Ready or not, the upcoming men's college basketball season is approaching.

UConn has won back-to-back collegiate national championships and looks to potentially win a third consecutive after nearly losing head coach Dan Hurley to the NBA. Meanwhile, there are plenty of old faces in new places, most notably John Calipari leaving Kentucky for Arkansas.

After another busy offseason with the transfer portal and plenty of notable freshman (e.g. Duke's Cooper Flagg) beginning their NCAA tenures, there is a lot to keep track of before the play on the court actually begins.

One way that is often helpful to sort it out is by using advanced analytics. While these predictive metrics are by no means perfect, they give us a more comprehensive understanding of what the season could look like for every D-I team in the nation.

Using help from popular statisticians (e.g. Ken Pomeroy, Bart Torvik, Evan Miya, and Erik Haslam) we are able to exactly that.

The numbers next to each name represent where each team will begin each season, per each statistican.

Some math you can skip if that isn't your thing: Our methodology involved finding the predicted net rating (or how many points per 100 possession a team will outscore their opponents) from each team on each website. We then averaged out how many standard deviations above the mean (also commonly known as a "Z-Score") to find a total result.

1. Houston

KEN POM: 1

BART TORVIK: 1

EVAN MIYA: 1

ERIK HASLAM: 1

2. Duke

KEN POM: 2

BART TORVIK: 2

EVAN MIYA: 3

ERIK HASLAM: 5

3. Kansas

KEN POM: 6

BART TORVIK: 4

EVAN MIYA: 6

ERIK HASLAM: 4

4. Alabama

KEN POM: 4

BART TORVIK: 9

EVAN MIYA: 4

ERIK HASLAM: 7

5. Gonzaga

KEN POM: 9

BART TORVIK: 8

EVAN MIYA: 2

ERIK HASLAM: 8

6. Iowa State

KEN POM: 7

BART TORVIK: 3

EVAN MIYA: 5

ERIK HASLAM: 9

7. Auburn

KEN POM: 3

BART TORVIK: 7

EVAN MIYA: 9

ERIK HASLAM: 6

8. UConn

KEN POM: 5

BART TORVIK: 13

EVAN MIYA: 8

ERIK HASLAM: 2

9. Arizona

KEN POM: 8

BART TORVIK: 10

EVAN MIYA: 7

ERIK HASLAM: 3

10. North Carolina

KEN POM: 14

BART TORVIK: 5

EVAN MIYA: 14

ERIK HASLAM: 10

11. Tennessee

KEN POM: 13

BART TORVIK: 6

EVAN MIYA: 12

ERIK HASLAM: 12

12. Purdue

KEN POM: 10

BART TORVIK: 17

EVAN MIYA: 11

ERIK HASLAM: 11

13. Baylor

KEN POM: 11

BART TORVIK: 15

EVAN MIYA: 10

ERIK HASLAM: 14

14. Creighton

KEN POM: 12

BART TORVIK: 14

EVAN MIYA: 13

ERIK HASLAM: 16

15. Texas A&M

KEN POM: 16

BART TORVIK: 12

EVAN MIYA: 18

ERIK HASLAM: 18

16. Texas

KEN POM: 18

BART TORVIK: 11

EVAN MIYA: 19

ERIK HASLAM: 13

17. Texas Tech

KEN POM: 15

BART TORVIK: 20

EVAN MIYA: 16

ERIK HASLAM: 30

18. Cincinnati

KEN POM: 17

BART TORVIK: 27

EVAN MIYA: 15

ERIK HASLAM: 27

19. UCLA

KEN POM: 26

BART TORVIK: 24

EVAN MIYA: 23

ERIK HASLAM: 15

20. Marquette

KEN POM: 22

BART TORVIK: 25

EVAN MIYA: 20

ERIK HASLAM: 19

21. Kentucky

KEN POM: 42

BART TORVIK: 23

EVAN MIYA: 22

ERIK HASLAM: 17

22. Illinois

KEN POM: 23

BART TORVIK: 21

EVAN MIYA: 30

ERIK HASLAM: 21

23. Mississippi State

KEN POM: 32

BART TORVIK: 22

EVAN MIYA: 21

ERIK HASLAM: 24

24. BYU

KEN POM: 21

BART TORVIK: 28

EVAN MIYA: 28

ERIK HASLAM: 29

25. Michigan State

KEN POM: 35

BART TORVIK: 18

EVAN MIYA: 29

ERIK HASLAM: 23

HONORABLE MENTIONS

26. Indiana

27. St. John's

28. Clemson

29. Florida

30. Villanova

31. Xavier

32. Mississippi

33. Iowa

34. Ohio St.

35. Oregon

36. Arkansas

37. Wake Forest

38. Michigan

39. Maryland

40. Saint Mary's

41. USC

42. Kansas St.

43. Wisconsin

44. Oklahoma

45. Memphis

46. Pittsburgh

47. Dayton

48. Grand Canyon

49. VCU

50. TCU

51. Northwestern

52. Nebraska

53. N.C. State

54. Rutgers

55. SMU

56. Providence

57. Syracuse

58. New Mexico

59. LSU

60. Missouri

61. Boise St.

62. Nevada

63. Georgia

64. San Diego St.

65. Notre Dame

66. Penn St.

67. UCF

68. Virginia

This article originally appeared on For The Win: A composite of college basketball rankings for the 2024-25 men's season using analytics like KenPom