NCAA Basketball: Final 2022-23 mid-major power rankings heading into postseason
By Ryan Kay
![Florida Atlantic Owls guard Alijah Martin (15) does the Gator Chomp after in the second half after defeating the Gators. The Florida Gators menÕs basketball team hosted the Florida Atlantic Owls at Billy Donovan Court at Exactech Arena in Gainesville, FL on Monday, November 14, 2022. Florida Atlantic defeated Florida 76-74. [Doug Engle/Gainesville Sun]Gai Ufbasketballfau](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_fill,w_1080,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/shape%2Fcover%2Fsport%2F93c246987712840be555b192871cc8313e82565e9149eb9239d56032b35c1134.jpg "Florida Atlantic Owls guard Alijah Martin (15) does the Gator Chomp after in the second half after defeating the Gators. The Florida Gators menÕs basketball team hosted the Florida Atlantic Owls at Billy Donovan Court at Exactech Arena in Gainesville, FL on Monday, November 14, 2022. Florida Atlantic defeated Florida 76-74. [Doug Engle/Gainesville Sun]Gai Ufbasketballfau")
These three teams just made it into the top 25 of these mid-major power rankings.
No. 25 – Colgate
Conference: Patriot
Best Wins: At Syracuse (80-68), Lafayette (79-61), at Brown (77-68), Navy (87-73), and at Navy (64-60)
Number of victories over power five teams: One
Notable Defeats: At Buffalo (87-88), Duquesne (80-85), Delaware (68-72), at Penn (69-81), at Auburn (66-93), Vermont (72-73), Cornell (80-91), and American (60-61)
Conference Record: 17-1
RPI Ranking: 99
KenPom Ranking: 112
College Basketball Power Index Ranking: 96
Sagarin Ranking: 107
NET Ranking: 100
Quadrant 1 Wins: Zero
Quadrant 2 Victories: One
Quadrant 3 Wins: Two
No. 24 – UC Irvine
Conference: Big West
Best Wins: At Oregon (69-56), Loyola Marymount (79-64), New Mexico State (85-68), at UC Davis (88-83), Long Beach State (87-70), Cal State Fullerton (70-65), Hawai’i (76-68), at UC Santa Barbara (70-59), Cal State (75-51), and at UC Riverside (75-65)
Number of wins over a power five conference teams: One
Notable Defeats: At Hawai’i (67-72), at Long Beach State (88-93), at Cal State Fullerton (61-62), UC Santa Barbara (65-73), Harvard (57-62), at Santa Clara (74-86), and at San Diego State (69-72(
Conference Record: 15-5
RPI Ranking: 111
KenPom Ranking: 96
College Basketball Power Index Ranking: 94
Sagarin Ranking:108
NET Ranking: 93
Quadrant 1 Wins: One
Quadrant 2 Victories: Two
Quadrant 3 Wins: Seven
No. 23 – Indiana State
Conference: Missouri Valley
Best Wins: Drake (75-73), at Southern Illinois (74-71), Ball State (83-71), Drexel (85-81), at Northern Iowa (80-62), and Belmont (94-91)
Number of wins over a power five conference teams: Zero
Notable Defeats: Kansas City (61-63), at Duquesne (86-92), Southern Indiana (85-88), Southern Ilinois (61-69), at Missouri State (62-64), Bradley (67-78), at Murray State (73-82), at Drake (68-70), at Belmont (88-89), Missouri State (62-66), and Bradley (70-71)
Conference Record: 13-7
RPI Ranking: 136
KenPom Ranking: 98
College Basketball Power Index Ranking: 90
Sagarin Ranking: 90
Net Ranking: 95
Quadrant 1 Wins: Zero
Quadrant 2 Victories: Two
Quadrant 3 Wins: Five