |
2.1 |
133 |
UMass Lowell |
AE |
1.9 |
134 |
Lipscomb |
ASun |
1.0 |
135 |
Tulsa |
Amer |
5.2 |
136 |
Seattle |
WAC |
3.1 |
137 |
Southern Illinois |
MVC |
2.8 |
138 |
Murray St. |
MVC |
2.6 |
139 |
Temple |
Amer |
5.3 |
140 |
Oregon St. |
WCC |
1.0 |
141 |
UNC Asheville |
BSth |
2.9 |
142 |
Loyola Marymount |
WCC |
3.3 |
143 |
UC San Diego |
BW |
2.0 |
144 |
Bryant |
AE |
5.5 |
145 |
Stephen F. Austin |
Slnd |
2.4 |
146 |
Richmond |
A10 |
2.1 |
147 |
Rhode Island |
A10 |
2.7 |
148 |
Louisiana |
SB |
1.9 |
149 |
Wofford |
SC |
2.0 |
150 |
Fordham |
A10 |
3.8 |
151 |
Chattanooga |
SC |
1.0 |
152 |
Boston College |
ACC |
4.6 |
153 |
Cal Baptist |
WAC |
2.4 |
154 |
Kent St. |
MAC |
1.0 |
155 |
Appalachian St. |
SB |
2.4 |
156 |
Utah Valley |
WAC |
1.2 |
157 |
UC Santa Barbara |
BW |
4.1 |
158 |
Northern Kentucky |
Horz |
1.8 |
159 |
East Tennessee St. |
SC |
1.1 |
160 |
Wyoming |
MWC |
3.9 |
161 |
Furman |
SC |
1.1 |
162 |
Oakland |
Horz |
1.8 |
163 |
Hofstra |
CAA |
2.5 |
164 |
Davidson |
A10 |
2.9 |
165 |
La Salle |
A10 |
2.3 |
166 |
Milwaukee |
Horz |
1.0 |
167 |
Weber St. |
BSky |
1.5 |
168 |
UNC Wilmington |
CAA |
1.0 |
169 |
UC Riverside |
BW |
1.0 |
170 |
Illinois Chicago |
MVC |
1.7 |
171 |
Cornell |
Ivy |
1.3 |
172 |
Longwood |
BSth |
4.5 |
173 |
St. Thomas |
Sum |
1.7 |
174 |
Winthrop |
BSth |
2.0 |
175 |
Brown |
Ivy |
2.1 |
176 |
Toledo |
MAC |
2.7 |
177 |
Illinois St. |
MVC |
1.5 |
178 |
Montana |
BSky |
1.0 |
179 |
New Mexico St. |
CUSA |
1.6 |
180 |
Texas St. |
SB |
1.6 |
181 |
Tulane |
Amer |
6.2 |
182 |
Abilene Christian |
WAC |
3.4 |
183 |
Purdue Fort Wayne |
Horz |
1.0 |
184 |
UMKC |
Sum |
1.0 |
185 |
UNC Greensboro |
SC |
1.0 |
186 |
UC Davis |
BW |
3.0 |
187 |
San Jose St. |
MWC |
4.5 |
188 |
Wright St. |
Horz |
1.1 |
189 |
Hawaii |
BW |
1.0 |
190 |
Texas A&M Corpus Chris |
Slnd |
1.1 |
191 |
Belmont |
MVC |
2.4 |
192 |
Middle Tennessee |
CUSA |
2.3 |
193 |
Jacksonville St. |
CUSA |
1.1 |
194 |
South Dakota St. |
Sum |
3.8 |
195 |
Florida Gulf Coast |
ASun |
2.4 |
196 |
Indiana St. |
MVC |
1.0 |
197 |
Drexel |
CAA |
1.0 |
198 |
Penn |
Ivy |
1.0 |
199 |
Saint Peter's |
MAAC |
1.0 |
200 |
Youngstown St. |
Horz |
1.5 |
201 |
Cal St. Northridge |
BW |
2.8 |
202 |
Rice |
Amer |
4.2 |
203 |
Colgate |
Pat |
1.0 |
204 |
Columbia |
Ivy |
2.2 |
205 |
Old Dominion |
SB |
3.0 |
206 |
Georgia Southern |
SB |
2.5 |
207 |
Nicholls St. |
Slnd |
1.3 |
208 |
Southern |
SWAC |
1.0 |
209 |
Harvard |
Ivy |
4.2 |
210 |
Georgia St. |
SB |
3.2 |
211 |
Mercer |
SC |
1.0 |
212 |
William & Mary |
CAA |
2.8 |
213 |
North Alabama |
ASun |
1.4 |
214 |
Marist |
MAAC |
1.0 |
215 |
Idaho |
BSky |
2.0 |
216 |
Maine |
AE |
1.0 |
217 |
Delaware |
CAA |
3.2 |
218 |
Jacksonville |
ASun |
3.7 |
219 |
Northeastern |
CAA |
1.6 |
220 |
UTSA |
Amer |
1.8 |
221 |
Marshall |
SB |
1.5 |
222 |
Oral Roberts |
Sum |
4.3 |
223 |
UT Rio Grande Valley |
Slnd |
1.0 |
224 |
Montana St. |
BSky |
3.3 |
225 |
Howard |
MEAC |
2.8 |
226 |
North Dakota St. |
Sum |
1.9 |
227 |
Monmouth |
CAA |
1.8 |
228 |
South Alabama |
SB |
2.3 |
229 |
Merrimack |
MAAC |
1.0 |
230 |
Fairfield |
MAAC |
2.1 |
231 |
American |
Pat |
1.0 |
232 |
North Carolina Central |
MEAC |
1.0 |
233 |
Gardner Webb |
BSth |
1.2 |
234 |
Evansville |
MVC |
2.1 |
235 |
Lehigh |
Pat |
1.3 |
236 |
Northern Arizona |
BSky |
2.3 |
237 |
Southern Miss |
SB |
4.3 |
238 |
Texas Southern |
SWAC |
2.5 |
239 |
Navy |
Pat |
1.0 |
240 |
Pepperdine |
WCC |
3.8 |
241 |
Miami OH |
MAC |
2.8 |
242 |
Quinnipiac |
MAAC |
1.8 |
243 |
UMBC |
AE |
1.0 |
244 |
South Dakota |
Sum |
2.0 |
245 |
Morehead St. |
OVC |
1.4 |
246 |
Northern Colorado |
BSky |
1.0 |
247 |
Rider |
MAAC |
1.1 |
248 |
Eastern Michigan |
MAC |
3.2 |
249 |
Cal St. Fullerton |
BW |
1.4 |
250 |
Cleveland St. |
Horz |
1.0 |
251 |
Valparaiso |
MVC |
1.0 |
252 |
Ball St. |
MAC |
2.1 |
253 |
Iona |
MAAC |
2.8 |
254 |
Wagner |
NEC |
1.0 |
255 |
Southern Utah |
WAC |
2.3 |
256 |
Cal St. Bakersfield |
BW |
1.0 |
257 |
Bucknell |
Pat |
1.0 |
258 |
Mount St. Mary's |
MAAC |
1.1 |
259 |
Air Force |
MWC |
1.0 |
260 |
Charleston Southern |
BSth |
1.4 |
261 |
Missouri St. |
MVC |
1.0 |
262 |
Albany |
AE |
2.5 |
263 |
San Diego |
WCC |
2.0 |
264 |
Boston University |
Pat |
1.3 |
265 |
North Dakota |
Sum |
2.1 |
266 |
Bethune Cookman |
SWAC |
3.8 |
267 |
Norfolk St. |
MEAC |
1.7 |
268 |
Central Michigan |
MAC |
1.0 |
269 |
Portland |
WCC |
1.9 |
270 |
Long Beach St. |
BW |
3.5 |
271 |
Portland St. |
BSky |
2.4 |
272 |
Alabama St. |
SWAC |
1.0 |
273 |
Eastern Kentucky |
ASun |
1.4 |
274 |
Little Rock |
OVC |
3.5 |
275 |
Grambling St. |
SWAC |
2.1 |
276 |
Lamar |
Slnd |
1.0 |
277 |
Kennesaw St. |
CUSA |
3.4 |
278 |
North Florida |
ASun |
1.0 |
279 |
Tarleton St. |
WAC |
1.0 |
280 |
Western Carolina |
SC |
1.0 |
281 |
Queens |
ASun |
1.4 |
282 |
Elon |
CAA |
1.0 |
283 |
Stony Brook |
CAA |
1.0 |
284 |
Bowling Green |
MAC |
1.3 |
285 |
Lafayette |
Pat |
1.1 |
286 |
Central Connecticut |
NEC |
1.0 |
287 |
Utah Tech |
WAC |
1.0 |
288 |
FIU |
CUSA |
1.1 |
289 |
Southeastern Louisiana |
Slnd |
1.0 |
290 |
Radford |
BSth |
2.5 |
291 |
Austin Peay |
ASun |
2.9 |
292 |
South Carolina St. |
MEAC |
1.0 |
293 |
Incarnate Word |
Slnd |
1.8 |
294 |
Western Illinois |
OVC |
1.7 |
295 |
Louisiana Monroe |
SB |
1.0 |
296 |
Tennessee St. |
OVC |
2.3 |
297 |
Robert Morris |
Horz |
2.5 |
298 |
Dartmouth |
Ivy |
1.0 |
299 |
Coastal Carolina |
SB |
2.4 |
300 |
Western Michigan |
MAC |
2.7 |
301 |
Green Bay |
Horz |
1.0 |
302 |
Morgan St. |
MEAC |
1.0 |
303 |
Bellarmine |
ASun |
1.0 |
304 |
Nebraska Omaha |
Sum |
1.0 |
305 |
Presbyterian |
BSth |
1.2 |
306 |
Southern Indiana |
OVC |
1.0 |
307 |
Canisius |
MAAC |
1.2 |
308 |
North Carolina A&T |
CAA |
2.5 |
309 |
Eastern Illinois |
OVC |
1.0 |
310 |
Southeast Missouri St. |
OVC |
2.0 |
311 |
Sacramento St. |
BSky |
1.0 |
312 |
Eastern Washington |
BSky |
3.3 |
313 |
Hampton |
CAA |
2.7 |
314 |
Northern Illinois |
MAC |
2.5 |
315 |
Le Moyne |
NEC |
1.0 |
316 |
Niagara |
MAAC |
2.4 |
317 |
Campbell |
CAA |
1.8 |
318 |
Jackson St. |
SWAC |
2.6 |
319 |
Fresno St. |
MWC |
1.0 |
320 |
Alabama A&M |
SWAC |
1.0 |
321 |
Alcorn St. |
SWAC |
1.0 |
322 |
Pacific |
WCC |
5.3 |
323 |
Lindenwood |
OVC |
1.8 |
324 |
New Hampshire |
AE |
1.8 |
325 |
SIU Edwardsville |
OVC |
1.4 |
326 |
Army |
Pat |
1.0 |
327 |
Tennessee Tech |
OVC |
1.6 |
328 |
Denver |
Sum |
1.0 |
329 |
Stetson |
ASun |
3.9 |
330 |
Holy Cross |
Pat |
1.3 |
331 |
Manhattan |
MAAC |
1.8 |
332 |
Chicago St. |
NEC |
2.4 |
333 |
Delaware St. |
MEAC |
1.0 |
334 |
Binghamton |
AE |
1.3 |
335 |
Fairleigh Dickinson |
NEC |
1.0 |
336 |
New Orleans |
Slnd |
1.9 |
337 |
The Citadel |
SC |
1.0 |
338 |
Loyola MD |
Pat |
1.0 |
339 |
West Georgia |
ASun |
1.0 |
340 |
Idaho St. |
BSky |
1.0 |
341 |
Prairie View A&M |
SWAC |
1.0 |
342 |
Tennessee Martin |
OVC |
1.0 |
343 |
Florida A&M |
SWAC |
1.0 |
344 |
Stonehill |
NEC |
1.0 |
345 |
NJIT |
AE |
1.0 |
346 |
USC Upstate |
BSth |
1.9 |
347 |
Siena |
MAAC |
3.3 |
348 |
Northwestern St. |
Slnd |
1.0 |
349 |
Sacred Heart |
MAAC |
1.0 |
350 |
LIU |
NEC |
1.0 |
351 |
Cal Poly |
BW |
1.0 |
352 |
Houston Christian |
Slnd |
1.6 |
353 |
Central Arkansas |
ASun |
1.0 |
354 |
Saint Francis |
NEC |
1.0 |
355 |
Texas A&M Commerce |
Slnd |
1.0 |
356 |
IU Indy |
Horz |
1.0 |
357 |
Detroit Mercy |
Horz |
1.7 |
358 |
Buffalo |
MAC |
1.9 |
359 |
Coppin St. |
MEAC |
1.0 |
360 |
Arkansas Pine Bluff |
SWAC |
1.0 |
361 |
Mercyhurst |
NEC |
1.0 |
362 |
Maryland Eastern Shore |
MEAC |
1.0 |
363 |
Mississippi Valley St. |
SWAC |
1.0 |
364 |
VMI |
SC |
1.0 |