Last week, Kentucky jumped into the Top 25 of the NET Rankings following the win over Western Kentucky. A week and two wins later, the Cats are now in the Top 15. Kentucky is No. 15 in the latest NET Rankings, which is fourth-best in the SEC. LSU is tops in the league at No. 5, which makes tomorrow night’s game in Baton Rouge absolutely huge.
Before we examine Kentucky’s team sheet, here are the Top 25 teams in the new NET Rankings.
NET Top 25 – Through January 2
- Baylor
- Arizona
- Houston
- Gonzaga
- LSU
- Auburn
- Purdue
- Duke
- Kansas
- Tennessee
- Villanova
- Texas
- Michigan State
- Southern California
- Kentucky
- UConn
- Illinois
- Loyola Chicago
- Iowa State
- Ohio State
- Alabama
- Xavier
- UCLA
- Colorado State
- Iowa
NET changes for the 2021-22 season
This is the fourth season the NCAA has used the NET Rankings as its primary metric to evaluate the strength of teams’ wins and losses.