KenPom Rankings & 2022 Tournament Seeding

[TenaciousD]

Ken Pom
How the NCAA Tournament would look using his rankings:
Assumed that the highest ranked team in each conference would be the auto-qualifier, then remaining teams are ranked based on Ken Pom rankings.

Notable teams per conferences(current make-up) that are in, that UTEP is somehow associated with; number after team is hypothetical seed
AAC 2 (Houston (3) and Memphis (4))
Mountain West 1 (San Diego State (9))
C-USA 1 (UAB (12))
SoCon 1 (Furman (15))
MAC 1 (Buffalo (13))

Other Notable Teams:
UTEP would need to move up 93 spots to be in the Field of 68 – Currently Ranked #154
NMSU would be the auto-qualifier for the WAC and be a 14 seed – Ranked #110
Liberty (joining C-USA) would be the rep for the A-Sun and be a 13 seed – Ranked #96
Jacksonville State is ranked #136
Sam Houston State is ranked #196
Texas and Rodney Terry would be a 4 seed – Ranked #14
Texas Tech and Bryson Williams would be a 3 seed – Ranked #12
Portland and K. Sjolund is ranked #329 out of 358
Troy and Efe Odigie are ranked #231
Central Michigan and Tony Barbee are ranked #300

Conference Rankings
C-USA is the #12 best conference (using an average ranking of each team in each conference) – Avg is 167
Mountain West is #11 Avg is 154
AAC is #7 Avg is 92
So Con is #13 Avg is 191
MAC is #14 Avg is 198
WAC is #20 Avg is 219

Finally, UTEP is currently #8 in C-USA, and would also be #8 if they were in Mountain West (between Fresno State and Wyoming)
Current Conf Rank (C-USA)
1 UAB 71
2 Louisiana Tech 88
3 Western Kentucky 90
4 Marshall 111
5 Old Dominion 132
6 North Texas 134
7 Rice 144
8 UTEP 154
9 Southern Miss 191
10 Florida Atlantic 194
11 Charlotte 201
12 Texas-San Antonio 234
13 Middle Tennessee 285
14 Florida International 309

 

[JCorona]

If the new conference configuration started this season

New CUSA (162)

LT 88
WKU 90
Liberty 96
NMSU 110
JSU 136
UTEP 154
SHSU 196
MTSU 286
FIU 309

New AAC (129)

Memphis 16
SMU 60
Wichita St 61
UAB 71
Temple 105
Tulane 123
Tulsa 133
UNT 134
RICE 144
ECU 160
USF 166
FAU 194
CLT 201
UTSA 234

 

[nattybry]

If the new conference configuration started this season

New CUSA (162)

LT 88
WKU 90
Liberty 96
NMSU 110
JSU 136
UTEP 154
SHSU 196
MTSU 286
FIU 309

New AAC (129)

Memphis 16
SMU 60
Wichita St 61
UAB 71
Temple 105
Tulane 123
Tulsa 133
UNT 134
RICE 144
ECU 160
USF 166
FAU 194
CLT 201
UTSA 234

Wow had no idea Jacksonville St was that high

 

[TenaciousD]

Not sure why I listed SoCon instead of SunBelt??

After realignment, C-USA would still be the 12th best conference, AAC would drop 1 spot to #8 (UTEP would be the 10th best team), swapping with WCC. Biggest loser is the A-Sun dropping 4 spots from #21 to #25 (losing top 2 teams in Liberty and J-State). Sun Belt moves from #16 to #15, swapping with the CAA.

 

[Voice of the Mosquito]

Lot of work there TD, thanks. Seems the Mountain West succeeds because their bottom is much higher than CUSA or the AAC. Good teams in both conferences but the bottom is really bottom.