Indiana No. 12 in First Kenpom Rankings of Season, Only Big Ten Team in Top 20

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana has been picked to complete first within the Huge Ten in a number of preseason media polls this season, so it comes as no shock that the Hoosiers are the highest-ranked group within the first KenPom.com rankings. The Hoosiers checked in at No. 12.

What’s a bit shocking is that Indiana is the one Huge Ten group within the prime 20. The subsequent-highest group is Iowa at No. 23. Right here is the place all 14 Huge Ten groups checked in for the primary KenPom rankings:

• No. 12 — INDIANA
• No. 23 — Iowa
• No. 25 — Purdue
• No. 26 — Michigan
• No. 31 — Michigan State
• No. 32 — Ohio State
• No. 33 — Illinois
• No. 46 — Penn State
• No. 50 — Rutgers
• No. 55 — Wisconsin
• No. 56 — Maryland
• No. 70 — Northwestern
• No. 108 — Nebraska
• No. 109 — Minnesota

Final season, Indiana was No. 31 within the first Kenpom rating and completed No. 48. With starters Trayce Jackson-Davis, Race Thompson, Xavier Johnson and Miller Kopp all coming back from and Indiana group that went 21-14 a 12 months in the past, that is the very best they have been ranked within the preseason since 2012. Indiana additionally has a top-10 recruiting class coming in, led by Jalen Hood-Schifino.

This is the place all of Indiana’s nonconference opponents rank on this first Kenpom listing:

• Morehead State (Nov. 7 in Bloomington) — No. 223
• Bethune Cookman (Nov. 10 in Bloomington) — No. 306
• Xavier (Nov. 18 in Cincinnati) — No. 38
• Miami of Ohio (Nov. 20 in Indianapolis) — No. 262
• Little Rock (Nov. 23 in Bloomington) — No. 310
• Jackson State (Nov. 25 in Bloomington) — No. 319
• North Carolina (Nov. 30 in Bloomington) — No. 9 
• Arizona (Dec. 10 in Las Vegas) — No. 10
• Kansas (Dec. 17 in Lawrence, Kan.) — No. 8  
• Elon (Dec. 20 in Bloomington) — No. 302
• Kennesaw State (Dec. 23 in Bloomington) — No. 209