FAYETTEVILLE -- The University of Arkansas basketball team has yet to crack The Associated Press or USA Today coaches top 25 polls, but the Razorbacks (9-1) are No. 23 in the first NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) rankings, which were released Monday.
The NET is a ranking system the NCAA adopted last year to replace the Rating Percentage Index (RPI) in evaluating teams.
A team's strength of schedule -- and its opponents' strength of schedule -- is taken into account for the NET rankings as well as where games are played, margin of victory and offensive and defensive efficiency.