Latest KenPom Rankings for the 2026 NCAA Tournament

What KenPom rankings are (and how people use them)

KenPom (Ken Pomeroy) rankings are a tempo-adjusted rating system for men’s college basketball that compares teams by how efficiently they score and defend per 100 possessions (so slow teams and fast teams can be evaluated on the same scale).

The core pieces you’ll see:

AdjO (Adjusted Offensive Efficiency): points scored per 100 possessions, adjusted for opponent quality
AdjD (Adjusted Defensive Efficiency): points allowed per 100 possessions, adjusted for opponent quality
AdjEM (Adjusted Efficiency Margin): AdjO − AdjD (the “overall power” number that drives the main ranking)

How they’re used:

Power-rating teams beyond win/loss record (especially for “who’s actually good?” arguments)
Projecting game outcomes (point spreads / win probabilities)
Bracket + seeding context (committee talk, résumé vs. underlying strength)
Matchup handicapping (elite offense vs. elite defense, imbalance red flags, etc.)

Summary of the current Top 20 (Updated Feb. 17)

Here are the Top 20 teams shown, with their Offensive rank and Defensive rank:

Michigan — Off 4, Def 1
Duke — Off 7, Def 2
Arizona — Off 11, Def 3
Houston — Off 9, Def 5
Florida — Off 17, Def 4
Illinois — Off 1, Def 28
Iowa St. — Off 14, Def 6
Purdue — Off 2, Def 19
Connecticut — Off 22, Def 11
Gonzaga — Off 19, Def 13
Nebraska — Off 41, Def 8
Vanderbilt — Off 13, Def 20
Michigan St. — Off 43, Def 7
Louisville — Off 12, Def 27
Kansas — Off 44, Def 9
Texas Tech — Off 15, Def 25
Arkansas — Off 5, Def 42
Alabama — Off 3, Def 57
Tennessee — Off 37, Def 16
Virginia — Off 35, Def 17

Quick Takeaways

Michigan (#1) is the classic KenPom darling profile: elite defense (1st) + top-5 offense (4th).
The very top is packed with two-way teams: Duke, Arizona, Houston, Florida all have top-5 defenses and usable offenses.
Illinois (#6) is the loudest split: #1 offense but #28 defense (high ceiling, but defense can blow up close games).
Several teams are defense-first and winning with stops: Nebraska (Def 8 / Off 41), Michigan St. (Def 7 / Off 43), Kansas (Def 9 / Off 44).
A couple are offense-first (and living dangerously): Arkansas (Off 5 / Def 42) and especially Alabama (Off 3 / Def 57).

Rk	Team	Off.	Def.
1	Michigan	4	1
2	Duke	7	2
3	Arizona	11	3
4	Houston	9	5
5	Florida	17	4
6	Illinois	1	28
7	Iowa St.	14	6
8	Purdue	2	19
9	Connecticut	22	11
10	Gonzaga	19	13
11	Nebraska	41	8
12	Vanderbilt	13	20
13	Michigan St.	43	7
14	Louisville	12	27
15	Kansas	44	9
16	Texas Tech	15	25
17	Arkansas	5	42
18	Alabama	3	57
19	Tennessee	37	16
20	Virginia	35	17
21	St. John’s	40	18
22	BYU	8	50
23	Saint Louis	39	21
24	Utah St.	20	40
25	Iowa	26	37
26	Villanova	31	32
27	Kentucky	32	33
28	North Carolina	24	44
29	Texas	6	92
30	Saint Mary’s	52	24
31	N.C. State	21	47
32	Wisconsin	18	52
33	Auburn	10	91
34	Clemson	73	15
35	Texas A&M	36	46
36	Indiana	38	48
37	Miami FL	50	34
38	SMU	16	96
39	Santa Clara	30	60
40	Ohio St.	25	71
41	San Diego St.	98	14
42	UCLA	47	49
43	Georgia	33	63
44	New Mexico	68	35
45	Baylor	28	106
46	VCU	49	64
47	Washington	62	45
48	Seton Hall	152	12
49	USC	76	39
50	TCU	99	29
51	Cincinnati	173	10
52	UCF	42	113
53	Oklahoma	29	152
54	Missouri	53	97
55	LSU	51	107
56	West Virginia	129	26
57	Belmont	45	132
58	Boise St.	63	77
59	Nevada	59	94
60	South Florida	66	75
61	Tulsa	34	167
62	McNeese	72	70
63	Oklahoma St.	60	103
64	Providence	27	199
65	Virginia Tech	77	65
66	California	71	78
67	Grand Canyon	144	30
68	Akron	48	150
69	Northwestern	70	86
70	Arizona St.	64	105
71	Wake Forest	83	74
72	Colorado	56	139
73	Syracuse	79	80
74	Stanford	89	67
75	Yale	23	227
76	George Washington	54	151
77	Georgetown	81	87
78	Creighton	65	119
79	Florida St.	87	79
80	Notre Dame	84	95
81	Mississippi	94	76
82	Stephen F. Austin	110	59
83	Butler	78	108
84	Minnesota	106	66
85	Miami OH	61	147
86	Mississippi St.	120	58
87	Northern Iowa	214	22
88	Utah Valley	105	82
89	Liberty	57	191
90	High Point	55	201
91	Wichita St.	127	69
92	Dayton	154	51
93	Colorado St.	58	195
94	Xavier	90	116
95	George Mason	117	85
96	South Carolina	111	98
97	Oregon	101	120
98	Wyoming	95	133
99	Memphis	199	43
100	Illinois St.	151	61
101	Kansas St.	93	137
102	Hofstra	97	134
103	Marquette	118	102
104	Hawaii	219	36
105	Pacific	133	88
106	UNC Wilmington	108	126
107	Sam Houston St.	102	143
108	Davidson	116	115
109	Pittsburgh	115	124
110	Duquesne	112	128
111	Murray St.	67	220
112	DePaul	185	56
113	Illinois Chicago	161	72
114	UC Irvine	264	31
115	St. Thomas	88	182
116	Florida Atlantic	128	129
117	UC San Diego	179	68
118	Rhode Island	166	81
119	Utah	92	196
120	Cal Baptist	187	73
121	Southern Illinois	255	41
122	Fresno St.	207	62
123	San Francisco	96	193
124	North Dakota St.	113	161
125	William & Mary	123	153
126	Penn St.	82	221
127	UNLV	103	188
128	Seattle	307	23
129	UC Santa Barbara	69	258
130	UAB	164	104
131	Bradley	140	138
132	Winthrop	91	215
133	Washington St.	85	224
134	Maryland	136	145
135	UT Rio Grande Valley	162	117
136	North Texas	286	38
137	Richmond	125	177
138	East Tennessee St.	147	144
139	Montana St.	153	142
140	Bowling Green	213	89
141	Portland St.	257	54
142	Austin Peay	169	122
143	Troy	132	173
144	Wright St.	122	205
145	St. Bonaventure	100	232
146	Northern Colorado	124	204
147	Kent St.	131	186
148	Arkansas St.	137	176
149	Cornell	46	340
150	Boston College	271	55
151	Loyola Marymount	226	101
152	Oakland	75	285
153	Rutgers	158	165
154	Saint Joseph’s	245	83
155	UC Davis	190	135
156	Navy	232	100
157	CSUN	157	174
158	Valparaiso	205	131
159	Toledo	107	251
160	Fordham	246	90
161	Temple	126	226
162	Merrimack	223	111
163	Central Arkansas	170	158
164	Georgia Tech	197	140
165	Mercer	138	210
166	Harvard	182	156
167	New Mexico St.	135	216
168	UT Arlington	261	84
169	Montana	192	146
170	Robert Morris	139	214
171	Towson	252	99
172	Charleston	225	136
173	Lipscomb	181	171
174	Penn	194	162
175	Western Kentucky	234	130
176	Appalachian St.	251	109
177	Idaho	174	181
178	Utah Tech	156	213
179	Middle Tennessee	163	202
180	Cal St. Fullerton	201	163
181	Oregon St.	178	184
182	Kennesaw St.	150	222
183	Tulane	196	172
184	Marshall	134	253
185	Massachusetts	167	208
186	Buffalo	109	286
187	Furman	220	159
188	Texas A&M Corpus Chris	281	93
189	Northern Kentucky	184	198
190	Elon	104	298
191	Columbia	159	225
192	Siena	188	194
193	South Alabama	212	170
194	Marist	325	53
195	Eastern Washington	130	269
196	Tennessee Martin	263	118
197	Portland	236	149
198	New Orleans	143	257
199	FIU	208	187
200	Campbell	145	261
201	Charlotte	114	294
202	Quinnipiac	277	110
203	Youngstown St.	209	189
204	Queens	80	332
205	LIU	254	141
206	Samford	155	256
207	Monmouth	247	154
208	Lamar	217	192
209	Drake	141	271
210	Indiana St.	216	197
211	Jacksonville St.	250	157
212	Tarleton St.	285	112
213	Missouri St.	218	207
214	South Dakota St.	204	217
215	Weber St.	146	279
216	Stony Brook	244	179
217	San Diego	186	244
218	Green Bay	119	313
219	Howard	304	114
220	Ohio	206	236
221	UNC Asheville	243	200
222	James Madison	160	280
223	Vermont	172	270
224	Cal Poly	175	266
225	Denver	74	355
226	Wofford	142	308
227	Colgate	202	260
228	Drexel	280	164
229	Southeast Missouri	268	178
230	Eastern Michigan	279	168
231	Abilene Christian	311	121
232	Rice	165	292
233	Coastal Carolina	297	148
234	SIUE	315	125
235	Southern Miss	272	183
236	UMBC	230	241
237	Radford	210	263
238	Louisiana Tech	314	127
239	La Salle	262	206
240	Saint Peter’s	260	209
241	Bethune Cookman	292	166
242	Long Beach St.	233	240
243	Old Dominion	242	229
244	Texas St.	269	203
245	Florida Gulf Coast	215	267
246	Nebraska Omaha	189	287
247	Detroit Mercy	211	273
248	Charleston Southern	248	231
249	American	253	233
250	Princeton	249	238
251	Idaho St.	148	328
252	Lindenwood	298	175
253	San Jose St.	171	307
254	Dartmouth	241	255
255	Hampton	293	190
256	Nicholls	222	278
257	Iona	256	234
258	Sacramento St.	228	275
259	Purdue Fort Wayne	237	264
260	Tennessee St.	200	299
261	East Carolina	283	211
262	Boston University	121	351
263	Western Carolina	176	316
264	Georgia Southern	193	310
265	Fairfield	195	309
266	UTEP	296	212
267	Southern Utah	265	252
268	Milwaukee	231	291
269	Delaware	266	254
270	Southern	274	248
271	UC Riverside	276	249
272	Central Michigan	229	302
273	Pepperdine	288	239
274	Brown	347	123
275	Bellarmine	86	363
276	Northeastern	203	319
277	Incarnate Word	191	327
278	East Texas A&M	339	160
279	Western Michigan	183	331
280	Eastern Kentucky	168	335
281	Northwestern St.	258	281
282	Grambling St.	337	169
283	South Dakota	238	303
284	Southeastern Louisiana	342	155
285	Longwood	303	235
286	Presbyterian	295	250
287	Central Connecticut	224	317
288	North Carolina A&T	273	277
289	North Dakota	221	323
290	Morehead St.	227	321
291	Le Moyne	287	265
292	Mercyhurst	318	219
293	Georgia St.	317	223
294	Houston Christian	259	304
295	Sacred Heart	198	341
296	Mount St. Mary’s	329	218
297	Evansville	306	259
298	UNC Greensboro	180	350
299	USC Upstate	324	228
300	Lehigh	300	274
301	Alabama St.	321	242
302	Chattanooga	291	293
303	NJIT	331	230
304	Alabama A&M	302	283
305	Arkansas Pine Bluff	267	312
306	Cleveland St.	149	360
307	Little Rock	294	297
308	Louisiana	323	262
309	Texas Southern	284	306
310	Norfolk St.	312	276
311	Jacksonville	322	268
312	IU Indy	235	345
313	Northern Arizona	239	344
314	Loyola MD	270	326
315	Loyola Chicago	275	325
316	Northern Illinois	343	243
317	Cal St. Bakersfield	305	305
318	UMass Lowell	289	320
319	Tennessee Tech	278	330
320	West Georgia	301	314
321	Eastern Illinois	355	185
322	Prairie View A&M	319	296
323	Stetson	290	329
324	Ball St.	344	245
325	Albany	299	322
326	Lafayette	334	284
327	Manhattan	240	354
328	Wagner	282	334
329	Fairleigh Dickinson	316	311
330	Holy Cross	310	318
331	Bucknell	340	289
332	Florida A&M	345	272
333	New Haven	353	237
334	Jackson St.	308	333
335	Oral Roberts	328	315
336	New Hampshire	346	282
337	North Florida	177	365
338	UTSA	320	336
339	Niagara	336	324
340	Army	313	343
341	North Alabama	309	347
342	Southern Indiana	359	246
343	Maryland Eastern Shore	350	295
344	Stonehill	363	180
345	Alcorn St.	330	342
346	North Carolina Central	335	338
347	Air Force	352	300
348	Canisius	356	288
349	Maine	361	247
350	Chicago St.	333	349
351	The Citadel	341	346
352	Morgan St.	327	356
353	Louisiana Monroe	326	358
354	Kansas City	358	301
355	Bryant	349	337
356	Saint Francis	338	357
357	Rider	348	352
358	South Carolina St.	357	339
359	VMI	332	364
360	Delaware St.	365	290
361	Western Illinois	360	348
362	Binghamton	354	359
363	Gardner Webb	351	362
364	Coppin St.	362	353
365	Mississippi Valley St.	364	361