The following rankings show each team's expected neutral site, mid-season performance against Buffalo. For detailed matchup infromation, click the team's name.
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| TAPE Rank | Team | Conference | Seed | Region | BUF Win% | Expected Margin | Expected Opponent Score | Expected Buffalo Score | Expected Pace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Virginia | ACC | 1 | South | 13.81% | 16.24 | 80.37 | 64.13 | 67.67 |
| 6 | Cincinnati | AmCon | 2 | South | 19.69% | 13.13 | 85.52 | 72.40 | 73.54 |
| 22 | Tennessee | SEC | 3 | South | 29.27% | 8.46 | 86.29 | 77.83 | 74.69 |
| 16 | Arizona | Pac12 | 4 | South | 28.17% | 9.10 | 92.47 | 83.36 | 76.17 |
| 26 | Kentucky | SEC | 5 | South | 31.04% | 7.74 | 89.64 | 81.90 | 76.63 |
| 37 | Miami (FL) | ACC | 6 | South | 36.88% | 5.26 | 85.57 | 80.31 | 75.56 |
| 35 | Nevada | MWC | 7 | South | 35.28% | 6.11 | 94.10 | 87.99 | 79.08 |
| 19 | Creighton | BigEast | 8 | South | 30.30% | 8.47 | 96.46 | 87.99 | 80.50 |
| 38 | Kansas State | Big12 | 9 | South | 36.02% | 5.56 | 83.81 | 78.25 | 74.39 |
| 49 | Texas | Big12 | 10 | South | 40.08% | 3.89 | 81.71 | 77.82 | 73.96 |
| 39 | Loyola (IL) | MVC | 11 | South | 37.79% | 4.85 | 83.80 | 78.95 | 74.29 |
| 31 | Davidson | A10 | 12 | South | 36.54% | 5.44 | 87.72 | 82.29 | 72.52 |
| 151 | Wright State | Horiz | 14 | South | 69.12% | -7.87 | 75.77 | 83.64 | 76.64 |
| 104 | Georgia State | SunBelt | 15 | South | 59.74% | -3.91 | 81.62 | 85.53 | 75.39 |
| 198 | Maryland-Baltimore Co. | AmEast | 16 | South | 77.99% | -12.35 | 78.58 | 90.92 | 77.01 |
| 1 | Villanova | BigEast | 1 | East | 9.70% | 20.92 | 101.28 | 80.36 | 77.73 |
| 5 | Purdue | BigTen | 2 | East | 18.14% | 14.49 | 94.96 | 80.47 | 76.36 |
| 10 | Texas Tech | Big12 | 3 | East | 22.37% | 11.82 | 87.29 | 75.47 | 75.10 |
| 12 | Wichita State | AmCon | 4 | East | 25.63% | 10.56 | 94.84 | 84.27 | 77.98 |
| 11 | West Virginia | Big12 | 5 | East | 25.03% | 10.86 | 94.20 | 83.33 | 79.22 |
| 25 | Florida | SEC | 6 | East | 33.25% | 6.84 | 87.82 | 80.98 | 75.87 |
| 24 | Arkansas | SEC | 7 | East | 32.26% | 7.39 | 93.75 | 86.36 | 78.52 |
| 40 | Virginia Tech | ACC | 8 | East | 38.31% | 4.79 | 89.59 | 84.80 | 77.50 |
| 50 | Alabama | SEC | 9 | East | 41.65% | 3.32 | 85.48 | 82.16 | 77.46 |
| 27 | Butler | BigEast | 10 | East | 33.79% | 6.70 | 91.43 | 84.73 | 77.40 |
| 48 | St. Bonaventure | A10 | 11 | East | 39.01% | 4.42 | 87.98 | 83.56 | 77.13 |
| 81 | Murray State | OVC | 12 | East | 52.12% | -0.83 | 85.25 | 86.08 | 75.16 |
| 119 | Marshall | CUSA | 13 | East | 64.39% | -6.17 | 93.01 | 99.18 | 84.43 |
| 133 | Stephen F. Austin | Sland | 14 | East | 65.60% | -6.45 | 82.92 | 89.37 | 80.06 |
| 158 | Cal State Fullerton | BigWest | 15 | East | 70.51% | -8.51 | 80.06 | 88.57 | 77.95 |
| 292 | Long Island | NEC | 16 | East | 88.19% | -19.06 | 81.10 | 100.17 | 80.65 |
| 153 | Radford | BigSou | 16 | East | 69.29% | -7.67 | 72.09 | 79.76 | 70.98 |
| 57 | UCLA | Pac12 | 11 | East | 45.74% | 1.75 | 92.59 | 90.84 | 80.16 |
| 9 | Kansas | Big12 | 1 | Midwest | 22.05% | 12.48 | 97.17 | 84.69 | 78.25 |
| 3 | Duke | ACC | 2 | Midwest | 14.58% | 16.86 | 98.20 | 81.34 | 78.00 |
| 2 | Michigan State | BigTen | 3 | Midwest | 14.20% | 16.92 | 94.58 | 77.67 | 76.15 |
| 28 | Auburn | SEC | 4 | Midwest | 34.80% | 6.40 | 94.30 | 87.89 | 81.27 |
| 21 | Clemson | ACC | 5 | Midwest | 31.49% | 7.60 | 85.52 | 77.92 | 75.05 |
| 20 | Texas Christian | Big12 | 6 | Midwest | 31.66% | 7.61 | 93.64 | 86.03 | 77.12 |
| 30 | Rhode Island | A10 | 7 | Midwest | 33.43% | 6.70 | 88.46 | 81.76 | 77.14 |
| 32 | Seton Hall | BigEast | 8 | Midwest | 34.79% | 6.25 | 92.50 | 86.25 | 78.59 |
| 64 | North Carolina State | ACC | 9 | Midwest | 46.12% | 1.56 | 92.23 | 90.66 | 80.14 |
| 46 | Oklahoma | Big12 | 10 | Midwest | 41.10% | 3.78 | 98.84 | 95.07 | 84.45 |
| 42 | Arizona State | Pac12 | 11 | Midwest | 39.16% | 4.47 | 93.94 | 89.46 | 80.21 |
| 52 | New Mexico State | WAC | 12 | Midwest | 39.34% | 4.28 | 85.05 | 80.78 | 78.16 |
| 105 | College of Charleston | CAA | 13 | Midwest | 58.65% | -3.40 | 81.20 | 84.60 | 73.70 |
| 85 | Bucknell | Pat | 14 | Midwest | 53.18% | -1.29 | 89.44 | 90.73 | 80.76 |
| 150 | Iona | MAAC | 15 | Midwest | 69.33% | -8.23 | 88.55 | 96.78 | 79.67 |
| 96 | Pennsylvania | Ivy | 16 | Midwest | 55.38% | -2.15 | 82.23 | 84.37 | 78.38 |
| 44 | Syracuse | ACC | 11 | Midwest | 37.97% | 4.65 | 77.96 | 73.31 | 72.07 |
| 13 | Xavier | BigEast | 1 | West | 24.89% | 11.03 | 97.43 | 86.40 | 80.20 |
| 15 | North Carolina | ACC | 2 | West | 27.35% | 9.88 | 97.35 | 87.48 | 80.09 |
| 7 | Michigan | BigTen | 3 | West | 20.70% | 12.66 | 86.72 | 74.06 | 73.83 |
| 8 | Gonzaga | WCC | 4 | West | 22.32% | 12.18 | 94.32 | 82.14 | 77.87 |
| 17 | Ohio State | BigTen | 5 | West | 28.18% | 9.12 | 88.94 | 79.82 | 75.99 |
| 14 | Houston | AmCon | 6 | West | 25.36% | 10.49 | 90.04 | 79.55 | 76.90 |
| 54 | Texas A&M | SEC | 7 | West | 42.88% | 2.85 | 87.83 | 84.98 | 78.33 |
| 33 | Missouri | SEC | 8 | West | 36.71% | 5.33 | 84.55 | 79.22 | 74.42 |
| 18 | Florida State | ACC | 9 | West | 31.07% | 8.00 | 93.34 | 85.34 | 80.20 |
| 67 | Providence | BigEast | 10 | West | 47.94% | 0.81 | 84.55 | 83.74 | 76.88 |
| 56 | San Diego State | MWC | 11 | West | 43.38% | 2.66 | 86.81 | 84.15 | 78.07 |
| 78 | South Dakota State | Summit | 12 | West | 50.75% | -0.31 | 90.24 | 90.55 | 79.34 |
| 84 | North Carolina-Greensboro | SoCon | 13 | West | 51.71% | -0.66 | 76.72 | 77.38 | 73.57 |
| 103 | Montana | BigSky | 14 | West | 57.08% | -2.78 | 81.55 | 84.33 | 77.25 |
| 195 | Lipscomb | Asun | 15 | West | 75.27% | -11.30 | 86.91 | 98.21 | 85.09 |
| 309 | North Carolina Central | MEAC | 16 | West | 90.03% | -19.94 | 72.74 | 92.68 | 74.71 |
| 235 | Texas Southern | SWAC | 16 | West | 83.41% | -15.74 | 85.65 | 101.39 | 80.41 |