2018-2019 NCAA Basketball Projections

Below is a look at how I see the conference races shaking out in the 2018-2019 NCAA Basketball season. All power conferences are picked from top to bottom, with the projected NCAA Tournament teams in bold and italics.  The NCAA Tournament teams are listed for all conferences.

ACC
1. Duke
2. North Carolina
3. Virginia
4. Florida State
5. Syracuse
6. Virginia Tech
7. Clemson
8. Miami
9. NC State
10. Louisville
11. Notre Dame
12. Boston College
13. Wake Forest
14. Georgia Tech
15. Pittsburgh

Big 12
1. Kansas
2. Kansas State
3. West Virginia
4. Texas
5. TCU
6. Texas Tech
7. Iowa State
8. Baylor
9. Oklahoma
10. Oklahoma State

Big 10
1. Michigan State
2. Michigan
3. Purdue
4. Indiana
5. Maryland
6. Nebraska
7. Ohio State
8. Wisconsin
9. Northwestern
10. Minnesota
11. Iowa
12. Illinois
13. Penn State
14. Rutgers

Pac-12
1. Oregon
2. UCLA
3. Washington
4. Arizona
5. USC
6. Arizona State
7. Oregon State
8. Colorado
9. Stanford
10. Utah
11. Cal
12. Washington State

SEC
1. Kentucky
2. Tennessee
3. Auburn
4. LSU
5. Florida
6. Mississippi State
7. Alabama
8. Texas A&M
9. Missouri
10. Vanderbilt
11. Arkansas
12. South Carolina
13. Georgia
14. Ole Miss

Big East
1. Villanova
2. Marquette
3. Xavier
4. Butler
5. St. John's
6. Providence
7. Creighton
8. Georgetown
9. Seton Hall
10. DePaul

American
1. Cincinnati
2. UCF

Atlantic-10
1. Davidson

AEC
1. Vermont

Atlantic Sun
1. Lipscomb

Big Sky
1. Montana

Big South
1. Radford

Big West
1. UC Irvine

Colonial
1. Northeastern

Conference USA
1. Western Kentucky

Horizon
1. Wright State

Ivy
1. Harvard

MAAC
1. Rider

MAC
1. Buffalo

MEAC
1. Bethune-Cookman

MVC
1. Loyola (IL)

Mountain West
1. Nevada

NEC
1. St. Francis (PA)

OVC
1. Belmont

Patriot
1. Lehigh

SoCon
1. UNC Greensboro

Southland
1. Stephen F Austin

Summit
1. South Dakota State

Sun Belt
1. Georgia State

SWAC
1. Texas Southern

WAC
1. New Mexico State

WCC
1. Gonzaga