The following rankings show each team's expected neutral site, mid-season performance against Virginia Tech. For detailed matchup infromation, click the team's name.
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| TAPE Rank | Team | Conference | Seed | Region | VPI Win% | Expected Margin | Expected Opponent Score | Expected Virginia Tech Score | Expected Pace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Virginia | ACC | 1 | South | 22.87% | 10.93 | 72.65 | 61.72 | 63.52 |
| 6 | Cincinnati | AmCon | 2 | South | 30.99% | 7.53 | 76.89 | 69.37 | 69.21 |
| 22 | Tennessee | SEC | 3 | South | 39.43% | 4.10 | 78.19 | 74.08 | 70.33 |
| 16 | Arizona | Pac12 | 4 | South | 43.79% | 2.43 | 82.76 | 80.34 | 71.77 |
| 26 | Kentucky | SEC | 5 | South | 43.89% | 2.37 | 80.75 | 78.38 | 72.22 |
| 37 | Miami (FL) | ACC | 6 | South | 49.11% | 0.35 | 77.36 | 77.02 | 71.18 |
| 35 | Nevada | MWC | 7 | South | 46.63% | 1.35 | 85.46 | 84.11 | 74.62 |
| 19 | Creighton | BigEast | 8 | South | 46.36% | 1.48 | 86.67 | 85.19 | 76.01 |
| 38 | Kansas State | Big12 | 9 | South | 48.97% | 0.40 | 74.66 | 74.27 | 70.05 |
| 49 | Texas | Big12 | 10 | South | 55.36% | -2.05 | 72.71 | 74.77 | 69.62 |
| 39 | Loyola (IL) | MVC | 11 | South | 50.46% | -0.18 | 75.51 | 75.69 | 69.94 |
| 31 | Davidson | A10 | 12 | South | 50.18% | -0.07 | 78.96 | 79.03 | 68.22 |
| 77 | Buffalo | MAC | 13 | South | 61.69% | -4.79 | 84.80 | 89.59 | 77.50 |
| 151 | Wright State | Horiz | 14 | South | 79.61% | -12.82 | 67.29 | 80.11 | 72.24 |
| 104 | Georgia State | SunBelt | 15 | South | 66.66% | -6.73 | 74.05 | 80.78 | 71.02 |
| 198 | Maryland-Baltimore Co. | AmEast | 16 | South | 82.75% | -14.87 | 71.51 | 86.38 | 72.59 |
| 1 | Villanova | BigEast | 1 | East | 17.90% | 14.63 | 91.95 | 77.32 | 73.30 |
| 5 | Purdue | BigTen | 2 | East | 27.35% | 9.48 | 86.97 | 77.50 | 71.96 |
| 10 | Texas Tech | Big12 | 3 | East | 33.65% | 6.47 | 78.65 | 72.18 | 70.73 |
| 12 | Wichita State | AmCon | 4 | East | 39.81% | 4.11 | 85.70 | 81.59 | 73.55 |
| 11 | West Virginia | Big12 | 5 | East | 36.70% | 5.40 | 84.78 | 79.38 | 74.76 |
| 25 | Florida | SEC | 6 | East | 44.82% | 2.03 | 79.50 | 77.47 | 71.48 |
| 24 | Arkansas | SEC | 7 | East | 41.94% | 3.22 | 85.54 | 82.32 | 74.07 |
| 50 | Alabama | SEC | 9 | East | 56.03% | -2.35 | 76.19 | 78.54 | 73.03 |
| 27 | Butler | BigEast | 10 | East | 48.73% | 0.50 | 81.79 | 81.29 | 72.98 |
| 48 | St. Bonaventure | A10 | 11 | East | 48.19% | 0.71 | 80.14 | 79.43 | 72.71 |
| 81 | Murray State | OVC | 12 | East | 63.89% | -5.48 | 76.54 | 82.02 | 70.79 |
| 119 | Marshall | CUSA | 13 | East | 75.53% | -11.39 | 83.32 | 94.70 | 79.86 |
| 133 | Stephen F. Austin | Sland | 14 | East | 73.43% | -9.88 | 74.56 | 84.44 | 75.57 |
| 158 | Cal State Fullerton | BigWest | 15 | East | 81.01% | -13.60 | 71.14 | 84.74 | 73.51 |
| 292 | Long Island | NEC | 16 | East | 92.42% | -22.67 | 72.36 | 95.03 | 76.16 |
| 153 | Radford | BigSou | 16 | East | 77.61% | -11.34 | 64.45 | 75.79 | 66.72 |
| 57 | UCLA | Pac12 | 11 | East | 58.24% | -3.37 | 84.13 | 87.50 | 75.67 |
| 9 | Kansas | Big12 | 1 | Midwest | 32.24% | 7.38 | 88.54 | 81.16 | 73.81 |
| 3 | Duke | ACC | 2 | Midwest | 25.17% | 10.56 | 88.82 | 78.26 | 73.57 |
| 2 | Michigan State | BigTen | 3 | Midwest | 25.37% | 10.34 | 85.54 | 75.20 | 71.76 |
| 28 | Auburn | SEC | 4 | Midwest | 48.31% | 0.68 | 84.77 | 84.08 | 76.76 |
| 21 | Clemson | ACC | 5 | Midwest | 46.03% | 1.55 | 76.76 | 75.20 | 70.69 |
| 20 | Texas Christian | Big12 | 6 | Midwest | 44.60% | 2.14 | 84.98 | 82.85 | 72.71 |
| 30 | Rhode Island | A10 | 7 | Midwest | 44.70% | 2.05 | 79.78 | 77.73 | 72.72 |
| 32 | Seton Hall | BigEast | 8 | Midwest | 47.41% | 1.02 | 83.70 | 82.68 | 74.14 |
| 64 | North Carolina State | ACC | 9 | Midwest | 56.19% | -2.46 | 83.59 | 86.05 | 75.65 |
| 46 | Oklahoma | Big12 | 10 | Midwest | 56.21% | -2.59 | 88.96 | 91.55 | 79.88 |
| 42 | Arizona State | Pac12 | 11 | Midwest | 51.72% | -0.69 | 84.56 | 85.25 | 75.72 |
| 52 | New Mexico State | WAC | 12 | Midwest | 54.48% | -1.75 | 76.14 | 77.90 | 73.72 |
| 105 | College of Charleston | CAA | 13 | Midwest | 69.75% | -7.90 | 72.77 | 80.68 | 69.37 |
| 85 | Bucknell | Pat | 14 | Midwest | 66.97% | -6.98 | 79.96 | 86.94 | 76.27 |
| 150 | Iona | MAAC | 15 | Midwest | 76.23% | -11.46 | 80.40 | 91.86 | 75.20 |
| 96 | Pennsylvania | Ivy | 16 | Midwest | 69.77% | -8.08 | 73.42 | 81.51 | 73.93 |
| 44 | Syracuse | ACC | 11 | Midwest | 52.02% | -0.76 | 69.12 | 69.88 | 67.79 |
| 13 | Xavier | BigEast | 1 | West | 40.32% | 3.93 | 87.71 | 83.78 | 75.71 |
| 15 | North Carolina | ACC | 2 | West | 41.86% | 3.32 | 87.90 | 84.58 | 75.61 |
| 7 | Michigan | BigTen | 3 | West | 33.89% | 6.34 | 77.88 | 71.54 | 69.49 |
| 8 | Gonzaga | WCC | 4 | West | 37.58% | 4.99 | 84.53 | 79.53 | 73.44 |
| 17 | Ohio State | BigTen | 5 | West | 43.58% | 2.52 | 79.54 | 77.02 | 71.60 |
| 14 | Houston | AmCon | 6 | West | 36.67% | 5.31 | 81.65 | 76.33 | 72.49 |
| 54 | Texas A&M | SEC | 7 | West | 58.99% | -3.56 | 78.38 | 81.94 | 73.89 |
| 33 | Missouri | SEC | 8 | West | 49.49% | 0.20 | 76.53 | 76.33 | 70.07 |
| 18 | Florida State | ACC | 9 | West | 44.59% | 2.17 | 84.05 | 81.88 | 75.71 |
| 67 | Providence | BigEast | 10 | West | 60.83% | -4.25 | 75.79 | 80.03 | 72.47 |
| 56 | San Diego State | MWC | 11 | West | 58.29% | -3.29 | 77.54 | 80.83 | 73.63 |
| 78 | South Dakota State | Summit | 12 | West | 63.90% | -5.73 | 81.72 | 87.45 | 74.88 |
| 84 | North Carolina-Greensboro | SoCon | 13 | West | 64.28% | -5.57 | 68.28 | 73.85 | 69.24 |
| 103 | Montana | BigSky | 14 | West | 70.12% | -8.07 | 72.25 | 80.32 | 72.84 |
| 195 | Lipscomb | Asun | 15 | West | 85.21% | -17.01 | 76.98 | 93.99 | 80.52 |
| 309 | North Carolina Central | MEAC | 16 | West | 94.15% | -23.84 | 63.91 | 87.75 | 70.36 |
| 235 | Texas Southern | SWAC | 16 | West | 88.20% | -18.90 | 77.35 | 96.25 | 75.92 |