SEC Hoops Power Rankings... My Version, Pt 2

Listed is the rank, team and record, with their KenPom ranking and rating, their RPI ranking and score, and their BPI rank and score. Followed by me being quippy.

1. Kentucky 13-0

	KenPom	RPI	BPI
Rank	1	1	1
Score	.9819	.7179	96.3

Submitted after they played Louisville, a top 5 team, that they beat soundly. Kentucky is good.

2. Arkansas 10-2

	KenPom	RPI	BPI
Rank	37	23	40
Score	.8295	.6153	78.5

If the defense holds up, Arky is going to be a fun team to watch, but not a fun team to play.

3. Georgia 8-3

	KenPom	RPI	BPI
Rank	32	17	29
Score	.8409	.6241	80.6

It's almost scary that the third best team in the SEC needed 3 Overtimes to beat Mercer at home.

4. LSU 10-2

	KenPom	RPI	BPI
Rank	53	18	32
Score	.7815	.6238	79.8

I watched them play Southern Miss, who is not very big or good, and came away mostly unimpressed. They're very talented but play so carelessly, which means I don't see them winning too many games they shouldn't.

5. South Carolina 8-3

	KenPom	RPI	BPI
Rank	31	105	36
Score	.8427	.5379	78.8

Big test coming up vs. Iowa State, but South Carolina has been doing something nobody outside of Kentucky has been doing and that's blowing teams out. Not the toughest schedule, but if you play a bad team, you should beat them badly, and SC has done that.

6. Alabama 9-3

	KenPom	RPI	BPI
Rank	73	35	69
Score	.7321	.6000	71.6

A good win over UCLA, no bad losses at this point. Yet both BPI and KenPom aren't big fans. I think Alabama will probably win some they shouldn't, but probably not enough to get them into the NCAAs.

7. Florida 7-5

	KenPom	RPI	BPI
Rank	20	112	39
Score	.8772	.5367	78.6

An ugly loss in an ugly way. KenPom still likes Florida, but I'm really starting to think this team is going to struggle despite it's roster. Maybe because of it, they just struggle to score points.

8. Texas A&M 8-3

	KenPom	RPI	BPI
Rank	63	57	44
Score	.7539	.5779	77.0

They beat Mercer pretty soundly, but this team needs to do something to be better than they are. And by that, I don't mean wait for their good recruiting class to come in next year.

9. Vanderbilt 8-3

	KenPom	RPI	BPI
Rank	52	107	55
Score	.7829	.5372	74.8

KenPom likes them, BPI likes them, RPI hates them. I'm in the middle. They're certainly better than I expected, I don't think they're a top 50 team, but certainly a top 75.

10. Tennessee 8-4

	KenPom	RPI	BPI
Rank	92	87	92
Score	.6806	.5525	66.5

They keep squeaking out wins over pretty bad opponents, but at least they're winning.

11. Ole Miss 8-4

	KenPom	RPI	BPI
Rank	79	67	75
Score	.7242	.5693	69.4

I'm not convinced they're this good. The fact that Jarvis Summers 11.8 points per game is stunning.

12. Auburn 7-5

	KenPom	RPI	BPI
Rank	139	103	129
Score	.5597	.5388	59.4

A solid win over a not terrible Mid Tennessee squad was a good thing for this team. They'll be tougher in conference play than most think.

13. Mizzou 5-7

	KenPom	RPI	BPI
Rank	154	156	175
Score	.5133	.5096	52.7

Another close loss is enough to keep Mizzou in place for now. But this team could easily move up in conference play if they keep improving like they have over the past few weeks.

14. Mississippi State 6-6

	KenPom	RPI	BPI
Rank	196	215	185
Score	.4182	.4715	49.9

A 19 point loss to McNeese State is downright embarrassing. The season started with so much promise, and tanked quickly. It will be interesting to watch State try to navigate through the conference.

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KenPom, because it's awesome and the best:

I try to measure skills based on the opportunities for those skills to be observed. On the team level, this often means ratings the offense (and defense) on points scored (and allowed) per possession. That is the basis for the ratings system. If you're looking for info on what the columns mean on the ratings mean, please continue. If you don't like the ratings, wonder why I have your team too low, or wonder why the ratings don't look like the AP top 25, go here. (For information on preseason ratings, see this and this and this.)

RPI, the NCAA selection committee uses this:

The RPI (Rating Percentage Index) is a measure of strength of schedule and how a team does against that schedule. Created in 1981, the RPI is a tool used in selecting and seeding the 68 teams for the NCAA Men's basketball Division I tournament. RPI data includes games against Division I schools only.

BPI, Joe Lunardi uses this:

The Basketball Power Index (BPI) is a team rating system that accounts for the final score, pace of play, site, strength of opponent and absence of key players in every Division I men's game. BPI can be used to measure both how well a team has performed (going far beyond just wins and losses) and how powerful it is likely to be going forward.