PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Home	Visitors	Spread
Cornell	Columbia	15.2
UNC Asheville	Hampton	10.5
Florida	Georgia	15.2
SMU	Houston	-7.4
Rutgers	Ohio St.	-4.1
Seton Hall	Xavier	2.6
Harvard	Yale	-0.1
Boston U	Army	8.2
Holy Cross	Loyola (MD)	-4.9
South Florida	Cincinnati	-8.7
Colgate	Lehigh	14.1
Bucknell	American	3.0
Winthrop	Radford	9.6
Presbyterian	High Point	2.0
North Carolina A&T	Charleston Southern	10.2
Campbell	Gardner-Webb	0.8
NC St.	Wake Forest	-3.9
Miami (Fla.)	Georgia Tech	8.8
Notre Dame	Louisville	7.5
New Hampshire	NJIT	7.3
Stony Brook	UMass Lowell	3.2
Albany	Maine	13.6
Maryland Baltimore Co.	Hartford	6.6
Vermont	Binghamton	16.2
North Florida	Bellarmine	-1.7
Jacksonville	Eastern Kentucky	3.5
Youngstown St.	Oakland	-4.2
Robert Morris	Detroit	-2.9
Massachusetts	George Washington	8.1
George Mason	Richmond	-0.7
Dayton	Duquesne	15.0
Davidson	Saint Joseph’s	11.1
Chattanooga	Western Carolina	17.4
Fairfield	Quinnipiac	6.0
Delaware St.	Maryland-Eastern Shore	-7.4
Stetson	Jacksonville St.	-7.2
Kennesaw St.	Central Arkansas	11.4
Florida Gulf Coast	North Alabama	6.7
Kansas St.	Baylor	-6.9
Memphis	Tulane	9.8
Green Bay	Wright St.	-7.4
Milwaukee	Northern Kentucky	-2.4
Northern Iowa	Southern Illinois	5.8
Illinois St.	Valparaiso	3.3
Drake	Missouri St.	-0.2
Samford	Wofford	-4.5
Mississippi	Alabama	-5.4
Oklahoma	Texas Tech	-3.7
Mississippi St.	Tennessee	-3.6
DePaul	Georgetown	9.4
Florida St.	Pittsburgh	10.7
Bradley	Loyola (Chi.)	-3.5
Nebraska	Minnesota	-2.8
Oregon St.	California	-0.4
San Jose St.	San Diego St.	-15.9

PiRate Ratings Bracketology

Date	2/7/2022
Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Gonzaga	Auburn	Purdue	Kentucky
2	Kansas	Arizona	Baylor	Duke
3	Texas Tech	Houston	Illinois	Providence
4	Michigan St.	Wisconsin	UCLA	Villanova
5	Marquette	Tennessee	Texas	Ohio St.
6	Xavier	LSU	Connecticut	Alabama
7	USC	Indiana	Saint Mary’s	Iowa St.
8	Arkansas	TCU	Iowa	Boise St.
9	Wake Forest	Murray St.	San Francisco	Wyoming
10	Loyola (Chi.)	BYU	Davidson	Seton Hall
11	Colorado St.	Oregon	Miami (Fla.)	North Carolina
12	Iona	North Texas	Notre Dame	Creighton	Florida	Belmont
13	Ohio	Chattanooga	Vermont	South Dakota St.
14	New Mexico St.	Wagner	Weber St.	Cal St. Fullerton
15	Longwood	Jacksonville St.	Cleveland St.	Yale
16	Colgate	UNC Wilmington	Norfolk St.	Appalachian St.	New Orleans	Southern

Best of the Rest

69	San Diego St.
70	Saint Louis
71	Mississippi State
72	SMU
73	Washington St.
74	Michigan
75	Florida State
76	Oklahoma

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Friday, February 4, 2022

Friday’s PiRate Rating Spreads

Home	Visitors	Spread
Yale	Dartmouth	8.0
Richmond	St. Bonaventure	3.0
VMI	Western Carolina	11.1
Akron	Miami (O)	6.6
Northern Kentucky	Oakland	-5.0
Wright St.	Detroit	2.2
Seton Hall	Creighton	6.0
Cornell	Princeton	-0.5
Columbia	Pennsylvania	-9.4
Brown	Harvard	4.6
Purdue Fort Wayne	Milwaukee	6.4
Cleveland St.	Green Bay	12.1
Saint Peter’s	Quinnipiac	6.9
Siena	Rider	4.2
Canisius	Iona	-12.2
Niagara	Manhattan	6.2
Monmouth	Fairfield	6.4
Ball St.	Toledo	-10.5
Colorado St.	San Diego St.	1.4
Fresno St.	Nevada	8.2

Friday’s PiRate Ratings

#	Team	PiRate	Conference
1	Gonzaga	124.9	West Coast
2	Arizona	121.5	Pac-12
3	Kentucky	119.9	Southeastern
4	Baylor	119.8	Big 12
5	Auburn	119.7	Southeastern
6	Purdue	119.6	Big Ten
7	Houston	119.1	American Athletic
8	Kansas	118.2	Big 12
9	UCLA	117.9	Pac-12
10	Duke	117.7	Atlantic Coast
11	Villanova	117.6	Big East
12	Texas Tech	117.2	Big 12
13	Tennessee	116.6	Southeastern
14	Illinois	116.2	Big Ten
15	LSU	115.7	Southeastern
16	Connecticut	114.8	Big East
17	Alabama	114.7	Southeastern
18	Texas	114.7	Big 12
19	Michigan St.	114.5	Big Ten
20	Iowa	114.1	Big Ten
21	Ohio St.	113.9	Big Ten
22	Xavier	113.5	Big East
23	Indiana	113.2	Big Ten
24	Saint Mary’s	112.8	West Coast
25	Arkansas	112.7	Southeastern
26	USC	112.5	Pac-12
27	Marquette	112.2	Big East
28	Michigan	112.0	Big Ten
29	Wisconsin	112.0	Big Ten
30	North Carolina	112.0	Atlantic Coast
31	San Francisco	111.7	West Coast
32	Seton Hall	111.6	Big East
33	Florida	111.4	Southeastern
34	Oklahoma	111.3	Big 12
35	Washington St.	111.2	Pac-12
36	Oregon	111.2	Pac-12
37	Virginia Tech	111.1	Atlantic Coast
38	Iowa St.	111.0	Big 12
39	San Diego St.	111.0	Mountain West
40	Loyola Chicago	110.9	Missouri Valley
41	Mississippi St.	110.8	Southeastern
42	UAB	110.6	Conference USA
43	Wake Forest	110.6	Atlantic Coast
44	Boise St.	110.6	Mountain West
45	Murray St.	110.5	Ohio Valley
46	BYU	110.5	West Coast
47	Memphis	110.5	American Athletic
48	Utah St.	110.5	Mountain West
49	Providence	110.1	Big East
50	Oklahoma St.	110.1	Big 12
51	TCU	110.0	Big 12
52	Belmont	109.7	Ohio Valley
53	West Virginia	109.7	Big 12
54	SMU	109.6	American Athletic
55	Colorado St.	109.4	Mountain West
56	Saint Louis	109.3	Atlantic 10
57	Clemson	109.1	Atlantic Coast
58	Wyoming	109.0	Mountain West
59	Missouri St.	108.9	Missouri Valley
60	Toledo	108.8	Mid-American
61	Dayton	108.8	Atlantic 10
62	Northwestern	108.6	Big Ten
63	Davidson	108.6	Atlantic 10
64	Creighton	108.6	Big East
65	Miami FL	108.5	Atlantic Coast
66	Texas A&M	108.4	Southeastern
67	Notre Dame	108.3	Atlantic Coast
68	Furman	108.3	Southern
69	Kansas St.	108.1	Big 12
70	Florida St.	108.1	Atlantic Coast
71	Fresno St.	108.0	Mountain West
72	Cincinnati	108.0	American Athletic
73	Iona	107.9	Metro Atlantic
74	Syracuse	107.7	Atlantic Coast
75	St. John’s	107.7	Big East
76	Maryland	107.6	Big Ten
77	Penn St.	107.6	Big Ten
78	South Dakota St.	107.4	Summit
79	North Texas	107.4	Conference USA
80	Santa Clara	107.3	West Coast
81	Wichita St.	107.2	American Athletic
82	Chattanooga	107.2	Southern
83	VCU	107.1	Atlantic 10
84	Vermont	107.0	America East
85	Richmond	107.0	Atlantic 10
86	UCF	107.0	American Athletic
87	Virginia	106.7	Atlantic Coast
88	Ohio	106.7	Mid-American
89	St. Bonaventure	106.5	Atlantic 10
90	Drake	106.4	Missouri Valley
91	Vanderbilt	106.3	Southeastern
92	Minnesota	106.1	Big Ten
93	Louisiana Tech	105.9	Conference USA
94	Colorado	105.9	Pac-12
95	Stanford	105.8	Pac-12
96	Mississippi	105.7	Southeastern
97	Rutgers	105.7	Big Ten
98	Towson	105.6	Colonial Athletic
99	South Carolina	105.6	Southeastern
100	DePaul	105.2	Big East
101	New Mexico St.	105.1	Western Athletic
102	Northern Iowa	105.1	Missouri Valley
103	Liberty	104.9	Atlantic Sun
104	Louisville	104.9	Atlantic Coast
105	N.C. State	104.7	Atlantic Coast
106	Utah	104.6	Pac-12
107	Rhode Island	104.6	Atlantic 10
108	UNLV	104.5	Mountain West
109	George Mason	104.4	Atlantic 10
110	Grand Canyon	104.4	Western Athletic
111	Bradley	104.3	Missouri Valley
112	Tulane	104.0	American Athletic
113	UC Irvine	103.9	Big West
114	Wofford	103.8	Southern
115	Oakland	103.8	Horizon
116	Wagner	103.6	Northeast
117	Buffalo	103.5	Mid-American
118	Western Kentucky	103.4	Conference USA
119	Weber St.	103.3	Big Sky
120	Hofstra	103.3	Colonial Athletic
121	Butler	102.9	Big East
122	Temple	102.9	American Athletic
123	Arizona St.	102.9	Pac-12
124	Monmouth	102.9	Metro Atlantic
125	Washington	102.9	Pac-12
126	Utah Valley	102.8	Western Athletic
127	Nevada	102.8	Mountain West
128	Colgate	102.7	Patriot League
129	Seattle	102.5	Western Athletic
130	South Alabama	102.4	Sun Belt
131	Oral Roberts	102.4	Summit
132	California	102.3	Pac-12
133	Jacksonville St.	102.1	Atlantic Sun
134	Middle Tennessee	102.1	Conference USA
135	Georgia Tech	102.0	Atlantic Coast
136	Morehead St.	101.9	Ohio Valley
137	Florida Atlantic	101.9	Conference USA
138	Southern Illinois	101.8	Missouri Valley
139	Missouri	101.6	Southeastern
140	Yale	101.6	Ivy League
141	Akron	101.5	Mid-American
142	Tulsa	101.5	American Athletic
143	Stephen F. Austin	101.5	Western Athletic
144	Boston College	101.5	Atlantic Coast
145	UC Santa Barbara	101.5	Big West
146	Princeton	101.3	Ivy League
147	Drexel	101.0	Colonial Athletic
148	Nebraska	101.0	Big Ten
149	Delaware	100.8	Colonial Athletic
150	Longwood	100.8	Big South
151	Navy	100.7	Patriot League
152	Kent St.	100.6	Mid-American
153	VMI	100.6	Southern
154	Abilene Christian	100.5	Western Athletic
155	UC Riverside	100.5	Big West
156	Appalachian St.	100.5	Sun Belt
157	Montana St.	100.5	Big Sky
158	Coastal Carolina	100.4	Sun Belt
159	Saint Joseph’s	100.4	Atlantic 10
160	Sam Houston St.	100.4	Western Athletic
161	Cal St. Fullerton	100.3	Big West
162	Montana	100.2	Big Sky
163	Southern Utah	100.2	Big Sky
164	San Diego	100.2	West Coast
165	Saint Peter’s	100.1	Metro Atlantic
166	Charleston	100.1	Colonial Athletic
167	Hawaii	100.1	Big West
168	Texas St.	100.1	Sun Belt
169	Georgetown	100.0	Big East
170	Texas Southern	100.0	Southwestern Athletic
171	Pittsburgh	99.9	Atlantic Coast
172	Oregon St.	99.9	Pac-12
173	Louisiana	99.8	Sun Belt
174	North Dakota St.	99.8	Summit
175	Old Dominion	99.7	Conference USA
176	New Mexico	99.7	Mountain West
177	Gardner Webb	99.6	Big South
178	Massachusetts	99.6	Atlantic 10
179	Cleveland St.	99.6	Horizon
180	Rice	99.6	Conference USA
181	UTEP	99.5	Conference USA
182	Brown	99.5	Ivy League
183	East Carolina	99.4	American Athletic
184	Bellarmine	99.3	Atlantic Sun
185	Loyola Marymount	99.2	West Coast
186	Illinois St.	99.2	Missouri Valley
187	Arkansas St.	99.2	Sun Belt
188	Troy	99.1	Sun Belt
189	Fairfield	99.0	Metro Atlantic
190	Winthrop	98.9	Big South
191	Georgia St.	98.9	Sun Belt
192	Tarleton St.	98.9	Western Athletic
193	East Tennessee St.	98.8	Southern
194	Boston University	98.8	Patriot League
195	Fordham	98.7	Atlantic 10
196	UNC Greensboro	98.6	Southern
197	Marist	98.6	Metro Atlantic
198	Indiana St.	98.6	Missouri Valley
199	Southern	98.5	Southwestern Athletic
200	James Madison	98.5	Colonial Athletic
201	Long Beach St.	98.5	Big West
202	Bryant	98.4	Northeast
203	Western Illinois	98.4	Summit
204	Eastern Washington	98.4	Big Sky
205	Penn	98.4	Ivy League
206	Cornell	98.3	Ivy League
207	Georgia	98.3	Southeastern
208	Detroit Mercy	98.3	Horizon
209	Wright St.	98.0	Horizon
210	Norfolk St.	98.0	Mideastern Athletic
211	Niagara	97.9	Metro Atlantic
212	Valparaiso	97.9	Missouri Valley
213	Northern Colorado	97.8	Big Sky
214	UT Arlington	97.7	Sun Belt
215	Charlotte	97.7	Conference USA
216	Nicholls St.	97.6	Southland
217	Marshall	97.5	Conference USA
218	Campbell	97.5	Big South
219	Miami OH	97.4	Mid-American
220	Harvard	97.4	Ivy League
221	Jacksonville	97.3	Atlantic Sun
222	UNC Wilmington	97.2	Colonial Athletic
223	Bowling Green	97.2	Mid-American
224	UC Davis	97.2	Big West
225	Mercer	97.2	Southern
226	Florida Gulf Coast	97.1	Atlantic Sun
227	Howard	97.0	Mideastern Athletic
228	Samford	97.0	Southern
229	Georgia Southern	97.0	Sun Belt
230	UMKC	96.8	Summit
231	Cal Baptist	96.7	Western Athletic
232	South Dakota	96.7	Summit
233	Stony Brook	96.6	America East
234	Eastern Kentucky	96.6	Atlantic Sun
235	Kennesaw St.	96.5	Atlantic Sun
236	UNC Asheville	96.3	Big South
237	Portland	96.3	West Coast
238	Air Force	96.3	Mountain West
239	Northern Kentucky	96.3	Horizon
240	South Florida	96.2	American Athletic
241	UMBC	96.2	America East
242	FIU	96.2	Conference USA
243	Duquesne	96.1	Atlantic 10
244	Dartmouth	96.1	Ivy League
245	La Salle	96.0	Atlantic 10
246	New Hampshire	96.0	America East
247	Cal St. Bakersfield	95.9	Big West
248	Mount St. Mary’s	95.9	Northeast
249	Youngstown St.	95.8	Horizon
250	Ball St.	95.8	Mid-American
251	Quinnipiac	95.7	Metro Atlantic
252	UMass Lowell	95.6	America East
253	LIU	95.6	Northeast
254	Purdue Fort Wayne	95.6	Horizon
255	Northeastern	95.2	Colonial Athletic
256	Elon	95.0	Colonial Athletic
257	Portland St.	94.9	Big Sky
258	George Washington	94.8	Atlantic 10
259	New Orleans	94.8	Southland
260	Loyola MD	94.6	Patriot League
261	UC San Diego	94.6	Big West
262	Alcorn St.	94.5	Southwestern Athletic
263	The Citadel	94.5	Southern
264	Albany	94.5	America East
265	Pacific	94.4	West Coast
266	Louisiana Monroe	94.4	Sun Belt
267	Tennessee Tech	94.4	Ohio Valley
268	Siena	94.3	Metro Atlantic
269	Texas A&M Corpus Chris	94.3	Southland
270	Manhattan	94.2	Metro Atlantic
271	High Point	94.2	Big South
272	USC Upstate	94.1	Big South
273	Eastern Michigan	94.1	Mid-American
274	Illinois Chicago	94.0	Horizon
275	North Alabama	94.0	Atlantic Sun
276	Austin Peay	93.8	Ohio Valley
277	Army	93.8	Patriot League
278	North Florida	93.7	Atlantic Sun
279	Binghamton	93.7	America East
280	Hartford	93.6	America East
281	Presbyterian	93.6	Big South
282	Pepperdine	93.6	West Coast
283	Canisius	93.2	Metro Atlantic
284	North Carolina Central	93.1	Mideastern Athletic
285	Jackson St.	93.1	Southwestern Athletic
286	UT Rio Grande Valley	93.0	Western Athletic
287	SIU Edwardsville	93.0	Ohio Valley
288	Prairie View A&M	92.9	Southwestern Athletic
289	Dixie St.	92.8	Western Athletic
290	North Carolina A&T	92.8	Big South
291	Southeastern Louisiana	92.8	Southland
292	Lipscomb	92.8	Atlantic Sun
293	St. Thomas	92.8	Summit
294	Stetson	92.7	Atlantic Sun
295	Rider	92.6	Metro Atlantic
296	Radford	92.6	Big South
297	Evansville	92.4	Missouri Valley
298	Northern Illinois	92.1	Mid-American
299	Coppin St.	92.0	Mideastern Athletic
300	Western Carolina	92.0	Southern
301	San Jose St.	91.8	Mountain West
302	Robert Morris	91.7	Horizon
303	Milwaukee	91.7	Horizon
304	Tennessee Martin	91.6	Ohio Valley
305	Southeast Missouri St.	91.6	Ohio Valley
306	Denver	91.5	Summit
307	Lehigh	91.5	Patriot League
308	St. Francis PA	91.5	Northeast
309	Cal Poly	91.4	Big West
310	Florida A&M	91.4	Southwestern Athletic
311	Merrimack	91.3	Northeast
312	Grambling St.	91.2	Southwestern Athletic
313	Tennessee St.	91.2	Ohio Valley
314	McNeese St.	91.1	Southland
315	Sacred Heart	90.9	Northeast
316	St. Francis NY	90.8	Northeast
317	Lafayette	90.8	Patriot League
318	Sacramento St.	90.6	Big Sky
319	NJIT	90.4	America East
320	Little Rock	90.3	Sun Belt
321	Southern Miss	90.1	Conference USA
322	Northern Arizona	90.0	Big Sky
323	Green Bay	90.0	Horizon
324	UTSA	90.0	Conference USA
325	Idaho	89.9	Big Sky
326	Cal St. Northridge	89.9	Big West
327	Alabama St.	89.7	Southwestern Athletic
328	Morgan St.	89.7	Mideastern Athletic
329	Central Michigan	89.7	Mid-American
330	Maryland Eastern Shore	88.7	Mideastern Athletic
331	William & Mary	88.6	Colonial Athletic
332	Bucknell	88.5	Patriot League
333	American	88.5	Patriot League
334	Northwestern St.	88.5	Southland
335	Hampton	88.4	Big South
336	Lamar	88.0	Western Athletic
337	Central Arkansas	87.8	Atlantic Sun
338	Alabama A&M	87.8	Southwestern Athletic
339	South Carolina St.	87.7	Mideastern Athletic
340	Bethune Cookman	87.5	Southwestern Athletic
341	Western Michigan	87.4	Mid-American
342	Central Connecticut	87.4	Northeast
343	Idaho St.	87.4	Big Sky
344	Nebraska Omaha	86.8	Summit
345	North Dakota	86.8	Summit
346	Holy Cross	86.7	Patriot League
347	Fairleigh Dickinson	86.7	Northeast
348	Columbia	86.5	Ivy League
349	Chicago St.	85.9	Western Athletic
350	Incarnate Word	84.8	Southland
351	Houston Baptist	84.8	Southland
352	Charleston Southern	84.7	Big South
353	Maine	84.3	America East
354	Eastern Illinois	83.2	Ohio Valley
355	Arkansas Pine Bluff	82.7	Southwestern Athletic
356	IUPUI	80.3	Horizon
357	Delaware St.	79.1	Mideastern Athletic
358	Mississippi Valley St.	78.1	Southwestern Athletic

Alphabetical

#	Team	PiRate	Conference
154	Abilene Christian	100.5	Western Athletic
238	Air Force	96.3	Mountain West
141	Akron	101.5	Mid-American
17	Alabama	114.7	Southeastern
338	Alabama A&M	87.8	Southwestern Athletic
327	Alabama St.	89.7	Southwestern Athletic
264	Albany	94.5	America East
262	Alcorn St.	94.5	Southwestern Athletic
333	American	88.5	Patriot League
156	Appalachian St.	100.5	Sun Belt
2	Arizona	121.5	Pac-12
123	Arizona St.	102.9	Pac-12
25	Arkansas	112.7	Southeastern
355	Arkansas Pine Bluff	82.7	Southwestern Athletic
187	Arkansas St.	99.2	Sun Belt
277	Army	93.8	Patriot League
5	Auburn	119.7	Southeastern
276	Austin Peay	93.8	Ohio Valley
250	Ball St.	95.8	Mid-American
4	Baylor	119.8	Big 12
184	Bellarmine	99.3	Atlantic Sun
52	Belmont	109.7	Ohio Valley
340	Bethune Cookman	87.5	Southwestern Athletic
279	Binghamton	93.7	America East
44	Boise St.	110.6	Mountain West
144	Boston College	101.5	Atlantic Coast
194	Boston University	98.8	Patriot League
223	Bowling Green	97.2	Mid-American
111	Bradley	104.3	Missouri Valley
182	Brown	99.5	Ivy League
202	Bryant	98.4	Northeast
332	Bucknell	88.5	Patriot League
117	Buffalo	103.5	Mid-American
121	Butler	102.9	Big East
46	BYU	110.5	West Coast
231	Cal Baptist	96.7	Western Athletic
309	Cal Poly	91.4	Big West
247	Cal St. Bakersfield	95.9	Big West
161	Cal St. Fullerton	100.3	Big West
326	Cal St. Northridge	89.9	Big West
132	California	102.3	Pac-12
218	Campbell	97.5	Big South
283	Canisius	93.2	Metro Atlantic
337	Central Arkansas	87.8	Atlantic Sun
342	Central Connecticut	87.4	Northeast
329	Central Michigan	89.7	Mid-American
166	Charleston	100.1	Colonial Athletic
352	Charleston Southern	84.7	Big South
215	Charlotte	97.7	Conference USA
82	Chattanooga	107.2	Southern
349	Chicago St.	85.9	Western Athletic
72	Cincinnati	108.0	American Athletic
57	Clemson	109.1	Atlantic Coast
179	Cleveland St.	99.6	Horizon
158	Coastal Carolina	100.4	Sun Belt
128	Colgate	102.7	Patriot League
94	Colorado	105.9	Pac-12
55	Colorado St.	109.4	Mountain West
348	Columbia	86.5	Ivy League
16	Connecticut	114.8	Big East
299	Coppin St.	92.0	Mideastern Athletic
206	Cornell	98.3	Ivy League
64	Creighton	108.6	Big East
244	Dartmouth	96.1	Ivy League
63	Davidson	108.6	Atlantic 10
61	Dayton	108.8	Atlantic 10
149	Delaware	100.8	Colonial Athletic
357	Delaware St.	79.1	Mideastern Athletic
306	Denver	91.5	Summit
100	DePaul	105.2	Big East
208	Detroit Mercy	98.3	Horizon
289	Dixie St.	92.8	Western Athletic
90	Drake	106.4	Missouri Valley
147	Drexel	101.0	Colonial Athletic
10	Duke	117.7	Atlantic Coast
243	Duquesne	96.1	Atlantic 10
183	East Carolina	99.4	American Athletic
193	East Tennessee St.	98.8	Southern
354	Eastern Illinois	83.2	Ohio Valley
234	Eastern Kentucky	96.6	Atlantic Sun
273	Eastern Michigan	94.1	Mid-American
204	Eastern Washington	98.4	Big Sky
256	Elon	95.0	Colonial Athletic
297	Evansville	92.4	Missouri Valley
189	Fairfield	99.0	Metro Atlantic
347	Fairleigh Dickinson	86.7	Northeast
242	FIU	96.2	Conference USA
33	Florida	111.4	Southeastern
310	Florida A&M	91.4	Southwestern Athletic
137	Florida Atlantic	101.9	Conference USA
226	Florida Gulf Coast	97.1	Atlantic Sun
70	Florida St.	108.1	Atlantic Coast
195	Fordham	98.7	Atlantic 10
71	Fresno St.	108.0	Mountain West
68	Furman	108.3	Southern
177	Gardner Webb	99.6	Big South
109	George Mason	104.4	Atlantic 10
258	George Washington	94.8	Atlantic 10
169	Georgetown	100.0	Big East
207	Georgia	98.3	Southeastern
229	Georgia Southern	97.0	Sun Belt
191	Georgia St.	98.9	Sun Belt
135	Georgia Tech	102.0	Atlantic Coast
1	Gonzaga	124.9	West Coast
312	Grambling St.	91.2	Southwestern Athletic
110	Grand Canyon	104.4	Western Athletic
323	Green Bay	90.0	Horizon
335	Hampton	88.4	Big South
280	Hartford	93.6	America East
220	Harvard	97.4	Ivy League
167	Hawaii	100.1	Big West
271	High Point	94.2	Big South
120	Hofstra	103.3	Colonial Athletic
346	Holy Cross	86.7	Patriot League
7	Houston	119.1	American Athletic
351	Houston Baptist	84.8	Southland
227	Howard	97.0	Mideastern Athletic
325	Idaho	89.9	Big Sky
343	Idaho St.	87.4	Big Sky
14	Illinois	116.2	Big Ten
274	Illinois Chicago	94.0	Horizon
186	Illinois St.	99.2	Missouri Valley
350	Incarnate Word	84.8	Southland
23	Indiana	113.2	Big Ten
198	Indiana St.	98.6	Missouri Valley
73	Iona	107.9	Metro Atlantic
20	Iowa	114.1	Big Ten
38	Iowa St.	111.0	Big 12
356	IUPUI	80.3	Horizon
285	Jackson St.	93.1	Southwestern Athletic
221	Jacksonville	97.3	Atlantic Sun
133	Jacksonville St.	102.1	Atlantic Sun
200	James Madison	98.5	Colonial Athletic
8	Kansas	118.2	Big 12
69	Kansas St.	108.1	Big 12
235	Kennesaw St.	96.5	Atlantic Sun
152	Kent St.	100.6	Mid-American
3	Kentucky	119.9	Southeastern
245	La Salle	96.0	Atlantic 10
317	Lafayette	90.8	Patriot League
336	Lamar	88.0	Western Athletic
307	Lehigh	91.5	Patriot League
103	Liberty	104.9	Atlantic Sun
292	Lipscomb	92.8	Atlantic Sun
320	Little Rock	90.3	Sun Belt
253	LIU	95.6	Northeast
201	Long Beach St.	98.5	Big West
150	Longwood	100.8	Big South
173	Louisiana	99.8	Sun Belt
266	Louisiana Monroe	94.4	Sun Belt
93	Louisiana Tech	105.9	Conference USA
104	Louisville	104.9	Atlantic Coast
40	Loyola Chicago	110.9	Missouri Valley
185	Loyola Marymount	99.2	West Coast
260	Loyola MD	94.6	Patriot League
15	LSU	115.7	Southeastern
353	Maine	84.3	America East
270	Manhattan	94.2	Metro Atlantic
197	Marist	98.6	Metro Atlantic
27	Marquette	112.2	Big East
217	Marshall	97.5	Conference USA
76	Maryland	107.6	Big Ten
330	Maryland Eastern Shore	88.7	Mideastern Athletic
178	Massachusetts	99.6	Atlantic 10
314	McNeese St.	91.1	Southland
47	Memphis	110.5	American Athletic
225	Mercer	97.2	Southern
311	Merrimack	91.3	Northeast
65	Miami FL	108.5	Atlantic Coast
219	Miami OH	97.4	Mid-American
28	Michigan	112.0	Big Ten
19	Michigan St.	114.5	Big Ten
134	Middle Tennessee	102.1	Conference USA
303	Milwaukee	91.7	Horizon
92	Minnesota	106.1	Big Ten
96	Mississippi	105.7	Southeastern
41	Mississippi St.	110.8	Southeastern
358	Mississippi Valley St.	78.1	Southwestern Athletic
139	Missouri	101.6	Southeastern
59	Missouri St.	108.9	Missouri Valley
124	Monmouth	102.9	Metro Atlantic
162	Montana	100.2	Big Sky
157	Montana St.	100.5	Big Sky
136	Morehead St.	101.9	Ohio Valley
328	Morgan St.	89.7	Mideastern Athletic
248	Mount St. Mary’s	95.9	Northeast
45	Murray St.	110.5	Ohio Valley
105	N.C. State	104.7	Atlantic Coast
151	Navy	100.7	Patriot League
148	Nebraska	101.0	Big Ten
344	Nebraska Omaha	86.8	Summit
127	Nevada	102.8	Mountain West
246	New Hampshire	96.0	America East
176	New Mexico	99.7	Mountain West
101	New Mexico St.	105.1	Western Athletic
259	New Orleans	94.8	Southland
211	Niagara	97.9	Metro Atlantic
216	Nicholls St.	97.6	Southland
319	NJIT	90.4	America East
210	Norfolk St.	98.0	Mideastern Athletic
275	North Alabama	94.0	Atlantic Sun
30	North Carolina	112.0	Atlantic Coast
290	North Carolina A&T	92.8	Big South
284	North Carolina Central	93.1	Mideastern Athletic
345	North Dakota	86.8	Summit
174	North Dakota St.	99.8	Summit
278	North Florida	93.7	Atlantic Sun
79	North Texas	107.4	Conference USA
255	Northeastern	95.2	Colonial Athletic
322	Northern Arizona	90.0	Big Sky
213	Northern Colorado	97.8	Big Sky
298	Northern Illinois	92.1	Mid-American
102	Northern Iowa	105.1	Missouri Valley
239	Northern Kentucky	96.3	Horizon
62	Northwestern	108.6	Big Ten
334	Northwestern St.	88.5	Southland
67	Notre Dame	108.3	Atlantic Coast
115	Oakland	103.8	Horizon
88	Ohio	106.7	Mid-American
21	Ohio St.	113.9	Big Ten
34	Oklahoma	111.3	Big 12
50	Oklahoma St.	110.1	Big 12
175	Old Dominion	99.7	Conference USA
131	Oral Roberts	102.4	Summit
36	Oregon	111.2	Pac-12
172	Oregon St.	99.9	Pac-12
265	Pacific	94.4	West Coast
205	Penn	98.4	Ivy League
77	Penn St.	107.6	Big Ten
282	Pepperdine	93.6	West Coast
171	Pittsburgh	99.9	Atlantic Coast
237	Portland	96.3	West Coast
257	Portland St.	94.9	Big Sky
288	Prairie View A&M	92.9	Southwestern Athletic
281	Presbyterian	93.6	Big South
146	Princeton	101.3	Ivy League
49	Providence	110.1	Big East
6	Purdue	119.6	Big Ten
254	Purdue Fort Wayne	95.6	Horizon
251	Quinnipiac	95.7	Metro Atlantic
296	Radford	92.6	Big South
107	Rhode Island	104.6	Atlantic 10
180	Rice	99.6	Conference USA
85	Richmond	107.0	Atlantic 10
295	Rider	92.6	Metro Atlantic
302	Robert Morris	91.7	Horizon
97	Rutgers	105.7	Big Ten
318	Sacramento St.	90.6	Big Sky
315	Sacred Heart	90.9	Northeast
159	Saint Joseph’s	100.4	Atlantic 10
56	Saint Louis	109.3	Atlantic 10
24	Saint Mary’s	112.8	West Coast
165	Saint Peter’s	100.1	Metro Atlantic
160	Sam Houston St.	100.4	Western Athletic
228	Samford	97.0	Southern
164	San Diego	100.2	West Coast
39	San Diego St.	111.0	Mountain West
31	San Francisco	111.7	West Coast
301	San Jose St.	91.8	Mountain West
80	Santa Clara	107.3	West Coast
129	Seattle	102.5	Western Athletic
32	Seton Hall	111.6	Big East
268	Siena	94.3	Metro Atlantic
287	SIU Edwardsville	93.0	Ohio Valley
54	SMU	109.6	American Athletic
130	South Alabama	102.4	Sun Belt
99	South Carolina	105.6	Southeastern
339	South Carolina St.	87.7	Mideastern Athletic
232	South Dakota	96.7	Summit
78	South Dakota St.	107.4	Summit
240	South Florida	96.2	American Athletic
305	Southeast Missouri St.	91.6	Ohio Valley
291	Southeastern Louisiana	92.8	Southland
199	Southern	98.5	Southwestern Athletic
138	Southern Illinois	101.8	Missouri Valley
321	Southern Miss	90.1	Conference USA
163	Southern Utah	100.2	Big Sky
89	St. Bonaventure	106.5	Atlantic 10
316	St. Francis NY	90.8	Northeast
308	St. Francis PA	91.5	Northeast
75	St. John’s	107.7	Big East
293	St. Thomas	92.8	Summit
95	Stanford	105.8	Pac-12
143	Stephen F. Austin	101.5	Western Athletic
294	Stetson	92.7	Atlantic Sun
233	Stony Brook	96.6	America East
74	Syracuse	107.7	Atlantic Coast
192	Tarleton St.	98.9	Western Athletic
51	TCU	110.0	Big 12
122	Temple	102.9	American Athletic
13	Tennessee	116.6	Southeastern
304	Tennessee Martin	91.6	Ohio Valley
313	Tennessee St.	91.2	Ohio Valley
267	Tennessee Tech	94.4	Ohio Valley
18	Texas	114.7	Big 12
66	Texas A&M	108.4	Southeastern
269	Texas A&M Corpus Chris	94.3	Southland
170	Texas Southern	100.0	Southwestern Athletic
168	Texas St.	100.1	Sun Belt
12	Texas Tech	117.2	Big 12
263	The Citadel	94.5	Southern
60	Toledo	108.8	Mid-American
98	Towson	105.6	Colonial Athletic
188	Troy	99.1	Sun Belt
112	Tulane	104.0	American Athletic
142	Tulsa	101.5	American Athletic
42	UAB	110.6	Conference USA
224	UC Davis	97.2	Big West
113	UC Irvine	103.9	Big West
155	UC Riverside	100.5	Big West
261	UC San Diego	94.6	Big West
145	UC Santa Barbara	101.5	Big West
86	UCF	107.0	American Athletic
9	UCLA	117.9	Pac-12
252	UMass Lowell	95.6	America East
241	UMBC	96.2	America East
230	UMKC	96.8	Summit
236	UNC Asheville	96.3	Big South
196	UNC Greensboro	98.6	Southern
222	UNC Wilmington	97.2	Colonial Athletic
108	UNLV	104.5	Mountain West
26	USC	112.5	Pac-12
272	USC Upstate	94.1	Big South
214	UT Arlington	97.7	Sun Belt
286	UT Rio Grande Valley	93.0	Western Athletic
106	Utah	104.6	Pac-12
48	Utah St.	110.5	Mountain West
126	Utah Valley	102.8	Western Athletic
181	UTEP	99.5	Conference USA
324	UTSA	90.0	Conference USA
212	Valparaiso	97.9	Missouri Valley
91	Vanderbilt	106.3	Southeastern
83	VCU	107.1	Atlantic 10
84	Vermont	107.0	America East
11	Villanova	117.6	Big East
87	Virginia	106.7	Atlantic Coast
37	Virginia Tech	111.1	Atlantic Coast
153	VMI	100.6	Southern
116	Wagner	103.6	Northeast
43	Wake Forest	110.6	Atlantic Coast
125	Washington	102.9	Pac-12
35	Washington St.	111.2	Pac-12
119	Weber St.	103.3	Big Sky
53	West Virginia	109.7	Big 12
300	Western Carolina	92.0	Southern
203	Western Illinois	98.4	Summit
118	Western Kentucky	103.4	Conference USA
341	Western Michigan	87.4	Mid-American
81	Wichita St.	107.2	American Athletic
331	William & Mary	88.6	Colonial Athletic
190	Winthrop	98.9	Big South
29	Wisconsin	112.0	Big Ten
114	Wofford	103.8	Southern
209	Wright St.	98.0	Horizon
58	Wyoming	109.0	Mountain West
22	Xavier	113.5	Big East
140	Yale	101.6	Ivy League
249	Youngstown St.	95.8	Horizon

PiRate Ratings By Conference

America East
Team	Rating
Vermont	107.0
Stony Brook	96.6
UMBC	96.2
New Hampshire	96.0
UMass Lowell	95.6
Albany	94.5
Binghamton	93.7
Hartford	93.6
NJIT	90.4
Maine	84.3
American Athletic
Team	Rating
Houston	119.1
Memphis	110.5
SMU	109.6
Cincinnati	108.0
Wichita St.	107.2
UCF	107.0
Tulane	104.0
Temple	102.9
Tulsa	101.5
East Carolina	99.4
South Florida	96.2
Atlantic 10
Team	Rating
Saint Louis	109.3
Dayton	108.8
Davidson	108.6
VCU	107.1
Richmond	107.0
St. Bonaventure	106.5
Rhode Island	104.6
George Mason	104.4
Saint Joseph’s	100.4
Massachusetts	99.6
Fordham	98.7
Duquesne	96.1
La Salle	96.0
George Washington	94.8
Atlantic Coast
Team	Rating
Duke	117.7
North Carolina	112.0
Virginia Tech	111.1
Wake Forest	110.6
Clemson	109.1
Miami FL	108.5
Notre Dame	108.3
Florida St.	108.1
Syracuse	107.7
Virginia	106.7
Louisville	104.9
N.C. State	104.7
Georgia Tech	102.0
Boston College	101.5
Pittsburgh	99.9
Atlantic Sun
Team	Rating
Liberty	104.9
Jacksonville St.	102.1
Bellarmine	99.3
Jacksonville	97.3
Florida Gulf Coast	97.1
Eastern Kentucky	96.6
Kennesaw St.	96.5
North Alabama	94.0
North Florida	93.7
Lipscomb	92.8
Stetson	92.7
Central Arkansas	87.8
Big 12
Team	Rating
Baylor	119.8
Kansas	118.2
Texas Tech	117.2
Texas	114.7
Oklahoma	111.3
Iowa St.	111.0
Oklahoma St.	110.1
TCU	110.0
West Virginia	109.7
Kansas St.	108.1
Big East
Team	Rating
Villanova	117.6
Connecticut	114.8
Xavier	113.5
Marquette	112.2
Seton Hall	111.6
Providence	110.1
Creighton	108.6
St. John’s	107.7
DePaul	105.2
Butler	102.9
Georgetown	100.0
Big Sky
Team	Rating
Weber St.	103.3
Montana St.	100.5
Montana	100.2
Southern Utah	100.2
Eastern Washington	98.4
Northern Colorado	97.8
Portland St.	94.9
Sacramento St.	90.6
Northern Arizona	90.0
Idaho	89.9
Idaho St.	87.4
Big South
Team	Rating
Longwood	100.8
Gardner Webb	99.6
Winthrop	98.9
Campbell	97.5
UNC Asheville	96.3
High Point	94.2
USC Upstate	94.1
Presbyterian	93.6
North Carolina A&T	92.8
Radford	92.6
Hampton	88.4
Charleston Southern	84.7
Big Ten
Team	Rating
Purdue	119.6
Illinois	116.2
Michigan St.	114.5
Iowa	114.1
Ohio St.	113.9
Indiana	113.2
Michigan	112.0
Wisconsin	112.0
Northwestern	108.6
Maryland	107.6
Penn St.	107.6
Minnesota	106.1
Rutgers	105.7
Nebraska	101.0
Big West
Team	Rating
UC Irvine	103.9
UC Santa Barbara	101.5
UC Riverside	100.5
Cal St. Fullerton	100.3
Hawaii	100.1
Long Beach St.	98.5
UC Davis	97.2
Cal St. Bakersfield	95.9
UC San Diego	94.6
Cal Poly	91.4
Cal St. Northridge	89.9
Colonial Athletic
Team	Rating
Towson	105.6
Hofstra	103.3
Drexel	101.0
Delaware	100.8
Charleston	100.1
James Madison	98.5
UNC Wilmington	97.2
Northeastern	95.2
Elon	95.0
William & Mary	88.6
Conference USA
Team	Rating
UAB	110.6
North Texas	107.4
Louisiana Tech	105.9
Western Kentucky	103.4
Middle Tennessee	102.1
Florida Atlantic	101.9
Old Dominion	99.7
Rice	99.6
UTEP	99.5
Charlotte	97.7
Marshall	97.5
FIU	96.2
Southern Miss	90.1
UTSA	90.0
Horizon
Team	Rating
Oakland	103.8
Cleveland St.	99.6
Detroit Mercy	98.3
Wright St.	98.0
Northern Kentucky	96.3
Youngstown St.	95.8
Purdue Fort Wayne	95.6
Illinois Chicago	94.0
Robert Morris	91.7
Milwaukee	91.7
Green Bay	90.0
IUPUI	80.3
Ivy League
Team	Rating
Yale	101.6
Princeton	101.3
Brown	99.5
Penn	98.4
Cornell	98.3
Harvard	97.4
Dartmouth	96.1
Columbia	86.5
Metro Atlantic
Team	Rating
Iona	107.9
Monmouth	102.9
Saint Peter’s	100.1
Fairfield	99.0
Marist	98.6
Niagara	97.9
Quinnipiac	95.7
Siena	94.3
Manhattan	94.2
Canisius	93.2
Rider	92.6
Mid-American
Team	Rating
Toledo	108.8
Ohio	106.7
Buffalo	103.5
Akron	101.5
Kent St.	100.6
Miami OH	97.4
Bowling Green	97.2
Ball St.	95.8
Eastern Michigan	94.1
Northern Illinois	92.1
Central Michigan	89.7
Western Michigan	87.4
Mideastern Athletic
Team	Rating
Norfolk St.	98.0
Howard	97.0
North Carolina Central	93.1
Coppin St.	92.0
Morgan St.	89.7
Maryland Eastern Shore	88.7
South Carolina St.	87.7
Delaware St.	79.1
Missouri Valley
Team	Rating
Loyola Chicago	110.9
Missouri St.	108.9
Drake	106.4
Northern Iowa	105.1
Bradley	104.3
Southern Illinois	101.8
Illinois St.	99.2
Indiana St.	98.6
Valparaiso	97.9
Evansville	92.4
Mountain West
Team	Rating
San Diego St.	111.0
Boise St.	110.6
Utah St.	110.5
Colorado St.	109.4
Wyoming	109.0
Fresno St.	108.0
UNLV	104.5
Nevada	102.8
New Mexico	99.7
Air Force	96.3
San Jose St.	91.8
Northeast
Team	Rating
Wagner	103.6
Bryant	98.4
Mount St. Mary’s	95.9
LIU	95.6
St. Francis PA	91.5
Merrimack	91.3
Sacred Heart	90.9
St. Francis NY	90.8
Central Connecticut	87.4
Fairleigh Dickinson	86.7
Ohio Valley
Team	Rating
Murray St.	110.5
Belmont	109.7
Morehead St.	101.9
Tennessee Tech	94.4
Austin Peay	93.8
SIU Edwardsville	93.0
Tennessee Martin	91.6
Southeast Missouri St.	91.6
Tennessee St.	91.2
Eastern Illinois	83.2
Pac-12
Team	Rating
Arizona	121.5
UCLA	117.9
USC	112.5
Washington St.	111.2
Oregon	111.2
Colorado	105.9
Stanford	105.8
Utah	104.6
Arizona St.	102.9
Washington	102.9
California	102.3
Oregon St.	99.9
Patriot League
Team	Rating
Colgate	102.7
Navy	100.7
Boston University	98.8
Loyola MD	94.6
Army	93.8
Lehigh	91.5
Lafayette	90.8
Bucknell	88.5
American	88.5
Holy Cross	86.7
Southeastern
Team	Rating
Kentucky	119.9
Auburn	119.7
Tennessee	116.6
LSU	115.7
Alabama	114.7
Arkansas	112.7
Florida	111.4
Mississippi St.	110.8
Texas A&M	108.4
Vanderbilt	106.3
Mississippi	105.7
South Carolina	105.6
Missouri	101.6
Georgia	98.3
Southern
Team	Rating
Furman	108.3
Chattanooga	107.2
Wofford	103.8
VMI	100.6
East Tennessee St.	98.8
UNC Greensboro	98.6
Mercer	97.2
Samford	97.0
The Citadel	94.5
Western Carolina	92.0
Southland
Team	Rating
Nicholls St.	97.6
New Orleans	94.8
Texas A&M Corpus Chris	94.3
Southeastern Louisiana	92.8
McNeese St.	91.1
Northwestern St.	88.5
Incarnate Word	84.8
Houston Baptist	84.8
Southwestern Athletic
Team	Rating
Texas Southern	100.0
Southern	98.5
Alcorn St.	94.5
Jackson St.	93.1
Prairie View A&M	92.9
Florida A&M	91.4
Grambling St.	91.2
Alabama St.	89.7
Alabama A&M	87.8
Bethune Cookman	87.5
Arkansas Pine Bluff	82.7
Mississippi Valley St.	78.1
Summit
Team	Rating
South Dakota St.	107.4
Oral Roberts	102.4
North Dakota St.	99.8
Western Illinois	98.4
UMKC	96.8
South Dakota	96.7
St. Thomas	92.8
Denver	91.5
Nebraska Omaha	86.8
North Dakota	86.8
Sun Belt
Team	Rating
South Alabama	102.4
Appalachian St.	100.5
Coastal Carolina	100.4
Texas St.	100.1
Louisiana	99.8
Arkansas St.	99.2
Troy	99.1
Georgia St.	98.9
UT Arlington	97.7
Georgia Southern	97.0
Louisiana Monroe	94.4
Little Rock	90.3
West Coast
Team	Rating
Gonzaga	124.9
Saint Mary’s	112.8
San Francisco	111.7
BYU	110.5
Santa Clara	107.3
San Diego	100.2
Loyola Marymount	99.2
Portland	96.3
Pacific	94.4
Pepperdine	93.6
Western Athletic
Team	Rating
New Mexico St.	105.1
Grand Canyon	104.4
Utah Valley	102.8
Seattle	102.5
Stephen F. Austin	101.5
Abilene Christian	100.5
Sam Houston St.	100.4
Tarleton St.	98.9
Cal Baptist	96.7
UT Rio Grande Valley	93.0
Dixie St.	92.8
Lamar	88.0
Chicago St.	85.9

Coming Later Today: Updated Bracketology

PiRate Ratings Bracketology

Date	1/31/2022
Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Gonzaga	Auburn	Arizona	Baylor
2	Kentucky	Purdue	Houston	Villanova
3	Kansas	UCLA	Texas Tech	Duke
4	Tennessee	LSU	Illinois	Michigan St.
5	Connecticiut	Texas	Ohio St.	Wisconsin
6	Alabama	Xavier	Iowa St.	Iowa
7	Saint Mary’s	USC	Marquette	Indiana
8	Providence	Loyola (Chi.)	Boise St.	BYU
9	North Carolina	Oklahoma	Wake Forest	Miami (Fla.)
10	Colorado St.	TCU	Arkansas	Wyoming
11	Michigan	Oregon	Murray St.	Davidson
12	Chattanooga	Iona	Florida	San Francisco	Notre Dame	San Diego St.
13	Toledo	Vermont	South Dakota St.	North Texas
14	Oakland	Wagner	Seattle	Jacksonville St.
15	Weber St.	UNC-Wilmington	Navy	Yale
16	Hawaii	Appalachian St.	Longwood	Norfolk St.	New Orleans	Southern

Best of the Rest

69	Creighton
70	Seton Hall
71	Mississippi St.
72	West Virginia
73	Belmont
74	SMU
75	Washington St.
76	Virginia Tech

PiRate Ratings Bracketology

Date	1/28/2022
Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Gonzaga	Auburn	Baylor	Kansas
2	Arizona	Purdue	UCLA	Duke
3	Houston	Villanova	Kentucky	Wisconsin
4	Illinois	Tennessee	Texas Tech	Michigan St.
5	LSU	Providence	Ohio St.	Connecticut
6	Marquette	Alabama	USC	Texas
7	Xavier	Iowa St.	Iowa	Colorado St.
8	Wake Forest	Indiana	BYU	Miami (Fla.)
9	Saint Mary’s	Loyola (Chi.)	Boise St.	Florida St.
10	Arkansas	North Carolina	Oregon	Davidson
11	Creighton	Murray St.	TCU	Oklahoma
12	UAB	Iona	San Francisco	Wyoming	San Diego St.	Notre Dame
13	Chattanooga	Toledo	Vermont	South Dakota St.
14	Wagner	Princeton	Seattle	Jacksonville St.
15	Cleveland St.	Appalachian St.	Cal St. Fullerton	Weber St.
16	Longwood	Colgate	Norfolk St.	Southern	UNC-Wilmington	New Orleans

Best Of The Rest

69	Mississippi St.
70	Florida
71	Michigan
72	West Virginia
73	Seton Hall
74	Texas A&M
75	SMU
76	Belmont

Method

I try to mimic what the Selection Committee Does each year. I weigh several factors, including the NET Rankings, Strength of Record, a few select computer ratings (not my own, since as far as I know, only one former Committee member has ever acknowledged knowledge of the PiRate Ratings), wins against Quadrant 1 opponents and Quadrant 2 opponents versus losses against Quadrant 4 opponents, results away from home, and to a lesser extent conference record, and even though they will never admit it, there is a political aspect involved. The eighth best team in the Atlantic Coast or Big Ten Conference will beat out the second best team in the Missouri Valley Conference nine out of ten times when their resumes are similar.

Every year, the selection criteria claimed to be the most important by the Committee changes a little to fit what I believe are the desired results. For instance, in one year, in order to include a team like Syracuse at 19-14 over a team like Murray State at 29-4 that lost in the OVC Tournament to Belmont, the Committee referred to the fact that Syracuse went 2-8 against Quad 1 teams on the road, while Murray State went 1-1, and thus Syracuse’s schedule was so much stronger.

Then the next year, Kansas State gets in at 19-14 over Wofford at 30-4 that lost in the SoCon Tournament Championship to UNC-Greensboro; the Committee ignores the fact that Wofford went 5-2 against Quadrant 1 opponents while Kansas State went 3-9. Now, they state that Kansas State’s overall schedule strength was number 11, while Wofford’s was number 103. Never mind that West Virginia swept Kansas State during the regular season and then knocked the Mountaineers out of the Big 12 Tournament quarterfinals, while Wofford beat WVU by eight points in Hawaii in November.

One additional factor used in today’s Bracketology was conference record to date. If a team is three games under .500 in their conference at the halfway point of their conference season, such as Seton Hall at 3-6, the rest of their resume is strong enough to be considered, but if The Hall finishes 7-11 or worse in the Big East, I don’t see them getting into the field with so many strong teams in conferences that normally receive a maximum of two teams getting into the Field.

Mid-Major Spoilers

This year, there are more Mid-Major teams in the running for at-large bids, and if a couple are upset in their conference’s tournament, they are still likely to be considered. Let’s take a look.

Atlantic 10: Davidson will most likely receive a bid if they don’t earn the league’s automatic berth. A team like Dayton, Saint Louis, or VCU is capable of winning the automatic bid, and personally, I think the Billekens are the team to beat in March in DC.

Conference USA: Andy Kennedy has done a fantastic job at UAB, but if the Blazers don’t win the CUSA Tournament at the Cowboys’ practice facility in Frisco, Texas, they have a decent shot at getting in as an at-large team. Louisiana Tech and North Texas must be considered co-favorites to win the conference tournament, especially with Frisco being almost a home game for the Mean Green from nearby Denton. Keep an eye on both Charlotte and Middle Tennessee, as the 49ers and Blue Raiders are rounding into shape.

Metro Atlantic: Rick Pitino knows how to win, even if he may cut corners at times. His Iona Gaels are definitely a Bubble team if they are 29-5 but runners up in the MAAC Tournament to Monmouth or Saint Peter’s.

Mid-American: Both Toledo and Ohio U are on the cusp of being at-large worthy. If the Rockets meet the Bobcats in the MACtion Title Game, the loser has a small chance to earn a spot.

Missouri Valley: Loyola of Chicago is a near lock to get into the Dance even if they fall short in Arch Madness. The MVC has multiple teams with enough talent and excellent coaching to win in Saint Louis. Missouri State, Drake, Northern Iowa, and Bradley are teams to watch.

Mountain West: It is likely that at least three and possibly four MWC teams will hear their names called on Selection Sunday. Colorado State and Boise State are near locks at this point, while San Diego State and Wyoming are strong candidates. Also, Utah State is recovering from a rough patch, but even at 2-5 in the league, the Aggies are talented enough to win the conference tournament if totally healthy.

Ohio Valley: Murray State might be deserving of a single-digit seed if the Racers win out from here. Even if they lose a game to Morehead State or Belmont, and they lose in the finals of their conference tournament, the Racers could still get in, just like Belmont a couple years ago.

West Coast: The WCC is used to getting Gonzaga and Saint Mary’s into the Field in the same year, but this year four teams have Tournament-worthy resumes. BYU and San Francisco also have decent shots to get into the field.

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For Saturday, January 8, 2022

Home	Visitors	Spread
Penn St.	Purdue	-8.1
Houston	Wichita St.	15.0
Providence	St. John’s	4.9
Seton Hall	Connecticut	2.4
North Carolina St.	Clemson	-2.2
Massachusetts	Duquesne	6.5
George Washington	Dayton	-8.1
Vanderbilt	South Carolina	5.0
North Carolina	Virginia	6.9
Texas A&M	Arkansas	0.5
Oklahoma St.	Texas	-2.6
DePaul	Villanova	-8.8
Temple	East Carolina	5.7
Wake Forest	Syracuse	4.7
West Virginia	Kansas St.	7.0
Fordham	Richmond	-5.4
Davidson	Rhode Island	5.6
LaSalle	Virginia Commonwealth	-9.6
Toledo	Northern Illinois	18.9
Miami (Ohio)	Akron	2.0
Rutgers	Nebraska	6.8
Michigan	Michigan St.	0.2
Missouri	Alabama	-14.3
Eastern Michigan	Ball St.	1.4
Texas Tech	Kansas	-2.6
San Diego St.	Colorado St.	2.1
Tulane	South Florida	7.4
Rice	UAB	-9.8
UTSA	Louisiana Tech	-13.3
Charlotte	Old Dominion	2.0
Pittsburgh	Boston College	2.1
Loyola (Chi.)	Bradley	14.7
Saint Bonaventure	Saint Louis	3.0
TCU	Baylor	-9.8
Pacific	Loyola Marymount	-5.2
Oklahoma	Iowa St.	4.7
Kentucky	Georgia	22.9
LSU	Tennessee	3.7
Utah	Washington St.	-1.2
Georgia Tech	Notre Dame	-0.8
Princeton	Cornell	7.2
Penn	Columbia	14.8
San Francisco	San Diego	15.0
Dartmouth	Brown	-1.2
Valparaiso	Southern Illinois	-1.0
Central Michigan	Western Michigan	2.9
Duke	Miami (Fla.)	15.7
California	UCLA	-9.5
Auburn	Florida	8.6
Florida St.	Louisville	4.1
New Mexico	Utah St.	-8.0
Mississippi	Mississippi St.	-3.8
Gonzaga	Pepperdine	29.3
BYU	Saint Mary’s	4.0
Oregon St.	Oregon	-5.0

PiRate Ratings College Basketball Spreads

Tuesday, January 4, 2022

Home	Visitors	Spread
South Carolina	Auburn	-9.6
Baylor	Oklahoma	12.2
LSU	Kentucky	2.0
Kansas St.	Texas	-4.8
Wake Forest	Florida St.	-0.3
Virginia Tech	North Carolina St.	12.7
Georgia	Texas A&M	-7.0
Rutgers	Michigan	-6.2
Minnesota	Illinois	-6.2
Butler	Seton Hall	-6.3
Arkansas	Vanderbilt	7.0
Duke	Georgia Tech	17.7
Oklahoma St.	Kansas	-5.7
Colorado St.	Air Force	20.2
Marquette	Providence	-1.1
Memphis	Tulsa	14.8
Clemson	Virginia	6.0

PiRate Ratings–College Basketball Spreads

Saturday, January 1, 2022

Home	Visitors	Spread
Texas	West Virginia	6.6
Wichita St.	Memphis	-1.7
South Florida	East Carolina	-0.3
Marquette	Creighton	1.6
Iowa St.	Baylor	-8.5
Seton Hall	Villanova	-0.1
DePaul	Providence	-0.2
North Carolina St.	Florida St.	-4.5
UNLV	San Diego St.	-4.1
Fresno St.	Air Force	16.0
Kansas	George Mason	20.0
Rutgers	Central Connecticut	20.5
Miami (Fla.)	Wake Forest	-0.6
Syracuse	Virginia	3.8
Cincinnati	Tulane	10.2
Saint Mary’s	San Francisco	2.2
Oklahoma	Kansas St.	8.0
Nevada	New Mexico	11.1
Oregon	Utah	5.2

A Quick Look At The Bubble

Thursday, March 11 Prior To Start of Today’s Games

It’s just a little more than 80 hours until the Selection Sunday bids are announced. We will have our final bracketology Sunday around 4 PM EST, unless there is a final tournament game that would affect the seeding.

As of this morning, here is our look at the teams in the gray area, on the bubble.

Let’s start with the teams that we believe are currently in the field if the bids were awarded today, but that are vulnerable to being bumped if other teams play their way into the field.

Louisville: The Cardinals lost in their first ACC Tournament game to fellow bubbler Duke. The Cardinals took a 6-spot dive in the Net Ratings after the loss, and they are in jeopardy of falling out of the tournament if a host of teams play their way in. At 13-7, they finished the season 4-6. UL won just one Quad 1 game, but they were 6-1 in Quad 2 games. Their chances of making the field are still about 85-90%, but they could find themselves playing that extra at-large play-in game.

Xavier: The Musketeers are in a much more precarious position following their immediate Big East Tournament ouster. Xavier fell to 62 in the Net, and they too finished 4-6 after starting 9-2. If a couple of teams still playing advance a couple rounds in their tournaments, it could be lights out for the Musketeers. Their chances of making the field are close to 50-50 today.

Drake: The Bulldogs lost to Loyola in the Arch Madness Championship Game to finish 23-4 with two losses to the Ramblers. A #45 Net with a 6-2 record against Quad 1 and Quad 2 opponents, including one win over Loyola should be enough to keep Drake in a safe spot in this field. Their chances of making the field are about 95%.

Wichita St.: The Selection Committee does not compare teams within the same conference in theory, but when looking at each team’s resumes, they are basically forced to look at who they beat and didn’t beat, and obviously more games are played in-conference, especially this season. Wichita St. is rated behind Memphis in the Net, and their 13-4 record includes a 9-0 mark against Quad 3 & 4 teams. On the plus side, the Shockers finished 9-1 with a win over Houston. The Shockers need to make it to at least the semifinals of the AAC Tournament; a loss to the USF-Temple winner would really jeopardize their tournament hopes. On the good side, Wichita looks to have an express seeding to the AAC Championship Game, so we give them a better than 50-50 chance to Dance.

Syracuse: Yesterday’s pasting of potential Bubble team North Carolina St. has given the Orangemen a legitimate shot to make the field with an upset of Virginia today. SU is now at 39 in the Net. A 1-6 Quad 1 record is poor, but the 5-1 Quad 2 has the Orangemen in position to move into the at-large positive category with a win today. A loss to the Cavs would not totally eliminate SU, depending on what happens in other tournaments. We give SU a 55% chance of making the field. If they stay in the top 40 of the Net, they should get in.

Boise St.: The Mountain West Conference has four teams competing for bids. There might be three awarded. Boise State has 2 Quad 1 wins, and their Net is currently 43. A win over Nevada today is mandatory. If they get that win, then a decent showing against San Diego State tomorrow should be satisfactory. We give BSU a 55-60% chance of making the field.

Colorado St.: Wins at San Diego St. and at Utah St. had the Rams at the top of the MWC in January, but CSU has swooned since and is in danger of playing themselves out of the field. With a Net of 50, a quarterfinal round loss to Fresno St. today would be a dagger in their hearts or dancing shoes. The Rams must win today, and then they might have to beat the Utah St.-UNLV winner tomorrow. If they play USU, it could be an eliminator game.

UCLA: The Bruins are March Madness royalty. The humans on the Selection Committee will find a way to justify placing them in the Dance. A quarterfinal win in the Pac-12 Tournament would more than suffice along with their moving into the top 40 in the Net. UCLA has a 75-80% chance to make the field.

Michigan St.: The Spartans will be hurt if the Net Ratings prove to be as important as the first 16-team pre-selection made by the Committee a month ago. MSU is a low 67 in the Net, but they are coming off a win over 1-seed line Michigan and have 5 Quad 1 wins. The Big Ten schedule, along with a win at Duke, should be enough for Sparty to celebrate with a Dance ticket on Sunday. A win over Maryland in the Big Ten Tournament sets it in stone.

Ole Miss: The Rebels have work to do. They would not be in the field if the Selections were made today, but Ole Miss has a path to get in. They absolutely must defeat South Carolina today and then will have to upset LSU tomorrow to raise their Net of 53 up to the low 40’s at worst. Two wins over Missouri and one over Tennessee are not enough to warrant their selection. Their chances of making the Dance are around 30%.

Utah St.: The Aggies are just outside the Field today, but they swept San Diego State and have a resume ready to move them into the field with a win over UNLV today and then a win over Colorado State in a knockout game tomorrow. If they don’t win two games, they lose out.

SMU: The Mustangs need a lot of help to get in. Teams above them on this list have to play their way out of the field, and SMU needs to do damage in the AAC Tournament, maybe make it to the Championship Game against Houston (not Memphis). A 55 Net is too low to warrant a bid. Their chance to get in is about 20%.

Memphis: It’s awful that the only a desperation heave at the basket by an out of control Houston player could keep the Tigers out of the field. Memphis had a chance to move up into the 40’s in the Net and now sits at 52, which is not good enough. Memphis will have to make it to the Championship Game of the AAC Tournament and face Wichita State in that game to still have an at-large shot. More realistically, the Tigers may need to qualify automatically at this point.

Seton Hall & St. John’s: These two teams face off today in the Big East Tournament. The winner stays alive, while the loser can only think about NIT Selection. The winner still has work to do, maybe needing another tournament win, especially over top-seed Villanova. If Georgetown beats the Hoyas today, then the winner of the SH-SJ game must beat GU tomorrow. St. John’s might still need one more win after that.

Duke: The Eastern equivalent of UCLA, the Blue Devils are March Madness royalty. Like a heavyweight champion in a boxing match, if it goes 15 rounds, the champion will at the least win on a split decision. Duke will qualify for that split decision today if they beat Florida St. The Committee will invent the reason to leapfrog the Blue Devils over eight teams to get them in the Field. A loss today would make them 13-12 with a Net in the 50’s, so they need that win today.

Saint Louis: The Billikens were greatly harmed by a multiple-game cancellation in the regular season. Wins over LSU and St. Bonaventure in the regular season are not going to be enough, and SLU lost to the Bonnies in the A-10 Tournament. It’s not going to be a happy Sunday in the Gateway to the West.

PiRate Ratings College Basketball Spreads

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Home	Visitor	Spread
La Salle	Saint Joseph’s	0.6
George Washington	Fordham	4.3
Tulane	Wichita St.	-4.5
Syracuse	Clemson	0.8
Notre Dame	NC St.	2.4
Florida St.	Boston College	14.9
Seton Hall	Connecticut	0.2
St. John’s	Providence	2.6
Villanova	Creighton	1.6
Eastern Washington	Idaho St.	13.7
Penn St.	Minnesota	3.1
Northwestern	Maryland	-2.6
North Carolina A&T	South Carolina St.	12.0
North Carolina Central	Florida A&M	0.4
Colorado St.	New Mexico	18.8
UNLV	San Diego St.	-12.3
Wagner	Merrimack	6.1
Belmont	SIU Edwardsville	16.4
Morehead St.	Southeast Missouri St.	8.7
Utah	Oregon St.	3.8
Oregon	UCLA	2.4
USC	Stanford	7.7
Boston U	Lehigh	7.2
Florida	Missouri	4.9
Texas A&M	Mississippi St.	-3.7
Sam Houston St.	Texas A&M-CC	14.7
New Orleans	Northwestern St.	3.0
Houston Baptist	Incarnate Word	0.4
Central Arkansas	Southeast Louisiana	1.5
Stephen F. Austin	Abilene Christian	-3.1