PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Friday, March 25, 2022

Friday, March 25, 2022
Team	Team	Spread
Purdue	Saint Peter’s	13.1
Kansas	Providence	7.9
UCLA	North Carolina	4.1
Miami (Fla.)	Iowa St.	0.2

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Wednesday’s College Basketball Spreads

Wednesday’s Conference Tournaments
Big South Conference–1st Round
Charlotte, NC
Higher Seed	Lower Seed	Spread
Radford	North Carolina A&T	1.2
UNC Asheville	Charleston Southern	12.1
High Point	Hampton	6.2
Campbell	Presbyterian	3.4
Northeast Conference–1st Round
Campus Sites
Home	Visitors	Spread
Bryant	Central Connecticut	14.6
Wagner	St. Francis (PA)	13.2
Long Island	Sacred Heart	8.1
Mount St. Mary’s	St. Francis (NY)	6.4
Ohio Valley Conference–1st Round
Evansville, IN
Higher Seed	Lower Seed	Spread
Tennessee St.	SIU-Edwardsville	1.9
Austin Peay	Tennessee Tech	-0.7
Wednesday’s Regular Schedule
Home	Visitors	Spread
St. John’s	Xavier	1.3
Alabama	Texas A&M	9.2
Seton Hall	Georgetown	15.4
Marshall	Western Kentucky	-4.6
Louisiana Tech	Old Dominion	7.9
Charlotte	Middle Tennessee	-2.5
Clemson	Georgia Tech	9.6
Florida St.	Notre Dame	-0.8
Iowa St.	Oklahoma St.	2.8
Rhode Island	Saint Louis	-2.6
La Salle	Saint Joseph’s	-1.0
Massachusetts	Fordham	2.6
George Washington	Duquesne	5.3
Davidson	George Mason	8.3
Indiana	Rutgers	6.3
Southern Miss.	UAB	-19.2
New Orleans	Houston Baptist	10.3
Lamar	UT Rio Grande Valley	-2.4
Creighton	Connecticut	-3.2
Texas A&M-CC	Nicholls St.	-1.0
Mississippi St.	Auburn	-5.0
Arkansas	LSU	2.6
Tulsa	Wichita St.	-3.0
DePaul	Marquette	-2.8
New Mexico St.	Stephen F. Austin	5.9
Wake Forest	North Carolina St.	10.8
Boston College	Miami (Fla.)	-3.7
Maryland	Minnesota	5.9
California Baptist	Chicago St.	14.3
UNLV	Wyoming	0.8

Tuesday’s Conference Tournament Results

Atlantic Sun 1st Round
Central Arkansas	74	Stetson	73
Kennesaw St.	82	Eastern Kentucky	73
Florida Gulf Coast	81	North Alabama	72
Lipscomb	74	North Florida	65
Horizon League 1st Round
Detroit	79	Green Bay	62
Robert Morris	77	Youngstown St.	73
Oakland	69	IUPUI	58
Illinois Chicago	80	Milwaukee	69
Patriot League 1st Round
American	69	Holy Cross	63
Bucknell	82	Lafayette	81

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Home	Visitors	Spread
Army	Bucknell	3.0
St. John’s	Creighton	4.3
South Carolina	Mississippi St.	-1.7
Virginia	Duke	-7.0
Providence	Xavier	1.3
Texas	TCU	8.9
VCU	George Mason	7.4
Georgia St.	UL Monroe	9.0
Boston U	Lafayette	9.8
Holy Cross	Colgate	-13.3
East Carolina	South Florida	6.5
Lehigh	American	4.1
Navy	Loyola (MD)	8.1
Longwood	Radford	9.9
North Carolina A&T	High Point	1.6
Gardner-Webb	UNC Asheville	5.0
Presbyterian	Charleston Southern	10.7
Hampton	Campbell	-6.2
North Carolina St.	Boston College	6.0
Notre Dame	Syracuse	3.4
Clemson	Wake Forest	-1.1
Binghamton	Vermont	-12.2
UMass Lowell	Stony Brook	2.4
NJIT	New Hampshire	-2.0
Hartford	Maryland Baltimore Co.	0.6
Maine	Albany	-6.3
North Alabama	Central Arkansas	5.0
Liberty	Florida Gulf Coast	8.4
Kennesaw St.	Stetson	7.2
Jacksonville St.	Eastern Kentucky	8.8
Jacksonville	North Florida	6.2
Bellarmine	Lipscomb	7.8
Iowa St.	West Virginia	4.3
Troy	UT Arlington	4.4
Georgia Southern	Louisiana	-0.5
Valparaiso	Drake	-5.0
Indiana St.	Northern Iowa	-5.7
Fordham	La Salle	5.8
Dayton	Massachusetts	12.8
Duquesne	Davidson	-11.5
VMI	Wofford	-0.1
UNC Greensboro	Western Carolina	10.7
East Tennessee St.	Chattanooga	-4.7
Mercer	The Citadel	5.9
Michigan	Rutgers	7.1
Little Rock	Appalachian St.	-8.2
Tulane	Houston	-10.4
Southern Illinois	Illinois St.	5.7
SMU	Tulsa	11.5
Chicago St.	Grand Canyon	-15.9
South Alabama	Texas St.	3.8
Arkansas St.	Coastal Carolina	1.1
Missouri St.	Bradley	5.2
Loyola (Chi.)	Evansville	22.0
Samford	Furman	-7.0
Auburn	Mississippi	15.7
Seton Hall	Butler	12.1
Kentucky	LSU	8.1
Minnesota	Wisconsin	-3.7
Central Florida	Cincinnati	2.2
Georgia Tech	Virginia Tech	-6.7
Colorado St.	Wyoming	4.4
Washington St.	Washington	10.6

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Home	Visitors	Spread
Canisius	Quinnipiac	-0.5
Fairfield	Iona	-5.3
Stanford	USC	-6.6
Towson	Hofstra	3.8
Tennessee	South Carolina	14.3
Penn St.	Rutgers	4.1
Baylor	Texas Tech	10.1
Vanderbilt	Kentucky	-8.6
Marquette	DePaul	7.0
Syracuse	Pittsburgh	10.2
North Alabama	Eastern Kentucky	-2.3
Liberty	North Florida	13.2
Jacksonville St.	Lipscomb	11.9
Jacksonville	Stetson	5.7
Bellarmine	Central Arkansas	12.1
La Salle	St. Bonaventure	-10.7
VCU	George Washington	17.7
Dayton	Saint Louis	1.3
Davidson	Massachusetts	10.7
James Madison	Northeastern	3.9
Drexel	Delaware	2.5
Akron	Ball St.	10.3
Ohio	Bowling Green	8.0
Kent St.	Northern Illinois	13.0
Western Michigan	Buffalo	-15.0
Miami (O)	Toledo	-2.2
Eastern Michigan	Central Michigan	6.7
Stephen F. Austin	UT Rio Grande Valley	10.9
Kansas	Iowa St.	12.0
Florida St.	Miami (Fla.)	6.8
Northern Iowa	Indiana St.	8.5
Texas	Oklahoma	5.4
Nebraska	Illinois	-14.1
Texas A&M	Mississippi	4.7
Alabama	Auburn	-0.1
Creighton	Providence	1.2
West Virginia	Oklahoma St.	2.6
Loyola (Chi.)	Valparaiso	17.2
Fresno St.	San Jose St.	16.1
UNLV	New Mexico	7.4

PiRate Ratings College Basketball Spreads

Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Home	Visitors	Spread
St. John’s	DePaul	4.3
Michigan St.	Nebraska	16.4
South Florida	Houston	-20.5
Florida	Alabama	0.4
Tennessee	Ole Miss	15.9
East Carolina	Tulane	0.1
Central Florida	Temple	11.4
Louisvile	Pittsburgh	12.6
Dayton	VCU	0.9
Saint Joseph’s	Davidson	-4.5
Richmond	Massachusetts	6.9
Miami (Fla.)	Syracuse	1.2
Villanova	Creighton	10.2
Iowa St.	Texas Tech	-1.4
Notre Dame	North Carolina	-1.9
Bradley	Missouri St.	-3.1
Northwestern	Penn St.	6.3

PiRate Ratings College Football For December 17-19, 2020

This Week’s PiRate Rating Spreads

We apologize for having to totally re-work this section, but the crazy off-the-cuff scheduling and cancellations have done a number on all of the power ratings specialists throughout the land. We keep in touch with many of our brethren, and they too are having to deal with hourly changes to the sports schedules.

This schedule is up to date as of Monday afternoon, 12/14/2020 at 4:00 PM EST.

Monday night update: Vanderbilt & Georgia game cancelled. Georgia is attempting to find a replacement team from outside the SEC.

SMU has opted out of Saturday’s Frisco Bowl. A replacement will be attempted by the bowl.

Tuesday update–The Frisco Bowl has been cancelled. Troy and UL-Monroe have cancelled. And, the Old Oaken Bucket Game–Indiana and Purdue has been cancelled. Michigan’s game with Iowa has been cancelled. The Michigan State-Maryland game has been cancelled.

Thursday update– The Sun Belt Conference Championship Game between Coastal Carolina and Louisiana has been cancelled.

Friday update–Florida State and Wake Forest game has been cancelled.

Regular Season Games
Thursday, December 17
Home	Visitors	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Troy	UL-Monroe	25.3	26.5	27.3
Friday, December 18
Home	Visitors	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Indiana	Purdue	14.7	15.0	16.5
Rutgers	Nebraska	-2.9	-3.4	-4.8
Saturday, December 19
Home	Visitors	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Wake Forest	Florida St.	7.8	9.4	8.8
Wisconsin	Minnesota	14.0	11.8	13.5
Penn St.	Illinois	10.8	10.2	10.6
Iowa	Michigan	16.3	16.8	17.0
Maryland	Michigan St.	-2.4	-1.9	-3.2
Army	Air Force	-5.3	-4.6	-5.3
Utah	Washington St.	6.4	8.0	6.7
UCLA	Stanford	5.3	6.1	4.9
Oregon St.	Arizona St.	-3.2	-2.7	-3.6
Georgia	Vanderbilt	38.1	38.0	39.8
Tennessee	Texas A&M	-13.8	-14.4	-14.4
LSU	Ole Miss	6.8	7.2	7.9
Mississippi St.	Missouri	0.6	0.2	0.2
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES
Friday, December 18
Home	Visitors	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Buffalo (n)	Ball St.	11.3	12.5	11.9
Marshall	UAB	6.2	6.2	6.5
USC	Oregon	5.2	4.2	4.8
Saturday, December 19
Home	Visitors	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Cincinnati	Tulsa	17.2	18.1	18.8
Clemson (n)	Notre Dame	5.8	6.8	8.0
Iowa St. (n)	Oklahoma	-1.1	-1.3	-0.9
Ohio St. (n)	Northwestern	19.5	18.5	19.2
Alabama (n)	Florida	18.1	19.7	19.9
Coastal Carolina	Louisiana	3.3	4.3	4.5
San Jose St. (n)	Boise St.	-10.4	-8.5	-9.5
(n): Neutral Site
BOWL GAME
Frisco Bowl—Cancelled
Team	Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias
SMU	UTSA	15.9	15.0	14.8

This Week’s PiRate Ratings

#	Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg.	Conference
1	Alabama	140.4	141.3	142.7	141.5	SEC-W
2	Ohio St.	131.4	130.5	133.7	131.9	BTen-E
3	Clemson	129.2	130.0	131.4	130.2	ACC
4	Georgia	124.4	123.6	125.2	124.4	SEC-E
5	Notre Dame	124.4	124.2	124.4	124.3	ACC
6	Florida	122.2	121.7	122.8	122.2	SEC-E
7	Texas A&M	121.6	121.6	122.3	121.8	SEC-W
8	Oklahoma	121.6	121.1	121.8	121.5	B12
9	Iowa St.	120.5	119.8	120.9	120.4	B12
10	Iowa	119.7	119.3	121.4	120.1	BTen-W
11	N. Carolina	119.8	119.9	120.3	120.0	ACC
12	Wisconsin	119.7	118.0	120.9	119.5	BTen-W
13	Cincinnati	119.2	118.7	119.4	119.1	AAC
14	Indiana	117.1	117.5	119.6	118.1	BTen-E
15	U S C	118.6	116.0	117.7	117.5	P12-S
16	Texas	117.0	115.8	116.9	116.6	B12
17	Auburn	115.6	114.7	115.7	115.3	SEC-W
18	Oregon	115.5	113.9	114.9	114.8	P12-N
19	BYU	114.7	114.5	114.9	114.7	Ind.
20	L S U	114.3	113.6	115.4	114.4	SEC-W
21	Oklahoma St.	114.5	113.2	113.6	113.8	B12
22	Northwestern	111.9	112.0	114.4	112.8	BTen-W
23	Miami (Fla.)	110.8	112.7	111.3	111.6	ACC
24	Penn St.	111.8	110.5	112.4	111.6	BTen-E
25	UCF	110.4	110.3	110.7	110.5	AAC
26	T C U	110.5	109.3	110.9	110.3	B12
27	Kentucky	109.1	109.0	110.1	109.4	SEC-E
28	Washington	109.4	108.0	109.8	109.1	P12-N
29	Arizona St.	109.2	108.5	108.8	108.8	P12-S
30	Ole Miss	109.0	107.9	109.0	108.6	SEC-W
31	Utah	108.2	108.3	108.9	108.5	P12-S
32	U C L A	108.2	107.3	107.4	107.6	P12-S
33	Buffalo	106.9	108.0	107.7	107.5	MAC-E
34	Coastal Car.	107.0	107.6	107.7	107.4	SUN-E
35	Minnesota	106.7	107.2	108.3	107.4	BTen-W
36	Boise St.	107.2	107.2	106.9	107.1	MWC-M
37	Louisville	107.1	107.0	106.5	106.8	ACC
38	Tennessee	106.3	105.7	106.4	106.1	SEC-E
39	Pittsburgh	105.5	106.4	105.8	105.9	ACC
40	Missouri	105.3	105.0	106.1	105.5	SEC-E
41	Michigan	105.4	104.5	106.3	105.4	BTen-E
42	Louisiana	105.7	105.3	105.3	105.4	SUN-W
43	Nebraska	105.0	104.5	106.3	105.3	BTen-W
44	Wake Forest	104.7	105.5	105.5	105.3	ACC
45	California	105.4	105.1	105.1	105.2	P12-N
46	Virginia	104.6	105.0	105.1	104.9	ACC
47	W. Virginia	104.7	104.4	104.9	104.7	B12
48	Virginia Tech	103.9	104.5	104.9	104.4	ACC
49	Miss. St.	104.4	103.7	104.8	104.3	SEC-W
50	Tulane	104.3	104.3	103.9	104.2	AAC
51	Boston Coll.	103.6	103.9	104.2	103.9	ACC
52	Stanford	104.4	102.7	104.0	103.7	P12-N
53	Oregon St.	104.0	103.8	103.2	103.7	P12-N
54	Purdue	103.4	103.5	104.1	103.7	BTen-W
55	Washington St.	103.7	102.3	104.2	103.4	P12-N
56	Memphis	104.4	103.1	102.6	103.4	AAC
57	Appal. St.	103.4	102.9	103.5	103.3	SUN-E
58	Illinois	102.9	102.3	103.8	103.0	BTen-W
59	Tulsa	103.5	102.1	102.1	102.5	AAC
60	Arkansas	102.2	102.8	102.4	102.5	SEC-W
61	Baylor	102.3	101.8	102.1	102.1	B12
62	Air Force	101.7	102.4	101.7	101.9	MWC-M
63	NC State	101.4	101.9	101.8	101.7	ACC
64	Houston	102.3	100.9	101.2	101.5	AAC
65	Liberty	100.0	102.9	100.8	101.2	Ind.
66	Colorado	101.0	101.8	99.8	100.9	P12-S
67	Kansas St.	100.4	99.6	100.7	100.2	B12
68	Rutgers	100.6	99.6	100.0	100.1	BTen-E
69	SMU	100.1	99.6	99.2	99.7	AAC
70	S. Carolina	100.5	98.8	99.7	99.7	SEC-E
71	Marshall	99.6	99.9	99.2	99.5	CUSA-E
72	Michigan St.	99.1	98.6	99.7	99.2	BTen-E
73	San Diego St.	98.5	99.5	98.8	98.9	MWC-W
74	Texas Tech	98.8	97.6	98.9	98.4	B12
75	San Jose St.	96.9	98.6	97.4	97.6	MWC-W
76	Florida St.	97.9	97.2	97.7	97.6	ACC
77	Wyoming	96.0	97.1	96.4	96.5	MWC-M
78	Nevada	95.2	96.1	95.6	95.7	MWC-W
79	Ball St.	95.6	95.5	95.8	95.7	MAC-W
80	U A B	95.3	95.7	94.7	95.2	CUSA-W
81	Georgia Tech	95.7	95.2	94.8	95.2	ACC
82	E. Carolina	95.6	95.4	94.5	95.2	AAC
83	Maryland	95.2	95.2	95.0	95.1	BTen-E
84	Ohio	94.4	95.1	95.3	94.9	MAC-E
85	Army	93.9	95.3	93.9	94.4	Ind.
86	Arizona	94.1	92.5	92.9	93.2	P12-S
87	Georgia Sou.	92.7	93.5	93.0	93.1	SUN-E
88	Fresno St.	92.7	93.2	92.2	92.7	MWC-W
89	Hawaii	92.7	93.0	92.0	92.5	MWC-W
90	Western Mich.	91.6	93.3	92.4	92.4	MAC-W
91	Toledo	92.1	93.2	91.9	92.4	MAC-W
92	Troy	91.8	92.9	92.2	92.3	SUN-E
93	Central Mich.	92.0	92.1	92.2	92.1	MAC-W
94	Georgia St.	91.8	92.1	92.3	92.1	SUN-E
95	Miami (O)	92.4	91.5	92.1	92.0	MAC-E
96	Navy	92.7	91.4	90.7	91.6	AAC
97	W. Kentucky	91.2	91.7	90.8	91.2	CUSA-E
98	Kent St.	91.2	90.7	90.7	90.9	MAC-E
99	Syracuse	90.1	91.3	90.8	90.8	ACC
100	Duke	90.5	90.3	89.3	90.0	ACC
101	Colorado St.	89.5	90.3	89.5	89.8	MWC-M
102	Vanderbilt	88.3	87.5	87.4	87.8	SEC-E
103	Arkansas St.	87.6	88.2	87.0	87.6	SUN-W
104	Temple	87.9	87.6	86.3	87.3	AAC
105	Rice	88.1	86.2	87.2	87.2	CUSA-W
106	USF	87.8	86.5	86.2	86.8	AAC
107	Fla. Atlantic	85.9	86.8	86.2	86.3	CUSA-E
108	New Mexico	86.0	86.8	85.4	86.1	MWC-M
109	Florida Int’l.	85.7	85.5	85.3	85.5	CUSA-E
110	U T S A	85.2	85.6	85.4	85.4	CUSA-W
111	Eastern Mich.	83.8	85.6	84.5	84.6	MAC-W
112	Utah St.	84.4	84.1	83.5	84.0	MWC-M
113	La. Tech	83.6	84.2	83.6	83.8	CUSA-W
114	Charlotte	83.5	83.6	83.2	83.4	CUSA-E
115	Middle Tenn.	82.2	82.5	82.3	82.3	CUSA-E
116	Southern Miss.	82.3	82.8	81.8	82.3	CUSA-W
117	S. Alabama	81.8	82.7	81.7	82.1	SUN-W
118	N. Illinois	80.7	82.0	80.8	81.2	MAC-W
119	Texas St.	81.0	81.5	80.2	80.9	SUN-W
120	U N L V	79.5	80.6	78.7	79.6	MWC-W
121	Kansas	78.7	78.0	77.4	78.1	B12
122	North Texas	75.4	75.6	74.8	75.3	CUSA-W
123	U T E P	67.9	70.3	68.0	68.7	CUSA-W
124	Akron	67.5	69.2	66.1	67.6	MAC-E
125	UL-Monroe	68.0	67.9	66.5	67.5	SUN-W
126	Bowling Green	65.1	66.4	61.8	64.4	MAC-E
127	Mass.	61.7	67.5	59.9	63.0	Ind.

PiRate Rating By Conference

American Athletic Conference
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	AAC	Overall
Cincinnati	119.2	118.7	119.4	119.1	6-0	8-0
UCF	110.4	110.3	110.7	110.5	5-3	6-3
Tulane	104.3	104.3	103.9	104.2	3-5	6-5
Memphis	104.4	103.1	102.6	103.4	5-3	7-3
Tulsa	103.5	102.1	102.1	102.5	6-0	6-1
Houston	102.3	100.9	101.2	101.5	3-3	3-4
SMU	100.1	99.6	99.2	99.7	4-3	7-3
E. Carolina	95.6	95.4	94.5	95.2	3-4	3-6
Navy	92.7	91.4	90.7	91.6	3-4	3-7
Temple	87.9	87.6	86.3	87.3	1-6	1-6
USF	87.8	86.5	86.2	86.8	0-7	1-8
AAC Avg.	100.7	100.0	99.7	100.1
Atlantic Coast Conference
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	ACC	Overall
Clemson	129.2	130.0	131.4	130.2	8-1	9-1
Notre Dame	124.4	124.2	124.4	124.3	9-0	10-0
N. Carolina	119.8	119.9	120.3	120.0	7-3	8-3
Miami (Fla.)	110.8	112.7	111.3	111.6	7-2	8-2
Louisville	107.1	107.0	106.5	106.8	3-7	4-7
Pittsburgh	105.5	106.4	105.8	105.9	5-5	6-5
Wake Forest	104.7	105.5	105.5	105.3	3-4	4-4
Virginia	104.6	105.0	105.1	104.9	4-5	5-5
Virginia Tech	103.9	104.5	104.9	104.4	5-5	5-6
Boston Coll.	103.6	103.9	104.2	103.9	5-5	6-5
NC State	101.4	101.9	101.8	101.7	7-3	8-3
Florida St.	97.9	97.2	97.7	97.6	2-6	3-6
Georgia Tech	95.7	95.2	94.8	95.2	3-6	3-7
Syracuse	90.1	91.3	90.8	90.8	1-9	1-10
Duke	90.5	90.3	89.3	90.0	1-9	2-9
ACC Avg.	106.0	106.3	106.2	106.2
Big 12 Conference
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	B12	Overall
Oklahoma	121.6	121.1	121.8	121.5	6-2	7-2
Iowa St.	120.5	119.8	120.9	120.4	8-1	8-2
Texas	117.0	115.8	116.9	116.6	5-3	6-3
Oklahoma St.	114.5	113.2	113.6	113.8	6-3	7-3
T C U	110.5	109.3	110.9	110.3	5-4	6-4
W. Virginia	104.7	104.4	104.9	104.7	4-4	5-4
Baylor	102.3	101.8	102.1	102.1	2-7	2-7
Kansas St.	100.4	99.6	100.7	100.2	4-5	4-6
Texas Tech	98.8	97.6	98.9	98.4	3-6	4-6
Kansas	78.7	78.0	77.4	78.1	0-8	0-9
Big 12 Avg.	106.9	106.1	106.8	106.6
Big Ten Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	BTen	Overall
Ohio St.	131.4	130.5	133.7	131.9	5-0	5-0
Indiana	117.1	117.5	119.6	118.1	6-1	6-1
Penn St.	111.8	110.5	112.4	111.6	3-5	3-5
Michigan	105.4	104.5	106.3	105.4	2-4	2-4
Rutgers	100.6	99.6	100.0	100.1	3-5	3-5
Michigan St.	99.1	98.6	99.7	99.2	2-5	2-5
Maryland	95.2	95.2	95.0	95.1	2-3	2-3
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	BTen	Overall
Iowa	119.7	119.3	121.4	120.1	6-2	6-2
Wisconsin	119.7	118.0	120.9	119.5	2-3	2-3
Northwestern	111.9	112.0	114.4	112.8	6-1	6-1
Minnesota	106.7	107.2	108.3	107.4	3-3	3-3
Nebraska	105.0	104.5	106.3	105.3	2-5	2-5
Purdue	103.4	103.5	104.1	103.7	2-4	2-4
Illinois	102.9	102.3	103.8	103.0	2-5	2-5
Big Ten Avg.	109.3	108.8	110.4	109.5
Conference USA
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	CUSA	Overall
Marshall	99.6	99.9	99.2	99.5	4-1	7-1
W. Kentucky	91.2	91.7	90.8	91.2	4-3	5-6
Fla. Atlantic	85.9	86.8	86.2	86.3	4-2	5-3
Florida Int’l.	85.7	85.5	85.3	85.5	0-3	0-5
Charlotte	83.5	83.6	83.2	83.4	2-2	2-4
Middle Tenn.	82.2	82.5	82.3	82.3	2-4	3-6
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	CUSA	Overall
U A B	95.3	95.7	94.7	95.2	3-1	5-3
Rice	88.1	86.2	87.2	87.2	2-3	2-3
U T S A	85.2	85.6	85.4	85.4	5-2	7-4
La. Tech	83.6	84.2	83.6	83.8	4-2	5-4
Southern Miss.	82.3	82.8	81.8	82.3	2-4	3-7
North Texas	75.4	75.6	74.8	75.3	3-4	4-5
U T E P	67.9	70.3	68.0	68.7	0-4	3-5
CUSA Avg.	85.1	85.4	84.8	85.1
FBS Independents
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
BYU	114.7	114.5	114.9	114.7	x	10-1
Liberty	100.0	102.9	100.8	101.2	x	9-1
Army	93.9	95.3	93.9	94.4	x	8-2
Mass.	61.7	67.5	59.9	63.0	x	0-4
Ind. Avg.	92.6	95.1	92.4	93.3
Mid-American Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
Buffalo	106.9	108.0	107.7	107.5	5-0	5-0
Ohio	94.4	95.1	95.3	94.9	2-1	2-1
Miami (O)	92.4	91.5	92.1	92.0	2-1	2-1
Kent St.	91.2	90.7	90.7	90.9	3-1	3-1
Akron	67.5	69.2	66.1	67.6	1-5	1-5
Bowling Green	65.1	66.4	61.8	64.4	0-5	0-5
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
Ball St.	95.6	95.5	95.8	95.7	5-1	5-1
Western Mich.	91.6	93.3	92.4	92.4	4-2	4-2
Toledo	92.1	93.2	91.9	92.4	4-2	4-2
Central Mich.	92.0	92.1	92.2	92.1	3-3	3-3
Eastern Mich.	83.8	85.6	84.5	84.6	2-4	2-4
N. Illinois	80.7	82.0	80.8	81.2	0-6	0-6
MAC Avg.	87.8	88.5	87.6	88.0
Mountain West Conference
Mountain Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
Boise St.	107.2	107.2	106.9	107.1	5-0	5-1
Air Force	101.7	102.4	101.7	101.9	2-2	3-2
Wyoming	96.0	97.1	96.4	96.5	2-4	2-4
Colorado St.	89.5	90.3	89.5	89.8	1-3	1-3
New Mexico	86.0	86.8	85.4	86.1	2-5	2-5
Utah St.	84.4	84.1	83.5	84.0	1-5	1-5
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
San Diego St.	98.5	99.5	98.8	98.9	4-2	4-4
San Jose St.	96.9	98.6	97.4	97.6	6-0	6-0
Nevada	95.2	96.1	95.6	95.7	6-2	6-2
Fresno St.	92.7	93.2	92.2	92.7	3-3	3-3
Hawaii	92.7	93.0	92.0	92.5	4-4	4-4
U N L V	79.5	80.6	78.7	79.6	0-6	0-6
MWC Avg.	93.3	94.1	93.2	93.5
Pac-12 Conference
North Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
Oregon	115.5	113.9	114.9	114.8	3-2	3-2
Washington	109.4	108.0	109.8	109.1	3-1	3-1
California	105.4	105.1	105.1	105.2	1-3	1-3
Stanford	104.4	102.7	104.0	103.7	3-2	3-2
Oregon St.	104.0	103.8	103.2	103.7	2-4	2-4
Washington St.	103.7	102.3	104.2	103.4	1-2	1-2
South Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
U S C	118.6	116.0	117.7	117.5	5-0	5-0
Arizona St.	109.2	108.5	108.8	108.8	1-2	1-2
Utah	108.2	108.3	108.9	108.5	2-2	2-2
U C L A	108.2	107.3	107.4	107.6	3-3	3-3
Colorado	101.0	101.8	99.8	100.9	3-1	4-1
Arizona	94.1	92.5	92.9	93.2	0-5	0-5
P12 Avg.	106.8	105.8	106.4	106.4
Southeastern Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	SEC	Overall
Georgia	124.4	123.6	125.2	124.4	7-2	7-2
Florida	122.2	121.7	122.8	122.2	8-2	8-2
Kentucky	109.1	109.0	110.1	109.4	4-6	4-6
Tennessee	106.3	105.7	106.4	106.1	3-6	3-6
Missouri	105.3	105.0	106.1	105.5	5-4	5-4
S. Carolina	100.5	98.8	99.7	99.7	2-8	2-8
Vanderbilt	88.3	87.5	87.4	87.8	0-9	0-9
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	SEC	Overall
Alabama	140.4	141.3	142.7	141.5	10-0	10-0
Texas A&M	121.6	121.6	122.3	121.8	7-1	7-1
Auburn	115.6	114.7	115.7	115.3	6-4	6-4
L S U	114.3	113.6	115.4	114.4	4-5	4-5
Ole Miss	109.0	107.9	109.0	108.6	4-4	4-4
Miss. St.	104.4	103.7	104.8	104.3	2-7	2-7
Arkansas	102.2	102.8	102.4	102.5	3-7	3-7
SEC Avg.	111.7	111.2	112.1	111.7
Sunbelt Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	SBC	Overall
Coastal Car.	107.0	107.6	107.7	107.4	8-0	11-0
Appal. St.	103.4	102.9	103.5	103.3	6-2	8-3
Georgia Sou.	92.7	93.5	93.0	93.1	4-4	7-5
Georgia St.	91.8	92.1	92.3	92.1	4-4	5-4
Troy	91.8	92.9	92.2	92.3	3-6	5-6
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	SBC	Overall
Louisiana	105.7	105.3	105.3	105.4	7-1	9-1
Arkansas St.	87.6	88.2	87.0	87.6	2-6	4-7
S. Alabama	81.8	82.7	81.7	82.1	3-5	4-7
Texas St.	81.0	81.5	80.2	80.9	2-6	2-10
UL-Monroe	68.0	67.9	66.5	67.5	0-7	0-10
Sun Avg.	91.1	91.4	90.9	91.2

Conference Ratings

#	League	Avg
1	SEC	111.7
2	BTen	109.5
3	B12	106.6
4	P12	106.4
5	ACC	106.2
6	AAC	100.1
7	MWC	93.5
8	Ind.	93.3
9	Sun	91.2
10	MAC	88.0
11	CUSA	85.1

The Playoffs–What Will Be This Week & What Should Be

The Playoff Committee won’t adjust this week’s top four teams. Only one of the four from last week played a game this past weekend, and Alabama basically showed the nation that they look like the best team in college football since the 2001 Miami of Florida Hurricanes. If somebody tells you that the playoffs need to be expanded from 4 to either 6, 8, or 12 teams, because Cincinnati, Coastal Carolina, Buffalo, and San Jose St. deserve a chance this year, you should reply that they are incorrect when talking about this year only. If the NCAA Playoff Committee wanted to make any changes to make the 2020-2021 college season end the right way, they should change the number of teams in the playoffs–from four to zero!

Alabama is clearly the best team in the nation. If they played Notre Dame, Ohio State, or Clemson next week, the Tide would be favored by two touchdowns minimum over any of the three contenders. If you are old enough to remember UCLA basketball during the three seasons that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and his additional all-American teammates suited up for the Bruins, the NCAA Tournaments were less eventful than the middle of the season Christmas and New Year’s tournaments. For three years, UCLA was the basketball equivalent of the 1927 New York Yankees. The NCAA Tournament was no different than the Bruin Invitational, as UCLA beat Dayton, North Carolina, and Purdue so handily that the games were not meaningful. Alabama is going to do the same thing this year.

We believe that Clemson will edge Notre Dame in the ACC Championship, as the Tigers almost beat the Irish in South Bend without having Trevor Lawrence available. Notre Dame will assuredly drop to #4 in the playoff rankings, but they will stay in the top 4 to be Sugar Bowl fodder for Alabama. Ohio State and Clemson would then face off in the Rose Bowl. Ten days later, Alabama will run roughshod over the Ohio State-Clemson winner, most likely Clemson, and it will be like the Yankees-Dodgers in the World Series during the 1950’s, with Alabama being the Yankees.

If you ask us whether Ohio State deserves to be in the Playoffs, as they have only played five games, when the Big Ten had previously stated that a team had to play at least six games to be eligible for the Big Ten Championship, we have a somewhat divided opinion. First, we 100% agree that Ohio State should be in the Big Ten Championship Game.

Let’s say that rather than declare the Michigan game postponed, that Ohio State forfeited the game to show a six-game slate. Even with the one loss, Ohio State beats out Indiana on the tiebreaker, and it doesn’t affect their eye test rating. So, the Buckeyes deserve the East Division championship. We kind of compare this to the rule where a Major League batter can be the batting champion even if he fails to get the required 502 plate appearances in a 162-game schedule, if you take his at-bats and include additional outs until you reach the 502 required PA’s. If the batter still has the highest batting average with those outs added, he is the batting champion.

For example, in 1996, legendary hitter Tony Gwynn batted .353, but he only made 498 plate appearances, which did not qualify for the batting crown. He needed four additional plate appearances. With four outs added to Gwynn’s actual record, his batting average dropped to .349, which was still better than the next highest average, Rockies’ star Ellis Burks at .344. So, Gwynn won the batting title at .353.

Likewise, adding one loss to Ohio State’s record still allows the Buckeyes to win the Big Ten East in a tiebreaker with Indiana.

That being said, do we believe that Ohio State is one of the four best teams in the nation this year? The short answer is that our own ratings show the Buckeyes to be the second best team. However, if we were on the Playoff Committee, we would be totally at a loss to separate Ohio State and USC. As for any of the G5 teams, we hate to say it, but none of them can play either Ohio State or USC to within 10 points. A G5 Playoff with Cincinnati, Coastal Carolina, Buffalo, and San Jose State would be quite entertaining and much better TV choices than the bowl games, even the New Year’s Six games. But, the only teams outside the current top four that should be in consideration for the Playoffs are USC and Texas A&M. Additionally, it is more accurate to state that the loser of the ACC Championship Game should be removed in favor of an undefeated USC team this year. A one-loss Texas A&M team that beat Florida and played Alabama better than any other opponent might be the second best team in the nation, and it would be hard to convince us that they don’t belong in the Big Four if the ACC loser loses by a substantial margin.

Here is our belief as to what will happen depending on whether each of the contenders win or lose this week.

Alabama–If the Crimson Tide wins, they are in the Sugar Bowl as the #1 seed. If the Crimson Tide loses, they are in the Rose Bowl as the #3 seed.

Ohio State–If the Buckeyes win, they are in the Rose Bowl as the #2 or #3 seed. If the Buckeyes lose, they are in a NY6 bowl and not in the playoffs.

Notre Dame–If the Irish win, they are in the Rose Bowl as the #2 seed or Sugar Bowl as the #1 seed if Bama were to lose. If the Irish lose, they are in the Sugar Bowl as the #4 seed.

Clemson–If the Tigers win, they are in the Rose Bowl as the #2 or #3 seed based on what Ohio State does. If the Tigers lose, they are in the Orange Bowl and not in the playoffs.

Texas A&M–The Aggies must win and then hope for Clemson or Ohio State to lose, possibly Notre Dame to lose by 20 or more points. If the Aggies back into the Playoffs, they will be headed to the Sugar Bowl as the #4 seed if Alabama is #1, or to the Rose Bowl if Ohio State or Notre Dame is #1

USC–Notre Dame must beat Clemson, and Northwestern must upset Ohio State, while USC beats Washington by 28 or more points, and Texas A&M doesn’t slaughter Tennessee.

Cincinnati–Clemson, Ohio State, and USC must lose, and maybe even Texas A&M.

Any 2-loss team–We don’t see any scenario where Oklahoma, Iowa State, Florida, or Clemson could make the playoffs with two losses.

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Wednesday’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Home	Rating	HCA	Visitor	Rating	Spread
Baylor	110.8	3.0	Oklahoma St.	104.2	9.6
Charlotte	92.6	2.5	Rice	95.5	-0.4
Creighton	109.3	3.0	Providence	105.5	6.8
Davidson	105.7	3.0	St. Bonaventure	102.7	6.0
Dayton	107.0	3.0	La Salle	97.0	13.0
DePaul	103.7	3.0	Georgetown	106.4	0.3
Detroit	95.5	1.0	Northern Kentucky	104.3	-7.8
Eastern Illinois	91.8	0.0	UT Martin	92.1	-0.3
Fairleigh Dickinson	96.2	2.5	Wagner	92.4	6.3
Florida	111.1	3.0	LSU	114.3	-0.2
Florida Atlantic	100.8	2.5	Louisiana Tech	101.7	1.6
Fordham	95.0	2.5	George Washington	93.1	4.4
Georgia	104.6	3.0	Missouri	105.1	2.5
Houston Baptist	93.3	2.5	Incarnate Word	85.4	10.4
Long Beach St.	96.0	2.5	UC Riverside	90.4	8.1
Marshall	98.9	3.0	Florida Int’l.	97.8	4.1
Massachusetts	96.2	2.5	Richmond	98.0	0.7
McNeese St.	89.8	2.5	Texas A&M CC	93.9	-1.6
Morehead St.	95.0	0.0	SIU Edwardsville	88.3	6.7
New Mexico	99.0	3.0	Boise St.	101.2	0.8
Nicholls St.	90.4	2.5	Northwestern St.	87.3	5.6
North Carolina St.	111.8	3.0	Georgia Tech	103.6	11.2
Northwestern	106.0	2.5	Ohio St.	110.5	-2.0
Notre Dame	105.2	3.0	Clemson	111.6	-3.4
Oakland	98.6	2.5	Youngstown St.	94.3	6.8
Old Dominion	104.3	3.0	Southern Miss.	103.0	4.3
Robert Morris	94.3	2.5	St. Francis (Bklyn)	93.7	3.1
Rutgers	106.6	2.5	Penn St.	110.3	-1.2
Sacred Heart	95.9	2.5	Long Island	94.1	4.3
Saint Louis	102.6	3.0	Duquesne	99.9	5.7
Sam Houston St.	100.1	3.0	Central Arkansas	90.5	12.6
San Diego St.	102.7	3.0	Fresno St.	106.5	-0.8
San Jose St.	86.3	3.0	Wyoming	90.0	-0.7
Seton Hall	107.5	3.0	Marquette	112.8	-2.3
Southeastern Louisiana	95.5	2.5	New Orleans	94.9	3.1
St. Francis (PA)	95.1	3.0	Bryant	89.4	8.7
Tulane	91.9	2.5	South Florida	104.2	-9.8
UTEP	93.0	3.0	Middle Tennessee	94.8	1.2
Vanderbilt	102.5	2.5	Arkansas	107.8	-2.8
Washington	110.1	3.0	Oregon St.	105.4	7.7
Washington St.	97.6	3.0	Oregon	107.8	-7.2
West Virginia	103.4	3.0	Iowa St.	114.7	-8.3
Western Kentucky	103.1	3.0	UTSA	102.0	4.1

 

Conference Tournaments Update

Big South Conference

First Round–Tuesday, March 5 (at Higher Seeded Teams)

Presbyterian	106	UNC-Asheville	59
Charleston Sou.	71	USC Upstate	52
Hampton	77	Longwood	71

 

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 7 (at Campbell)
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
2	Radford (20-10)	7	Presbyterian (18-14)
3	Winthrop (18-11)	6	Charleston Southern (16-14)
1	Campbell (19-11)	8	Hampton (15-15)
4	Gardner-Webb (20-11)	5	High Point (16-14)

 

Horizon League (Motor City Madness)

Quarterfinals–Tuesday, March 5 (at Higher Seed)

Wright St.	71	IUPUI	56
Green Bay	82	Illinois-Chicago	77

 

Quarterfinals–Wednesday, March 6 (at Higher Seed)

Seed	Home Team	Seed	Visitors
3	Oakland (15-16)	6	Youngstown St. (12-19)
2	Northern Kentucky (23-8)	7	Detroit (11-19)

 

Northeast Conference

All games at home floor of higher seeds

Quarterfinals–Wednesday, March 6
Seed	Home	Seed	Visitor
1	St. Francis (PA) (16-13)	8	Bryant (10-19)
2	Fairleigh-Dickinson (17-13)	7	Wagner (13-16)
3	Sacred Heart (15-16)	6	Long Island (15-15)
4	Robert Morris (16-15)	5	St. Francis (Bklyn) (17-14)

 

Ohio Valley Conference

Site: Ford Center, Evansville, IN

First Round–Wednesday, March 6
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
5	Morehead St. (12-19)	8	SIU Edwardsville (10-20)
6	Eastern Illinois (14-17)	7	UT-Martin (11-18)

 

Patriot League

All games at home floor of higher seeds

Boston U	71	Loyola (MD)	63
Holy Cross	79	Lafayette	74

 

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 7
Seed	Home	Seed	Visitor
1	Colgate (21-10)	8	Boston U (15-17)
2	Bucknell (19-10)	10	Holy Cross (16-16)
3	Lehigh (19-10)	6	Army (13-18)
4	American (15-14)	5	Navy (11-18)

 

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PiRate Ratings College Basketball For Monday, January 21, 2019

This Week’s PiRate Ratings (1-353)

Rk	Team	PiRate
1	Duke	126.2
2	Virginia	124.8
3	Michigan St.	124.3
4	Gonzaga	122.6
5	Tennessee	122.5
6	Michigan	119.6
7	North Carolina	119.3
8	Kansas	118.7
9	Virginia Tech	117.9
10	Purdue	117.1
11	Texas Tech	117.1
12	Nebraska	117.0
13	Maryland	117.0
14	Buffalo	117.0
15	Kentucky	116.9
16	Iowa St.	116.9
17	Auburn	116.6
18	Louisville	116.5
19	Nevada	116.4
20	LSU	115.8
21	Wisconsin	115.7
22	TCU	115.5
23	Oklahoma	115.3
24	Mississippi St.	115.2
25	Houston	115.2
26	Iowa	114.9
27	Mississippi	114.7
28	Marquette	114.4
29	Villanova	114.3
30	North Carolina St.	113.9
31	Florida St.	113.7
32	Cincinnati	113.5
33	Texas	113.2
34	Florida	113.1
35	Indiana	112.9
36	Ohio St.	112.6
37	Kansas St.	112.6
38	Wofford	112.4
39	Syracuse	112.3
40	Butler	112.2
41	Saint Mary’s	112.1
42	San Francisco	111.7
43	St. John’s	111.6
44	Lipscomb	111.6
45	Washington	111.3
46	Utah St.	111.2
47	Central Florida	111.2
48	Murray St.	111.1
49	Arizona	111.1
50	Virginia Commonwealth	110.6
51	Clemson	110.5
52	Baylor	110.3
53	Alabama	110.2
54	Arizona St.	110.1
55	Creighton	109.9
56	Toledo	109.9
57	Seton Hall	109.8
58	Fresno St.	109.8
59	New Mexico St.	109.6
60	Minnesota	109.5
61	Oregon	109.1
62	Pittsburgh	108.8
63	Northwestern	108.7
64	Arkansas	108.7
65	Hofstra	108.6
66	Temple	108.5
67	Vermont	108.4
68	Dayton	108.4
69	Liberty	108.2
70	Oregon St.	107.8
71	East Tennessee St.	107.7
72	Memphis	107.6
73	Davidson	107.4
74	Yale	107.4
75	Penn St.	107.2
76	Providence	107.0
77	UNC Greensboro	107.0
78	Xavier	107.0
79	Belmont	106.9
80	Missouri	106.9
81	Notre Dame	106.8
82	Furman	106.8
83	Oklahoma St.	106.7
84	Ball St.	106.7
85	UCLA	106.5
86	Miami (Fla.)	106.5
87	West Virginia	106.4
88	Georgia Tech	106.4
89	Saint Louis	106.3
90	Texas St.	106.2
91	Northern Kentucky	106.1
92	Connecticut	106.0
93	Georgetown	106.0
94	Loyola (Chi.)	105.9
95	Colorado	105.9
96	Grand Canyon	105.8
97	South Dakota St.	105.7
98	Old Dominion	105.6
99	Georgia St.	105.6
100	San Diego	105.3
101	Drake	105.2
102	Northeastern	105.2
103	USC	105.1
104	Bowling Green	105.1
105	Jacksonville St.	105.0
106	BYU	104.8
107	DePaul	104.8
108	South Carolina	104.8
109	UC Irvine	104.8
110	Georgia	104.8
111	Vanderbilt	104.7
112	Boston College	104.7
113	Utah Valley	104.6
114	Penn	104.5
115	North Texas	104.4
116	Charleston	104.4
117	Georgia Southern	104.4
118	Rhode Island	104.3
119	Illinois	104.3
120	SMU	104.2
121	Marshall	104.2
122	Brown	104.2
123	Tulsa	104.2
124	Montana	104.1
125	George Mason	103.7
126	South Florida	103.7
127	Radford	103.7
128	Wichita St.	103.7
129	Rutgers	103.6
130	Western Kentucky	103.5
131	Stanford	103.4
132	Austin Peay	103.3
133	Stony Brook	103.3
134	Utah	103.2
135	Louisiana Monroe	103.0
136	Loyola Marymount	102.7
137	Bucknell	102.7
138	Central Michigan	102.6
139	Texas A&M	102.5
140	Akron	102.5
141	UC Santa Barbara	102.4
142	Northern Illinois	102.3
143	Boise St.	102.2
144	Louisiana Tech	102.2
145	Kent St.	102.2
146	Harvard	101.8
147	Lehigh	101.8
148	Duquesne	101.4
149	Colgate	101.4
150	Wright St.	101.3
151	Princeton	101.2
152	Wake Forest	101.1
153	Rider	101.1
154	Winthrop	101.0
155	San Diego St.	100.9
156	UNLV	100.8
157	NJIT	100.7
158	Samford	100.6
159	Abilene Christian	100.6
160	Southern Illinois	100.5
161	Louisiana	100.3
162	UAB	100.0
163	Weber St.	99.9
164	Eastern Michigan	99.8
165	Seattle	99.7
166	Ohio	99.5
167	North Florida	99.5
168	Cal St. Bakersfield	99.5
169	Southern Miss	99.5
170	Miami (O)	99.5
171	Gardner Webb	99.3
172	Illinois St.	99.1
173	Valparaiso	99.1
174	Evansville	99.0
175	Holy Cross	98.9
176	Saint Joseph’s	98.9
177	St. Bonaventure	98.9
178	Omaha	98.8
179	Indiana St.	98.7
180	New Mexico	98.7
181	Santa Clara	98.7
182	Hawaii	98.5
183	Mercer	98.4
184	Massachusetts	98.4
185	Pepperdine	98.4
186	Coastal Carolina	98.4
187	Pacific	98.3
188	Dartmouth	98.2
189	IUPUI	98.1
190	Troy	98.0
191	Florida Int’l.	97.8
192	Presbyterian	97.7
193	Sam Houston St.	97.7
194	Detroit	97.6
195	Florida Atlantic	97.5
196	UTSA	97.3
197	Washington St.	97.1
198	Cal St. Fullerton	97.0
199	Hartford	97.0
200	Long Beach St.	97.0
201	American	96.8
202	UT Rio Grande Valley	96.8
203	Green Bay	96.7
204	Northern Colorado	96.6
205	Purdue Fort Wayne	96.6
206	Missouri St.	96.6
207	UT Arlington	96.6
208	High Point	96.5
209	Delaware	96.4
210	Oakland	96.3
211	UMass Lowell	96.3
212	Fordham	96.3
213	Texas Southern	96.2
214	Richmond	96.2
215	Colorado St.	96.2
216	Northern Iowa	96.2
217	Campbell	96.1
218	East Carolina	96.1
219	California Baptist	96.0
220	North Dakota St.	95.8
221	Western Michigan	95.7
222	Illinois Chicago	95.7
223	Bradley	95.6
224	Little Rock	95.5
225	The Citadel	95.5
226	Eastern Kentucky	95.4
227	Air Force	95.3
228	South Dakota	95.2
229	Longwood	95.1
230	Iona	95.0
231	Cornell	95.0
232	Boston University	94.9
233	William & Mary	94.9
234	Sacred Heart	94.7
235	Arkansas St.	94.6
236	St. Francis (Bklyn)	94.6
237	North Carolina A&T	94.5
238	St. Francis (PA)	94.5
239	UNC Wilmington	94.5
240	Army	94.4
241	Chattanooga	94.4
242	Wagner	94.3
243	Central Arkansas	94.3
244	Drexel	94.3
245	Canisius	94.2
246	Long Island	94.1
247	Missouri Kansas City	94.0
248	Maryland Baltimore Co.	94.0
249	Quinnipiac	93.9
250	Morehead St.	93.9
251	Charleston Southern	93.9
252	Robert Morris	93.8
253	California	93.7
254	Idaho St.	93.7
255	Fairleigh Dickinson	93.7
256	Eastern Illinois	93.6
257	Charlotte	93.6
258	Columbia	93.4
259	Central Connecticut	93.4
260	South Alabama	93.3
261	Appalachian St.	93.3
262	James Madison	93.3
263	Hampton	93.3
264	George Washington	93.2
265	Norfolk St.	93.2
266	Siena	93.1
267	Rice	93.1
268	UC Davis	93.1
269	La Salle	93.0
270	New Orleans	93.0
271	Milwaukee	93.0
272	Stephen F. Austin	92.9
273	Montana St.	92.9
274	Houston Baptist	92.8
275	Southern Utah	92.8
276	Grambling	92.8
277	Jacksonville	92.7
278	Texas A&M CC	92.6
279	Florida Gulf Coast	92.6
280	Lamar	92.5
281	North Dakota	92.4
282	Marist	92.3
283	Prairie View	92.3
284	UTEP	92.2
285	Loyola (Md.)	92.2
286	Monmouth	92.1
287	Cal St. Northridge	92.0
288	Fairfield	91.9
289	Western Illinois	91.9
290	Sacramento St.	91.8
291	Nicholls St.	91.7
292	Youngstown St.	91.5
293	Navy	91.5
294	Western Carolina	91.3
295	Middle Tennessee	91.2
296	Niagara	91.1
297	Eastern Washington	91.1
298	Towson	91.0
299	UC Riverside	90.9
300	Northern Arizona	90.9
301	Oral Roberts	90.9
302	Denver	90.8
303	North Alabama	90.8
304	Alabama St.	90.7
305	Tulane	90.7
306	Southeast Missouri St.	90.6
307	Lafayette	90.5
308	VMI	90.5
309	Albany	90.4
310	Southeastern Louisiana	90.3
311	Cleveland St.	90.3
312	North Carolina Central	90.1
313	Tennessee St.	89.9
314	Bethune Cookman	89.6
315	Saint Peter’s	89.5
316	Arkansas Pine Bluff	89.4
317	Mount St. Mary’s	89.3
318	McNeese St.	89.3
319	Howard	89.2
320	Morgan St.	89.2
321	Portland St.	89.2
322	Portland	89.0
323	USC Upstate	88.6
324	UT Martin	88.5
325	Maine	88.3
326	Cal Poly	88.0
327	Wyoming	88.0
328	Elon	87.9
329	Jackson St.	87.9
330	SIU Edwardsville	87.4
331	Florida A&M	87.4
332	South Carolina St.	87.3
333	Tennessee Tech	87.3
334	Binghamton	87.1
335	Manhattan	86.9
336	Bryant	86.6
337	Idaho	86.2
338	Northwestern St.	86.1
339	San Jose St.	86.0
340	Southern	85.4
341	Stetson	85.2
342	Incarnate Word	84.5
343	New Hampshire	83.6
344	Coppin St.	83.5
345	Kennesaw St.	83.1
346	Savannah St.	82.4
347	Alcorn St.	82.2
348	Alabama A&M	81.6
349	Chicago St.	81.5
350	Mississippi Valley St.	81.4
351	Maryland Eastern Shore	80.5
352	UNC Asheville	80.1
353	Delaware St.	78.2

 

PiRate Rating By Conference

#	America East	PiRate
67	Vermont	108.4
133	Stony Brook	103.3
199	Hartford	97.0
211	UMass Lowell	96.3
248	Maryland Baltimore Co.	94.0
309	Albany	90.4
325	Maine	88.3
334	Binghamton	87.1
343	New Hampshire	83.6
#	American Athletic	PiRate
25	Houston	115.2
32	Cincinnati	113.5
47	Central Florida	111.2
66	Temple	108.5
72	Memphis	107.6
92	Connecticut	106.0
120	SMU	104.2
123	Tulsa	104.2
126	South Florida	103.7
128	Wichita St.	103.7
218	East Carolina	96.1
305	Tulane	90.7
#	Atlantic 10	PiRate
50	Virginia Commonwealth	110.6
68	Dayton	108.4
73	Davidson	107.4
89	Saint Louis	106.3
118	Rhode Island	104.3
125	George Mason	103.7
148	Duquesne	101.4
176	Saint Joseph’s	98.9
177	St. Bonaventure	98.9
184	Massachusetts	98.4
212	Fordham	96.3
214	Richmond	96.2
264	George Washington	93.2
269	La Salle	93.0
#	Atlantic Coast	PiRate
1	Duke	126.2
2	Virginia	124.8
7	North Carolina	119.3
9	Virginia Tech	117.9
18	Louisville	116.5
30	North Carolina St.	113.9
31	Florida St.	113.7
39	Syracuse	112.3
51	Clemson	110.5
62	Pittsburgh	108.8
81	Notre Dame	106.8
86	Miami (Fla.)	106.5
88	Georgia Tech	106.4
112	Boston College	104.7
152	Wake Forest	101.1
#	Atlantic Sun	PiRate
44	Lipscomb	111.6
69	Liberty	108.2
157	NJIT	100.7
167	North Florida	99.5
277	Jacksonville	92.7
279	Florida Gulf Coast	92.6
303	North Alabama	90.8
341	Stetson	85.2
345	Kennesaw St.	83.1
#	Big 12	PiRate
8	Kansas	118.7
11	Texas Tech	117.1
16	Iowa St.	116.9
22	TCU	115.5
23	Oklahoma	115.3
33	Texas	113.2
37	Kansas St.	112.6
52	Baylor	110.3
83	Oklahoma St.	106.7
87	West Virginia	106.4
#	Big East	PiRate
28	Marquette	114.4
29	Villanova	114.3
40	Butler	112.2
43	St. John’s	111.6
55	Creighton	109.9
57	Seton Hall	109.8
76	Providence	107.0
78	Xavier	107.0
93	Georgetown	106.0
107	DePaul	104.8
#	Big Sky	PiRate
124	Montana	104.1
163	Weber St.	99.9
204	Northern Colorado	96.6
254	Idaho St.	93.7
273	Montana St.	92.9
275	Southern Utah	92.8
290	Sacramento St.	91.8
297	Eastern Washington	91.1
300	Northern Arizona	90.9
321	Portland St.	89.2
337	Idaho	86.2
#	Big South	PiRate
127	Radford	103.7
154	Winthrop	101.0
171	Gardner Webb	99.3
192	Presbyterian	97.7
208	High Point	96.5
217	Campbell	96.1
229	Longwood	95.1
251	Charleston Southern	93.9
263	Hampton	93.3
323	USC Upstate	88.6
352	UNC Asheville	80.1
#	Big Ten	PiRate
3	Michigan St.	124.3
6	Michigan	119.6
10	Purdue	117.1
12	Nebraska	117.0
13	Maryland	117.0
21	Wisconsin	115.7
26	Iowa	114.9
35	Indiana	112.9
36	Ohio St.	112.6
60	Minnesota	109.5
63	Northwestern	108.7
75	Penn St.	107.2
119	Illinois	104.3
129	Rutgers	103.6
#	Big West	PiRate
109	UC Irvine	104.8
141	UC Santa Barbara	102.4
182	Hawaii	98.5
198	Cal St. Fullerton	97.0
200	Long Beach St.	97.0
268	UC Davis	93.1
287	Cal St. Northridge	92.0
299	UC Riverside	90.9
326	Cal Poly	88.0
#	Colonial Athletic	PiRate
65	Hofstra	108.6
102	Northeastern	105.2
116	Charleston	104.4
209	Delaware	96.4
233	William & Mary	94.9
239	UNC Wilmington	94.5
244	Drexel	94.3
262	James Madison	93.3
298	Towson	91.0
328	Elon	87.9
#	Conference USA	PiRate
98	Old Dominion	105.6
115	North Texas	104.4
121	Marshall	104.2
130	Western Kentucky	103.5
144	Louisiana Tech	102.2
162	UAB	100.0
169	Southern Miss	99.5
191	Florida Int’l.	97.8
195	Florida Atlantic	97.5
196	UTSA	97.3
257	Charlotte	93.6
267	Rice	93.1
284	UTEP	92.2
295	Middle Tennessee	91.2
#	Horizon	PiRate
91	Northern Kentucky	106.1
150	Wright St.	101.3
189	IUPUI	98.1
194	Detroit	97.6
203	Green Bay	96.7
210	Oakland	96.3
222	Illinois Chicago	95.7
271	Milwaukee	93.0
292	Youngstown St.	91.5
311	Cleveland St.	90.3
#	Ivy	PiRate
74	Yale	107.4
114	Penn	104.5
122	Brown	104.2
146	Harvard	101.8
151	Princeton	101.2
188	Dartmouth	98.2
231	Cornell	95.0
258	Columbia	93.4
#	Metro Atlantic	PiRate
153	Rider	101.1
230	Iona	95.0
245	Canisius	94.2
249	Quinnipiac	93.9
266	Siena	93.1
282	Marist	92.3
286	Monmouth	92.1
288	Fairfield	91.9
296	Niagara	91.1
315	Saint Peter’s	89.5
335	Manhattan	86.9
#	Mid-American	PiRate
14	Buffalo	117.0
56	Toledo	109.9
84	Ball St.	106.7
104	Bowling Green	105.1
138	Central Michigan	102.6
140	Akron	102.5
142	Northern Illinois	102.3
145	Kent St.	102.2
164	Eastern Michigan	99.8
166	Ohio	99.5
170	Miami (O)	99.5
221	Western Michigan	95.7
#	Mideastern Athletic	PiRate
237	North Carolina A&T	94.5
265	Norfolk St.	93.2
312	North Carolina Central	90.1
314	Bethune Cookman	89.6
319	Howard	89.2
320	Morgan St.	89.2
331	Florida A&M	87.4
332	South Carolina St.	87.3
344	Coppin St.	83.5
346	Savannah St.	82.4
351	Maryland Eastern Shore	80.5
353	Delaware St.	78.2
#	Missouri Valley	PiRate
94	Loyola (Chi.)	105.9
101	Drake	105.2
160	Southern Illinois	100.5
172	Illinois St.	99.1
173	Valparaiso	99.1
174	Evansville	99.0
179	Indiana St.	98.7
206	Missouri St.	96.6
216	Northern Iowa	96.2
223	Bradley	95.6
#	Mountain West	PiRate
19	Nevada	116.4
46	Utah St.	111.2
58	Fresno St.	109.8
143	Boise St.	102.2
155	San Diego St.	100.9
156	UNLV	100.8
180	New Mexico	98.7
215	Colorado St.	96.2
227	Air Force	95.3
327	Wyoming	88.0
339	San Jose St.	86.0
#	Northeast	PiRate
234	Sacred Heart	94.7
236	St. Francis (Bklyn)	94.6
238	St. Francis (PA)	94.5
242	Wagner	94.3
246	Long Island	94.1
252	Robert Morris	93.8
255	Fairleigh Dickinson	93.7
259	Central Connecticut	93.4
317	Mount St. Mary’s	89.3
336	Bryant	86.6
#	Ohio Valley	PiRate
48	Murray St.	111.1
79	Belmont	106.9
105	Jacksonville St.	105.0
132	Austin Peay	103.3
226	Eastern Kentucky	95.4
250	Morehead St.	93.9
256	Eastern Illinois	93.6
306	Southeast Missouri St.	90.6
313	Tennessee St.	89.9
324	UT Martin	88.5
330	SIU Edwardsville	87.4
333	Tennessee Tech	87.3
#	Pac-12	PiRate
45	Washington	111.3
49	Arizona	111.1
54	Arizona St.	110.1
61	Oregon	109.1
70	Oregon St.	107.8
85	UCLA	106.5
95	Colorado	105.9
103	USC	105.1
131	Stanford	103.4
134	Utah	103.2
197	Washington St.	97.1
253	California	93.7
#	Patriot	PiRate
137	Bucknell	102.7
147	Lehigh	101.8
149	Colgate	101.4
175	Holy Cross	98.9
201	American	96.8
232	Boston University	94.9
240	Army	94.4
285	Loyola (Md.)	92.2
293	Navy	91.5
307	Lafayette	90.5
#	Southeastern	PiRate
5	Tennessee	122.5
15	Kentucky	116.9
17	Auburn	116.6
20	LSU	115.8
24	Mississippi St.	115.2
27	Mississippi	114.7
34	Florida	113.1
53	Alabama	110.2
64	Arkansas	108.7
80	Missouri	106.9
108	South Carolina	104.8
110	Georgia	104.8
111	Vanderbilt	104.7
139	Texas A&M	102.5
#	Southern	PiRate
38	Wofford	112.4
71	East Tennessee St.	107.7
77	UNC Greensboro	107.0
82	Furman	106.8
158	Samford	100.6
183	Mercer	98.4
225	The Citadel	95.5
241	Chattanooga	94.4
294	Western Carolina	91.3
308	VMI	90.5
#	Southland	PiRate
159	Abilene Christian	100.6
193	Sam Houston St.	97.7
243	Central Arkansas	94.3
270	New Orleans	93.0
272	Stephen F. Austin	92.9
274	Houston Baptist	92.8
278	Texas A&M CC	92.6
280	Lamar	92.5
291	Nicholls St.	91.7
310	Southeastern Louisiana	90.3
318	McNeese St.	89.3
338	Northwestern St.	86.1
342	Incarnate Word	84.5
#	Southwestern Athletic	PiRate
213	Texas Southern	96.2
276	Grambling	92.8
283	Prairie View	92.3
304	Alabama St.	90.7
316	Arkansas Pine Bluff	89.4
329	Jackson St.	87.9
340	Southern	85.4
347	Alcorn St.	82.2
348	Alabama A&M	81.6
350	Mississippi Valley St.	81.4
#	Summit	PiRate
97	South Dakota St.	105.7
178	Omaha	98.8
205	Purdue Fort Wayne	96.6
220	North Dakota St.	95.8
228	South Dakota	95.2
281	North Dakota	92.4
289	Western Illinois	91.9
301	Oral Roberts	90.9
302	Denver	90.8
#	Sun Belt	PiRate
90	Texas St.	106.2
99	Georgia St.	105.6
117	Georgia Southern	104.4
135	Louisiana Monroe	103.0
161	Louisiana	100.3
186	Coastal Carolina	98.4
190	Troy	98.0
207	UT Arlington	96.6
224	Little Rock	95.5
235	Arkansas St.	94.6
260	South Alabama	93.3
261	Appalachian St.	93.3
#	West Coast	PiRate
4	Gonzaga	122.6
41	Saint Mary’s	112.1
42	San Francisco	111.7
100	San Diego	105.3
106	BYU	104.8
136	Loyola Marymount	102.7
181	Santa Clara	98.7
185	Pepperdine	98.4
187	Pacific	98.3
322	Portland	89.0
#	Western Athletic	PiRate
59	New Mexico St.	109.6
96	Grand Canyon	105.8
113	Utah Valley	104.6
165	Seattle	99.7
168	Cal St. Bakersfield	99.5
202	UT Rio Grande Valley	96.8
219	California Baptist	96.0
247	Missouri Kansas City	94.0
349	Chicago St.	81.5

 

Conference Ratings

#	League	PiRate Avg.
1	Big 12	113.3
2	Big Ten	113.2
3	Atlantic Coast	112.6
4	Southeastern	111.2
5	Big East	109.7
6	American Athletic	105.4
7	Pac-12	105.4
8	West Coast	104.4
9	Mid-American	103.6
10	Atlantic 10	101.2
11	Ivy	100.7
12	Mountain West	100.5
13	Southern	100.5
14	Missouri Valley	99.6
15	Sun Belt	99.1
16	Conference USA	98.7
17	Western Athletic	98.6
18	Colonial Athletic	97.0
19	Horizon	96.7
20	Patriot	96.5
21	Ohio Valley	96.1
22	Atlantic Sun	96.0
23	Big West	96.0
24	Summit	95.4
25	Big South	95.0
26	America East	94.3
27	Big Sky	93.6
28	Northeast	92.9
29	Metro Atlantic	92.8
30	Southland	92.2
31	Southwestern Athletic	88.0
32	Mideastern Athletic	87.1

 

PiRate Rating (Alphabetical)

Team	PiRate
Abilene Christian	100.6
Air Force	95.3
Akron	102.5
Alabama	110.2
Alabama A&M	81.6
Alabama St.	90.7
Albany	90.4
Alcorn St.	82.2
American	96.8
Appalachian St.	93.3
Arizona	111.1
Arizona St.	110.1
Arkansas	108.7
Arkansas Pine Bluff	89.4
Arkansas St.	94.6
Army	94.4
Auburn	116.6
Austin Peay	103.3
Ball St.	106.7
Baylor	110.3
Belmont	106.9
Bethune Cookman	89.6
Binghamton	87.1
Boise St.	102.2
Boston College	104.7
Boston University	94.9
Bowling Green	105.1
Bradley	95.6
Brown	104.2
Bryant	86.6
Bucknell	102.7
Buffalo	117.0
Butler	112.2
BYU	104.8
Cal Poly	88.0
Cal St. Bakersfield	99.5
Cal St. Fullerton	97.0
Cal St. Northridge	92.0
California	93.7
California Baptist	96.0
Campbell	96.1
Canisius	94.2
Central Arkansas	94.3
Central Connecticut	93.4
Central Florida	111.2
Central Michigan	102.6
Charleston	104.4
Charleston Southern	93.9
Charlotte	93.6
Chattanooga	94.4
Chicago St.	81.5
Cincinnati	113.5
Clemson	110.5
Cleveland St.	90.3
Coastal Carolina	98.4
Colgate	101.4
Colorado	105.9
Colorado St.	96.2
Columbia	93.4
Connecticut	106.0
Coppin St.	83.5
Cornell	95.0
Creighton	109.9
Dartmouth	98.2
Davidson	107.4
Dayton	108.4
Delaware	96.4
Delaware St.	78.2
Denver	90.8
DePaul	104.8
Detroit	97.6
Drake	105.2
Drexel	94.3
Duke	126.2
Duquesne	101.4
East Carolina	96.1
East Tennessee St.	107.7
Eastern Illinois	93.6
Eastern Kentucky	95.4
Eastern Michigan	99.8
Eastern Washington	91.1
Elon	87.9
Evansville	99.0
Fairfield	91.9
Fairleigh Dickinson	93.7
Florida	113.1
Florida A&M	87.4
Florida Atlantic	97.5
Florida Gulf Coast	92.6
Florida Int’l.	97.8
Florida St.	113.7
Fordham	96.3
Fresno St.	109.8
Furman	106.8
Gardner Webb	99.3
George Mason	103.7
George Washington	93.2
Georgetown	106.0
Georgia	104.8
Georgia Southern	104.4
Georgia St.	105.6
Georgia Tech	106.4
Gonzaga	122.6
Grambling	92.8
Grand Canyon	105.8
Green Bay	96.7
Hampton	93.3
Hartford	97.0
Harvard	101.8
Hawaii	98.5
High Point	96.5
Hofstra	108.6
Holy Cross	98.9
Houston	115.2
Houston Baptist	92.8
Howard	89.2
Idaho	86.2
Idaho St.	93.7
Illinois	104.3
Illinois Chicago	95.7
Illinois St.	99.1
Incarnate Word	84.5
Indiana	112.9
Indiana St.	98.7
Iona	95.0
Iowa	114.9
Iowa St.	116.9
IUPUI	98.1
Jackson St.	87.9
Jacksonville	92.7
Jacksonville St.	105.0
James Madison	93.3
Kansas	118.7
Kansas St.	112.6
Kennesaw St.	83.1
Kent St.	102.2
Kentucky	116.9
La Salle	93.0
Lafayette	90.5
Lamar	92.5
Lehigh	101.8
Liberty	108.2
Lipscomb	111.6
Little Rock	95.5
Long Beach St.	97.0
Long Island	94.1
Longwood	95.1
Louisiana	100.3
Louisiana Monroe	103.0
Louisiana Tech	102.2
Louisville	116.5
Loyola (Chi.)	105.9
Loyola (Md.)	92.2
Loyola Marymount	102.7
LSU	115.8
Maine	88.3
Manhattan	86.9
Marist	92.3
Marquette	114.4
Marshall	104.2
Maryland	117.0
Maryland Baltimore Co.	94.0
Maryland Eastern Shore	80.5
Massachusetts	98.4
McNeese St.	89.3
Memphis	107.6
Mercer	98.4
Miami (Fla.)	106.5
Miami (O)	99.5
Michigan	119.6
Michigan St.	124.3
Middle Tennessee	91.2
Milwaukee	93.0
Minnesota	109.5
Mississippi	114.7
Mississippi St.	115.2
Mississippi Valley St.	81.4
Missouri	106.9
Missouri Kansas City	94.0
Missouri St.	96.6
Monmouth	92.1
Montana	104.1
Montana St.	92.9
Morehead St.	93.9
Morgan St.	89.2
Mount St. Mary’s	89.3
Murray St.	111.1
Navy	91.5
Nebraska	117.0
Nevada	116.4
New Hampshire	83.6
New Mexico	98.7
New Mexico St.	109.6
New Orleans	93.0
Niagara	91.1
Nicholls St.	91.7
NJIT	100.7
Norfolk St.	93.2
North Alabama	90.8
North Carolina	119.3
North Carolina A&T	94.5
North Carolina Central	90.1
North Carolina St.	113.9
North Dakota	92.4
North Dakota St.	95.8
North Florida	99.5
North Texas	104.4
Northeastern	105.2
Northern Arizona	90.9
Northern Colorado	96.6
Northern Illinois	102.3
Northern Iowa	96.2
Northern Kentucky	106.1
Northwestern	108.7
Northwestern St.	86.1
Notre Dame	106.8
Oakland	96.3
Ohio	99.5
Ohio St.	112.6
Oklahoma	115.3
Oklahoma St.	106.7
Old Dominion	105.6
Omaha	98.8
Oral Roberts	90.9
Oregon	109.1
Oregon St.	107.8
Pacific	98.3
Penn	104.5
Penn St.	107.2
Pepperdine	98.4
Pittsburgh	108.8
Portland	89.0
Portland St.	89.2
Prairie View	92.3
Presbyterian	97.7
Princeton	101.2
Providence	107.0
Purdue	117.1
Purdue Fort Wayne	96.6
Quinnipiac	93.9
Radford	103.7
Rhode Island	104.3
Rice	93.1
Richmond	96.2
Rider	101.1
Robert Morris	93.8
Rutgers	103.6
Sacramento St.	91.8
Sacred Heart	94.7
Saint Joseph’s	98.9
Saint Louis	106.3
Saint Mary’s	112.1
Saint Peter’s	89.5
Sam Houston St.	97.7
Samford	100.6
San Diego	105.3
San Diego St.	100.9
San Francisco	111.7
San Jose St.	86.0
Santa Clara	98.7
Savannah St.	82.4
Seattle	99.7
Seton Hall	109.8
Siena	93.1
SIU Edwardsville	87.4
SMU	104.2
South Alabama	93.3
South Carolina	104.8
South Carolina St.	87.3
South Dakota	95.2
South Dakota St.	105.7
South Florida	103.7
Southeast Missouri St.	90.6
Southeastern Louisiana	90.3
Southern	85.4
Southern Illinois	100.5
Southern Miss	99.5
Southern Utah	92.8
St. Bonaventure	98.9
St. Francis (Bklyn)	94.6
St. Francis (PA)	94.5
St. John’s	111.6
Stanford	103.4
Stephen F. Austin	92.9
Stetson	85.2
Stony Brook	103.3
Syracuse	112.3
TCU	115.5
Temple	108.5
Tennessee	122.5
Tennessee St.	89.9
Tennessee Tech	87.3
Texas	113.2
Texas A&M	102.5
Texas A&M CC	92.6
Texas Southern	96.2
Texas St.	106.2
Texas Tech	117.1
The Citadel	95.5
Toledo	109.9
Towson	91.0
Troy	98.0
Tulane	90.7
Tulsa	104.2
UAB	100.0
UC Davis	93.1
UC Irvine	104.8
UC Riverside	90.9
UC Santa Barbara	102.4
UCLA	106.5
UMass Lowell	96.3
UNC Asheville	80.1
UNC Greensboro	107.0
UNC Wilmington	94.5
UNLV	100.8
USC	105.1
USC Upstate	88.6
UT Arlington	96.6
UT Martin	88.5
UT Rio Grande Valley	96.8
Utah	103.2
Utah St.	111.2
Utah Valley	104.6
UTEP	92.2
UTSA	97.3
Valparaiso	99.1
Vanderbilt	104.7
Vermont	108.4
Villanova	114.3
Virginia	124.8
Virginia Commonwealth	110.6
Virginia Tech	117.9
VMI	90.5
Wagner	94.3
Wake Forest	101.1
Washington	111.3
Washington St.	97.1
Weber St.	99.9
West Virginia	106.4
Western Carolina	91.3
Western Illinois	91.9
Western Kentucky	103.5
Western Michigan	95.7
Wichita St.	103.7
William & Mary	94.9
Winthrop	101.0
Wisconsin	115.7
Wofford	112.4
Wright St.	101.3
Wyoming	88.0
Xavier	107.0
Yale	107.4
Youngstown St.	91.5

 

Coming Later Today–An updated Bracketology Report

Coming Tuesday Afternoon–Our third and final Fun Stuff For Stats Buffs will attempt to explain the offensive and defensive efficiency ratings that the NCAA Selection Committee will use as research criteria for Selection Sunday.

 

 

 

 

 

America’s Most Accurate Bracketology Composite—March 2, 2015

For some leagues, the regular season race is now over, and the important next step begins as 13 conference tournaments begin between Tuesday and Saturday. We have listed the pairings for these baker’s dozen following the regular Bracketology report.

We have adjusted our format beginning this week to better show you the seedings from 1 to 16 of our two dozen plus Bracketology experts. The Bubble has greatly contracted, and it is close to impossible to even select a top 10 teams out of the tournament as of today. It is our belief that at most one or two of these last 10 out have any realistic chance of gaining admission to the Dance; in essence, these are mostly top seeds for the NIT.

Actually, the last 5-10 teams in the tournament as of today are the schools that need close watch. Some will secure a bid by continuing a late-season momentum swing to the positive. Some will misfire at the most inappropriate time and seal their fate to the NIT. And, some will become a victim of upsets in conference tournaments that will need to add one to their pot of dance partners. It could happen this week, as both the Missouri Valley and West Coast Conferences would add a dancer should a 3 seed or higher win these tournaments.

Let’s take a look at how our experts seed the 68 teams as of today. Remember, there are 20 or 21 leagues as of today that will definitely send just one team, so we went with the highest rated team in these leagues, highest rating being their NCAA Tournament criteria and not necessarily their conference record. The higher up each team is within each seed, the higher the team ranked.

The 1-Seeds

Kentucky

Virginia

Duke

Villanova

The 2-Seeds

Arizona

Wisconsin

Kansas

Gonzaga

The 3-Seeds

Oklahoma

Maryland

Baylor

Iowa St.

The 4-Seeds

Wichita St.

Utah

Louisville

Notre Dame

The 5-Seeds

Northern Iowa

Arkansas

North Carolina

West Virginia

The 6-Seeds

Butler

SMU

Providence

Georgetown

The 7-Seeds

VCU

San Diego St.

St. John’s

Ohio St.

The 8-seeds

Michigan St.

Indiana

Oklahoma St.

Dayton

The 9-Seeds

Georgia

Xavier

Iowa

LSU

The 10-Seeds

Colorado St.

Oregon

Ole Miss

Cincinnati

The 11-Seeds

Texas A&M

N. C. St.

Boise St.

Tulsa

Purdue

The 12-Seeds

Temple

Davidson

Wofford

Murray St.

Stephen F. Austin

The 13-Seeds

Louisiana Tech

Harvard or Yale

Valparaiso

Iona

The 14-Seeds

UC Davis

Central Michigan

Georgia Southern

Eastern Washington

The 15-Seeds

South Dakota St.

William & Mary

High Point

UNC-Central

The 16-Seeds

Albany

New Mexico St.

Texas Southern

Florida Gulf Coast

Bucknell

St. Francis (NY)

 

Last 10 IN

59 Oregon

60 Ole Miss

61 Cincinnati

62 Texas A&M

63 N. C. St.

64 Boise St.

65 Tulsa

66 Purdue

67 Temple

68 Davidson

 

First 10 OUT

69 BYU

70 Texas

71 Illinois

72 UCLA

73 Stanford

74 Miami (FLA.)

75 Pittsburgh

76 Old Dominion

77 TCU

78 Vanderbilt

 

Opening Round at Dayton

Tulsa vs. Davidson

Temple vs. Purdue

Texas Southern vs. St. Francis (NY)

Florida Gulf Coast vs. Bucknell

 

Sweet 16 if Seeds Held

East Regional

1 Virginia vs. 4 Notre Dame

2 Gonzaga vs. 3 Oklahoma

South Regional

1 Kentucky vs. 4 Louisville

2 Kansas vs. 3 Maryland

Midwest Regional

1 Duke vs. 4 Utah

2 Wisconsin vs. 3 Baylor

West Regional

1 Villanova vs. 4 Wichita St.

2 Arizona vs. 3 Iowa St.

 

Conference Tournament Pairings for Tournaments Commencing This Week

America East Conference Tournament

All Games Played at Lower Seed

Wednesday, March 4

8 Maine 2-14/3-26 @

1 Albany 15-1/21-8

5 Hartford 7-9/14-15 @

4 New Hampshire 11-5/18-11

6 Binghamton 5-11/6-25 @

3 Stony Brook 12-4/21-10

7 UMBC 2-14/6-25 @

2 Vermont 12-4/17-12

Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament

All Games Played at Lower Seed

Tuesday, March 3

8 Stetson 3-11/9-21 @

1 North florida 12-2/20-11

5 Lipscomb 7-7/13-16 @

4 Northern Kentucky 7-7/13-16

6 Kennesaw St. 4-10/10-21 @

3 USC Upstate 8-6/21-10

7 Jacksonville 4-10/10-21 @

2 Florida Gulf Coast 11-3/21-9

Big South Conference Tournament

Conway, SC

Wednesday, March 4

8 Presbyterian 6-12/10-21

9 Longwood 5-13/9-22

Winner vs. 1 Charleston Southern 13-5/19-10

4 Winthrop 12-6/17-12

5 Radford 12-6/21-10

6 UNC-Asheville 10-8/14-15

11 Liberty 2-16/8-23

Winner vs. 3 Coastal Carolina 12-6/21-9

7 Gardner-Webb 10-8/18-13

10 Campbell 4-14/10-21

Winner vs. 2 High Point 13-5/22-8

Colonial Conference Tournament

Baltimore

Friday, March 6

8 Elon 6-12/14-17

9 Towson 5-13/12-19

Winner vs. 1 William & Mary 12-6/18-11

4 James Madison 12-6/19-12

5 Hofstra 10-8/19-12

3 Northeastern 12-6/20-11

6 Delaware 9-9/10-19

7 Drexel 9-9/11-18

10 Charleston 3-15/8-23

Winner vs. 2 UNCW 12-6/17-12

Horizon League Conference Tournament

All Games Played at Lower Seed

Tuesday, March 3

8 Youngstown St. 2-14/11-20 @

5 Detroit 7-9/14-17

Winner at 4 Cleveland St. 11-5/17-13

Subsequent winner at 1 Valparaiso 13-3/26-5

7 Wright St. 3-13/11-19 @

6 UIC 4-12/8-23

Winner at Oakland 11-5/16-15

Subsequent winner at 2 Green Bay 12-4/23-7

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament

Albany, NY

Thursday, March 5

8 Siena 7-13/10-19

9 Niagara 7-13/8-21

Winner vs. 1 Iona 17-3/24-7

4 Monmouth 13-7/17-14

5 Canisius 11-9/16-13

6 Quinnipiac 9-11/15-14

11 Marist 5-15/6-24

Winner vs. 3 Manhattan 13-7/17-14

7 St. Peter’s 8-12/14-17

10 Fairfield 5-15/7-23

Winner vs. 2 Rider 15-5/21-10

Missouri Valley Conference Tournament

St. Louis (Arch Madness)

Thursday, March 5

8 Missouri St. 5-13/11-19

9 Southern Illinois 4-14/11-20

Winner vs. 1 Wichita St. 17-1/27-3

4 Illinois St. 11-7/19-11

5 Evansville 9-9/19-11

3 Indiana St. 11-7/15-15

6 Loyola (Chi.) 8-10/18-12

7 Drake 6-12/9-21

10 Bradley 3-15/8-23

Winner vs. 2 Northern Iowa 16-2/27-3

Northeast Conference Tournament

All Games Played at Lower Seed

Wednesday, March 4

8 LIU 8-10/12-17

1 St. Francis (NY) 15-3/21-10

5 St. Francis (PA) 9-9/15-14 @

4 Mt. St. Mary’s 11-7/15-14

6 Sacred Heart 9-9/15-16 @

3 Bryant 12-6/15-14

7 Wagner 8-10/10-19 @

2 Robert Morris 12-6/16-14

Ohio Valley Conference Tournament

Nashville

Wednesday, March 4

5 Morehead St. 10-6/15-16

8 SEMO 7-9/13-16

Winner vs. 4 UT-Martin 10-6/18-11

Subsequent winner vs. 1 Murray St. 16-0/26-4

6 E. Illinois 9-7/16-13

7 SIU-Edwardsville 8-8/12-15

Winner vs. 3 Belmont 11-5/19-10

Subsequent winner vs. 2 Eastern Kentucky 11-5/19-10

Patriot League Tournament

All Games Played at Lower Seed

Tuesday, March 3

9 Loyola (MD) 7-11/11-18 @

8 Holy Cross 8-10/13-15

Winner at 1 Bucknell 13-5/18-13

5 Boston U 9-9/13-16 @

4 Lafayette 9-9/17-12

6 American 8-10/15-15 @

3 Lehigh 10-8/15-13

10 Army 6-12/15-14 @

7 Navy 8-10/12-18

Winner at 2 Colgate 12-6/15-16

Southern Conference Tournament

Asheville, NC

Friday, March 6

8 UNCG 6-12/10-21

9 Samford 6-12/13-18

Winner vs. 1 Wofford 16-2/25-6

4 Western Carolina 9-9/14-16

5 East Tennessee 8-10/16-13

3 Mercer 12-6/17-14

6 VMI 7-11/11-18

7 Citadel 6-12/11-18

10 Furman 5-13/8-21

Winner vs. 2 Chattanooga 15-3/22-9

Summit League Tournament

Sioux Falls, SD

Saturday, March 7

1 South Dakota St. 12-4/21-9

8 Western Illinois 3-13/8-19

4 IPFW 9-7/16-13

5 South Dakota 9-7/16-15

3 Oral Roberts 10-6/17-13

6 IUPUI 6-10/10-20

2 North Dakota St. 12-4/20-9

7 Denver 6-10/12-17

West Coast Conference Tournament

Las Vegas

Friday, March 6

8 San Francisco 7-11/13-17

9 Pacific 4-14/12-18

Winner vs. 1 Gonzaga 17-1/29-2

4 Pepperdine 10-8/17-12

5 San Diego 8-10 15-15

3 St. Mary’s 13-5/21-8

6 Portland 7-11/16-14

7 Santa Clara 7-11/13-17

10 Loyola Marymount 4-14/8-22

Winner vs. 2 BYU 13-5/23-8

 

America’s Most Accurate Bracketology Composite—February 23, 2015

And down the stretch they come! By the end of this week, the first conference tournament brackets will be finalized, and by the end of the following week, the rest of the leagues will follow suit.

Not a lot changed last week, but there has been subtle updates to the field of 68. Without further adieu, let’s take a look at the 1-bid leagues first. Here are the contenders for each of these low-major leagues, with the highest rated team displaying their predicted seed if they win their conference tournament (conference championship in Ivy).

America East	Conf.	Overall	Seed
Albany	13-1	19-8	16 *
Vermont	11-3	16-11
Stony Brook	11-4	19-10
New Hampshire	11-4	17-10
Atlantic Sun	Conf.	Overall	Seed
Florida Gulf Coast	11-1	21-7	15
North Florida	10-2	18-11
USC Upstate	7-5	20-9
Big Sky	Conf.	Overall	Seed
Sacramento St.	12-3	18-8
Montana	12-3	16-10
Eastern Washington	11-3	20-7	14
Northern Arizona	10-4	15-12
Portland St.	8-7	14-11
Big South	Conf.	Overall	Seed
High Point	12-4	21-7	15
Charleston Southern	12-4	18-9
Coastal Carolina	11-5	20-8
Radford	11-5	20-9
Winthrop	11-5	16-11
Gardner-Webb	9-7	17-12
UNC Asheville	9-7	13-14
Big West	Conf.	Overall	Seed
UC Davis	11-1	21-4	14
UC Irvine	9-3	16-10
UC Santa Barbara	7-5	14-12
Long Beach St.	7-5	13-15
UC Riverside	7-6	14-13
Colonial	Conf.	Overall	Seed
Northeastern	11-5	19-10	15
William & Mary	11-5	17-10
James Madison	11-5	18-11
UNC Wilmington	11-5	16-11
Hofstra	9-7	18-11
Conference USA	Conf.	Overall	Seed
Louisiana Tech	12-3	21-7	13
UTEP	11-3	19-7
UAB	11-4	15-13
Old Dominion	9-5	20-6
Western Kentucky	9-5	16-10
Middle Tennessee	8-7	15-13
UT San Antonio	7-7	13-12
North Texas	7-7	13-13
Horizon	Conf.	Overall	Seed
Valparaiso	12-2	25-4	12
Cleveland St.	11-4	17-12
Green Bay	10-4	21-7
Oakland	10-4	15-14
Milwaukee	7-7	12-16
Ivy	Conf.	Overall	Seed
Harvard	9-1	19-5	12
Yale	8-2	19-8
Metro Atlantic	Conf.	Overall	Seed
Iona	16-2	23-6	13
Rider	13-5	19-10
Monmouth	12-6	16-13
Manhattan	11-6	14-12
Canisius	10-8	15-12
Mid-American	Conf.	Overall	Seed
Central Michigan	10-4	20-5	14
Kent State	10-4	19-8
Toledo	10-4	18-9
Bowling Green	9-5	17-8
Buffalo	8-6	17-9
Akron	8-6	17-10
Mid-Eastern	Conf.	Overall	Seed
North Carolina Central	13-0	21-6	16
Norfolk St	10-3	17-11
UM-Eastern Shore	9-5	16-13
Howard	8-5	14-13
Delaware St.	7-5	13-14
Hampton	7-6	11-15
South Carolina St.	7-6	10-18
Northeast	Conf.	Overall	Seed
St. Francis (NY)	14-2	20-9	16 *
Mt. St. Mary’s	10-6	14-13
Robert Morris	10-6	14-14
Bryant	10-6	13-14
St. Francis (PA)	8-8	14-13
LIU Brooklyn	8-8	12-15
Wagner	8-8	10-17
Ohio Valley	Conf.	Overall	Seed
Murray St.	14-0	24-4	13
Belmont	10-5	18-10
Tenn-Martin	9-5	17-10
Eastern Kentucky	8-5	16-10
Eastern Illinois	9-6	16-12
Morehead St.	7-6	12-16
SIU-Edwardsville	8-7	12-14
Patriot	Conf.	Overall	Seed
Bucknell	12-4	17-12	16 *
Colgate	10-6	13-16
Lehigh	9-7	15-12
Lafayette	8-8	16-11
Boston University	8-8	12-15
Southern	Conf.	Overall	Seed
Wofford	14-2	23-6	12
Chattanooga	13-3	20-9
Mercer	11-5	16-13
East Tennessee St.	8-8	16-11
Western Carolina	8-8	13-15
Southland	Conf.	Overall	Seed
Sam Houston St.	13-1	22-5	13
Stephen F. Austin	12-1	22-4
Northwestern St.	10-4	15-10
Texas A&M-CC	9-5	14-12
Southwestern	Conf.	Overall	Seed
Texas Southern	11-2	14-12	16 *
Prairie View	8-5	10-16
Jackson St.	7-7	9-18
Summit	Conf.	Overall	Seed
South Dakota St.	12-3	21-8	15
North Dakota St.	12-3	20-8
IPFW	8-6	15-12
Oral Roberts	8-6	15-13
South Dakota	8-6	15-14
Sun Belt	Conf.	Overall	Seed
Georgia Southern	12-4	19-6	14
Georgia St.	12-4	19-8
UL Monroe	12-4	18-9
UL Lafayette	10-7	16-12
UT-Arlington	9-7	15-11
Western Ath.	Conf.	Overall	Seed
New Mexico St.	11-1	19-10	16
CSU Bakersfield	7-5	12-16
UMKC	6-5	11-17
Seattle	6-6	13-13
Note: Asterisk (*) indicates opening round participant

Here is how our expert bracketologists see the multi-bid conferences as of today.

American	Conf.	Overall	Seed
SMU	13-2	22-5	6
Tulsa	12-2	19-7	Bubble
Temple	10-5	19-9	11
Cincinnati	9-5	18-9	10
Memphis	9-5	17-10	Out
Connecticut	8-6	15-11	Out
Atlantic Coast	Conf.	Overall	Seed
Virginia	13-1	25-1	1
Notre Dame	12-3	24-4	3
Duke	11-3	24-3	1
Louisville	9-5	21-6	4
North Carolina	9-5	19-8	4
Pittsburgh	7-7	18-10	Bubble
Miami (FL)	7-7	17-10	Bubble
N. C. St.	7-7	16-11	11
Atlantic 10	Conf.	Overall	Seed
VCU	11-3	21-6	5
Rhode Island	11-3	19-6	Bubble
Dayton	10-4	20-6	11
Davidson	10-4	19-6	Bubble
UMass	9-5	16-11	Bubble
Richmond	8-6	15-12	Out
George Washington	7-7	17-10	Bubble
St. Bonaventure	7-7	14-11	Out
La Salle	7-7	15-12	Out
Big East	Conf.	Overall	Seed
Villanova	12-2	25-2	2
Georgetown	10-5	18-8	7
Providence	9-5	19-8	6
Butler	9-5	19-8	6
Xavier	8-7	18-10	8
St. John’s	7-7	18-9	9
Big Ten	Conf.	Overall	Seed
Wisconsin	13-1	25-2	2
Maryland	10-4	22-5	4
Michigan St	10-4	19-8	7
Purdue	10-4	18-9	11
Indiana	9-6	19-9	8
Ohio State	8-6	19-8	8
Iowa	8-6	17-10	9
Illinois	7-7	17-10	12
Michigan	7-8	14-13	Out
Minnesota	5-10	16-12	Bubble
Big 12	Conf.	Overall	Seed
Kansas	11-3	22-5	2
Iowa State	10-4	20-6	3
Oklahoma	10-5	19-8	3
West Virginia	9-5	21-6	6
Baylor	8-6	20-7	4
Oklahoma St	7-8	17-10	7
Texas	6-8	17-10	10
Kansas St	6-9	13-15	Out
TCU	3-11	16-11	Bubble
Missouri Valley	Conf.	Overall	Seed
Northern Iowa	15-1	26-2	5
Wichita St.	15-1	25-3	5
Mountain West	Conf.	Overall	Seed
San Diego St	12-3	22-6	7
Wyoming	10-4	21-6	Out
Boise State	10-4	20-7	Bubble
Colorado St	10-5	23-5	9
Utah State	9-5	16-10	Out
Pac-12	Conf.	Overall	Seed
Arizona	12-2	24-3	2
Utah	11-3	21-5	3
Oregon	10-5	20-8	11
Stanford	8-6	17-9	12
Oregon St	8-7	17-10	Out
UCLA	8-7	16-12	Bubble
Arizona St	7-7	15-12	Bubble
Southeastern	Conf.	Overall	Seed
Kentucky	14-0	27-0	1
Arkansas	11-3	22-5	5
Texas A&M	10-4	19-7	10
Ole Miss	10-4	19-8	8
LSU	8-6	19-8	10
Georgia	8-6	17-9	9
Florida	6-8	13-14	Bubble
West Coast	Conf.	Overall	Seed
Gonzaga	16-0	28-1	1
Saint Mary’s	12-4	20-7	Out
BYU	11-5	21-8	Bubble

Here is the bubble–last 10 in and first 14 out.

Last 10 In	#
Texas A&M	59
Cincinnati	60
LSU	61
Dayton	62
N. C. St.	63
Temple	64
Purdue	65
Oregon	66
Stanford	67
Illinois	68
1st 14 Out	#
Tulsa	69
Pittsburgh	70
Boise St.	71
UCLA	72
Davidson	73
BYU	74
Miami (FL)	75
Florida	76
U Mass	77
Minnesota	78
Arizona St.	79
TCU	80
Rhode Island	81
George Washington	82

Here are the Opening Round participants to play at Dayton.

Opening Round Games (Dayton)
11	Oregon vs.
11	Purdue
12	Stanford vs.
12	Illinois
16	Albany vs.
16	St. Francis (NY)
16	Bucknell vs.
16	Texas Southern

And, here are the top four seeds by region.

Top 4 Seeds By Region
East	Team
1	Virginia
2	Kansas
3	Iowa St.
4	Maryland
South	Team
1	Kentucky
2	Arizona
3	Oklahoma
4	Louisville
Midwest	Team
1	Duke
2	Villanova
3	Utah
4	Baylor
West	Team
1	Gonzaga
2	Wisconsin
3	Notre Dame
4	North Carolina