College Basketball Conferences

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Which conference is strongest, how deep is each one, and who led its standings?

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

The SEC was the strongest conference by average AdjEM (+14.3), 0.9 ahead of the Big 12; the MEAC was weakest at -15.8.

#	Conference	Mean	Median	Spread	Best	Worst	Teams
1	SEC	+14.3	+15.0	7.0	Florida +26.8	Mississippi State -0.7	16
2	Big 12	+13.3	+11.6	8.4	Arizona +31.0	Utah +0.8	16
3	Big Ten	+13.1	+14.6	9.6	Michigan +30.5	Penn State -1.5	18
4	ACC	+11.3	+10.1	8.0	Duke +31.4	Georgia Tech -1.6	18
5	Big East	+10.3	+7.2	6.4	UConn +23.8	Xavier +3.9	11
6	Mountain West	+5.3	+7.9	9.4	Utah State +17.9	Air Force -18.7	12
7	WCC	+3.9	+2.0	9.9	Gonzaga +25.2	Pepperdine -9.0	12
8	A-10	+3.9	+2.0	7.4	Saint Louis +18.3	Loyola Chicago -10.4	14
9	MVC	+2.6	+4.5	6.4	Belmont +11.3	Evansville -12.3	11
10	American	+1.3	+2.1	8.5	Tulsa +13.5	UTSA -17.9	13
11	Ivy	-0.3	-0.3	6.1	Yale +11.5	Brown -8.3	8
12	CAA	-0.7	-0.8	5.2	Hofstra +9.6	Northeastern -8.0	13
13	CUSA	-0.9	-0.7	4.0	Liberty +5.4	Delaware -8.5	12
14	WAC	-1.4	-1.3	5.9	Utah Valley +7.9	Southern Utah -8.6	7
15	Big Sky	-2.2	-1.5	4.1	Montana State +3.0	Northern Arizona -11.4	10
16	MAC	-2.2	-2.6	7.9	Miami (OH) +13.2	Northern Illinois -16.7	13
17	Big West	-2.4	-1.6	5.8	Hawai'i +5.0	Cal State Bakersfield -14.4	11
18	Southland	-2.9	-5.2	7.3	McNeese +12.2	East Texas A&M -10.6	12
19	Horizon	-3.9	-1.8	5.2	Wright State +3.2	IU Indianapolis -12.9	11
20	Sun Belt	-3.9	-3.4	5.6	Marshall +2.0	UL Monroe -19.3	14
21	Big South	-4.4	-4.9	8.6	High Point +10.7	Gardner-Webb -23.0	9
22	Summit	-5.6	-5.7	8.0	St. Thomas-Minnesota +7.0	Kansas City -20.4	9
23	SoCon	-6.0	-4.3	7.8	East Tennessee State +5.5	VMI -20.7	10
24	MAAC	-6.7	-6.1	6.7	Siena +2.4	Rider -19.8	13
25	ASUN	-6.8	-7.8	5.7	Austin Peay +0.9	North Alabama -15.8	12
26	OVC	-7.8	-5.6	6.8	Tennessee State +1.3	Western Illinois -23.7	11
27	Patriot	-8.3	-10.1	6.0	Navy +4.9	Army -14.6	10
28	Am. East	-10.6	-12.1	6.4	UMBC +1.8	Binghamton -18.3	9
29	NEC	-10.7	-11.1	5.1	Long Island University -0.3	St. Francis (PA) -18.1	9
30	SWAC	-13.3	-11.8	6.0	Bethune-Cookman -6.1	Mississippi Valley State -29.2	12
31	MEAC	-15.8	-17.3	7.6	Howard +1.7	Coppin State -24.3	8

MVC standingsfrom game results

ConfSECBig 12Big TenACCBig EastMountain WestWCCA-10MVCAmericanIvyCAACUSAWACBig SkyMACBig WestSouthlandHorizonSun BeltBig SouthSummitSoConMAACASUNOVCPatriotAm. EastNECSWACMEAC

Belmont led the MVC at 15-6 in conference play (24-7 overall).

Team	Conf	Overall	AdjEM
Belmont	15-6	24-7	+11.3
Bradley	14-8	20-13	+3.2
UIC	14-8	17-15	+4.9
Northern Iowa	14-9	21-13	+9.7
Illinois State	12-9	22-13	+7.8
Murray State	12-9	20-13	+5.0
Valparaiso	12-10	17-15	+0.4
Southern Illinois	10-11	15-16	+4.5
Drake	8-15	12-20	-2.5
Indiana State	4-17	9-21	-3.1
Evansville	4-17	6-24	-12.3

How this is measured

Strength summarises the members' adjusted efficiency margin from the latest snapshot: the mean, the median (one outlier moves a small conference's mean by a point), and the standard deviation as the spread. Conferences with fewer than four rated teams are not ranked.

Standings count results from the season's box scores. A conference game is one between two teams listed in the same conference today, so a team that has since changed conference is counted in its current one, and conference-tournament games count as conference games. These are not official standings or tiebreaks.