Sunday, January 9, 2011

Power Sweet 16 Rankings

As we did last year, tonight marks the annual debut of the Busting the Bracket Power Rankings. Every Sunday until we begin to release full weekly brackets in February, Busting the Bracket will be making a Power Sweet Sixteen Ranking. It differs from the normal weekly top-25 rankings as this takes RPI, SOS, quality wins, etc. into account as opposed to the "Who didn't lose this week?" mentality of the polls. Anyway, here is the inaugural ranking for 2011:

- Standard bracketing rules apply (no two teams from the same conference in the same half-bracket, etc.)

- Numbers in parenthesis next to the team indicate its 1-16 ranking

Newark Region (East):

  • 1. Duke (1)
  • 2. Villanova (7)
  • 3. Purdue (10)
  • 4. Georgetown (16)

Anaheim Region (West)

  • 1. Syracuse (4)
  • 2. Kentucky (8)
  • 3. Notre Dame (9)
  • 4. BYU (13)

San Antonio Region (Southwest):

  • 1. Kansas (3)
  • 2. Pittsburgh (5)
  • 3. Missouri (12)
  • 4. Illinois (14)

New Orleans Region (Southeast):

  • 1. Ohio State (2)
  • 2. San Diego State (6)
  • 3. Connecticut (11)
  • 4. Washington (15)

17th Team: Texas A&M

Others Considered: Texas, Kansas State, UCF, Vanderbilt

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