Gonzaga top 10 in updated KenPom rankings for 2025-26 season

Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs have long been darlings of the college basketball analytical world.

Few's high-octane, highly efficient offense, and the team's tendency to dominate opponents, have led to them ranking very high in computer models — often ahead of where major media outlets are projecting this program.

KenPom, the most popular college hoops analytics site, refreshed its rankings ahead of the 2025-26 season, and that pattern unsurprisingly continued — with Gonzaga ranked higher by the computer than anywhere else.

Gonzaga comes in at No. 8 in KenPom's model, behind Houston, Florida, Purdue, Kentucky, UConn, Illinois, and Duke.

KenPom projects Gonzaga's offensive rating — a measurement of offensive efficiency based on the average number of points scored per 100 possessions, and adjusted for opponent — to be the ninth best in college basketball, while their defensive rating is projected at No. 20.

Gonzaga is one of seven teams to be top 20 in both offensive and defensive rating, joining UConn, Florida, Illinois, Duke, Kentucky, and Houston. Only Florida, Kentucky, and Houston are in the top ten in both categories.

KenPom is one of, if not the only, major outlet including the Zags inside the top ten. ESPN's updated rankings have Gonzaga at No. 20, while On3 has the Zags No. 24 and Jon Rothstein has them at No. 18. Even other computer models, like EvanMiya (12) and Bart Torvik (24), aren't as high on the Zags as KenPom is.

It's worth noting that KenPom's roster does not include Tyon Grant-Foster, who is with the team after the NCAA granted him a practice waiver earlier this month. However, the Grand Canyon transfer and former WAC Player of the Year is still waiting for a waiver to participate in games this upcoming season. Should that be granted, Gonzaga may move even further up the rankings due to its scoring prowess and strong defense on the perimeter.