🏀 The 2004-05 men’s college basketball season

What the record holds for this season: the champion, the tournament bracket, the AP poll week by week, the conference tables, and the Elo ratings with the biggest upsets.

Source: Citizen of Nowhere college basketball database · 32 conferences · 65-team tournament

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2005season

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2004-05 national champion

The NCAA tournament winner.

National champion

North Carolina

33-41 seedFinal AP #2

Title gameIllinois 70, North Carolina 75 (Apr 4)

Final FourNorth CarolinaIllinoisLouisvilleMichigan State

The 2005 NCAA tournament

65 teams. Winners in bold, seeds before each team.

65-team field · 4 regions

First Four

16Oakland79

Alabama A&M69

Syracuse · Mar 15

First Round

1Illinois67

16Fairleigh Dickinson55

8Texas57

9Nevada61

4Boston College85

13Pennsylvania65

5Alabama73

12Wisconsin-Milwaukee83

2Oklahoma State63

15SE Louisiana50

7Southern Illinois65

10St. Mary's56

3Arizona66

14Utah State53

6LSU68

11UAB82

Second Round

1Illinois71

9Nevada59

4Boston College75

12Wisconsin-Milwaukee83

2Oklahoma State85

7Southern Illinois77

3Arizona85

11UAB63

Regional Semifinals

1Illinois77

12Wisconsin-Milwaukee63

2Oklahoma State78

3Arizona79

Regional Finals

1Illinois90

3Arizona89

Chicago region

First Round

1Illinois67

16Fairleigh Dickinson55

8Texas57

9Nevada61

4Boston College85

13Pennsylvania65

5Alabama73

12Wisconsin-Milwaukee83

2Oklahoma State63

15SE Louisiana50

7Southern Illinois65

10St. Mary's56

3Arizona66

14Utah State53

6LSU68

11UAB82

Second Round

1Illinois71

9Nevada59

4Boston College75

12Wisconsin-Milwaukee83

2Oklahoma State85

7Southern Illinois77

3Arizona85

11UAB63

Regional Semifinals

1Illinois77

12Wisconsin-Milwaukee63

2Oklahoma State78

3Arizona79

Regional Finals

1Illinois90

3Arizona89

Albuquerque region

First Round

1Washington88

16Montana77

8Pacific79

9Pittsburgh71

4Louisville68

13LA-Lafayette62

5Georgia Tech80

12George Washington68

3Gonzaga74

14Winthrop64

6Texas Tech78

11UCLA66

2Wake Forest70

15UT-Chattanooga54

7West Virginia63

10Creighton61

Second Round

1Washington97

8Pacific79

4Louisville76

5Georgia Tech54

3Gonzaga69

6Texas Tech71

2Wake Forest105

7West Virginia111

Regional Semifinals

1Washington79

4Louisville93

6Texas Tech60

7West Virginia65

Regional Finals

4Louisville93

7West Virginia85

Syracuse region

First Round

1North Carolina96

16Oakland68

8Minnesota53

9Iowa State64

4Florida67

13Ohio62

5Villanova55

12New Mexico47

6Wisconsin57

11Northern Iowa52

3Kansas63

14Bucknell64

2Connecticut77

15Central Florida71

7Charlotte63

10North Carolina State75

Second Round

1North Carolina92

9Iowa State65

4Florida65

5Villanova76

6Wisconsin71

14Bucknell62

2Connecticut62

10North Carolina State65

Regional Semifinals

1North Carolina67

5Villanova66

6Wisconsin65

10North Carolina State56

Regional Finals

1North Carolina88

6Wisconsin82

Austin region

First Round

2Kentucky72

15Eastern Kentucky64

7Cincinnati76

10Iowa64

3Oklahoma84

14Niagara67

6Utah60

11UTEP54

1Duke57

16Delaware State46

8Stanford70

9Mississippi State93

5Michigan State89

12Old Dominion81

4Syracuse57

13Vermont60

Second Round

2Kentucky69

7Cincinnati60

3Oklahoma58

6Utah67

1Duke63

9Mississippi State55

5Michigan State72

13Vermont61

Regional Semifinals

2Kentucky62

6Utah52

1Duke68

5Michigan State78

Regional Finals

2Kentucky88

5Michigan State94

Final Four and the title game

Final Four

1Illinois72

4Louisville57

Chicago vs Albuquerque · Apr 2

1North Carolina87

5Michigan State71

Syracuse vs Austin · Apr 2

Championship game: North Carolina

1Illinois70

1North Carolina75

Chicago vs Syracuse · Apr 4

Conference tournaments

The champion and the other finalist of each of the 30 conference tournaments held in 2004-05.

Conference	Champion	Runner-up	Final
America East	Vermont 80-57, Mar 12	Northeastern	80-57, Mar 12
Atlantic 10	George Washington 76-67, Mar 12	St. Joseph's	76-67, Mar 12
Atlantic Coast	Duke 69-64, Mar 13	Georgia Tech	69-64, Mar 13
Atlantic Sun	Central Florida 63-54, Mar 5	Gardner-Webb	63-54, Mar 5
Big 12	Oklahoma State 72-68, Mar 13	Texas Tech	72-68, Mar 13
Big East	Syracuse 68-59, Mar 12	West Virginia	68-59, Mar 12
Big Sky	Montana 63-61, Mar 9	Weber State	63-61, Mar 9
Big South	Winthrop 68-46, Mar 5	Charleston Southern	68-46, Mar 5
Big Ten	Illinois 54-43, Mar 13	Wisconsin	54-43, Mar 13
Big West	Utah State 65-52, Mar 12	Pacific	65-52, Mar 12
Colonial	Old Dominion 73-66, Mar 7	Virginia Commonwealth	73-66, Mar 7
Conference USA	Louisville 75-74, Mar 12	Memphis	75-74, Mar 12
Horizon	Wisconsin-Milwaukee 59-58, Mar 8	Detroit	59-58, Mar 8
Metro Atlantic	Niagara 81-59, Mar 7	Rider	81-59, Mar 7
Mid-American	Ohio 80-79, Mar 12	Buffalo	80-79, Mar 12
Mid-Continent	Oakland 61-60, Mar 8	Oral Roberts	61-60, Mar 8
Mid-Eastern	Delaware State 55-53, Mar 12	Hampton	55-53, Mar 12
Missouri Valley	Creighton 75-57, Mar 7	SW Missouri State	75-57, Mar 7
Mountain West	New Mexico 60-56, Mar 12	Utah	60-56, Mar 12
Northeast	Fairleigh Dickinson 58-52, Mar 9	Wagner	58-52, Mar 9
Ohio Valley	Eastern Kentucky 52-46, Mar 5	Austin Peay	52-46, Mar 5
Pacific-10	Washington 81-72, Mar 12	Arizona	81-72, Mar 12
Patriot	Bucknell 61-57, Mar 11	Holy Cross	61-57, Mar 11
Southeastern	Florida 70-53, Mar 13	Kentucky	70-53, Mar 13
Southern	UT-Chattanooga 66-62, Mar 5	NC-Greensboro	66-62, Mar 5
Southland	SE Louisiana 49-42, Mar 13	Northwestern State	49-42, Mar 13
Southwestern Athletic	Alabama A&M 72-53, Mar 13	Alabama State	72-53, Mar 13
Sun Belt	LA-Lafayette 88-69, Mar 8	Denver	88-69, Mar 8
West Coast	Gonzaga 80-67, Mar 7	St. Mary's	80-67, Mar 7
Western Athletic	UTEP 91-78, Mar 12	Boise State	91-78, Mar 12

The 2004-05 AP poll, week by week

Each team's rank in every poll. Tap a rank to read it.

Team	Nov15	22	29	Dec6	13	20	27	Jan3	10	17	24	31	Feb7	14	21	28	Mar7	14
Illinois	5	5	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
North Carolina	4	11	9	8	5	4	4	3	3	6	3	2	2	4	2	2	2	2
Duke	11	9	10	9	7	6	6	5	5	4	2	4	7	7	7	6	5	3
Louisville	14	12	17	13	13	18	19	17	19	14	12	9	9	12	11	9	6	4
Wake Forest	2	1	1	6	6	5	5	4	4	3	5	7	6	5	6	4	3	5
Oklahoma State	7	6	6	5	4	3	3	7	6	5	9	10	10	8	4	8	10	6
Kentucky	9	8	8	10	9	8	8	8	9	8	7	6	5	3	5	3	4	7
Washington	22	22	14	16	18	12	13	12	14	10	10	13	11	15	14	10	14	8
Arizona	10	18	21	15	15	14	14	13	17	13	11	14	12	10	9	11	8	9
Gonzaga	25	24		25	22	13	12	11	16	11	17	17	14	13	12	12	11	10
Syracuse	6	4	3	4	8	7	7	6	7	7	4	8	8	9	15	13	16	11
Kansas	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	6	3	3	2	8	7	9	12
Connecticut	8	7	7	7	11	11	11	10	12	16	19	23	19	18	17	15	12	13
Boston College								25	13	9	8	5	4	6	3	5	7	14
Michigan State	13	10	11	20	21	23	23	20	15	19	15	12	13	11	10	14	13	15
Florida	23	23	19															16
Oklahoma									25	18	13	14	16	21	22	20	17	17
Utah											25	21	15	14	13	16	15	18
Villanova												24	22	25	23	19	19	19
Wisconsin	21	20	25	24						24	18	19	20	20	20	23	23	20
Alabama	18	19	22	18	17	19	18	19	23	22	14	11	17	16	16	21	20	21
Pacific													24	19	19	17	18	22
Cincinnati					25	22	22	23	18	20	21	18	21	24	24	22	21	23
Texas Tech													25					24
Georgia Tech	3	3	4	3	3	9	9	9	8	12	22	25						25
Pittsburgh	17	16	13	11	10	10	10	16	20	21	20	16	18	17	18	24	22
Nevada															25	25	24
Charlotte														23	21	18	25
Maryland	15	13	12	23	23	24	24	22				22		22
Texas	16	15	18	14	14	15	15	15	10	15	16	20	23
Iowa			23	17	16	17	16	14	24	23	23
Mississippi State	12	14	15	22	20	21	21	18	11	17	24
Marquette									22	25
George Washington				21	19	20	20	24	21
West Virginia								21
North Carolina State	19	17	16	12	12	16	17
Virginia			24	19	24	25	25
Notre Dame	20	21	20
Memphis	24	25

Tap a rank to read it.

2005 final AP Top 25

The last Associated Press ranking of the season, with each team's record.

2005 final AP Top 25AP

1Illinois37-2
2North Carolina33-4
3Duke27-6
4Louisville33-5
5Wake Forest27-6
6Oklahoma State26-7
7Kentucky28-6
8Washington29-6
9Arizona30-7
10Gonzaga26-5
11Syracuse27-7
12Kansas23-7
13Connecticut23-8

14Boston College25-5
15Michigan State26-7
16Florida24-8
17Oklahoma25-8
18Utah29-6
19Villanova24-8
20Wisconsin25-9
21Alabama24-8
22Pacific27-4
23Cincinnati25-8
24Texas Tech22-11
25Georgia Tech20-12

2005 standings by conference

Overall and conference record. A star marks the regular-season champion, a trophy the conference-tournament champion.

2005 standings by conference32 conferences

America East10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Vermont	25-7	16-2	★ 🏆 13 seed
Northeastern	21-10	15-3
Boston University	20-9	14-4
Albany	13-15	9-9
Maine	14-15	8-10
Binghamton	12-17	8-10
Stony Brook	12-17	6-12
MD-Baltimore County	11-18	5-13
New Hampshire	9-19	5-13
Hartford	8-20	4-14

Atlantic 1012 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
St. Joseph's	24-12	14-2	★
George Washington	22-8	11-5	★ 🏆 12 seed
Temple	16-14	11-5
Dayton	18-11	10-6
Xavier	17-12	10-6
Massachusetts	16-12	9-7
Richmond	14-15	8-8
Fordham	13-16	8-8
La Salle	10-19	5-11
Duquesne	8-22	5-11
Rhode Island	6-22	4-12
St. Bonaventure	2-26	1-15

Atlantic Coast11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
North Carolina	33-4	14-2	★ 1 seed AP 2
Wake Forest	27-6	13-3	2 seed AP 5
Duke	27-6	11-5	🏆 1 seed AP 3
Georgia Tech	20-12	8-8	5 seed AP 25
Virginia Tech	16-14	8-8
North Carolina State	21-14	7-9	10 seed
Maryland	19-13	7-9
Miami (FL)	16-13	7-9
Clemson	16-16	5-11
Virginia	14-15	4-12
Florida State	12-19	4-12

Atlantic Sun11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Central Florida	24-9	13-7	★ 🏆 15 seed
Gardner-Webb	18-12	13-7	★
Belmont	14-16	12-8
Lipscomb	16-12	11-9
Mercer	16-12	11-9
Jacksonville	16-13	11-9
Georgia State	14-15	11-9
Troy	12-18	10-10
Florida Atlantic	10-17	10-10
Stetson	10-17	8-12
Campbell	2-25	0-20

Big 1212 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Kansas	23-7	12-4	★ 3 seed AP 12
Oklahoma	25-8	12-4	★ 3 seed AP 17
Oklahoma State	26-7	11-5	🏆 2 seed AP 6
Texas Tech	22-11	10-6	6 seed AP 24
Texas	20-11	9-7	8 seed
Iowa State	19-12	9-7	9 seed
Texas A&M	21-10	8-8
Nebraska	14-14	7-9
Missouri	16-17	7-9
Kansas State	17-12	6-10
Colorado	14-16	4-12
Baylor	9-19	1-15

Big East12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Boston College	25-5	13-3	★ 4 seed AP 14
Connecticut	23-8	13-3	★ 2 seed AP 13
Syracuse	27-7	11-5	🏆 4 seed AP 11
Villanova	24-8	11-5	5 seed AP 19
Pittsburgh	20-9	10-6	9 seed
Notre Dame	17-12	9-7
West Virginia	24-11	8-8	7 seed
Georgetown	19-13	8-8
Providence	14-17	4-12
Seton Hall	12-16	4-12
St. John's	9-18	3-13
Rutgers	10-19	2-14

Big Sky8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Portland State	19-9	11-3	★
Montana	18-13	9-5	🏆 16 seed
Montana State	14-14	9-5
Sacramento State	12-16	8-6
Weber State	14-16	7-7
Eastern Washington	8-20	5-9
Northern Arizona	11-17	4-10
Idaho State	9-18	3-11

Big South9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Winthrop	27-6	15-1	★ 🏆 14 seed
Liberty	13-15	11-5
NC-Asheville	11-17	8-8
Birmingham-Southern	16-14	7-9
Charleston Southern	13-17	7-9
Radford	12-16	7-9
High Point	13-18	7-9
Coastal Carolina	10-19	7-9
VMI	9-18	3-13

Big Ten11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Illinois	37-2	15-1	★ 🏆 1 seed AP 1
Michigan State	26-7	13-3	5 seed AP 15
Wisconsin	25-9	11-5	6 seed AP 20
Minnesota	21-11	10-6	8 seed
Indiana	15-14	10-6
Ohio State	20-12	8-8
Iowa	21-12	7-9	10 seed
Northwestern	15-16	6-10
Michigan	13-18	4-12
Purdue	7-21	3-13
Penn State	7-23	1-15

Big West10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Pacific	27-4	18-0	★ 8 seed AP 22
Utah State	24-8	13-5	🏆 14 seed
CSU-Fullerton	21-11	12-6
CSU-Northridge	18-13	12-6
UC Irvine	16-13	8-10
UC Santa Barbara	11-18	7-11
Long Beach State	10-20	7-11
Idaho	8-22	6-12
UC Riverside	9-19	4-14
Cal Poly-SLO	5-22	3-15

Colonial10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Old Dominion	28-6	15-3	★ 🏆 12 seed
NC-Wilmington	19-10	13-5
Virginia Commonwealth	19-13	13-5
Hofstra	21-9	12-6
Drexel	17-12	12-6
George Mason	16-13	10-8
Delaware	11-20	7-11
William & Mary	8-21	3-15
James Madison	6-22	3-15
Towson	5-24	2-16

Conference USA14 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Louisville	33-5	14-2	★ 🏆 4 seed AP 4
Cincinnati	25-8	12-4	7 seed AP 23
Charlotte	21-8	12-4	7 seed
UAB	22-11	10-6	11 seed
DePaul	20-11	10-6
Memphis	22-16	9-7
Houston	18-14	9-7
TCU	21-14	8-8
Marquette	19-12	7-9
Saint Louis	9-21	6-10
South Florida	14-16	5-11
Tulane	10-18	4-12
East Carolina	9-19	4-12
Southern Mississippi	11-17	2-14

Horizon9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Wisconsin-Milwaukee	26-6	14-2	★ 🏆 12 seed
Wisconsin-Green Bay	17-11	10-6
Detroit	14-16	9-7
Illinois-Chicago	15-14	8-8
Wright State	15-15	8-8
Loyola-Chicago	13-17	8-8
Butler	13-15	7-9
Cleveland State	9-17	6-10
Youngstown State	5-23	2-14

Ivy8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Pennsylvania	20-9	13-1	★ 13 seed
Cornell	13-14	8-6
Harvard	12-15	7-7
Yale	11-16	7-7
Dartmouth	10-17	7-7
Princeton	15-13	6-8
Brown	12-16	5-9
Columbia	12-15	3-11

Metro Atlantic10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Niagara	20-10	13-5	★ 🏆 14 seed
Rider	19-11	13-5	★
Fairfield	15-15	11-7
St. Peter's	15-13	10-8
Manhattan	15-14	9-9
Iona	15-16	9-9
Marist	11-17	8-10
Canisius	11-18	8-10
Loyola (MD)	6-22	5-13
Siena	6-24	4-14

Mid-American13 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Miami (OH)	19-11	12-6	★
Buffalo	23-10	11-7
Ohio	21-11	11-7	🏆 13 seed
Akron	19-10	11-7
Kent State	20-13	11-7
Western Michigan	20-13	11-7	★
Toledo	16-13	11-7	★
Bowling Green	18-11	10-8
Ball State	15-13	10-8
Northern Illinois	11-17	7-11
Eastern Michigan	12-18	5-13
Central Michigan	10-18	4-14
Marshall	6-22	3-15

Mid-Continent9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Oral Roberts	25-8	13-3	★
UMKC	16-12	12-4
Valparaiso	15-16	10-6
IUPUI	16-13	9-7
Oakland	13-19	7-9	🏆 16 seed
Western Illinois	11-17	7-9
Chicago State	9-19	7-9
Southern Utah	13-15	6-10
Centenary	3-24	1-15

Mid-Eastern11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Delaware State	19-14	14-4	★ 🏆 16 seed
Hampton	17-13	13-5
Coppin State	14-15	13-5
South Carolina State	19-12	11-7
Norfolk State	13-14	11-7
Morgan State	14-16	11-7
Florida A&M	14-15	10-8
Bethune-Cookman	13-17	8-10
North Carolina A&T	6-24	5-13
Howard	5-23	2-16
MD-Eastern Shore	2-26	1-17

Missouri Valley10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Southern Illinois	27-8	15-3	★ 7 seed
Wichita State	22-10	12-6
Creighton	23-11	11-7	🏆 10 seed
Northern Iowa	21-11	11-7	11 seed
SW Missouri State	19-13	10-8
Illinois State	17-13	8-10
Drake	13-16	7-11
Bradley	13-15	6-12
Evansville	11-17	5-13
Indiana State	11-20	5-13

Mountain West8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Utah	29-6	13-1	★ 6 seed AP 18
New Mexico	26-7	10-4	🏆 12 seed
Air Force	18-12	9-5
UNLV	17-14	7-7
Wyoming	15-13	7-7
San Diego State	11-18	4-10
Colorado State	11-17	3-11
BYU	9-21	3-11

Northeast11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Monmouth	16-13	14-4	★
Fairleigh Dickinson	20-13	13-5	🏆 16 seed
Robert Morris	14-15	11-7
St. Francis (PA)	15-13	10-8
LIU-Brooklyn	14-15	10-8
Wagner	13-17	10-8
St. Francis (NY)	13-15	9-9
Central Connecticut State	12-16	8-10
Quinnipiac	10-17	6-12
Mount St. Mary's	7-20	5-13
Sacred Heart	4-23	3-15

Ohio Valley11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Tennessee Tech	18-11	12-4	★
Eastern Kentucky	22-9	11-5	🏆 15 seed
Murray State	17-11	11-5
Samford	15-13	10-6
SE Missouri State	15-14	9-7
Tennessee State	14-17	9-7
Austin Peay	13-19	9-7
Eastern Illinois	12-16	7-9
Morehead State	11-16	5-11
UT-Martin	6-21	3-13
Jacksonville State	7-22	2-14

Pacific-1010 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Arizona	30-7	15-3	★ 3 seed AP 9
Washington	29-6	14-4	🏆 1 seed AP 8
UCLA	18-11	11-7	11 seed
Stanford	18-13	11-7	8 seed
Oregon State	17-15	8-10
Arizona State	18-14	7-11
Washington State	12-16	7-11
Oregon	14-13	6-12
California	13-16	6-12
USC	12-17	5-13

Patriot8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Holy Cross	25-7	13-1	★
Bucknell	23-10	10-4	🏆 14 seed
American	16-12	8-6
Lehigh	14-15	7-7
Colgate	12-16	7-7
Lafayette	9-19	5-9
Navy	9-19	5-9
Army	3-24	1-13

Southeastern12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Kentucky	28-6	14-2	★ 2 seed AP 7
Alabama	24-8	12-4	★ 5 seed AP 21
Florida	24-8	12-4	🏆 4 seed AP 16
LSU	20-10	12-4	★ 6 seed
Mississippi State	23-11	9-7	9 seed
Vanderbilt	20-14	8-8
South Carolina	20-13	7-9
Arkansas	18-12	6-10
Tennessee	14-17	6-10
Auburn	14-17	4-12
Mississippi	14-17	4-12
Georgia	8-20	2-14

Southern12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Davidson	23-9	16-0	★
UT-Chattanooga	20-11	10-6	★ 🏆 15 seed
College of Charleston	18-10	10-6
Georgia Southern	18-13	10-6
Appalachian State	18-12	9-7
NC-Greensboro	18-12	9-7
Furman	16-13	9-7
Wofford	14-14	7-9
Elon	8-23	5-11
Citadel	12-16	4-12
East Tennessee State	10-19	4-12
Western Carolina	8-22	3-13

Southland11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
SE Louisiana	24-9	13-3	★ 🏆 15 seed
Northwestern State	21-12	13-3	★
Sam Houston State	18-12	11-5
TX-San Antonio	15-13	10-6
Lamar	18-11	9-7
Texas State	14-14	8-8
McNeese State	13-15	8-8
Texas-Arlington	13-15	7-9
Stephen F. Austin	12-15	6-10
LA-Monroe	8-19	2-14
Nicholls State	6-21	1-15

Southwestern Athletic10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Alabama A&M	18-14	12-6	★ 🏆 NCAA
Grambling	14-12	11-7
Alabama State	15-15	11-7
Mississippi Valley State	13-15	11-7
Southern	14-15	10-8
Jackson State	15-17	10-8
Texas Southern	11-15	9-9
Alcorn State	7-22	6-12
Arkansas-Pine Bluff	7-21	5-13
Prairie View	5-23	5-13

Sun Belt11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Denver	20-11	12-3	★
LA-Lafayette	20-11	11-4	🏆 13 seed
Arkansas-Little Rock	18-10	10-4	★
Western Kentucky	22-9	9-5
Middle Tennessee State	19-12	7-7
Arkansas State	16-13	7-7
New Orleans	13-17	7-8
North Texas	14-14	6-9
South Alabama	10-18	6-9
Florida International	13-17	4-10
New Mexico State	6-24	1-14

West Coast8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Gonzaga	26-5	12-2	★ 🏆 3 seed AP 10
St. Mary's	25-9	11-3	10 seed
San Diego	16-13	7-7
Santa Clara	15-16	7-7
Pepperdine	17-14	6-8
San Francisco	17-14	6-8
Portland	15-15	4-10
Loyola Marymount	11-17	3-11

Western Athletic10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Nevada	25-7	16-2	★ 9 seed
UTEP	27-8	14-4	🏆 11 seed
Rice	19-12	12-6
Fresno State	16-14	9-9
SMU	14-14	9-9
Louisiana Tech	14-15	9-9
Hawaii	16-13	7-11
Boise State	16-18	6-12
Tulsa	9-20	5-13
San Jose State	6-23	3-15

Independent8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	20-8
Utah Valley	16-12
Texas-Pan American	12-16
UC Davis	11-17
Northern Colorado	8-21
IPFW	7-22
Longwood	1-30
Savannah State	0-28

2005 Elo and upsets

The ten highest-rated teams when the season ended, and the results the ratings gave the winner the least chance of.

2005 Elo and upsetsElo

Elo, top 10

Biggest upsets

Stetson 56, Georgia 52
Dec 31 · regular season · 3.9% win chance
James Madison 66, Virginia Commonwealth 58
Jan 26 · regular season · 3.9% win chance
Bucknell 69, Pittsburgh 66
Jan 2 · regular season · 3.9% win chance
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 70, Florida State 67
Nov 22 · regular season · 4.7% win chance
Florida International 65, Florida State 60
Dec 12 · regular season · 5.8% win chance
McNeese State 71, SE Louisiana 69
Feb 12 · regular season · 5.8% win chance
Northern Illinois 84, DePaul 69
Nov 27 · regular season · 6.0% win chance
Santa Clara 65, St. Mary's 42
Jan 15 · regular season · 6.2% win chance
Elon 62, UT-Chattanooga 59
Feb 5 · regular season · 6.7% win chance
Miami (FL) 72, Florida 65
Dec 4 · regular season · 6.9% win chance

Where these numbers come from

Enough to disbelieve this page on purpose rather than by accident.

Champions, brackets, polls and standings are read from the Citizen of Nowhere college basketball database, one season at a time. A section appears only where the database holds its data: the NCAA tournament began in 1939 (earlier champions are retroactive selections), the AP poll in 1949, and game-by-game results, and so the Elo ratings and upsets, in 1950.

Elo ratings and upsets come from the site’s own men’s college basketball Elo, built from every game since 1950. An upset’s win chance is the winner’s pre-game probability from those ratings.