College Hoops Tuesday: Conference Power Rankings

Every Tuesday, JCMJ breaks down the college hoops season in a slow preperation for March Madness. This week we rank the conferences....every conference

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Conference Power Rankings



1. Pac 10
Team To Beat: UCLA
Next In Line: Arizona, Oregon
Surprise: Washington State
Bottom of the Barrel: Arizona State

2. SEC
Team To Beat: Florida
Next In Line: LSU, Tennessee
Surprise: Georgia
Bottom of the Barrel: Auburn

3. ACC
Team To Beat: North Carolina
Next In Line: Boston College, Duke, Virginia Tech
Surprise: Clemson
Bottom of the Barrel: Wake Forest

4. Big Ten
Team To Beat: Wisconsin
Next In Line: Ohio State, Indiana, Michigan St.
Surprise: Purdue
Bottom of the Barrel: Northwestern

5. Big 12
Team To Beat: Kansas
Next In Line: Texas A&M, Oklahoma State, Texas
Surprise: Nebraska
Bottom of the Barrel: Colorado

6. Big East
Team To Beat: Pittsburgh
Next In Line: Notre Dame, Syracuse, Marquette
Surprise: West Virginia
Bottom of the Barrel: Cincinnati

7. Missouri Valley
Team To Beat: Southern Illinois
Next In Line: Missouri State, Creighton, Wichita St, Northern Iowa Surprise: Indiana St
Bottom of the Barrel: Illinois St

8. Mountain West
Team To Beat: Air Force
Next In Line: BYU, UNLV
Surprise: TCU
Bottom of the Barrel: Utah


9. Colonial
Team To Beat: Drexel
Next In Line: VCU, Hofstra, Old Dominion
Surprise: William and Mary
Bottom of the Barrel: Delaware

10. Atlantic 10
Team To Beat: Xavier
Next In Line: UMass, St. Louis, G. Washington
Surprise: Rhode Island
Bottom of the Barrel: Temple

11. Conference USA
Team To Beat: Memphis
Next In Line: Houston, UTEP
Surprise: Tulsa
Bottom of the Barrel: East Carolina

12. WAC
Team To Beat: Nevada
Next In Line: New Mexico St, Utah St
Surprise: Fresno St
Bottom of the Barrel: Idaho

13. West Coast
Team To Beat: Gonzaga
Next In Line: St. Mary's, San Fransisco

14. Horizon Team To Beat: Butler
Next In Line: Wright St, UIC


15. MAC
Team To Beat: Ohio
Next In Line: Toledo, Akron

16. Sun Belt
Team To Beat: Western Kentucky
Next In Line: Louisiana-Monroe, South Alabama

17. Southern
Team To Beat: Davidson
Next In Line: Appalachian State

18. Big West
Team To Beat: Long Beach State
Next In Line: CS Fullerton

19. America East
Team To Beat: Vermont
Next In Line: Albany

20. Southland
Team To Beat: Sam Houston State
Next In Line: Stephan F Austin

21. Ivy
Team To Beat: Penn
Next In Line: Columbia, Princeton



22. MAAC
Team To Beat: Marist
Next In Line: Loyola

23. Patriot
Team To Beat: Holy Cross
Next In Line: Bucknell

24. Mid-Continent
Team To Beat: Oral Roberts
Next In Line: Oakland

25. Ohio Valley
Team To Beat: Samford
Next In Line: Austin Peay, Morehead State

26. Big Sky Team To Beat: Idaho St
Next In Line: Northern Arizona, Weber State

27. Atlantic Sun
Team To Beat: Belmont
Next In Line: Lipscomb, East Tennessee St

28. Big South
Team To Beat: Winthrop
Next In Line: High Point

29. Northeast Team To Beat: Sacred Heart
Next In Line: Fairleigh Dickinson

30. MEAC
Team To Beat: Delaware St
Next In Line: Florida A&M

31. Southwestern
Team To Beat: Jackson St
Next In Line: Texas Southern