PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Thursday, March 17, 2022

Thursday, March 17, 2022
Team	Team	Spread
Colorado St.	Michigan	-2.1
Providence	South Dakota St.	2.9
Boise St.	Memphis	-1.9
Baylor	Norfolk St.	20.2
Tennessee	Longwood	16.6
Iowa	Richmond	10.2
Gonzaga	Georgia St.	23.1
North Carolina	Marquette	1.9
Connecticut	New Mexico St.	9.0
Kentucky	Saint Peter’s	17.3
Saint Mary’s	Indiana	2.3
San Diego St.	Creighton	2.3
Arkansas	Vermont	4.2
Murray St.	San Francisco	-2.3
UCLA	Akron	14.9
Kansas	Texas Southern	18.7
Fresno St.	Eastern Washington	11.8

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Sunday, February 27, 2022

Home	Visitors	Spread
Georgetown	Connecticut	-14.7
Harvard	Princeton	-5.1
Houston	SMU	12.8
Quinnipiac	Canisius	1.1
Michigan	Illinois	-0.1
Manhattan	Fairfield	-0.2
Saint Peter’s	Niagara	4.9
Siena	Monmouth	-5.5
Rider	Iona	-12.1
Memphis	Wichita St.	8.1
George Mason	George Washington	11.5
Temple	Tulane	1.0
Maryland	Ohio St.	2.5
UNC Greensboro	East Tennessee St.	3.4
DePaul	St. John’s	-1.6
Montana	Montana St.	-2.8
Minnesota	Indiana	-3.3
Penn St.	Nebraska	12.6

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Home	Visitors	Spread
North Dakota	St. Thomas	-0.9
Dartmouth	Yale	-2.2
Missouri	Tennessee	-12.5
Florida	Arkansas	-0.6
Iowa	Michigan St.	5.6
Northeastern	Charleston	-1.1
Monmouth	Siena	9.2
St. Bonaventure	Rhode Island	7.1
George Washington	Richmond	-6.4
Eastern Michigan	Northern Illinois	2.6
Kent St.	Ball St.	9.6
Akron	Bowling Green	8.1
Miami (O)	Buffalo	-6.5
Western Michigan	Toledo	-15.3
Ohio	Central Michigan	17.6
Texas A&M	Georgia	12.2
Connecticut	Villanova	0.4
Texas Tech	Oklahoma	9.3
Pittsburgh	Miami (Fla.)	-4.4
Saint Louis	Saint Joseph’s	11.8
Northwestern	Nebraska	11.2
Kansas	Kansas St.	13.0
Vanderbilt	Alabama	-3.8
Air Force	Fresno St.	-8.7
Boise St.	San Diego St.	2.0
Cal Poly	Cal St. Bakersfield	-1.5
Utah St.	New Mexico	12.1
Nevada	UNLV	0.3

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 21, 2022

Friday’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Home	Visitors	Spread
Ohio	Toledo	1.9
Maryland	Illinois	-7.5
Illinois St.	Evansville	7.2
St. Francis (PA)	Central Connecticut	7.7
Mount St. Mary’s	Sacred Heart	2.6
Merrimack	Bryant	-2.1
Long Island	Wagner	-5.0
Fairleigh Dickinson	St. Francis (NY)	-0.1
Cleveland St.	Youngstown St.	7.0
Purdue Fort Wayne	Robert Morris	5.8
Duquesne	St. Bonaventure	-7.0
Canisius	Rider	3.6
Niagara	Saint Peter’s	2.9
Manhattan	Siena	3.2
Buffalo	Kent St.	7.5
Wisconsin	Michigan St.	2.3
Nevada	Fresno St.	0.1

PiRate Ratings

#	Team	PiRate	Conference
1	Gonzaga	124.1	West Coast
2	Arizona	121.9	Pac-12
3	Baylor	119.9	Big 12
4	Kentucky	119.5	Southeastern
5	Purdue	119.3	Big Ten
6	Auburn	119.2	Southeastern
7	Kansas	119.1	Big 12
8	Houston	118.6	American Athletic
9	Villanova	118.0	Big East
10	LSU	118.0	Southeastern
11	Illinois	117.7	Big Ten
12	Duke	117.4	Atlantic Coast
13	UCLA	116.5	Pac-12
14	Tennessee	116.2	Southeastern
15	Alabama	115.8	Southeastern
16	Texas Tech	115.4	Big 12
17	Connecticut	115.2	Big East
18	Xavier	114.7	Big East
19	Texas	114.4	Big 12
20	Iowa	114.4	Big Ten
21	Ohio St.	113.9	Big Ten
22	Seton Hall	113.8	Big East
23	Indiana	113.6	Big Ten
24	Michigan St.	113.5	Big Ten
25	USC	113.2	Pac-12
26	Michigan	112.9	Big Ten
27	Wisconsin	112.8	Big Ten
28	Loyola Chicago	112.8	Missouri Valley
29	Florida	112.5	Southeastern
30	BYU	112.2	West Coast
31	Virginia Tech	112.1	Atlantic Coast
32	Arkansas	112.1	Southeastern
33	Oklahoma	112.1	Big 12
34	North Carolina	112.0	Atlantic Coast
35	Iowa St.	111.6	Big 12
36	San Francisco	111.2	West Coast
37	San Diego St.	111.2	Mountain West
38	Saint Mary’s	111.1	West Coast
39	Marquette	110.8	Big East
40	UAB	110.8	Conference USA
41	Oklahoma St.	110.7	Big 12
42	Memphis	110.6	American Athletic
43	Murray St.	110.4	Ohio Valley
44	Mississippi St.	110.3	Southeastern
45	Wake Forest	110.3	Atlantic Coast
46	West Virginia	110.3	Big 12
47	Oregon	110.2	Pac-12
48	Colorado St.	110.1	Mountain West
49	Florida St.	110.0	Atlantic Coast
50	Boise St.	109.7	Mountain West
51	Washington St.	109.7	Pac-12
52	Providence	109.6	Big East
53	Davidson	109.3	Atlantic 10
54	Creighton	109.3	Big East
55	SMU	109.1	American Athletic
56	Northwestern	109.1	Big Ten
57	Kansas St.	108.7	Big 12
58	TCU	108.6	Big 12
59	Texas A&M	108.5	Southeastern
60	Cincinnati	108.4	American Athletic
61	Belmont	108.4	Ohio Valley
62	Wyoming	108.4	Mountain West
63	Penn St.	108.4	Big Ten
64	Notre Dame	108.3	Atlantic Coast
65	Miami FL	108.2	Atlantic Coast
66	Clemson	108.1	Atlantic Coast
67	Missouri St.	108.0	Missouri Valley
68	Utah St.	107.9	Mountain West
69	Syracuse	107.8	Atlantic Coast
70	UCF	107.7	American Athletic
71	Dayton	107.7	Atlantic 10
72	Vermont	107.7	America East
73	VCU	107.7	Atlantic 10
74	St. Bonaventure	107.6	Atlantic 10
75	Saint Louis	107.6	Atlantic 10
76	Iona	107.5	Metro Atlantic
77	Fresno St.	107.3	Mountain West
78	Colorado	107.3	Pac-12
79	Maryland	107.2	Big Ten
80	Virginia	107.2	Atlantic Coast
81	North Texas	107.2	Conference USA
82	South Dakota St.	107.1	Summit
83	Toledo	107.1	Mid-American
84	Chattanooga	107.0	Southern
85	Vanderbilt	107.0	Southeastern
86	Wichita St.	106.9	American Athletic
87	Louisiana Tech	106.8	Conference USA
88	St. John’s	106.7	Big East
89	Rutgers	106.7	Big Ten
90	Minnesota	106.6	Big Ten
91	Rhode Island	106.6	Atlantic 10
92	Ohio	106.5	Mid-American
93	Louisville	106.5	Atlantic Coast
94	Santa Clara	106.3	West Coast
95	DePaul	106.2	Big East
96	Richmond	106.2	Atlantic 10
97	Stanford	106.0	Pac-12
98	Towson	105.6	Colonial Athletic
99	Furman	105.4	Southern
100	N.C. State	105.2	Atlantic Coast
101	Northern Iowa	105.2	Missouri Valley
102	Buffalo	105.0	Mid-American
103	Drake	104.9	Missouri Valley
104	Wofford	104.8	Southern
105	Utah	104.8	Pac-12
106	Liberty	104.5	Atlantic Sun
107	Oakland	104.5	Horizon
108	South Carolina	104.5	Southeastern
109	Nevada	104.4	Mountain West
110	Grand Canyon	104.2	Western Athletic
111	UC Irvine	104.2	Big West
112	California	104.0	Pac-12
113	Wagner	103.9	Northeast
114	New Mexico St.	103.9	Western Athletic
115	Mississippi	103.8	Southeastern
116	Western Kentucky	103.8	Conference USA
117	UNLV	103.7	Mountain West
118	Bradley	103.6	Missouri Valley
119	Colgate	103.5	Patriot League
120	Monmouth	103.3	Metro Atlantic
121	Arizona St.	103.3	Pac-12
122	Utah Valley	103.2	Western Athletic
123	Oral Roberts	103.1	Summit
124	Hofstra	103.1	Colonial Athletic
125	George Mason	102.9	Atlantic 10
126	Jacksonville St.	102.6	Atlantic Sun
127	Washington	102.4	Pac-12
128	Georgia Tech	102.3	Atlantic Coast
129	Temple	102.3	American Athletic
130	Weber St.	102.2	Big Sky
131	Akron	102.2	Mid-American
132	Butler	102.1	Big East
133	Yale	102.1	Ivy League
134	Southern Illinois	102.1	Missouri Valley
135	Tulane	102.0	American Athletic
136	Tulsa	101.9	American Athletic
137	Morehead St.	101.9	Ohio Valley
138	Loyola Marymount	101.8	West Coast
139	Princeton	101.8	Ivy League
140	Navy	101.7	Patriot League
141	Boston College	101.6	Atlantic Coast
142	Drexel	101.4	Colonial Athletic
143	Oregon St.	101.4	Pac-12
144	Stephen F. Austin	101.4	Western Athletic
145	Seattle	101.4	Western Athletic
146	South Alabama	101.3	Sun Belt
147	Abilene Christian	101.3	Western Athletic
148	Southern Utah	101.3	Big Sky
149	Massachusetts	101.1	Atlantic 10
150	Texas St.	101.1	Sun Belt
151	Delaware	101.0	Colonial Athletic
152	UC Riverside	101.0	Big West
153	Nebraska	100.9	Big Ten
154	Missouri	100.9	Southeastern
155	Florida Atlantic	100.8	Conference USA
156	Middle Tennessee	100.6	Conference USA
157	UC Santa Barbara	100.5	Big West
158	Georgetown	100.5	Big East
159	Pittsburgh	100.4	Atlantic Coast
160	East Carolina	100.3	American Athletic
161	Cleveland St.	100.3	Horizon
162	Miami OH	100.3	Mid-American
163	Montana St.	100.3	Big Sky
164	Coastal Carolina	100.2	Sun Belt
165	Saint Joseph’s	100.1	Atlantic 10
166	Kent St.	100.0	Mid-American
167	Cal St. Fullerton	100.0	Big West
168	Rice	100.0	Conference USA
169	Montana	99.9	Big Sky
170	San Diego	99.9	West Coast
171	Hawaii	99.9	Big West
172	Marist	99.7	Metro Atlantic
173	Brown	99.7	Ivy League
174	Appalachian St.	99.7	Sun Belt
175	James Madison	99.6	Colonial Athletic
176	East Tennessee St.	99.6	Southern
177	Sam Houston St.	99.6	Western Athletic
178	Indiana St.	99.5	Missouri Valley
179	VMI	99.5	Southern
180	Boston University	99.4	Patriot League
181	Louisiana	99.4	Sun Belt
182	UNC Greensboro	99.4	Southern
183	Longwood	99.4	Big South
184	Texas Southern	99.4	Southwestern Athletic
185	UTEP	99.2	Conference USA
186	Old Dominion	99.2	Conference USA
187	Winthrop	99.1	Big South
188	Georgia St.	99.0	Sun Belt
189	Troy	98.9	Sun Belt
190	Harvard	98.9	Ivy League
191	Charleston	98.8	Colonial Athletic
192	Valparaiso	98.7	Missouri Valley
193	Arkansas St.	98.7	Sun Belt
194	Niagara	98.7	Metro Atlantic
195	Northern Colorado	98.6	Big Sky
196	North Dakota St.	98.6	Summit
197	Fairfield	98.5	Metro Atlantic
198	Wright St.	98.4	Horizon
199	Bowling Green	98.4	Mid-American
200	Tarleton St.	98.4	Western Athletic
201	New Mexico	98.3	Mountain West
202	Saint Peter’s	98.3	Metro Atlantic
203	Charlotte	98.2	Conference USA
204	Nicholls St.	98.2	Southland
205	Bellarmine	98.2	Atlantic Sun
206	Marshall	98.2	Conference USA
207	Western Illinois	98.1	Summit
208	Duquesne	98.1	Atlantic 10
209	UC Davis	98.1	Big West
210	South Florida	98.1	American Athletic
211	Georgia	98.1	Southeastern
212	Fordham	98.1	Atlantic 10
213	Florida Gulf Coast	98.0	Atlantic Sun
214	Mercer	98.0	Southern
215	Illinois St.	98.0	Missouri Valley
216	Eastern Kentucky	98.0	Atlantic Sun
217	Northeastern	97.9	Colonial Athletic
218	Campbell	97.9	Big South
219	Gardner Webb	97.7	Big South
220	Kennesaw St.	97.7	Atlantic Sun
221	Detroit Mercy	97.7	Horizon
222	Bryant	97.6	Northeast
223	New Hampshire	97.6	America East
224	Eastern Washington	97.5	Big Sky
225	Penn	97.5	Ivy League
226	Cornell	97.3	Ivy League
227	Cal Baptist	97.1	Western Athletic
228	Stony Brook	97.1	America East
229	UT Arlington	97.0	Sun Belt
230	Howard	97.0	Mideastern Athletic
231	Norfolk St.	96.6	Mideastern Athletic
232	Georgia Southern	96.5	Sun Belt
233	LIU	96.4	Northeast
234	UNC Asheville	96.4	Big South
235	Jacksonville	96.4	Atlantic Sun
236	Southern	96.4	Southwestern Athletic
237	La Salle	96.4	Atlantic 10
238	South Dakota	96.2	Summit
239	Cal St. Bakersfield	96.1	Big West
240	UMass Lowell	96.1	America East
241	Long Beach St.	96.1	Big West
242	Quinnipiac	96.1	Metro Atlantic
243	Dartmouth	96.0	Ivy League
244	FIU	96.0	Conference USA
245	Portland	95.9	West Coast
246	UMKC	95.8	Summit
247	Youngstown St.	95.8	Horizon
248	Air Force	95.8	Mountain West
249	Northern Kentucky	95.7	Horizon
250	Texas A&M Corpus Chris	95.3	Southland
251	UNC Wilmington	95.2	Colonial Athletic
252	Pacific	95.2	West Coast
253	Purdue Fort Wayne	95.2	Horizon
254	UMBC	95.1	America East
255	Louisiana Monroe	95.1	Sun Belt
256	Loyola MD	95.0	Patriot League
257	Illinois Chicago	95.0	Horizon
258	Ball St.	94.9	Mid-American
259	Samford	94.9	Southern
260	Manhattan	94.7	Metro Atlantic
261	Portland St.	94.7	Big Sky
262	Albany	94.7	America East
263	Elon	94.7	Colonial Athletic
264	Jackson St.	94.6	Southwestern Athletic
265	Tennessee Tech	94.6	Ohio Valley
266	Milwaukee	94.5	Horizon
267	Alcorn St.	94.5	Southwestern Athletic
268	The Citadel	94.4	Southern
269	Army	94.3	Patriot League
270	Pepperdine	94.3	West Coast
271	St. Thomas	94.3	Summit
272	UC San Diego	94.1	Big West
273	North Carolina A&T	94.0	Big South
274	Siena	94.0	Metro Atlantic
275	High Point	93.8	Big South
276	North Alabama	93.7	Atlantic Sun
277	UT Rio Grande Valley	93.7	Western Athletic
278	Hartford	93.6	America East
279	Canisius	93.4	Metro Atlantic
280	Eastern Michigan	93.3	Mid-American
281	Evansville	93.3	Missouri Valley
282	George Washington	93.3	Atlantic 10
283	Radford	93.2	Big South
284	SIU Edwardsville	93.2	Ohio Valley
285	Mount St. Mary’s	93.2	Northeast
286	Sacred Heart	93.1	Northeast
287	New Orleans	93.0	Southland
288	Merrimack	93.0	Northeast
289	Lipscomb	93.0	Atlantic Sun
290	Presbyterian	93.0	Big South
291	North Florida	92.6	Atlantic Sun
292	Austin Peay	92.6	Ohio Valley
293	Stetson	92.5	Atlantic Sun
294	St. Francis PA	92.5	Northeast
295	Dixie St.	92.3	Western Athletic
296	Prairie View A&M	92.3	Southwestern Athletic
297	Binghamton	92.3	America East
298	Rider	92.3	Metro Atlantic
299	San Jose St.	92.3	Mountain West
300	Coppin St.	92.2	Mideastern Athletic
301	Southeastern Louisiana	92.1	Southland
302	NJIT	92.0	America East
303	Sacramento St.	92.0	Big Sky
304	Robert Morris	91.9	Horizon
305	USC Upstate	91.8	Big South
306	Cal Poly	91.6	Big West
307	Little Rock	91.4	Sun Belt
308	Western Carolina	91.3	Southern
309	McNeese St.	91.2	Southland
310	Lafayette	91.2	Patriot League
311	Tennessee St.	91.1	Ohio Valley
312	Lehigh	91.1	Patriot League
313	Northern Illinois	91.0	Mid-American
314	Morgan St.	90.9	Mideastern Athletic
315	Cal St. Northridge	90.8	Big West
316	Southeast Missouri St.	90.8	Ohio Valley
317	Southern Miss	90.8	Conference USA
318	Denver	90.7	Summit
319	Northern Arizona	90.6	Big Sky
320	Florida A&M	90.5	Southwestern Athletic
321	North Carolina Central	90.4	Mideastern Athletic
322	Green Bay	90.3	Horizon
323	UTSA	89.9	Conference USA
324	St. Francis NY	89.8	Northeast
325	Grambling St.	89.8	Southwestern Athletic
326	Tennessee Martin	89.7	Ohio Valley
327	Hampton	89.3	Big South
328	Alabama A&M	88.9	Southwestern Athletic
329	Western Michigan	88.8	Mid-American
330	Maryland Eastern Shore	88.7	Mideastern Athletic
331	Alabama St.	88.6	Southwestern Athletic
332	Bucknell	88.6	Patriot League
333	Idaho	88.4	Big Sky
334	Lamar	88.3	Western Athletic
335	American	88.2	Patriot League
336	Central Arkansas	88.1	Atlantic Sun
337	Idaho St.	88.0	Big Sky
338	Central Michigan	87.7	Mid-American
339	William & Mary	87.5	Colonial Athletic
340	Columbia	87.3	Ivy League
341	Central Connecticut	87.3	Northeast
342	Fairleigh Dickinson	87.2	Northeast
343	Bethune Cookman	87.0	Southwestern Athletic
344	South Carolina St.	86.9	Mideastern Athletic
345	Northwestern St.	86.8	Southland
346	Nebraska Omaha	86.8	Summit
347	Holy Cross	86.7	Patriot League
348	North Dakota	86.3	Summit
349	Maine	85.5	America East
350	Chicago St.	85.5	Western Athletic
351	Charleston Southern	84.7	Big South
352	Houston Baptist	84.5	Southland
353	Incarnate Word	84.4	Southland
354	Eastern Illinois	83.4	Ohio Valley
355	Arkansas Pine Bluff	82.8	Southwestern Athletic
356	IUPUI	80.8	Horizon
357	Delaware St.	78.8	Mideastern Athletic
358	Mississippi Valley St.	77.1	Southwestern Athletic

Alphabetically

#	Team	PiRate	Conference
147	Abilene Christian	101.3	Western Athletic
248	Air Force	95.8	Mountain West
131	Akron	102.2	Mid-American
15	Alabama	115.8	Southeastern
328	Alabama A&M	88.9	Southwestern Athletic
331	Alabama St.	88.6	Southwestern Athletic
262	Albany	94.7	America East
267	Alcorn St.	94.5	Southwestern Athletic
335	American	88.2	Patriot League
174	Appalachian St.	99.7	Sun Belt
2	Arizona	121.9	Pac-12
121	Arizona St.	103.3	Pac-12
32	Arkansas	112.1	Southeastern
355	Arkansas Pine Bluff	82.8	Southwestern Athletic
193	Arkansas St.	98.7	Sun Belt
269	Army	94.3	Patriot League
6	Auburn	119.2	Southeastern
292	Austin Peay	92.6	Ohio Valley
258	Ball St.	94.9	Mid-American
3	Baylor	119.9	Big 12
205	Bellarmine	98.2	Atlantic Sun
61	Belmont	108.4	Ohio Valley
343	Bethune Cookman	87.0	Southwestern Athletic
297	Binghamton	92.3	America East
50	Boise St.	109.7	Mountain West
141	Boston College	101.6	Atlantic Coast
180	Boston University	99.4	Patriot League
199	Bowling Green	98.4	Mid-American
118	Bradley	103.6	Missouri Valley
173	Brown	99.7	Ivy League
222	Bryant	97.6	Northeast
332	Bucknell	88.6	Patriot League
102	Buffalo	105.0	Mid-American
132	Butler	102.1	Big East
30	BYU	112.2	West Coast
227	Cal Baptist	97.1	Western Athletic
306	Cal Poly	91.6	Big West
239	Cal St. Bakersfield	96.1	Big West
167	Cal St. Fullerton	100.0	Big West
315	Cal St. Northridge	90.8	Big West
112	California	104.0	Pac-12
218	Campbell	97.9	Big South
279	Canisius	93.4	Metro Atlantic
336	Central Arkansas	88.1	Atlantic Sun
341	Central Connecticut	87.3	Northeast
338	Central Michigan	87.7	Mid-American
191	Charleston	98.8	Colonial Athletic
351	Charleston Southern	84.7	Big South
203	Charlotte	98.2	Conference USA
84	Chattanooga	107.0	Southern
350	Chicago St.	85.5	Western Athletic
60	Cincinnati	108.4	American Athletic
66	Clemson	108.1	Atlantic Coast
161	Cleveland St.	100.3	Horizon
164	Coastal Carolina	100.2	Sun Belt
119	Colgate	103.5	Patriot League
78	Colorado	107.3	Pac-12
48	Colorado St.	110.1	Mountain West
340	Columbia	87.3	Ivy League
17	Connecticut	115.2	Big East
300	Coppin St.	92.2	Mideastern Athletic
226	Cornell	97.3	Ivy League
54	Creighton	109.3	Big East
243	Dartmouth	96.0	Ivy League
53	Davidson	109.3	Atlantic 10
71	Dayton	107.7	Atlantic 10
151	Delaware	101.0	Colonial Athletic
357	Delaware St.	78.8	Mideastern Athletic
318	Denver	90.7	Summit
95	DePaul	106.2	Big East
221	Detroit Mercy	97.7	Horizon
295	Dixie St.	92.3	Western Athletic
103	Drake	104.9	Missouri Valley
142	Drexel	101.4	Colonial Athletic
12	Duke	117.4	Atlantic Coast
208	Duquesne	98.1	Atlantic 10
160	East Carolina	100.3	American Athletic
176	East Tennessee St.	99.6	Southern
354	Eastern Illinois	83.4	Ohio Valley
216	Eastern Kentucky	98.0	Atlantic Sun
280	Eastern Michigan	93.3	Mid-American
224	Eastern Washington	97.5	Big Sky
263	Elon	94.7	Colonial Athletic
281	Evansville	93.3	Missouri Valley
197	Fairfield	98.5	Metro Atlantic
342	Fairleigh Dickinson	87.2	Northeast
244	FIU	96.0	Conference USA
29	Florida	112.5	Southeastern
320	Florida A&M	90.5	Southwestern Athletic
155	Florida Atlantic	100.8	Conference USA
213	Florida Gulf Coast	98.0	Atlantic Sun
49	Florida St.	110.0	Atlantic Coast
212	Fordham	98.1	Atlantic 10
77	Fresno St.	107.3	Mountain West
99	Furman	105.4	Southern
219	Gardner Webb	97.7	Big South
125	George Mason	102.9	Atlantic 10
282	George Washington	93.3	Atlantic 10
158	Georgetown	100.5	Big East
211	Georgia	98.1	Southeastern
232	Georgia Southern	96.5	Sun Belt
188	Georgia St.	99.0	Sun Belt
128	Georgia Tech	102.3	Atlantic Coast
1	Gonzaga	124.1	West Coast
325	Grambling St.	89.8	Southwestern Athletic
110	Grand Canyon	104.2	Western Athletic
322	Green Bay	90.3	Horizon
327	Hampton	89.3	Big South
278	Hartford	93.6	America East
190	Harvard	98.9	Ivy League
171	Hawaii	99.9	Big West
275	High Point	93.8	Big South
124	Hofstra	103.1	Colonial Athletic
347	Holy Cross	86.7	Patriot League
8	Houston	118.6	American Athletic
352	Houston Baptist	84.5	Southland
230	Howard	97.0	Mideastern Athletic
333	Idaho	88.4	Big Sky
337	Idaho St.	88.0	Big Sky
11	Illinois	117.7	Big Ten
257	Illinois Chicago	95.0	Horizon
215	Illinois St.	98.0	Missouri Valley
353	Incarnate Word	84.4	Southland
23	Indiana	113.6	Big Ten
178	Indiana St.	99.5	Missouri Valley
76	Iona	107.5	Metro Atlantic
20	Iowa	114.4	Big Ten
35	Iowa St.	111.6	Big 12
356	IUPUI	80.8	Horizon
264	Jackson St.	94.6	Southwestern Athletic
235	Jacksonville	96.4	Atlantic Sun
126	Jacksonville St.	102.6	Atlantic Sun
175	James Madison	99.6	Colonial Athletic
7	Kansas	119.1	Big 12
57	Kansas St.	108.7	Big 12
220	Kennesaw St.	97.7	Atlantic Sun
166	Kent St.	100.0	Mid-American
4	Kentucky	119.5	Southeastern
237	La Salle	96.4	Atlantic 10
310	Lafayette	91.2	Patriot League
334	Lamar	88.3	Western Athletic
312	Lehigh	91.1	Patriot League
106	Liberty	104.5	Atlantic Sun
289	Lipscomb	93.0	Atlantic Sun
307	Little Rock	91.4	Sun Belt
233	LIU	96.4	Northeast
241	Long Beach St.	96.1	Big West
183	Longwood	99.4	Big South
181	Louisiana	99.4	Sun Belt
255	Louisiana Monroe	95.1	Sun Belt
87	Louisiana Tech	106.8	Conference USA
93	Louisville	106.5	Atlantic Coast
28	Loyola Chicago	112.8	Missouri Valley
138	Loyola Marymount	101.8	West Coast
256	Loyola MD	95.0	Patriot League
10	LSU	118.0	Southeastern
349	Maine	85.5	America East
260	Manhattan	94.7	Metro Atlantic
172	Marist	99.7	Metro Atlantic
39	Marquette	110.8	Big East
206	Marshall	98.2	Conference USA
79	Maryland	107.2	Big Ten
330	Maryland Eastern Shore	88.7	Mideastern Athletic
149	Massachusetts	101.1	Atlantic 10
309	McNeese St.	91.2	Southland
42	Memphis	110.6	American Athletic
214	Mercer	98.0	Southern
288	Merrimack	93.0	Northeast
65	Miami FL	108.2	Atlantic Coast
162	Miami OH	100.3	Mid-American
26	Michigan	112.9	Big Ten
24	Michigan St.	113.5	Big Ten
156	Middle Tennessee	100.6	Conference USA
266	Milwaukee	94.5	Horizon
90	Minnesota	106.6	Big Ten
115	Mississippi	103.8	Southeastern
44	Mississippi St.	110.3	Southeastern
358	Mississippi Valley St.	77.1	Southwestern Athletic
154	Missouri	100.9	Southeastern
67	Missouri St.	108.0	Missouri Valley
120	Monmouth	103.3	Metro Atlantic
169	Montana	99.9	Big Sky
163	Montana St.	100.3	Big Sky
137	Morehead St.	101.9	Ohio Valley
314	Morgan St.	90.9	Mideastern Athletic
285	Mount St. Mary’s	93.2	Northeast
43	Murray St.	110.4	Ohio Valley
100	N.C. State	105.2	Atlantic Coast
140	Navy	101.7	Patriot League
153	Nebraska	100.9	Big Ten
346	Nebraska Omaha	86.8	Summit
109	Nevada	104.4	Mountain West
223	New Hampshire	97.6	America East
201	New Mexico	98.3	Mountain West
114	New Mexico St.	103.9	Western Athletic
287	New Orleans	93.0	Southland
194	Niagara	98.7	Metro Atlantic
204	Nicholls St.	98.2	Southland
302	NJIT	92.0	America East
231	Norfolk St.	96.6	Mideastern Athletic
276	North Alabama	93.7	Atlantic Sun
34	North Carolina	112.0	Atlantic Coast
273	North Carolina A&T	94.0	Big South
321	North Carolina Central	90.4	Mideastern Athletic
348	North Dakota	86.3	Summit
196	North Dakota St.	98.6	Summit
291	North Florida	92.6	Atlantic Sun
81	North Texas	107.2	Conference USA
217	Northeastern	97.9	Colonial Athletic
319	Northern Arizona	90.6	Big Sky
195	Northern Colorado	98.6	Big Sky
313	Northern Illinois	91.0	Mid-American
101	Northern Iowa	105.2	Missouri Valley
249	Northern Kentucky	95.7	Horizon
56	Northwestern	109.1	Big Ten
345	Northwestern St.	86.8	Southland
64	Notre Dame	108.3	Atlantic Coast
107	Oakland	104.5	Horizon
92	Ohio	106.5	Mid-American
21	Ohio St.	113.9	Big Ten
33	Oklahoma	112.1	Big 12
41	Oklahoma St.	110.7	Big 12
186	Old Dominion	99.2	Conference USA
123	Oral Roberts	103.1	Summit
47	Oregon	110.2	Pac-12
143	Oregon St.	101.4	Pac-12
252	Pacific	95.2	West Coast
225	Penn	97.5	Ivy League
63	Penn St.	108.4	Big Ten
270	Pepperdine	94.3	West Coast
159	Pittsburgh	100.4	Atlantic Coast
245	Portland	95.9	West Coast
261	Portland St.	94.7	Big Sky
296	Prairie View A&M	92.3	Southwestern Athletic
290	Presbyterian	93.0	Big South
139	Princeton	101.8	Ivy League
52	Providence	109.6	Big East
5	Purdue	119.3	Big Ten
253	Purdue Fort Wayne	95.2	Horizon
242	Quinnipiac	96.1	Metro Atlantic
283	Radford	93.2	Big South
91	Rhode Island	106.6	Atlantic 10
168	Rice	100.0	Conference USA
96	Richmond	106.2	Atlantic 10
298	Rider	92.3	Metro Atlantic
304	Robert Morris	91.9	Horizon
89	Rutgers	106.7	Big Ten
303	Sacramento St.	92.0	Big Sky
286	Sacred Heart	93.1	Northeast
165	Saint Joseph’s	100.1	Atlantic 10
75	Saint Louis	107.6	Atlantic 10
38	Saint Mary’s	111.1	West Coast
202	Saint Peter’s	98.3	Metro Atlantic
177	Sam Houston St.	99.6	Western Athletic
259	Samford	94.9	Southern
170	San Diego	99.9	West Coast
37	San Diego St.	111.2	Mountain West
36	San Francisco	111.2	West Coast
299	San Jose St.	92.3	Mountain West
94	Santa Clara	106.3	West Coast
145	Seattle	101.4	Western Athletic
22	Seton Hall	113.8	Big East
274	Siena	94.0	Metro Atlantic
284	SIU Edwardsville	93.2	Ohio Valley
55	SMU	109.1	American Athletic
146	South Alabama	101.3	Sun Belt
108	South Carolina	104.5	Southeastern
344	South Carolina St.	86.9	Mideastern Athletic
238	South Dakota	96.2	Summit
82	South Dakota St.	107.1	Summit
210	South Florida	98.1	American Athletic
316	Southeast Missouri St.	90.8	Ohio Valley
301	Southeastern Louisiana	92.1	Southland
236	Southern	96.4	Southwestern Athletic
134	Southern Illinois	102.1	Missouri Valley
317	Southern Miss	90.8	Conference USA
148	Southern Utah	101.3	Big Sky
74	St. Bonaventure	107.6	Atlantic 10
324	St. Francis NY	89.8	Northeast
294	St. Francis PA	92.5	Northeast
88	St. John’s	106.7	Big East
271	St. Thomas	94.3	Summit
97	Stanford	106.0	Pac-12
144	Stephen F. Austin	101.4	Western Athletic
293	Stetson	92.5	Atlantic Sun
228	Stony Brook	97.1	America East
69	Syracuse	107.8	Atlantic Coast
200	Tarleton St.	98.4	Western Athletic
58	TCU	108.6	Big 12
129	Temple	102.3	American Athletic
14	Tennessee	116.2	Southeastern
326	Tennessee Martin	89.7	Ohio Valley
311	Tennessee St.	91.1	Ohio Valley
265	Tennessee Tech	94.6	Ohio Valley
19	Texas	114.4	Big 12
59	Texas A&M	108.5	Southeastern
250	Texas A&M Corpus Chris	95.3	Southland
184	Texas Southern	99.4	Southwestern Athletic
150	Texas St.	101.1	Sun Belt
16	Texas Tech	115.4	Big 12
268	The Citadel	94.4	Southern
83	Toledo	107.1	Mid-American
98	Towson	105.6	Colonial Athletic
189	Troy	98.9	Sun Belt
135	Tulane	102.0	American Athletic
136	Tulsa	101.9	American Athletic
40	UAB	110.8	Conference USA
209	UC Davis	98.1	Big West
111	UC Irvine	104.2	Big West
152	UC Riverside	101.0	Big West
272	UC San Diego	94.1	Big West
157	UC Santa Barbara	100.5	Big West
70	UCF	107.7	American Athletic
13	UCLA	116.5	Pac-12
240	UMass Lowell	96.1	America East
254	UMBC	95.1	America East
246	UMKC	95.8	Summit
234	UNC Asheville	96.4	Big South
182	UNC Greensboro	99.4	Southern
251	UNC Wilmington	95.2	Colonial Athletic
117	UNLV	103.7	Mountain West
25	USC	113.2	Pac-12
305	USC Upstate	91.8	Big South
229	UT Arlington	97.0	Sun Belt
277	UT Rio Grande Valley	93.7	Western Athletic
105	Utah	104.8	Pac-12
68	Utah St.	107.9	Mountain West
122	Utah Valley	103.2	Western Athletic
185	UTEP	99.2	Conference USA
323	UTSA	89.9	Conference USA
192	Valparaiso	98.7	Missouri Valley
85	Vanderbilt	107.0	Southeastern
73	VCU	107.7	Atlantic 10
72	Vermont	107.7	America East
9	Villanova	118.0	Big East
80	Virginia	107.2	Atlantic Coast
31	Virginia Tech	112.1	Atlantic Coast
179	VMI	99.5	Southern
113	Wagner	103.9	Northeast
45	Wake Forest	110.3	Atlantic Coast
127	Washington	102.4	Pac-12
51	Washington St.	109.7	Pac-12
130	Weber St.	102.2	Big Sky
46	West Virginia	110.3	Big 12
308	Western Carolina	91.3	Southern
207	Western Illinois	98.1	Summit
116	Western Kentucky	103.8	Conference USA
329	Western Michigan	88.8	Mid-American
86	Wichita St.	106.9	American Athletic
339	William & Mary	87.5	Colonial Athletic
187	Winthrop	99.1	Big South
27	Wisconsin	112.8	Big Ten
104	Wofford	104.8	Southern
198	Wright St.	98.4	Horizon
62	Wyoming	108.4	Mountain West
18	Xavier	114.7	Big East
133	Yale	102.1	Ivy League
247	Youngstown St.	95.8	Horizon

PiRate Ratings By Conference

America East
Team	Rating
Vermont	107.7
New Hampshire	97.6
Stony Brook	97.1
UMass Lowell	96.1
UMBC	95.1
Albany	94.7
Hartford	93.6
Binghamton	92.3
NJIT	92.0
Maine	85.5
American Athletic
Team	Rating
Houston	118.6
Memphis	110.6
SMU	109.1
Cincinnati	108.4
UCF	107.7
Wichita St.	106.9
Temple	102.3
Tulane	102.0
Tulsa	101.9
East Carolina	100.3
South Florida	98.1
Atlantic 10
Team	Rating
Davidson	109.3
Dayton	107.7
VCU	107.7
St. Bonaventure	107.6
Saint Louis	107.6
Rhode Island	106.6
Richmond	106.2
George Mason	102.9
Massachusetts	101.1
Saint Joseph’s	100.1
Duquesne	98.1
Fordham	98.1
La Salle	96.4
George Washington	93.3
Atlantic Coast
Team	Rating
Duke	117.4
Virginia Tech	112.1
North Carolina	112.0
Wake Forest	110.3
Florida St.	110.0
Notre Dame	108.3
Miami FL	108.2
Clemson	108.1
Syracuse	107.8
Virginia	107.2
Louisville	106.5
N.C. State	105.2
Georgia Tech	102.3
Boston College	101.6
Pittsburgh	100.4
Atlantic Sun
Team	Rating
Liberty	104.5
Jacksonville St.	102.6
Bellarmine	98.2
Florida Gulf Coast	98.0
Eastern Kentucky	98.0
Kennesaw St.	97.7
Jacksonville	96.4
North Alabama	93.7
Lipscomb	93.0
North Florida	92.6
Stetson	92.5
Central Arkansas	88.1
Big 12
Team	Rating
Baylor	119.9
Kansas	119.1
Texas Tech	115.4
Texas	114.4
Oklahoma	112.1
Iowa St.	111.6
Oklahoma St.	110.7
West Virginia	110.3
Kansas St.	108.7
TCU	108.6
Big East
Team	Rating
Villanova	118.0
Connecticut	115.2
Xavier	114.7
Seton Hall	113.8
Marquette	110.8
Providence	109.6
Creighton	109.3
St. John’s	106.7
DePaul	106.2
Butler	102.1
Georgetown	100.5
Big Sky
Team	Rating
Weber St.	102.2
Southern Utah	101.3
Montana St.	100.3
Montana	99.9
Northern Colorado	98.6
Eastern Washington	97.5
Portland St.	94.7
Sacramento St.	92.0
Northern Arizona	90.6
Idaho	88.4
Idaho St.	88.0
Big South
Team	Rating
Longwood	99.4
Winthrop	99.1
Campbell	97.9
Gardner Webb	97.7
UNC Asheville	96.4
North Carolina A&T	94.0
High Point	93.8
Radford	93.2
Presbyterian	93.0
USC Upstate	91.8
Hampton	89.3
Charleston Southern	84.7
Big Ten
Team	Rating
Purdue	119.3
Illinois	117.7
Iowa	114.4
Ohio St.	113.9
Indiana	113.6
Michigan St.	113.5
Michigan	112.9
Wisconsin	112.8
Northwestern	109.1
Penn St.	108.4
Maryland	107.2
Rutgers	106.7
Minnesota	106.6
Nebraska	100.9
Big West
Team	Rating
UC Irvine	104.2
UC Riverside	101.0
UC Santa Barbara	100.5
Cal St. Fullerton	100.0
Hawaii	99.9
UC Davis	98.1
Cal St. Bakersfield	96.1
Long Beach St.	96.1
UC San Diego	94.1
Cal Poly	91.6
Cal St. Northridge	90.8
Colonial Athletic
Team	Rating
Towson	105.6
Hofstra	103.1
Drexel	101.4
Delaware	101.0
James Madison	99.6
Charleston	98.8
Northeastern	97.9
UNC Wilmington	95.2
Elon	94.7
William & Mary	87.5
Conference USA
Team	Rating
UAB	110.8
North Texas	107.2
Louisiana Tech	106.8
Western Kentucky	103.8
Florida Atlantic	100.8
Middle Tennessee	100.6
Rice	100.0
UTEP	99.2
Old Dominion	99.2
Charlotte	98.2
Marshall	98.2
FIU	96.0
Southern Miss	90.8
UTSA	89.9
Horizon
Team	Rating
Oakland	104.5
Cleveland St.	100.3
Wright St.	98.4
Detroit Mercy	97.7
Youngstown St.	95.8
Northern Kentucky	95.7
Purdue Fort Wayne	95.2
Illinois Chicago	95.0
Milwaukee	94.5
Robert Morris	91.9
Green Bay	90.3
IUPUI	80.8
Ivy League
Team	Rating
Yale	102.1
Princeton	101.8
Brown	99.7
Harvard	98.9
Penn	97.5
Cornell	97.3
Dartmouth	96.0
Columbia	87.3
Metro Atlantic
Team	Rating
Iona	107.5
Monmouth	103.3
Marist	99.7
Niagara	98.7
Fairfield	98.5
Saint Peter’s	98.3
Quinnipiac	96.1
Manhattan	94.7
Siena	94.0
Canisius	93.4
Rider	92.3
Mid-American
Team	Rating
Toledo	107.1
Ohio	106.5
Buffalo	105.0
Akron	102.2
Miami OH	100.3
Kent St.	100.0
Bowling Green	98.4
Ball St.	94.9
Eastern Michigan	93.3
Northern Illinois	91.0
Western Michigan	88.8
Central Michigan	87.7
Mideastern Athletic
Team	Rating
Howard	97.0
Norfolk St.	96.6
Coppin St.	92.2
Morgan St.	90.9
North Carolina Central	90.4
Maryland Eastern Shore	88.7
South Carolina St.	86.9
Delaware St.	78.8
Missouri Valley
Team	Rating
Loyola Chicago	112.8
Missouri St.	108.0
Northern Iowa	105.2
Drake	104.9
Bradley	103.6
Southern Illinois	102.1
Indiana St.	99.5
Valparaiso	98.7
Illinois St.	98.0
Evansville	93.3
Mountain West
Team	Rating
San Diego St.	111.2
Colorado St.	110.1
Boise St.	109.7
Wyoming	108.4
Utah St.	107.9
Fresno St.	107.3
Nevada	104.4
UNLV	103.7
New Mexico	98.3
Air Force	95.8
San Jose St.	92.3
Northeast
Team	Rating
Wagner	103.9
Bryant	97.6
LIU	96.4
Mount St. Mary’s	93.2
Sacred Heart	93.1
Merrimack	93.0
St. Francis PA	92.5
St. Francis NY	89.8
Central Connecticut	87.3
Fairleigh Dickinson	87.2
Ohio Valley
Team	Rating
Murray St.	110.4
Belmont	108.4
Morehead St.	101.9
Tennessee Tech	94.6
SIU Edwardsville	93.2
Austin Peay	92.6
Tennessee St.	91.1
Southeast Missouri St.	90.8
Tennessee Martin	89.7
Eastern Illinois	83.4
Pac-12
Team	Rating
Arizona	121.9
UCLA	116.5
USC	113.2
Oregon	110.2
Washington St.	109.7
Colorado	107.3
Stanford	106.0
Utah	104.8
California	104.0
Arizona St.	103.3
Washington	102.4
Oregon St.	101.4
Patriot League
Team	Rating
Colgate	103.5
Navy	101.7
Boston University	99.4
Loyola MD	95.0
Army	94.3
Lafayette	91.2
Lehigh	91.1
Bucknell	88.6
American	88.2
Holy Cross	86.7
Southeastern
Team	Rating
Kentucky	119.5
Auburn	119.2
LSU	118.0
Tennessee	116.2
Alabama	115.8
Florida	112.5
Arkansas	112.1
Mississippi St.	110.3
Texas A&M	108.5
Vanderbilt	107.0
South Carolina	104.5
Mississippi	103.8
Missouri	100.9
Georgia	98.1
Southern
Team	Rating
Chattanooga	107.0
Furman	105.4
Wofford	104.8
East Tennessee St.	99.6
VMI	99.5
UNC Greensboro	99.4
Mercer	98.0
Samford	94.9
The Citadel	94.4
Western Carolina	91.3
Southland
Team	Rating
Nicholls St.	98.2
Texas A&M Corpus Chris	95.3
New Orleans	93.0
Southeastern Louisiana	92.1
McNeese St.	91.2
Northwestern St.	86.8
Houston Baptist	84.5
Incarnate Word	84.4
Southwestern Athletic
Team	Rating
Texas Southern	99.4
Southern	96.4
Jackson St.	94.6
Alcorn St.	94.5
Prairie View A&M	92.3
Florida A&M	90.5
Grambling St.	89.8
Alabama A&M	88.9
Alabama St.	88.6
Bethune Cookman	87.0
Arkansas Pine Bluff	82.8
Mississippi Valley St.	77.1
Summit
Team	Rating
South Dakota St.	107.1
Oral Roberts	103.1
North Dakota St.	98.6
Western Illinois	98.1
South Dakota	96.2
UMKC	95.8
St. Thomas	94.3
Denver	90.7
Nebraska Omaha	86.8
North Dakota	86.3
Sun Belt
Team	Rating
South Alabama	101.3
Texas St.	101.1
Coastal Carolina	100.2
Appalachian St.	99.7
Louisiana	99.4
Georgia St.	99.0
Troy	98.9
Arkansas St.	98.7
UT Arlington	97.0
Georgia Southern	96.5
Louisiana Monroe	95.1
Little Rock	91.4
West Coast
Team	Rating
Gonzaga	124.1
BYU	112.2
San Francisco	111.2
Saint Mary’s	111.1
Santa Clara	106.3
Loyola Marymount	101.8
San Diego	99.9
Portland	95.9
Pacific	95.2
Pepperdine	94.3
Western Athletic
Team	Rating
Grand Canyon	104.2
New Mexico St.	103.9
Utah Valley	103.2
Stephen F. Austin	101.4
Seattle	101.4
Abilene Christian	101.3
Sam Houston St.	99.6
Tarleton St.	98.4
Cal Baptist	97.1
UT Rio Grande Valley	93.7
Dixie St.	92.3
Lamar	88.3
Chicago St.	85.5

Coming later today: Updated Bracketology–The most bracket-changing upsets happened this week!

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Thursday, January 20, 2022

Home	Visitors	Spread
Florida St.	North Florida	20.7
Providence	Georgetown	12.1
Presbyterian	Winthrop	-3.7
Indiana	Purdue	-2.8
Bowling Green	Akron	0.5
Massachusetts	Saint Louis	-4.8
Memphis	SMU	6.8
Tennessee Tech	SIU Edwardsville	3.5
Morehead St.	Belmont	-5.2
Tennessee Martin	Austin Peay	1.4
Florida International	Marshall	0.0
Florida Atlantic	Western Kentucky	-3.0
North Texas	Charlotte	9.9
IUPUI	Wright St.	-13.5
Georgia Southern	Coastal Carolina	-0.6
Georgia St.	Appalachian St.	2.6
Western Illinois	South Dakota	4.6
VMI	Samford	5.8
UNC Greensboro	Chattanooga	-4.8
Drexel	Elon	8.6
Delaware	William & Mary	15.5
James Madison	UNC Wilmington	10.2
Towson	Charleston	8.1
Colorado	USC	-3.1
Sam Houston	New Mexico St.	-5.0
Stephen F. Austin	Grand Canyon	-2.7
Little Rock	Texas St.	-6.8
Louisiana Monroe	Troy	-0.6
Fairfield	Monmouth	-2.4
Southeast Missouri St.	Tennessee St.	1.1
Murray St.	Eastern Illinois	28.4
Rice	Old Dominion	2.8
Northern Arizona	Montana St.	-7.3
Nicholls St.	Northwestern St.	14.2
New Orleans	SE Louisiana	3.2
Utah Valley	UT Rio Grande Valley	12.1
Tarleton St.	California Baptist	4.3
Abilene Christian	Seattle	4.2
Illinois Chicago	Northern Kentucky	2.4
Milwaukee	Oakland	-8.9
Green Bay	Detroit	-6.2
Arkansas St.	UT Arlington	3.9
Louisiana	South Alabama	1.5
Oral Roberts	North Dakota	21.1
St. Thomas	South Dakota St.	-9.7
UMKC	North Dakota St.	0.6
Incarnate Word	Houston Baptist	3.1
Texas A&M-CC	McNeese St.	7.0
Butler	Connecticut	-8.2
Utah St.	Boise St.	0.6
Air Force	UNLV	-6.3
Cincinnati	Tulsa	8.2
UTEP	UTSA	12.6
Weber St.	Idaho St.	14.7
Idaho	Northern Colorado	-7.1
Eastern Washington	Sacramento St.	7.6
Dixie St.	Lamar	5.8
BYU	San Diego	15.9
Saint Mary’s	Santa Clara	7.7
UC Irvine	Cal St. Fullerton	8.1
UC San Diego	Long Beach St.	2.5
Cal St. Northridge	UC Davis	-3.3
Cal St. Bakersfield	Hawaii	-0.9
Portland St.	Montana	-2.4
Gonzaga	San Francisco	15.9
Stanford	Arizona	-11.3
Utah	UCLA	-8.9
Loyola Marymount	Pepperdine	10.7
Oregon St.	Washington	3.5

PiRate Ratings College Football For August 28

Monday, August 23, 2021

This Week’s PiRate Ratings
Date:	August 28, 2021
Team	Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Illinois	Nebraska	-3.8	-4.0	-3.4
UCLA	Hawaii	19.7	20.4	19.9
New Mexico St.	UTEP	-4.5	-4.7	-5.3
Fresno St.	Connecticut	20.2	21.1	26.5

FBS vs. FCS

FBS	FCS	PiRate
San Jose St.	Southern Utah	23.8

It’s called Week 0. Four FBS college football games will kick off the 2021 season. Included in the quartet of games is a Big Ten conference game with an old Big Ten coach returning to a new Big Ten school to face another coach that is sitting on a very hot seat.

On the West Coast, Chip Kelly’s UCLA Bruins host Hawaii, and a good showing with no injuries could set the Bruins up for a potential upset of LSU next week.

If you have followed our site so far this year, you have now seen the preseason ratings and predictions for all 130 FBS teams. Here are those ratings in full.

The PiRate Ratings for August 23

Rank	Team	Rating
1	Alabama	130.2
2	Oklahoma	128.1
3	Georgia	125.2
4	Iowa St.	124.8
5	Clemson	122.2
6	Ohio St.	121.9
7	U S C	119.4
8	Florida	118.2
9	Texas A&M	118.1
10	North Carolina	117.7
11	Miami (Fla.)	116.9
12	Cincinnati	116.5
13	Auburn	116.1
14	T C U	116.0
15	Wisconsin	115.9
16	Texas	115.6
17	Indiana	115.5
18	Ole Miss	113.3
19	Arizona St.	113.1
20	Oklahoma St.	113.1
21	Penn St.	113.1
22	Iowa	112.8
23	Oregon	112.5
24	West Virginia	112.3
25	L S U	112.1
26	Washington	112.1
27	Utah	111.9
28	U C L A	110.5
29	Notre Dame	110.2
30	Mississippi St.	110.1
31	Arkansas	109.5
32	BYU	109.2
33	Louisiana	109.2
34	Coastal Carolina	108.4
35	Wake Forest	107.7
36	Kentucky	107.4
37	Maryland	107.2
38	Oregon St.	106.9
39	Missouri	106.4
40	Minnesota	106.1
41	NC State	106.1
42	Northwestern	105.8
43	Colorado	105.7
44	Liberty	105.5
45	Virginia Tech	105.3
46	Boston College	105.2
47	Michigan	104.9
48	Baylor	104.5
49	Kansas St.	104.4
50	Tennessee	104.0
51	Boise St.	103.9
52	Purdue	103.7
53	Florida St.	103.5
54	Nebraska	103.2
55	Michigan St.	103.0
56	Stanford	103.0
57	UCF	102.8
58	Virginia	102.7
59	Washington St.	102.5
60	Louisville	102.1
61	Texas Tech	101.9
62	Appalachian St.	101.0
63	South Carolina	100.8
64	Houston	100.7
65	San Jose St.	100.3
66	Pittsburgh	100.2
67	San Diego St.	100.2
68	Tulsa	100.1
69	Army	100.0
70	Miami (Ohio)	99.7
71	Central Michigan	99.7
72	Tulane	99.0
73	Nevada	98.8
74	Wyoming	98.5
75	California	98.4
76	Georgia Tech	98.2
77	Buffalo	98.0
78	Ball St.	97.4
79	Toledo	96.7
80	Air Force	96.5
81	Georgia St.	96.5
82	Illinois	96.4
83	Fresno St.	95.3
84	East Carolina	95.3
85	U A B	95.2
86	SMU	95.0
87	Rutgers	95.0
88	Arizona	94.6
89	Hawaii	94.6
90	U T S A	93.9
91	Ohio	93.5
92	Marshall	93.4
93	Troy	93.4
94	Memphis	93.2
95	Syracuse	92.9
96	Kent St.	91.7
97	Georgia Southern	91.6
98	Eastern Michigan	91.4
99	South Alabama	91.2
100	Western Michigan	91.0
101	USF	90.4
102	Navy	90.3
103	Vanderbilt	90.1
104	Arkansas St.	89.9
105	Duke	89.8
106	Colorado St.	89.0
107	Texas St.	87.8
108	Florida Atlantic	87.7
109	Northern Illinois	87.5
110	Rice	87.1
111	Louisiana Tech	86.5
112	Utah St.	85.8
113	New Mexico	85.7
114	Kansas	85.4
115	U N L V	84.9
116	Southern Miss.	84.4
117	Middle Tennessee	83.7
118	Western Kentucky	82.7
119	North Texas	81.7
120	Temple	81.6
121	Akron	79.8
122	Charlotte	79.5
123	Florida Int’l.	79.0
124	Connecticut	76.7
125	U T E P	76.0
126	UL-Monroe	75.6
127	UMass	73.1
128	Old Dominion	71.4
129	Bowling Green	70.8
130	New Mexico St.	69.7

American Athletic Conference
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Cincinnati	116.3	115.3	118.0	116.5
UCF	102.5	101.2	104.8	102.8
Houston	101.1	99.5	101.6	100.7
Tulsa	100.2	100.3	99.7	100.1
Tulane	98.8	97.5	100.6	99.0
East Carolina	95.3	94.3	96.2	95.3
SMU	94.3	95.4	95.4	95.0
Memphis	92.4	92.8	94.3	93.2
USF	91.0	89.7	90.6	90.4
Navy	90.8	90.0	90.3	90.3
Temple	80.6	82.4	81.9	81.6
AAC Averages	96.7	96.2	97.6	96.8
Atlantic Coast Conference
Atlantic Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Clemson	120.9	121.5	124.0	122.2
Wake Forest	108.0	106.7	108.3	107.7
NC State	106.5	105.8	105.9	106.1
Boston College	104.7	105.3	105.7	105.2
Florida St.	103.4	103.6	103.5	103.5
Louisville	101.7	101.4	103.2	102.1
Syracuse	93.7	93.1	92.1	92.9
Coastal Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
North Carolina	116.4	116.7	119.9	117.7
Miami (Fla.)	117.1	116.1	117.7	116.9
Virginia Tech	106.4	104.9	104.7	105.3
Virginia	102.1	104.1	101.8	102.7
Pittsburgh	99.8	100.9	100.1	100.2
Georgia Tech	98.0	98.3	98.3	98.2
Duke	89.7	91.2	88.5	89.8
ACC Averages	104.9	105.0	105.3	105.0
Big 12 Conference
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Oklahoma	129.3	126.7	128.2	128.1
Iowa St.	125.3	123.5	125.6	124.8
T C U	116.6	115.1	116.3	116.0
Texas	116.7	114.5	115.6	115.6
Oklahoma St.	113.5	113.2	112.5	113.1
West Virginia	113.8	112.0	111.1	112.3
Baylor	104.9	104.8	103.8	104.5
Kansas St.	104.9	104.7	103.5	104.4
Texas Tech	102.0	102.8	100.8	101.9
Kansas	88.1	85.6	82.5	85.4
Big 12 Averages	111.5	110.3	110.0	110.6
Big Ten Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Ohio St.	121.1	121.3	123.2	121.9
Indiana	114.9	115.0	116.4	115.5
Penn St.	111.7	112.8	114.6	113.1
Maryland	108.7	106.9	105.8	107.2
Michigan	104.3	105.1	105.3	104.9
Michigan St.	103.5	103.0	102.5	103.0
Rutgers	94.1	96.3	94.5	95.0
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Wisconsin	115.2	115.2	117.3	115.9
Iowa	112.3	111.6	114.5	112.8
Minnesota	104.6	106.1	107.6	106.1
Northwestern	105.8	105.8	105.8	105.8
Purdue	103.6	102.9	104.5	103.7
Nebraska	102.8	103.4	103.3	103.2
Illinois	96.0	96.4	96.9	96.4
Big Ten Averages	107.0	107.3	108.0	107.5
Conference USA
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Marshall	93.4	93.4	93.6	93.4
Florida Atlantic	86.7	88.6	87.8	87.7
Middle Tennessee	83.4	83.1	84.7	83.7
Western Kentucky	81.7	83.6	82.8	82.7
Charlotte	78.8	79.6	80.2	79.5
Florida Int’l.	77.9	78.9	80.1	79.0
Old Dominion	71.2	71.9	71.2	71.4
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
U A B	95.4	95.2	94.9	95.2
U T S A	94.0	94.5	93.4	93.9
Rice	87.0	87.1	87.3	87.1
Louisiana Tech	86.9	87.4	85.2	86.5
Southern Miss.	83.3	85.2	84.5	84.4
North Texas	82.1	81.7	81.4	81.7
U T E P	76.3	77.2	74.4	76.0
CUSA Averages	84.1	84.8	84.4	84.4
FBS Independents
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Notre Dame	108.8	110.6	111.2	110.2
BYU	109.2	108.2	110.3	109.2
Liberty	104.3	105.6	106.5	105.5
Army	100.0	99.8	100.2	100.0
Connecticut	77.4	78.6	74.2	76.7
UMass	74.8	74.0	70.5	73.1
New Mexico St.	70.3	71.1	67.6	69.7
Indep. Averages	92.1	92.6	91.5	92.1
Mid-American Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Miami (Ohio)	101.9	99.2	98.1	99.7
Buffalo	98.5	97.5	97.9	98.0
Ohio	92.2	94.4	94.0	93.5
Kent St.	91.3	93.4	90.5	91.7
Akron	81.8	79.6	78.1	79.8
Bowling Green	71.6	72.1	68.8	70.8
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Central Michigan	100.5	99.1	99.5	99.7
Ball St.	98.4	98.3	95.5	97.4
Toledo	97.5	96.7	95.8	96.7
Eastern Michigan	93.1	91.2	89.8	91.4
Western Michigan	91.2	91.6	90.1	91.0
Northern Illinois	89.3	87.0	86.1	87.5
MAC Averages	92.3	91.7	90.4	91.4
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
Pac-12 Conference
North Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Oregon	111.0	112.4	114.1	112.5
Washington	110.9	112.4	112.9	112.1
Oregon St.	106.7	106.7	107.3	106.9
Stanford	102.6	103.9	102.4	103.0
Washington St.	102.3	103.2	102.1	102.5
California	95.7	100.5	99.0	98.4
South Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
U S C	118.8	118.4	120.9	119.4
Arizona St.	112.4	113.5	113.6	113.1
Utah	111.8	112.1	111.8	111.9
U C L A	110.5	110.5	110.6	110.5
Colorado	106.4	105.8	104.9	105.7
Arizona	95.2	94.5	94.0	94.6
Pac-12 Averages	107.0	107.8	107.8	107.5
Southeastern Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Georgia	124.8	124.5	126.3	125.2
Florida	117.0	119.4	118.1	118.2
Kentucky	106.7	108.8	106.8	107.4
Missouri	106.2	106.9	106.2	106.4
Tennessee	104.1	103.1	104.6	104.0
South Carolina	101.1	101.0	100.4	100.8
Vanderbilt	90.9	89.9	89.6	90.1
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Alabama	130.4	128.8	131.3	130.2
Texas A&M	117.4	118.3	118.6	118.1
Auburn	116.4	115.2	116.6	116.1
Ole Miss	113.3	113.3	113.2	113.3
L S U	111.0	112.4	112.8	112.1
Mississippi St.	110.2	110.4	109.7	110.1
Arkansas	110.1	109.9	108.5	109.5
SEC Averages	111.4	111.6	111.6	111.5
Sunbelt Conference
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Coastal Carolina	109.2	106.4	109.6	108.4
Appalachian St.	100.5	100.0	102.5	101.0
Georgia St.	97.0	96.2	96.3	96.5
Troy	93.1	93.4	93.7	93.4
Georgia Southern	91.7	92.1	91.2	91.6
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Louisiana	109.8	107.6	110.4	109.2
South Alabama	91.6	91.5	90.6	91.2
Arkansas St.	89.8	91.0	88.8	89.9
Texas St.	89.4	86.7	87.2	87.8
UL-Monroe	76.4	76.5	73.9	75.6
Sun Averages	94.8	94.1	94.4	94.5

Conference Ratings
1	Southeastern	111.5
2	Big 12	110.6
3	Pac-12	107.5
4	Big Ten	107.5
5	Atlantic Coast	105.0
6	American Athletic	96.8
7	Sun Belt	94.5
8	Mountain West	94.5
9	Independents	92.1
10	Mid-American	91.4
11	Conference USA	84.4

FBS Independents Preview

While 2020 was one strange logistical nightmare for college football conferences, it was a walk in the park compared to what the FBS Independents endured.

First, Notre Dame decided to join the Atlantic Coast Conference as a full-fledged member for one season.  Then, the Irish ran the table, upsetting Clemson to win the ACC regular season title.  That NBC TV contract must mean a lot to the Irish, because full-time membership in the ACC might have allowed the once top program in football to increase its recruiting base and return to the glory of their earlier times.  Alas, the NBC money meant more than membership in one of the top four leagues.

BYU, Army, and Liberty had to move mountains to play a full schedule, sometimes scheduling a Saturday three or four days before.  It was almost a 21st Century barnstorming tour for the three schools, but it seemed to work as the Cougars went 11-1, the Black Knights went 9-3, and the Flames finished 10-1.  BYU’s lone loss came at the hands of Coastal Carolina in one of those last-minute scheduled games.  Trying to prepare for CCU’s highly unorthodox offense with no advance notice may have been something the Baltimore Ravens might have struggled pulling off.  

Army finished first in the nation in total defense, allowing just 275 yards per game, and they finished runner-up in scoring defense, allowing 14.8 points per game.  Liberty lost by one point at North Carolina State, which is all that kept the Flames from running the table.  Liberty knocked off previously undefeated Coastal Carolina in overtime in the Cure Bowl.

Connecticut, New Mexico State, and UMass didn’t fare so well in the year of Covid.  UConn cancelled their season and never played a game.  This comes off a 2019 season where the Huskies went just 2-10 with one FBS win over UMass.

UMass didn’t play until Mid-October and then the Minutemen played just 240 minutes, going 0-4 and scoring just one touchdown, one field goal, and one safety.  The Minutemen were outgained by more than 400 yards in their season-ending loss to Liberty 45-0.  In the nine years since UMass has been a full FBS member, they have a 19-81 record, with nothing better than a couple of 4-8 seasons.

Then, there is New Mexico State.  The Aggies were one of three FBS schools to cancel their entire 2020 season.  NMSU is just barely hanging on as an FBS football program, and losing the entire season was a big financial tragedy.  However, there was an even bigger tragedy in Las Cruces this Spring.

The Aggies decided to play a couple of FCS opponents that were playing Spring schedules.  On February 21, NMSU welcomed Tarleton State to Aggie Memorial Stadium for a Sunday afternoon contest.  Tarleton State had just lost to McNeese State and would lose again the week after the NMSU game to upstart football program Dixie State.  This should have been a game where the last player on the Aggie bench saw at least a quarter of action when the game was a 35-point blowout.

Sure enough, the game was a blowout, and NMSU got to empty their bench in the final quarter.  Unfortunately, Tarleton State scored two touchdowns in the first four and a half minutes.  Three plays into the third quarter, the Texans led the Aggies 40-7.  They won 43-17 after emptying the bench.

How does a hopeful normal season look for the Independents?  There is no official Independent Media poll.  Instead of showing you how the media voted, here is a composite look at how 20 other computer power ratings see the Independents finishing this year.

1. Notre Dame
2. Liberty
3. Army
4. BYU
5. Connecticut
6. UMass
7. New Mexico St.

How do the three PiRate Ratings see the 2021 season for this septet?

Notre Dame returns to full Independent status this year.  The Irish face a major rebuild on the offensive side of the ball.  If Wisconsin transfer Jack Coan can find some of the spark that made him shine two years ago, Notre Dame may not suffer greatly from the loss of Ian Book.  However, the offensive line will be inexperienced, and the receiving corps needs a go-to big play receiver.

The Irish return half of their defensive regulars from 2020, but they lose their defensive coordinator, Clark Lea.  Lea’s defense was tops in the ACC, and the 19.7 points per game allowed is incredible when you consider that they played Clemson twice, Alabama, and North Carolina. 

Notre Dame faces a weaker schedule this year, but there are still potential tough games against Florida State, Wisconsin, Cincinnati, Virginia Tech, USC, North Carolina, Virginia, and Stanford.  Don’t expect another undefeated regular season in South Bend, and don’t expect a return to the Playoffs.  The schedule is full of trap games.  Toledo, Purdue, Cincinnati, Virginia Tech, USC, North Carolina, and Stanford will be tough contests, and it is possible that the Irish do no better than 3-4 in these seven games and at best 5-2.

Liberty should be more talented and will be a much more experienced team this year.  The Flames were 10-1 last year, but 2021 presents LU with a considerably tougher schedule.  Coach Hugh Freeze takes the Flames to Oxford, Mississippi, in November, where LU will take on his former team, Ole Miss.  It should be one of the most exciting games of the season, and the final score might look more like a basketball game.  Games against Louisiana and Army follow the Ole Miss game.  If Liberty wins two of their last three, they could win 10 games again.

Army’s offense didn’t click on all cylinders last year, but the Black Knights’ defense surrendered less than 115 rushing and 160 passing yards per game to lead the nation in total defense.  That great defense returns an intact defensive line and an experienced secondary, so it might be even tougher to move the ball on the Black Knights this year.  Unfortunately, a new quarterback and inexperienced offensive line probably means the Cadets will regress a bit this year.

BYU finished third nationally in scoring and fourth nationally in scoring defense.  Key players on both sides of the ball must be replaced, foremost being quarterback Zach Wilson, who now wears a New York Jets’ uniform.  At least, the Cougars should know who they are going to play the following Saturday when they wake up Monday mornings this year.

Connecticut last won a game on October 26, 2019, when they topped a 1-win UMass team.  The Huskies have not defeated a legitimate FBS program since they beat Tulsa in October of 2017.  Expect UConn to show an improved passing game and better all around defense this year, but the Huskies have a long way to go before they will be competing for winning records as a new Independent.

As for UMass and New Mexico State, these two teams may be the weakest among the 130 FBS teams.  They both are definitely in the bottom five.  The two teams close out the 2021 season facing off in Las Cruces.  Unless these schools can find a conference during the upcoming round of realignment, they both face the possibility of joining former FBS Independent Idaho at the FCS level.

Here are the preseason PiRate Ratings for the Independents.

FBS Independents
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Notre Dame	108.8	110.6	111.2	110.2
BYU	109.2	108.2	110.3	109.2
Liberty	104.3	105.6	106.5	105.5
Army	100.0	99.8	100.2	100.0
Connecticut	77.4	78.6	74.2	76.7
UMass	74.8	74.0	70.5	73.1
New Mexico St.	70.3	71.1	67.6	69.7
Indep. Averages	92.1	92.6	91.5	92.1

While the PiRate Ratings are designed only to compare teams’ power ratings in their next scheduled game, we can still have a little fun trying to predict won-loss records.  

Independents	Overall
Liberty	11-1
Notre Dame	8-4
BYU	8-4
Army	7-5
UMass	3-9
Connecticut	2-10
New Mexico St.	2-10

PiRate Ratings College Basketball Spreads

Thursday, March 11, 2021

Home	Visitor	Spread
South Florida	Temple	-2.6
Tulsa	Tulane	2.7
Central Florida	East Carolina	4.7
Virginia	Syracuse	3.4
Georgia Tech	Miami	11.1
Florida St.	Duke	4.8
Virginia Tech	North Carolina	-3.0
West Virginia	Oklahoma St.	1.4
Baylor	Kansas St.	22.7
Kansas	Oklahoma	2.6
Texas	Texas Tech	0.3
Villanova	Georgetown	8.6
St. John’s	Seton Hall	-0.2
Creighton	Butler	11.0
Connecticut	DePaul	11.0
Southern Utah	Northern Colorado	6.7
Idaho St.	Montana St.	-1.6
Eastern Washington	Northern Arizona	15.2
Weber St.	Montana	4.9
Maryland	Michigan St.	2.2
Ohio St.	Minnesota	7.3
Rutgers	Indiana	1.3
Wisconsin	Penn St.	2.3
UCSB	Long Beach St.	14.8
UC Davis	Cal St. Bakersfield	-5.4
UC Irvine	Cal Poly	17.1
UC Riverside	Hawaii	7.0
Western Kentucky	UTSA	5.3
UAB	Rice	7.8
Louisiana Tech	Florida Atlantic	8.9
Old Dominion	North Texas	-6.1
Saint Peter’s	Rider	6.2
Marist	Niagara	-1.0
Toledo	Ball St.	8.3
Kent St.	Ohio U	1.1
Buffalo	Miami (O)	8.0
Akron	Bowling Green	1.2
Florida A&M	Morgan St.	-1.2
Norfolk St.	North Carolina Central	4.6
San Diego St.	Wyoming	15.2
Boise St.	Nevada	4.0
Utah St.	UNLV	11.1
Colorado St.	Fresno St.	10.9
Oregon	Arizona St.	7.7
UCLA	Oregon St.	5.4
USC	Utah	7.3
Colorado	California	14.8
Kentucky	Mississippi St.	2.5
Florida	Vanderbilt	7.0
Missouri	Georgia	4.2
Ole Miss	South Carolina	5.1
Northwestern St.	New Orleans	-2.2
Sam Houston St.	Lamar	8.8
Texas Southern	Alcorn St.	7.1
Grambling	Southern	-1.7
California Baptist	Seattle	0.2
New Mexico St.	UT Rio Grande Valley	7.9

Conference Tournaments Update

America East Conference

Championship Game–Saturday, March 13, 11 AM, ESPN2

6 U Mass-Lowell at 4 Hartford

American Athletic Conference

1st Round–Thursday, March 11 @ Fort Worth, TX

8 South Florida vs. 9 Temple (winner plays 1 Wichita St. Friday)

(4 SMU plays 5 Cincinnati Friday)

7 Tulsa vs. 10 Tulane (winner plays 2 Houston Friday)

6 Central Florida vs. 11 East Carolina (winner plays 3 Memphis Friday)

Atlantic Coast Conference

Quarterfinals, Thursday, March 11

1 Virginia vs. 8 Syracuse

4 Georgia Tech vs. 13 Miami (Fla.)

2 Florida St. vs. 10 Duke

3 Virginia Tech vs. 6 North Carolina

Atlantic 10 Conference

Championship Game–Sunday, March 14, 1PM, CBS @ Dayton, OH

1 Saint Bonaventure vs. 2 Virginia Commonwealth

Big East Conference

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 11 @ New York, NY

1 Villanova vs. 8 Georgetown

4 St. John’s vs. 5 Seton Hall

2 Creighton vs. 10 Butler

3 Connecticut vs. 11 DePaul

Big Sky Conference

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 11 @ Boise, ID

1 Southern Utah vs. 8 Northern Colorado

4 Idaho St. vs. 5 Montana St.

2 Eastern Washington vs. 10 Northern Arizona

3 Weber St. vs. 6 Montana

Big Ten Conference

2nd Round–Thursday, March 11 @ Indianapolis, IN

8 Maryland vs. 9 Michigan St.

5 Ohio St. vs. 13 Minnesota

7 Rutgers vs. 10 Indiana

6 Wisconsin vs. 11 Penn St.

Big 12 Conference

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 11 @ Kansas City, MO

1 Baylor vs. 9 Kansas St.

4 West Virginia vs. 5 Oklahoma St.

2 Kansas vs. 7 Oklahoma

3 Texas vs. 6 Texas Tech

Big West Conference

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 11 @ Las Vegas

1 UCSB vs. 9 Long Beach St.

4 Cal St. Bakersfield vs. 5 UC-Davis

2 UC-Irvine vs. 10 Cal Poly

3 UC-Riverside vs. 6 Hawaii

Conference USA

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 11 @ Frisco, TX (Dallas Cowboys Practice Facility)

1E Western Kentucky vs. 4W UTSA

2W UAB vs. 6W Rice

1W Louisiana Tech vs. 4E Florida Atlantic

2E Old Dominion vs. 3W North Texas

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

Quarterfinals Continue, Thursday, March 11 @ Atlantic City, NJ

4 Marist vs. 5 Niagara

3 St. Peter’s vs. 11 Rider

Mid-American Conference

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 11 @ Cleveland

1 Toledo vs. 8 Ball St.

4 Kent St. vs. 5 Ohio U

2 Buffalo vs. 7 Miami (O)

3 Akron vs. 6 Bowling Green

Mideastern Athletic Conference

Quarterfinals, Thursday, March 11 @ Norfolk, VA

2S Florida A&M vs. 3N Morgan St.

2N Norfolk St. vs. 3S UNC-Central

Mountain West Conference

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 11 @ Las Vegas

1 San Diego St. vs. 8 Wyoming

4 Boise St. vs. 5 Nevada

2 Utah St. vs. 7 UNLV

3 Colorado St. vs. 6 Fresno St.

Pac-12 Conference

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 11 @ Las Vegas

1 Oregon vs. 8 Arizona St.

4 UCLA vs. 5 Oregon St.

2 USC vs. 7 Utah

3 Colorado vs. 11 California

Patriot League

Championship Game, Sunday March 14, 12 PM EST, CBSSN

9 Loyola (MD) at 2 Colgate

Southeastern Conference

2nd Round–Thursday, March 11 @ Nashville, TN

8 Kentucky vs. 9 Mississippi St. (winner plays 1 Alabama Friday)

5 Florida vs. 13 Vanderbilt (winner plays 4 Tennessee Friday)

7 Missouri vs. 10 Georgia (winner plays 2 Arkansas Friday)

6 Ole Miss vs. 11 South Carolina (winner plays 3 LSU Friday)

Southland Conference

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 11 @ Katy, TX (Greater Houston)

4 Northwestern St. vs. 5 New Orleans

3 Sam Houston St. vs. 6 Lamar

Southwestern Athletic Conference

Quarterfinals Continue, Thursday, March 11 @ Birmingham, AL

4 Grambling vs. 5 Southern

3 Texas Southern vs. 6 Alcorn St.

Western Athletic Conference

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 11 @ Las Vegas

4 California-Baptist vs. 5 Seattle (winner plays 1 Grand Canyon Friday)

3 New Mexico St. vs. 6 UT-Rio Grande Valley (winner plays 2 Utah Valley Friday)

Automatic Qualifiers

Liberty 23-5

Winthrop 23-1

Loyola (Chi.) 24-4

Morehead St. 23-7

UNC-Greensboro 21-8

Appalachian St. 17-11

Drexel 12-7

Cleveland St. 19-7

Mount St. Mary’s 12-10

Oral Roberts 16-10

Gonzaga 26-0

PiRate Ratings Bracketology

2/26/2021

Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Gonzaga	Baylor	Michigan	Ohio St.
2	Illinois	Alabama	Villanova	Iowa
3	West Virginia	Houston	Florida St.	Oklahoma
4	Kansas	Creighton	Texas	USC
5	Virginia	Tennessee	Wisconsin	Arkansas
6	Texas Tech	Purdue	Colorado	Clemson
7	Oklahoma St.	Florida	Missouri	BYU
8	Rutgers	Virginia Tech	LSU	Loyola (Chi.)
9	UCLA	San Diego St.	Oregon	Maryland
10	North Carolina	Boise St.	Louisville	Drake
11	VCU	St. Bonaventure	Colorado St.	Connecticut
12	Toledo	Western Ky.	Seton Hall	Xavier	Indiana	Georgia Tech
13	Belmont	Colgate	Winthrop	UCSB
14	Wright St.	Liberty	Furman	Abilene Christian
15	Iona	Vermont	E. Washington	Grand Canyon
16	James Madison	S. Dakota St.	Texas St.	Prairie View	Wagner	N.C. A&T

First 8 Out

69	Michigan St.
70	Wichita St.
71	Stanford
72	Duke
73	Richmond
74	Utah St.
75	Minnesota
76	Ole Miss

Conference Tournaments underway!

With March getting ready to come in like a lion, here’s a look at each of the conferences heading into conference tournament play.

One-Bid Leagues

America East: Maryland-Baltimore Co. & Vermont are tied at 10-4 in the league. The teams split a weekend series in Maryland. Vermont is the team more likely to contend in a #15 vs. #2 seed game in the NCAA Tournament.

Atlantic Sun: Liberty is 10-2 in the league but not as strong as last year’s team. Bellarmine is not eligible for the NCAA Tournament but will play in the A-Sun tournament. If they win, then Liberty gets the automatic bid. Lipscomb is 9-5 in the league and the hottest team of the contenders.

Big Sky: There will be many mid-major and low-major tournaments this year that should be wide open. This is one. Eastern Washington at 11-2 in conference play currently leads for the top seed, with Southern Utah (9-2) and Weber St. (10-3) vying for second place. Weber St. is probably the best of the three, but we wouldn’t be shocked if Montana (just 6-9 in the league) sneaks into the semifinals with a chance to win it from well back in the field.

Big South: Winthrop ran way with the league title and has lapped the field. At 17-1/20-1, the Eagles are contending for a #12 seed. If anybody else wins, it’s 16-seed almost for sure. Winthrop will be the biggest favorite to win their conference tournament, even more than Gonzaga.

Big West: UCSB will end UC-Irvine’s reign as regular season champions. The Gauchos (12-2/16-3) will still likely have to face either UCI (9-4/12-8) or UC Riverside (7-4/10-6) in the Big West Championship Game.

Colonial: It’s a down year in the CAA. In past years, four or five teams had the talent to do damage in a Round of 64 game. This year, we don’t see a win in the cards for this league. James Madison (8-1/13-5) and Northeastern (8-2/9-8) are the leading contenders for the automatic bid.

Conference USA: This is a conference with at least five teams talented enough to upset a higher seeded team in the Big Dance. Western Kentucky (8-2/15-5) has been at the top of the league all year. North Texas (8-2/12-6) and UAB (10-4/18-5) have been right there with the Hilltoppers. Louisiana Tech (10-4/17-6) and Marshall (6-4/12-5) are the hot contenders late in the season. Marshall may be the best of the bunch.

Horizon: This has been a two-team race like Easy Goer and Sunday Silence in past Triple Crown horse racing. Wright St. and Cleveland St. share the conference lead at 16-4. The only other team in the picture is Detroit at 10-6. WSU or CSU could win an opening round game in the Dance.

Metro Atlantic: This looks like a three-team race for the MAAC automatic bid. Siena (9-3) has led the league most of the season, with Monmouth (10-6) trailing. But, Iona (6-3) has started playing again after a long Covid layoff. They have an experienced tournament coach in New Rochelle; if you didn’t know, Rick Pitino is in charge, and the Gaels are the team to beat in our opinion. For declaration purposes, Monmouth coach King Rice is a friend of the PiRate Captain, and he’s rooting for the Hawks to fly high.

Mid-American: Of all the conference tournaments, this one historically has been the most exciting, because rarely has there been a clear-cut favorite. More teams from back in the pack have won this tourney in our memories than any other league. Toledo (13-3/18-6) has led the West all year with no competition, but the East looks like the 1967 American League pennant race. Akron (12-4/14-5) leads Ohio (9-3/13-6) only because of more games played. Kent St. (11-5/14-6) and Buffalo (9-5/11-7) are right there. Any of these five could win the lone bid, and then again, someone from back in the pack could do it again. Toledo could be a #12 seed if they win out.

Mideastern: This league has been really hit by Covid issues, with two teams choosing not to play and a third opting out in mid-season. North Carolina A&T (6-1) has been in first place all year. Norfolk St. (8-4) may be a little better come March. But, Morgan St. (6-4) is coming on strong and might be the true favorite to take the MEAC Tournament. The winner is looking squarely at a 16-seed play-in game.

Northeast: The NEC usually places their automatic qualifier in the Dayton play-in game for a 16-seed. The only difference this year, is the game will be played in the Hoosier State. Wagner (11-4) leads Bryant (9-4) with the rest of the field out of the race. Bryant might be the better team.

Ohio Valley: Belmont looked unbeatable in this league, until the Bruins went up to Eastern Kentucky and found out how tough the Colonels are on their home, even with no fans. Belmont (18-1/24-2) now must face an even tougher Morehead St. team (16-3 in the OViC) tomorrow. This league tournament is no longer just a rubber stamp for Belmont. The Morehead/EKU winner in a likely semifinal game will have a 40% chance of knocking out the Bruins.

Patriot: Colgate is in the top 20 of the NET ratings, the one data point that the NCAA Selection Committee places as the primary seeding factor. At 11-1 overall, all their games were played in the league. Four of those games came against Army, where the Raiders won three but lost once at home to the Black Knights. Colgate is an enigma. We don’t understand why they are rated so highly with no non-conference games, because the Patriot League is not highly-rated. Navy at 10-1/13-2 looks like a better team, and Army 6-6/10-7 already knows they can beat the heavy favorite. Colgate could be a 12-seed if they win out, and in this case, their 5-seed opponent will not be on upset alert.

Southern: This league has produced multiple bids in the past, but it won’t happen this year. There are five good but not great teams in contention, and the eventual winner will not be highly regarded as an upset special possibility. Furman (10-4/16-7) is methodically better than average but not flashy. They stay on an even keel with talent not quite as deep as the other contenders, but with more consistency. UNCG (12-5/17-8) plays a style of play that opponents don’t like to face, but when a team is solid handling the ball, the Spartans are not that hard to beat. Wofford (11-5/14-8) has been a snake in the tall grass, sneaking into the top of the league. East Tennessee St. (8-6/12-10) is a mere shell of its former self left by Steve Forbes, while Chattanooga (9-7/18-7) has been a major underperformer since New Year’s Day.

Southland: The potential seeding of this league took a big turn last week, when Stephen F. Austin decided to become ineligible this year rather than next year. What would have been an incredible 4-team scramble has lost one of its scramblers. Abilene Christian (11-1/19-3) is a team no Power Conference opponent wants to see in their bracket. The Wildcats are really tough on the defensive side of the ball, and a poor passing team can turn ACU into an efficient offensive puncher, because the Wildcats can intercept passes like the 1963 Chicago Bears! Sam Houston (11-2/17-7) and Nicholls (11-2/14-6) are the top contenders without SFA.

Summit: This should be another wide open conference tournament with four co-favorites. South Dakota (10-3/12-9), North Dakota St. (10-4/12-10), South Dakota St. (7-3/13-6) and Oral Roberts (8-5/11-10) are on close to equal terms at the end of February. We think SDSU is the favorite to win the tournament.

Sun Belt: This league is slowly falling in overall strength, and it is in danger of joining the NEC, MEAC, and SWAC in the annual play-in round for a 16-seed. Texas St. (10-3/16-6) has held the SBC lead for several weeks, but South Alabama (10-5/16-8), Louisiana (9-6/15-7), and Georgia St. (6-4/12-5) are lurking close behind. We like GSU from this group to win the conference tournament.

Southwestern: Covid may have helped this league a tad. The co-leaders, Prairie View (9-0/10-4) and Jackson St. (7-0/7-5) don’t play each other in the regular season. It could lead to a SWAC title game between two undefeated teams in conference play, making it one of the most exciting of the postseason. Texas Southern (6-3/9-8) is the dark horse.

Western: After the MEAC, the WAC has been next most affected by Covid issues. Technically, UT Rio Grande Valley leads the league today at 2-0 in the WAC and 9-4 overall. But, Grand Canyon (7-1/13-4) is two games ahead in the won-loss, even if UTRGV is 1.000 in percentage. Utah Valley is third at 6-3 in the WAC, but we wouldn’t rule out New Mexico St. (3-5/6-6). The Aggies not only couldn’t play home games, they couldn’t even return home during the shutdown of the Land of Enchantment. Chris Jans is the type of coach that can motivate and use the right strategy to win this tournament.

Multi-Bid Leagues

American: Houston is a lock, but the Cougars are in second place in the AAC to a Wichita St. team that beat them. WSU is likely to earn the top seed in the AAC Tournament, and the Shockers are on the Bubble and need a little more to add to their resume. Memphis has more than enough talent to win the tournament, but the Tigers don’t play cohesively.

Atlantic Coast: In the past, any team with a winning record in conference play was close to assured of earning a bid. Syracuse went 10-8 in 2017 and didn’t get a bid. This year, Florida St., Virginia, Virginia Tech, North Carolina, Louisville, and Clemson are Dancing. Duke, Georgia Tech, and North Carolina St., in that order, are still in contention. We think the Seminoles are strong enough to advance past the Sweet 16.

Atlantic 10: St. Bonaventure and VCU share the lead at 10-3, and the Bonnies and Rams are close to becoming locks for the Big Dance. Richmond, at 6-3, has been on the Bubble for most of the season. Saint Louis (4-4) has suffered the same fate as New Mexico State, missing weeks of scheduled games. The Billikens may be the best team in the league if they have completely dusted off the cobwebs in March.

Big 12: Undefeated Baylor probably won’t enter the Big 12 Tournament without a blemish. The Bears could even have two league losses. BU is still rusty from a long layoff, and they must play at Kansas, at West Virginia, and at home against Oklahoma St. and Texas Tech. This league is probably set in tournament teams. Baylor, Kansas, West Virginia, Texas, Oklahoma, Texas Tech, and Oklahoma St. should be in the field. TCU is too far back to sneak into the field without earning the automatic bid.

Big East: Villanova and Creighton are locks, while Seton Hall, Connecticut, and Xavier still have work to do before they are safely in the field. Xavier faces a must-win game at home against Creighton tomorrow.

Big Ten: This league is still in a state of flux. The teams that were close to being safe at the back of the field have done everything they could to play themselves out, while Michigan St., once given up for dead, has done everything to play themselves in.

As of today, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio St., Iowa, Wisconsin, and Purdue are locks. The Big Ten will probably get nine teams in the field. Rutgers, Maryland, Michigan St., Indiana, and Minnesota are competing for three bids. If Indiana or Minnesota fall short, there could be a coaching availability or two in the Big Ten in March.

Missouri Valley: With Wichita State relocated to the AAC, one would think the days of the venerable Valley earning multiple bids was over. Guess again. Drake and Loyola are close to sure things before Arch Madness starts in Saint Louis. There is even a scenario where if one of the two co-leaders loses in the semifinals of the conference tournament, and the other loses in the finals, that three teams could earn spots in the Field of 68.

Mountain West: How about four MWC teams in the Big Dance? San Diego St. is one of the hottest teams in the nation at the end of February. They’ve made a move like Whirlaway, swatting their long tail at the rest of the field as the Aztecs head to the finish line gaining distance from the place and show teams.

Boise St. and Colorado St. have tournament-worthy resumes, while Utah St. is now well back on the bad side of the Bubble. The Aggies need to win the conference tournament. Watch out for Steve Alford’s Nevada Wolfpack! Nevada has won four consecutive ga,es to move into fifth place.

Pac-12: What looked like a five-bid league has lessened to four bids and a prayer. USC, UCLA, Oregon, and Colorado have done enough to win bids. Stanford has lost five of nine games, including two in a row to teams they needed to beat. The Cardinal need to win at USC next Wednesday, or they may be forced to win the Pac-12 Tournament to get in.

Southeastern: Don’t count out Kentucky just yet! The Wildcats (7-7/8-13) look like the team they were supposed to be. UK cannot earn an at-large bid with just three regular season games remaining, but once they get to Nashville, The Music City turns into the Bluegrass City. Calipari’s Cats can win four games in four days.

Alabama, Arkansas, LSU, Florida, and Tennessee are in the field. Missouri was in for sure, but losses in four of their last five has created a shadow of doubt. Ole Miss has moved a half-game ahead of Mizzou in the league. The Tigers must close with Florida and LSU, while Ole Miss gets two games against last place Vanderbilt and a home game with Kentucky.

If there is a dark horse possibility in the SEC, then Georgia and Mississippi St. can stake claims to it. If Ole Miss and Missouri falter at the finish, the two Bulldogs can get into contention by winning out headed to Nashville.

West Coast: Gonzaga has yet to face any real competition. The Bulldogs look like the 1991 UNLV team that ran the table to the Final Four without opposition. Then, the Runnin’ Rebels ran into a Duke team that had not forgotten the 30+-point loss dealt to them in 1990’s Championship. The Bulldogs look like a potential run-the-table team, more like John Wooden’s UCLA teams than the 1991 UNLV team. Outside of the WCC, Gonzaga easily dismissed Kansas, West Virginia, Iowa, and Virginia. Normally, this would have been enough to show the nation that the Zags were without a doubt the best team in the nation. Had Baylor not cancelled their scheduled game, Gonzaga might be sitting with the appropriate strength of schedule typical of a national champion in our Bracketnomics criteria.

BYU is the other team with an NCAA Tournament guarantee. The Cougars have been distant number two to Gonzaga, but at 9-3/18-5, BYU has a win at San Diego St.