Comparing the AP Rankings to the NCAA Tournament Championship Odds 2025
Some people want to do away with preseason polls.
What is the real point of ranking teams before seeing them play?
In our opinion, it’s a much bigger advantage to be ranked pre-season in College Football than College Basketball.
Nonetheless, BetOnline.ag has put together a table comparing the AP rankings to the NCAA Tournament Championship odds for both men and women.
Men’s Notes:
- No. 19 Kansas has the biggest jump as they are tied for 11th in the odds rankings.
- No. 6 Duke is third in tourney odds.
- Three unranked teams have Top 25 Tourney odds rankings: Auburn, Indiana and Iowa.
Men’s NCAA Tournament odds are updated every day of the season
|
Team |
AP Ranking |
Odds Rank |
NCAA Tourney Odds |
|
Purdue |
1 |
1 |
7/1 |
|
Houston |
2 |
2 |
10/1 |
|
Florida |
3 |
T-4 |
14/1 |
|
Uconn |
4 |
T-4 |
14/1 |
|
St. John's |
5 |
T-7 |
18/1 |
|
Duke |
6 |
3 |
12/1 |
|
Michigan |
7 |
6 |
16/1 |
|
BYU |
8 |
9 |
20/1 |
|
Kentucky |
9 |
T-7 |
18/1 |
|
Texas Tech |
10 |
10 |
22/1 |
|
Louisville |
11 |
T-11 |
25/1 |
|
UCLA |
12 |
14 |
28/1 |
|
Arizona |
13 |
T-17 |
40/1 |
|
Arkansas |
14 |
T-11 |
25/1 |
|
Alabama |
15 |
15 |
33/1 |
|
Iowa State |
16 |
22 |
45/1 |
|
Illinois |
17 |
16 |
35/1 |
|
Tennessee |
18 |
T-17 |
40/1 |
|
Kansas |
19 |
T-11 |
25/1 |
|
Auburn |
20 |
T-17 |
40/1 |
|
Gonzaga |
21 |
T-17 |
40/1 |
|
Michigan State |
22 |
T-23 |
50/1 |
|
Creighton |
23 |
T-23 |
50/1 |
|
Wisconsin |
24 |
T-25 |
66/1 |
|
North Carolina |
25 |
T-17 |
40/1 |
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|
Auburn |
N/A |
T-17 |
40/1 |
|
Indiana |
N/A |
T-25 |
66/1 |
|
Iowa |
N/A |
T-25 |
66/1 |
Women’s Notes:
- No. 18 USC is tied for fifth in the odds>
- No. 15 Notre Dame is seventh in the odds.
- Indiana and Ohio State, both unranked, are tied for 16th best odds to win the tournament.
Women’s NCAA Tournament odds are updated every day of the season here: https://www.betonline.ag/sportsbook/futures-and-props/ncaaw-futures/championship
|
Team |
AP Ranking |
Odds Rank |
NCAA Tourney Odds |
|
UConn |
1 |
1 |
2/1 |
|
South Carolina |
2 |
2 |
11/5 (+220) |
|
UCLA |
3 |
3 |
5/1 |
|
Texas |
4 |
4 |
12/1 |
|
LSU |
5 |
T-5 |
14/1 |
|
Oklahoma |
6 |
T-8 |
33/1 |
|
Duke |
7 |
T-8 |
33/1 |
|
Tennessee |
8 |
T-8 |
33/1 |
|
NC State |
9 |
T-13 |
100/1 |
|
Maryland |
10 |
T-13 |
100/1 |
|
North Carolina |
11 |
T-13 |
100/1 |
|
Ole Miss |
12 |
12 |
75/1 |
|
Michigan |
13 |
T-16 |
125/1 |
|
Iowa State |
14 |
T-22 |
175/1 |
|
Notre Dame |
15 |
7 |
18/1 |
|
Baylor |
16 |
T-25 |
250/1 |
|
TCU |
17 |
11 |
35/1 |
|
USC |
18 |
T-5 |
14/1 |
|
Vanderbilt |
19 |
T-22 |
175/1 |
|
Louisville |
20 |
T-25 |
250/1 |
|
Iowa |
21 |
T-16 |
125/1 |
|
Oklahoma State |
22 |
T-16 |
125/1 |
|
Michigan State |
23 |
T-25 |
250/1 |
|
Richmond |
24 |
T-25 |
66/1 |
|
Kentucky |
25 |
T-13 |
100/1 |
|
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Indiana |
N/A |
T-16 |
125/1 |
|
Ohio State |
N/A |
T-16 |
125/1 |
|
Kansas State |
N/A |
T-22 |
175/1 |
|
Alabama |
N/A |
T-25 |
250/1 |
|
California |
N/A |
T-25 |
250/1 |
|
Georgia Tech |
N/A |
T-25 |
250/1 |
|
Nebraska |
N/A |
T-25 |
250/1 |
|
Oregon |
N/A |
T-25 |
250/1 |
|
SMU |
N/A |
T-25 |
250/1 |
|
Stanford |
N/A |
T-25 |
250/1 |
|
Utah |
N/A |
T-25 |
250/1 |
|
Villanova |
N/A |
T-25 |
250/1 |
|
Washington |
N/A |
T-25 |
250/1 |
|
West Virginia |
N/A |
T-25 |
250/1 |
