NCAA Men's Basketball Power Rankings March 7th

Several teams have already punched their tickets to the tournament this year, with Loyola Chicago being one of the latest.  They rank 62nd overall this week, one of the better placements for a team outside of the G5 conferences.  Rhode Island fell out of the top 25 thanks to back to back losses to end their season.  They can move back up and into a better seed if they can sweep through A10 play this weekend.  Virginia and Villanova are separated by less than four tenths of a point, and the whole of the top 15 is by less than 5 overall.  Early next week I'll have win chances for each area, as well as best chance upsets. 

Team	Rank
Villanova	1
Virginia	2
Duke	3
Auburn	4
Purdue	5
North Carolina	6
Michigan St	7
Cincinnati	8
Xavier	9
Ohio St	10
Tennessee	11
Clemson	12
Texas Tech	13
Kansas	14
Kentucky	15
West Virginia	16
Wichita St	17
Butler	18
TCU	19
Gonzaga	20
Michigan	21
Arizona	22
Houston	23
Florida	24
Nevada	25

Team	Rank
Villanova	1
Virginia	2
Duke	3
Auburn	4
Purdue	5
North Carolina	6
Michigan St	7
Cincinnati	8
Xavier	9
Ohio St	10
Tennessee	11
Clemson	12
Texas Tech	13
Kansas	14
Kentucky	15
West Virginia	16
Wichita St	17
Butler	18
TCU	19
Gonzaga	20
Michigan	21
Arizona	22
Houston	23
Florida	24
Nevada	25
Rhode Island	26
St Mary's CA	27
Seton Hall	28
Florida St	29
Arkansas	30
Louisville	31
Virginia Tech	32
NC State	33
Penn St	34
Creighton	35
Texas A&M	36
Kansas St	37
Alabama	38
Baylor	39
Miami FL	40
Maryland	41
Oklahoma	42
MTSU	43
Syracuse	44
LSU	45
Arizona St	46
Notre Dame	47
Nebraska	48
Texas	49
Marquette	50
Missouri	51
USC	52
Oklahoma St	53
St Bonaventure	54
Oregon	55
Mississippi St	56
Boise St	57
UCLA	58
South Carolina	59
Georgia	60
Davidson	61
Loyola-Chicago	62
Utah	63
ULL	64
St John's	65
WKU	66
Providence	67
Indiana	68
Old Dominion	69
Buffalo	70
Vanderbilt	71
Boston College	72
BYU	73
San Diego St	74
Vermont	75
Stanford	76
South Dakota	77
S Dakota St	78
Wisconsin	79
SMU	80
Fresno St	81
UCF	82
Murray St	83
New Mexico St	84
Tulsa	85
UNC Greensboro	86
Northwestern	87
Georgetown	88
Wake Forest	89
Mississippi	90
Oregon St	91
St Joseph's PA	92
UAB	93
Belmont	94
ETSU	95
Furman	96
Washington	97
DePaul	98
Illinois	99
N Kentucky	100
Marshall	101
Minnesota	102
Temple	103
Georgia Tech	104
Northeastern	105
Iowa	106
Bucknell	107
Utah Valley	108
VA Commonwealth	109
Iowa St	110
Georgia St	111
St Louis	112
Montana	113
La Salle	114
SF Austin	115
Winthrop	116
New Mexico	117
Toledo	118
Colorado	119
UNLV	120
Col Charleston	121
Memphis	122
Grand Canyon	123
Rutgers	124
San Diego	125
Missouri St	126
Dayton	127
FL Gulf Coast	128
Mercer	129
UT Arlington	130
Canisius	131
Rider	132
Northern Iowa	133
Tulane	134
Evansville	135
Liberty	136
Connecticut	137
Bradley	138
Jacksonville St	139
Penn	140
Santa Barbara	141
San Francisco	142
S Illinois	143
Hofstra	144
Iona	145
Albany NY	146
Louisiana Tech	147
Ga Southern	148
Idaho	149
Wright St	150
Duquesne	151
UNC Asheville	152
UT San Antonio	153
Valparaiso	154
Drake	155
Wofford	156
Towson	157
Wyoming	158
Illinois St	159
Wagner	160
Utah St	161
IPFW	162
Indiana St	163
Weber St	164
William & Mary	165
Oakland	166
Richmond	167
Troy	168
Radford	169
Pacific	170
G Washington	171
E Michigan	172
UMBC	173
W Michigan	174
Ball St	175
Lipscomb	176
Massachusetts	177
N Colorado	178
C Michigan	179
Lamar	180
N Dakota St	181
Harvard	182
E Washington	183
Miami OH	184
Princeton	185
Nicholls St	186
Portland St	187
St Francis PA	188
North Texas	189
Campbell	190
Austin Peay	191
George Mason	192
High Point	193
Pittsburgh	194
Monmouth NJ	195
Cent Arkansas	196
IL Chicago	197
Appalachian St	198
SE Louisiana	199
FL Atlantic	200
Washington St	201
Tennessee St	202
Ohio	203
Colgate	204
UC Irvine	205
Yale	206
Niagara	207
Kent	208
Coastal Car	209
Seattle	210
Charleston So	211
Southern Miss	212
Tennessee Tech	213
Texas St	214
James Madison	215
UTEP	216
Stony Brook	217
Denver	218
Hartford	219
Sam Houston St	220
CS Fullerton	221
Manhattan	222
UNC Wilmington	223
ULM	224
UC Davis	225
Gardner Webb	226
Florida Intl	227
South Alabama	228
Bowling Green	229
Colorado St	230
California	231
Air Force	232
Hampton	233
WI Milwaukee	234
NJIT	235
Akron	236
Fairfield	237
Elon	238
Loy Marymount	239
Abilene Chr	240
Oral Roberts	241
Lehigh	242
Portland	243
Long Island	244
Navy	245
Columbia	246
Delaware	247
South Florida	248
Santa Clara	249
N Illinois	250
Fordham	251
W Illinois	252
CS Bakersfield	253
St Peter's	254
UTRGV	255
New Hampshire	256
Mt St Mary's	257
Hawaii	258
Robert Morris	259
Morehead St	260
Boston Univ	261
W Carolina	262
TX Southern	263
New Orleans	264
WI Green Bay	265
NE Omaha	266
F Dickinson	267
Long Beach St	268
E Kentucky	269
East Carolina	270
Binghamton	271
MA Lowell	272
Chattanooga	273
Bethune-Cookman	274
North Florida	275
E Illinois	276
Samford	277
Idaho St	278
NC A&T	279
Cornell	280
Arkansas St	281
Drexel	282
Army	283
SE Missouri St	284
Holy Cross	285
Brown	286
Citadel	287
Ark Little Rock	288
Pepperdine	289
Prairie View	290
McNeese St	291
Charlotte	292
North Dakota	293
Lafayette	294
IUPUI	295
St Francis NY	296
Detroit	297
Norfolk St	298
Savannah St	299
Siena	300
TAM C. Christi	301
Sacred Heart	302
Dartmouth	303
Rice	304
Kennesaw	305
Montana St	306
Central Conn	307
TN Martin	308
Stetson	309
Jacksonville	310
Cleveland St	311
NC Central	312
Quinnipiac	313
Grambling	314
San Jose St	315
Edwardsville	316
Presbyterian	317
Southern Utah	318
Missouri KC	319
VMI	320
CS Sacramento	321
Southern Univ	322
UC Riverside	323
Loyola MD	324
Marist	325
Houston Bap	326
Ark Pine Bluff	327
American Univ	328
Youngstown St	329
Morgan St	330
Maine	331
Longwood	332
Incarnate Word	333
Alcorn St	334
Chicago St	335
Jackson St	336
Alabama St	337
Howard	338
Northern Arizona	339
S Carolina St	340
Cal Poly	341
SC Upstate	342
Florida A&M	343
MD E Shore	344
Bryant	345
Northwestern LA	346
Coppin St	347
CS Northridge	348
MS Valley St	349
Delaware St	350
Alabama A&M	351