KenPom College Basketball Rating - March Madness

KenPom efficiency ratings for every Division I college basketball team from 2000 to 2026. Includes adjusted offensive and defensive efficiency, tempo, overall efficiency margin, national rankings for each metric, and NCAA Tournament seed where applicable. KenPom ratings are widely regarded as the gold standard for evaluating college basketball teams and are commonly used for March Madness bracket analysis, historical trend research, and predictive modeling.

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Year	TeamName	Tempo	RankTempo	AdjTempo	RankAdjTempo	OE	RankOE	AdjOE	RankAdjOE	DE	RankDE	AdjDE	RankAdjDE	AdjEM	RankAdjEM
2000	Air Force	68.4	215	67.08	245	95.43	231	97.62	216	106.42	284	104.97	230	-7.34	224
2000	Akron	71.25	120	70.23	128	103.76	85	106.53	80	101.48	196	101.1	148	5.43	108
2000	Alabama	70.98	127	70.47	118	101.92	115	107.55	69	101.94	206	99.65	128	7.9	85
2000	Alabama A&M	78.16	6	75.24	19	92.9	265	89.32	299	93.16	45	99.58	127	-10.26	246
2000	Alabama St.	71.97	99	68.21	205	90.92	285	87.9	306	96.62	100	103.28	197	-15.39	284
2000	Albany	67.51	241	67.48	229	91.77	273	92.46	273	100.25	176	107.91	271	-15.44	285
2000	Alcorn St.	74.53	38	71.05	100	98.73	173	97.85	214	96.08	90	103.45	204	-5.6	203
2000	American	70.53	137	70.26	126	90.34	290	91.37	285	94.47	59	97.07	91	-5.7	205
2000	Appalachian St.	72.5	79	72.67	49	104.41	71	103.44	125	94.7	64	98.02	103	5.42	110
2000	Arizona	73.54	49	73.12	42	104.56	68	111.49	25	91.56	27	88.82	15	22.67	17
2000	Arizona St.	75.41	29	74.55	22	104.02	80	110.47	33	98.18	134	96.38	80	14.09	39
2000	Arkansas	73.47	50	72.64	50	100.71	136	105.86	93	94.97	72	93.73	48	12.13	48
2000	Arkansas Little Rock	69.12	190	68.76	179	97.48	195	98.52	202	111.12	308	114.03	313	-15.5	286
2000	Arkansas Pine Bluff	77.27	12	74.39	24	83.85	315	83.18	317	102.37	214	107.83	267	-24.64	313
2000	Arkansas St.	71.51	108	71.62	81	99.04	170	101.92	143	105.23	269	106.8	251	-4.88	196
2000	Army	67.19	251	67.03	247	77.23	317	78.12	318	96.49	95	101.8	161	-23.68	311
2000	Auburn	68.38	216	67.55	227	101.82	116	106.29	86	92.18	33	91.79	29	14.51	38
2000	Austin Peay	66.26	276	65.35	283	107.93	30	106.22	87	101.63	197	101.86	165	4.36	119
2000	BYU	68.97	194	67.95	212	102.71	103	104.57	107	93.9	54	93.65	47	10.92	60
2000	Ball St.	68.6	208	68.9	175	104.45	69	108.47	53	97.19	106	96.58	85	11.89	51
2000	Baylor	69.81	164	68.48	194	93.66	259	97.34	221	97.87	127	97.18	92	0.16	158
2000	Belmont	67.58	238	67.82	217	96.82	207	100.9	161	110.87	306	114.86	315	-13.96	274
2000	Bethune Cookman	75.93	24	73.57	36	99.2	161	96.48	231	97.69	123	103.32	198	-6.84	217
2000	Boise St.	65.61	285	65.25	286	94.36	247	95.38	242	94.75	66	94.97	60	0.41	156
2000	Boston College	71.43	112	69.93	141	95.98	223	100.5	170	97.2	107	96.82	87	3.68	129
2000	Boston University	64.74	294	63.31	305	91.72	274	91.66	281	103.62	240	107.89	269	-16.23	290
2000	Bowling Green	69.59	169	69.58	152	106.09	44	108.25	57	100.58	179	99.83	130	8.42	82
2000	Bradley	66.6	270	67.03	246	96.81	208	100.96	160	94.99	73	94.11	52	6.85	95
2000	Brown	70.26	149	71.81	78	94.79	241	93.9	261	104.28	253	112.05	304	-18.15	300
2000	Bucknell	67.07	256	66.7	252	94.38	246	94.64	252	92.28	35	98.85	115	-4.21	188
2000	Buffalo	74.98	33	74.03	30	88.52	296	91.84	279	109.08	304	106.85	252	-15.0	281
2000	Butler	63.86	304	64.66	292	106.34	41	105.97	91	86.74	4	88.66	13	17.31	30
2000	Cal Poly	73.12	59	73.0	45	103.68	87	105.36	100	111.37	311	112.67	308	-7.31	222
2000	Cal St. Fullerton	70.48	139	70.48	117	100.47	140	102.43	136	111.33	310	114.06	314	-11.63	260
2000	Cal St. Northridge	73.57	47	72.63	51	104.91	63	103.9	118	99.31	159	98.36	108	5.53	106
2000	California	70.45	141	70.11	135	102.43	110	107.49	70	99.47	164	96.97	88	10.52	63
2000	Campbell	64.47	299	64.68	291	98.14	180	96.24	234	108.29	299	111.61	298	-15.36	283
2000	Canisius	71.88	101	68.99	174	99.16	165	98.83	197	105.92	282	108.41	277	-9.58	240
2000	Centenary	64.67	296	63.45	303	91.07	282	93.45	264	103.06	232	103.0	189	-9.54	239
2000	Central Connecticut	70.49	138	69.76	144	104.07	78	100.4	173	89.35	14	98.31	105	2.09	145
2000	Central Michigan	69.4	177	68.71	182	97.66	190	101.24	150	107.99	296	105.82	243	-4.58	190
2000	Charleston Southern	74.26	41	73.63	34	85.18	310	83.67	316	100.94	188	104.71	226	-21.04	308
2000	Chattanooga	67.48	245	66.28	261	102.01	112	101.05	154	106.45	286	109.24	286	-8.19	232
2000	Chicago St.	68.01	226	68.5	192	94.88	239	96.47	232	105.65	277	107.63	263	-11.16	254
2000	Cincinnati	70.45	140	69.88	143	112.28	5	119.33	2	87.67	9	86.17	4	33.16	2
2000	Clemson	67.39	246	66.24	263	95.71	226	100.15	178	104.09	249	102.75	183	-2.59	174
2000	Cleveland St.	72.3	86	73.07	43	103.05	94	104.56	108	98.68	152	100.13	134	4.43	118
2000	Coastal Carolina	72.57	75	71.21	95	96.92	205	97.89	212	103.58	239	108.81	282	-10.91	250
2000	Colgate	68.45	212	67.43	232	90.93	283	91.47	284	95.28	77	102.22	175	-10.75	248
2000	College of Charleston	65.88	282	65.72	276	103.94	81	100.34	175	92.23	34	96.38	81	3.95	126

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What You Can Do

Predicting March Madness bracket outcomes using efficiency metrics

Comparing offensive and defensive efficiency across teams and seasons

Analyzing historical trends in team performance over 26 seasons

Identifying tempo and style-of-play matchup advantages

Evaluating which efficiency metrics best predict tournament success

Building predictive models for NCAA Tournament games

Data Dictionary

Column	Type	Description
Year	integer	Season year (e.g., 2026 for the 2025-26 season)
TeamName	text	College basketball team name
Tempo	decimal	Raw tempo — possessions per 40 minutes
RankTempo	integer	National ranking by raw tempo
AdjTempo	decimal	Adjusted tempo — possessions per 40 minutes adjusted for opponent
RankAdjTempo	integer	National ranking by adjusted tempo
OE	decimal	Raw offensive efficiency — points scored per 100 possessions
RankOE	integer	National ranking by raw offensive efficiency
AdjOE	decimal	Adjusted offensive efficiency — points per 100 possessions adjusted for opponent
RankAdjOE	integer	National ranking by adjusted offensive efficiency
DE	decimal	Raw defensive efficiency — points allowed per 100 possessions
RankDE	integer	National ranking by raw defensive efficiency
AdjDE	decimal	Adjusted defensive efficiency — points allowed per 100 possessions adjusted for opponent
RankAdjDE	integer	National ranking by adjusted defensive efficiency
AdjEM	decimal	Adjusted efficiency margin — AdjOE minus AdjDE (higher is better)
RankAdjEM	integer	National ranking by adjusted efficiency margin (overall KenPom ranking)
seed	integer	NCAA Tournament seed (1-16), null if team did not make the tournament

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