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 mid-major teams are ranked in the top 15 due to some impressive, quality wins this season.
No. 15 – Marshall
Conference: Sun Belt
Best Wins: At Duquesne (82-71), Akron (68-57), Toledo (100-85), Southern Mississippi (89-67), Old Dominion (73-65), at Texas State (81-73), at Appalachian State (66-58), Troy (88-78), and at James Madison (92-83)
Number of wins over a power five conference teams: Zero
Notable Defeats: At Queens (82-83), at UNC Greensboro (67-75), Texas State (68-71), at Old Dominion (67-71), at Louisana (67-77), and James Madison (66-72)
RPI Ranking: 73
KenPom Ranking: 83
College Basketball Power Index Ranking: 81
Sagarin Ranking: 96
NET Ranking: 83
Quadrant 1 Wins: Zero
Quadrant 2 Victories: Two
Quadrant 3 Wins: Eight
No. 14 – Drake
Conference: Missouri Valley
Best Wins: Wyoming (61-56), Louisana (76-64), Tarleton State (71-64), Mississippi State (58-52), Bradley (86-61), Indiana State (70-68), at Belmont (79-61), Southern Illinois (82-59), Belmont (70-56), Southern Illinois (65-52), and Bradley (77-51)
Number of wins over a power five conference teams: One
Notable Defeats: At Indiana State (73-75), at Richmond (52-82), at St. Louis (75-83), at Missouri State (49-52), at Southern Illinois (49-53), Missouri State (62-65), at Bradley (61-73)
Conference Record: 15-5
RPI Ranking: 31
KenPom Ranking: 67
College Basketball Power Index Ranking: 55
Sagarin Ranking: 56
NET Rankings: 53
Quadrant 1 Wins: One
Quadrant 2 Victories: Three
Quadrant 3 Wins: Ten
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No.13 – UAB
Conference: C-USA
Best Wins: Georgia (87-73), South Carolina (84-70), Charlotte (76-68), Jacksonville (80-61), South Alabama (76-68), Charlotte (76-68), UTEP (79-73), at Louisana Tech (81-74), at Rice (70-52), Florida Atlantic (86-77), Middle Tennessee (92-69), at UTEP (79-66), at Western Kentucky (72-60), Rice (87-60), and at Charlotte (93-91)
Number of wins over a power five conference teams: Two
-Notable Defeats: Toledo (93-85), at West Virginia (70-81), at Florida Atlantic (86-88), at Florida International (87-90), Western Kentucky (78-80), at Middle Tennessee (73-74), North Texas (52-63), at North Texas (79-82)
Conference Record: 14-6
RPI Ranking: 56
KenPom Ranking: 55
College Basketball Power Index Ranking: 62
Sagarin Ranking: 55
NET Ranking: 57
Quadrant 1 Wins: One
Quadrant 2 Victories: One
Quadrant 3 Wins: Nine