Conference Power Rankings

During a slow week in college basketball, the following are my current power rankings and where I think each team will eventually end up:

Big East:

1. Georgetown- NCAA
2. Pittsburgh- NCAA
3. Marquette- NCAA
4. West Virginia- NCAA
5. Louisville- NCAA
6. Connecticut- NCAA
7. Notre Dame- NIT
8. Villanova- NCAA
9. Syracuse- NCAA
10. Seton Hall- NIT
11. Providence- NIT
12. St. John's
13. South Florida
14. DePaul
15. Rutgers
16. Cincinnati

ACC:

1. North Carolina- NCAA
2. Duke- NCAA
3. Clemson- NCAA
4. Miami- NCAA
5. Boston College- NCAA
6. Virginia- NCAA
7. North Carolina State- NIT
8. Florida State- NIT
9. Georgia Tech
10. Maryland
11. Wake Forest
12. Virginia Tech

Big Ten:

1. Michigan State- NCAA
2. Indiana- NCAA
3. Wisconsin- NCAA
4. Purdue- NCAA
5. Illinois- NCAA
6. Minnesota- NIT
7. Ohio State- NIT
8. Penn State
9. Iowa
10. Northwestern
11. Michigan

Big 12:

1. Kansas- NCAA
2. Texas- NCAA
3. Texas A&M- NCAA
4. Baylor- NCAA
5. Kansas State- NIT
6. Missouri- NIT
7. Texas Tech- NIT
8. Nebraska
9. Oklahoma State
10. Oklahoma
11. Iowa State
12. Colorado

SEC:

1. Tennessee- NCAA (1 East)
2. Arkansas- NCAA (1 West)
3. Vanderbilt- NCAA (2 East)
4. Florida- NCAA (3 East)
5. Georgia- NIT (4 East)
6. Kentucky (5 East)
7. Mississippi (2 West)
8. Alabama- NIT (3 West)
9. South Carolina (6 East)
10. Mississippi State (4 West)
11. LSU (5 West)
12. Auburn (6 West)

Pac 10:

1. UCLA- NCAA
2. Washington State- NCAA
3. Oregon- NCAA
4. Arizona- NCAA
5. USC- NCAA
6. Stanford- NCAA
7. California- NCAA
8. Washington- NIT
9. Arizona State
10. Oregon State

That's 34 NCAA spots for the BCS leagues, which means there are 31 left for all other leagues. With the 6 automatic bids, this means there are only 6 at-large spots for all other teams. You'd have to figure one of those will go to whoever doesn't win the West Coast Conference (Gonzaga or St. Mary's), probably 2 or 3 from the Atlantic 10, one from the Mountain West, and possibly one from the Missouri Valley (weak league this year). Of course, you could see a team like Kansas State, Kentucky, Seton Hall, Providence, Notre Dame, or Ohio State move from the NIT into the NCAA picture which could take away some more spots. Likewise, a team listed here as NCAA could drop to the NIT. It may only be December 14, but the bubble picture is starting to take shape ever so slightly.