PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Thursday, January 12, 2023

Home	Visitor	Spread
Appalachian St.	Georgia Southern	4.0
Arkansas St.	Texas St.	-3.7
Austin Peay	Lipscomb	1.2
Bellarmine	Stetson	0.8
BYU	Gonzaga	-6.0
Denver	North Dakota St.	0.8
Detroit	Youngstown St.	-2.8
Eastern Illinois	SIU Edwardsville	-8.4
Eastern Kentucky	Florida Gulf Coast	-4.1
Georgia St.	Troy	-3.3
Grand Canyon	UT Arlington	12.8
Green Bay	Wright St.	-9.3
Houston Christian	Texas A&M-Commerce	-5.3
Incarnate Word	New Orleans	0.8
Iowa	Michigan	5.6
IUPUI	Purdue Ft. Wayne	-16.6
Jacksonville St.	North Florida	0.2
Kennesaw St.	Jacksonville	1.4
Lamar	Nicholls St.	-10.7
Liberty	North Alabama	17.1
Long Beach St.	Cal Poly	7.5
Louisiana Monroe	Louisiana	-6.9
Marshall	Southern Miss.	6.5
Milwaukee	Northern Kentucky	2.5
Montana	Weber St.	4.7
Montana St.	Idaho St.	10.0
Northwestern St.	McNeese St.	7.5
Oakland	Robert Morris	1.9
Ohio St.	Minnesota	18.5
Old Dominion	Coastal Carolina	5.8
Omaha	North Dakota	4.3
Oral Roberts	Western Illinois	14.7
Oregon	Arizona St.	3.0
Oregon St.	Arizona	-15.9
Portland	San Francisco	-2.0
Portland St.	Northern Arizona	6.7
Queens	Central Arkansas	12.0
Sacramento St.	Northern Colorado	5.3
Saint Mary’s	Loyola Marymount	13.0
San Diego	Pepperdine	1.3
Seattle	New Mexico St.	3.1
South Alabama	James Madison	-5.3
Southeast Missouri St.	Lindenwood	7.6
Southern Indiana	Little Rock	7.8
Southern Utah	Sam Houston	-2.6
Stony Brook	Drexel	-5.3
Tennessee St.	UT Martin	2.3
Tennessee Tech	Morehead St.	0.3
Texas A&M-CC	Southeastern Louisiana	7.5
UCLA	Utah	11.2
UMKC	St. Thomas	0.4
UNC Asheville	Longwood	-1.7
USC	Colorado	1.5
Utah Tech	Stephen F. Austin	-0.6
Washington	Stanford	1.1

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Friday, January 6, 2023

Friday’s Spreads

Home	Visitor	Spread
Ball St.	Akron	0.9
Brown	Harvard	1.0
California	Stanford	-7.2
Columbia	Princeton	-10.5
Cornell	Penn	3.9
Fairfield	Niagara	2.1
Manhattan	Canisius	-1.2
Marist	Iona	-15.1
Northern Kentucky	Oakland	6.0
Rider	Quinnipiac	0.7
Siena	Saint Peter’s	8.5
Toledo	Western Michigan	13.6
Wright St.	Detroit	3.1
Yale	Dartmouth	17.8

PiRate Ratings

#	Team	PiRate	Conference
1	Houston	121.4	American Athletic
2	Tennessee	121.3	Southeastern
3	Connecticut	119.1	Big East
4	UCLA	118.4	Pac-12
5	Alabama	117.7	Southeastern
6	Arizona	117.6	Pac-12
7	Kansas	117.5	Big 12
8	Gonzaga	116.5	West Coast
9	Arkansas	116.4	Southeastern
10	Purdue	116.3	Big Ten
11	Texas	116.1	Big 12
12	Ohio St.	115.3	Big Ten
13	Rutgers	115.2	Big Ten
14	Indiana	114.3	Big Ten
15	Creighton	114.2	Big East
16	Xavier	114.1	Big East
17	Kentucky	113.9	Southeastern
18	Baylor	113.9	Big 12
19	Virginia	113.9	Atlantic Coast
20	North Carolina	113.8	Atlantic Coast
21	Marquette	113.7	Big East
22	Duke	113.3	Atlantic Coast
23	San Diego St.	113.2	Mountain West
24	West Virginia	113.1	Big 12
25	Saint Mary’s	113.1	West Coast
26	TCU	112.9	Big 12
27	Auburn	112.7	Southeastern
28	Texas Tech	112.7	Big 12
29	Oklahoma St.	112.5	Big 12
30	Utah St.	112.0	Mountain West
31	Iowa St.	112.0	Big 12
32	Kansas St.	111.9	Big 12
33	Illinois	111.8	Big Ten
34	Memphis	111.6	American Athletic
35	Providence	111.5	Big East
36	Iowa	111.5	Big Ten
37	Missouri	111.4	Southeastern
38	Maryland	111.1	Big Ten
39	Utah	111.0	Pac-12
40	Virginia Tech	111.0	Atlantic Coast
41	North Carolina St.	110.9	Atlantic Coast
42	Miami (Fla)	110.8	Atlantic Coast
43	Oklahoma	110.7	Big 12
44	Michigan St.	110.7	Big Ten
45	Florida	110.7	Southeastern
46	UAB	110.6	Conference USA
47	Florida Atlantic	110.4	Conference USA
48	Colorado	110.3	Pac-12
49	Michigan	110.1	Big Ten
50	Dayton	109.7	Atlantic 10
51	Arizona St.	109.7	Pac-12
52	Wisconsin	109.6	Big Ten
53	Northwestern	109.6	Big Ten
54	Villanova	109.6	Big East
55	Penn St.	109.5	Big Ten
56	Clemson	109.4	Atlantic Coast
57	Mississippi St.	109.4	Southeastern
58	New Mexico	109.1	Mountain West
59	Central Florida	108.9	American Athletic
60	USC	108.8	Pac-12
61	Iona	108.7	Metro Atlantic
62	Boise St.	108.6	Mountain West
63	Oregon	108.5	Pac-12
64	Seton Hall	108.5	Big East
65	Cincinnati	108.2	American Athletic
66	Texas A&M	108.0	Southeastern
67	James Madison	107.9	Sun Belt
68	North Texas	107.9	Conference USA
69	Pittsburgh	107.8	Atlantic Coast
70	Kent St.	107.8	Mid-American
71	Butler	107.7	Big East
72	Stanford	107.6	Pac-12
73	Liberty	107.6	Atlantic Sun
74	LSU	107.6	Southeastern
75	Mississippi	107.5	Southeastern
76	Washington St.	107.5	Pac-12
77	St. John’s	107.5	Big East
78	Yale	107.4	Ivy League
79	UNLV	107.2	Mountain West
80	Sam Houston St.	107.1	Western Athletic
81	Nevada	106.8	Mountain West
82	BYU	106.8	West Coast
83	Wake Forest	106.6	Atlantic Coast
84	Oral Roberts	106.6	Summit
85	Bradley	106.4	Missouri Valley
86	Marshall	106.4	Sun Belt
87	Charleston	106.3	Colonial Athletic
88	Nebraska	106.2	Big Ten
89	Saint Louis	106.2	Atlantic 10
90	Santa Clara	105.5	West Coast
91	Syracuse	105.4	Atlantic Coast
92	Tulane	105.3	American Athletic
93	UC Irvine	105.1	Big West
94	Georgia	105.0	Southeastern
95	Vanderbilt	104.9	Southeastern
96	Drake	104.7	Missouri Valley
97	Grand Canyon	104.7	Western Athletic
98	Utah Valley	104.5	Western Athletic
99	Richmond	104.5	Atlantic 10
100	San Francisco	104.5	West Coast
101	Washington	104.1	Pac-12
102	Toledo	104.1	Mid-American
103	Loyola Marymount	104.1	West Coast
104	Colgate	103.9	Patriot League
105	Indiana St.	103.9	Missouri Valley
106	Southern Illinois	103.9	Missouri Valley
107	Furman	103.8	Southern
108	Charlotte	103.8	Conference USA
109	Colorado St.	103.7	Mountain West
110	UC Santa Barbara	103.7	Big West
111	VCU	103.6	Atlantic 10
112	George Mason	103.6	Atlantic 10
113	Georgia Tech	103.6	Atlantic Coast
114	UNC Wilmington	103.5	Colonial Athletic
115	Wichita St.	103.3	American Athletic
116	Notre Dame	103.3	Atlantic Coast
117	Missouri St.	103.3	Missouri Valley
118	Temple	103.0	American Athletic
119	Duquesne	103.0	Atlantic 10
120	Akron	102.8	Mid-American
121	Hawaii	102.7	Big West
122	UMass Lowell	102.6	America East
123	Princeton	102.6	Ivy League
124	Chattanooga	102.6	Southern
125	Davidson	102.5	Atlantic 10
126	Wyoming	102.5	Mountain West
127	Youngstown St.	102.4	Horizon
128	Florida Gulf Coast	102.3	Atlantic Sun
129	Longwood	102.3	Big South
130	Southern Miss	102.3	Sun Belt
131	UNC Greensboro	102.3	Southern
132	Louisiana	102.2	Sun Belt
133	Cornell	102.2	Ivy League
134	Louisiana Tech	102.2	Conference USA
135	Massachusetts	102.1	Atlantic 10
136	Hofstra	102.1	Colonial Athletic
137	Fresno St.	102.1	Mountain West
138	Troy	102.0	Sun Belt
139	Montana St.	101.9	Big Sky
140	Middle Tennessee	101.8	Conference USA
141	New Mexico St.	101.8	Western Athletic
142	DePaul	101.7	Big East
143	San Jose St.	101.6	Mountain West
144	Southern Utah	101.6	Western Athletic
145	Towson	101.5	Colonial Athletic
146	Belmont	101.4	Missouri Valley
147	Vermont	101.3	America East
148	Purdue Fort Wayne	101.3	Horizon
149	Ball St.	101.2	Mid-American
150	Florida St.	101.2	Atlantic Coast
151	SMU	101.2	American Athletic
152	St. Bonaventure	101.1	Atlantic 10
153	Ohio	101.0	Mid-American
154	Seattle	100.9	Western Athletic
155	Western Kentucky	100.9	Conference USA
156	Portland	100.8	West Coast
157	Stephen F. Austin	100.8	Western Athletic
158	Penn	100.8	Ivy League
159	Pepperdine	100.5	West Coast
160	Murray St.	100.4	Missouri Valley
161	Gardner Webb	100.3	Big South
162	South Florida	100.1	American Athletic
163	Eastern Washington	100.0	Big Sky
164	Old Dominion	100.0	Sun Belt
165	Boston College	100.0	Atlantic Coast
166	Samford	99.9	Southern
167	UC Riverside	99.8	Big West
168	Cal Baptist	99.8	Western Athletic
169	South Alabama	99.8	Sun Belt
170	Bryant	99.7	America East
171	Wofford	99.6	Southern
172	San Diego	99.6	West Coast
173	Quinnipiac	99.6	Metro Atlantic
174	Siena	99.5	Metro Atlantic
175	Northern Iowa	99.5	Missouri Valley
176	Jacksonville	99.4	Atlantic Sun
177	Tarleton St.	99.4	Western Athletic
178	Air Force	99.4	Mountain West
179	Abilene Christian	99.4	Western Athletic
180	East Carolina	99.4	American Athletic
181	Long Beach St.	99.3	Big West
182	Rice	99.3	Conference USA
183	Harvard	99.3	Ivy League
184	Minnesota	99.1	Big Ten
185	Fordham	99.1	Atlantic 10
186	Loyola (Chi.)	99.0	Atlantic 10
187	Drexel	98.8	Colonial Athletic
188	UC Davis	98.8	Big West
189	Queens	98.7	Atlantic Sun
190	Buffalo	98.7	Mid-American
191	Montana	98.6	Big Sky
192	American	98.5	Patriot League
193	SIU Edwardsville	98.4	Ohio Valley
194	North Carolina Central	98.4	Mideastern Athletic
195	South Dakota St.	98.3	Summit
196	UNC Asheville	98.3	Big South
197	Radford	98.2	Big South
198	Utah Tech	98.2	Western Athletic
199	Cal St. Fullerton	98.2	Big West
200	Rhode Island	98.2	Atlantic 10
201	Georgetown	98.2	Big East
202	Norfolk St.	98.2	Mideastern Athletic
203	Texas A&M CC	98.1	Southland
204	St. Thomas	98.1	Summit
205	UTEP	98.1	Conference USA
206	Mercer	98.0	Southern
207	George Washington	98.0	Atlantic 10
208	South Carolina	97.9	Southeastern
209	Georgia Southern	97.8	Sun Belt
210	Grambling	97.8	Southwestern Athletic
211	Lipscomb	97.8	Atlantic Sun
212	Rider	97.8	Metro Atlantic
213	Brown	97.8	Ivy League
214	Appalachian St.	97.7	Sun Belt
215	Kennesaw St.	97.7	Atlantic Sun
216	Navy	97.7	Patriot League
217	Wright St.	97.7	Horizon
218	Nicholls St.	97.6	Southland
219	Texas St.	97.6	Sun Belt
220	Weber St.	97.5	Big Sky
221	Northern Kentucky	97.5	Horizon
222	Stetson	97.5	Atlantic Sun
223	Saint Joseph’s	97.4	Atlantic 10
224	California	97.4	Pac-12
225	Cleveland St.	97.4	Horizon
226	Oregon St.	97.3	Pac-12
227	Coastal Carolina	97.2	Sun Belt
228	Delaware	97.2	Colonial Athletic
229	Detroit Mercy	97.1	Horizon
230	Sacramento St.	97.0	Big Sky
231	High Point	96.5	Big South
232	Portland St.	96.4	Big Sky
233	Pacific	96.4	West Coast
234	UMBC	96.3	America East
235	Southern	96.3	Southwestern Athletic
236	Milwaukee	96.2	Horizon
237	Georgia St.	96.2	Sun Belt
238	North Florida	96.0	Atlantic Sun
239	Eastern Kentucky	96.0	Atlantic Sun
240	Niagara	95.9	Metro Atlantic
241	Boston University	95.7	Patriot League
242	La Salle	95.7	Atlantic 10
243	Bellarmine	95.6	Atlantic Sun
244	Mount St. Mary’s	95.6	Metro Atlantic
245	Tulsa	95.6	American Athletic
246	Robert Morris	95.5	Horizon
247	Fairfield	95.5	Metro Atlantic
248	Winthrop	95.4	Big South
249	East Tennessee St.	95.4	Southern
250	Austin Peay	95.4	Atlantic Sun
251	UMKC	95.4	Summit
252	Illinois St.	95.3	Missouri Valley
253	Army	95.3	Patriot League
254	Bowling Green	95.1	Mid-American
255	Campbell	95.1	Big South
256	Northeastern	95.0	Colonial Athletic
257	Morgan St.	95.0	Mideastern Athletic
258	Western Carolina	94.9	Southern
259	Louisville	94.8	Atlantic Coast
260	UT Arlington	94.7	Western Athletic
261	Northern Colorado	94.7	Big Sky
262	Southern Indiana	94.7	Ohio Valley
263	Southeast Missouri St.	94.6	Ohio Valley
264	Bucknell	94.5	Patriot League
265	North Dakota St.	94.4	Summit
266	South Dakota	94.4	Summit
267	Northwestern St.	94.4	Southland
268	Florida Int’l	94.3	Conference USA
269	Texas Southern	94.2	Southwestern Athletic
270	Central Michigan	94.2	Mid-American
271	Cal Poly	94.1	Big West
272	UT-Martin	94.0	Ohio Valley
273	Idaho St.	94.0	Big Sky
274	Jacksonville St.	94.0	Atlantic Sun
275	Oakland	94.0	Horizon
276	North Carolina A&T	94.0	Colonial Athletic
277	Cal St. Bakersfield	93.9	Big West
278	Illinois Chicago	93.9	Missouri Valley
279	Prairie View A&M	93.8	Southwestern Athletic
280	Canisius	93.8	Metro Atlantic
281	Morehead St.	93.8	Ohio Valley
282	Denver	93.8	Summit
283	Maine	93.8	America East
284	Saint Peter’s	93.5	Metro Atlantic
285	Northern Arizona	93.5	Big Sky
286	Southeastern Louisiana	93.5	Southland
287	Wagner	93.4	Northeast
288	Maryland Eastern Shore	93.2	Mideastern Athletic
289	Tennessee St.	93.1	Ohio Valley
290	The Citadel	93.1	Southern
291	William & Mary	93.1	Colonial Athletic
292	USC Upstate	93.1	Big South
293	Lafayette	93.1	Patriot League
294	Howard	93.1	Mideastern Athletic
295	Western Michigan	93.0	Mid-American
296	Western Illinois	92.9	Summit
297	Alcorn St.	92.9	Southwestern Athletic
298	Valparaiso	92.9	Missouri Valley
299	North Alabama	92.8	Atlantic Sun
300	UC San Diego	92.8	Big West
301	Louisiana Monroe	92.7	Sun Belt
302	Texas A&M Commerce	92.7	Southland
303	Idaho	92.6	Big Sky
304	Omaha	92.4	Summit
305	Stony Brook	92.3	Colonial Athletic
306	New Hampshire	92.3	America East
307	Dartmouth	92.1	Ivy League
308	Miami (O)	92.1	Mid-American
309	Arkansas St.	92.1	Sun Belt
310	Charleston Southern	92.0	Big South
311	Chicago St.	91.9	Independents
312	Cal St. Northridge	91.9	Big West
313	Jackson St.	91.9	Southwestern Athletic
314	UT Rio Grande Valley	91.8	Western Athletic
315	Sacred Heart	91.7	Northeast
316	Coppin St.	91.7	Mideastern Athletic
317	Fairleigh Dickinson	91.5	Northeast
318	Northern Illinois	91.5	Mid-American
319	UTSA	91.4	Conference USA
320	Lehigh	91.2	Patriot League
321	Stonehill	91.2	Northeast
322	Marist	91.1	Metro Atlantic
323	Presbyterian	91.0	Big South
324	Tennessee Tech	90.9	Ohio Valley
325	Binghamton	90.9	America East
326	VMI	90.7	Southern
327	NJIT	90.5	America East
328	Central Connecticut	90.5	Northeast
329	Eastern Michigan	90.5	Mid-American
330	McNeese St.	90.4	Southland
331	North Dakota	90.4	Summit
332	Manhattan	90.1	Metro Atlantic
333	Evansville	90.0	Missouri Valley
334	St. Francis PA	89.9	Northeast
335	Alabama A&M	89.8	Southwestern Athletic
336	Columbia	89.6	Ivy League
337	Lindenwood	89.6	Ohio Valley
338	Loyola (MD)	89.5	Patriot League
339	Albany	89.4	America East
340	Little Rock	89.4	Ohio Valley
341	Central Arkansas	89.3	Atlantic Sun
342	Holy Cross	89.0	Patriot League
343	Elon	88.9	Colonial Athletic
344	Merrimack	88.8	Northeast
345	Alabama St.	88.7	Southwestern Athletic
346	Hampton	88.3	Colonial Athletic
347	Eastern Illinois	88.1	Ohio Valley
348	St. Francis NY	87.9	Northeast
349	New Orleans	87.7	Southland
350	South Carolina St.	87.7	Mideastern Athletic
351	Bethune Cookman	87.6	Southwestern Athletic
352	Incarnate Word	86.7	Southland
353	Arkansas Pine Bluff	86.4	Southwestern Athletic
354	Houston Christian	86.0	Southland
355	Monmouth	85.9	Colonial Athletic
356	Green Bay	84.8	Horizon
357	Florida A&M	84.4	Southwestern Athletic
358	Delaware St.	84.0	Mideastern Athletic
359	Mississippi Valley St.	83.4	Southwestern Athletic
360	Hartford	82.7	Independents
361	Long Island	82.6	Northeast
362	Lamar	82.4	Southland
363	IUPUI	81.9	Horizon

Alphabetical

#	Team	PiRate	Conference
179	Abilene Christian	99.4	Western Athletic
178	Air Force	99.4	Mountain West
120	Akron	102.8	Mid-American
5	Alabama	117.7	Southeastern
335	Alabama A&M	89.8	Southwestern Athletic
345	Alabama St.	88.7	Southwestern Athletic
339	Albany	89.4	America East
297	Alcorn St.	92.9	Southwestern Athletic
192	American	98.5	Patriot League
214	Appalachian St.	97.7	Sun Belt
6	Arizona	117.6	Pac-12
51	Arizona St.	109.7	Pac-12
9	Arkansas	116.4	Southeastern
353	Arkansas Pine Bluff	86.4	Southwestern Athletic
309	Arkansas St.	92.1	Sun Belt
253	Army	95.3	Patriot League
27	Auburn	112.7	Southeastern
250	Austin Peay	95.4	Atlantic Sun
149	Ball St.	101.2	Mid-American
18	Baylor	113.9	Big 12
243	Bellarmine	95.6	Atlantic Sun
146	Belmont	101.4	Missouri Valley
351	Bethune Cookman	87.6	Southwestern Athletic
325	Binghamton	90.9	America East
62	Boise St.	108.6	Mountain West
165	Boston College	100.0	Atlantic Coast
241	Boston University	95.7	Patriot League
254	Bowling Green	95.1	Mid-American
85	Bradley	106.4	Missouri Valley
213	Brown	97.8	Ivy League
170	Bryant	99.7	America East
264	Bucknell	94.5	Patriot League
190	Buffalo	98.7	Mid-American
71	Butler	107.7	Big East
82	BYU	106.8	West Coast
168	Cal Baptist	99.8	Western Athletic
271	Cal Poly	94.1	Big West
277	Cal St. Bakersfield	93.9	Big West
199	Cal St. Fullerton	98.2	Big West
312	Cal St. Northridge	91.9	Big West
224	California	97.4	Pac-12
255	Campbell	95.1	Big South
280	Canisius	93.8	Metro Atlantic
341	Central Arkansas	89.3	Atlantic Sun
328	Central Connecticut	90.5	Northeast
59	Central Florida	108.9	American Athletic
270	Central Michigan	94.2	Mid-American
87	Charleston	106.3	Colonial Athletic
310	Charleston Southern	92.0	Big South
108	Charlotte	103.8	Conference USA
124	Chattanooga	102.6	Southern
311	Chicago St.	91.9	Independents
65	Cincinnati	108.2	American Athletic
56	Clemson	109.4	Atlantic Coast
225	Cleveland St.	97.4	Horizon
227	Coastal Carolina	97.2	Sun Belt
104	Colgate	103.9	Patriot League
48	Colorado	110.3	Pac-12
109	Colorado St.	103.7	Mountain West
336	Columbia	89.6	Ivy League
3	Connecticut	119.1	Big East
316	Coppin St.	91.7	Mideastern Athletic
133	Cornell	102.2	Ivy League
15	Creighton	114.2	Big East
307	Dartmouth	92.1	Ivy League
125	Davidson	102.5	Atlantic 10
50	Dayton	109.7	Atlantic 10
228	Delaware	97.2	Colonial Athletic
358	Delaware St.	84.0	Mideastern Athletic
282	Denver	93.8	Summit
142	DePaul	101.7	Big East
229	Detroit Mercy	97.1	Horizon
96	Drake	104.7	Missouri Valley
187	Drexel	98.8	Colonial Athletic
22	Duke	113.3	Atlantic Coast
119	Duquesne	103.0	Atlantic 10
180	East Carolina	99.4	American Athletic
249	East Tennessee St.	95.4	Southern
347	Eastern Illinois	88.1	Ohio Valley
239	Eastern Kentucky	96.0	Atlantic Sun
329	Eastern Michigan	90.5	Mid-American
163	Eastern Washington	100.0	Big Sky
343	Elon	88.9	Colonial Athletic
333	Evansville	90.0	Missouri Valley
247	Fairfield	95.5	Metro Atlantic
317	Fairleigh Dickinson	91.5	Northeast
45	Florida	110.7	Southeastern
357	Florida A&M	84.4	Southwestern Athletic
47	Florida Atlantic	110.4	Conference USA
128	Florida Gulf Coast	102.3	Atlantic Sun
268	Florida Int’l	94.3	Conference USA
150	Florida St.	101.2	Atlantic Coast
185	Fordham	99.1	Atlantic 10
137	Fresno St.	102.1	Mountain West
107	Furman	103.8	Southern
161	Gardner Webb	100.3	Big South
112	George Mason	103.6	Atlantic 10
207	George Washington	98.0	Atlantic 10
201	Georgetown	98.2	Big East
94	Georgia	105.0	Southeastern
209	Georgia Southern	97.8	Sun Belt
237	Georgia St.	96.2	Sun Belt
113	Georgia Tech	103.6	Atlantic Coast
8	Gonzaga	116.5	West Coast
210	Grambling	97.8	Southwestern Athletic
97	Grand Canyon	104.7	Western Athletic
356	Green Bay	84.8	Horizon
346	Hampton	88.3	Colonial Athletic
360	Hartford	82.7	Independents
183	Harvard	99.3	Ivy League
121	Hawaii	102.7	Big West
231	High Point	96.5	Big South
136	Hofstra	102.1	Colonial Athletic
342	Holy Cross	89.0	Patriot League
1	Houston	121.4	American Athletic
354	Houston Christian	86.0	Southland
294	Howard	93.1	Mideastern Athletic
303	Idaho	92.6	Big Sky
273	Idaho St.	94.0	Big Sky
33	Illinois	111.8	Big Ten
278	Illinois Chicago	93.9	Missouri Valley
252	Illinois St.	95.3	Missouri Valley
352	Incarnate Word	86.7	Southland
14	Indiana	114.3	Big Ten
105	Indiana St.	103.9	Missouri Valley
61	Iona	108.7	Metro Atlantic
36	Iowa	111.5	Big Ten
31	Iowa St.	112.0	Big 12
363	IUPUI	81.9	Horizon
313	Jackson St.	91.9	Southwestern Athletic
176	Jacksonville	99.4	Atlantic Sun
274	Jacksonville St.	94.0	Atlantic Sun
67	James Madison	107.9	Sun Belt
7	Kansas	117.5	Big 12
32	Kansas St.	111.9	Big 12
215	Kennesaw St.	97.7	Atlantic Sun
70	Kent St.	107.8	Mid-American
17	Kentucky	113.9	Southeastern
242	La Salle	95.7	Atlantic 10
293	Lafayette	93.1	Patriot League
362	Lamar	82.4	Southland
320	Lehigh	91.2	Patriot League
73	Liberty	107.6	Atlantic Sun
337	Lindenwood	89.6	Ohio Valley
211	Lipscomb	97.8	Atlantic Sun
340	Little Rock	89.4	Ohio Valley
181	Long Beach St.	99.3	Big West
361	Long Island	82.6	Northeast
129	Longwood	102.3	Big South
132	Louisiana	102.2	Sun Belt
301	Louisiana Monroe	92.7	Sun Belt
134	Louisiana Tech	102.2	Conference USA
259	Louisville	94.8	Atlantic Coast
186	Loyola (Chi.)	99.0	Atlantic 10
338	Loyola (MD)	89.5	Patriot League
103	Loyola Marymount	104.1	West Coast
74	LSU	107.6	Southeastern
283	Maine	93.8	America East
332	Manhattan	90.1	Metro Atlantic
322	Marist	91.1	Metro Atlantic
21	Marquette	113.7	Big East
86	Marshall	106.4	Sun Belt
38	Maryland	111.1	Big Ten
288	Maryland Eastern Shore	93.2	Mideastern Athletic
135	Massachusetts	102.1	Atlantic 10
330	McNeese St.	90.4	Southland
34	Memphis	111.6	American Athletic
206	Mercer	98.0	Southern
344	Merrimack	88.8	Northeast
42	Miami (Fla)	110.8	Atlantic Coast
308	Miami (O)	92.1	Mid-American
49	Michigan	110.1	Big Ten
44	Michigan St.	110.7	Big Ten
140	Middle Tennessee	101.8	Conference USA
236	Milwaukee	96.2	Horizon
184	Minnesota	99.1	Big Ten
75	Mississippi	107.5	Southeastern
57	Mississippi St.	109.4	Southeastern
359	Mississippi Valley St.	83.4	Southwestern Athletic
37	Missouri	111.4	Southeastern
117	Missouri St.	103.3	Missouri Valley
355	Monmouth	85.9	Colonial Athletic
191	Montana	98.6	Big Sky
139	Montana St.	101.9	Big Sky
281	Morehead St.	93.8	Ohio Valley
257	Morgan St.	95.0	Mideastern Athletic
244	Mount St. Mary’s	95.6	Metro Atlantic
160	Murray St.	100.4	Missouri Valley
216	Navy	97.7	Patriot League
88	Nebraska	106.2	Big Ten
81	Nevada	106.8	Mountain West
306	New Hampshire	92.3	America East
58	New Mexico	109.1	Mountain West
141	New Mexico St.	101.8	Western Athletic
349	New Orleans	87.7	Southland
240	Niagara	95.9	Metro Atlantic
218	Nicholls St.	97.6	Southland
327	NJIT	90.5	America East
202	Norfolk St.	98.2	Mideastern Athletic
299	North Alabama	92.8	Atlantic Sun
20	North Carolina	113.8	Atlantic Coast
276	North Carolina A&T	94.0	Colonial Athletic
194	North Carolina Central	98.4	Mideastern Athletic
41	North Carolina St.	110.9	Atlantic Coast
331	North Dakota	90.4	Summit
265	North Dakota St.	94.4	Summit
238	North Florida	96.0	Atlantic Sun
68	North Texas	107.9	Conference USA
256	Northeastern	95.0	Colonial Athletic
285	Northern Arizona	93.5	Big Sky
261	Northern Colorado	94.7	Big Sky
318	Northern Illinois	91.5	Mid-American
175	Northern Iowa	99.5	Missouri Valley
221	Northern Kentucky	97.5	Horizon
53	Northwestern	109.6	Big Ten
267	Northwestern St.	94.4	Southland
116	Notre Dame	103.3	Atlantic Coast
275	Oakland	94.0	Horizon
153	Ohio	101.0	Mid-American
12	Ohio St.	115.3	Big Ten
43	Oklahoma	110.7	Big 12
29	Oklahoma St.	112.5	Big 12
164	Old Dominion	100.0	Sun Belt
304	Omaha	92.4	Summit
84	Oral Roberts	106.6	Summit
63	Oregon	108.5	Pac-12
226	Oregon St.	97.3	Pac-12
233	Pacific	96.4	West Coast
158	Penn	100.8	Ivy League
55	Penn St.	109.5	Big Ten
159	Pepperdine	100.5	West Coast
69	Pittsburgh	107.8	Atlantic Coast
156	Portland	100.8	West Coast
232	Portland St.	96.4	Big Sky
279	Prairie View A&M	93.8	Southwestern Athletic
323	Presbyterian	91.0	Big South
123	Princeton	102.6	Ivy League
35	Providence	111.5	Big East
10	Purdue	116.3	Big Ten
148	Purdue Fort Wayne	101.3	Horizon
189	Queens	98.7	Atlantic Sun
173	Quinnipiac	99.6	Metro Atlantic
197	Radford	98.2	Big South
200	Rhode Island	98.2	Atlantic 10
182	Rice	99.3	Conference USA
99	Richmond	104.5	Atlantic 10
212	Rider	97.8	Metro Atlantic
246	Robert Morris	95.5	Horizon
13	Rutgers	115.2	Big Ten
230	Sacramento St.	97.0	Big Sky
315	Sacred Heart	91.7	Northeast
223	Saint Joseph’s	97.4	Atlantic 10
89	Saint Louis	106.2	Atlantic 10
25	Saint Mary’s	113.1	West Coast
284	Saint Peter’s	93.5	Metro Atlantic
80	Sam Houston St.	107.1	Western Athletic
166	Samford	99.9	Southern
172	San Diego	99.6	West Coast
23	San Diego St.	113.2	Mountain West
100	San Francisco	104.5	West Coast
143	San Jose St.	101.6	Mountain West
90	Santa Clara	105.5	West Coast
154	Seattle	100.9	Western Athletic
64	Seton Hall	108.5	Big East
174	Siena	99.5	Metro Atlantic
193	SIU Edwardsville	98.4	Ohio Valley
151	SMU	101.2	American Athletic
169	South Alabama	99.8	Sun Belt
208	South Carolina	97.9	Southeastern
350	South Carolina St.	87.7	Mideastern Athletic
266	South Dakota	94.4	Summit
195	South Dakota St.	98.3	Summit
162	South Florida	100.1	American Athletic
263	Southeast Missouri St.	94.6	Ohio Valley
286	Southeastern Louisiana	93.5	Southland
235	Southern	96.3	Southwestern Athletic
106	Southern Illinois	103.9	Missouri Valley
262	Southern Indiana	94.7	Ohio Valley
130	Southern Miss	102.3	Sun Belt
144	Southern Utah	101.6	Western Athletic
152	St. Bonaventure	101.1	Atlantic 10
348	St. Francis NY	87.9	Northeast
334	St. Francis PA	89.9	Northeast
77	St. John’s	107.5	Big East
204	St. Thomas	98.1	Summit
72	Stanford	107.6	Pac-12
157	Stephen F. Austin	100.8	Western Athletic
222	Stetson	97.5	Atlantic Sun
321	Stonehill	91.2	Northeast
305	Stony Brook	92.3	Colonial Athletic
91	Syracuse	105.4	Atlantic Coast
177	Tarleton St.	99.4	Western Athletic
26	TCU	112.9	Big 12
118	Temple	103.0	American Athletic
2	Tennessee	121.3	Southeastern
289	Tennessee St.	93.1	Ohio Valley
324	Tennessee Tech	90.9	Ohio Valley
11	Texas	116.1	Big 12
66	Texas A&M	108.0	Southeastern
203	Texas A&M CC	98.1	Southland
302	Texas A&M Commerce	92.7	Southland
269	Texas Southern	94.2	Southwestern Athletic
219	Texas St.	97.6	Sun Belt
28	Texas Tech	112.7	Big 12
290	The Citadel	93.1	Southern
102	Toledo	104.1	Mid-American
145	Towson	101.5	Colonial Athletic
138	Troy	102.0	Sun Belt
92	Tulane	105.3	American Athletic
245	Tulsa	95.6	American Athletic
46	UAB	110.6	Conference USA
188	UC Davis	98.8	Big West
93	UC Irvine	105.1	Big West
167	UC Riverside	99.8	Big West
300	UC San Diego	92.8	Big West
110	UC Santa Barbara	103.7	Big West
4	UCLA	118.4	Pac-12
122	UMass Lowell	102.6	America East
234	UMBC	96.3	America East
251	UMKC	95.4	Summit
196	UNC Asheville	98.3	Big South
131	UNC Greensboro	102.3	Southern
114	UNC Wilmington	103.5	Colonial Athletic
79	UNLV	107.2	Mountain West
60	USC	108.8	Pac-12
292	USC Upstate	93.1	Big South
260	UT Arlington	94.7	Western Athletic
314	UT Rio Grande Valley	91.8	Western Athletic
272	UT-Martin	94.0	Ohio Valley
39	Utah	111.0	Pac-12
30	Utah St.	112.0	Mountain West
198	Utah Tech	98.2	Western Athletic
98	Utah Valley	104.5	Western Athletic
205	UTEP	98.1	Conference USA
319	UTSA	91.4	Conference USA
298	Valparaiso	92.9	Missouri Valley
95	Vanderbilt	104.9	Southeastern
111	VCU	103.6	Atlantic 10
147	Vermont	101.3	America East
54	Villanova	109.6	Big East
19	Virginia	113.9	Atlantic Coast
40	Virginia Tech	111.0	Atlantic Coast
326	VMI	90.7	Southern
287	Wagner	93.4	Northeast
83	Wake Forest	106.6	Atlantic Coast
101	Washington	104.1	Pac-12
76	Washington St.	107.5	Pac-12
220	Weber St.	97.5	Big Sky
24	West Virginia	113.1	Big 12
258	Western Carolina	94.9	Southern
296	Western Illinois	92.9	Summit
155	Western Kentucky	100.9	Conference USA
295	Western Michigan	93.0	Mid-American
115	Wichita St.	103.3	American Athletic
291	William & Mary	93.1	Colonial Athletic
248	Winthrop	95.4	Big South
52	Wisconsin	109.6	Big Ten
171	Wofford	99.6	Southern
217	Wright St.	97.7	Horizon
126	Wyoming	102.5	Mountain West
16	Xavier	114.1	Big East
78	Yale	107.4	Ivy League
127	Youngstown St.	102.4	Horizon

PiRate Ratings By Conference

America East
Team	Rating
UMass Lowell	102.6
Vermont	101.3
Bryant	99.7
UMBC	96.3
Maine	93.8
New Hampshire	92.3
Binghamton	90.9
NJIT	90.5
Albany	89.4
American Athletic
Team	Rating
Houston	121.4
Memphis	111.6
Central Florida	108.9
Cincinnati	108.2
Tulane	105.3
Wichita St.	103.3
Temple	103.0
SMU	101.2
South Florida	100.1
East Carolina	99.4
Tulsa	95.6
Atlantic 10
Team	Rating
Dayton	109.7
Saint Louis	106.2
Richmond	104.5
VCU	103.6
George Mason	103.6
Duquesne	103.0
Davidson	102.5
Massachusetts	102.1
St. Bonaventure	101.1
Fordham	99.1
Loyola (Chi.)	99.0
Rhode Island	98.2
George Washington	98.0
Saint Joseph’s	97.4
La Salle	95.7
Atlantic Coast
Team	Rating
Virginia	113.9
North Carolina	113.8
Duke	113.3
Virginia Tech	111.0
North Carolina St.	110.9
Miami (Fla)	110.8
Clemson	109.4
Pittsburgh	107.8
Wake Forest	106.6
Syracuse	105.4
Georgia Tech	103.6
Notre Dame	103.3
Florida St.	101.2
Boston College	100.0
Louisville	94.8
Atlantic Sun
Team	Rating
Liberty	107.6
Florida Gulf Coast	102.3
Jacksonville	99.4
Queens	98.7
Lipscomb	97.8
Kennesaw St.	97.7
Stetson	97.5
North Florida	96.0
Eastern Kentucky	96.0
Bellarmine	95.6
Austin Peay	95.4
Jacksonville St.	94.0
North Alabama	92.8
Central Arkansas	89.3
Big 12
Team	Rating
Kansas	117.5
Texas	116.1
Baylor	113.9
West Virginia	113.1
TCU	112.9
Texas Tech	112.7
Oklahoma St.	112.5
Iowa St.	112.0
Kansas St.	111.9
Oklahoma	110.7
Big East
Team	Rating
Connecticut	119.1
Creighton	114.2
Xavier	114.1
Marquette	113.7
Providence	111.5
Villanova	109.6
Seton Hall	108.5
Butler	107.7
St. John’s	107.5
DePaul	101.7
Georgetown	98.2
Big Sky
Team	Rating
Montana St.	101.9
Eastern Washington	100.0
Montana	98.6
Weber St.	97.5
Sacramento St.	97.0
Portland St.	96.4
Northern Colorado	94.7
Idaho St.	94.0
Northern Arizona	93.5
Idaho	92.6
Big South
Team	Rating
Longwood	102.3
Gardner Webb	100.3
UNC Asheville	98.3
Radford	98.2
High Point	96.5
Winthrop	95.4
Campbell	95.1
USC Upstate	93.1
Charleston Southern	92.0
Presbyterian	91.0
Big Ten
Team	Rating
Purdue	116.3
Ohio St.	115.3
Rutgers	115.2
Indiana	114.3
Illinois	111.8
Iowa	111.5
Maryland	111.1
Michigan St.	110.7
Michigan	110.1
Wisconsin	109.6
Northwestern	109.6
Penn St.	109.5
Nebraska	106.2
Minnesota	99.1
Big West
Team	Rating
UC Irvine	105.1
UC Santa Barbara	103.7
Hawaii	102.7
UC Riverside	99.8
Long Beach St.	99.3
UC Davis	98.8
Cal St. Fullerton	98.2
Cal Poly	94.1
Cal St. Bakersfield	93.9
UC San Diego	92.8
Cal St. Northridge	91.9
Colonial Athletic
Team	Rating
Charleston	106.3
UNC Wilmington	103.5
Hofstra	102.1
Towson	101.5
Drexel	98.8
Delaware	97.2
Northeastern	95.0
North Carolina A&T	94.0
William & Mary	93.1
Stony Brook	92.3
Elon	88.9
Hampton	88.3
Monmouth	85.9
Conference USA
Team	Rating
UAB	110.6
Florida Atlantic	110.4
North Texas	107.9
Charlotte	103.8
Louisiana Tech	102.2
Middle Tennessee	101.8
Western Kentucky	100.9
Rice	99.3
UTEP	98.1
Florida Int’l	94.3
UTSA	91.4
Horizon
Team	Rating
Youngstown St.	102.4
Purdue Fort Wayne	101.3
Wright St.	97.7
Northern Kentucky	97.5
Cleveland St.	97.4
Detroit Mercy	97.1
Milwaukee	96.2
Robert Morris	95.5
Oakland	94.0
Green Bay	84.8
IUPUI	81.9
Independents
Team	Rating
Chicago St.	91.9
Hartford	82.7
Ivy League
Team	Rating
Yale	107.4
Princeton	102.6
Cornell	102.2
Penn	100.8
Harvard	99.3
Brown	97.8
Dartmouth	92.1
Columbia	89.6
Metro Atlantic
Team	Rating
Iona	108.7
Quinnipiac	99.6
Siena	99.5
Rider	97.8
Niagara	95.9
Mount St. Mary’s	95.6
Fairfield	95.5
Canisius	93.8
Saint Peter’s	93.5
Marist	91.1
Manhattan	90.1
Mid-American
Team	Rating
Kent St.	107.8
Toledo	104.1
Akron	102.8
Ball St.	101.2
Ohio	101.0
Buffalo	98.7
Bowling Green	95.1
Central Michigan	94.2
Western Michigan	93.0
Miami (O)	92.1
Northern Illinois	91.5
Eastern Michigan	90.5
Mideastern Athletic
Team	Rating
North Carolina Central	98.4
Norfolk St.	98.2
Morgan St.	95.0
Maryland Eastern Shore	93.2
Howard	93.1
Coppin St.	91.7
South Carolina St.	87.7
Delaware St.	84.0
Missouri Valley
Team	Rating
Bradley	106.4
Drake	104.7
Indiana St.	103.9
Southern Illinois	103.9
Missouri St.	103.3
Belmont	101.4
Murray St.	100.4
Northern Iowa	99.5
Illinois St.	95.3
Illinois Chicago	93.9
Valparaiso	92.9
Evansville	90.0
Mountain West
Team	Rating
San Diego St.	113.2
Utah St.	112.0
New Mexico	109.1
Boise St.	108.6
UNLV	107.2
Nevada	106.8
Colorado St.	103.7
Wyoming	102.5
Fresno St.	102.1
San Jose St.	101.6
Air Force	99.4
Northeast
Team	Rating
Wagner	93.4
Sacred Heart	91.7
Fairleigh Dickinson	91.5
Stonehill	91.2
Central Connecticut	90.5
St. Francis PA	89.9
Merrimack	88.8
St. Francis NY	87.9
Long Island	82.6
Ohio Valley
Team	Rating
SIU Edwardsville	98.4
Southern Indiana	94.7
Southeast Missouri St.	94.6
UT-Martin	94.0
Morehead St.	93.8
Tennessee St.	93.1
Tennessee Tech	90.9
Lindenwood	89.6
Little Rock	89.4
Eastern Illinois	88.1
Pac-12
Team	Rating
UCLA	118.4
Arizona	117.6
Utah	111.0
Colorado	110.3
Arizona St.	109.7
USC	108.8
Oregon	108.5
Stanford	107.6
Washington St.	107.5
Washington	104.1
California	97.4
Oregon St.	97.3
Patriot League
Team	Rating
Colgate	103.9
American	98.5
Navy	97.7
Boston University	95.7
Army	95.3
Bucknell	94.5
Lafayette	93.1
Lehigh	91.2
Loyola (MD)	89.5
Holy Cross	89.0
Southeastern
Team	Rating
Tennessee	121.3
Alabama	117.7
Arkansas	116.4
Kentucky	113.9
Auburn	112.7
Missouri	111.4
Florida	110.7
Mississippi St.	109.4
Texas A&M	108.0
LSU	107.6
Mississippi	107.5
Georgia	105.0
Vanderbilt	104.9
South Carolina	97.9
Southern
Team	Rating
Furman	103.8
Chattanooga	102.6
UNC Greensboro	102.3
Samford	99.9
Wofford	99.6
Mercer	98.0
East Tennessee St.	95.4
Western Carolina	94.9
The Citadel	93.1
VMI	90.7
Southland
Team	Rating
Texas A&M CC	98.1
Nicholls St.	97.6
Northwestern St.	94.4
Southeastern Louisiana	93.5
Texas A&M Commerce	92.7
McNeese St.	90.4
New Orleans	87.7
Incarnate Word	86.7
Houston Christian	86.0
Lamar	82.4
Southwestern Athletic
Team	Rating
Grambling	97.8
Southern	96.3
Texas Southern	94.2
Prairie View A&M	93.8
Alcorn St.	92.9
Jackson St.	91.9
Alabama A&M	89.8
Alabama St.	88.7
Bethune Cookman	87.6
Arkansas Pine Bluff	86.4
Florida A&M	84.4
Mississippi Valley St.	83.4
Summit
Team	Rating
Oral Roberts	106.6
South Dakota St.	98.3
St. Thomas	98.1
UMKC	95.4
North Dakota St.	94.4
South Dakota	94.4
Denver	93.8
Western Illinois	92.9
Omaha	92.4
North Dakota	90.4
Sun Belt
Team	Rating
James Madison	107.9
Marshall	106.4
Southern Miss	102.3
Louisiana	102.2
Troy	102.0
Old Dominion	100.0
South Alabama	99.8
Georgia Southern	97.8
Appalachian St.	97.7
Texas St.	97.6
Coastal Carolina	97.2
Georgia St.	96.2
Louisiana Monroe	92.7
Arkansas St.	92.1
West Coast
Team	Rating
Gonzaga	116.5
Saint Mary’s	113.1
BYU	106.8
Santa Clara	105.5
San Francisco	104.5
Loyola Marymount	104.1
Portland	100.8
Pepperdine	100.5
San Diego	99.6
Pacific	96.4
Western Athletic
Team	Rating
Sam Houston St.	107.1
Grand Canyon	104.7
Utah Valley	104.5
New Mexico St.	101.8
Southern Utah	101.6
Seattle	100.9
Stephen F. Austin	100.8
Cal Baptist	99.8
Tarleton St.	99.4
Abilene Christian	99.4
Utah Tech	98.2
UT Arlington	94.7
UT Rio Grande Valley	91.8

Pac-12 Preview

With apologies to William Shakespeare, Alas poor Pac-12. I knew the league, football lovers. No, this conference hasn’t been dead for many years like Yorick in Hamlet, but the league isn’t far from having last rites administered if it cannot find a way to partly replace UCLA and USC when the two most important members leave for the Big Ten.

San Diego State and Fresno State might stop some of the leakage. There has been talk that the league might go after Houston and SMU to get some of the Dallas and Houston markets, but neither team commands huge numbers of the two largest cities in the Southwest.

What this league must worry about is that potentially eight of the remaining teams could try to leave this league.

2022 might produce some irony. In recent seasons, there has been too much parity to produce one undefeated team. In fact, there has never been an undefeated Pac-12 team in the regular season, not even in conference play only. The last time a team ran the table in the league and in the regular season, the league was the Pac-10, when Oregon played Auburn for the National Championship in 2010.

There is a team capable of ending that 12 year drought. Read on to see which team it is. The other big news is that the league has eliminated the two divisions.

Preseason PiRate Ratings For Pac-12 Conference

Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Utah	116.4	114.9	118.3	116.5
Oregon	111.6	111.3	110.8	111.2
U C L A	108.5	108.4	110.1	109.0
Oregon St.	107.1	106.5	107.7	107.1
U S C	105.3	106.1	106.1	105.8
Washington	104.1	104.9	105.4	104.8
Arizona St.	104.0	104.0	105.3	104.4
Stanford	103.7	100.9	101.7	102.1
Washington St.	100.9	101.5	101.7	101.4
California	97.6	98.0	99.0	98.2
Colorado	98.4	96.6	97.6	97.5
Arizona	94.0	94.0	93.9	94.0
Pac-12	104.3	103.9	104.8	104.3

Pac-12 Official Preseason Media Poll

		Votes
#	Team	1st Place	Overall
1	Utah	26	384
2	Oregon	2	345
3	USC	5	341
4	UCLA	0	289
5	Oregon St.	0	246
6	Washington	0	212
7	Washington St.	0	177
8	Stanford	0	159
9	California	0	154
10	Arizona St.	0	123
11	Arizona	0	86
12	Colorado	0	58

The PiRate Ratings are designed to look at just the next week’s schedule of games and not to use to look forward. Nevertheless, here are the predicted won-loss records for the league.

Predicted Won-Loss Records

Pac-12	Conf	Overall
Utah	9-0	13-0
Oregon	8-1	10-3
UCLA	7-2	10-2
USC	6-3	8-4
Washington	5-4	7-5
Oregon St.	5-4	8-4
Washington St.	4-5	6-6
Arizona St.	4-5	6-6
Stanford	3-6	4-8
California	1-8	3-9
Arizona	1-8	2-10
Colorado	1-8	1-11

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Thursday, February 17, 2022

Home	Visitors	Spread
Eastern Michigan	Buffalo	-9.5
Penn St.	Minnesota	4.7
UNC Wilmington	Towson	-4.7
Appalachian St.	Troy	3.8
Murray St.	Austin Peay	19.8
Akron	Northern Illinois	13.3
South Florida	East Carolina	0.3
Cincinnati	Wichita St.	2.9
Florida International	Middle Tennessee	-4.2
Marshall	Old Dominion	0.5
Florida Atlantic	North Texas	-2.9
St. Francis (PA)	Long Island	-1.5
Sacred Heart	Wagner	-10.0
Mount St. Mary’s	St. Francis (NY)	7.0
Merrimack	Fairleigh Dickinson	8.4
Bryant	Central Connecticut	13.5
Youngstown St.	Illinois Chicago	4.8
Robert Morris	IUPUI	15.3
Georgia St.	Georgia Southern	6.6
Coastal Carolina	South Alabama	-0.4
Chattanooga	UNC Greensboro	10.0
William & Mary	Drexel	-10.4
Elon	Delaware	-3.1
Charleston	James Madison	4.3
Iowa	Michigan	6.5
Arizona	Oregon St.	26.7
Louisiana Tech	UTEP	8.5
Sam Houston	Abilene Christian	1.5
UL Monroe	Louisiana	-1.9
Belmont	Eastern Illinois	27.7
Southern Miss.	UTSA	1.9
UAB	Rice	14.4
Western Kentucky	Charlotte	7.8
Nicholls St.	McNeese St.	8.3
UT Arlington	Little Rock	10.0
Texas St.	Arkansas St.	4.1
Omaha	Denver	-2.6
North Dakota	Kansas City	-7.0
South Dakota	St. Thomas	8.8
South Dakota St.	Western Illinois	13.0
North Dakota St.	Oral Roberts	-0.2
Samford	VMI	-0.4
Tennessee Tech	Southeast Missouri St.	5.1
Tennessee St.	SIU Edwardsville	2.6
Texas A&M-CC	SE Louisiana	4.9
Incarnate Word	Northwestern St.	0.3
Houston	Central Florida	14.8
New Mexico	Colorado St.	-7.1
Arizona St.	Oregon	-3.6
Weber St.	Sacramento St.	14.4
Idaho St.	Northern Colorado	-7.7
Idaho	Montana	-6.1
Eastern Washington	Montana St.	-0.8
High Point	Longwood	-3.2
California	Colorado	0.1
Saint Mary’s	San Francisco	3.8
DePaul	Creighton	1.0
UC Riverside	Cal St. Bakersfield	7.3
UC San Diego	Hawaii	-3.3
Cal St. Northridge	Long Beach St.	-6.2
UC Santa Barbara	Cal St. Fullerton	5.6
Portland St.	Northern Arizona	6.7
Portland	San Diego	1.0
Loyola Marymount	Santa Clara	-5.6
UCLA	Washington St.	9.7
Stanford	Utah	5.0
USC	Washington	12.4
San Jose St.	Nevada	-8.0

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Sunday, February 6, 2022

Home	Visitors	Spread
Georgetown	Providence	-7.1
Ohio St.	Maryland	9.3
Niagara	Iona	-7.5
Canisius	Manhattan	1.5
Purdue Fort Wayne	Green Bay	8.1
Missouri St.	Loyola Chicago	0.5
Quinnipiac	Monmouth	-4.7
Saint Peter’s	Marist	4.0
Fairfield	Siena	7.2
Cleveland St.	Milwaukee	10.4
San Diego St.	Nevada	11.2
Stanford	Washington	5.9
Miami (O)	Akron	-0.7
Iowa	Minnesota	11.0
Cincinnati	Houston	-8.1
Fresno St.	Wyoming	2.0

PiRate Picks For September 1-6, 2021

Last week, we explained what our PiRate Picks are all about. We even gave you a sample Money Line Parlay that included Illinois beating Nebraska, UTEP beating New Mexico St., and UCLA beating Hawaii. This parlay had payout odds of +341, which meant if you wagered $100, and the teams all won, you would receive $441 in return. But, we made sure you understood that this was a sample and not official.

As of Monday afternoon, three people had notified us that they had played a little real currency on this parlay and were quite happy with their return.

How many times can we state this? Please do not bet real money on our just for fun selections! Okay, so one of you wagered $20, one of you wagered $50, and one of you wagered $100 on this parlay and won money. These same people could just as easily have lost this wager, and there is no guarantee that this week’s two selections have a snowball’s chance in Hades of winning.

We strongly urge you to look at these selections as mathematical entertainment and nothing else. If you are going to wager real money on sports, please do your research. Don’t rely on this site as your substitute for research. We use mathematical factors and not actual research to make these selections.

That said, we have two actual Money Line parlays this week, involving five games. If you did not read last week’s tutorial, or if you are a long-time follower of this site and need a refresher course, our expertise is the Money Line Parlay. The Money Line is a number, plus or minus. If the number is a minus, then you must wager this number of dollars against the book’s offering $100. So, a -145 means you the bettor must put up $145 to win $100 from the book. If you bet $145 on this game and won, you would receive $245 from the book ($100 + your investment money). If the number is positive, for every $100 you wager, the book offers the amount of the the positive numbers in dollars. So, a +170 means that if you wager $100 and win, the book will give you $270 ($170 + your investment).

When you wager on the money line, all that matters is that your selection wins. They can win by one point or 100 points; it doesn’t make a difference.

Obviously, if you want to wager on Alabama against Louisiana-Monroe, expect the Money Line to be about -100,000. You would have to wager $100,000 to win $100. If you wagered $100 on this parlay, when Alabama wins, you would receive one dime in profit, and the book would possibly not accept this one wager.

Obviously, it is much easier to bet a favorite to win, but you will receive less than even money odds. A -240 favorite equates to the team having a 70% chance of winning the game. If you believe that team has a better than 70% chance of winning, it might be worth your while to wager on it. If you win 75% of the time you wager on a -240 money line, you will turn a small profit.

The problem with wagering on favorites is that it is quite difficult to maintain the percentage needed to make a profit. Betting on 20 different teams at -240 and winning 13 of 20 means a loss of $380.

If you wager on a bunch of underdogs, there is also little chance that in the long run you will come out ahead. The answer to this is to bundle a group of favorites into a parlay that returns better than even money odds. For our purposes, we look for parlays of +120 and higher. At +150, we break even if the teams we wager on to win all win more than 40% of the time. At +200, if the parlay has a better than 33.3% chance on winning, we turn a profit.

It looks easy. Try it yourself without wagering. Look at the Money Line odds and make a parlay. There are free parlay calculators online to show you your odds. Try it with 10 parlays and see if you can win enough to make it work. You will find that the books know what they are doing. They build billion dollar mega-structures in the desert, because they know how to vacuum your money into their accounts.

Here are our two selections for Week 1 of the College Football Season. Remember, these are just for fun. We have a bottomless pretend bank account to repeatedly wager $100 on every selection.

Odds:	+125
Must Win	Opponent
Central Florida	Boise St.
Duke	Charlotte
Odds:	+265.98
Must Win	Opponent
North Carolina	Virginia Tech
Kansas St.	Stanford
Purdue	Oregon St.

PiRate Ratings Bracketology

2/19/2021

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

Last 4 Byes: Seton Hall, Minnesota, Colorado St., Drake

Last 4 In: Stanford, St. Bonaventure, Connecticut, Saint Louis

First 4 Out: Xavier, Maryland, Wichita St., St. John’s

Next 4 Out: Utah St., Ole Miss, Syracuse, Georgia Tech

Note: After careful perusal of the mock top four seeds released a week ago, we have discovered some new tendencies that the Committee gave more weight to than they usually do when there is a lot more interconference play. Thus, expect our bracketology to change a little next week showing seeds in somewhat different order from what they are this week. For instance, we believe that a team like Colgate may be drastically underrated, while a team like 23-1 Belmont may be overrated a bit even after winning their 20th consecutive game last night.

PiRate Ratings College Basketball Spreads

February 18, 2021

Home	Visitor	Spread
Wichita St.	Houston	-9.2
Wisconsin	Iowa	-3.5
Penn St.	Ohio St.	-4.5
Michigan	Rutgers	7.9
Fresno St.	San Diego St.	-14.2
Oregon St.	Utah	-3.5
UCLA	Arizona	0.3
Washington St.	California	4.1
Washington	Stanford	-8.8
Oregon	Colorado	-1.3
Pacific	BYU	-7.2
Gonzaga	Saint Mary’s	22.6
Santa Clara	San Diego	5.1
San Francisco	Loyola Marymount	4.0

Coming Later Today: Is your team safely in the 68-team field, close to being a sure thing, on the good side of the bubble, or on the bad side of the bubble? We’ll break it down by conference.

PiRate Ratings Bracketology

2/15/2021

Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Gonzaga	Baylor	Michigan	Ohio St.
2	Illinois	Houston	Alabama	Villanova
3	Virginia	Oklahoma	Iowa	West Virginia
4	Tennessee	Texas Tech	Texas	Florida St.
5	USC	Kansas	Missouri	Virginia Tech
6	Wisconsin	Creighton	Rutgers	Clemson
7	Florida	Oklahoma St.	Purdue	Arkansas
8	Colorado	UCLA	Louisville	Xavier
9	Minnesota	BYU	San Diego St.	LSU
10	Loyola (Chi.)	North Carolina	Boise St.	Oregon
11	Seton Hall	Drake	St. Bonaventure	Utah St.
12	Belmont	Winthrop	Colorado St.	Indiana	Stanford	Connecticut
13	Toledo	Western Ky.	UCSB	Wright St.
14	Liberty	UNCG	S.F. Austin	Colgate
15	Vermont	Siena	Texas St.	Grand Canyon
16	James Madison	S. Dakota St.	E. Washington	Prairie View	Mt. St. Mary’s	N. C. A&T

First 8 Teams Out

69	VCU
70	Saint Louis
71	Richmond
72	SMU
73	Maryland
74	Wichita St.
75	Georgia Tech
76	Pittsburgh

PiRate Ratings Bracketology

2/12/2021

Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Gonzaga	Baylor	Michigan	Ohio St.
2	Houston	Illinois	Villanova	Alabama
3	Virginia	West Virginia	Iowa	Tennessee
4	Texas Tech	Wisconsin	USC	Texas
5	Missouri	Oklahoma	Florida St.	Kansas
6	Creighton	Colorado	Virginia Tech	Rutgers
7	Florida	Purdue	Xavier	UCLA
8	Oklahoma St.	Louisville	Clemson	Minnesota
9	Loyola (Chi.)	North Carolina	BYU	Indiana
10	San Diego St.	Arkansas	Seton Hall	LSU
11	Drake	St. Bonaventure	Boise St.	Utah St.
12	Belmont	Toledo	Oregon	Stanford	Colorado St.	VCU
13	Winthrop	UNCG	UAB	Liberty
14	Navy	UC-Irvine	S. F. Austin	Grand Canyon
15	South Dakota	Northeastern	Siena	Cleveland St.
16	Texas St.	UMBC	E. Washington	Bryant	N. C. A&T	Prairie View

Bubble Contenders

69	Saint Louis
70	Connecticut
71	Richmond
72	Western Kentucky
73	Penn St.
74	Syracuse
75	St. John’s
76	Maryland