The best month of the basketball year is here.
Welcome to March, everyone. March Madness is just a couple of weeks away. Conference tournaments will start later this month and the NCAA Tournament – men's and women's – will start soon after that.
ESPN's computer model, the Basketball Power Index, has released its updated Top 25 rankings heading into the start of the month.
ESPN's computer model, the BPI, released its updated Top 25 rankings on Sunday morning:
- Duke
- Michigan
- Arizona
- Houston
- Florida
- Illinois
- Gonzaga
- Iowa State
- Purdue
- UConn
- Louisville
- Tennessee
- Michigan State
- Alabama
- Nebraska
- Vanderbilt
- Texas Tech
- St. John's
- Kansas
- BYU
- Kentucky
- Arkansas
- Virginia
- St. Louis
- St. Mary's
How does the BPI work?
The BPI is a projection-based system.
"The College Basketball Power Index (BPI) is a measure of team strength that is meant to be the best predictor of performance going forward. BPI represents how many points above or below average a team is. Strength of Record (SOR) is a measure of team accomplishment based on how difficult a team's W-L record is to achieve. Game predictions account for opponent strength, pace of play, site, travel distance, day's rest and altitude, and are used to simulate the season 10,000 times to produce season projections. Numbers update daily," it reads.
This story was originally published by The Spun on Mar 1, 2026, where it first appeared in the College Basketball section. Add The Spun as a Preferred Source by clicking here.