We are just about 4 months away until BYU basketball begins the regular season in the highly anticipated first season of Kevin Young. BYU still has one open scholarship that they may or may not fill, but the roster is essentially set as BYU is in the middle of summer workouts and practices.
Media pundits have released way-too-early top 25 rankings since the end of the season in April, but one notable analytics guru updated his preseason rankings. Bart Torvik released updated his preseason projections and BYU checks in at number 28. The rankings formula follows many of the same principles as KenPom, with offensive and defensive efficiency at the core of determining rankings. Torvik has BYU at 22 in offensive efficiency and 41 in defensive efficiency. BYU finished last season at 24 in Torvik’s rankings.
The #28 rankings slots BYU at 8th overall in the 16-team Big 12. Below are the full 16-team conference rankings and where each team ranks nationally.
1. Houston
3. Iowa State
4. Kansas
10. Arizona
14. Baylor
20. Texas Tech
27. Kansas State
28. BYU
29. Cincinnati
50. TCU
59. UCF
65. Arizona State
80. Utah
83. West Virginia
88. Oklahoma State
113. Colorado
The 5 teams BYU play twice are Arizona (#4 in Big 12), Cincinnati (#9), Arizona State (#12), Utah (#13), and West Virginia (#14).
Below are the rankings of the reported BYU non conference opponents:
BYU will play 2 of Purdue, Ole Miss, or NC State
