PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Friday, January 20, 2023

Friday’s Spreads

Home	Visitor	Spread
Buffalo	Toledo	-3.6
Fairfield	Canisius	3.9
Fairleigh Dickinson	Sacred Heart	4.0
Kent St.	Ball St.	9.4
Long Island	Stonehill College	-6.3
Manhattan	Iona	-13.5
Marist	Saint Peter’s	2.1
New Mexico	Boise St.	1.0
Richmond	VCU	0.4
Rider	Niagara	5.2
Siena	Mount St. Mary’s	8.2
St. Francis (PA)	St. Francis (NY)	5.5
St. John’s	Villanova	5.0
Wagner	Central Connecticut St.	5.2

Friday’s PiRate Ratings

#	Team	PiRate	Conference
1	Houston	121.3	American Athletic
2	Tennessee	120.5	Southeastern
3	Alabama	120.1	Southeastern
4	UCLA	119.2	Pac-12
5	Connecticut	117.4	Big East
6	Kansas	117.2	Big 12
7	Purdue	117.0	Big Ten
8	Gonzaga	115.9	West Coast
9	Texas	115.4	Big 12
10	Saint Mary’s	115.1	West Coast
11	Arizona	115.0	Pac-12
12	Baylor	114.7	Big 12
13	Iowa St.	114.6	Big 12
14	Creighton	114.5	Big East
15	Marquette	114.3	Big East
16	Xavier	114.2	Big East
17	Auburn	114.1	Southeastern
18	Indiana	113.9	Big Ten
19	Virginia	113.7	Atlantic Coast
20	Rutgers	113.6	Big Ten
21	Arkansas	113.5	Southeastern
22	North Carolina	113.1	Atlantic Coast
23	Ohio St.	113.0	Big Ten
24	Iowa	113.0	Big Ten
25	TCU	112.9	Big 12
26	Illinois	112.8	Big Ten
27	West Virginia	112.5	Big 12
28	Duke	112.4	Atlantic Coast
29	Kansas St.	112.2	Big 12
30	Kentucky	112.1	Southeastern
31	San Diego St.	111.9	Mountain West
32	Boise St.	111.9	Mountain West
33	Oklahoma St.	111.5	Big 12
34	Memphis	111.4	American Athletic
35	Michigan St.	111.4	Big Ten
36	North Carolina St.	111.4	Atlantic Coast
37	Florida	111.3	Southeastern
38	Providence	111.3	Big East
39	Maryland	110.9	Big Ten
40	Miami (Fla)	110.7	Atlantic Coast
41	Utah St.	110.7	Mountain West
42	Oklahoma	110.5	Big 12
43	Texas Tech	110.4	Big 12
44	Penn St.	110.4	Big Ten
45	Texas A&M	110.2	Southeastern
46	Oregon	110.1	Pac-12
47	Florida Atlantic	110.0	Conference USA
48	Seton Hall	110.0	Big East
49	Arizona St.	110.0	Pac-12
50	New Mexico	109.9	Mountain West
51	Virginia Tech	109.9	Atlantic Coast
52	Missouri	109.8	Southeastern
53	Northwestern	109.7	Big Ten
54	Colorado	109.7	Pac-12
55	St. John’s	109.7	Big East
56	Michigan	109.7	Big Ten
57	Dayton	109.6	Atlantic 10
58	Central Florida	109.5	American Athletic
59	Utah	109.4	Pac-12
60	USC	109.3	Pac-12
61	Clemson	109.2	Atlantic Coast
62	Mississippi St.	109.1	Southeastern
63	Cincinnati	109.0	American Athletic
64	UAB	108.8	Conference USA
65	Pittsburgh	108.7	Atlantic Coast
66	Nevada	108.7	Mountain West
67	Wisconsin	108.7	Big Ten
68	Kent St.	108.1	Mid-American
69	Washington St.	108.1	Pac-12
70	Wake Forest	107.8	Atlantic Coast
71	Villanova	107.7	Big East
72	Liberty	107.4	Atlantic Sun
73	Marshall	107.4	Sun Belt
74	Sam Houston St.	107.3	Western Athletic
75	Oral Roberts	107.2	Summit
76	Iona	107.1	Metro Atlantic
77	BYU	107.0	West Coast
78	Saint Louis	106.9	Atlantic 10
79	James Madison	106.7	Sun Belt
80	Bradley	106.7	Missouri Valley
81	UNLV	106.6	Mountain West
82	Mississippi	106.6	Southeastern
83	Charleston	106.6	Colonial Athletic
84	Tulane	106.5	American Athletic
85	VCU	106.3	Atlantic 10
86	Syracuse	106.3	Atlantic Coast
87	North Texas	106.2	Conference USA
88	Vanderbilt	106.2	Southeastern
89	Butler	106.0	Big East
90	Santa Clara	106.0	West Coast
91	Georgia	105.8	Southeastern
92	Utah Valley	105.5	Western Athletic
93	Stanford	105.4	Pac-12
94	Nebraska	105.4	Big Ten
95	Drake	105.3	Missouri Valley
96	Washington	105.0	Pac-12
97	Loyola Marymount	105.0	West Coast
98	Yale	104.9	Ivy League
99	Toledo	104.9	Mid-American
100	UC Irvine	104.8	Big West
101	LSU	104.7	Southeastern
102	Grand Canyon	104.7	Western Athletic
103	Furman	104.5	Southern
104	Princeton	104.4	Ivy League
105	Richmond	104.2	Atlantic 10
106	Southern Utah	104.2	Western Athletic
107	San Francisco	104.1	West Coast
108	UC Santa Barbara	104.1	Big West
109	Cornell	104.0	Ivy League
110	Colorado St.	104.0	Mountain West
111	Akron	103.7	Mid-American
112	Charlotte	103.7	Conference USA
113	Youngstown St.	103.4	Horizon
114	Hofstra	103.4	Colonial Athletic
115	Southern Illinois	103.3	Missouri Valley
116	Colgate	103.3	Patriot League
117	Duquesne	103.2	Atlantic 10
118	Indiana St.	103.2	Missouri Valley
119	George Mason	103.2	Atlantic 10
120	Seattle	103.0	Western Athletic
121	Wichita St.	103.0	American Athletic
122	Temple	103.0	American Athletic
123	Southern Miss	102.9	Sun Belt
124	Louisiana	102.9	Sun Belt
125	UNC Greensboro	102.9	Southern
126	DePaul	102.9	Big East
127	Belmont	102.9	Missouri Valley
128	Montana St.	102.6	Big Sky
129	Louisiana Tech	102.5	Conference USA
130	Missouri St.	102.4	Missouri Valley
131	Chattanooga	102.4	Southern
132	Georgia Tech	102.3	Atlantic Coast
133	Middle Tennessee	102.3	Conference USA
134	Towson	102.2	Colonial Athletic
135	Notre Dame	102.2	Atlantic Coast
136	Hawaii	102.1	Big West
137	Stephen F. Austin	102.0	Western Athletic
138	Troy	102.0	Sun Belt
139	Quinnipiac	101.9	Metro Atlantic
140	Florida St.	101.9	Atlantic Coast
141	Davidson	101.9	Atlantic 10
142	Samford	101.7	Southern
143	Longwood	101.7	Big South
144	Ball St.	101.2	Mid-American
145	Wyoming	101.1	Mountain West
146	St. Bonaventure	101.1	Atlantic 10
147	South Florida	101.0	American Athletic
148	UNC Wilmington	100.9	Colonial Athletic
149	Air Force	100.9	Mountain West
150	Eastern Washington	100.9	Big Sky
151	UC Riverside	100.8	Big West
152	Western Kentucky	100.8	Conference USA
153	Ohio	100.7	Mid-American
154	UMass Lowell	100.6	America East
155	Vermont	100.5	America East
156	Massachusetts	100.5	Atlantic 10
157	San Jose St.	100.5	Mountain West
158	Cal Baptist	100.5	Western Athletic
159	Rice	100.5	Conference USA
160	Florida Gulf Coast	100.4	Atlantic Sun
161	Purdue Fort Wayne	100.2	Horizon
162	Radford	100.1	Big South
163	Penn	100.1	Ivy League
164	Northern Iowa	100.1	Missouri Valley
165	SMU	100.1	American Athletic
166	Old Dominion	100.1	Sun Belt
167	Fresno St.	100.1	Mountain West
168	Drexel	100.0	Colonial Athletic
169	Portland	99.9	West Coast
170	Siena	99.9	Metro Atlantic
171	Kennesaw St.	99.8	Atlantic Sun
172	UC Davis	99.7	Big West
173	South Dakota St.	99.7	Summit
174	Cal St. Fullerton	99.7	Big West
175	Bryant	99.7	America East
176	UTEP	99.6	Conference USA
177	Murray St.	99.5	Missouri Valley
178	Montana	99.5	Big Sky
179	Harvard	99.5	Ivy League
180	Tarleton St.	99.5	Western Athletic
181	Pepperdine	99.4	West Coast
182	UNC Asheville	99.4	Big South
183	South Alabama	99.4	Sun Belt
184	Long Beach St.	99.4	Big West
185	Minnesota	99.3	Big Ten
186	Gardner Webb	99.3	Big South
187	New Mexico St.	99.3	Western Athletic
188	Boston College	99.3	Atlantic Coast
189	Lipscomb	99.2	Atlantic Sun
190	Stetson	99.2	Atlantic Sun
191	Jacksonville	99.1	Atlantic Sun
192	Cleveland St.	99.1	Horizon
193	George Washington	98.9	Atlantic 10
194	Appalachian St.	98.8	Sun Belt
195	Fordham	98.8	Atlantic 10
196	Buffalo	98.8	Mid-American
197	Wofford	98.7	Southern
198	SIU Edwardsville	98.5	Ohio Valley
199	Saint Joseph’s	98.4	Atlantic 10
200	Eastern Kentucky	98.4	Atlantic Sun
201	Delaware	98.4	Colonial Athletic
202	San Diego	98.3	West Coast
203	Rider	98.2	Metro Atlantic
204	Brown	98.1	Ivy League
205	Rhode Island	98.1	Atlantic 10
206	Texas St.	98.1	Sun Belt
207	Queens	98.0	Atlantic Sun
208	Wright St.	97.9	Horizon
209	Norfolk St.	97.9	Mideastern Athletic
210	California	97.8	Pac-12
211	North Carolina Central	97.8	Mideastern Athletic
212	UMBC	97.8	America East
213	Georgetown	97.7	Big East
214	East Carolina	97.7	American Athletic
215	Northern Kentucky	97.5	Horizon
216	Detroit Mercy	97.5	Horizon
217	St. Thomas	97.4	Summit
218	Texas A&M CC	97.3	Southland
219	Milwaukee	97.3	Horizon
220	Weber St.	97.3	Big Sky
221	Utah Tech	97.2	Western Athletic
222	Oregon St.	97.2	Pac-12
223	Sacramento St.	97.2	Big Sky
224	Southern	97.2	Southwestern Athletic
225	Abilene Christian	97.1	Western Athletic
226	Georgia St.	97.0	Sun Belt
227	Navy	96.9	Patriot League
228	Mercer	96.9	Southern
229	Grambling	96.8	Southwestern Athletic
230	Georgia Southern	96.7	Sun Belt
231	Army	96.7	Patriot League
232	American	96.5	Patriot League
233	Bellarmine	96.5	Atlantic Sun
234	Illinois St.	96.4	Missouri Valley
235	Portland St.	96.3	Big Sky
236	Northwestern St.	96.3	Southland
237	Loyola (Chi.)	96.3	Atlantic 10
238	Pacific	96.3	West Coast
239	South Carolina	96.2	Southeastern
240	Nicholls St.	96.1	Southland
241	Western Carolina	96.1	Southern
242	Coastal Carolina	96.0	Sun Belt
243	North Dakota St.	95.8	Summit
244	Morgan St.	95.7	Mideastern Athletic
245	La Salle	95.6	Atlantic 10
246	Lafayette	95.6	Patriot League
247	Niagara	95.5	Metro Atlantic
248	Fairfield	95.5	Metro Atlantic
249	Tulsa	95.4	American Athletic
250	Northeastern	95.3	Colonial Athletic
251	Southern Indiana	95.3	Ohio Valley
252	UMKC	95.1	Summit
253	Boston University	95.1	Patriot League
254	Campbell	95.1	Big South
255	UT-Martin	94.9	Ohio Valley
256	East Tennessee St.	94.9	Southern
257	Alcorn St.	94.9	Southwestern Athletic
258	Southeast Missouri St.	94.7	Ohio Valley
259	UT Arlington	94.7	Western Athletic
260	Florida Int’l	94.6	Conference USA
261	Winthrop	94.6	Big South
262	Northern Colorado	94.5	Big Sky
263	North Florida	94.5	Atlantic Sun
264	Robert Morris	94.4	Horizon
265	Western Illinois	94.3	Summit
266	Idaho St.	94.2	Big Sky
267	Mount St. Mary’s	94.2	Metro Atlantic
268	Bucknell	94.2	Patriot League
269	Oakland	94.2	Horizon
270	Louisiana Monroe	94.2	Sun Belt
271	Bowling Green	94.1	Mid-American
272	North Carolina A&T	94.1	Colonial Athletic
273	Canisius	94.1	Metro Atlantic
274	Louisville	94.0	Atlantic Coast
275	Dartmouth	93.9	Ivy League
276	Lehigh	93.8	Patriot League
277	Austin Peay	93.8	Atlantic Sun
278	Charleston Southern	93.8	Big South
279	Western Michigan	93.7	Mid-American
280	New Hampshire	93.7	America East
281	Southeastern Louisiana	93.5	Southland
282	High Point	93.5	Big South
283	Morehead St.	93.5	Ohio Valley
284	Jacksonville St.	93.4	Atlantic Sun
285	Prairie View A&M	93.3	Southwestern Athletic
286	Northern Arizona	93.2	Big Sky
287	USC Upstate	93.2	Big South
288	Howard	93.2	Mideastern Athletic
289	Wagner	93.1	Northeast
290	Cal Poly	93.1	Big West
291	UC San Diego	93.0	Big West
292	Saint Peter’s	93.0	Metro Atlantic
293	Valparaiso	93.0	Missouri Valley
294	Denver	92.9	Summit
295	Maryland Eastern Shore	92.9	Mideastern Athletic
296	Illinois Chicago	92.8	Missouri Valley
297	William & Mary	92.8	Colonial Athletic
298	Central Michigan	92.8	Mid-American
299	Tennessee Tech	92.7	Ohio Valley
300	Miami (O)	92.7	Mid-American
301	Marist	92.6	Metro Atlantic
302	Texas Southern	92.6	Southwestern Athletic
303	Idaho	92.6	Big Sky
304	UT Rio Grande Valley	92.6	Western Athletic
305	Texas A&M Commerce	92.5	Southland
306	Fairleigh Dickinson	92.4	Northeast
307	Northern Illinois	92.2	Mid-American
308	Cal St. Bakersfield	92.2	Big West
309	South Dakota	92.1	Summit
310	Chicago St.	92.0	Independents
311	Binghamton	92.0	America East
312	Tennessee St.	92.0	Ohio Valley
313	The Citadel	91.8	Southern
314	Maine	91.8	America East
315	North Alabama	91.8	Atlantic Sun
316	Jackson St.	91.8	Southwestern Athletic
317	Stony Brook	91.7	Colonial Athletic
318	Arkansas St.	91.6	Sun Belt
319	North Dakota	91.5	Summit
320	Omaha	91.4	Summit
321	Manhattan	91.1	Metro Atlantic
322	NJIT	91.0	America East
323	Coppin St.	91.0	Mideastern Athletic
324	Cal St. Northridge	91.0	Big West
325	Sacred Heart	90.9	Northeast
326	UTSA	90.7	Conference USA
327	Presbyterian	90.6	Big South
328	St. Francis PA	90.6	Northeast
329	Central Connecticut	90.4	Northeast
330	Loyola (MD)	90.2	Patriot League
331	VMI	90.0	Southern
332	Eastern Michigan	89.9	Mid-American
333	Stonehill	89.9	Northeast
334	McNeese St.	89.8	Southland
335	Albany	89.7	America East
336	Merrimack	89.6	Northeast
337	Arkansas Pine Bluff	89.2	Southwestern Athletic
338	Alabama St.	89.1	Southwestern Athletic
339	Alabama A&M	89.0	Southwestern Athletic
340	Evansville	89.0	Missouri Valley
341	Central Arkansas	88.9	Atlantic Sun
342	Elon	88.8	Colonial Athletic
343	Holy Cross	88.8	Patriot League
344	Little Rock	88.7	Ohio Valley
345	Lindenwood	88.6	Ohio Valley
346	New Orleans	88.4	Southland
347	Eastern Illinois	88.1	Ohio Valley
348	South Carolina St.	88.0	Mideastern Athletic
349	Columbia	87.7	Ivy League
350	St. Francis NY	87.6	Northeast
351	Hampton	87.0	Colonial Athletic
352	Incarnate Word	87.0	Southland
353	Bethune Cookman	86.7	Southwestern Athletic
354	Houston Christian	85.6	Southland
355	Monmouth	85.2	Colonial Athletic
356	Lamar	84.3	Southland
357	Mississippi Valley St.	84.1	Southwestern Athletic
358	Delaware St.	84.1	Mideastern Athletic
359	Florida A&M	84.1	Southwestern Athletic
360	Green Bay	83.6	Horizon
361	Hartford	82.8	Independents
362	IUPUI	81.6	Horizon
363	Long Island	81.1	Northeast

Alphabetical

#	Team	PiRate	Conference
225	Abilene Christian	97.1	Western Athletic
149	Air Force	100.9	Mountain West
111	Akron	103.7	Mid-American
3	Alabama	120.1	Southeastern
339	Alabama A&M	89.0	Southwestern Athletic
338	Alabama St.	89.1	Southwestern Athletic
335	Albany	89.7	America East
257	Alcorn St.	94.9	Southwestern Athletic
232	American	96.5	Patriot League
194	Appalachian St.	98.8	Sun Belt
11	Arizona	115.0	Pac-12
49	Arizona St.	110.0	Pac-12
21	Arkansas	113.5	Southeastern
337	Arkansas Pine Bluff	89.2	Southwestern Athletic
318	Arkansas St.	91.6	Sun Belt
231	Army	96.7	Patriot League
17	Auburn	114.1	Southeastern
277	Austin Peay	93.8	Atlantic Sun
144	Ball St.	101.2	Mid-American
12	Baylor	114.7	Big 12
233	Bellarmine	96.5	Atlantic Sun
127	Belmont	102.9	Missouri Valley
353	Bethune Cookman	86.7	Southwestern Athletic
311	Binghamton	92.0	America East
32	Boise St.	111.9	Mountain West
188	Boston College	99.3	Atlantic Coast
253	Boston University	95.1	Patriot League
271	Bowling Green	94.1	Mid-American
80	Bradley	106.7	Missouri Valley
204	Brown	98.1	Ivy League
175	Bryant	99.7	America East
268	Bucknell	94.2	Patriot League
196	Buffalo	98.8	Mid-American
89	Butler	106.0	Big East
77	BYU	107.0	West Coast
158	Cal Baptist	100.5	Western Athletic
290	Cal Poly	93.1	Big West
308	Cal St. Bakersfield	92.2	Big West
174	Cal St. Fullerton	99.7	Big West
324	Cal St. Northridge	91.0	Big West
210	California	97.8	Pac-12
254	Campbell	95.1	Big South
273	Canisius	94.1	Metro Atlantic
341	Central Arkansas	88.9	Atlantic Sun
329	Central Connecticut	90.4	Northeast
58	Central Florida	109.5	American Athletic
298	Central Michigan	92.8	Mid-American
83	Charleston	106.6	Colonial Athletic
278	Charleston Southern	93.8	Big South
112	Charlotte	103.7	Conference USA
131	Chattanooga	102.4	Southern
310	Chicago St.	92.0	Independents
63	Cincinnati	109.0	American Athletic
61	Clemson	109.2	Atlantic Coast
192	Cleveland St.	99.1	Horizon
242	Coastal Carolina	96.0	Sun Belt
116	Colgate	103.3	Patriot League
54	Colorado	109.7	Pac-12
110	Colorado St.	104.0	Mountain West
349	Columbia	87.7	Ivy League
5	Connecticut	117.4	Big East
323	Coppin St.	91.0	Mideastern Athletic
109	Cornell	104.0	Ivy League
14	Creighton	114.5	Big East
275	Dartmouth	93.9	Ivy League
141	Davidson	101.9	Atlantic 10
57	Dayton	109.6	Atlantic 10
201	Delaware	98.4	Colonial Athletic
358	Delaware St.	84.1	Mideastern Athletic
294	Denver	92.9	Summit
126	DePaul	102.9	Big East
216	Detroit Mercy	97.5	Horizon
95	Drake	105.3	Missouri Valley
168	Drexel	100.0	Colonial Athletic
28	Duke	112.4	Atlantic Coast
117	Duquesne	103.2	Atlantic 10
214	East Carolina	97.7	American Athletic
256	East Tennessee St.	94.9	Southern
347	Eastern Illinois	88.1	Ohio Valley
200	Eastern Kentucky	98.4	Atlantic Sun
332	Eastern Michigan	89.9	Mid-American
150	Eastern Washington	100.9	Big Sky
342	Elon	88.8	Colonial Athletic
340	Evansville	89.0	Missouri Valley
248	Fairfield	95.5	Metro Atlantic
306	Fairleigh Dickinson	92.4	Northeast
37	Florida	111.3	Southeastern
359	Florida A&M	84.1	Southwestern Athletic
47	Florida Atlantic	110.0	Conference USA
160	Florida Gulf Coast	100.4	Atlantic Sun
260	Florida Int’l	94.6	Conference USA
140	Florida St.	101.9	Atlantic Coast
195	Fordham	98.8	Atlantic 10
167	Fresno St.	100.1	Mountain West
103	Furman	104.5	Southern
186	Gardner Webb	99.3	Big South
119	George Mason	103.2	Atlantic 10
193	George Washington	98.9	Atlantic 10
213	Georgetown	97.7	Big East
91	Georgia	105.8	Southeastern
230	Georgia Southern	96.7	Sun Belt
226	Georgia St.	97.0	Sun Belt
132	Georgia Tech	102.3	Atlantic Coast
8	Gonzaga	115.9	West Coast
229	Grambling	96.8	Southwestern Athletic
102	Grand Canyon	104.7	Western Athletic
360	Green Bay	83.6	Horizon
351	Hampton	87.0	Colonial Athletic
361	Hartford	82.8	Independents
179	Harvard	99.5	Ivy League
136	Hawaii	102.1	Big West
282	High Point	93.5	Big South
114	Hofstra	103.4	Colonial Athletic
343	Holy Cross	88.8	Patriot League
1	Houston	121.3	American Athletic
354	Houston Christian	85.6	Southland
288	Howard	93.2	Mideastern Athletic
303	Idaho	92.6	Big Sky
266	Idaho St.	94.2	Big Sky
26	Illinois	112.8	Big Ten
296	Illinois Chicago	92.8	Missouri Valley
234	Illinois St.	96.4	Missouri Valley
352	Incarnate Word	87.0	Southland
18	Indiana	113.9	Big Ten
118	Indiana St.	103.2	Missouri Valley
76	Iona	107.1	Metro Atlantic
24	Iowa	113.0	Big Ten
13	Iowa St.	114.6	Big 12
362	IUPUI	81.6	Horizon
316	Jackson St.	91.8	Southwestern Athletic
191	Jacksonville	99.1	Atlantic Sun
284	Jacksonville St.	93.4	Atlantic Sun
79	James Madison	106.7	Sun Belt
6	Kansas	117.2	Big 12
29	Kansas St.	112.2	Big 12
171	Kennesaw St.	99.8	Atlantic Sun
68	Kent St.	108.1	Mid-American
30	Kentucky	112.1	Southeastern
245	La Salle	95.6	Atlantic 10
246	Lafayette	95.6	Patriot League
356	Lamar	84.3	Southland
276	Lehigh	93.8	Patriot League
72	Liberty	107.4	Atlantic Sun
345	Lindenwood	88.6	Ohio Valley
189	Lipscomb	99.2	Atlantic Sun
344	Little Rock	88.7	Ohio Valley
184	Long Beach St.	99.4	Big West
363	Long Island	81.1	Northeast
143	Longwood	101.7	Big South
124	Louisiana	102.9	Sun Belt
270	Louisiana Monroe	94.2	Sun Belt
129	Louisiana Tech	102.5	Conference USA
274	Louisville	94.0	Atlantic Coast
237	Loyola (Chi.)	96.3	Atlantic 10
330	Loyola (MD)	90.2	Patriot League
97	Loyola Marymount	105.0	West Coast
101	LSU	104.7	Southeastern
314	Maine	91.8	America East
321	Manhattan	91.1	Metro Atlantic
301	Marist	92.6	Metro Atlantic
15	Marquette	114.3	Big East
73	Marshall	107.4	Sun Belt
39	Maryland	110.9	Big Ten
295	Maryland Eastern Shore	92.9	Mideastern Athletic
156	Massachusetts	100.5	Atlantic 10
334	McNeese St.	89.8	Southland
34	Memphis	111.4	American Athletic
228	Mercer	96.9	Southern
336	Merrimack	89.6	Northeast
40	Miami (Fla)	110.7	Atlantic Coast
300	Miami (O)	92.7	Mid-American
56	Michigan	109.7	Big Ten
35	Michigan St.	111.4	Big Ten
133	Middle Tennessee	102.3	Conference USA
219	Milwaukee	97.3	Horizon
185	Minnesota	99.3	Big Ten
82	Mississippi	106.6	Southeastern
62	Mississippi St.	109.1	Southeastern
357	Mississippi Valley St.	84.1	Southwestern Athletic
52	Missouri	109.8	Southeastern
130	Missouri St.	102.4	Missouri Valley
355	Monmouth	85.2	Colonial Athletic
178	Montana	99.5	Big Sky
128	Montana St.	102.6	Big Sky
283	Morehead St.	93.5	Ohio Valley
244	Morgan St.	95.7	Mideastern Athletic
267	Mount St. Mary’s	94.2	Metro Atlantic
177	Murray St.	99.5	Missouri Valley
227	Navy	96.9	Patriot League
94	Nebraska	105.4	Big Ten
66	Nevada	108.7	Mountain West
280	New Hampshire	93.7	America East
50	New Mexico	109.9	Mountain West
187	New Mexico St.	99.3	Western Athletic
346	New Orleans	88.4	Southland
247	Niagara	95.5	Metro Atlantic
240	Nicholls St.	96.1	Southland
322	NJIT	91.0	America East
209	Norfolk St.	97.9	Mideastern Athletic
315	North Alabama	91.8	Atlantic Sun
22	North Carolina	113.1	Atlantic Coast
272	North Carolina A&T	94.1	Colonial Athletic
211	North Carolina Central	97.8	Mideastern Athletic
36	North Carolina St.	111.4	Atlantic Coast
319	North Dakota	91.5	Summit
243	North Dakota St.	95.8	Summit
263	North Florida	94.5	Atlantic Sun
87	North Texas	106.2	Conference USA
250	Northeastern	95.3	Colonial Athletic
286	Northern Arizona	93.2	Big Sky
262	Northern Colorado	94.5	Big Sky
307	Northern Illinois	92.2	Mid-American
164	Northern Iowa	100.1	Missouri Valley
215	Northern Kentucky	97.5	Horizon
53	Northwestern	109.7	Big Ten
236	Northwestern St.	96.3	Southland
135	Notre Dame	102.2	Atlantic Coast
269	Oakland	94.2	Horizon
153	Ohio	100.7	Mid-American
23	Ohio St.	113.0	Big Ten
42	Oklahoma	110.5	Big 12
33	Oklahoma St.	111.5	Big 12
166	Old Dominion	100.1	Sun Belt
320	Omaha	91.4	Summit
75	Oral Roberts	107.2	Summit
46	Oregon	110.1	Pac-12
222	Oregon St.	97.2	Pac-12
238	Pacific	96.3	West Coast
163	Penn	100.1	Ivy League
44	Penn St.	110.4	Big Ten
181	Pepperdine	99.4	West Coast
65	Pittsburgh	108.7	Atlantic Coast
169	Portland	99.9	West Coast
235	Portland St.	96.3	Big Sky
285	Prairie View A&M	93.3	Southwestern Athletic
327	Presbyterian	90.6	Big South
104	Princeton	104.4	Ivy League
38	Providence	111.3	Big East
7	Purdue	117.0	Big Ten
161	Purdue Fort Wayne	100.2	Horizon
207	Queens	98.0	Atlantic Sun
139	Quinnipiac	101.9	Metro Atlantic
162	Radford	100.1	Big South
205	Rhode Island	98.1	Atlantic 10
159	Rice	100.5	Conference USA
105	Richmond	104.2	Atlantic 10
203	Rider	98.2	Metro Atlantic
264	Robert Morris	94.4	Horizon
20	Rutgers	113.6	Big Ten
223	Sacramento St.	97.2	Big Sky
325	Sacred Heart	90.9	Northeast
199	Saint Joseph’s	98.4	Atlantic 10
78	Saint Louis	106.9	Atlantic 10
10	Saint Mary’s	115.1	West Coast
292	Saint Peter’s	93.0	Metro Atlantic
74	Sam Houston St.	107.3	Western Athletic
142	Samford	101.7	Southern
202	San Diego	98.3	West Coast
31	San Diego St.	111.9	Mountain West
107	San Francisco	104.1	West Coast
157	San Jose St.	100.5	Mountain West
90	Santa Clara	106.0	West Coast
120	Seattle	103.0	Western Athletic
48	Seton Hall	110.0	Big East
170	Siena	99.9	Metro Atlantic
198	SIU Edwardsville	98.5	Ohio Valley
165	SMU	100.1	American Athletic
183	South Alabama	99.4	Sun Belt
239	South Carolina	96.2	Southeastern
348	South Carolina St.	88.0	Mideastern Athletic
309	South Dakota	92.1	Summit
173	South Dakota St.	99.7	Summit
147	South Florida	101.0	American Athletic
258	Southeast Missouri St.	94.7	Ohio Valley
281	Southeastern Louisiana	93.5	Southland
224	Southern	97.2	Southwestern Athletic
115	Southern Illinois	103.3	Missouri Valley
251	Southern Indiana	95.3	Ohio Valley
123	Southern Miss	102.9	Sun Belt
106	Southern Utah	104.2	Western Athletic
146	St. Bonaventure	101.1	Atlantic 10
350	St. Francis NY	87.6	Northeast
328	St. Francis PA	90.6	Northeast
55	St. John’s	109.7	Big East
217	St. Thomas	97.4	Summit
93	Stanford	105.4	Pac-12
137	Stephen F. Austin	102.0	Western Athletic
190	Stetson	99.2	Atlantic Sun
333	Stonehill	89.9	Northeast
317	Stony Brook	91.7	Colonial Athletic
86	Syracuse	106.3	Atlantic Coast
180	Tarleton St.	99.5	Western Athletic
25	TCU	112.9	Big 12
122	Temple	103.0	American Athletic
2	Tennessee	120.5	Southeastern
312	Tennessee St.	92.0	Ohio Valley
299	Tennessee Tech	92.7	Ohio Valley
9	Texas	115.4	Big 12
45	Texas A&M	110.2	Southeastern
218	Texas A&M CC	97.3	Southland
305	Texas A&M Commerce	92.5	Southland
302	Texas Southern	92.6	Southwestern Athletic
206	Texas St.	98.1	Sun Belt
43	Texas Tech	110.4	Big 12
313	The Citadel	91.8	Southern
99	Toledo	104.9	Mid-American
134	Towson	102.2	Colonial Athletic
138	Troy	102.0	Sun Belt
84	Tulane	106.5	American Athletic
249	Tulsa	95.4	American Athletic
64	UAB	108.8	Conference USA
172	UC Davis	99.7	Big West
100	UC Irvine	104.8	Big West
151	UC Riverside	100.8	Big West
291	UC San Diego	93.0	Big West
108	UC Santa Barbara	104.1	Big West
4	UCLA	119.2	Pac-12
154	UMass Lowell	100.6	America East
212	UMBC	97.8	America East
252	UMKC	95.1	Summit
182	UNC Asheville	99.4	Big South
125	UNC Greensboro	102.9	Southern
148	UNC Wilmington	100.9	Colonial Athletic
81	UNLV	106.6	Mountain West
60	USC	109.3	Pac-12
287	USC Upstate	93.2	Big South
259	UT Arlington	94.7	Western Athletic
304	UT Rio Grande Valley	92.6	Western Athletic
255	UT-Martin	94.9	Ohio Valley
59	Utah	109.4	Pac-12
41	Utah St.	110.7	Mountain West
221	Utah Tech	97.2	Western Athletic
92	Utah Valley	105.5	Western Athletic
176	UTEP	99.6	Conference USA
326	UTSA	90.7	Conference USA
293	Valparaiso	93.0	Missouri Valley
88	Vanderbilt	106.2	Southeastern
85	VCU	106.3	Atlantic 10
155	Vermont	100.5	America East
71	Villanova	107.7	Big East
19	Virginia	113.7	Atlantic Coast
51	Virginia Tech	109.9	Atlantic Coast
331	VMI	90.0	Southern
289	Wagner	93.1	Northeast
70	Wake Forest	107.8	Atlantic Coast
96	Washington	105.0	Pac-12
69	Washington St.	108.1	Pac-12
220	Weber St.	97.3	Big Sky
27	West Virginia	112.5	Big 12
241	Western Carolina	96.1	Southern
265	Western Illinois	94.3	Summit
152	Western Kentucky	100.8	Conference USA
279	Western Michigan	93.7	Mid-American
121	Wichita St.	103.0	American Athletic
297	William & Mary	92.8	Colonial Athletic
261	Winthrop	94.6	Big South
67	Wisconsin	108.7	Big Ten
197	Wofford	98.7	Southern
208	Wright St.	97.9	Horizon
145	Wyoming	101.1	Mountain West
16	Xavier	114.2	Big East
98	Yale	104.9	Ivy League
113	Youngstown St.	103.4	Horizon

PiRate Ratings By Conference

America East
Team	Rating
UMass Lowell	100.6
Vermont	100.5
Bryant	99.7
UMBC	97.8
New Hampshire	93.7
Binghamton	92.0
Maine	91.8
NJIT	91.0
Albany	89.7
American Athletic
Team	Rating
Houston	121.3
Memphis	111.4
Central Florida	109.5
Cincinnati	109.0
Tulane	106.5
Wichita St.	103.0
Temple	103.0
South Florida	101.0
SMU	100.1
East Carolina	97.7
Tulsa	95.4
Atlantic 10
Team	Rating
Dayton	109.6
Saint Louis	106.9
VCU	106.3
Richmond	104.2
Duquesne	103.2
George Mason	103.2
Davidson	101.9
St. Bonaventure	101.1
Massachusetts	100.5
George Washington	98.9
Fordham	98.8
Saint Joseph’s	98.4
Rhode Island	98.1
Loyola (Chi.)	96.3
La Salle	95.6
Atlantic Coast
Team	Rating
Virginia	113.7
North Carolina	113.1
Duke	112.4
North Carolina St.	111.4
Miami (Fla)	110.7
Virginia Tech	109.9
Clemson	109.2
Pittsburgh	108.7
Wake Forest	107.8
Syracuse	106.3
Georgia Tech	102.3
Notre Dame	102.2
Florida St.	101.9
Boston College	99.3
Louisville	94.0
Atlantic Sun
Team	Rating
Liberty	107.4
Florida Gulf Coast	100.4
Kennesaw St.	99.8
Lipscomb	99.2
Stetson	99.2
Jacksonville	99.1
Eastern Kentucky	98.4
Queens	98.0
Bellarmine	96.5
North Florida	94.5
Austin Peay	93.8
Jacksonville St.	93.4
North Alabama	91.8
Central Arkansas	88.9
Big 12
Team	Rating
Kansas	117.2
Texas	115.4
Baylor	114.7
Iowa St.	114.6
TCU	112.9
West Virginia	112.5
Kansas St.	112.2
Oklahoma St.	111.5
Oklahoma	110.5
Texas Tech	110.4
Big East
Team	Rating
Connecticut	117.4
Creighton	114.5
Marquette	114.3
Xavier	114.2
Providence	111.3
Seton Hall	110.0
St. John’s	109.7
Villanova	107.7
Butler	106.0
DePaul	102.9
Georgetown	97.7
Big Sky
Team	Rating
Montana St.	102.6
Eastern Washington	100.9
Montana	99.5
Weber St.	97.3
Sacramento St.	97.2
Portland St.	96.3
Northern Colorado	94.5
Idaho St.	94.2
Northern Arizona	93.2
Idaho	92.6
Big South
Team	Rating
Longwood	101.7
Radford	100.1
UNC Asheville	99.4
Gardner Webb	99.3
Campbell	95.1
Winthrop	94.6
Charleston Southern	93.8
High Point	93.5
USC Upstate	93.2
Presbyterian	90.6
Big Ten
Team	Rating
Purdue	117.0
Indiana	113.9
Rutgers	113.6
Ohio St.	113.0
Iowa	113.0
Illinois	112.8
Michigan St.	111.4
Maryland	110.9
Penn St.	110.4
Northwestern	109.7
Michigan	109.7
Wisconsin	108.7
Nebraska	105.4
Minnesota	99.3
Big West
Team	Rating
UC Irvine	104.8
UC Santa Barbara	104.1
Hawaii	102.1
UC Riverside	100.8
UC Davis	99.7
Cal St. Fullerton	99.7
Long Beach St.	99.4
Cal Poly	93.1
UC San Diego	93.0
Cal St. Bakersfield	92.2
Cal St. Northridge	91.0
Colonial Athletic
Team	Rating
Charleston	106.6
Hofstra	103.4
Towson	102.2
UNC Wilmington	100.9
Drexel	100.0
Delaware	98.4
Northeastern	95.3
North Carolina A&T	94.1
William & Mary	92.8
Stony Brook	91.7
Elon	88.8
Hampton	87.0
Monmouth	85.2
Conference USA
Team	Rating
Florida Atlantic	110.0
UAB	108.8
North Texas	106.2
Charlotte	103.7
Louisiana Tech	102.5
Middle Tennessee	102.3
Western Kentucky	100.8
Rice	100.5
UTEP	99.6
Florida Int’l	94.6
UTSA	90.7
Horizon
Team	Rating
Youngstown St.	103.4
Purdue Fort Wayne	100.2
Cleveland St.	99.1
Wright St.	97.9
Northern Kentucky	97.5
Detroit Mercy	97.5
Milwaukee	97.3
Robert Morris	94.4
Oakland	94.2
Green Bay	83.6
IUPUI	81.6
Independents
Team	Rating
Chicago St.	92.0
Hartford	82.8
Ivy League
Team	Rating
Yale	104.9
Princeton	104.4
Cornell	104.0
Penn	100.1
Harvard	99.5
Brown	98.1
Dartmouth	93.9
Columbia	87.7
Metro Atlantic
Team	Rating
Iona	107.1
Quinnipiac	101.9
Siena	99.9
Rider	98.2
Niagara	95.5
Fairfield	95.5
Mount St. Mary’s	94.2
Canisius	94.1
Saint Peter’s	93.0
Marist	92.6
Manhattan	91.1
Mid-American
Team	Rating
Kent St.	108.1
Toledo	104.9
Akron	103.7
Ball St.	101.2
Ohio	100.7
Buffalo	98.8
Bowling Green	94.1
Western Michigan	93.7
Central Michigan	92.8
Miami (O)	92.7
Northern Illinois	92.2
Eastern Michigan	89.9
Mideastern Athletic
Team	Rating
Norfolk St.	97.9
North Carolina Central	97.8
Morgan St.	95.7
Howard	93.2
Maryland Eastern Shore	92.9
Coppin St.	91.0
South Carolina St.	88.0
Delaware St.	84.1
Missouri Valley
Team	Rating
Bradley	106.7
Drake	105.3
Southern Illinois	103.3
Indiana St.	103.2
Belmont	102.9
Missouri St.	102.4
Northern Iowa	100.1
Murray St.	99.5
Illinois St.	96.4
Valparaiso	93.0
Illinois Chicago	92.8
Evansville	89.0
Mountain West
Team	Rating
San Diego St.	111.9
Boise St.	111.9
Utah St.	110.7
New Mexico	109.9
Nevada	108.7
UNLV	106.6
Colorado St.	104.0
Wyoming	101.1
Air Force	100.9
San Jose St.	100.5
Fresno St.	100.1
Northeast
Team	Rating
Wagner	93.1
Fairleigh Dickinson	92.4
Sacred Heart	90.9
St. Francis PA	90.6
Central Connecticut	90.4
Stonehill	89.9
Merrimack	89.6
St. Francis NY	87.6
Long Island	81.1
Ohio Valley
Team	Rating
SIU Edwardsville	98.5
Southern Indiana	95.3
UT-Martin	94.9
Southeast Missouri St.	94.7
Morehead St.	93.5
Tennessee Tech	92.7
Tennessee St.	92.0
Little Rock	88.7
Lindenwood	88.6
Eastern Illinois	88.1
Pac-12
Team	Rating
UCLA	119.2
Arizona	115.0
Oregon	110.1
Arizona St.	110.0
Colorado	109.7
Utah	109.4
USC	109.3
Washington St.	108.1
Stanford	105.4
Washington	105.0
California	97.8
Oregon St.	97.2
Patriot League
Team	Rating
Colgate	103.3
Navy	96.9
Army	96.7
American	96.5
Lafayette	95.6
Boston University	95.1
Bucknell	94.2
Lehigh	93.8
Loyola (MD)	90.2
Holy Cross	88.8
Southeastern
Team	Rating
Tennessee	120.5
Alabama	120.1
Auburn	114.1
Arkansas	113.5
Kentucky	112.1
Florida	111.3
Texas A&M	110.2
Missouri	109.8
Mississippi St.	109.1
Mississippi	106.6
Vanderbilt	106.2
Georgia	105.8
LSU	104.7
South Carolina	96.2
Southern
Team	Rating
Furman	104.5
UNC Greensboro	102.9
Chattanooga	102.4
Samford	101.7
Wofford	98.7
Mercer	96.9
Western Carolina	96.1
East Tennessee St.	94.9
The Citadel	91.8
VMI	90.0
Southland
Team	Rating
Texas A&M CC	97.3
Northwestern St.	96.3
Nicholls St.	96.1
Southeastern Louisiana	93.5
Texas A&M Commerce	92.5
McNeese St.	89.8
New Orleans	88.4
Incarnate Word	87.0
Houston Christian	85.6
Lamar	84.3
Southwestern Athletic
Team	Rating
Southern	97.2
Grambling	96.8
Alcorn St.	94.9
Prairie View A&M	93.3
Texas Southern	92.6
Jackson St.	91.8
Arkansas Pine Bluff	89.2
Alabama St.	89.1
Alabama A&M	89.0
Bethune Cookman	86.7
Mississippi Valley St.	84.1
Florida A&M	84.1
Summit
Team	Rating
Oral Roberts	107.2
South Dakota St.	99.7
St. Thomas	97.4
North Dakota St.	95.8
UMKC	95.1
Western Illinois	94.3
Denver	92.9
South Dakota	92.1
North Dakota	91.5
Omaha	91.4
Sun Belt
Team	Rating
Marshall	107.4
James Madison	106.7
Southern Miss	102.9
Louisiana	102.9
Troy	102.0
Old Dominion	100.1
South Alabama	99.4
Appalachian St.	98.8
Texas St.	98.1
Georgia St.	97.0
Georgia Southern	96.7
Coastal Carolina	96.0
Louisiana Monroe	94.2
Arkansas St.	91.6
West Coast
Team	Rating
Gonzaga	115.9
Saint Mary’s	115.1
BYU	107.0
Santa Clara	106.0
Loyola Marymount	105.0
San Francisco	104.1
Portland	99.9
Pepperdine	99.4
San Diego	98.3
Pacific	96.3
Western Athletic
Team	Rating
Sam Houston St.	107.3
Utah Valley	105.5
Grand Canyon	104.7
Southern Utah	104.2
Seattle	103.0
Stephen F. Austin	102.0
Cal Baptist	100.5
Tarleton St.	99.5
New Mexico St.	99.3
Utah Tech	97.2
Abilene Christian	97.1
UT Arlington	94.7
UT Rio Grande Valley	92.6

Coming later today: Updated Bracketology

PiRate Picks For December 2-3, 2022

We here at the PiRate Ratings believe like Ted Williams that you don’t sit out the final day of the season to protect a .400 average. We could sit out this final weekend of the regular season, not including Army-Navy next week, and be guaranteed our 18th winning season in the last 23 years, albeit imaginary revenue. We are showing a small 3.5% profit for the season, and we could have sat this week out to guarantee the winning year. We could have merely played one or two games, for going 0-2 would still mean we would have a winning season.

Just like The Splendid Splinter, we are in the lineup and taking our cuts this week with five selections. If we can’t go at least 2-3, we don’t deserve to consider it 18 out of 23. We’re attacking this Championship Week like it’s an opportunity to go from .400 to .406.

Our selections this week include three games straight up against the spread and two Money Line Parlays. We are almost always looking for underdogs that we find undervalued to win and like to go with short underdogs. We tend to never play underdogs of more than two touchdowns. Yet, this week, we are going against our grain. We’re taking two short favorites and one heavy underdog to cover. As for the Money Line Parlays, there were limited choices, and it took a little extra work to come up with two parlays that paid out more than +120. Enjoy, but remember the most important advice you will ever read here–do not wager real money on these selections. We wager $0 in real money, and we know best the value of these selections.

Selection #1: USC -2 1/2 vs. Utah

A two-point conversion in Salt Lake City in October is all that separates USC and a 12-0 regular season. Utah’s home field advantage is worth a good 3 points or more, and this game is being played in Las Vegas. With a College Football Playoff berth on the line, we believe the Trojans could win this game by more than a touchdown.

Selection #2: TCU -2 1/2 vs. Kansas St.

Kansas State’s defense couldn’t stop TCU’s offense in October once the Horned Frogs trailed 28-10. TCU stormed back in the final two plus quarters, outscoring KSU 28-0. With a College Football Playoff on the line, we believe the Horned Frogs are peaking at the right time and sitting on a double-digit win. If so, Kansas State might be the weakest Sugar Bowl team in decades.

Selection #3: LSU +18 1/2 vs. Georgia

We don’t see LSU pulling off an incredible upset to clinch a Sugar Bowl bid, and the defending national champions still look like the prohibitive favorite to win back-to-back titles. However, we have this suspicion that LSU is going to make this game a lot closer than people expect. When a 38-21 game wins this wager (or 45-28 or 28-10), we’ll take a Brian Kelly team to cover.

Selection #4: Money Line Parlay 3 games @ +153.47

Buffalo over Akron

UTSA over North Texas

Boise St. over Fresno St.

Selection #5: Money Line Parlay 3 games @ +121.02

Troy over Coastal Carolina

Tulane over Central Florida

Michigan over Purdue

Mountain West Conference Preview

The Mountain West Conference is the only Group of 5 league that didn’t have realignment issues in the past 12 months. Rumors abound that Boise State, Fresno State, and San Diego State could be on the radar screen with either the Pac-12 or Big 12 Conferences, but those are just rumors for now.

The MWC has enjoyed quite a bit of success in the last decade. Last year, eight MWC teams earned bowl bids. Two of the bowl games were cancelled due to Covid, but in the six bowl games played, MWC teams went 5-1. In the history of this league, MWC teams have won 57% of their bowl games. Only the SEC and the Sun Belt have better bowl game winning percentages in that time.

2022 should be another banner year for the league. Three teams have a chance to compete for the lone New Year’s 6 Bowl Bid.

Mountain West PiRate Ratings

Mountain Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Boise St.	106.0	104.9	106.9	105.9
Air Force	100.9	100.8	102.3	101.3
Utah St.	95.4	95.8	96.6	95.9
Colorado St.	88.5	89.8	89.0	89.1
Wyoming	83.9	86.6	85.0	85.2
New Mexico	80.3	81.0	79.0	80.1
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Fresno St.	103.2	102.5	104.5	103.4
San Diego St.	97.4	97.4	97.8	97.6
Nevada	87.0	89.1	86.8	87.6
U N L V	88.4	85.9	88.0	87.5
San Jose St.	86.8	87.2	87.9	87.3
Hawaii	78.5	80.0	79.3	79.2
MWC	91.4	91.7	91.9	91.7

Mountain West Preseason Media Poll

		Votes
#	Mountain	1st Place	Overall
1	Boise St.	14	151
2	Air Force	10	136
3	Utah St.	3	122
4	Colorado St.	1	90
5	Wyoming	0	60
6	New Mexico	0	29
#	West	1st Place	Overall
1	Fresno St.	20	160
2	San Diego St.	8	148
3	San Jose St.	0	105
4	Nevada	0	66
5	UNLV	0	58
6	Hawaii	0	51

The PiRate Rating are designed to be used for the next week of football games and not meant to be used to predict won-loss records. Nevertheless, here are the projected won-loss records.

Predicted Won-Loss Records

Mountain	Conf	Overall
Boise St.	8-0	10-3
Air Force	6-2	10-2
Utah St.	6-2	8-4
Colorado St.	3-5	5-7
Wyoming	3-5	4-8
New Mexico	0-8	2-10
West	Conf	Overall
Fresno St.	7-1	10-3
San Diego St.	6-2	9-3
San Jose St.	4-4	6-6
UNLV	3-5	5-7
Nevada	2-6	5-7
Hawaii	0-8	1-12

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Home	Visitors	Spread
Fairfield	Manhattan	7.0
Army	Colgate	-7.3
USC Upstate	Presbyterian	1.9
Xavier	St. John’s	8.0
Radford	Campbell	-3.4
Rutgers	Illinois	-5.7
Alabama	Mississippi St.	7.0
Lafayette	Loyola (MD)	-1.1
Holy Cross	Boston U	-8.5
American	Navy	-10.4
Hampton	North Carolina A&T	-3.2
Gardner-Webb	Winthrop	4.0
Charleston Southern	UNC Asheville	-9.7
Louisville	Miami (Fla.)	-0.9
Notre Dame	Boston College	11.1
New Hampshire	Vermont	-9.5
Maryland Baltimore Co.	Stony Brook	2.3
NJIT	UMass Lowell	-3.5
Hartford	Maine	10.4
Binghamton	Albany	0.7
Stetson	Jacksonville	-3.1
Florida Gulf Coast	Kennesaw St.	3.9
St. Bonaventure	Massachusetts	10.3
Saint Joseph’s	George Mason	-0.3
Western Carolina	Furman	-12.7
Mercer	East Tennessee St.	1.5
The Citadel	Wofford	-5.4
LSU	Georgia	19.0
Duquesne	George Washington	3.1
Stephen F. Austin	Chicago St.	19.1
Eastern Kentucky	North Alabama	6.1
Saint Louis	La Salle	16.4
Marquette	Georgetown	15.5
Tarleton	Utah Valley	-2.5
UT Rio Grande Valley	Seattle	-6.7
North Carolina	Pittsburgh	14.4
Lipscomb	Jacksonville St.	-5.1
Central Arkansas	Bellarmine	-7.1
Valparaiso	Loyola (Chi.)	-11.0
Drake	Evansville	15.6
Connecticut	Seton Hall	4.9
Auburn	Vanderbilt	14.6
Northwestern	Purdue	-5.3
Texas Tech	Baylor	0.0
Temple	SMU	-4.2
UT Martin	Morehead St.	-9.8
New Mexico St.	Dixie St.	14.8
California Baptist	Grand Canyon	-4.7
Air Force	Boise St.	-11.7
Fresno St.	UNLV	5.7
Pepperdine	Gonzaga	-29.4

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Sunday, February 13, 2022

Home	Visitors	Spread
St. John’s	Connecticut	-3.7
Youngstown St.	Robert Morris	7.4
Wright St.	Northern Kentucky	5.2
Purdue	Maryland	14.8
Maine	Stony Brook	-8.0
Oakland	Detroit	6.4
Iona	Monmouth	7.5
Rider	Siena	2.3
Illinois	Northwestern	9.8
Old Dominion	UAB	-10.4
Milwaukee	Green Bay	3.7
Quinnipiac	Manhattan	4.8
Iowa	Nebraska	16.9
UTEP	Marshall	6.8
Middle Tennessee	Charlotte	5.9
UNC Greensboro	Mercer	5.1
Boise St.	Colorado St.	3.8
Loyola (Chi.)	Northern Iowa	8.2

Coming Tomorrow: Updated ratings in the morning and updated Bracketology in the afternoon.

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Friday, January 28, 2022

Friday’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Home	Visitors	Spread
Boston U	Colgate	-1.1
Holy Cross	Lehigh	-3.5
Harvard	Pennsylvania	2.5
New Hampshire	Stony Brook	1.8
Air Force	Wyoming	-9.3
Northern Kentucky	Purdue Fort Wayne	2.2
Dayton	Rhode Island	5.5
Monmouth	Canisius	12.6
Rider	Fairfield	-3.3
Saint Peter’s	Manhattan	7.1
Siena	Niagara	-1.5
Buffalo	Ohio	2.3
Toledo	Akron	9.6
Quinnipiac	Marist	-0.9
Wright St.	Cleveland St.	0.8
Colorado St.	UNLV	10.7
New Mexico	San Jose St.	10.1
Fresno St.	Boise St.	0.1

Friday’s PiRate Ratings

#	Team	PiRate	Conference
1	Gonzaga	124.3	West Coast
2	Arizona	121.7	Pac-12
3	Baylor	121.0	Big 12
4	Purdue	119.8	Big Ten
5	Houston	119.0	American Athletic
6	Kentucky	119.0	Southeastern
7	Kansas	118.8	Big 12
8	Auburn	118.6	Southeastern
9	Villanova	118.2	Big East
10	UCLA	117.8	Pac-12
11	Duke	117.2	Atlantic Coast
12	LSU	117.0	Southeastern
13	Tennessee	116.5	Southeastern
14	Illinois	116.3	Big Ten
15	Texas Tech	115.9	Big 12
16	Connecticut	115.4	Big East
17	Texas	115.2	Big 12
18	Alabama	114.7	Southeastern
19	Michigan St.	114.4	Big Ten
20	Iowa	114.3	Big Ten
21	Ohio St.	113.6	Big Ten
22	Xavier	113.5	Big East
23	Michigan	113.1	Big Ten
24	USC	113.0	Pac-12
25	Indiana	112.7	Big Ten
26	Wisconsin	112.4	Big Ten
27	Oklahoma	112.4	Big 12
28	Saint Mary’s	112.4	West Coast
29	Arkansas	112.1	Southeastern
30	Wake Forest	111.9	Atlantic Coast
31	Seton Hall	111.9	Big East
32	BYU	111.8	West Coast
33	Marquette	111.7	Big East
34	Florida	111.6	Southeastern
35	North Carolina	111.6	Atlantic Coast
36	Loyola Chicago	111.5	Missouri Valley
37	San Francisco	111.1	West Coast
38	UAB	111.1	Conference USA
39	Iowa St.	110.9	Big 12
40	Mississippi St.	110.9	Southeastern
41	Colorado St.	110.7	Mountain West
42	Virginia Tech	110.5	Atlantic Coast
43	Oklahoma St.	110.5	Big 12
44	Oregon	110.5	Pac-12
45	San Diego St.	110.4	Mountain West
46	Memphis	110.2	American Athletic
47	Washington St.	110.2	Pac-12
48	Murray St.	110.2	Ohio Valley
49	Boise St.	110.1	Mountain West
50	Providence	109.8	Big East
51	West Virginia	109.7	Big 12
52	SMU	109.5	American Athletic
53	Northwestern	109.1	Big Ten
54	Florida St.	109.1	Atlantic Coast
55	Texas A&M	109.1	Southeastern
56	Clemson	109.0	Atlantic Coast
57	Utah St.	109.0	Mountain West
58	Notre Dame	108.7	Atlantic Coast
59	Missouri St.	108.7	Missouri Valley
60	TCU	108.7	Big 12
61	Davidson	108.7	Atlantic 10
62	Belmont	108.6	Ohio Valley
63	Creighton	108.6	Big East
64	Kansas St.	108.5	Big 12
65	Toledo	108.5	Mid-American
66	Miami FL	108.4	Atlantic Coast
67	Wyoming	108.4	Mountain West
68	Maryland	108.4	Big Ten
69	Saint Louis	108.3	Atlantic 10
70	VCU	108.2	Atlantic 10
71	South Dakota St.	108.1	Summit
72	Cincinnati	108.0	American Athletic
73	Iona	107.8	Metro Atlantic
74	Vermont	107.7	America East
75	St. John’s	107.7	Big East
76	Dayton	107.4	Atlantic 10
77	Penn St.	107.4	Big Ten
78	Colorado	107.4	Pac-12
79	Chattanooga	107.4	Southern
80	UCF	107.2	American Athletic
81	North Texas	107.2	Conference USA
82	Fresno St.	107.2	Mountain West
83	Wichita St.	107.1	American Athletic
84	Furman	107.1	Southern
85	St. Bonaventure	107.0	Atlantic 10
86	Richmond	106.8	Atlantic 10
87	Virginia	106.7	Atlantic Coast
88	Louisiana Tech	106.6	Conference USA
89	Syracuse	106.6	Atlantic Coast
90	Santa Clara	106.5	West Coast
91	Stanford	106.4	Pac-12
92	Minnesota	106.2	Big Ten
93	Vanderbilt	105.9	Southeastern
94	Rutgers	105.8	Big Ten
95	N.C. State	105.5	Atlantic Coast
96	Louisville	105.5	Atlantic Coast
97	Towson	105.4	Colonial Athletic
98	DePaul	105.3	Big East
99	Drake	105.3	Missouri Valley
100	Ohio	105.1	Mid-American
101	South Carolina	105.0	Southeastern
102	Buffalo	104.9	Mid-American
103	Rhode Island	104.9	Atlantic 10
104	New Mexico St.	104.6	Western Athletic
105	Bradley	104.6	Missouri Valley
106	Liberty	104.6	Atlantic Sun
107	Wagner	104.5	Northeast
108	Nevada	104.4	Mountain West
109	Northern Iowa	104.4	Missouri Valley
110	Hofstra	104.2	Colonial Athletic
111	Oakland	104.2	Horizon
112	Mississippi	104.2	Southeastern
113	Grand Canyon	104.0	Western Athletic
114	Utah	104.0	Pac-12
115	George Mason	103.9	Atlantic 10
116	Monmouth	103.6	Metro Atlantic
117	Wofford	103.5	Southern
118	Tulane	103.5	American Athletic
119	Utah Valley	103.4	Western Athletic
120	UC Irvine	103.4	Big West
121	Colgate	103.3	Patriot League
122	Western Kentucky	103.2	Conference USA
123	California	103.0	Pac-12
124	UNLV	103.0	Mountain West
125	Weber St.	103.0	Big Sky
126	Georgia Tech	103.0	Atlantic Coast
127	Butler	102.9	Big East
128	Oral Roberts	102.7	Summit
129	Jacksonville St.	102.6	Atlantic Sun
130	Arizona St.	102.6	Pac-12
131	South Alabama	102.6	Sun Belt
132	Temple	102.3	American Athletic
133	Seattle	102.0	Western Athletic
134	Washington	101.9	Pac-12
135	Princeton	101.9	Ivy League
136	Southern Illinois	101.9	Missouri Valley
137	Navy	101.6	Patriot League
138	UC Santa Barbara	101.6	Big West
139	Missouri	101.5	Southeastern
140	Abilene Christian	101.4	Western Athletic
141	Akron	101.4	Mid-American
142	Boston College	101.3	Atlantic Coast
143	Morehead St.	101.3	Ohio Valley
144	Oregon St.	101.2	Pac-12
145	Yale	101.2	Ivy League
146	Florida Atlantic	101.1	Conference USA
147	Middle Tennessee	101.1	Conference USA
148	Montana St.	100.9	Big Sky
149	Coastal Carolina	100.8	Sun Belt
150	Nebraska	100.8	Big Ten
151	Drexel	100.7	Colonial Athletic
152	Tulsa	100.7	American Athletic
153	Cal St. Fullerton	100.6	Big West
154	Stephen F. Austin	100.5	Western Athletic
155	UC Riverside	100.5	Big West
156	Georgetown	100.5	Big East
157	Delaware	100.5	Colonial Athletic
158	Saint Joseph’s	100.4	Atlantic 10
159	Southern Utah	100.3	Big Sky
160	Longwood	100.3	Big South
161	Pittsburgh	100.3	Atlantic Coast
162	Sam Houston St.	100.3	Western Athletic
163	Appalachian St.	100.3	Sun Belt
164	Montana	100.2	Big Sky
165	Loyola Marymount	100.2	West Coast
166	San Diego	100.2	West Coast
167	Massachusetts	100.2	Atlantic 10
168	Texas St.	100.1	Sun Belt
169	Hawaii	100.0	Big West
170	Cleveland St.	100.0	Horizon
171	Texas Southern	100.0	Southwestern Athletic
172	North Dakota St.	99.9	Summit
173	Brown	99.9	Ivy League
174	Indiana St.	99.7	Missouri Valley
175	Boston University	99.7	Patriot League
176	UNC Greensboro	99.6	Southern
177	Kent St.	99.6	Mid-American
178	VMI	99.6	Southern
179	East Carolina	99.6	American Athletic
180	UTEP	99.5	Conference USA
181	Louisiana	99.4	Sun Belt
182	New Mexico	99.4	Mountain West
183	Illinois St.	99.3	Missouri Valley
184	Bellarmine	99.2	Atlantic Sun
185	Rice	99.2	Conference USA
186	Saint Peter’s	99.2	Metro Atlantic
187	James Madison	99.1	Colonial Athletic
188	Marist	99.1	Metro Atlantic
189	Georgia St.	99.1	Sun Belt
190	Old Dominion	99.0	Conference USA
191	East Tennessee St.	98.9	Southern
192	Miami OH	98.9	Mid-American
193	Charlotte	98.9	Conference USA
194	Arkansas St.	98.8	Sun Belt
195	Fairfield	98.7	Metro Atlantic
196	Charleston	98.7	Colonial Athletic
197	Northern Colorado	98.6	Big Sky
198	Georgia	98.6	Southeastern
199	Valparaiso	98.6	Missouri Valley
200	Winthrop	98.6	Big South
201	Fordham	98.5	Atlantic 10
202	Gardner Webb	98.4	Big South
203	Bowling Green	98.4	Mid-American
204	Bryant	98.4	Northeast
205	Detroit Mercy	98.4	Horizon
206	Wright St.	98.3	Horizon
207	Tarleton St.	98.3	Western Athletic
208	Troy	98.2	Sun Belt
209	Eastern Washington	98.1	Big Sky
210	Florida Gulf Coast	98.0	Atlantic Sun
211	Campbell	98.0	Big South
212	Penn	97.9	Ivy League
213	Cornell	97.9	Ivy League
214	Harvard	97.9	Ivy League
215	Nicholls St.	97.9	Southland
216	Southern	97.7	Southwestern Athletic
217	Eastern Kentucky	97.7	Atlantic Sun
218	Niagara	97.6	Metro Atlantic
219	UT Arlington	97.6	Sun Belt
220	South Florida	97.6	American Athletic
221	Duquesne	97.6	Atlantic 10
222	Kennesaw St.	97.6	Atlantic Sun
223	Long Beach St.	97.6	Big West
224	Mercer	97.5	Southern
225	Howard	97.5	Mideastern Athletic
226	Marshall	97.5	Conference USA
227	Stony Brook	97.4	America East
228	Norfolk St.	97.4	Mideastern Athletic
229	Western Illinois	97.3	Summit
230	UC Davis	97.0	Big West
231	Cal Baptist	97.0	Western Athletic
232	UNC Wilmington	96.9	Colonial Athletic
233	Jacksonville	96.7	Atlantic Sun
234	South Dakota	96.7	Summit
235	New Hampshire	96.7	America East
236	Cal St. Bakersfield	96.6	Big West
237	Georgia Southern	96.5	Sun Belt
238	UNC Asheville	96.5	Big South
239	Purdue Fort Wayne	96.4	Horizon
240	Portland	96.4	West Coast
241	UMKC	96.3	Summit
242	Northeastern	96.2	Colonial Athletic
243	Ball St.	96.1	Mid-American
244	Air Force	96.1	Mountain West
245	FIU	96.1	Conference USA
246	Northern Kentucky	96.1	Horizon
247	Dartmouth	96.0	Ivy League
248	UMBC	96.0	America East
249	Youngstown St.	95.9	Horizon
250	LIU	95.8	Northeast
251	Samford	95.8	Southern
252	Quinnipiac	95.7	Metro Atlantic
253	La Salle	95.7	Atlantic 10
254	UMass Lowell	95.5	America East
255	Texas A&M Corpus Chris	95.4	Southland
256	Mount St. Mary’s	95.0	Northeast
257	Loyola MD	94.8	Patriot League
258	Tennessee Tech	94.8	Ohio Valley
259	The Citadel	94.8	Southern
260	Elon	94.7	Colonial Athletic
261	Alcorn St.	94.6	Southwestern Athletic
262	Manhattan	94.6	Metro Atlantic
263	George Washington	94.5	Atlantic 10
264	Pacific	94.4	West Coast
265	High Point	94.4	Big South
266	Louisiana Monroe	94.3	Sun Belt
267	Albany	94.2	America East
268	North Carolina A&T	94.1	Big South
269	Army	94.1	Patriot League
270	Jackson St.	94.1	Southwestern Athletic
271	UC San Diego	94.0	Big West
272	Illinois Chicago	93.8	Horizon
273	Eastern Michigan	93.7	Mid-American
274	Pepperdine	93.7	West Coast
275	UT Rio Grande Valley	93.6	Western Athletic
276	Siena	93.6	Metro Atlantic
277	Hartford	93.5	America East
278	Canisius	93.5	Metro Atlantic
279	St. Thomas	93.4	Summit
280	New Orleans	93.4	Southland
281	Portland St.	93.3	Big Sky
282	North Alabama	93.2	Atlantic Sun
283	Lipscomb	93.1	Atlantic Sun
284	Radford	93.1	Big South
285	Presbyterian	93.1	Big South
286	SIU Edwardsville	93.0	Ohio Valley
287	North Florida	93.0	Atlantic Sun
288	Austin Peay	93.0	Ohio Valley
289	Rider	92.9	Metro Atlantic
290	Prairie View A&M	92.9	Southwestern Athletic
291	Dixie St.	92.8	Western Athletic
292	Coppin St.	92.8	Mideastern Athletic
293	Binghamton	92.8	America East
294	Southeastern Louisiana	92.5	Southland
295	USC Upstate	92.5	Big South
296	Milwaukee	92.4	Horizon
297	North Carolina Central	92.3	Mideastern Athletic
298	San Jose St.	92.3	Mountain West
299	Robert Morris	92.2	Horizon
300	Evansville	92.2	Missouri Valley
301	St. Francis PA	92.2	Northeast
302	Southeast Missouri St.	92.1	Ohio Valley
303	Western Carolina	92.0	Southern
304	Tennessee St.	92.0	Ohio Valley
305	Merrimack	91.8	Northeast
306	Cal Poly	91.6	Big West
307	Lehigh	91.6	Patriot League
308	McNeese St.	91.6	Southland
309	Stetson	91.5	Atlantic Sun
310	Denver	91.5	Summit
311	Northern Illinois	91.5	Mid-American
312	Little Rock	91.4	Sun Belt
313	Sacramento St.	91.4	Big Sky
314	NJIT	91.2	America East
315	Florida A&M	90.9	Southwestern Athletic
316	Lafayette	90.8	Patriot League
317	Southern Miss	90.8	Conference USA
318	Northern Arizona	90.8	Big Sky
319	Sacred Heart	90.7	Northeast
320	UTSA	90.4	Conference USA
321	Tennessee Martin	90.2	Ohio Valley
322	St. Francis NY	90.2	Northeast
323	Morgan St.	90.2	Mideastern Athletic
324	Green Bay	90.1	Horizon
325	Cal St. Northridge	90.0	Big West
326	Grambling St.	89.5	Southwestern Athletic
327	Idaho	89.4	Big Sky
328	Alabama St.	89.4	Southwestern Athletic
329	William & Mary	89.0	Colonial Athletic
330	Western Michigan	89.0	Mid-American
331	Hampton	88.6	Big South
332	Bucknell	88.4	Patriot League
333	American	88.4	Patriot League
334	Lamar	88.3	Western Athletic
335	Central Michigan	88.0	Mid-American
336	Central Arkansas	87.8	Atlantic Sun
337	Bethune Cookman	87.7	Southwestern Athletic
338	Central Connecticut	87.7	Northeast
339	Maryland Eastern Shore	87.7	Mideastern Athletic
340	South Carolina St.	87.6	Mideastern Athletic
341	Alabama A&M	87.5	Southwestern Athletic
342	Idaho St.	87.3	Big Sky
343	Northwestern St.	87.0	Southland
344	Columbia	86.9	Ivy League
345	Fairleigh Dickinson	86.5	Northeast
346	North Dakota	86.3	Summit
347	Nebraska Omaha	86.0	Summit
348	Chicago St.	85.7	Western Athletic
349	Holy Cross	85.6	Patriot League
350	Houston Baptist	85.4	Southland
351	Charleston Southern	85.1	Big South
352	Maine	84.8	America East
353	Incarnate Word	84.3	Southland
354	Eastern Illinois	82.6	Ohio Valley
355	Arkansas Pine Bluff	82.1	Southwestern Athletic
356	IUPUI	80.3	Horizon
357	Delaware St.	78.6	Mideastern Athletic
358	Mississippi Valley St.	78.0	Southwestern Athletic

Alphabetical

#	Team	PiRate	Conference
140	Abilene Christian	101.4	Western Athletic
244	Air Force	96.1	Mountain West
141	Akron	101.4	Mid-American
18	Alabama	114.7	Southeastern
341	Alabama A&M	87.5	Southwestern Athletic
328	Alabama St.	89.4	Southwestern Athletic
267	Albany	94.2	America East
261	Alcorn St.	94.6	Southwestern Athletic
333	American	88.4	Patriot League
163	Appalachian St.	100.3	Sun Belt
2	Arizona	121.7	Pac-12
130	Arizona St.	102.6	Pac-12
29	Arkansas	112.1	Southeastern
355	Arkansas Pine Bluff	82.1	Southwestern Athletic
194	Arkansas St.	98.8	Sun Belt
269	Army	94.1	Patriot League
8	Auburn	118.6	Southeastern
288	Austin Peay	93.0	Ohio Valley
243	Ball St.	96.1	Mid-American
3	Baylor	121.0	Big 12
184	Bellarmine	99.2	Atlantic Sun
62	Belmont	108.6	Ohio Valley
337	Bethune Cookman	87.7	Southwestern Athletic
293	Binghamton	92.8	America East
49	Boise St.	110.1	Mountain West
142	Boston College	101.3	Atlantic Coast
175	Boston University	99.7	Patriot League
203	Bowling Green	98.4	Mid-American
105	Bradley	104.6	Missouri Valley
173	Brown	99.9	Ivy League
204	Bryant	98.4	Northeast
332	Bucknell	88.4	Patriot League
102	Buffalo	104.9	Mid-American
127	Butler	102.9	Big East
32	BYU	111.8	West Coast
231	Cal Baptist	97.0	Western Athletic
306	Cal Poly	91.6	Big West
236	Cal St. Bakersfield	96.6	Big West
153	Cal St. Fullerton	100.6	Big West
325	Cal St. Northridge	90.0	Big West
123	California	103.0	Pac-12
211	Campbell	98.0	Big South
278	Canisius	93.5	Metro Atlantic
336	Central Arkansas	87.8	Atlantic Sun
338	Central Connecticut	87.7	Northeast
335	Central Michigan	88.0	Mid-American
196	Charleston	98.7	Colonial Athletic
351	Charleston Southern	85.1	Big South
193	Charlotte	98.9	Conference USA
79	Chattanooga	107.4	Southern
348	Chicago St.	85.7	Western Athletic
72	Cincinnati	108.0	American Athletic
56	Clemson	109.0	Atlantic Coast
170	Cleveland St.	100.0	Horizon
149	Coastal Carolina	100.8	Sun Belt
121	Colgate	103.3	Patriot League
78	Colorado	107.4	Pac-12
41	Colorado St.	110.7	Mountain West
344	Columbia	86.9	Ivy League
16	Connecticut	115.4	Big East
292	Coppin St.	92.8	Mideastern Athletic
213	Cornell	97.9	Ivy League
63	Creighton	108.6	Big East
247	Dartmouth	96.0	Ivy League
61	Davidson	108.7	Atlantic 10
76	Dayton	107.4	Atlantic 10
157	Delaware	100.5	Colonial Athletic
357	Delaware St.	78.6	Mideastern Athletic
310	Denver	91.5	Summit
98	DePaul	105.3	Big East
205	Detroit Mercy	98.4	Horizon
291	Dixie St.	92.8	Western Athletic
99	Drake	105.3	Missouri Valley
151	Drexel	100.7	Colonial Athletic
11	Duke	117.2	Atlantic Coast
221	Duquesne	97.6	Atlantic 10
179	East Carolina	99.6	American Athletic
191	East Tennessee St.	98.9	Southern
354	Eastern Illinois	82.6	Ohio Valley
217	Eastern Kentucky	97.7	Atlantic Sun
273	Eastern Michigan	93.7	Mid-American
209	Eastern Washington	98.1	Big Sky
260	Elon	94.7	Colonial Athletic
300	Evansville	92.2	Missouri Valley
195	Fairfield	98.7	Metro Atlantic
345	Fairleigh Dickinson	86.5	Northeast
245	FIU	96.1	Conference USA
34	Florida	111.6	Southeastern
315	Florida A&M	90.9	Southwestern Athletic
146	Florida Atlantic	101.1	Conference USA
210	Florida Gulf Coast	98.0	Atlantic Sun
54	Florida St.	109.1	Atlantic Coast
201	Fordham	98.5	Atlantic 10
82	Fresno St.	107.2	Mountain West
84	Furman	107.1	Southern
202	Gardner Webb	98.4	Big South
115	George Mason	103.9	Atlantic 10
263	George Washington	94.5	Atlantic 10
156	Georgetown	100.5	Big East
198	Georgia	98.6	Southeastern
237	Georgia Southern	96.5	Sun Belt
189	Georgia St.	99.1	Sun Belt
126	Georgia Tech	103.0	Atlantic Coast
1	Gonzaga	124.3	West Coast
326	Grambling St.	89.5	Southwestern Athletic
113	Grand Canyon	104.0	Western Athletic
324	Green Bay	90.1	Horizon
331	Hampton	88.6	Big South
277	Hartford	93.5	America East
214	Harvard	97.9	Ivy League
169	Hawaii	100.0	Big West
265	High Point	94.4	Big South
110	Hofstra	104.2	Colonial Athletic
349	Holy Cross	85.6	Patriot League
5	Houston	119.0	American Athletic
350	Houston Baptist	85.4	Southland
225	Howard	97.5	Mideastern Athletic
327	Idaho	89.4	Big Sky
342	Idaho St.	87.3	Big Sky
14	Illinois	116.3	Big Ten
272	Illinois Chicago	93.8	Horizon
183	Illinois St.	99.3	Missouri Valley
353	Incarnate Word	84.3	Southland
25	Indiana	112.7	Big Ten
174	Indiana St.	99.7	Missouri Valley
73	Iona	107.8	Metro Atlantic
20	Iowa	114.3	Big Ten
39	Iowa St.	110.9	Big 12
356	IUPUI	80.3	Horizon
270	Jackson St.	94.1	Southwestern Athletic
233	Jacksonville	96.7	Atlantic Sun
129	Jacksonville St.	102.6	Atlantic Sun
187	James Madison	99.1	Colonial Athletic
7	Kansas	118.8	Big 12
64	Kansas St.	108.5	Big 12
222	Kennesaw St.	97.6	Atlantic Sun
177	Kent St.	99.6	Mid-American
6	Kentucky	119.0	Southeastern
253	La Salle	95.7	Atlantic 10
316	Lafayette	90.8	Patriot League
334	Lamar	88.3	Western Athletic
307	Lehigh	91.6	Patriot League
106	Liberty	104.6	Atlantic Sun
283	Lipscomb	93.1	Atlantic Sun
312	Little Rock	91.4	Sun Belt
250	LIU	95.8	Northeast
223	Long Beach St.	97.6	Big West
160	Longwood	100.3	Big South
181	Louisiana	99.4	Sun Belt
266	Louisiana Monroe	94.3	Sun Belt
88	Louisiana Tech	106.6	Conference USA
96	Louisville	105.5	Atlantic Coast
36	Loyola Chicago	111.5	Missouri Valley
165	Loyola Marymount	100.2	West Coast
257	Loyola MD	94.8	Patriot League
12	LSU	117.0	Southeastern
352	Maine	84.8	America East
262	Manhattan	94.6	Metro Atlantic
188	Marist	99.1	Metro Atlantic
33	Marquette	111.7	Big East
226	Marshall	97.5	Conference USA
68	Maryland	108.4	Big Ten
339	Maryland Eastern Shore	87.7	Mideastern Athletic
167	Massachusetts	100.2	Atlantic 10
308	McNeese St.	91.6	Southland
46	Memphis	110.2	American Athletic
224	Mercer	97.5	Southern
305	Merrimack	91.8	Northeast
66	Miami FL	108.4	Atlantic Coast
192	Miami OH	98.9	Mid-American
23	Michigan	113.1	Big Ten
19	Michigan St.	114.4	Big Ten
147	Middle Tennessee	101.1	Conference USA
296	Milwaukee	92.4	Horizon
92	Minnesota	106.2	Big Ten
112	Mississippi	104.2	Southeastern
40	Mississippi St.	110.9	Southeastern
358	Mississippi Valley St.	78.0	Southwestern Athletic
139	Missouri	101.5	Southeastern
59	Missouri St.	108.7	Missouri Valley
116	Monmouth	103.6	Metro Atlantic
164	Montana	100.2	Big Sky
148	Montana St.	100.9	Big Sky
143	Morehead St.	101.3	Ohio Valley
323	Morgan St.	90.2	Mideastern Athletic
256	Mount St. Mary’s	95.0	Northeast
48	Murray St.	110.2	Ohio Valley
95	N.C. State	105.5	Atlantic Coast
137	Navy	101.6	Patriot League
150	Nebraska	100.8	Big Ten
347	Nebraska Omaha	86.0	Summit
108	Nevada	104.4	Mountain West
235	New Hampshire	96.7	America East
182	New Mexico	99.4	Mountain West
104	New Mexico St.	104.6	Western Athletic
280	New Orleans	93.4	Southland
218	Niagara	97.6	Metro Atlantic
215	Nicholls St.	97.9	Southland
314	NJIT	91.2	America East
228	Norfolk St.	97.4	Mideastern Athletic
282	North Alabama	93.2	Atlantic Sun
35	North Carolina	111.6	Atlantic Coast
268	North Carolina A&T	94.1	Big South
297	North Carolina Central	92.3	Mideastern Athletic
346	North Dakota	86.3	Summit
172	North Dakota St.	99.9	Summit
287	North Florida	93.0	Atlantic Sun
81	North Texas	107.2	Conference USA
242	Northeastern	96.2	Colonial Athletic
318	Northern Arizona	90.8	Big Sky
197	Northern Colorado	98.6	Big Sky
311	Northern Illinois	91.5	Mid-American
109	Northern Iowa	104.4	Missouri Valley
246	Northern Kentucky	96.1	Horizon
53	Northwestern	109.1	Big Ten
343	Northwestern St.	87.0	Southland
58	Notre Dame	108.7	Atlantic Coast
111	Oakland	104.2	Horizon
100	Ohio	105.1	Mid-American
21	Ohio St.	113.6	Big Ten
27	Oklahoma	112.4	Big 12
43	Oklahoma St.	110.5	Big 12
190	Old Dominion	99.0	Conference USA
128	Oral Roberts	102.7	Summit
44	Oregon	110.5	Pac-12
144	Oregon St.	101.2	Pac-12
264	Pacific	94.4	West Coast
212	Penn	97.9	Ivy League
77	Penn St.	107.4	Big Ten
274	Pepperdine	93.7	West Coast
161	Pittsburgh	100.3	Atlantic Coast
240	Portland	96.4	West Coast
281	Portland St.	93.3	Big Sky
290	Prairie View A&M	92.9	Southwestern Athletic
285	Presbyterian	93.1	Big South
135	Princeton	101.9	Ivy League
50	Providence	109.8	Big East
4	Purdue	119.8	Big Ten
239	Purdue Fort Wayne	96.4	Horizon
252	Quinnipiac	95.7	Metro Atlantic
284	Radford	93.1	Big South
103	Rhode Island	104.9	Atlantic 10
185	Rice	99.2	Conference USA
86	Richmond	106.8	Atlantic 10
289	Rider	92.9	Metro Atlantic
299	Robert Morris	92.2	Horizon
94	Rutgers	105.8	Big Ten
313	Sacramento St.	91.4	Big Sky
319	Sacred Heart	90.7	Northeast
158	Saint Joseph’s	100.4	Atlantic 10
69	Saint Louis	108.3	Atlantic 10
28	Saint Mary’s	112.4	West Coast
186	Saint Peter’s	99.2	Metro Atlantic
162	Sam Houston St.	100.3	Western Athletic
251	Samford	95.8	Southern
166	San Diego	100.2	West Coast
45	San Diego St.	110.4	Mountain West
37	San Francisco	111.1	West Coast
298	San Jose St.	92.3	Mountain West
90	Santa Clara	106.5	West Coast
133	Seattle	102.0	Western Athletic
31	Seton Hall	111.9	Big East
276	Siena	93.6	Metro Atlantic
286	SIU Edwardsville	93.0	Ohio Valley
52	SMU	109.5	American Athletic
131	South Alabama	102.6	Sun Belt
101	South Carolina	105.0	Southeastern
340	South Carolina St.	87.6	Mideastern Athletic
234	South Dakota	96.7	Summit
71	South Dakota St.	108.1	Summit
220	South Florida	97.6	American Athletic
302	Southeast Missouri St.	92.1	Ohio Valley
294	Southeastern Louisiana	92.5	Southland
216	Southern	97.7	Southwestern Athletic
136	Southern Illinois	101.9	Missouri Valley
317	Southern Miss	90.8	Conference USA
159	Southern Utah	100.3	Big Sky
85	St. Bonaventure	107.0	Atlantic 10
322	St. Francis NY	90.2	Northeast
301	St. Francis PA	92.2	Northeast
75	St. John’s	107.7	Big East
279	St. Thomas	93.4	Summit
91	Stanford	106.4	Pac-12
154	Stephen F. Austin	100.5	Western Athletic
309	Stetson	91.5	Atlantic Sun
227	Stony Brook	97.4	America East
89	Syracuse	106.6	Atlantic Coast
207	Tarleton St.	98.3	Western Athletic
60	TCU	108.7	Big 12
132	Temple	102.3	American Athletic
13	Tennessee	116.5	Southeastern
321	Tennessee Martin	90.2	Ohio Valley
304	Tennessee St.	92.0	Ohio Valley
258	Tennessee Tech	94.8	Ohio Valley
17	Texas	115.2	Big 12
55	Texas A&M	109.1	Southeastern
255	Texas A&M Corpus Chris	95.4	Southland
171	Texas Southern	100.0	Southwestern Athletic
168	Texas St.	100.1	Sun Belt
15	Texas Tech	115.9	Big 12
259	The Citadel	94.8	Southern
65	Toledo	108.5	Mid-American
97	Towson	105.4	Colonial Athletic
208	Troy	98.2	Sun Belt
118	Tulane	103.5	American Athletic
152	Tulsa	100.7	American Athletic
38	UAB	111.1	Conference USA
230	UC Davis	97.0	Big West
120	UC Irvine	103.4	Big West
155	UC Riverside	100.5	Big West
271	UC San Diego	94.0	Big West
138	UC Santa Barbara	101.6	Big West
80	UCF	107.2	American Athletic
10	UCLA	117.8	Pac-12
254	UMass Lowell	95.5	America East
248	UMBC	96.0	America East
241	UMKC	96.3	Summit
238	UNC Asheville	96.5	Big South
176	UNC Greensboro	99.6	Southern
232	UNC Wilmington	96.9	Colonial Athletic
124	UNLV	103.0	Mountain West
24	USC	113.0	Pac-12
295	USC Upstate	92.5	Big South
219	UT Arlington	97.6	Sun Belt
275	UT Rio Grande Valley	93.6	Western Athletic
114	Utah	104.0	Pac-12
57	Utah St.	109.0	Mountain West
119	Utah Valley	103.4	Western Athletic
180	UTEP	99.5	Conference USA
320	UTSA	90.4	Conference USA
199	Valparaiso	98.6	Missouri Valley
93	Vanderbilt	105.9	Southeastern
70	VCU	108.2	Atlantic 10
74	Vermont	107.7	America East
9	Villanova	118.2	Big East
87	Virginia	106.7	Atlantic Coast
42	Virginia Tech	110.5	Atlantic Coast
178	VMI	99.6	Southern
107	Wagner	104.5	Northeast
30	Wake Forest	111.9	Atlantic Coast
134	Washington	101.9	Pac-12
47	Washington St.	110.2	Pac-12
125	Weber St.	103.0	Big Sky
51	West Virginia	109.7	Big 12
303	Western Carolina	92.0	Southern
229	Western Illinois	97.3	Summit
122	Western Kentucky	103.2	Conference USA
330	Western Michigan	89.0	Mid-American
83	Wichita St.	107.1	American Athletic
329	William & Mary	89.0	Colonial Athletic
200	Winthrop	98.6	Big South
26	Wisconsin	112.4	Big Ten
117	Wofford	103.5	Southern
206	Wright St.	98.3	Horizon
67	Wyoming	108.4	Mountain West
22	Xavier	113.5	Big East
145	Yale	101.2	Ivy League
249	Youngstown St.	95.9	Horizon

PiRate Ratings By Conference

America East
Team	Rating
Vermont	107.7
Stony Brook	97.4
New Hampshire	96.7
UMBC	96.0
UMass Lowell	95.5
Albany	94.2
Hartford	93.5
Binghamton	92.8
NJIT	91.2
Maine	84.8
American Athletic
Team	Rating
Houston	119.0
Memphis	110.2
SMU	109.5
Cincinnati	108.0
UCF	107.2
Wichita St.	107.1
Tulane	103.5
Temple	102.3
Tulsa	100.7
East Carolina	99.6
South Florida	97.6
Atlantic 10
Team	Rating
Davidson	108.7
Saint Louis	108.3
VCU	108.2
Dayton	107.4
St. Bonaventure	107.0
Richmond	106.8
Rhode Island	104.9
George Mason	103.9
Saint Joseph’s	100.4
Massachusetts	100.2
Fordham	98.5
Duquesne	97.6
La Salle	95.7
George Washington	94.5
Atlantic Coast
Team	Rating
Duke	117.2
Wake Forest	111.9
North Carolina	111.6
Virginia Tech	110.5
Florida St.	109.1
Clemson	109.0
Notre Dame	108.7
Miami FL	108.4
Virginia	106.7
Syracuse	106.6
N.C. State	105.5
Louisville	105.5
Georgia Tech	103.0
Boston College	101.3
Pittsburgh	100.3
Atlantic Sun
Team	Rating
Liberty	104.6
Jacksonville St.	102.6
Bellarmine	99.2
Florida Gulf Coast	98.0
Eastern Kentucky	97.7
Kennesaw St.	97.6
Jacksonville	96.7
North Alabama	93.2
Lipscomb	93.1
North Florida	93.0
Stetson	91.5
Central Arkansas	87.8
Big 12
Team	Rating
Baylor	121.0
Kansas	118.8
Texas Tech	115.9
Texas	115.2
Oklahoma	112.4
Iowa St.	110.9
Oklahoma St.	110.5
West Virginia	109.7
TCU	108.7
Kansas St.	108.5
Big East
Team	Rating
Villanova	118.2
Connecticut	115.4
Xavier	113.5
Seton Hall	111.9
Marquette	111.7
Providence	109.8
Creighton	108.6
St. John’s	107.7
DePaul	105.3
Butler	102.9
Georgetown	100.5
Big Sky
Team	Rating
Weber St.	103.0
Montana St.	100.9
Southern Utah	100.3
Montana	100.2
Northern Colorado	98.6
Eastern Washington	98.1
Portland St.	93.3
Sacramento St.	91.4
Northern Arizona	90.8
Idaho	89.4
Idaho St.	87.3
Big South
Team	Rating
Longwood	100.3
Winthrop	98.6
Gardner Webb	98.4
Campbell	98.0
UNC Asheville	96.5
High Point	94.4
North Carolina A&T	94.1
Radford	93.1
Presbyterian	93.1
USC Upstate	92.5
Hampton	88.6
Charleston Southern	85.1
Big Ten
Team	Rating
Purdue	119.8
Illinois	116.3
Michigan St.	114.4
Iowa	114.3
Ohio St.	113.6
Michigan	113.1
Indiana	112.7
Wisconsin	112.4
Northwestern	109.1
Maryland	108.4
Penn St.	107.4
Minnesota	106.2
Rutgers	105.8
Nebraska	100.8
Big West
Team	Rating
UC Irvine	103.4
UC Santa Barbara	101.6
Cal St. Fullerton	100.6
UC Riverside	100.5
Hawaii	100.0
Long Beach St.	97.6
UC Davis	97.0
Cal St. Bakersfield	96.6
UC San Diego	94.0
Cal Poly	91.6
Cal St. Northridge	90.0
Colonial Athletic
Team	Rating
Towson	105.4
Hofstra	104.2
Drexel	100.7
Delaware	100.5
James Madison	99.1
Charleston	98.7
UNC Wilmington	96.9
Northeastern	96.2
Elon	94.7
William & Mary	89.0
Conference USA
Team	Rating
UAB	111.1
North Texas	107.2
Louisiana Tech	106.6
Western Kentucky	103.2
Florida Atlantic	101.1
Middle Tennessee	101.1
UTEP	99.5
Rice	99.2
Old Dominion	99.0
Charlotte	98.9
Marshall	97.5
FIU	96.1
Southern Miss	90.8
UTSA	90.4
Horizon
Team	Rating
Oakland	104.2
Cleveland St.	100.0
Detroit Mercy	98.4
Wright St.	98.3
Purdue Fort Wayne	96.4
Northern Kentucky	96.1
Youngstown St.	95.9
Illinois Chicago	93.8
Milwaukee	92.4
Robert Morris	92.2
Green Bay	90.1
IUPUI	80.3
Ivy League
Team	Rating
Princeton	101.9
Yale	101.2
Brown	99.9
Penn	97.9
Cornell	97.9
Harvard	97.9
Dartmouth	96.0
Columbia	86.9
Metro Atlantic
Team	Rating
Iona	107.8
Monmouth	103.6
Saint Peter’s	99.2
Marist	99.1
Fairfield	98.7
Niagara	97.6
Quinnipiac	95.7
Manhattan	94.6
Siena	93.6
Canisius	93.5
Rider	92.9
Mid-American
Team	Rating
Toledo	108.5
Ohio	105.1
Buffalo	104.9
Akron	101.4
Kent St.	99.6
Miami OH	98.9
Bowling Green	98.4
Ball St.	96.1
Eastern Michigan	93.7
Northern Illinois	91.5
Western Michigan	89.0
Central Michigan	88.0
Mideastern Athletic
Team	Rating
Howard	97.5
Norfolk St.	97.4
Coppin St.	92.8
North Carolina Central	92.3
Morgan St.	90.2
Maryland Eastern Shore	87.7
South Carolina St.	87.6
Delaware St.	78.6
Missouri Valley
Team	Rating
Loyola Chicago	111.5
Missouri St.	108.7
Drake	105.3
Bradley	104.6
Northern Iowa	104.4
Southern Illinois	101.9
Indiana St.	99.7
Illinois St.	99.3
Valparaiso	98.6
Evansville	92.2
Mountain West
Team	Rating
Colorado St.	110.7
San Diego St.	110.4
Boise St.	110.1
Utah St.	109.0
Wyoming	108.4
Fresno St.	107.2
Nevada	104.4
UNLV	103.0
New Mexico	99.4
Air Force	96.1
San Jose St.	92.3
Northeast
Team	Rating
Wagner	104.5
Bryant	98.4
LIU	95.8
Mount St. Mary’s	95.0
St. Francis PA	92.2
Merrimack	91.8
Sacred Heart	90.7
St. Francis NY	90.2
Central Connecticut	87.7
Fairleigh Dickinson	86.5
Ohio Valley
Team	Rating
Murray St.	110.2
Belmont	108.6
Morehead St.	101.3
Tennessee Tech	94.8
SIU Edwardsville	93.0
Austin Peay	93.0
Southeast Missouri St.	92.1
Tennessee St.	92.0
Tennessee Martin	90.2
Eastern Illinois	82.6
Pac-12
Team	Rating
Arizona	121.7
UCLA	117.8
USC	113.0
Oregon	110.5
Washington St.	110.2
Colorado	107.4
Stanford	106.4
Utah	104.0
California	103.0
Arizona St.	102.6
Washington	101.9
Oregon St.	101.2
Patriot League
Team	Rating
Colgate	103.3
Navy	101.6
Boston University	99.7
Loyola MD	94.8
Army	94.1
Lehigh	91.6
Lafayette	90.8
Bucknell	88.4
American	88.4
Holy Cross	85.6
Southeastern
Team	Rating
Kentucky	119.0
Auburn	118.6
LSU	117.0
Tennessee	116.5
Alabama	114.7
Arkansas	112.1
Florida	111.6
Mississippi St.	110.9
Texas A&M	109.1
Vanderbilt	105.9
South Carolina	105.0
Mississippi	104.2
Missouri	101.5
Georgia	98.6
Southern
Team	Rating
Chattanooga	107.4
Furman	107.1
Wofford	103.5
UNC Greensboro	99.6
VMI	99.6
East Tennessee St.	98.9
Mercer	97.5
Samford	95.8
The Citadel	94.8
Western Carolina	92.0
Southland
Team	Rating
Nicholls St.	97.9
Texas A&M Corpus Chris	95.4
New Orleans	93.4
Southeastern Louisiana	92.5
McNeese St.	91.6
Northwestern St.	87.0
Houston Baptist	85.4
Incarnate Word	84.3
Southwestern Athletic
Team	Rating
Texas Southern	100.0
Southern	97.7
Alcorn St.	94.6
Jackson St.	94.1
Prairie View A&M	92.9
Florida A&M	90.9
Grambling St.	89.5
Alabama St.	89.4
Bethune Cookman	87.7
Alabama A&M	87.5
Arkansas Pine Bluff	82.1
Mississippi Valley St.	78.0
Summit
Team	Rating
South Dakota St.	108.1
Oral Roberts	102.7
North Dakota St.	99.9
Western Illinois	97.3
South Dakota	96.7
UMKC	96.3
St. Thomas	93.4
Denver	91.5
North Dakota	86.3
Nebraska Omaha	86.0
Sun Belt
Team	Rating
South Alabama	102.6
Coastal Carolina	100.8
Appalachian St.	100.3
Texas St.	100.1
Louisiana	99.4
Georgia St.	99.1
Arkansas St.	98.8
Troy	98.2
UT Arlington	97.6
Georgia Southern	96.5
Louisiana Monroe	94.3
Little Rock	91.4
West Coast
Team	Rating
Gonzaga	124.3
Saint Mary’s	112.4
BYU	111.8
San Francisco	111.1
Santa Clara	106.5
Loyola Marymount	100.2
San Diego	100.2
Portland	96.4
Pacific	94.4
Pepperdine	93.7
Western Athletic
Team	Rating
New Mexico St.	104.6
Grand Canyon	104.0
Utah Valley	103.4
Seattle	102.0
Abilene Christian	101.4
Stephen F. Austin	100.5
Sam Houston St.	100.3
Tarleton St.	98.3
Cal Baptist	97.0
UT Rio Grande Valley	93.6
Dixie St.	92.8
Lamar	88.3
Chicago St.	85.7

Coming Later Today: Updated Bracketology

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Home	Visitors	Spread
Rhode Island	Richmond	2.2
Georgia	Alabama	-15.0
Duke	Clemson	12.1
Illilnois	Michigan St.	5.4
Villanova	DePaul	15.3
Northern Kentucky	Wright St.	-0.7
Charleston	William & Mary	13.2
Dayton	Fordham	12.4
Yale	Columbia	17.6
Iona	Siena	16.6
Temple	Cincinnati	-3.1
Indiana St.	Missouri St.	-7.6
Ohio	Northern Illinois	16.5
Bowling Green	Eastern Michigan	6.8
Central Michigan	Akron	-11.6
Kent St.	Western Michigan	13.3
Toledo	Buffalo	5.4
Ball St.	Miami (O)	-2.5
Baylor	Kansas St.	14.6
North Dakota St.	St. Thomas	7.6
Pittsburgh	Syracuse	-4.7
Loyola (Chi.)	Southern Illinois	12.3
Rutgers	Maryland	1.4
Missouri	Auburn	-15.4
Connecticut	Georgetown	17.5
Kentucky	Mississippi St.	11.3
TCU	Texas	-1.5
Colorado St.	Nevada	11.2
New Mexico	Fresno St.	-4.9
Boise St.	Wyoming	5.1
Oregon	Colorado	6.8
Cal St. Northridge	UCSB	-7.3
San Jose St.	Air Force	-0.1
UCLA	Arizona	-3.1

A New Sun Bowl

With Miami of Florida having to back out of the Sun Bowl and Boise State having to back out of the Arizona Bowl due to multiple positive Covid cases, The Arizona Bowl has been cancelled, and the Sun Bowl has now extended an invitation to Central Michigan to face Washington State. Below are the new PiRate Ratings spreads for that game.

Home	Visitor	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Washington St.	Central Michigan	7.2	9.3	9.4

Mountain West Coast Conference Preview

Like every other conference in 2020, the Mountain West Conference was forced to make some eleventh hour changes, delaying the start of the season to late October.  One team, Colorado State, played just four games.  Several teams made it to six games.  A couple played seven times, and no team played double digit games.

Divisional play was cancelled last year, with the top two finishers facing off in the MWC Championship Game.  San Jose State finished first with a 6-0 league record, while Boise State finished a half-game back at 5-0.  In the MWC Championship Game, the Spartans bested the Broncos by two touchdowns.

Normalcy returns in 2021, as the teams return to divisional play.  At the preseason meetings the MWC Media voted their predicted order of finish for the season.  Here is how it turned out:

Mountain West Conference Preseason Media Poll
Mountain Division	1st Pl	Overall
Boise St.	23	148
Wyoming	2	115
Air Force		104
Colorado St.		72
Utah St.		47
New Mexico		39
West Division	1st Pl	Overall
Nevada	19	141
San Jose St.	5	121
San Diego St.		96
Fresno St.	1	85
Hawaii		56
UNLV		26

Here is the PiRate Ratings Preview for the MWC

Boise State breaks in a new head coach, after Bryan Harsin left for Auburn.  The Broncos return 16 starters including their starting quarterback and two excellent receivers.  New coach Andy Avalos needs to get more consistency out of the Boise State offense.  The defense is good enough to win games for the Broncos as long as the offense tops 30 points.

One of these years, Wyoming is going to put it all together and take the Mountain Division flag.  Coach Craig Bohl has what looks like his best team since he arrived in Laramie, and this could be the year the Cowboys challenge for the division title.  The Wyoming defense should challenge for the league lead in points allowed and total yards allowed.

AIr Force led the MWC in scoring defense last year, while the option offense was off and on.  When an option style team has a veteran quarterback, they usually perform a little better than the previous season.  However, even though quarterback Haaziq Daniels returns to start, he will play behind an offensive line that must replace all five starters.  The Falcon defense is going to need to come out with a lot of stalled opponent drives if AFA is going to compete for the division flag.

Colorado State has had a lot of turnover the last couple of seasons with three different head coaches.  Current coach and former Boston College head man Steve Addazio didn’t get much of a chance to coach in Fort Collins in his first year, going just 1-3.  He has an experienced squad returning, but the Rams have a tough schedule.  Competing for a winning record may be two seasons away at the least.

Utah State won just one time last year, a 14-point victory over New Mexico.  Once considered an offensive firepower, the Aggies are anything but that these days.  USU must break in a new quarterback, three new pass catchers, and a new running back, and the offense is going to struggle at times after averaging just 15.5 points per game last year.  The defense was mediocre in 2020, and it could be weaker this year, so the Aggies are not likely to enjoy a winning season.

New Mexico lost their first five games but was competitive in four of those games last year.  The Lobos ended the season with wins over Wyoming and Fresno State, and they return 14 starters.  They are a good quarterback away from contending for a bowl game this year.

In the West Division, the Nevada Wolf Pack clearly begins the season as the team to beat for the championship.  The Wolf Pack have the far and away best quarterback in the league and one of the top five in the nation in Carson Strong.  Give Strong a highly competent receiving corps, and Nevada should ride their version of the Air Raid offense to more than 35 points per game this year.  The good news for the Pack is their defense should be somewhat improved this year after surrendering just 23 points per game last year.  Keep an eye on this team; they have two road games against Power Five conference opponents, and they play Boise State on the road.  It would not be a shock if Nevada pulled off upsets in any or all of these games, assuming they count as upsets.

Nevada will have to compete with San Jose State and San Diego State for the West Division title, as both the Spartans and Aztecs are quite talented.  San Jose State went undefeated in the regular season and topped Boise State in the MWC title game, but they fell to a hot Ball State team in the Arizona Bowl.  The Spartans return their entire starting defense, while the offense returns the second best quarterback in the league in Nick Starkel, playing behind an offensive line that returns all five regulars.  Other than a game at USC in September, the Spartans have a chance to win the rest.  The November 6 game at Nevada might decide the division title.

San Diego State began to play defense in 2020 like the Aztecs were known for a decade ago, giving up 17.8 points per game and finishing third nationally in yards allowed at 283.5 per game.  SDSU doesn’t have the experienced quarterback like the other two contenders, but the Aztec defense should be even stronger in 2021.  

Fresno State had an off year at 3-3, and the Bulldogs concluded 2020 with a 49-39 loss to New Mexico.  Things weren’t as bad as they appeared to be for this team.  They suffered the most logistical nightmare of any team thanks to Covid.  The program totally shut down for more than six months, and after beating Utah State on November 14, they prepared to play for three weeks only to find out late each week that their game had been cancelled.  Additionally, after October’s home game win over Colorado State, they had to play their final four games on the road. Second year coach Kalen DeBoer welcomes back an experienced roster.  DeBoer went 67-3 in his previous stint as a head coach at NAIA power Sioux Falls.  Expect the Bulldogs to begin a trek back toward regular contention for the MWC championship.  Having to play at Oregon and at UCLA in September and then making a trip to Hawaii in early October could task the roster a tad too much, but FSU could easily sneak into contention .

Hawaii cannot be discounted as a dark horse in the West Division race.  Todd Graham guided the Rainbow Warriors to a 5-4 record that included a New Mexico Bowl win over Houston last year.  The UH offense was consistent, but the defense was not.  Expect a better defensive performance this year, and the offense should be strong once again.  UH will be handicapped a bit this year having to play seven road games, while their home games will be played in a retrofitted practice field on campus, while waiting for Aloha Stadium to be rebuilt.  The practice field will serve as the home field for the next three years.

UNLV wore the collar in 2020, going 0-6 in Coach Marcus Arroyo’s first season.  The Rebels will be interesting to watch this year, even if the total level of talent isn’t ready to compete in the MWC.  While 10 starters return to the weakest defense in the league, and a couple of  players that missed 2020 will be back to make the defense stronger, the focus will be on the offense, namely at quarterback.  

Tate Martell was the Gatorade National Player of the Year as a senior at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas.  Martell took a circuitous route home after committing to multiple colleges and playing for both Ohio State and Miami of Florida.  He has one year to show NFL scouts that he is worthy of being drafted.  If he can live up to expectations, Martell could challenge Starkel as second best passer in the league.  If not, UNLV could struggle to win a conference game this year.

Here are the preseason PiRate Ratings for the MWC

Mountain West Conference
Mountain Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Boise St.	103.9	103.3	104.3	103.9
Wyoming	97.7	98.4	99.5	98.5
Air Force	96.4	96.3	96.9	96.5
Colorado St.	88.8	88.8	89.3	89.0
Utah St.	85.6	86.6	85.2	85.8
New Mexico	85.8	86.2	85.2	85.7
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
San Jose St.	100.8	101.1	99.0	100.3
San Diego St.	100.6	99.9	100.2	100.2
Nevada	98.4	99.7	98.4	98.8
Fresno St.	93.7	95.7	96.7	95.3
Hawaii	94.8	94.1	94.7	94.6
U N L V	85.8	84.3	84.6	84.9
MWC Averages	94.4	94.5	94.5	94.5

The PiRate Ratings are designed only to predict the next game for each team and not to look forward past that game, but just for fun, here are our predictions for 2021.

MWC Mountain	Conf.	Overall
Boise St.	7-1	8-5
Wyoming	6-2	10-2
Air Force	4-4	7-5
New Mexico	3-5	6-6
Colorado St.	2-6	4-8
Utah St.	1-7	3-9
MWC West	Conf.	Overall
San Jose St.	6-2	10-3*
Nevada	6-2	8-4
San Diego St.	5-3	8-4
Hawaii	4-4	7-6
Fresno St.	3-5	5-7
UNLV	1-7	2-10
* San Jose St. wins MWC Championship Game

PiRate Ratings Bracketology

Date	3/13/2021
Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Gonzaga	Baylor	Michigan	Illinois
2	Ohio St.	Alabama	Iowa	Oklahoma St.
3	Houston	Arkansas	Kansas	Texas
4	Florida St.	Purdue	West Virginia	Virginia
5	Tennessee	Creighton	Colorado	Villanova
6	Oregon	USC	Texas Tech	Missouri
7	LSU	Oklahoma	Wisconsin	Clemson
8	BYU	Florida	Loyola (Chi.)	North Carolina
9	Rutgers	San Diego St.	Virginia Tech	Connecticut
10	St. Bonaventure	Georgia Tech	VCU	Maryland
11	Wichita St.	Michigan St.	UCLA	Louisville
12	Western Ky.	Winthrop	Syracuse	Drake	Utah St.	Ole Miss
13	UCSB	Liberty	UNCG	Colgate
14	Buffalo	Morehead St.	Abilene Christian	E. Washington
15	Cleveland St.	Grand Canyon	Oral Roberts	Drexel
16	Iona	Mount St. Mary’s	Appalachian St.	Hartford	Norfolk St.	Prairie View A&M

First Four Out–Alternates

69 Saint Louis

70 Colorado St.

71 Boise St.

72 Xavier

Potential Bubble Busters: Memphis. Georgetown, and Oregon St.