See, mention the state you are talking about.. Till then, I'll tell you about my state - MHT-CET entrance exam. Government colleges like VJTI had cutoff around 177 marks for CS courses and around 171 for IT branch. If you talk about best private colleges, then CS and IT there had cutoff around 150 marks. Other fields like Mechanical, Civil, Electrical, etc in VJTI, SARDAR PATEL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING had cutoff around 150-160 marks.

So to get the best branch in best college, you need to get 175+ to be one the safest of sides. I had 157 last year and I got CS branch not in any government colleges of my state, but atleast in one of the best private colleges.

Feel free to ask any further query.

Best wishes. Thank-you.