All 351 NCAA Division I Teams Ranked, Preseason
Here are my preseason rankings for all of the D-I teams this year. This is the first time I’ve tried to rank this many teams before, and the middle definitely sticks together at points.
These rankings are based on the VORPs of returning players (with as up to date information as I have gathered), while also factoring in teams’ defensive performances last year and giving a bonus to teams from stronger conferences.
| Overall Rank | Team | Conference |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oregon | Pac-12 |
| 2 | Baylor | Big 12 |
| 3 | Arizona | Pac-12 |
| 4 | UConn | American |
| 5 | Oregon St. | Pac-12 |
| 6 | Mississippi St. | SEC |
| 7 | Maryland | Big Ten |
| 8 | Kentucky | SEC |
| 9 | Louisville | ACC |
| 10 | Cincinnati | American |
| 11 | Florida St. | ACC |
| 12 | Iowa St. | Big 12 |
| 13 | Texas A&M | SEC |
| 14 | Purdue | Big Ten |
| 15 | Ohio | MAC |
| 16 | South Dakota | Summit |
| 17 | James Madison | Colonial |
| 18 | South Fla. | American |
| 19 | DePaul | Big East |
| 20 | Rice | Con USA |
| 21 | South Dakota St. | Summit |
| 22 | Stanford | Pac-12 |
| 23 | Indiana | Big Ten |
| 24 | Drexel | Colonial |
| 25 | Marquette | Big East |
| 26 | Minnesota | Big Ten |
| 27 | Bucknell | Patriot |
| 28 | FGCU | Atlantic Sun |
| 29 | LSU | SEC |
| 30 | West Virginia | Big 12 |
| 31 | Villanova | Big East |
| 32 | South Alabama | Sun Belt |
| 33 | Duke | ACC |
| 34 | Penn | Ivy |
| 35 | Pacific | West Coast |
| 36 | Auburn | SEC |
| 37 | Hartford | America East |
| 38 | Syracuse | ACC |
| 39 | TCU | Big 12 |
| 40 | BYU | West Coast |
| 41 | Drake | MVC |
| 42 | Central Mich. | MAC |
| 43 | Texas | Big 12 |
| 44 | Kansas St. | Big 12 |
| 45 | Marist | MAAC |
| 46 | UAB | Con USA |
| 47 | VCU | Atlantic 10 |
| 48 | Michigan | Big Ten |
| 49 | Missouri St. | MVC |
| 50 | Bradley | MVC |
| 51 | Gonzaga | West Coast |
| 52 | Boise St. | Mountain West |
| 53 | Fresno St. | Mountain West |
| 54 | Miami (OH) | MAC |
| 55 | Abilene Christian | Southland |
| 56 | North Ala. | Atlantic Sun |
| 57 | Arkansas St. | Sun Belt |
| 58 | Belmont | Ohio Valley |
| 59 | Youngstown St. | Horizon |
| 60 | Missouri | SEC |
| 61 | Seton Hall | Big East |
| 62 | Virginia Tech | ACC |
| 63 | UCLA | Pac-12 |
| 64 | NC State | ACC |
| 65 | Towson | Colonial |
| 66 | Southern Miss. | Con USA |
| 67 | Texas Tech | Big 12 |
| 68 | South Carolina | SEC |
| 69 | Michigan St. | Big Ten |
| 70 | Northwestern | Big Ten |
| 71 | UC Riverside | Big West |
| 72 | Coastal Caro. | Sun Belt |
| 73 | Buffalo | MAC |
| 74 | IUPUI | Horizon |
| 75 | Lehigh | Patriot |
| 76 | Western Ky. | Con USA |
| 77 | Rider | MAAC |
| 78 | Princeton | Ivy |
| 79 | UT Arlington | Sun Belt |
| 80 | Yale | Ivy |
| 81 | Providence | Big East |
| 82 | St. John's (NY) | Big East |
| 83 | Miami (FL) | ACC |
| 84 | Pepperdine | West Coast |
| 85 | Fordham | Atlantic 10 |
| 86 | George Mason | Atlantic 10 |
| 87 | UCF | American |
| 88 | Portland St. | Big Sky |
| 89 | Massachusetts | Atlantic 10 |
| 90 | East Carolina | American |
| 91 | N.C. A&T | MEAC |
| 92 | Robert Morris | Northeast |
| 93 | Nebraska | Big Ten |
| 94 | UMKC | WAC |
| 95 | Tulane | American |
| 96 | Old Dominion | Con USA |
| 97 | Denver | Summit |
| 98 | Davidson | Atlantic 10 |
| 99 | Washington St. | Pac-12 |
| 100 | Wyoming | Mountain West |
| 101 | Iowa | Big Ten |
| 102 | Northern Ill. | MAC |
| 103 | New Mexico St. | WAC |
| 104 | Hampton | Big South |
| 105 | Kent St. | MAC |
| 106 | Akron | MAC |
| 107 | Saint Mary's (CA) | West Coast |
| 108 | New Mexico | Mountain West |
| 109 | A&M-Corpus Christi | Southland |
| 110 | UNC Greensboro | Southern |
| 111 | Oklahoma St. | Big 12 |
| 112 | Manhattan | MAAC |
| 113 | Toledo | MAC |
| 114 | UT Martin | Ohio Valley |
| 115 | Milwaukee | Horizon |
| 116 | Tennessee | SEC |
| 117 | Lafayette | Patriot |
| 118 | Gardner-Webb | Big South |
| 119 | Dayton | Atlantic 10 |
| 120 | Duquesne | Atlantic 10 |
| 121 | Cornell | Ivy |
| 122 | Eastern Mich. | MAC |
| 123 | Georgia Tech | ACC |
| 124 | Georgia | SEC |
| 125 | Alabama | SEC |
| 126 | Virginia | ACC |
| 127 | Little Rock | Sun Belt |
| 128 | Southern Ill. | MVC |
| 129 | Troy | Sun Belt |
| 130 | Stony Brook | America East |
| 131 | UC Davis | Big West |
| 132 | Holy Cross | Patriot |
| 133 | Notre Dame | ACC |
| 134 | Tennessee Tech | Ohio Valley |
| 135 | Green Bay | Horizon |
| 136 | SFA | Southland |
| 137 | Southeast Mo. St. | Ohio Valley |
| 138 | Boston College | ACC |
| 139 | Butler | Big East |
| 140 | Western Ill. | Summit |
| 141 | Appalachian St. | Sun Belt |
| 142 | American | Patriot |
| 143 | Wofford | Southern |
| 144 | Jackson St. | SWAC |
| 145 | California Baptist | WAC |
| 146 | Colgate | Patriot |
| 147 | Stetson | Atlantic Sun |
| 148 | Texas Southern | SWAC |
| 149 | Liberty | Atlantic Sun |
| 150 | Houston | American |
| 151 | Oklahoma | Big 12 |
| 152 | Montana St. | Big Sky |
| 153 | Idaho St. | Big Sky |
| 154 | Tulsa | American |
| 155 | Utah | Pac-12 |
| 156 | Clemson | ACC |
| 157 | Creighton | Big East |
| 158 | Arizona St. | Pac-12 |
| 159 | Sam Houston St. | Southland |
| 160 | Radford | Big South |
| 161 | Rutgers | Big Ten |
| 162 | Loyola Maryland | Patriot |
| 163 | Mercer | Southern |
| 164 | Charlotte | Con USA |
| 165 | Quinnipiac | MAAC |
| 166 | Oral Roberts | Summit |
| 167 | Santa Clara | West Coast |
| 168 | Austin Peay | Ohio Valley |
| 169 | Loyola Marymount | West Coast |
| 170 | Northern Colo. | Big Sky |
| 171 | Loyola Chicago | MVC |
| 172 | Northeastern | Colonial |
| 173 | UNCW | Colonial |
| 174 | North Florida | Atlantic Sun |
| 175 | Prairie View | SWAC |
| 176 | ETSU | Southern |
| 177 | North Texas | Con USA |
| 178 | Western Mich. | MAC |
| 179 | California | Pac-12 |
| 180 | Texas St. | Sun Belt |
| 181 | Xavier | Big East |
| 182 | Idaho | Big Sky |
| 183 | UNI | MVC |
| 184 | Norfolk St. | MEAC |
| 185 | Illinois St. | MVC |
| 186 | William & Mary | Colonial |
| 187 | St. Francis Brooklyn | Northeast |
| 188 | USC Upstate | Big South |
| 189 | UC Irvine | Big West |
| 190 | Georgia St. | Sun Belt |
| 191 | Harvard | Ivy |
| 192 | Navy | Patriot |
| 193 | San Diego St. | Mountain West |
| 194 | Wright St. | Horizon |
| 195 | Kennesaw St. | Atlantic Sun |
| 196 | Howard | MEAC |
| 197 | Delaware | Colonial |
| 198 | Dartmouth | Ivy |
| 199 | Utah Valley | WAC |
| 200 | High Point | Big South |
| 201 | Saint Louis | Atlantic 10 |
| 202 | Nicholls St. | Southland |
| 203 | Southern Utah | Big Sky |
| 204 | UNC Asheville | Big South |
| 205 | Southern U. | SWAC |
| 206 | Air Force | Mountain West |
| 207 | Northern Ky. | Horizon |
| 208 | Jacksonville St. | Ohio Valley |
| 209 | Cal St. Fullerton | Big West |
| 210 | Furman | Southern |
| 211 | Lamar University | Southland |
| 212 | Murray St. | Ohio Valley |
| 213 | Campbell | Big South |
| 214 | Chattanooga | Southern |
| 215 | South Carolina St. | MEAC |
| 216 | UTRGV | WAC |
| 217 | Mount St. Mary's | Northeast |
| 218 | Wake Forest | ACC |
| 219 | Illinois | Big Ten |
| 220 | Wisconsin | Big Ten |
| 221 | Ohio St. | Big Ten |
| 222 | Temple | American |
| 223 | Marshall | Con USA |
| 224 | Penn St. | Big Ten |
| 225 | North Carolina | ACC |
| 226 | Washington | Pac-12 |
| 227 | Colorado | Pac-12 |
| 228 | Bowling Green | MAC |
| 229 | Kansas | Big 12 |
| 230 | Sacramento St. | Big Sky |
| 231 | Boston U. | Patriot |
| 232 | Ga. Southern | Sun Belt |
| 233 | Portland | West Coast |
| 234 | Louisiana | Sun Belt |
| 235 | Binghamton | America East |
| 236 | N.C. Central | MEAC |
| 237 | Saint Joseph's | Atlantic 10 |
| 238 | Bryant | Northeast |
| 239 | Monmouth | MAAC |
| 240 | Coppin St. | MEAC |
| 241 | Albany (NY) | America East |
| 242 | UC Santa Barbara | Big West |
| 243 | Arkansas St. | Sun Belt |
| 244 | McNeese | Southland |
| 245 | Wichita St. | American |
| 246 | New Orleans | Southland |
| 247 | Vermont | America East |
| 248 | Bethune-Cookman | MEAC |
| 249 | Eastern Ill. | Ohio Valley |
| 250 | Saint Francis (PA) | Northeast |
| 251 | Samford | Southern |
| 252 | Montana | Big Sky |
| 253 | UNLV | Mountain West |
| 254 | Columbia | Ivy |
| 255 | Cleveland St. | Horizon |
| 256 | SIUE | Ohio Valley |
| 257 | Alabama A&M | SWAC |
| 258 | Winthrop | Big South |
| 259 | Memphis | American |
| 260 | Middle Tenn. | Con USA |
| 261 | San Diego | West Coast |
| 262 | Vanderbilt | SEC |
| 263 | Ball St. | MAC |
| 264 | Louisiana Tech | Con USA |
| 265 | Northwestern St. | Southland |
| 266 | Niagara | MAAC |
| 267 | Florida | SEC |
| 268 | Northern Ariz. | Big Sky |
| 269 | Southeastern La. | Southland |
| 270 | Georgetown | Big East |
| 271 | UMES | MEAC |
| 272 | Sacred Heart | Northeast |
| 273 | Omaha | Summit |
| 274 | Colorado St. | Mountain West |
| 275 | La.-Monroe | Sun Belt |
| 276 | Valparaiso | MVC |
| 277 | Canisius | MAAC |
| 278 | La Salle | Atlantic 10 |
| 279 | Longwood | Big South |
| 280 | San Francisco | West Coast |
| 281 | SMU | American |
| 282 | Richmond | Atlantic 10 |
| 283 | Utah St. | Mountain West |
| 284 | Rhode Island | Atlantic 10 |
| 285 | UMBC | America East |
| 286 | Central Ark. | Southland |
| 287 | Long Beach St. | Big West |
| 288 | Fairfield | MAAC |
| 289 | Alabama St. | SWAC |
| 290 | Morgan St. | MEAC |
| 291 | Saint Peter's | MAAC |
| 292 | Hawaii | Big West |
| 293 | Fairleigh Dickinson | Northeast |
| 294 | Iona | MAAC |
| 295 | Siena | MAAC |
| 296 | Brown | Ivy |
| 297 | Army West Point | Patriot |
| 298 | Central Conn. St. | Northeast |
| 299 | Eastern Wash. | Big Sky |
| 300 | Southern California | Pac-12 |
| 301 | Hofstra | Colonial |
| 302 | Col. of Charleston | Colonial |
| 303 | Oakland | Horizon |
| 304 | Houston Baptist | Southland |
| 305 | Elon | Colonial |
| 306 | San Jose St. | Mountain West |
| 307 | UTEP | Con USA |
| 308 | UMass Lowell | America East |
| 309 | New Hampshire | America East |
| 310 | Seattle U | WAC |
| 311 | Fla. Atlantic | Con USA |
| 312 | Jacksonville | Atlantic Sun |
| 313 | Charleston So. | Big South |
| 314 | Wagner | Northeast |
| 315 | Presbyterian | Big South |
| 316 | CSUN | Big West |
| 317 | LIU Brooklyn | Northeast |
| 318 | Ark.-Pine Bluff | SWAC |
| 319 | Alcorn | SWAC |
| 320 | Detroit Mercy | Horizon |
| 321 | St. Bonaventure | Atlantic 10 |
| 322 | Purdue Fort Wayne | Summit |
| 323 | UTSA | Con USA |
| 324 | NJIT | Atlantic Sun |
| 325 | CSU Bakersfield | WAC |
| 326 | Tennessee St. | Ohio Valley |
| 327 | Grand Canyon | WAC |
| 328 | FIU | Con USA |
| 329 | Weber St. | Big Sky |
| 330 | UIC | Horizon |
| 331 | Chicago St. | WAC |
| 332 | North Dakota | Summit |
| 333 | Merrimack | Northeast |
| 334 | Incarnate Word | Southland |
| 335 | Lipscomb | Atlantic Sun |
| 336 | Cal Poly | Big West |
| 337 | George Washington | Atlantic 10 |
| 338 | Nevada | Mountain West |
| 339 | Ole Miss | SEC |
| 340 | Pittsburgh | ACC |
| 341 | North Dakota St. | Summit |
| 342 | Eastern Ky. | Ohio Valley |
| 343 | Delaware St. | MEAC |
| 344 | Evansville | MVC |
| 345 | Western Caro. | Southern |
| 346 | Mississippi Val. | SWAC |
| 347 | Florida A&M | MEAC |
| 348 | Grambling | SWAC |
| 349 | Indiana St. | MVC |
| 350 | Maine | America East |
| 351 | Morehead St. | Ohio Valley |