The definitive men's college hoops power ranking for all 50 states and D.C.


John Gasaway, ESPN Insider	2y
The definitive men's college hoops power ranking for all 50 states and D.C.
NCAA Men's Basketball, Massachusetts Minutemen, Delaware Blue Hens, Vermont Catamounts, California Golden Bears, Ole Miss Rebels, Missouri Tigers, Memphis Tigers, Oklahoma Sooners, West Virginia Mountaineers, Xavier Musketeers, Saint Joseph's Hawks, UCLA Bruins, Saint Peter's Peacocks, Virginia Cavaliers, Michigan State Spartans, UNLV Rebels, Iowa State Cyclones, Saint Mary's Gaels, Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors, Miami Hurricanes, Indiana Hoosiers, Florida State Seminoles, Washington Huskies, Furman Paladins, Cincinnati Bearcats, Florida Gators, Boise State Broncos, Auburn Tigers, Montana Grizzlies, South Dakota State Jackrabbits, UMBC Retrievers, Butler Bulldogs, Alabama Crimson Tide, Maryland Terrapins, Oral Roberts Golden Eagles, George Mason Patriots, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Purdue Boilermakers, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Fairleigh Dickinson Knights, Creighton Bluejays, Kentucky Wildcats, Kent State Golden Flashes, Tulsa Golden Hurricane, North Carolina Tar Heels, Syracuse Orange, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Houston Cougars, BYU Cougars, Utah Utes, Baylor Bears, Vanderbilt Commodores, Ohio State Buckeyes, LSU Tigers, UConn Huskies, Wyoming Cowboys, Michigan Wolverines, Arizona Wildcats, Princeton Tigers, Gonzaga Bulldogs, Maine Black Bears, USC Trojans, Georgetown Hoyas, Clemson Tigers, Marshall Thundering Herd, San Diego State Aztecs, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Stanford Cardinal, Dayton Flyers, Texas A&M Aggies, Providence Friars, Missouri State Bears, Wisconsin Badgers, Arizona State Sun Devils, Colorado Buffaloes, Colorado State Rams, Delaware State Hornets, Duke Blue Devils, Cornell Big Red, Alaska Anchorage Seawolves, North Dakota State Bison, New Mexico Lobos, Illinois Fighting Illini, Kansas Jayhawks, New Hampshire Wildcats, Florida Gulf Coast Eagles, Wichita State Shockers, Temple Owls, Arkansas Razorbacks, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Tennessee Volunteers, Kansas State Wildcats, Seton Hall Pirates, Villanova Wildcats, Florida Atlantic Owls, New Mexico State Aggies, Idaho Vandals, Iowa Hawkeyes, Nevada Wolf Pack, George Washington Revolutionaries, Texas Tech Red Raiders, Idaho State Bengals, St. John's Red Storm, VCU Rams, Louisville Cardinals, Texas Longhorns, Dartmouth Big Green, Rhode Island Rams, Oregon Ducks, Washington State Cougars, Weber State Wildcats





Remember way back in 2021, when everyone was all abuzz about a men's Final Four (Baylor, Gonzaga, Houston and UCLA) where every team was based west of the Mississippi? Since then, six of the past eight teams to reach national semifinals have come from east of said river. Who knows, maybe there really are geographic assertions to be made with respect to men's college hoops. In an attempt to find out, let's take a look at the big picture. We've ranked all 50 states and the District of Columbia based on how many tournament games they've won since the field expanded to 64 teams in 1985. Drawing the start line at the beginning of the so-called modern era frees us from the unbalanced brackets and byes that prevailed through 1984. As for subsequently vacated wins, well, we're not the NCAA. Those wins are good here. Our motto is if we saw it happen, it happened. Here's our countdown of states that excel at winning NCAA tournament games. 51. State of Alaska Tournament wins since 1985: N/A While no Division I men's programs are located in our 49th state, University of Alaska teams in Anchorage (the Seawolves) and Fairbanks (Nanooks) compete at the D-II level.