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In progress. College basketball is still being built and is not in the navigation. The ratings are ours and are shown with the date they were fitted; they are not graded in public.

How would two teams match up, by how much, and at what pace — and where does each rank?

2025-26 seasonthrough ratings as of 2026-04-06most recent completed season — 2026-27 has no ratings yet

Team 1: Iowa State change (top 100 by AdjEM; any team via its page)
AkronAlabamaArizonaArizona StateArkansasAuburnBaylorBelmontBoise StateButlerBYUCaliforniaCincinnatiClemsonColoradoColorado StateCreightonDaytonDukeEast Tennessee StateFloridaFlorida StateGeorge MasonGeorge WashingtonGeorgetownGeorgiaGonzagaGrand CanyonHigh PointHofstraHoustonIllinoisIllinois StateIndianaIowaIowa StateKansasKentuckyLibertyLouisvilleLSUMcNeeseMiamiMiami (OH)MichiganMichigan StateMinnesotaMissouriMurray StateNC StateNebraskaNevadaNew MexicoNorth CarolinaNorthern IowaNorthwesternOhio StateOklahomaOklahoma StateOle MissProvidencePurdueSaint LouisSaint Mary'sSan Diego StateSanta ClaraSeton HallSMUSouth FloridaSt. John'sSt. Thomas-MinnesotaStanfordStephen F. AustinSyracuseTCUTennesseeTexasTexas A&MTexas TechTulsaUCFUCLAUConnUNC WilmingtonUSCUT Rio Grande ValleyUtah StateUtah ValleyVanderbiltVCUVillanovaVirginiaVirginia TechWake ForestWashingtonWest VirginiaWichita StateWisconsinWyomingYale
Team 2: Northwestern change (top 100 by AdjEM; any team via its page)
AkronAlabamaArizonaArizona StateArkansasAuburnBaylorBelmontBoise StateButlerBYUCaliforniaCincinnatiClemsonColoradoColorado StateCreightonDaytonDukeEast Tennessee StateFloridaFlorida StateGeorge MasonGeorge WashingtonGeorgetownGeorgiaGonzagaGrand CanyonHigh PointHofstraHoustonIllinoisIllinois StateIndianaIowaIowa StateKansasKentuckyLibertyLouisvilleLSUMcNeeseMiamiMiami (OH)MichiganMichigan StateMinnesotaMissouriMurray StateNC StateNebraskaNevadaNew MexicoNorth CarolinaNorthern IowaNorthwesternOhio StateOklahomaOklahoma StateOle MissProvidencePurdueSaint LouisSaint Mary'sSan Diego StateSanta ClaraSeton HallSMUSouth FloridaSt. John'sSt. Thomas-MinnesotaStanfordStephen F. AustinSyracuseTCUTennesseeTexasTexas A&MTexas TechTulsaUCFUCLAUConnUNC WilmingtonUSCUT Rio Grande ValleyUtah StateUtah ValleyVanderbiltVCUVillanovaVirginiaVirginia TechWake ForestWashingtonWest VirginiaWichita StateWisconsinWyomingYale

On a neutral floor the ratings make Iowa State a 9.7-point favourite at about 69 possessions; at Iowa State it is +13.0, at Northwestern +6.3 (from Iowa State's side).

Neutral
+9.7
68.8 poss.
At Iowa State
+13.0
68.8 poss.
At Northwestern
+6.3
68.8 poss.

Margins are from Iowa State's side, from the snapshot of 2026-04-06.

MetricIowa StateNorthwestern
Adjusted efficiency margin+23.69+9.567
Adjusted offence118.517112.473
Adjusted defence94.911102.982
Adjusted tempo69.719667.8294
Raw offence116.432109.9107
Raw defence96.410108.0210
Effective FG%56.1%2151.7%159
Turnover rate14.1%7512.2%6
Offensive rebound rate84.1%222111.9%119
Free-throw rate34.8%18833.9%216
Opponent eFG%50.0%10451.0%156
Opponent turnover rate21.4%415.9%155
Defensive rebound rate19.0%12211.3%166
Opponent free-throw rate28.4%3534.8%177
Three-point attempt rate39.1%18834.0%295
Raw tempo69.520366.7320

How this is measured

The projection is the existing projectMargin from lib/cbb/ratings: (AdjEM difference ± the fitted home advantage) × expected possessions ÷ 100, with pace the mean of the two adjusted tempos. It uses the latest snapshot, so it describes the two teams as rated on 2026-04-06 — it is not a line and it is not graded here.

Ranks are out of 364 rated teams, 1 = best; bold marks the better of the two where a metric has a better end.