PiRate Ratings Bracketology For Monday, January 14, 2019

January 14, 2019

Seed	Team	Conf.
1	Virginia	ACC
1	Duke	ACC
1	Michigan	Big Ten
1	Texas Tech	Big 12
2	Tennessee	SEC
2	Gonzaga	West Coast
2	Michigan St.	Big Ten
2	Houston	American Athletic
3	Virginia Tech	ACC
3	North Carolina	ACC
3	Kentucky	SEC
3	Kansas	Big 12
4	Nebraska	Big Ten
4	Buffalo	MAC
4	Oklahoma	Big 12
4	NC State	ACC
5	Auburn	SEC
5	Purdue	Big Ten
5	Marquette	Big East
5	Wisconsin	Big Ten
6	Indiana	Big Ten
6	Maryland	Big Ten
6	Louisville	ACC
6	Ole Miss	SEC
7	LSU	SEC
7	Florida St.	ACC
7	Nevada	Mountain West
7	Iowa St.	Big 12
8	Villanova	Big East
8	Iowa	Big Ten
8	TCU	Big 12
8	Wofford	Southern
9	UCF	American Athletic
9	Mississippi St.	SEC
9	Cincinnati	AAC
9	Ohio St.	Big Ten
10	St. John’s (NY)	Big East
10	Washington	Pac-12
10	Seton Hall	Big East
10	Florida	SEC
11	Utah St.	Mountain West
11	Murray St.	Ohio Valley
11	San Francisco	West Coast
11	Temple	American Athletic
12	Liberty	Atlantic Sun
12	Minnesota	Big Ten
12	Butler	Big East
12	Kansas St.	Big 12
12	Texas	Big 12
12	VCU	Atlantic 10
13	Hofstra	Colonial
13	North Texas	Conference USA
13	Yale	Ivy
13	Vermont	America East
14	New Mexico St.	WAC
14	UC Irvine	Big West
14	Radford	Big South
14	Georgia St.	Sun Belt
15	South Dakota St.	Summit League
15	Northern Ky.	Horizon
15	Loyola Chicago	Missouri Valley
15	Montana	Big Sky
16	Lehigh	Patriot
16	Rider	Metro Atlantic
16	Abilene Christian	Southland
16	Texas Southern	Southwestern Athletic
16	Wagner	Northeast
16	N.C. A&T	Mideastern Athletic

 

First 4 Out
69	Arizona	Pac-12
70	Saint Mary’s	West Coast
71	Northwestern	Big Ten
72	Creighton	Big East
Next 4 Out
73	Syracuse	ACC
74	Alabama	SEC
75	Saint Louis	Atlantic 10
76	Clemson	ACC
Last 4 Byes
10	Florida	SEC
11	Utah St.	Mountain West
11	San Francisco	West Coast
11	Temple	American Athletic
Last 4 In — Headed To Dayton
12	Minnesota	Big Ten
12	Butler	Big East
12	Kansas St.	Big 12
12	Texas	Big 12
16 Seeds Headed To Dayton
16	Abilene Christian	Southland
16	Texas Southern	Southwestern Athletic
16	Wagner	Northeast
16	North Carolina A&T	Mideastern Atheltic

About these Seedings: The PiRate Ratings seed the teams not according to our power ratings, but according to the criteria mandated by the NCAA and used by the Selection Committee when they meet in Indianapolis to pick the field and make the bracket.

If you want to read the criteria, the NCAA has it available at the following site:

https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2018-10-19/how-field-68-teams-picked-march-madness

The Committee Relies on the following data as its reference tool.

1.) The Won-Loss records of each team under consideration by the 4 Quadrant.

The Quadrants use the rankings of the teams from 1-353 by old RPI and then handicap those games based on whether they were Home, Road, or Neutral Site games.

A. Quadrant 1 = Home 1-30 / Neutral 1-50 / Road 1-75

B. Quadrant 2 = Home 31-75 / Neutral 51-100 / Road 76-135

C. Quadrant 3 = Home 76-160 / Neutral 101-200 / Road 136-240

D. Quadrant 4 = Home 161-353 / Neutral 201-353 / Road 241-353

2.) Net Efficiency Rankings for offense and defense

This is an advanced statistical metric that we will try to explain as simply as possible (probably not possible) later this week in our next installment of “Fun Stuff For Stats Buffs.”  The efficiency ratings are similar to power ratings that can be adjusted to tempo and schedule strength to determine how much better a team is compared to average.

3.) Winning Percentage and Adjusted Winning Percentage

This is rather obvious.  Nevada will most likely have one of the top 10 winning percentages this year, maybe the best.  However, would the Wolf Pack post anything close to that mark playing in the ACC or Big Ten?  The Committee will look at winning percentages plus schedule strength when determining at-large teams and seedings.

4.) Scoring Margin but capped at 10 points

This is the most controversial part of the criteria for reasons at both ends.  First, there are NCAA interests that prefer that scoring margin not be included at all, because it might encourage teams to run up the score in blowout games to pad their ratings.  

The reason that the NCAA capped the scoring margin at 10 points was to try to stop the running up of the score in potential blowout games.

However, there are many that believe that 10 points is too low.  There are many close games that are within doubt in the final minute but end up as 10-point margins due to foul shooting at one end and missed three-pointers at the other end.  There are many teams that have 20-point leads before emptying the bench that end up winning by 10 points.  These two outcomes should not carry the same weight.

Let’s look at two examples of how this 10-point capping looks dumb to us from two SEC games played this past Saturday.

In Gainesville, the Florida Gators and Tennessee Volunteers were fighting out a close game, and Tennessee had a 69-67 lead in the final 1:10 of the game.  Florida had the ball and missed a good percentage three-point shot that would have given the Gators the lead with just over a minute to play.  Tennessee got the rebound, and All-American Grant Williams spotted All-SEC Admiral Schofield open for a three-pointer, which Schofield then drained to give the Vols a 72-67 lead with 45 seconds to go.

Florida took a timeout to set their offense to get an open three-pointer, and the shot by Jalen Hudson was off target.  Tennessee rebounded again, and Lamonte Turner was fouled.  Turner hit both shots to make it 74-67 with just 25 seconds remaining.  

Florida now had to hurry, and this Gator team is not the most excellent in passing the ball.  Jordon Bone made a steal and then took it to the hole for a slam to seal the victory at 76-67 and just 9 seconds left.

Florida basically quit at this point, and one final steal by Grant Williams led to a Jordan Bowman layup to make the final score 78-67.  Tennessee got the maximum credit for winning by 10 points or more.

Later that evening, Kentucky hosted Vanderbilt at Rupp Arena.  The Wildcats started slowly not able to penetrate the Commodore 2-3 zone defense, which Vandy played the entire night.  Vandy started off red hot and led by 12, before Coach John Calipari turned up the defensive pressure and shut down the Commodores perimeter game.  It got rather ugly as Kentucky’s defense limited Vanderbilt to just 31 points in the last 35 minutes of the game. 

Kentucky dominated after the opening five minutes of the game, but they did so by winning ugly with a stellar defensive effort and credible offensive effort.  At one point, Kentucky outscored Vanderbilt by  50-27, which is total domination.  Late in the game, the Wildcats led by 11 points, and the outcome was certain.  Kentucky had the ball up by 11, and Keldon Johnson was called for a charging foul that might have been the wrong call, but at this point in the game (under a minute), it was inconsequential.  Vanderbilt scored to cut the lead to 56-47, and then they fouled to stop the clock with just over 20 seconds to go.  

P.J. Washington missed the front end of the 1 and 1 foul shot, and Vandy rebounded.  A missed three pointer led to a Kentucky rebound and easy clear out for the game-ending slam to give Kentucky an 11-point win, but the Kentucky player was a true Commonwealth Gentleman.  Rather than take the dunk after being open by 25 feet, he pulled up and dribbled out the clock to give Kentucky a 9-point win.  In other words, the Wildcats dominated this game for 35 minutes and get credit for a 9-point win.  Tennessee trailed for much of the game and most of the second half and through a few freak plays get credit for the capped win of 10-points.  That’s why the scoring margin is the last part of the new criteria.  The cap should be 25 points that should go into effect at any time that the winning team has the 25-point lead and wins by 10 or more.  If they empty the bench and win by 10, they would still get credit for the 25-point lead they had.

Coming Later Today–An updated Basketball Rankings & Our Preview of the NFL Conference Championship Games

Coming Midweek–The next installment of our Fun Stuff For Stats Buffs

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PiRate Ratings College Basketball Preview for January 12-13, 2019

This Weekend’s PiRate Ratings Spreads for Power Conferences and Top 25 Teams

Saturday’s Games
Home Team	Visitor	Spread
Clemson	Virginia	-6.6
North Carolina	Louisville	12.1
North Carolina St.	Pittsburgh	11.8
Notre Dame	Boston College	6.5
Florida St.	Duke	-8
Miami (Fla.)	Wake Forest	9.7
Syracuse	Georgia Tech	8.7
Temple	South Florida	9.6
SMU	Tulsa	5.8
Houston	Wichita St.	11.2
Cincinnati	Connecticut	9.8
Iowa St.	Kansas St.	9.3
West Virginia	Oklahoma St.	6.9
Texas	Texas Tech	-2.1
Oklahoma	TCU	4.2
Baylor	Kansas	-4.4
Georgetown	Providence	2.0
Marquette	Seton Hall	5.9
St. John’s	DePaul	9.8
Minnesota	Rutgers	6.0
Iowa	Ohio St.	1.5
San Jose St.	Boise St.	-12.0
Air Force	San Diego St.	-7.8
Colorado St.	New Mexico	-1.3
Wyoming	Utah St.	-12.1
Fresno St.	Nevada	-3.5
Stanford	Arizona St.	-4.0
Utah	Washington St.	6.9
Colorado	Washington	0.5
California	Arizona	-8.7
Mississippi St.	Ole Miss	4.7
South Carolina	Missouri	2.7
Alabama	Texas A&M	5.8
Auburn	Georgia	12.5
Florida	Tennessee	-2.8
Arkansas	LSU	0.9
Kentucky	Vanderbilt	11.8
San Francisco	Gonzaga	-8.8

 

Sunday’s Games
Home Team	Visitor	Spread
Xavier	Butler	-1.4
Creighton	Villanova	1.3
Central Florida	East Carolina	17.6
Penn St.	Michigan St.	-9.0
Tulane	Memphis	-8.6
Michigan	Northwestern	11.0
Oregon	USC	6.2
Oregon St.	UCLA	2.4

 

This Week’s PiRate Ratings

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Rk	Team	PiRate
1	Duke	123.8
2	Gonzaga	120.3
3	Virginia	119.9
4	Michigan St.	119.4
5	North Carolina	119.2
6	Tennessee	118.1
7	Virginia Tech	116.3
8	Michigan	116.1
9	Kansas	115.9
10	Texas Tech	115.5
11	Auburn	114.9
12	Nevada	114.5
13	Iowa St.	114.3
14	Kentucky	114.2
15	Nebraska	114.1
16	Wisconsin	114.1
17	North Carolina St.	114.0
18	Buffalo	113.3
19	Purdue	113.1
20	Oklahoma	112.9
21	Florida St.	112.8
22	Mississippi St.	112.4
23	Ohio St.	112.3
24	Florida	112.3
25	Indiana	112.3
26	Villanova	112.2
27	Maryland	112.2
28	Cincinnati	112.1
29	TCU	111.7
30	Marquette	111.6
31	Syracuse	111.4
32	Houston	111.1
33	Texas	110.9
34	Iowa	110.8
35	Louisville	110.6
36	Creighton	110.5
37	St. John’s	110.4
38	Clemson	110.3
39	Mississippi	110.2
40	Central Florida	110.1
41	Wofford	110.1
42	Saint Mary’s	110.1
43	Butler	109.8
44	LSU	109.6
45	Arizona St.	109.0
46	San Francisco	109.0
47	Oregon	108.8
48	Seton Hall	108.7
49	Kansas St.	108.5
50	Baylor	108.5
51	Utah St.	108.4
52	West Virginia	108.4
53	Arizona	108.3
54	Washington	108.2
55	Northwestern	108.1
56	Lipscomb	108.0
57	Fresno St.	108.0
58	Miami (Fla)	107.9
59	Alabama	107.8
60	Murray St.	107.7
61	Virginia Commonwealth	107.7
62	Arkansas	107.5
63	Penn St.	107.4
64	Temple	107.4
65	Minnesota	107.2
66	Dayton	107.0
67	UCLA	106.8
68	Ball St.	106.8
69	Liberty	106.7
70	East Tennessee St.	106.7
71	Notre Dame	106.4
72	Toledo	106.4
73	Providence	106.4
74	South Dakota St.	106.2
75	Oregon St.	106.2
76	Hofstra	106.2
77	Vermont	105.9
78	Vanderbilt	105.9
79	Xavier	105.9
80	New Mexico St.	105.8
81	Colorado	105.7
82	Georgia Tech	105.7
83	USC	105.6
84	BYU	105.4
85	Georgetown	105.4
86	SMU	105.4
87	Georgia	105.4
88	Missouri	105.3
89	Western Kentucky	105.3
90	Connecticut	105.3
91	Belmont	105.3
92	Pittsburgh	105.2
93	Davidson	105.2
94	Loyola Chi	105.2
95	Yale	105.2
96	Texas A&M	105.0
97	Oklahoma St.	105.0
98	South Carolina	105.0
99	Georgia St.	104.9
100	Furman	104.9
101	Old Dominion	104.9
102	San Diego	104.8
103	Rhode Island	104.8
104	Memphis	104.7
105	Rutgers	104.7
106	Illinois	104.4
107	Saint Louis	104.4
108	Harvard	104.4
109	Northern Kentucky	104.4
110	Grand Canyon	104.2
111	Akron	104.1
112	UNC Greensboro	103.9
113	Penn	103.8
114	Northeastern	103.7
115	UC Irvine	103.7
116	San Diego St.	103.7
117	Texas St.	103.7
118	North Texas	103.6
119	DePaul	103.6
120	Georgia Southern	103.5
121	Charleston	103.5
122	Austin Peay	103.4
123	Boston College	103.4
124	Boise St.	103.4
125	Montana	103.4
126	Wichita St.	102.9
127	Tulsa	102.6
128	Brown	102.4
129	Southern Illinois	102.4
130	UC Santa Barbara	102.2
131	Jacksonville St.	102.2
132	Utah Valley	102.2
133	Marshall	102.1
134	George Mason	102.1
135	Utah	102.1
136	Stanford	102.0
137	Drake	102.0
138	Louisiana Tech	102.0
139	Northern Illinois	101.9
140	Radford	101.9
141	Loyola Marymount	101.9
142	UNLV	101.5
143	Lehigh	101.4
144	Winthrop	101.3
145	Bucknell	101.3
146	Stony Brook	101.2
147	Gardner Webb	101.1
148	Rider	101.0
149	Louisiana Monroe	101.0
150	Bowling Green	100.9
151	St. Bonaventure	100.8
152	South Florida	100.8
153	Wake Forest	100.7
154	Massachusetts	100.7
155	New Mexico	100.6
156	Purdue Fort Wayne	100.6
157	Valparaiso	100.6
158	Kent St.	100.5
159	Central Michigan	100.5
160	Northern Colorado	100.4
161	Wright St.	100.4
162	Seattle	100.4
163	Louisiana	100.3
164	NJIT	100.2
165	Southern Miss	100.2
166	Holy Cross	100.1
167	Samford	100.0
168	Cal St. Fullerton	99.7
169	Saint Joseph’s	99.6
170	Coastal Carolina	99.6
171	Colgate	99.6
172	Evansville	99.5
173	Princeton	99.5
174	Weber St.	99.5
175	Mercer	99.5
176	UAB	99.4
177	Duquesne	99.4
178	Abilene Christian	99.3
179	Richmond	99.2
180	Illinois St.	99.1
181	Miami (O)	99.0
182	Pacific	98.8
183	IUPUI	98.7
184	Cal St. Bakersfield	98.7
185	Green Bay	98.7
186	Texas Southern	98.7
187	Missouri St.	98.6
188	Indiana St.	98.5
189	Ohio	98.3
190	Pepperdine	98.3
191	Omaha	98.2
192	American	98.2
193	Hawaii	98.2
194	Washington St.	98.2
195	William & Mary	98.1
196	Bradley	98.0
197	Eastern Michigan	97.9
198	Hartford	97.9
199	North Dakota St.	97.8
200	Troy	97.7
201	The Citadel	97.6
202	Northern Iowa	97.5
203	North Florida	97.5
204	Long Beach St.	97.5
205	Dartmouth	97.5
206	Florida Atlantic	97.4
207	UTSA	97.4
208	Western Michigan	97.4
209	Iona	97.2
210	South Dakota	97.2
211	South Alabama	97.2
212	Appalachian St.	97.1
213	Fordham	97.1
214	Boston U	97.0
215	Santa Clara	97.0
216	Stephen F. Austin	96.9
217	Campbell	96.8
218	Illinois Chicago	96.8
219	Canisius	96.8
220	Colorado St.	96.8
221	La Salle	96.7
222	Hampton	96.7
223	High Point	96.7
224	Columbia	96.6
225	California	96.6
226	Delaware	96.6
227	Lamar	96.4
228	Wagner	96.3
229	Florida Int’l.	96.3
230	Cal Baptist	96.3
231	Detroit	96.2
232	UNC Wilmington	96.2
233	Presbyterian	96.2
234	Oakland	96.2
235	Marist	96.1
236	Maryland-Balt. Co.	96.0
237	Fairleigh Dickinson	96.0
238	Fairfield	95.9
239	Little Rock	95.8
240	St. Francis PA	95.8
241	Sam Houston St.	95.8
242	UC Davis	95.7
243	George Washington	95.6
244	Quinnipiac	95.6
245	East Carolina	95.5
246	Cornell	95.5
247	Eastern Kentucky	95.4
248	UT Rio Grande Valley	95.3
249	Army	95.2
250	UT Arlington	95.2
251	Long Island	95.2
252	Charleston Southern	95.2
253	Idaho St.	95.2
254	James Madison	95.1
255	Drexel	95.1
256	UMKC	95.0
257	UTEP	95.0
258	Arkansas St.	94.9
259	Robert Morris	94.9
260	UMass Lowell	94.8
261	Morehead St.	94.6
262	North Dakota	94.6
263	Florida Gulf Coast	94.5
264	Portland St.	94.5
265	Sacramento St.	94.4
266	Siena	94.4
267	Sacred Heart	94.3
268	Jacksonville	94.3
269	Towson	94.3
270	Montana St.	94.2
271	St. Francis BKN	94.1
272	Houston Baptist	94.1
273	North Carolina Central	93.9
274	Cleveland St.	93.9
275	Eastern Washington	93.9
276	Norfolk St.	93.9
277	Longwood	93.6
278	Nicholls St.	93.6
279	Chattanooga	93.6
280	Tulane	93.6
281	Albany	93.6
282	Middle Tennessee	93.5
283	Texas A&M CC	93.4
284	Air Force	93.4
285	Saint Peter’s	93.4
286	Niagara	93.4
287	Southern Utah	93.3
288	Prairie View A&M	93.3
289	Western Illinois	93.3
290	New Orleans	93.1
291	Milwaukee	93.1
292	Southeast Missouri St.	93.1
293	Central Connecticut	93.0
294	Monmouth	93.0
295	Oral Roberts	92.9
296	Lafayette	92.9
297	Howard	92.9
298	Eastern Illinois	92.8
299	UC Riverside	92.8
300	Wyoming	92.8
301	Central Arkansas	92.8
302	Rice	92.7
303	Tennessee St.	92.5
304	Navy	92.4
305	Loyola MD	92.3
306	Youngstown St.	92.3
307	McNeese St.	92.3
308	Grambling	92.2
309	Northern Arizona	91.9
310	Tennessee Martin	91.9
311	North Carolina A&T	91.9
312	Portland	91.9
313	Charlotte	91.8
314	Western Carolina	91.8
315	Cal St. Northridge	91.6
316	Bethune Cookman	91.6
317	Denver	91.5
318	Cal Poly	91.4
319	Alabama St.	91.1
320	Southeastern Louisiana	91.1
321	Binghamton	90.8
322	Idaho	90.7
323	USC Upstate	90.6
324	Manhattan	90.2
325	Tennessee Tech	90.2
326	Arkansas Pine Bluff	90.0
327	Morgan St.	89.9
328	SIU Edwardsville	89.9
329	Bryant	89.9
330	Elon	89.7
331	VMI	89.6
332	Mount St. Mary’s	89.6
333	Maine	89.4
334	Florida A&M	89.1
335	San Jose St.	88.9
336	Jackson St.	88.9
337	North Alabama	88.9
338	South Carolina St.	88.6
339	New Hampshire	88.4
340	Southern	87.8
341	Incarnate Word	87.1
342	Stetson	86.8
343	Northwestern St.	86.1
344	Kennesaw St.	85.9
345	Alcorn St.	85.8
346	UNC Asheville	84.9
347	Alabama A&M	84.8
348	Coppin St.	84.8
349	Savannah St.	84.1
350	Mississippi Valley St.	83.5
351	Maryland Eastern Shore	82.7
352	Chicago St.	82.3
353	Delaware St.	81.3

 

PiRate Ratings By Conference

America East
Vermont	105.9
Stony Brook	101.2
Hartford	97.9
Maryland-Balt. Co.	96.0
UMass Lowell	94.8
Albany	93.6
Binghamton	90.8
Maine	89.4
New Hampshire	88.4
American Athletic
Cincinnati	112.1
Houston	111.1
Central Florida	110.1
Temple	107.4
SMU	105.4
Connecticut	105.3
Memphis	104.7
Wichita St.	102.9
Tulsa	102.6
South Florida	100.8
East Carolina	95.5
Tulane	93.6
Atlantic 10
Virginia Commonwealth	107.7
Dayton	107.0
Davidson	105.2
Rhode Island	104.8
Saint Louis	104.4
George Mason	102.1
St. Bonaventure	100.8
Massachusetts	100.7
Saint Joseph’s	99.6
Duquesne	99.4
Richmond	99.2
Fordham	97.1
La Salle	96.7
George Washington	95.6
Atlantic Coast
Duke	123.8
Virginia	119.9
North Carolina	119.2
Virginia Tech	116.3
North Carolina St.	114.0
Florida St.	112.8
Syracuse	111.4
Louisville	110.6
Clemson	110.3
Miami (Fla)	107.9
Notre Dame	106.4
Georgia Tech	105.7
Pittsburgh	105.2
Boston College	103.4
Wake Forest	100.7
Atlantic Sun
Lipscomb	108.0
Liberty	106.7
NJIT	100.2
North Florida	97.5
Florida Gulf Coast	94.5
Jacksonville	94.3
North Alabama	88.9
Stetson	86.8
Kennesaw St.	85.9
Big 12
Kansas	115.9
Texas Tech	115.5
Iowa St.	114.3
Oklahoma	112.9
TCU	111.7
Texas	110.9
Kansas St.	108.5
Baylor	108.5
West Virginia	108.4
Oklahoma St.	105.0
Big East
Villanova	112.2
Marquette	111.6
Creighton	110.5
St. John’s	110.4
Butler	109.8
Seton Hall	108.7
Providence	106.4
Xavier	105.9
Georgetown	105.4
DePaul	103.6
Big Sky
Montana	103.4
Northern Colorado	100.4
Weber St.	99.5
Idaho St.	95.2
Portland St.	94.5
Sacramento St.	94.4
Montana St.	94.2
Eastern Washington	93.9
Southern Utah	93.3
Northern Arizona	91.9
Idaho	90.7
Big South
Radford	101.9
Winthrop	101.3
Gardner Webb	101.1
Campbell	96.8
Hampton	96.7
High Point	96.7
Presbyterian	96.2
Charleston Southern	95.2
Longwood	93.6
USC Upstate	90.6
UNC Asheville	84.9
Big Ten
Michigan St.	119.4
Michigan	116.1
Nebraska	114.1
Wisconsin	114.1
Purdue	113.1
Ohio St.	112.3
Indiana	112.3
Maryland	112.2
Iowa	110.8
Northwestern	108.1
Penn St.	107.4
Minnesota	107.2
Rutgers	104.7
Illinois	104.4
Big West
UC Irvine	103.7
UC Santa Barbara	102.2
Cal St. Fullerton	99.7
Hawaii	98.2
Long Beach St.	97.5
UC Davis	95.7
UC Riverside	92.8
Cal St. Northridge	91.6
Cal Poly	91.4
Colonial Athletic
Hofstra	106.2
Northeastern	103.7
Charleston	103.5
William & Mary	98.1
Delaware	96.6
UNC Wilmington	96.2
James Madison	95.1
Drexel	95.1
Towson	94.3
Elon	89.7
Conference USA
Western Kentucky	105.3
Old Dominion	104.9
North Texas	103.6
Marshall	102.1
Louisiana Tech	102.0
Southern Miss	100.2
UAB	99.4
Florida Atlantic	97.4
UTSA	97.4
Florida Int’l.	96.3
UTEP	95.0
Middle Tennessee	93.5
Rice	92.7
Charlotte	91.8
Horizon
Northern Kentucky	104.4
Wright St.	100.4
IUPUI	98.7
Green Bay	98.7
Illinois Chicago	96.8
Detroit	96.2
Oakland	96.2
Cleveland St.	93.9
Milwaukee	93.1
Youngstown St.	92.3
Ivy
Yale	105.2
Harvard	104.4
Penn	103.8
Brown	102.4
Princeton	99.5
Dartmouth	97.5
Columbia	96.6
Cornell	95.5
Metro Atlantic
Rider	101.0
Iona	97.2
Canisius	96.8
Marist	96.1
Fairfield	95.9
Quinnipiac	95.6
Siena	94.4
Saint Peter’s	93.4
Niagara	93.4
Monmouth	93.0
Manhattan	90.2
Mid-American
Buffalo	113.3
Ball St.	106.8
Toledo	106.4
Akron	104.1
Northern Illinois	101.9
Bowling Green	100.9
Kent St.	100.5
Central Michigan	100.5
Miami (O)	99.0
Ohio	98.3
Eastern Michigan	97.9
Western Michigan	97.4
Mideastern Athletic
North Carolina Central	93.9
Norfolk St.	93.9
Howard	92.9
North Carolina A&T	91.9
Bethune Cookman	91.6
Morgan St.	89.9
Florida A&M	89.1
South Carolina St.	88.6
Coppin St.	84.8
Savannah St.	84.1
Maryland Eastern Shore	82.7
Delaware St.	81.3
Missouri Valley
Loyola Chi	105.2
Southern Illinois	102.4
Drake	102.0
Valparaiso	100.6
Evansville	99.5
Illinois St.	99.1
Missouri St.	98.6
Indiana St.	98.5
Bradley	98.0
Northern Iowa	97.5
Mountain West
Nevada	114.5
Utah St.	108.4
Fresno St.	108.0
San Diego St.	103.7
Boise St.	103.4
UNLV	101.5
New Mexico	100.6
Colorado St.	96.8
Air Force	93.4
Wyoming	92.8
San Jose St.	88.9
Northeast
Wagner	96.3
Fairleigh Dickinson	96.0
St. Francis PA	95.8
Long Island	95.2
Robert Morris	94.9
Sacred Heart	94.3
St. Francis BKN	94.1
Central Connecticut	93.0
Bryant	89.9
Mount St. Mary’s	89.6
Ohio Valley
Murray St.	107.7
Belmont	105.3
Austin Peay	103.4
Jacksonville St.	102.2
Eastern Kentucky	95.4
Morehead St.	94.6
Southeast Missouri St.	93.1
Eastern Illinois	92.8
Tennessee St.	92.5
Tennessee Martin	91.9
Tennessee Tech	90.2
SIU Edwardsville	89.9
Pac-12
Arizona St.	109.0
Oregon	108.8
Arizona	108.3
Washington	108.2
UCLA	106.8
Oregon St.	106.2
Colorado	105.7
USC	105.6
Utah	102.1
Stanford	102.0
Washington St.	98.2
California	96.6
Patriot
Lehigh	101.4
Bucknell	101.3
Holy Cross	100.1
Colgate	99.6
American	98.2
Boston U	97.0
Army	95.2
Lafayette	92.9
Navy	92.4
Loyola MD	92.3
Southeastern
Tennessee	118.1
Auburn	114.9
Kentucky	114.2
Mississippi St.	112.4
Florida	112.3
Mississippi	110.2
LSU	109.6
Alabama	107.8
Arkansas	107.5
Vanderbilt	105.9
Georgia	105.4
Missouri	105.3
Texas A&M	105.0
South Carolina	105.0
Southern
Wofford	110.1
East Tennessee St.	106.7
Furman	104.9
UNC Greensboro	103.9
Samford	100.0
Mercer	99.5
The Citadel	97.6
Chattanooga	93.6
Western Carolina	91.8
VMI	89.6
Southland
Abilene Christian	99.3
Stephen F. Austin	96.9
Lamar	96.4
Sam Houston St.	95.8
Houston Baptist	94.1
Nicholls St.	93.6
Texas A&M CC	93.4
New Orleans	93.1
Central Arkansas	92.8
McNeese St.	92.3
Southeastern Louisiana	91.1
Incarnate Word	87.1
Northwestern St.	86.1
Southwestern Athletic
Texas Southern	98.7
Prairie View A&M	93.3
Grambling	92.2
Alabama St.	91.1
Arkansas Pine Bluff	90.0
Jackson St.	88.9
Southern	87.8
Alcorn St.	85.8
Alabama A&M	84.8
Mississippi Valley St.	83.5
Summit
South Dakota St.	106.2
Purdue Fort Wayne	100.6
Omaha	98.2
North Dakota St.	97.8
South Dakota	97.2
North Dakota	94.6
Western Illinois	93.3
Oral Roberts	92.9
Denver	91.5
Sun Belt
Georgia St.	104.9
Texas St.	103.7
Georgia Southern	103.5
Louisiana Monroe	101.0
Louisiana	100.3
Coastal Carolina	99.6
Troy	97.7
South Alabama	97.2
Appalachian St.	97.1
Little Rock	95.8
UT Arlington	95.2
Arkansas St.	94.9
West Coast
Gonzaga	120.3
Saint Mary’s	110.1
San Francisco	109.0
BYU	105.4
San Diego	104.8
Loyola Marymount	101.9
Pacific	98.8
Pepperdine	98.3
Santa Clara	97.0
Portland	91.9
Western Athletic
New Mexico St.	105.8
Grand Canyon	104.2
Utah Valley	102.2
Seattle	100.4
Cal St. Bakersfield	98.7
Cal Baptist	96.3
UT Rio Grande Valley	95.3
UMKC	95.0
Chicago St.	82.3

 

Alphabetical Ratings

Team	Rating
Abilene Christian	99.3
Air Force	93.4
Akron	104.1
Alabama	107.8
Alabama A&M	84.8
Alabama St.	91.1
Albany	93.6
Alcorn St.	85.8
American	98.2
Appalachian St.	97.1
Arizona	108.3
Arizona St.	109.0
Arkansas	107.5
Arkansas Pine Bluff	90.0
Arkansas St.	94.9
Army	95.2
Auburn	114.9
Austin Peay	103.4
Ball St.	106.8
Baylor	108.5
Belmont	105.3
Bethune Cookman	91.6
Binghamton	90.8
Boise St.	103.4
Boston College	103.4
Boston U	97.0
Bowling Green	100.9
Bradley	98.0
Brown	102.4
Bryant	89.9
Bucknell	101.3
Buffalo	113.3
Butler	109.8
BYU	105.4
Cal Baptist	96.3
Cal Poly	91.4
Cal St. Bakersfield	98.7
Cal St. Fullerton	99.7
Cal St. Northridge	91.6
California	96.6
Campbell	96.8
Canisius	96.8
Central Arkansas	92.8
Central Connecticut	93.0
Central Florida	110.1
Central Michigan	100.5
Charleston	103.5
Charleston Southern	95.2
Charlotte	91.8
Chattanooga	93.6
Chicago St.	82.3
Cincinnati	112.1
Clemson	110.3
Cleveland St.	93.9
Coastal Carolina	99.6
Colgate	99.6
Colorado	105.7
Colorado St.	96.8
Columbia	96.6
Connecticut	105.3
Coppin St.	84.8
Cornell	95.5
Creighton	110.5
Dartmouth	97.5
Davidson	105.2
Dayton	107.0
Delaware	96.6
Delaware St.	81.3
Denver	91.5
DePaul	103.6
Detroit	96.2
Drake	102.0
Drexel	95.1
Duke	123.8
Duquesne	99.4
East Carolina	95.5
East Tennessee St.	106.7
Eastern Illinois	92.8
Eastern Kentucky	95.4
Eastern Michigan	97.9
Eastern Washington	93.9
Elon	89.7
Evansville	99.5
Fairfield	95.9
Fairleigh Dickinson	96.0
Florida	112.3
Florida A&M	89.1
Florida Atlantic	97.4
Florida Gulf Coast	94.5
Florida Int’l.	96.3
Florida St.	112.8
Fordham	97.1
Fresno St.	108.0
Furman	104.9
Gardner Webb	101.1
George Mason	102.1
George Washington	95.6
Georgetown	105.4
Georgia	105.4
Georgia Southern	103.5
Georgia St.	104.9
Georgia Tech	105.7
Gonzaga	120.3
Grambling	92.2
Grand Canyon	104.2
Green Bay	98.7
Hampton	96.7
Hartford	97.9
Harvard	104.4
Hawaii	98.2
High Point	96.7
Hofstra	106.2
Holy Cross	100.1
Houston	111.1
Houston Baptist	94.1
Howard	92.9
Idaho	90.7
Idaho St.	95.2
Illinois	104.4
Illinois Chicago	96.8
Illinois St.	99.1
Incarnate Word	87.1
Indiana	112.3
Indiana St.	98.5
Iona	97.2
Iowa	110.8
Iowa St.	114.3
IUPUI	98.7
Jackson St.	88.9
Jacksonville	94.3
Jacksonville St.	102.2
James Madison	95.1
Kansas	115.9
Kansas St.	108.5
Kennesaw St.	85.9
Kent St.	100.5
Kentucky	114.2
La Salle	96.7
Lafayette	92.9
Lamar	96.4
Lehigh	101.4
Liberty	106.7
Lipscomb	108.0
Little Rock	95.8
Long Beach St.	97.5
Long Island	95.2
Longwood	93.6
Louisiana	100.3
Louisiana Monroe	101.0
Louisiana Tech	102.0
Louisville	110.6
Loyola Chi	105.2
Loyola Marymount	101.9
Loyola MD	92.3
LSU	109.6
Maine	89.4
Manhattan	90.2
Marist	96.1
Marquette	111.6
Marshall	102.1
Maryland	112.2
Maryland Eastern Shore	82.7
Maryland-Balt. Co.	96.0
Massachusetts	100.7
McNeese St.	92.3
Memphis	104.7
Mercer	99.5
Miami (Fla)	107.9
Miami (O)	99.0
Michigan	116.1
Michigan St.	119.4
Middle Tennessee	93.5
Milwaukee	93.1
Minnesota	107.2
Mississippi	110.2
Mississippi St.	112.4
Mississippi Valley St.	83.5
Missouri	105.3
Missouri St.	98.6
Monmouth	93.0
Montana	103.4
Montana St.	94.2
Morehead St.	94.6
Morgan St.	89.9
Mount St. Mary’s	89.6
Murray St.	107.7
Navy	92.4
Nebraska	114.1
Nevada	114.5
New Hampshire	88.4
New Mexico	100.6
New Mexico St.	105.8
New Orleans	93.1
Niagara	93.4
Nicholls St.	93.6
NJIT	100.2
Norfolk St.	93.9
North Alabama	88.9
North Carolina	119.2
North Carolina A&T	91.9
North Carolina Central	93.9
North Carolina St.	114.0
North Dakota	94.6
North Dakota St.	97.8
North Florida	97.5
North Texas	103.6
Northeastern	103.7
Northern Arizona	91.9
Northern Colorado	100.4
Northern Illinois	101.9
Northern Iowa	97.5
Northern Kentucky	104.4
Northwestern	108.1
Northwestern St.	86.1
Notre Dame	106.4
Oakland	96.2
Ohio	98.3
Ohio St.	112.3
Oklahoma	112.9
Oklahoma St.	105.0
Old Dominion	104.9
Omaha	98.2
Oral Roberts	92.9
Oregon	108.8
Oregon St.	106.2
Pacific	98.8
Penn	103.8
Penn St.	107.4
Pepperdine	98.3
Pittsburgh	105.2
Portland	91.9
Portland St.	94.5
Prairie View A&M	93.3
Presbyterian	96.2
Princeton	99.5
Providence	106.4
Purdue	113.1
Purdue Fort Wayne	100.6
Quinnipiac	95.6
Radford	101.9
Rhode Island	104.8
Rice	92.7
Richmond	99.2
Rider	101.0
Robert Morris	94.9
Rutgers	104.7
Sacramento St.	94.4
Sacred Heart	94.3
Saint Joseph’s	99.6
Saint Louis	104.4
Saint Mary’s	110.1
Saint Peter’s	93.4
Sam Houston St.	95.8
Samford	100.0
San Diego	104.8
San Diego St.	103.7
San Francisco	109.0
San Jose St.	88.9
Santa Clara	97.0
Savannah St.	84.1
Seattle	100.4
Seton Hall	108.7
Siena	94.4
SIU Edwardsville	89.9
SMU	105.4
South Alabama	97.2
South Carolina	105.0
South Carolina St.	88.6
South Dakota	97.2
South Dakota St.	106.2
South Florida	100.8
Southeast Missouri St.	93.1
Southeastern Louisiana	91.1
Southern	87.8
Southern Illinois	102.4
Southern Miss	100.2
Southern Utah	93.3
St. Bonaventure	100.8
St. Francis BKN	94.1
St. Francis PA	95.8
St. John’s	110.4
Stanford	102.0
Stephen F. Austin	96.9
Stetson	86.8
Stony Brook	101.2
Syracuse	111.4
TCU	111.7
Temple	107.4
Tennessee	118.1
Tennessee Martin	91.9
Tennessee St.	92.5
Tennessee Tech	90.2
Texas	110.9
Texas A&M	105.0
Texas A&M CC	93.4
Texas Southern	98.7
Texas St.	103.7
Texas Tech	115.5
The Citadel	97.6
Toledo	106.4
Towson	94.3
Troy	97.7
Tulane	93.6
Tulsa	102.6
UAB	99.4
UC Davis	95.7
UC Irvine	103.7
UC Riverside	92.8
UC Santa Barbara	102.2
UCLA	106.8
UMass Lowell	94.8
UMKC	95.0
UNC Asheville	84.9
UNC Greensboro	103.9
UNC Wilmington	96.2
UNLV	101.5
USC	105.6
USC Upstate	90.6
UT Arlington	95.2
UT Rio Grande Valley	95.3
Utah	102.1
Utah St.	108.4
Utah Valley	102.2
UTEP	95.0
UTSA	97.4
Valparaiso	100.6
Vanderbilt	105.9
Vermont	105.9
Villanova	112.2
Virginia	119.9
Virginia Commonwealth	107.7
Virginia Tech	116.3
VMI	89.6
Wagner	96.3
Wake Forest	100.7
Washington	108.2
Washington St.	98.2
Weber St.	99.5
West Virginia	108.4
Western Carolina	91.8
Western Illinois	93.3
Western Kentucky	105.3
Western Michigan	97.4
Wichita St.	102.9
William & Mary	98.1
Winthrop	101.3
Wisconsin	114.1
Wofford	110.1
Wright St.	100.4
Wyoming	92.8
Xavier	105.9
Yale	105.2
Youngstown St.	92.3

 

Note: We will add a new update rating on Mondays to reflect the weekend games.  They should be published later in the day, but usually before 6 PM Eastern Time.

The updated Ratings will be presented in a different entry from the regular Bracketology Report.

Also, continuing next week, we will present part 2 of our Fun Stuff For Stats Buffs.  We’ll show you how to calculate stats for individual players.  Then, in part 3, we will attempt to show you how to calculate offensive and defensive efficiency.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

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

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

 

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

 

This Week’s PiRate Ratings 1 to 353

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

 

PiRate Ratings By Conferences

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

 

Coming Monday or Tuesday: Our first look this season at our incredibly accurate Bracketology Gurus.  This group’s composite has picked 135 out of 136 teams in the NCAA Tournament in their two years of existence.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PiRate Ratings College Basketball Preview for December 29-30, 2018

This Weekend’s PiRate Ratings Spreads for Teams in Power Conferences

Saturday

Home Team	Visitor	Spread
North Carolina	Davidson	6.2
Notre Dame	Coppin St.	28.8
Louisville	Kentucky	-3.4
Wake Forest	Gardner-Webb	3.3
Syracuse	St. Bonaventure	11.8
Pittsburgh	Colgate	5.4
Miami (Fla.)	Campbell	12.4
Kansas	Eastern Michigan	17.1
Oklahoma St.	Texas A&M–C.C.	18.9
Baylor	New Orleans	14.5
Kansas St.	George Mason	17.0
Ohio St.	High Point	15.3
Penn St.	Md.-Baltimore Co.	6.0
Michigan St.	Northern Illinois	23.3
Illinois	Florida Atlantic	11.9
Rutgers	Maine	10.4
Purdue	Belmont	9.7
Western Kentucky	Wisconsin	-6.6
Maryland	Radford	8.3
Iowa	Bryant	26.6
Utah	Nevada	-10.1
Washington St.	Santa Clara	6.7
Arizona St.	Princeton	14.7
UCLA	Liberty	6.0
Boise St.	Oregon	2.7
California	Seattle	-0.2
Oregon St.	Central Connecticut	16.5
Stanford	Long Beach St.	9.9
Mississippi St.	BYU	6.8
Tennessee	Tennessee Tech	28.0
Vanderbilt	Tennessee St.	15.9
Missouri	Morehead St.	16.5
Ole Miss	Florida Gulf Coast	5.6
Texas A&M	Texas Southern	12.7
Florida	Butler	3.4
Auburn	North Florida	19.6

 

Sunday

Home Team	Visitor	Spread
Michigan	Binghamton	23.1
West Virginia	Lehigh	13.0
Clemson	Lipscomb	9.9
Minnesota	Mount St. Mary’s	15.2
Northwestern	Columbia	13.9
Georgia	U Mass	6.0
USC	UC-Davis	12.3

 

Basketball Ratings Explanation

We are very happy to have your patronage here at the PiRate Ratings, and we know that since the end of last basketball season, we have seen more than one thousand new readers discover us through other sites.  We really appreciate those of you that have sent us comments saying that you posted our site on sports forums.  We need to explain how we calculate our basketball ratings, which are entirely different from how we calculate our football ratings.

First, our basketball ratings are 100% derived from the “Four Factors” and Schedule Strength.  Thus, it takes a long time to input the ratings for each team, since all 353 teams’ statistics must be updated after every game played by every Division 1 team.  We can only do this late Thursday Night in order to publish on Friday.  You will only see us submit games involving Power Conference teams that are playing Division 1 opponents on Saturday or Sunday every week, until March.  We will occasionally add top Mid-Majors like Gonzaga, Buffalo, and Nevada, as long as they are in the top 25 or close to it and look like at-large candidates for the NCAA Tournament if they don’t get the automatic bid.

What are the Four Factors?

Those of you that know us know that our PiRate Captain is a baseball sabermetrician and former Major League analyticist and scout.  He likes to see the Four Factors as something similar to Weighted On-Base Average and WAR in baseball.  Since baseball players’ stats can be calculated to figure out expected wins, he believes that similar basketball data can be calculated to determine the winner in college basketball games.  He goes one step further, trying to find an algorithm that also estimates the pointspread.  This is an ongoing experiment in its fifth year, with the algorithm being tweaked a little each year, much like the wOBA numbers adjust every year in baseball.

Here are the Four Factors for College Basketball as Used by the PiRate Captain.  Because they apply to offense and defense, they are really like Eight Factors.

1.) Effective Field Goal Percentage 

This is a measure that combines two-point and three-point shooting percentages into one.  Since a made three-point basket is the same as 1.5 made two-point baskets, the easy calculation for this stat is. (FG + 0.5*3pt))/FGA

where FG is all field goals made, 3 pt is three-pointers made, and FGA is all field goals attempted.

If your team makes 28 baskets in a game, with 8 of those being 3-pointers and attempts 60 shots in a game, their EFG% is: (28+(0.5*8)/60, which equals 53.3%

 

2.) Turnover % 

This measures the percentage of possessions in which a team turns the ball over without a shot and conversely forces the opponent to turn the ball over without a shot.  The PiRates add a little bit of a twist to how most analytics folks use this one.  We will explain the R+T factor later, but for now consider that a steal is a more important turnover than all others, because many times a steal leads to easy points and possible fouls.

The TOV% is simply Turnovers per 100 possessions.  So that if a team has 70 possessions in a game and turns the ball over 14 times, their TOV% would be (14/70*100) = 20.0%

College Basketball Possessions are now kept for all games, but if you don’t have access to these stats, you can estimate possessions per game by the following formula used only for college and not NBA (slightly different formula for the pros)

FGA + (0.465* FTA) – Off Rebounds + Turnovers

 

3.) Offensive Rebounding Percentage

This is actually both offensive and defensive rebounding margin, since opponents’ offensive rebounding margin is the other teams’ defensive rebounding margin.

You calculate this for both teams by this easy formula: (100* Off. Rebounds) / (Off. Rebounds + other team’s Def. Rebounds)

If your team has 15 offensive rebounds, and the other team has 25 defensive rebounds, your team’s Off. Reb % is (100*15)/(15+25) =37.5%

 

4.) Free Throw Rate

The “experts” disagree on how to calculate this rating.  Some of the most famous people that release advanced metric cannot come to a consensus.  There is a problem with free throws to begin with, because late in games, the trailing team deliberately fouls the leading team, thus giving the most likely winner more chances at going to the foul line than the actual game flow indicates.  Earlier this year, a team we watched on TV had attempted 12 foul shots in the first 34 minutes of the game, and instead of being ahead by 20 points (which they should have been), they only led by 5 with 6 minutes to play.  The underdog team tried to play pressure defense but could not force turnovers, so they began fouling and fouling and fouling.  Meanwhile, they bricked a lot of 3-pointers at their end, and the final outcome was 17 points.  The winning team with just 12 FTA in the first 34 minutes shot 13 more in the final 6 minutes.

This is the type of thing that gives this part of the rating too much weighting, and we tend to lower the importance of this rating for that purpose.  Over the course of NCAA Basketball history, the top foul shooting teams have tended to underperform in the Big Dance, while the National Champions have tended to be a little below normal in free throw percentage but above normal in drawing fouls, again mostly because the other team is forced to foul in the final minutes.

This is the formula we use at the PiRate Ratings: FT Made per 100 possession.

We hope this explains a little about how we calculate our ratings.  Obviously, to explain our algorithm would be like giving you the formula for Coca-Cola or Pepsi.  Plus, it would be too difficult to explain how we back-tested numbers until we came up with the exact formula, which is tweaked a little every season.

Our Plan For 2019

We plan to issue two posts per week until the start of conference tournament play in late February.  Our Monday or Tuesday publication will be our most popular feature of the entire site.  We have a baker’s dozen of accurate bracketologists (some of whom have their own sites) that send us their weekly bracketology.  We call these guys (and one gal) our Bracket Gurus.  This will be the Gurus’ third year doing this for us.  In 2017, they went 68 for 68 correctly picking every team chosen for the field.  In 2018, they went 67 for 68, so in two years, they have picked 135 out of the 136 teams.  The famous bracketologists on the big national sites average about 65 1/2 correct every year, so our Gurus are better than the leading brands.

We will issue a Friday afternoon publication like this one.  The regular menu for Friday is to post the spreads of the power conference team games for the weekend, our PiRate Ratings rankings, and then something we hope you find of interest.  In the past, we have spotlighted low and mid-major teams that might have a chance to create a little havoc in March; featured the up and coming assistant coaches that we believe will become successful head coaches; and written a little about something interesting in basketball history.  Our captain has been watching college basketball since the 1963-64 season, and he can describe the UCLA-Duke championship game like he is watching live today.  It didn’t hurt that he was a left-handed point guard who thought Gail Goodrich was an older version of him until Louie Dampier starred for Kentucky once Goodrich graduated.

This Week’s PiRate Ratings

Rk	Team	PiRate Rating
1	Duke	122.9
2	Gonzaga	118.5
3	Virginia	117.8
4	Michigan St.	116.3
5	Virginia Tech	115.9
6	Texas Tech	115.2
7	Nevada	115.2
8	Tennessee	115.0
9	Auburn	114.7
10	Wisconsin	114.5
11	Iowa St.	113.7
12	Florida St.	113.4
13	Kansas St.	113.2
14	Villanova	113.0
15	Purdue	113.0
16	Oklahoma	112.6
17	Indiana	112.6
18	Cincinnati	112.0
19	TCU	111.9
20	Buffalo	111.6
21	Florida	111.5
22	Butler	111.1
23	Iowa	111.0
24	Kansas	110.8
25	Creighton	110.4
26	Houston	110.3
27	Mississippi St.	110.2
28	Clemson	110.1
29	Syracuse	110.0
30	Arizona St.	109.8
31	Texas	109.6
32	Michigan	109.6
33	UCF	109.5
34	Kentucky	109.4
35	San Francisco	109.1
36	Saint Mary’s	109.1
37	St. John’s	109.0
38	Utah St.	109.0
39	West Virginia	108.7
40	Fresno St.	108.3
41	Notre Dame	108.3
42	Arizona	108.0
43	Seton Hall	107.9
44	Oklahoma St.	107.9
45	North Carolina	107.8
46	Wofford	107.8
47	Nebraska	107.8
48	Northwestern	107.8
49	Washington	107.7
50	Ohio St.	107.6
51	Alabama	107.4
52	Maryland	107.3
53	Vanderbilt	107.3
54	Baylor	107.2
55	Providence	107.1
56	Toledo	107.1
57	Missouri	107.0
58	Temple	107.0
59	Oregon St.	106.8
60	Belmont	106.8
61	UCLA	106.7
62	Northern Colorado	106.7
63	North Carolina St.	106.6
64	Texas A&M	106.6
65	BYU	106.4
66	VCU	106.4
67	Xavier	106.3
68	San Diego St.	106.3
69	Dayton	106.2
70	Colorado	106.2
71	Marshall	106.0
72	Louisiana	106.0
73	Penn	105.9
74	Loyola Marymount	105.8
75	Connecticut	105.7
76	Old Dominion	105.7
77	Marquette	105.6
78	Ball St.	105.6
79	Davidson	105.6
80	USC	105.6
81	San Diego	105.5
82	SMU	105.5
83	South Dakota St.	105.4
84	Yale	105.3
85	New Mexico	105.3
86	Miami FL	105.0
87	Furman	104.9
88	Boston College	104.9
89	UC Irvine	104.9
90	Hofstra	104.8
91	Georgia	104.8
92	Georgia Tech	104.7
93	Rutgers	104.6
94	Penn St.	104.5
95	Illinois	104.5
96	Rhode Island	104.4
97	Western Kentucky	104.4
98	East Tennessee St.	104.3
99	Harvard	104.3
100	New Mexico St.	104.3
101	Lipscomb	104.2
102	Saint Joseph’s	104.1
103	Georgia St.	104.1
104	Saint Louis	104.1
105	Georgetown	104.1
106	DePaul	104.1
107	Miami OH	104.1
108	Akron	104.0
109	Vermont	104.0
110	Charleston	104.0
111	Northeastern	103.8
112	Loyola Chicago	103.7
113	Liberty	103.7
114	Louisville	103.5
115	Wichita St.	103.5
116	Stanford	103.4
117	LSU	103.2
118	South Carolina	103.2
119	Tulsa	103.0
120	Grand Canyon	102.8
121	Texas St.	102.8
122	Middle Tennessee	102.6
123	Minnesota	102.6
124	Oregon	102.6
125	Southern Illinois	102.6
126	Radford	102.5
127	Georgia Southern	102.4
128	Boise St.	102.3
129	Austin Peay	102.2
130	Drake	102.2
131	Pittsburgh	101.9
132	Massachusetts	101.8
133	Utah Valley	101.7
134	Wright St.	101.7
135	Southern Miss	101.7
136	UCSB	101.6
137	Bucknell	101.6
138	Utah	101.6
139	UNLV	101.5
140	Pacific	101.5
141	UMBC	101.5
142	Rider	101.4
143	Northern Kentucky	101.3
144	St. Bonaventure	101.2
145	Mercer	101.1
146	Wake Forest	101.1
147	Indiana St.	101.0
148	Louisiana Monroe	100.9
149	Gardner Webb	100.8
150	Missouri St.	100.7
151	Brown	100.7
152	Pepperdine	100.6
153	Murray St.	100.6
154	Seattle	100.6
155	Winthrop	100.5
156	LIU Brooklyn	100.4
157	Arkansas	100.1
158	Duquesne	100.1
159	The Citadel	100.0
160	Colgate	100.0
161	Richmond	100.0
162	North Texas	100.0
163	Holy Cross	99.9
164	Louisiana Tech	99.9
165	Bradley	99.8
166	Washington St.	99.8
167	Weber St.	99.8
168	Memphis	99.7
169	Troy	99.7
170	Lehigh	99.7
171	George Mason	99.7
172	UNC Wilmington	99.6
173	Stony Brook	99.6
174	South Florida	99.6
175	Central Michigan	99.6
176	Valparaiso	99.6
177	Samford	99.5
178	Green Bay	99.4
179	Illinois St.	99.4
180	Jacksonville St.	99.3
181	Montana	99.3
182	Cal St. Fullerton	99.2
183	UAB	99.1
184	Abilene Christian	99.1
185	Appalachian St.	99.0
186	Coastal Carolina	98.9
187	North Dakota St.	98.7
188	Ohio	98.6
189	Mississippi	98.6
190	Princeton	98.6
191	UNC Greensboro	98.5
192	Little Rock	98.4
193	South Dakota	98.4
194	Fordham	98.3
195	Bowling Green	98.3
196	IUPUI	98.3
197	Stephen F. Austin	98.2
198	Northern Iowa	98.1
199	Evansville	98.1
200	Hawaii	98.1
201	Purdue Fort Wayne	98.1
202	North Florida	98.1
203	Loyola MD	98.1
204	Omaha	98.0
205	American	98.0
206	South Alabama	97.8
207	NJIT	97.7
208	Portland	97.7
209	Eastern Michigan	97.7
210	William & Mary	97.6
211	Iona	97.5
212	Dartmouth	97.5
213	Western Michigan	97.5
214	Boston University	97.5
215	California	97.4
216	La Salle	97.3
217	Northern Arizona	97.2
218	Maine	97.2
219	Navy	97.2
220	Hartford	97.0
221	Illinois Chicago	97.0
222	UTSA	97.0
223	Canisius	97.0
224	Oral Roberts	97.0
225	St. Francis PA	97.0
226	Columbia	96.9
227	Kent St.	96.8
228	FIU	96.8
229	Arkansas Pine Bluff	96.7
230	UNC Asheville	96.6
231	Cal Baptist	96.5
232	Sacramento St.	96.5
233	Montana St.	96.5
234	Northern Illinois	96.5
235	Long Beach St.	96.5
236	Hampton	96.4
237	Texas Southern	96.4
238	Delaware	96.4
239	Kennesaw St.	96.4
240	UC Davis	96.3
241	Santa Clara	96.1
242	Florida Atlantic	96.1
243	Colorado St.	96.1
244	UTEP	96.1
245	Florida Gulf Coast	96.0
246	Lafayette	95.9
247	High Point	95.8
248	Fairfield	95.7
249	New Orleans	95.7
250	Charleston Southern	95.7
251	Cornell	95.7
252	Campbell	95.6
253	Wagner	95.5
254	Cleveland St.	95.5
255	Cal St. Bakersfield	95.5
256	Southern Utah	95.5
257	Norfolk St.	95.5
258	Milwaukee	95.4
259	Fairleigh Dickinson	95.4
260	Western Illinois	95.3
261	UMKC	95.3
262	Quinnipiac	95.1
263	Wyoming	95.0
264	Towson	95.0
265	Presbyterian	95.0
266	Idaho St.	94.9
267	UT Arlington	94.8
268	Tulane	94.7
269	Lamar	94.7
270	Eastern Kentucky	94.7
271	Niagara	94.7
272	Army	94.7
273	Drexel	94.6
274	Sam Houston St.	94.6
275	Monmouth	94.6
276	Mississippi Valley St.	94.5
277	Nicholls St.	94.4
278	James Madison	94.4
279	Prairie View A&M	94.4
280	Marist	94.4
281	Air Force	94.3
282	Eastern Washington	94.3
283	UT Rio Grande Valley	94.2
284	Northwestern St.	94.2
285	East Carolina	94.2
286	St. Francis NY	94.2
287	Siena	94.2
288	Cal St. Northridge	94.1
289	Robert Morris	94.1
290	George Washington	94.1
291	SEMO	94.0
292	Grambling St.	94.0
293	Central Arkansas	94.0
294	Sacred Heart	94.0
295	Albany	93.9
296	Central Connecticut	93.8
297	Houston Baptist	93.8
298	Saint Peter’s	93.8
299	Portland St.	93.8
300	Detroit	93.7
301	Arkansas St.	93.7
302	Longwood	93.6
303	Morehead St.	93.5
304	Denver	93.4
305	McNeese St.	93.1
306	Howard	93.0
307	North Dakota	93.0
308	Tennessee St.	92.9
309	Chattanooga	92.9
310	UC Riverside	92.9
311	Eastern Illinois	92.8
312	North Carolina Central	92.7
313	UT-Martin	92.6
314	Texas A&M Corpus Chris	92.5
315	Oakland	92.5
316	Morgan St.	92.4
317	Cal Poly	92.3
318	Jackson St.	92.2
319	Jacksonville	92.0
320	Idaho	91.9
321	Charlotte	91.9
322	Bethune Cookman	91.9
323	Western Carolina	91.9
324	New Hampshire	91.7
325	Rice	91.7
326	North Carolina A&T	91.7
327	Elon	91.5
328	Youngstown St.	91.4
329	Southeastern Louisiana	91.4
330	North Alabama	91.3
331	UMass Lowell	91.3
332	VMI	90.7
333	Binghamton	90.5
334	Mount St. Mary’s	90.4
335	USC Upstate	90.1
336	Manhattan	90.1
337	San Jose St.	90.0
338	Alabama St.	90.0
339	SIU Edwardsville	89.9
340	Tennessee Tech	89.5
341	Maryland Eastern Shore	89.2
342	Southern	88.8
343	South Carolina St.	88.6
344	Florida A&M	88.5
345	Bryant	87.9
346	Stetson