The following rankings show each team's expected neutral site, mid-season performance against Kentucky. For detailed matchup infromation, click the team's name.
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| TAPE Rank | Team | Conference | Seed | Region | KY Win% | Expected Margin | Expected Opponent Score | Expected Kentucky Score | Expected Pace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Virginia | ACC | 1 | South | 25.93% | 9.19 | 69.89 | 60.70 | 62.72 |
| 6 | Cincinnati | AmCon | 2 | South | 34.10% | 6.02 | 74.82 | 68.80 | 68.38 |
| 22 | Tennessee | SEC | 3 | South | 46.48% | 1.31 | 75.95 | 74.64 | 69.50 |
| 16 | Arizona | Pac12 | 4 | South | 44.13% | 2.22 | 81.24 | 79.02 | 70.93 |
| 37 | Miami (FL) | ACC | 6 | South | 54.72% | -1.78 | 74.82 | 76.60 | 70.34 |
| 35 | Nevada | MWC | 7 | South | 57.00% | -2.73 | 82.21 | 84.94 | 73.77 |
| 19 | Creighton | BigEast | 8 | South | 53.24% | -1.28 | 83.26 | 84.54 | 75.14 |
| 38 | Kansas State | Big12 | 9 | South | 56.49% | -2.42 | 72.50 | 74.93 | 69.21 |
| 49 | Texas | Big12 | 10 | South | 60.28% | -3.85 | 70.35 | 74.20 | 68.79 |
| 39 | Loyola (IL) | MVC | 11 | South | 55.36% | -2.01 | 73.27 | 75.28 | 69.11 |
| 31 | Davidson | A10 | 12 | South | 56.76% | -2.57 | 75.19 | 77.76 | 67.40 |
| 77 | Buffalo | MAC | 13 | South | 68.96% | -7.74 | 81.90 | 89.64 | 76.63 |
| 151 | Wright State | Horiz | 14 | South | 81.61% | -13.50 | 65.16 | 78.66 | 71.39 |
| 104 | Georgia State | SunBelt | 15 | South | 73.13% | -9.32 | 71.03 | 80.35 | 70.18 |
| 198 | Maryland-Baltimore Co. | AmEast | 16 | South | 87.88% | -17.82 | 68.29 | 86.11 | 71.75 |
| 1 | Villanova | BigEast | 1 | East | 24.25% | 10.81 | 88.54 | 77.73 | 72.45 |
| 5 | Purdue | BigTen | 2 | East | 31.69% | 7.28 | 83.96 | 76.68 | 71.12 |
| 10 | Texas Tech | Big12 | 3 | East | 37.38% | 4.79 | 76.59 | 71.81 | 69.90 |
| 12 | Wichita State | AmCon | 4 | East | 39.96% | 3.92 | 83.24 | 79.32 | 72.69 |
| 11 | West Virginia | Big12 | 5 | East | 38.02% | 4.69 | 82.26 | 77.57 | 73.90 |
| 25 | Florida | SEC | 6 | East | 50.47% | -0.18 | 76.32 | 76.50 | 70.64 |
| 24 | Arkansas | SEC | 7 | East | 46.82% | 1.23 | 82.95 | 81.73 | 73.22 |
| 40 | Virginia Tech | ACC | 8 | East | 56.11% | -2.37 | 78.38 | 80.75 | 72.22 |
| 50 | Alabama | SEC | 9 | East | 61.03% | -4.21 | 74.62 | 78.83 | 72.19 |
| 27 | Butler | BigEast | 10 | East | 51.87% | -0.72 | 79.11 | 79.82 | 72.13 |
| 48 | St. Bonaventure | A10 | 11 | East | 56.36% | -2.43 | 77.53 | 79.96 | 71.86 |
| 81 | Murray State | OVC | 12 | East | 71.46% | -8.49 | 73.97 | 82.46 | 69.96 |
| 119 | Marshall | CUSA | 13 | East | 81.01% | -14.04 | 80.17 | 94.21 | 78.99 |
| 133 | Stephen F. Austin | Sland | 14 | East | 75.65% | -10.63 | 72.80 | 83.43 | 74.71 |
| 158 | Cal State Fullerton | BigWest | 15 | East | 80.72% | -13.04 | 70.11 | 83.14 | 72.66 |
| 292 | Long Island | NEC | 16 | East | 95.63% | -26.25 | 69.95 | 96.20 | 75.30 |
| 153 | Radford | BigSou | 16 | East | 82.09% | -13.29 | 62.24 | 75.53 | 65.91 |
| 57 | UCLA | Pac12 | 11 | East | 63.23% | -5.29 | 81.24 | 86.53 | 74.81 |
| 9 | Kansas | Big12 | 1 | Midwest | 38.27% | 4.63 | 85.55 | 80.91 | 72.96 |
| 3 | Duke | ACC | 2 | Midwest | 28.16% | 8.85 | 86.83 | 77.97 | 72.72 |
| 2 | Michigan State | BigTen | 3 | Midwest | 24.79% | 10.29 | 83.65 | 73.36 | 70.92 |
| 28 | Auburn | SEC | 4 | Midwest | 52.93% | -1.15 | 81.91 | 83.06 | 75.90 |
| 21 | Clemson | ACC | 5 | Midwest | 47.76% | 0.85 | 74.26 | 73.41 | 69.85 |
| 20 | Texas Christian | Big12 | 6 | Midwest | 45.09% | 1.88 | 82.85 | 80.97 | 71.86 |
| 30 | Rhode Island | A10 | 7 | Midwest | 51.35% | -0.51 | 77.26 | 77.77 | 71.88 |
| 32 | Seton Hall | BigEast | 8 | Midwest | 53.04% | -1.17 | 81.55 | 82.72 | 73.28 |
| 64 | North Carolina State | ACC | 9 | Midwest | 65.23% | -6.02 | 81.20 | 87.22 | 74.79 |
| 46 | Oklahoma | Big12 | 10 | Midwest | 59.93% | -4.04 | 86.13 | 90.17 | 79.00 |
| 42 | Arizona State | Pac12 | 11 | Midwest | 58.85% | -3.48 | 81.73 | 85.21 | 74.86 |
| 52 | New Mexico State | WAC | 12 | Midwest | 60.82% | -4.15 | 73.96 | 78.11 | 72.87 |
| 105 | College of Charleston | CAA | 13 | Midwest | 75.58% | -10.27 | 70.13 | 80.40 | 68.54 |
| 85 | Bucknell | Pat | 14 | Midwest | 73.20% | -9.56 | 77.45 | 87.01 | 75.41 |
| 150 | Iona | MAAC | 15 | Midwest | 82.67% | -14.66 | 77.06 | 91.72 | 74.34 |
| 96 | Pennsylvania | Ivy | 16 | Midwest | 77.10% | -11.26 | 70.60 | 81.86 | 73.08 |
| 44 | Syracuse | ACC | 11 | Midwest | 56.94% | -2.53 | 67.68 | 70.21 | 66.97 |
| 13 | Xavier | BigEast | 1 | West | 44.02% | 2.34 | 85.49 | 83.14 | 74.85 |
| 15 | North Carolina | ACC | 2 | West | 39.89% | 4.01 | 85.59 | 81.58 | 74.75 |
| 7 | Michigan | BigTen | 3 | West | 38.82% | 4.21 | 74.82 | 70.60 | 68.66 |
| 8 | Gonzaga | WCC | 4 | West | 38.88% | 4.32 | 82.16 | 77.84 | 72.59 |
| 17 | Ohio State | BigTen | 5 | West | 44.58% | 2.06 | 77.43 | 75.38 | 70.76 |
| 14 | Houston | AmCon | 6 | West | 40.57% | 3.61 | 79.22 | 75.61 | 71.65 |
| 54 | Texas A&M | SEC | 7 | West | 62.41% | -4.81 | 76.59 | 81.40 | 73.03 |
| 33 | Missouri | SEC | 8 | West | 54.10% | -1.54 | 74.08 | 75.62 | 69.24 |
| 18 | Florida State | ACC | 9 | West | 46.51% | 1.36 | 81.85 | 80.49 | 74.85 |
| 67 | Providence | BigEast | 10 | West | 67.68% | -6.88 | 73.68 | 80.56 | 71.63 |
| 56 | San Diego State | MWC | 11 | West | 62.67% | -4.92 | 75.52 | 80.44 | 72.78 |
| 78 | South Dakota State | Summit | 12 | West | 71.19% | -8.73 | 78.21 | 86.94 | 74.02 |
| 84 | North Carolina-Greensboro | SoCon | 13 | West | 71.02% | -8.17 | 65.75 | 73.92 | 68.41 |
| 103 | Montana | BigSky | 14 | West | 72.61% | -8.93 | 70.90 | 79.83 | 71.99 |
| 195 | Lipscomb | Asun | 15 | West | 88.71% | -19.14 | 74.89 | 94.03 | 79.64 |
| 309 | North Carolina Central | MEAC | 16 | West | 95.63% | -25.19 | 62.52 | 87.71 | 69.52 |
| 235 | Texas Southern | SWAC | 16 | West | 91.51% | -21.25 | 74.71 | 95.95 | 75.06 |