College Basketball Top 50: Iowa St, Purdue, Belmont Rising
February 26th Top 50 Ranking
by Shawn Siegel: Collegehoops.net Editor
| Team | Record | Last | Pre. | |
| 1 | 28-1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2 | 29-1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 3 | 25-4 | 4 | 5 | |
| 4 | 25-4 | 5 | 1 | |
| 5 | Michigan State | 24-5 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | 24-5 | 7 | 13 | |
| 7 | 25-4** | 3 | 30 | |
| 8 | 24-5 | 9 | 23 | |
| 9 | 23-6* | 8 | 3 | |
| 10 | Baylor | 24-5 | 11 | 25 |
| 11 | Murray St | 28-1 | 12 | NA |
| 12 | Georgetown | 21-6* | 10 | NA |
| 13 | 26-4 | 15 | 45 | |
| 14 | 21-8* | 13 | 19 | |
| 15 | 24-6 | 17 | 34 | |
| 16 | 22-7 | 18 | NA | |
| 17 | 21-8* | 20 | 16 | |
| 18 | 22-6* | 14 | 22 | |
| 19 | Notre Dame | 20-9* | 16 | 38 |
| 20 | 22-7* | 19 | 7 | |
| 21 | Creighton | 25-5 | 23 | 39 |
| 22 | 23-5 | 25 | 21 | |
| 23 | San Diego St | 22-6 | 27 | NA |
| 24 | 22-7* | 24 | 6 | |
| 25 | 25-5 | 28 | 47 | |
| 26 | Florida State | 19-9** | 21 | 18 |
| 27 |
St Louis |
22-6* | 26 | NA |
| 28 | 22-6** | 22 | 27 | |
| 29 | 21-7 | 35 | NA | |
| 30 | Virginia | 21-7* | 30 | NA |
| 31 | 20-9* | 33 | 10 | |
| 32 | California | 23-7* | 31 | 29 |
| 33 | 21-8 | 42 | NA | |
| 34 | 19-9* | 36 | 49 | |
| 35 | 21-8 | 40 | 11 | |
| 36 | 24-6 | 38 | NA | |
| 37 |
Harvard  |
24-4* | 29 | NA |
| 38 | 26-5 | 41 | NA | |
| 39 | 23-6* | 32 | NA | |
| 40 | 19-9 | 45 | 24 | |
| 41 | 24-7* | 37 | NA | |
| 42 | 25-5* | 34 | NA | |
| 43 | 20-8 | 47 | 26 | |
| 44 |
Purdue
 |
19-10 | 52 | 32 |
| 45 | 18-10* | 44 | 12 | |
| 46 | Cincinnati | 20-9* | 46 | 17 |
| 47 | 19-10* | 49 | NA | |
| 48 |
Belmont |
24-7 | NA | 44 |
| 49 | 17-12** | 43 | 41 | |
| 50 | 17-11* | 50 | 8 |
* = losses this week
last = last week's ranking
pre. = preseason ranking
Next Five:
Drexel (25-5), South Florida (18-11*), Northwestern (17-11*), Miami (17-10*),
VCU (25-6)
Top 50 Drop Outs
| Week | Pre | |||
| Mississippi St | 19-10** | 16 | 35 | |
| NC State | 18-11** | 16 | NA | |
| 17-12* | 15 | 46 | ||
| 22-7 | 15 | NA | ||
| Cleveland St | 22-9* | 14 | NA | |
| 23-6 | 14 | NA | ||
| 17-11* | 12 | 42 | ||
| 18-10 | 12 | NA | ||
| 18-11* | 11 | 33 | ||
| Stanford | 19-10* | 11 | NA | |
| 17-11* | 11 | NA | ||
| 21-9 | 10 | 20 | ||
| 15-14** | 10 | NA | ||
| 15-14** | 9 | 9 | ||
| 13-15** | 9 | 14 | ||
| 17-12** | 9 | NA | ||
| 19-11 | 8 | NA | ||
| 19-9** | 7 | 48 | ||
| 19-12 | 7 | NA | ||
| 24-7 | 6 | 44 | ||
| Miami | 17-10* | 5 | 36 | |
| Villanova | 11-17** | 5 | 37 | |
|
Weber St |
23-4 | 4 | NA | |
| 18-13* | 3 | 31 | ||
| 16-13* | 2 | 15 | ||
| 23-8** | 2 | 40 | ||
| Drexel | 25-5 | 2 | 43 | |
| 25-6 | 2 | 50 |
week = week dropped out of Top 50
During the season, don't forget to check out the CHN Top 50 Power Ranking every Sunday night!
Check out past week's rankings and this week's AP Top 25.
For more depth, check out the weekly the Non-BCS Top 25 ranking.
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