PiRate Ratings College Basketball Preview for January 5-6, 2019

This Weekend’s PiRate Ratings For Power Conferences & Top 25

Saturday’s Games
Home Team	Visitor	Spread
Virginia Tech	Boston College	16.1
Pittsburgh	North Carolina	-9.3
Notre Dame	Syracuse	-0.4
Georgia Tech	Wake Forest	6.5
Virginia	Florida St.	9.5
Duke	Clemson	16.7
Texas Tech	Kansas St.	11.1
Oklahoma	Oklahoma St.	10.6
TCU	Baylor	6.7
Iowa St.	Kansas	0.3
Texas	West Virginia	5.6
Butler	Creighton	1.1
Georgetown	St. John’s	-1.6
Providence	Villanova	-3.1
Ohio St.	Michigan St.	-2.4
Rutgers	Maryland	-3.8
Arizona	Utah	9.1
UCLA	California	12.0
Arizona St.	Colorado	5.3
Oregon	Oregon St.	6.3
Washington	Washington St.	11.0
Alabama	Kentucky	-3.9
Tennessee	Georgia	13.2
Texas A&M	Arkansas	0.6
Florida	South Carolina	12.7
Vanderbilt	Ole Miss	1.8
Gonzaga	Santa Clara	25.8
New Mexico	Nevada	-12.0

 

Sunday’s Games
Home Team	Visitor	Spread
Marquette	Xavier	7.5
DePaul	Seton Hall	-2.7
Northwestern	Illinois	7.2
Wichita St.	Temple	-0.9
Michigan	Indiana	6.4
Iowa	Nebraska	-2.2
Houston	Memphis	8.6
Louisville	Miami (Fla)	4.7
Penn St.	Wisconsin	-2.6
USC	Stanford	5.7

 

This Week’s PiRate Ratings 1 to 353

Rk	Team	PiRate
1	Duke	123.3
2	Gonzaga	119.3
3	Virginia	118.6
4	Michigan St.	118.3
5	North Carolina	117.9
6	Virginia Tech	116.7
7	Kansas	116.3
8	Nevada	115.9
9	Tennessee	115.6
10	Auburn	115.6
11	Michigan	115.6
12	Texas Tech	115.6
13	Nebraska	114.7
14	Kentucky	114.5
15	North Carolina St.	114.5
16	Iowa St.	113.6
17	Purdue	113.5
18	Wisconsin	113.1
19	Florida St.	113.1
20	Ohio St.	112.9
21	Oklahoma	112.8
22	Mississippi St.	112.7
23	Cincinnati	112.7
24	Florida	112.7
25	Villanova	112.2
26	Indiana	112.2
27	Buffalo	111.9
28	TCU	111.8
29	Creighton	111.5
30	Texas	111.1
31	Houston	111.1
32	Maryland	110.9
33	Marquette	110.8
34	Syracuse	110.7
35	Clemson	110.6
36	St. John’s	110.2
37	Louisville	110.0
38	UCF	109.5
39	LSU	109.5
40	Iowa	109.5
41	Oregon	109.4
42	Saint Mary’s	109.4
43	Wofford	109.1
44	Butler	109.1
45	San Francisco	109.0
46	Seton Hall	108.8
47	Northwestern	108.8
48	Mississippi	108.6
49	Kansas St.	108.5
50	West Virginia	108.5
51	Utah St.	108.5
52	Arizona	108.4
53	Miami FL	108.3
54	Lipscomb	108.2
55	Toledo	108.2
56	Arizona St.	108.1
57	Baylor	108.1
58	Penn St.	108.0
59	Minnesota	107.9
60	Fresno St.	107.9
61	Alabama	107.6
62	Washington	107.6
63	Murray St.	107.4
64	Vanderbilt	107.4
65	Arkansas	107.3
66	Temple	107.1
67	VCU	106.9
68	Notre Dame	106.8
69	Providence	106.6
70	Ball St.	106.5
71	UCLA	106.4
72	Dayton	106.3
73	Xavier	106.3
74	Hofstra	106.2
75	Loyola Chicago	106.2
76	Missouri	106.1
77	New Mexico St.	105.9
78	BYU	105.9
79	South Dakota St.	105.9
80	Liberty	105.9
81	Colorado	105.8
82	Yale	105.7
83	SMU	105.7
84	Belmont	105.7
85	Oregon St.	105.6
86	Pittsburgh	105.6
87	USC	105.6
88	Georgetown	105.6
89	East Tennessee St.	105.5
90	Georgia	105.4
91	UNC Greensboro	105.4
92	Old Dominion	105.3
93	Connecticut	105.3
94	Davidson	105.2
95	Western Kentucky	105.2
96	Georgia Tech	105.1
97	Memphis	105.0
98	Texas A&M	104.9
99	Montana	104.8
100	San Diego	104.7
101	Saint Louis	104.7
102	Oklahoma St.	104.7
103	Rutgers	104.6
104	Rhode Island	104.4
105	Georgia St.	104.3
106	UC Irvine	104.3
107	Harvard	104.2
108	Vermont	104.2
109	San Diego St.	104.1
110	Akron	104.1
111	Illinois	104.1
112	Boston College	104.1
113	Furman	104.0
114	Penn	103.8
115	North Texas	103.8
116	DePaul	103.6
117	Grand Canyon	103.6
118	Texas St.	103.6
119	South Carolina	103.5
120	Northeastern	103.5
121	Northern Kentucky	103.5
122	Wichita St.	103.2
123	Georgia Southern	103.1
124	Louisiana Tech	102.8
125	Tulsa	102.8
126	Austin Peay	102.7
127	Boise St.	102.5
128	Marshall	102.5
129	Jacksonville St.	102.5
130	UCSB	102.4
131	Southern Illinois	102.4
132	Stanford	102.4
133	Utah	102.3
134	Radford	102.3
135	Saint Joseph’s	102.2
136	Utah Valley	102.2
137	Brown	102.0
138	Drake	101.9
139	Loyola Marymount	101.8
140	George Mason	101.7
141	Rider	101.5
142	Bucknell	101.5
143	Kent St.	101.5
144	Gardner Webb	101.5
145	Charleston	101.4
146	UMass	101.3
147	Winthrop	101.1
148	Northern Colorado	101.1
149	Wake Forest	101.1
150	UNLV	100.8
151	Lehigh	100.8
152	Holy Cross	100.7
153	Seattle	100.6
154	Weber St.	100.6
155	Richmond	100.5
156	Northern Illinois	100.5
157	Stony Brook	100.5
158	Louisiana	100.5
159	Louisiana Monroe	100.4
160	Samford	100.3
161	Miami OH	100.3
162	St. Bonaventure	100.1
163	Purdue Fort Wayne	100.1
164	Cal St. Fullerton	100.1
165	South Florida	100.1
166	NJIT	100.1
167	Southern Miss	100.1
168	Coastal Carolina	100.0
169	Wright St.	99.9
170	New Mexico	99.9
171	Ohio	99.6
172	Indiana St.	99.6
173	Central Michigan	99.5
174	Green Bay	99.5
175	Abilene Christian	99.4
176	Colgate	99.4
177	Duquesne	99.4
178	Princeton	99.3
179	Valparaiso	99.3
180	Mercer	99.2
181	Washington St.	99.1
182	UAB	99.1
183	Charleston Southern	99.1
184	Pacific	99.0
185	Illinois St.	99.0
186	Evansville	98.8
187	Bowling Green	98.7
188	Missouri St.	98.6
189	Cal St. Bakersfield	98.4
190	Bradley	98.4
191	Troy	98.4
192	American	98.4
193	IUPUI	98.4
194	The Citadel	98.2
195	Omaha	98.2
196	Hartford	98.1
197	Appalachian St.	98.1
198	Pepperdine	98.0
199	Texas Southern	97.9
200	South Dakota	97.9
201	Fordham	97.9
202	Northern Iowa	97.7
203	California Baptist	97.7
204	Western Michigan	97.7
205	Hawaii	97.6
206	North Dakota St.	97.6
207	Wagner	97.6
208	Eastern Michigan	97.6
209	Santa Clara	97.5
210	Iona	97.5
211	Florida International	97.5
212	Stephen F. Austin	97.5
213	William & Mary	97.4
214	Dartmouth	97.4
215	Boston University	97.2
216	Oakland	97.1
217	South Alabama	97.1
218	Lamar	97.1
219	UTSA	97.0
220	North Florida	97.0
221	Illinois Chicago	97.0
222	California	96.9
223	Canisius	96.9
224	Long Beach St.	96.8
225	St. Francis PA	96.8
226	Columbia	96.7
227	Presbyterian	96.6
228	UNC Wilmington	96.5
229	Florida Atlantic	96.5
230	Hampton	96.4
231	Detroit	96.3
232	Idaho St.	96.3
233	Campbell	96.2
234	High Point	96.1
235	Delaware	96.0
236	UMBC	95.9
237	Fairfield	95.9
238	Marist	95.8
239	Colorado St.	95.7
240	UMass Lowell	95.6
241	Florida Gulf Coast	95.5
242	LIU Brooklyn	95.5
243	Little Rock	95.5
244	Fairleigh Dickinson	95.5
245	La Salle	95.5
246	Quinnipiac	95.4
247	UC Davis	95.4
248	UTEP	95.3
249	Towson	95.3
250	Drexel	95.3
251	Sacramento St.	95.2
252	Cornell	95.2
253	UMKC	95.0
254	Eastern Kentucky	95.0
255	Robert Morris	94.9
256	Arkansas St.	94.9
257	Morehead St.	94.8
258	Army	94.8
259	Albany	94.8
260	Sam Houston St.	94.8
261	UT Arlington	94.8
262	Siena	94.8
263	Niagara	94.8
264	UT Rio Grande Valley	94.7
265	Western Illinois	94.6
266	James Madison	94.4
267	Houston Baptist	94.3
268	East Carolina	94.3
269	Milwaukee	94.3
270	Tulane	94.2
271	George Washington	94.2
272	Air Force	94.2
273	Middle Tennessee	94.1
274	Saint Peter’s	94.1
275	Cleveland St.	94.0
276	Norfolk St.	94.0
277	North Carolina Central	94.0
278	Nicholls St.	93.9
279	Grambling St.	93.9
280	Eastern Washington	93.9
281	Longwood	93.8
282	St. Francis NY	93.8
283	Sacred Heart	93.8
284	Chattanooga	93.7
285	Portland St.	93.7
286	Southeast Missouri St.	93.6
287	Wyoming	93.6
288	North Dakota	93.4
289	Texas A&M Corpus Chris	93.3
290	Central Arkansas	93.2
291	Loyola MD	93.2
292	Jacksonville	93.1
293	Montana St.	93.1
294	Prairie View A&M	93.1
295	Eastern Illinois	93.0
296	Oral Roberts	92.8
297	Central Connecticut	92.7
298	Denver	92.7
299	Monmouth	92.6
300	UC Riverside	92.6
301	Tennessee St.	92.5
302	McNeese St.	92.5
303	Howard	92.3
304	Southern Utah	92.3
305	Lafayette	92.2
306	UT Martin	92.2
307	New Orleans	92.2
308	Portland	92.1
309	Rice	91.9
310	Navy	91.9
311	Southeastern Louisiana	91.8
312	Bethune Cookman	91.7
313	Charlotte	91.4
314	North Carolina A&T	91.4
315	Cal Poly	91.3
316	Youngstown St.	91.2
317	Cal St. Northridge	91.2
318	Idaho	90.9
319	Northern Arizona	90.8
320	Western Carolina	90.7
321	Binghamton	90.6
322	Morgan St.	90.4
323	Manhattan	90.3
324	USC Upstate	90.2
325	Arkansas Pine Bluff	90.1
326	Maine	90.1
327	VMI	90.1
328	Elon	90.1
329	Mount St. Mary’s	90.0
330	SIU Edwardsville	90.0
331	Alabama St.	89.9
332	Bryant	89.7
333	Tennessee Tech	89.6
334	North Alabama	89.4
335	San Jose St.	89.3
336	South Carolina St.	88.9
337	New Hampshire	88.6
338	Southern	88.4
339	Jackson St.	88.1
340	Florida A&M	88.1
341	Kennesaw St.	87.1
342	Stetson	87.1
343	Incarnate Word	86.6
344	Alcorn St.	86.4
345	Northwestern St.	85.6
346	UNC Asheville	85.0
347	Maryland Eastern Shore	84.5
348	Coppin St.	84.5
349	Alabama A&M	84.3
350	Mississippi Valley St.	83.9
351	Savannah St.	83.6
352	Chicago St.	82.0
353	Delaware St.	81.6

 

PiRate Ratings By Conferences

American Athletic	PiRate Rating
Cincinnati	112.7
Houston	111.1
UCF	109.5
Temple	107.1
SMU	105.7
Connecticut	105.3
Memphis	105.0
Wichita St.	103.2
Tulsa	102.8
South Florida	100.1
East Carolina	94.3
Tulane	94.2
American East	PiRate Rating
Vermont	104.2
Stony Brook	100.5
Hartford	98.1
UMBC	95.9
UMass Lowell	95.6
Albany	94.8
Binghamton	90.6
Maine	90.1
New Hampshire	88.6
Atlantic 10	PiRate Rating
VCU	106.9
Dayton	106.3
Davidson	105.2
Saint Louis	104.7
Rhode Island	104.4
Saint Joseph’s	102.2
George Mason	101.7
UMass	101.3
Richmond	100.5
St. Bonaventure	100.1
Duquesne	99.4
Fordham	97.9
La Salle	95.5
George Washington	94.2
Atlantic Coast	PiRate Rating
Duke	123.3
Virginia	118.6
North Carolina	117.9
Virginia Tech	116.7
North Carolina St.	114.5
Florida St.	113.1
Syracuse	110.7
Clemson	110.6
Louisville	110.0
Miami FL	108.3
Notre Dame	106.8
Pittsburgh	105.6
Georgia Tech	105.1
Boston College	104.1
Wake Forest	101.1
Atlantic Sun	PiRate Rating
Lipscomb	108.2
Liberty	105.9
NJIT	100.1
North Florida	97.0
Florida Gulf Coast	95.5
Jacksonville	93.1
North Alabama	89.4
Kennesaw St.	87.1
Stetson	87.1
Big 12	PiRate Rating
Kansas	116.3
Texas Tech	115.6
Iowa St.	113.6
Oklahoma	112.8
TCU	111.8
Texas	111.1
Kansas St.	108.5
West Virginia	108.5
Baylor	108.1
Oklahoma St.	104.7
Big East	PiRate Rating
Villanova	112.2
Creighton	111.5
Marquette	110.8
St. John’s	110.2
Butler	109.1
Seton Hall	108.8
Providence	106.6
Xavier	106.3
Georgetown	105.6
DePaul	103.6
Big Sky	PiRate Rating
Montana	104.8
Northern Colorado	101.1
Weber St.	100.6
Idaho St.	96.3
Sacramento St.	95.2
Eastern Washington	93.9
Portland St.	93.7
Montana St.	93.1
Southern Utah	92.3
Idaho	90.9
Northern Arizona	90.8
Big South	PiRate Rating
Radford	102.3
Gardner Webb	101.5
Winthrop	101.1
Charleston Southern	99.1
Presbyterian	96.6
Hampton	96.4
Campbell	96.2
High Point	96.1
Longwood	93.8
USC Upstate	90.2
UNC Asheville	85.0
Big Ten	PiRate Rating
Michigan St.	118.3
Michigan	115.6
Nebraska	114.7
Purdue	113.5
Wisconsin	113.1
Ohio St.	112.9
Indiana	112.2
Maryland	110.9
Iowa	109.5
Northwestern	108.8
Penn St.	108.0
Minnesota	107.9
Rutgers	104.6
Illinois	104.1
Big West	PiRate Rating
UC Irvine	104.3
UCSB	102.4
Cal St. Fullerton	100.1
Hawaii	97.6
Long Beach St.	96.8
UC Davis	95.4
UC Riverside	92.6
Cal Poly	91.3
Cal St. Northridge	91.2
Colonial Athletic	PiRate Rating
Hofstra	106.2
Northeastern	103.5
Charleston	101.4
William & Mary	97.4
UNC Wilmington	96.5
Delaware	96.0
Towson	95.3
Drexel	95.3
James Madison	94.4
Elon	90.1
Conference USA	PiRate Rating
Old Dominion	105.3
Western Kentucky	105.2
North Texas	103.8
Louisiana Tech	102.8
Marshall	102.5
Southern Miss	100.1
UAB	99.1
Florida International	97.5
UTSA	97.0
Florida Atlantic	96.5
UTEP	95.3
Middle Tennessee	94.1
Rice	91.9
Charlotte	91.4
Horizon	PiRate Rating
Northern Kentucky	103.5
Wright St.	99.9
Green Bay	99.5
IUPUI	98.4
Oakland	97.1
Illinois Chicago	97.0
Detroit	96.3
Milwaukee	94.3
Cleveland St.	94.0
Youngstown St.	91.2
Ivy	PiRate Rating
Yale	105.7
Harvard	104.2
Penn	103.8
Brown	102.0
Princeton	99.3
Dartmouth	97.4
Columbia	96.7
Cornell	95.2
Metro Atlantic	PiRate Rating
Rider	101.5
Iona	97.5
Canisius	96.9
Fairfield	95.9
Marist	95.8
Quinnipiac	95.4
Siena	94.8
Niagara	94.8
Saint Peter’s	94.1
Monmouth	92.6
Manhattan	90.3
Mid-American	PiRate Rating
Buffalo	111.9
Toledo	108.2
Ball St.	106.5
Akron	104.1
Kent St.	101.5
Northern Illinois	100.5
Miami OH	100.3
Ohio	99.6
Central Michigan	99.5
Bowling Green	98.7
Western Michigan	97.7
Eastern Michigan	97.6
Mideastern Athletic	PiRate Rating
Norfolk St.	94.0
North Carolina Central	94.0
Howard	92.3
Bethune Cookman	91.7
North Carolina A&T	91.4
Morgan St.	90.4
South Carolina St.	88.9
Florida A&M	88.1
Maryland Eastern Shore	84.5
Coppin St.	84.5
Savannah St.	83.6
Delaware St.	81.6
Missouri Valley	PiRate Rating
Loyola Chicago	106.2
Southern Illinois	102.4
Drake	101.9
Indiana St.	99.6
Valparaiso	99.3
Illinois St.	99.0
Evansville	98.8
Missouri St.	98.6
Bradley	98.4
Northern Iowa	97.7
Mountain West	PiRate Rating
Nevada	115.9
Utah St.	108.5
Fresno St.	107.9
San Diego St.	104.1
Boise St.	102.5
UNLV	100.8
New Mexico	99.9
Colorado St.	95.7
Air Force	94.2
Wyoming	93.6
San Jose St.	89.3
Northeast	PiRate Rating
Wagner	97.6
St. Francis PA	96.8
LIU Brooklyn	95.5
Fairleigh Dickinson	95.5
Robert Morris	94.9
St. Francis NY	93.8
Sacred Heart	93.8
Central Connecticut	92.7
Mount St. Mary’s	90.0
Bryant	89.7
Ohio Valley	PiRate Rating
Murray St.	107.4
Belmont	105.7
Austin Peay	102.7
Jacksonville St.	102.5
Eastern Kentucky	95.0
Morehead St.	94.8
Southeast Missouri St.	93.6
Eastern Illinois	93.0
Tennessee St.	92.5
UT Martin	92.2
SIU Edwardsville	90.0
Tennessee Tech	89.6
Pac-12	PiRate Rating
Oregon	109.4
Arizona	108.4
Arizona St.	108.1
Washington	107.6
UCLA	106.4
Colorado	105.8
Oregon St.	105.6
USC	105.6
Stanford	102.4
Utah	102.3
Washington St.	99.1
California	96.9
Patriot	PiRate Rating
Bucknell	101.5
Lehigh	100.8
Holy Cross	100.7
Colgate	99.4
American	98.4
Boston University	97.2
Army	94.8
Loyola MD	93.2
Lafayette	92.2
Navy	91.9
Southeastern	PiRate Rating
Tennessee	115.6
Auburn	115.6
Kentucky	114.5
Mississippi St.	112.7
Florida	112.7
LSU	109.5
Mississippi	108.6
Alabama	107.6
Vanderbilt	107.4
Arkansas	107.3
Missouri	106.1
Georgia	105.4
Texas A&M	104.9
South Carolina	103.5
Southern	PiRate Rating
Wofford	109.1
East Tennessee St.	105.5
UNC Greensboro	105.4
Furman	104.0
Samford	100.3
Mercer	99.2
The Citadel	98.2
Chattanooga	93.7
Western Carolina	90.7
VMI	90.1
Southland	PiRate Rating
Abilene Christian	99.4
Stephen F. Austin	97.5
Lamar	97.1
Sam Houston St.	94.8
Houston Baptist	94.3
Nicholls St.	93.9
Texas A&M-CC	93.3
Central Arkansas	93.2
McNeese St.	92.5
New Orleans	92.2
Southeastern Louisiana	91.8
Incarnate Word	86.6
Northwestern St.	85.6
Southwestern Athletic	PiRate Rating
Texas Southern	97.9
Grambling St.	93.9
Prairie View A&M	93.1
Arkansas Pine Bluff	90.1
Alabama St.	89.9
Southern	88.4
Jackson St.	88.1
Alcorn St.	86.4
Alabama A&M	84.3
Mississippi Valley St.	83.9
Summit	PiRate Rating
South Dakota St.	105.9
Purdue Fort Wayne	100.1
Omaha	98.2
South Dakota	97.9
North Dakota St.	97.6
Western Illinois	94.6
North Dakota	93.4
Oral Roberts	92.8
Denver	92.7
Sun Belt	PiRate Rating
Georgia St.	104.3
Texas St.	103.6
Georgia Southern	103.1
Louisiana	100.5
Louisiana Monroe	100.4
Coastal Carolina	100.0
Troy	98.4
Appalachian St.	98.1
South Alabama	97.1
Little Rock	95.5
Arkansas St.	94.9
UT Arlington	94.8
West Coast	PiRate Rating
Gonzaga	119.3
Saint Mary’s	109.4
San Francisco	109.0
BYU	105.9
San Diego	104.7
Loyola Marymount	101.8
Pacific	99.0
Pepperdine	98.0
Santa Clara	97.5
Portland	92.1
Western Athletic	PiRate Rating
New Mexico St.	105.9
Grand Canyon	103.6
Utah Valley	102.2
Seattle	100.6
Cal St. Bakersfield	98.4
California Baptist	97.7
UMKC	95.0
UT Rio Grande Valley	94.7
Chicago St.	82.0

 

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