🏀 The 2020-21 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 · 31 conferences · 68-team tournament

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1980s

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1970s

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1960s

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2021season

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2020-21 national champion

The NCAA tournament winner.

National champion

Baylor

28-21 seedFinal AP #3

Title gameBaylor 86, Gonzaga 70 (Apr 5)

Final FourBaylorGonzagaHoustonUCLA

The 2021 NCAA tournament

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

68-team field · 4 regions

First Four

16Appalachian State53

16Norfolk State54

West · Mar 18

11Drake53

11Wichita State52

West · Mar 18

11Michigan State80

11UCLA86

East · Mar 18

16Mount St. Mary's52

16Texas Southern60

East · Mar 18

First Round

1Baylor79

16Hartford55

8North Carolina62

9Wisconsin85

5Villanova73

12Winthrop63

4Purdue69

13North Texas78

3Arkansas85

14Colgate68

6Texas Tech65

11Utah State53

7Florida75

10Virginia Tech70

2Ohio State72

15Oral Roberts75

Second Round

1Baylor76

9Wisconsin63

5Villanova84

13North Texas61

3Arkansas68

6Texas Tech66

7Florida78

15Oral Roberts81

Regional Semifinals

1Baylor62

5Villanova51

3Arkansas72

15Oral Roberts70

Regional Finals

1Baylor81

3Arkansas72

South region

First Round

1Baylor79

16Hartford55

8North Carolina62

9Wisconsin85

5Villanova73

12Winthrop63

4Purdue69

13North Texas78

3Arkansas85

14Colgate68

6Texas Tech65

11Utah State53

7Florida75

10Virginia Tech70

2Ohio State72

15Oral Roberts75

Second Round

1Baylor76

9Wisconsin63

5Villanova84

13North Texas61

3Arkansas68

6Texas Tech66

7Florida78

15Oral Roberts81

Regional Semifinals

1Baylor62

5Villanova51

3Arkansas72

15Oral Roberts70

Regional Finals

1Baylor81

3Arkansas72

Midwest region

First Round

2Houston87

15Cleveland State56

7Clemson56

10Rutgers60

3West Virginia84

14Morehead State67

6San Diego State62

11Syracuse78

1Illinois78

16Drexel49

8Loyola-Chicago71

9Georgia Tech60

4Oklahoma State69

13Liberty60

5Tennessee56

12Oregon State70

Second Round

2Houston63

10Rutgers60

3West Virginia72

11Syracuse75

1Illinois58

8Loyola-Chicago71

4Oklahoma State70

12Oregon State80

Regional Semifinals

2Houston62

11Syracuse46

8Loyola-Chicago58

12Oregon State65

Regional Finals

2Houston67

12Oregon State61

West region

First Round

1Gonzaga98

16Norfolk State55

8Oklahoma72

9Missouri68

5Creighton63

12UC Santa Barbara62

4Virginia58

13Ohio62

3Kansas93

14Eastern Washington84

6USC72

11Drake56

2Iowa86

15Grand Canyon74

Second Round

1Gonzaga87

8Oklahoma71

5Creighton72

13Ohio58

3Kansas51

6USC82

2Iowa80

7Oregon95

Regional Semifinals

1Gonzaga83

5Creighton65

6USC82

7Oregon68

Regional Finals

1Gonzaga85

6USC66

East region

First Round

1Michigan82

16Texas Southern66

8LSU76

9St. Bonaventure61

4Florida State64

13NC-Greensboro54

5Colorado96

12Georgetown73

2Alabama68

15Iona55

7Connecticut54

10Maryland63

6BYU62

11UCLA73

3Texas52

14Abilene Christian53

Second Round

1Michigan86

8LSU78

4Florida State71

5Colorado53

2Alabama96

10Maryland77

11UCLA67

14Abilene Christian47

Regional Semifinals

1Michigan78

4Florida State58

2Alabama78

11UCLA88

Regional Finals

1Michigan49

11UCLA51

Final Four and the title game

Final Four

1Baylor78

2Houston59

South vs Midwest · Apr 3

1Gonzaga93

11UCLA90

West vs East · Apr 3

Championship game: Baylor

1Baylor86

1Gonzaga70

South vs West · Apr 5

Conference tournaments

The champion and the other finalist of each of the 31 conference tournaments held in 2020-21.

Conference	Champion	Runner-up	Final
America East	Hartford 64-50, Mar 13	MA-Lowell	64-50, Mar 13
American Athletic	Houston 91-54, Mar 14	Cincinnati	91-54, Mar 14
Atlantic 10	St. Bonaventure 74-65, Mar 14	Virginia Commonwealth	74-65, Mar 14
Atlantic Coast	Georgia Tech 80-75, Mar 13	Florida State	80-75, Mar 13
Atlantic Sun	Liberty 79-75, Mar 7	North Alabama	79-75, Mar 7
Big 12	Texas 91-86, Mar 13	Oklahoma State	91-86, Mar 13
Big East	Georgetown 73-48, Mar 13	Creighton	73-48, Mar 13
Big Sky	Eastern Washington 65-55, Mar 13	Montana State	65-55, Mar 13
Big South	Winthrop 80-53, Mar 7	Campbell	80-53, Mar 7
Big Ten	Illinois 91-88, Mar 14	Ohio State	91-88, Mar 14
Big West	UC Santa Barbara 79-63, Mar 13	UC Irvine	79-63, Mar 13
Colonial	Drexel 63-56, Mar 9	Elon	63-56, Mar 9
Conference USA	North Texas 61-57, Mar 13	Western Kentucky	61-57, Mar 13
Horizon	Cleveland State 80-69, Mar 9	Oakland	80-69, Mar 9
Metro Atlantic	Iona 60-51, Mar 13	Fairfield	60-51, Mar 13
Mid-American	Ohio 84-69, Mar 13	Buffalo	84-69, Mar 13
Mid-Eastern	Norfolk State 71-63, Mar 13	Morgan State	71-63, Mar 13
Missouri Valley	Loyola-Chicago 75-65, Mar 7	Drake	75-65, Mar 7
Mountain West	San Diego State 68-57, Mar 13	Utah State	68-57, Mar 13
Northeast	Mount St. Mary's 73-68, Mar 9	Bryant	73-68, Mar 9
Ohio Valley	Morehead State 86-71, Mar 6	Belmont	86-71, Mar 6
Pacific-12	Oregon State 70-68, Mar 13	Colorado	70-68, Mar 13
Patriot	Colgate 85-72, Mar 14	Loyola (MD)	85-72, Mar 14
Southeastern	Alabama 80-79, Mar 14	LSU	80-79, Mar 14
Southern	NC-Greensboro 69-61, Mar 8	Mercer	69-61, Mar 8
Southland	Abilene Christian 79-75, Mar 13	Nicholls State	79-75, Mar 13
Southwestern Athletic	Texas Southern 80-61, Mar 13	Prairie View	80-61, Mar 13
Summit	Oral Roberts 75-72, Mar 9	North Dakota State	75-72, Mar 9
Sun Belt	Appalachian State 80-73, Mar 8	Georgia State	80-73, Mar 8
West Coast	Gonzaga 88-78, Mar 9	BYU	88-78, Mar 9
Western Athletic	Grand Canyon 74-56, Mar 13	New Mexico State	74-56, Mar 13

The 2020-21 AP poll, week by week

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

Team	Nov9	30	Dec7	14	21	28	Jan4	11	18	25	Feb1	8	15	22	Mar1	8	15
Gonzaga	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Illinois	8	5	6	13	18	15	12	14	22	19	12	6	5	5	4	3	2
Baylor	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3
Michigan	25			25	19	16	10	7	7	4	4	3	3	3	2	4	4
Alabama									18	9	10	11	8	6	8	6	5
Houston	17	10	7	6	6	5	11	11	8	6	5	8	6	12	9	7	6
Ohio State	23	23	22	20	23	25		21	15	13	7	4	4	4	7	9	7
Iowa	5	3	3	3	4	10	5	5	4	7	8	15	11	9	5	5	8
Texas	19	18	14	11	10	8	4	4	5	5	6	13	12	14	15	13	9
Arkansas													24	20	12	8	10
Oklahoma State												23			17	12	11
Kansas	6	7	5	5	3	3	6	6	9	15	23		23	17	13	11	12
West Virginia	15	11	11	8	7	9	14	13	14	11	17	14	13	10	6	10	13
Florida State	21	22	20	15	21	18	25			16	20	17	16	11	11	15	14
Virginia	4	15	18	17	16	23	22	18	13	8	14	9	7	15	21	16	15
San Diego State			24	18									25	22	19	19	16
Loyola-Chicago												22	22	21	20	18	17
Villanova	3	12	9	7	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	5	10	8	10	14	18
Creighton	11	9	8	9	13	11	7	8	11	17	15	19	14	13	14	17	19
Purdue											24	24			23	21	20
Texas Tech	14	17	17	14	15	13	18	15	12	10	13	7	15	18	18	20	21
Colorado															24	23	22
BYU																	23
USC												20	17	19		24	24
Virginia Tech		16	15		24	24	19	20	16	20	16	18	18	16	22	22	25
Oklahoma										24	9	12	9	7	16	25
Wisconsin	7	4	13	12	9	6	8	9	10	14	19	21	21	23	25
Missouri				16	14	12	13	17	19	12	18	10	20	24
Tennessee	12	13	12	10	8	7	9	10	6	18	11	16	19	25
Rutgers	24	24	21	19	11	14	15					25
UCLA	22								24	23	21
Florida											22
Drake											25
Minnesota						22	16	23	17	21
Saint Louis							23	24	25	22
Louisville			25	23				16		25
Clemson				24			20	12	20
Oregon	20	21			25	21	17	22	21
Connecticut								25	23
Duke	9	6	10	21	20	20	21	19
Michigan State	13	8	4	4	12	17	24
Northwestern						19
North Carolina	16	14	16	22	17
Xavier					22
Richmond		19	19
Arizona State	18	25	23
Kentucky	10	20

Tap a rank to read it.

2021 final AP Top 25

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

2021 final AP Top 25AP

1Gonzaga31-1
2Illinois24-7
3Baylor28-2
4Michigan23-5
5Alabama26-7
6Houston28-4
7Ohio State21-10
8Iowa22-9
9Texas19-8
10Arkansas25-7
11Oklahoma State21-9
12Kansas21-9
13West Virginia19-10

14Florida State18-7
15Virginia18-7
16San Diego State23-5
17Loyola-Chicago26-5
18Villanova18-7
19Creighton22-9
20Purdue18-10
21Texas Tech18-11
22Colorado23-9
23BYU20-7
24USC25-8
25Virginia Tech15-7

2021 standings by conference

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

2021 standings by conference31 conferences

America East10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
MD-Baltimore County	14-6	10-4	★
Vermont	10-5	10-4	★
New Hampshire	10-9	9-6
Hartford	15-9	8-6	🏆 16 seed
Albany	7-9	6-6
MA-Lowell	11-12	7-8
Stony Brook	9-14	7-9
NJIT	7-12	6-10
Binghamton	4-14	4-10
Maine	2-7	2-6

American Athletic11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Wichita State	16-6	11-2	★ 11 seed
Houston	28-4	14-3	🏆 2 seed AP 6
Memphis	20-8	11-4
SMU	11-6	7-4
Cincinnati	12-11	8-6
Central Florida	11-12	8-10
Tulsa	11-12	7-9
South Florida	9-13	4-10
Temple	5-11	4-10
Tulane	10-13	4-12
East Carolina	8-11	2-10

Atlantic 1014 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
St. Bonaventure	16-5	11-4	★ 🏆 9 seed
Virginia Commonwealth	19-7	10-4	10 seed
Davidson	13-9	7-4
Saint Louis	14-7	6-4
Massachusetts	8-7	6-4
George Mason	13-9	8-6
Dayton	14-10	9-7
Richmond	14-9	6-5
Duquesne	9-9	7-7
Rhode Island	10-15	7-10
George Washington	5-12	3-5
La Salle	9-16	6-11
St. Joseph's	5-15	3-9
Fordham	2-12	2-11

Atlantic Coast15 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Virginia	18-7	13-4	★ 4 seed AP 15
Florida State	18-7	11-4	4 seed AP 14
Virginia Tech	15-7	9-4	10 seed AP 25
Georgia Tech	17-9	11-6	🏆 9 seed
Clemson	16-8	10-6	7 seed
North Carolina	18-11	10-6	8 seed
Louisville	13-7	8-5
Syracuse	18-10	9-7	11 seed
North Carolina State	14-11	9-8
Duke	13-11	9-9
Notre Dame	11-15	7-11
Pittsburgh	10-12	6-10
Miami (FL)	10-17	4-15
Wake Forest	6-16	3-15
Boston College	4-16	2-11

Atlantic Sun9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Liberty	23-6	11-2	★ 🏆 13 seed
Bellarmine	14-8	10-3
Lipscomb	15-12	9-6
North Florida	8-15	6-6
North Alabama	13-11	7-8
Florida Gulf Coast	10-8	4-5
Stetson	12-15	7-9
Jacksonville	11-13	5-9
Kennesaw State	5-19	2-13

Big 1210 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Baylor	28-2	13-1	★ 1 seed AP 3
Kansas	21-9	12-6	3 seed AP 12
Texas	19-8	11-6	🏆 3 seed AP 9
West Virginia	19-10	11-6	3 seed AP 13
Oklahoma State	21-9	11-7	4 seed AP 11
Texas Tech	18-11	9-8	6 seed AP 21
Oklahoma	16-11	9-8	8 seed
TCU	12-14	5-11
Kansas State	9-20	4-14
Iowa State	2-22	0-18

Big East11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Villanova	18-7	11-4	★ 5 seed AP 18
Creighton	22-9	14-6	5 seed AP 19
Connecticut	15-8	11-6	7 seed
St. John's	16-11	10-9
Seton Hall	14-13	10-9
Providence	13-13	9-10
Xavier	13-8	6-7
Georgetown	13-13	7-9	🏆 12 seed
Marquette	13-14	8-11
Butler	10-15	8-12
DePaul	5-14	2-13

Big Sky11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Southern Utah	20-4	12-2	★
Weber State	17-6	12-3
Eastern Washington	16-8	12-3	🏆 14 seed
Montana State	13-10	8-6
Idaho State	13-11	8-6
Montana	15-13	7-9
Northern Colorado	11-11	6-8
Portland State	9-13	6-8
Sacramento State	8-12	5-9
Northern Arizona	6-16	4-10
Idaho	1-21	1-17

Big South11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Winthrop	23-2	17-1	★ 🏆 12 seed
Radford	15-12	12-6
Campbell	17-10	11-6
NC-Asheville	10-10	9-5
Hampton	11-14	9-9
Gardner-Webb	11-15	10-10
Longwood	12-17	10-10
High Point	9-15	6-11
SC-Upstate	5-18	5-11
Presbyterian	7-15	5-12
Charleston Southern	3-18	2-15

Big Ten14 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Michigan	23-5	14-3	★ 1 seed AP 4
Illinois	24-7	16-4	🏆 1 seed AP 2
Iowa	22-9	14-6	2 seed AP 8
Purdue	18-10	13-6	4 seed AP 20
Ohio State	21-10	12-8	2 seed AP 7
Wisconsin	18-13	10-10	9 seed
Rutgers	16-12	10-10	10 seed
Maryland	17-14	9-11	10 seed
Michigan State	15-13	9-11	11 seed
Indiana	12-15	7-12
Penn State	11-14	7-12
Northwestern	9-15	6-13
Minnesota	14-15	6-14
Nebraska	7-20	3-16

Big West11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
UC Santa Barbara	22-5	15-3	★ 🏆 12 seed
UC Irvine	18-9	13-4
UC Riverside	14-8	10-5
CSU-Bakersfield	15-11	11-7
UC Davis	10-8	7-5
Hawaii	11-10	9-9
CSU-Northridge	9-13	5-9
CSU-Fullerton	6-10	5-9
Long Beach State	6-12	4-8
UC San Diego	7-10	4-10
Cal Poly-SLO	4-20	1-15

Colonial10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
James Madison	13-7	8-2	★
Northeastern	10-9	8-2	★
College of Charleston	9-10	6-4
Hofstra	13-10	8-6
Delaware	7-8	5-4
Drexel	12-8	4-5	🏆 16 seed
William & Mary	7-10	4-6
Elon	10-9	4-7
Towson	4-14	3-9
NC-Wilmington	7-10	1-6

Conference USA14 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Western Kentucky	21-8	11-3	★
Louisiana Tech	24-8	12-4
UAB	22-7	13-5
Old Dominion	15-8	11-5
Marshall	15-7	9-5
North Texas	18-10	9-5	🏆 13 seed
Florida Atlantic	13-10	7-5
TX-San Antonio	15-11	9-7
UTEP	12-12	8-8
Rice	15-13	6-10
Charlotte	9-16	5-11
Southern Mississippi	8-17	4-13
Middle Tennessee State	5-18	3-13
Florida International	9-17	2-15

Horizon12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Wright State	18-6	16-4	★
Cleveland State	19-8	16-4	★ 🏆 15 seed
Detroit	12-10	10-6
Northern Kentucky	14-11	11-7
Oakland	12-18	10-10
Youngstown State	15-12	9-11
IUPUI	8-10	7-9
Wisconsin-Milwaukee	10-12	7-10
Wisconsin-Green Bay	8-17	8-12
Illinois-Chicago	9-13	6-10
Purdue-Fort Wayne	8-15	6-14
Robert Morris	4-15	3-12

Metro Atlantic11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Siena	12-5	12-4	★
Iona	12-6	6-3	🏆 15 seed
Monmouth	12-8	12-6
Canisius	7-6	7-5
Marist	12-9	10-8
St. Peter's	14-11	10-8
Niagara	9-11	7-9
Quinnipiac	9-13	7-10
Fairfield	10-17	7-11
Manhattan	7-13	6-12
Rider	6-17	5-13

Mid-American12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Toledo	21-9	15-4	★
Buffalo	16-9	12-5	★
Akron	15-8	12-6
Kent State	15-8	12-6
Ohio	17-8	9-5	🏆 13 seed
Bowling Green	14-12	10-8
Miami (OH)	12-11	9-8
Ball State	10-13	8-9
Western Michigan	5-16	4-12
Eastern Michigan	6-12	3-11
Central Michigan	7-16	3-13
Northern Illinois	3-16	2-12

Mid-Eastern9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
North Carolina A&T	11-10	7-1	★
Norfolk State	17-8	8-4	🏆 16 seed
Coppin State	9-13	8-4
Morgan State	14-8	7-5
Florida A&M	8-12	7-5
North Carolina Central	5-9	3-5
South Carolina State	1-17	1-7
Delaware State	3-16	1-11
Howard	1-4

Missouri Valley10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Loyola-Chicago	26-5	16-2	★ 🏆 8 seed AP 17
Drake	26-5	15-3	11 seed
Missouri State	17-7	12-6
Indiana State	15-10	11-7
Northern Iowa	10-15	7-11
Evansville	9-16	7-11
Valparaiso	10-18	7-11
Bradley	12-16	6-12
Southern Illinois	12-14	5-13
Illinois State	7-18	4-14

Mountain West11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
San Diego State	23-5	14-3	★ 🏆 6 seed AP 16
Colorado State	20-8	14-4
Utah State	20-9	13-4	11 seed
Boise State	19-9	14-6
Nevada	16-10	8-7
Fresno State	12-12	9-11
UNLV	12-15	8-10
Wyoming	14-11	5-9
Air Force	5-20	3-17
San Jose State	5-16	2-12
New Mexico	6-16	1-8

Northeast10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Wagner	13-7	13-5	★
Bryant	15-7	10-4
Mount St. Mary's	12-11	9-7	🏆 16 seed
Sacred Heart	9-9	9-7
LIU-Brooklyn	9-9	9-9
Merrimack	9-9	9-9
St. Francis (NY)	9-10	9-9
Fairleigh Dickinson	9-15	8-10
St. Francis (PA)	6-16	5-13
Central Connecticut State	5-16	5-13

Ohio Valley12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Belmont	26-4	18-2	★
Morehead State	23-8	17-3	🏆 14 seed
Eastern Kentucky	22-7	15-5
Jacksonville State	18-9	13-6
Austin Peay	14-13	10-10
Murray State	13-13	10-10
SE Missouri State	11-16	9-11
SIU-Edwardsville	9-17	7-12
Eastern Illinois	9-18	6-14
UT-Martin	8-16	6-14
Tennessee Tech	5-22	5-15
Tennessee State	4-19	3-17

Pacific-1212 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Oregon	21-7	14-4	★ 7 seed
USC	25-8	15-5	6 seed AP 24
Colorado	23-9	14-6	5 seed AP 22
UCLA	22-10	13-6	11 seed
Arizona	17-9	11-9
Oregon State	20-13	10-10	🏆 12 seed
Stanford	14-13	10-10
Utah	12-13	8-11
Arizona State	11-14	7-10
Washington State	14-13	7-12
Washington	5-21	4-16
California	9-20	3-17

Patriot10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Navy	15-3	12-1	★
Colgate	14-2	11-1	🏆 14 seed
Lafayette	9-6	9-5
Army	12-10	7-7
American	4-6	4-5
Bucknell	5-7	4-6
Boston University	7-11	6-10
Holy Cross	5-11	5-11
Loyola (MD)	6-11	4-10
Lehigh	4-11	4-10

Southeastern14 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Alabama	26-7	16-2	★ 🏆 2 seed AP 5
Arkansas	25-7	13-4	3 seed AP 10
LSU	19-10	11-6	8 seed
Tennessee	18-9	10-7	5 seed
Florida	15-10	9-7	7 seed
Mississippi	16-12	10-8
Missouri	16-10	8-8	9 seed
Kentucky	9-16	8-9
Mississippi State	18-15	8-10
Georgia	14-12	7-11
Auburn	13-14	7-11
South Carolina	6-15	4-12
Texas A&M	8-10	2-8
Vanderbilt	9-16	3-13

Southern10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
NC-Greensboro	21-9	13-5	★ 🏆 13 seed
Wofford	15-9	12-5
Furman	16-9	10-5
UT-Chattanooga	18-8	9-7
East Tennessee State	13-12	8-7
VMI	13-12	7-7
Mercer	18-11	8-9
Citadel	13-12	5-11
Western Carolina	11-16	4-13
Samford	6-13	2-9

Southland13 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Nicholls State	18-7	14-2	★
Abilene Christian	24-5	13-2	🏆 14 seed
Stephen F. Austin	16-5	13-3
Sam Houston State	19-9	13-3
Northwestern State	11-18	9-7
New Orleans	10-15	8-7
Lamar	10-18	7-10
Incarnate Word	8-14	5-9
SE Louisiana	8-18	5-11
McNeese State	10-14	4-11
Houston Baptist	6-19	4-11
Central Arkansas	5-19	4-12
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	5-19	2-13

Southwestern Athletic10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Prairie View	16-5	13-0	★
Jackson State	12-6	11-0	★
Texas Southern	17-9	10-3	🏆 16 seed
Grambling	12-12	9-6
Southern	8-11	8-6
Alcorn State	6-13	6-7
Alabama A&M	6-9	4-9
Alabama State	4-14	4-14
Arkansas-Pine Bluff	4-21	3-12
Mississippi Valley State	2-22	2-13

Summit9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
South Dakota State	16-7	9-3	★
South Dakota	14-11	11-4
North Dakota State	15-12	11-5
Oral Roberts	18-11	10-5	🏆 15 seed
UMKC	11-13	7-7
North Dakota	9-17	8-8
Western Illinois	7-15	5-9
NE-Omaha	5-20	3-11
Denver	2-19	1-13

Sun Belt12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Texas State	18-7	12-3	★
Georgia State	16-6	8-4
Coastal Carolina	18-8	9-5
LA-Lafayette	17-9	10-7
South Alabama	17-11	10-7
Texas-Arlington	13-13	9-8
Appalachian State	17-12	7-8	🏆 16 seed
Arkansas State	11-13	7-8
Georgia Southern	13-13	7-9
Arkansas-Little Rock	11-15	7-11
LA-Monroe	7-19	5-13
Troy	11-17	4-12

West Coast10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Gonzaga	31-1	15-0	★ 🏆 1 seed AP 1
BYU	20-7	10-3	6 seed AP 23
Loyola Marymount	13-9	7-5
Pepperdine	15-12	7-6
Pacific	9-9	6-7
Santa Clara	12-8	4-5
St. Mary's	14-10	4-6
San Francisco	11-14	4-9
San Diego	3-11	2-7
Portland	6-15	0-11

Western Athletic9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Grand Canyon	17-7	9-3	★ 🏆 15 seed
Utah Valley	11-11	9-4
New Mexico State	12-8	7-6
California Baptist	13-10	6-6
Seattle	12-11	4-5
Tarleton State	10-10	5-7
Texas-Rio Grande Valley	9-10	2-5
Dixie State	8-13	4-10
Chicago State	0-9

2021 Elo and upsets

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

2021 Elo and upsetsElo

Elo, top 10

1Baylor2154
2Gonzaga2101
3Illinois2030
4Michigan1997
5Houston1970
6Alabama1944
7Loyola-Chicago1942
8Iowa1912
9Oklahoma State1904
10USC1898

Biggest upsets

Binghamton 75, MD-Baltimore County 69
Dec 28 · regular season · 4.8% win chance
Georgetown 86, Creighton 79
Feb 3 · regular season · 5.3% win chance
Holy Cross 68, Boston University 66
Jan 5 · regular season · 5.4% win chance
Wisconsin-Milwaukee 94, Wright State 92
Mar 2 · conference tournament · 5.5% win chance
La Salle 67, Dayton 65
Dec 30 · regular season · 5.8% win chance
Western Carolina 81, NC-Greensboro 80
Feb 24 · regular season · 5.9% win chance
La Salle 84, Richmond 78
Jan 23 · regular season · 6.0% win chance
St. Joseph's 76, Richmond 73
Mar 1 · regular season · 6.2% win chance
Eastern Illinois 68, Murray State 59
Feb 18 · regular season · 6.6% win chance
Florida Gulf Coast 66, Miami (FL) 62
Dec 12 · regular season · 7.2% 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.