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March 5, 2026 ACC Basketball Power Rankings

We also take a guess at where the NCAA tournament cutline should be.

Stats come from https://www.warrennolan.com/

18. Georgia Tech (11-19, 2-15) NET 172, RPI 235

Last Week : 18

The nightmare season will be over Saturday, maybe with it Damon Stoudamire’s job.

17. Notre Dame (13-17, 4-13) NET 92, RPI 119

Last week: 17

Notre Dame upset NC State for a nice moment in an otherwise disastrous season. They go to BC on Saturday.

16. Boston College (10-20, 3-14) NET 162, RPI 227

Last Week: 15

Boston College hasn’t stopped competing, but it’s been another forgettable season for BC. They play Notre Dame this weekend.

15. Pitt (11-19, 4-13) NET 112, RPI 179

Last week: 16

Pitt is actually playing with some spark. It’s obviously too little too late, as Pitt heads to Syracuse.

14. Wake Forest (15-15, 6-11) NET 66, RPI 86

Last Week: 14

Wake Forest should have never been this bad. They can wreck Cal’s NCAA hopes.

13. Syracuse (15-15, 6-11) NET 79, RPI 98

Last week: 13

Syracuse is the epitome of mediocre. They have Pitt to finish out the season.

12. Stanford  (19-11, 8-9) NET 63, RPI 59

Last Week: 12

Stanford has put itself on the fringes of the bubble with a 3-game winning streak. Now, if they win at NC State, they might really give themselves a shot at the NCAA Tournament.

11. Florida State (16-14, 9-8) NET 74, RPI 85

Last Week: 11

Florida State been an NCAA-caliber team since mid January. If they don’t get in, they can make sure SMU probably doesn’t either when they play Saturday.

10. Virginia Tech (19-11, 8-9) NET 55, RPI 50

Last Week: 10

Virginia Tech has already beaten Virginia once. Can they do it again? Well, they have too.

9. California  (20-9, 9-8) NET 64, RPI 59

Last Week: 9

Cal absolutely must win at Wake Forest if they want any shot at the NCAAs going into the ACCT.  That loss to Pitt was just brutal.

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8. SMU  (19-11, 8-9) NET 38, RPI 40

Last Week: 7

SMU’s NCAA hopes are in big trouble. They’ve lost three in a row, and now head to FSU to face a Nole team that’s playing well. I don’t like their chances at all if they are 8-10 in the league.

7. NC State (19-11, 10-7) NET 33, RPI 36

Last Week: 6

NC State has lost 5 of its last 6, and is just playing poor basketball. They finish the season with a home game against Stanford. Lose that, and they could be playing in Dayton.

6. Louisville (21-9, 10-7) NET 15, RPI 28

Last Week: 4

Louisville drops behind Clemson due to their recent loss to the Tigers, but they are in the NCAAs easily and playing for seeding. A game at Miami will be extremely tough.

5. Clemson (21-9, 11-6) NET 35, RPI 39

Last Week: 8

Clemson has still lost 5 of their last 6 games, but they did beat Louisville to lock up an NCAA bid. They’ll get a scrimmage in against Georgia Tech before the ACCT.

4. Miami (24-6, 13-4)  NET 29, RPI 46

Last Week:5

Miami is 3 points from being undefeated since January. They finish the season with Louisville.

3. North Carolina (24-6, 12-5) NET 24, RPI 5

Last Week: 3

North Carolina gets their second shot at Duke. If any ACC team has a shot to compete with Duke it’s UNC.

2. Virginia  (26-4, 14-3) NET 13, RPI 14

Last Week: 2

Virginia Tech can end Virginia’s NCAA hopes Saturday and lock down no worse than a top 5 NCAA seed.

1. Duke (28-2, 16-1) NET 1, RPI 1

Last Week: 1

Duke is turning NCAA-caliber teams into roadkill. Their one ACC loss is their next opponent, arch rival UNC.

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