🏀 The 2019-20 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

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2020season

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2019-20 national champion

There was no tournament this year.

Tournament cancelled

The 2020 NCAA tournament was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, so there is no bracket and no champion. The regular season, the polls and the conference tables below stand as played.

Conference tournaments

The champion and the other finalist of each of the 12 conference tournaments held in 2019-20.

Conference	Champion	Runner-up	Final
Atlantic Sun	Liberty 73-57, Mar 8	Lipscomb	73-57, Mar 8
Big South	Winthrop 76-68, Mar 8	Hampton	76-68, Mar 8
Colonial	Hofstra 70-61, Mar 10	Northeastern	70-61, Mar 10
Horizon	Northern Kentucky 71-62, Mar 10	Illinois-Chicago	71-62, Mar 10
Missouri Valley	Bradley 80-66, Mar 8	Valparaiso	80-66, Mar 8
Mountain West	Utah State 59-56, Mar 7	San Diego State	59-56, Mar 7
Northeast	Robert Morris 77-67, Mar 10	St. Francis (PA)	77-67, Mar 10
Ohio Valley	Belmont 76-75, Mar 7	Murray State	76-75, Mar 7
Patriot	Boston University 64-61, Mar 11	Colgate	64-61, Mar 11
Southern	East Tennessee State 72-58, Mar 9	Wofford	72-58, Mar 9
Summit	North Dakota State 89-53, Mar 10	North Dakota	89-53, Mar 10
West Coast	Gonzaga 84-66, Mar 10	St. Mary's	84-66, Mar 10

The 2019-20 AP poll, week by week

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

Team	Oct21	Nov11	18	25	Dec2	9	16	23	30	Jan6	13	20	27	Feb3	10	17	24	Mar2	9	18
Kansas	3	5	4	4	2	2	1	5	3	3	6	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	1	1
Gonzaga	8	8	8	8	9	6	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2
Dayton					19	14	13	18	20	15	13	7	7	6	6	5	4	3	3	3
Florida State					17	21	19	17	18	10	9	5	5	8	8	8	6	7	4	4
Baylor	16	24	24	19	18	11	10	7	6	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	5	5
San Diego State						25	20	15	13	7	7	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6
Creighton											25			21	23	15	10	11	7	7
Kentucky	2	1	9	9	8	8	6	19	17	14	10	15	13	15	12	10	8	6	8	8
Michigan State	1	3	3	3	11	16	15	14	14	8	15	11	14	16			24	16	9	9
Villanova	10	10	17	22	23	20	18	10	10	16	14	9	8	10	15	12	12	14	11	10
Duke	4	2	1	1	10	7	4	4	2	2	3	8	9	7	7	6	7	12	10	11
Maryland	7	7	6	5	3	4	7	13	15	12	17	17	15	9	9	7	9	9	12	12
Oregon	15	14	11	11	13	10	8	6	4	9	8	12	11	14	17	14	14	13	13	13
Louisville	5	4	2	2	1	1	3	3	7	13	11	6	6	5	5	11	11	10	15	14
Seton Hall	12	12	13	13	16	22					18	10	10	12	10	16	13	8	16	15
Virginia	11	9	7	7	5	9	9	16	19	18								22	17	16
Wisconsin																		24	18	17
BYU																23	17	15	14	18
Ohio State	18	16	10	10	6	3	5	2	5	11	21					25	23	19	19	19
Auburn	24	22	19	18	14	12	12	8	8	5	4	16	17	11	11	13	15	17	20	20
Illinois											24	21	19	20	22			23	21	21
Houston												25	21	25	20	22	25	21	23	22
Butler					24	18	17	12	11	6	5	13	16	19	19	21			24	23
West Virginia							25	22	16	17	12	14	12	13	14	17	20		22	24
Iowa								25	23			19	18	17	21	20	18	18	25	25
Penn State							23	20	21	20			24	22	13	9	16	20
Michigan					4	5	14	11	12	19	19						19	25
Colorado		25	23	21	20	24				25	20	23	20	24	16	18	21
Texas Tech	13	11	12	12			24	23	22	22	23	18			24		22
Marquette															18	19
Arizona	21	19	14	14	12	15	16	24	25	24		22		23		24
LSU	22	23											22	18	25
Wichita State									24	23	16		23
Rutgers												24	25
Memphis	14	13	16	16	15	13	11	9	9	21	22	20
Washington		20	25	23	22		22	21
Tennessee			20	17	21	19	21
North Carolina	9	6	5	6	7	17
Xavier	19	21	18	25		23
Utah State	17	17	15	15	25
Virginia Commonwealth	25		21	20
Florida	6	15		24
Texas			22
St. Mary's	20	18
Purdue	23

Tap a rank to read it.

2020 final AP Top 25

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

2020 final AP Top 25AP

1Kansas28-3
2Gonzaga31-2
3Dayton29-2
4Florida State26-5
5Baylor26-4
6San Diego State30-2
7Creighton24-7
8Kentucky25-6
9Michigan State22-9
10Villanova24-7
11Duke25-6
12Maryland24-7
13Oregon24-7

14Louisville24-7
15Seton Hall21-9
16Virginia23-7
17Wisconsin21-10
18BYU24-8
19Ohio State21-10
20Auburn25-6
21Illinois21-10
22Houston23-8
23Butler22-9
24West Virginia21-10
25Iowa20-11

2020 standings by conference

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

2020 standings by conference32 conferences

America East9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Vermont	26-7	14-2	★
Stony Brook	20-13	10-6
Hartford	18-15	9-7
New Hampshire	15-15	8-8
MD-Baltimore County	16-17	8-8
Albany	14-18	7-9
MA-Lowell	13-19	7-9
Maine	9-22	5-11
Binghamton	10-19	4-12

American Athletic12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Houston	23-8	13-5	★ AP 22
Tulsa	21-10	13-5	★
Cincinnati	20-10	13-5	★
Wichita State	23-8	11-7
Memphis	21-10	10-8
Connecticut	19-12	10-8
SMU	19-11	9-9
Central Florida	16-14	7-11
South Florida	14-17	7-11
Temple	14-17	6-12
East Carolina	11-20	5-13
Tulane	12-18	4-14

Atlantic 1014 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Dayton	29-2	18-0	★ AP 3
Richmond	24-7	14-4
Rhode Island	21-9	13-5
Saint Louis	23-8	12-6
Duquesne	21-9	11-7
St. Bonaventure	19-12	11-7
Davidson	16-14	10-8
Virginia Commonwealth	18-13	8-10
Massachusetts	14-17	8-10
La Salle	15-15	6-12
George Washington	12-20	6-12
George Mason	17-15	5-13
Fordham	9-22	2-16
St. Joseph's	6-26	2-16

Atlantic Coast15 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Florida State	26-5	16-4	★ AP 4
Duke	25-6	15-5	AP 11
Louisville	24-7	15-5	AP 14
Virginia	23-7	15-5	AP 16
Georgia Tech	17-14	11-9
North Carolina State	20-12	10-10
Notre Dame	20-12	10-10
Syracuse	18-14	10-10
Clemson	16-15	9-11
Virginia Tech	16-16	7-13
Miami (FL)	15-16	7-13
Boston College	13-19	7-13
Pittsburgh	16-17	6-14
North Carolina	14-19	6-14
Wake Forest	13-18	6-14

Atlantic Sun9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Liberty	30-4	13-3	★ 🏆
North Florida	21-12	13-3	★
Lipscomb	16-16	9-7
Stetson	16-17	9-7
North Alabama	13-17	8-8
Jacksonville	14-18	7-9
Florida Gulf Coast	10-22	7-9
NJIT	9-21	6-10
Kennesaw State	1-28	0-16

Big 1210 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Kansas	28-3	17-1	★ AP 1
Baylor	26-4	15-3	AP 5
West Virginia	21-10	9-9	AP 24
Oklahoma	19-12	9-9
Texas	19-12	9-9
Texas Tech	18-13	9-9
Oklahoma State	18-14	7-11
TCU	16-16	7-11
Iowa State	12-20	5-13
Kansas State	11-21	3-15

Big East10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Creighton	24-7	13-5	★ AP 7
Villanova	24-7	13-5	★ AP 10
Seton Hall	21-9	13-5	★ AP 15
Providence	19-12	12-6
Butler	22-9	10-8	AP 23
Marquette	18-12	8-10
Xavier	19-13	8-10
St. John's	17-15	5-13
Georgetown	15-17	5-13
DePaul	16-16	3-15

Big Sky11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Eastern Washington	23-8	16-4	★
Northern Colorado	22-9	15-5
Montana	18-13	14-6
Portland State	18-14	12-8
Northern Arizona	16-14	10-10
Montana State	16-15	10-10
Southern Utah	17-15	9-11
Sacramento State	16-14	8-12
Weber State	12-20	8-12
Idaho State	8-22	4-16
Idaho	8-24	4-16

Big South11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Winthrop	24-10	15-3	★ 🏆
Radford	21-11	15-3	★
Gardner-Webb	16-16	11-7
Longwood	14-18	9-9
NC-Asheville	15-16	8-10
Hampton	15-19	8-10
Charleston Southern	14-18	7-11
SC-Upstate	13-20	7-11
Presbyterian	10-22	7-11
Campbell	15-16	6-12
High Point	9-23	6-12

Big Ten14 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Maryland	24-7	14-6	★ AP 12
Michigan State	22-9	14-6	★ AP 9
Wisconsin	21-10	14-6	★ AP 17
Illinois	21-10	13-7	AP 21
Ohio State	21-10	11-9	AP 19
Penn State	21-10	11-9
Iowa	20-11	11-9	AP 25
Rutgers	20-11	11-9
Michigan	19-12	10-10
Indiana	20-12	9-11
Purdue	16-15	9-11
Minnesota	15-16	8-12
Northwestern	8-23	3-17
Nebraska	7-25	2-18

Big West9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
UC Irvine	21-11	13-3	★
UC Santa Barbara	21-10	10-6
CSU-Northridge	15-17	10-6
Hawaii	17-13	8-8
UC Davis	14-18	8-8
UC Riverside	17-15	7-9
CSU-Fullerton	11-20	6-10
Long Beach State	11-21	6-10
Cal Poly-SLO	7-23	4-12

Colonial10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Hofstra	26-8	14-4	★ 🏆
William & Mary	21-11	13-5
Towson	19-13	12-6
Delaware	22-11	11-7
College of Charleston	17-14	11-7
Northeastern	17-16	9-9
Elon	13-21	7-11
Drexel	14-19	6-12
NC-Wilmington	10-22	5-13
James Madison	9-21	2-16

Conference USA14 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
North Texas	20-11	14-4	★
Louisiana Tech	22-8	13-5
Western Kentucky	20-10	13-5
Charlotte	16-13	10-8
Marshall	17-15	10-8
Florida International	19-13	9-9
UAB	19-13	9-9
Old Dominion	13-19	9-9
Florida Atlantic	17-15	8-10
UTEP	17-15	8-10
Rice	15-17	7-11
TX-San Antonio	13-19	7-11
Southern Mississippi	9-22	5-13
Middle Tennessee State	8-23	4-14

Horizon10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Wright State	25-7	15-3	★
Northern Kentucky	23-9	13-5	🏆
Wisconsin-Green Bay	17-16	11-7
Youngstown State	18-15	10-8
Illinois-Chicago	18-17	10-8
Oakland	14-19	8-10
Wisconsin-Milwaukee	12-19	7-11
Cleveland State	11-21	7-11
Detroit	8-23	6-12
IUPUI	7-25	3-15

Ivy8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Yale	23-7	11-3	★
Harvard	21-8	10-4
Princeton	14-13	9-5
Pennsylvania	16-11	8-6
Brown	15-12	8-6
Dartmouth	12-17	5-9
Cornell	7-20	4-10
Columbia	6-24	1-13

Metro Atlantic11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Siena	20-10	15-5	★
St. Peter's	18-12	14-6
Rider	18-12	12-8
Monmouth	18-13	12-8
Quinnipiac	15-15	10-10
Iona	12-17	9-11
Niagara	12-20	9-11
Manhattan	13-18	8-12
Fairfield	12-20	8-12
Canisius	12-20	7-13
Marist	7-23	6-14

Mid-American12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Akron	24-7	14-4	★
Bowling Green	21-10	12-6
Buffalo	20-12	11-7
Ball State	18-13	11-7	★
Northern Illinois	18-13	11-7	★
Kent State	20-12	9-9
Ohio	17-15	8-10
Toledo	17-15	8-10
Central Michigan	14-18	7-11
Eastern Michigan	16-16	6-12
Western Michigan	13-19	6-12
Miami (OH)	13-19	5-13

Mid-Eastern11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
North Carolina Central	18-13	13-3	★
North Carolina A&T	17-15	12-4
Norfolk State	16-15	12-4
Bethune-Cookman	16-14	10-6
Florida A&M	12-15	10-6
Morgan State	15-16	9-7
Coppin State	11-20	7-9
South Carolina State	11-18	6-10
Delaware State	6-26	4-12
MD-Eastern Shore	5-27	4-12
Howard	4-29	1-15

Missouri Valley10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Northern Iowa	25-6	14-4	★
Loyola-Chicago	21-11	13-5
Bradley	23-11	11-7	🏆
Indiana State	18-12	11-7
Southern Illinois	16-16	10-8
Valparaiso	19-16	9-9
Missouri State	16-17	9-9
Drake	20-14	8-10
Illinois State	10-21	5-13
Evansville	9-23	0-18

Mountain West11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
San Diego State	30-2	17-1	★ AP 6
Utah State	26-8	12-6	🏆
Nevada	19-12	12-6
UNLV	17-15	12-6
Boise State	20-12	11-7
Colorado State	20-12	11-7
New Mexico	19-14	7-11
Fresno State	11-19	7-11
Air Force	12-20	5-13
San Jose State	7-24	3-15
Wyoming	9-24	2-16

Northeast11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Merrimack	20-11	14-4	★
St. Francis (PA)	22-10	13-5
Robert Morris	20-14	13-5	🏆
Sacred Heart	20-13	12-6
LIU-Brooklyn	15-18	9-9
Fairleigh Dickinson	11-19	9-9
Bryant	15-17	7-11
St. Francis (NY)	13-18	7-11
Mount St. Mary's	11-21	7-11
Wagner	8-21	5-13
Central Connecticut State	4-27	3-15

Ohio Valley12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Belmont	26-7	15-3	★ 🏆
Murray State	23-9	15-3	★
Austin Peay	21-12	14-4
Eastern Kentucky	16-17	12-6
Tennessee State	18-15	9-9
Eastern Illinois	17-15	9-9
Jacksonville State	13-19	8-10
Morehead State	13-19	7-11
Tennessee Tech	9-22	6-12
UT-Martin	9-20	5-13
SIU-Edwardsville	8-23	5-13
SE Missouri State	7-24	3-15

Pacific-1212 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Oregon	24-7	13-5	★ AP 13
UCLA	19-12	12-6
USC	22-9	11-7
Arizona State	20-11	11-7
Arizona	21-11	10-8
Colorado	21-11	10-8
Stanford	20-12	9-9
Oregon State	18-13	7-11
Utah	16-15	7-11
California	14-18	7-11
Washington State	16-16	6-12
Washington	15-17	5-13

Patriot10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Colgate	25-9	14-4	★
Boston University	21-13	12-6	🏆
American	16-14	12-6
Lafayette	19-12	10-8
Army	15-15	10-8
Navy	14-16	8-10
Bucknell	14-20	8-10
Loyola (MD)	15-17	7-11
Lehigh	11-21	7-11
Holy Cross	3-29	2-16

Southeastern14 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Kentucky	25-6	15-3	★ AP 8
Auburn	25-6	12-6	AP 20
LSU	21-10	12-6
Mississippi State	20-11	11-7
Florida	19-12	11-7
South Carolina	18-13	10-8
Texas A&M	16-14	10-8
Tennessee	17-14	9-9
Alabama	16-15	8-10
Arkansas	20-12	7-11
Missouri	15-16	7-11
Mississippi	15-17	6-12
Georgia	16-16	5-13
Vanderbilt	11-21	3-15

Southern10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
East Tennessee State	30-4	16-2	★ 🏆
Furman	25-7	15-3
NC-Greensboro	23-9	13-5
Mercer	17-15	11-7
Western Carolina	19-12	10-8
UT-Chattanooga	20-13	10-8
Wofford	19-16	8-10
Samford	10-23	4-14
VMI	9-24	3-15
Citadel	6-24	0-18

Southland13 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Stephen F. Austin	28-3	19-1	★
Nicholls State	21-10	15-5
Abilene Christian	20-11	15-5
Sam Houston State	18-13	11-9
Northwestern State	15-15	11-9
Lamar	17-15	10-10
McNeese State	15-17	10-10
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	14-18	10-10
Central Arkansas	10-21	9-11
Incarnate Word	9-22	6-14
New Orleans	9-21	5-15
SE Louisiana	8-23	5-15
Houston Baptist	4-25	4-16

Southwestern Athletic10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Prairie View	19-13	14-4	★
Southern	17-15	13-5
Texas Southern	16-16	12-6
Grambling	17-15	11-7
Alcorn State	15-15	11-7
Jackson State	15-17	11-7
Alabama State	8-24	7-11
Alabama A&M	8-22	5-13
Arkansas-Pine Bluff	4-26	3-15
Mississippi Valley State	3-27	3-15

Summit9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
North Dakota State	25-8	13-3	★ 🏆
South Dakota State	22-10	13-3	★
South Dakota	20-12	10-6
Oral Roberts	17-14	9-7
NE-Omaha	16-16	9-7
North Dakota	15-18	7-9
Purdue-Fort Wayne	14-19	6-10
Denver	7-24	3-13
Western Illinois	5-21	2-14

Sun Belt12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Arkansas-Little Rock	21-10	15-5	★
Texas State	21-11	13-7
South Alabama	20-11	13-7
Georgia Southern	20-13	12-8
Georgia State	19-13	12-8
Appalachian State	18-15	11-9
Texas-Arlington	14-18	10-10
Arkansas State	16-16	8-12
Coastal Carolina	16-17	8-12
LA-Lafayette	14-19	8-12
LA-Monroe	9-20	5-15
Troy	9-22	5-15

West Coast10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Gonzaga	31-2	15-1	★ 🏆 AP 2
BYU	24-8	13-3	AP 18
St. Mary's	26-8	11-5
Pacific	23-10	11-5
San Francisco	22-12	9-7
Pepperdine	16-16	8-8
Santa Clara	20-13	6-10
Loyola Marymount	11-21	4-12
San Diego	9-23	2-14
Portland	9-23	1-15

Western Athletic9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
New Mexico State	25-6	16-0	★
California Baptist	21-10	10-6
Texas-Rio Grande Valley	14-16	9-7
UMKC	16-14	8-7
Seattle	14-15	7-7
Grand Canyon	13-17	8-8
CSU-Bakersfield	12-19	6-10
Utah Valley	11-19	5-10
Chicago State	4-25	0-14

2020 Elo and upsets

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

2020 Elo and upsetsElo

Elo, top 10

Biggest upsets

Stephen F. Austin 85, Duke 83
Nov 26 · regular season · 1.6% win chance
Evansville 67, Kentucky 64
Nov 12 · regular season · 1.8% win chance
Florida A&M 70, Iowa State 68
Dec 31 · regular season · 2.8% win chance
SIU-Edwardsville 79, Belmont 69
Jan 2 · regular season · 3.0% win chance
Stetson 63, South Carolina 56
Dec 30 · regular season · 3.1% win chance
Army 89, Buffalo 76
Dec 14 · regular season · 4.2% win chance
Dartmouth 68, Buffalo 63
Nov 8 · regular season · 4.2% win chance
Coppin State 76, Loyola-Chicago 72
Nov 12 · regular season · 4.5% win chance
UC Riverside 66, Nebraska 47
Nov 5 · regular season · 4.6% win chance
Vanderbilt 87, Alabama 79
Mar 3 · regular season · 5.3% 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.