PiRate Ratings Championship Game Spread

Favorite	Underdog	Spread
Gonzaga	Baylor	6.3

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PiRate Ratings College Basketball Spreads

Monday, February 22, 2021

Home	Visitor	Spread
Duke	Syracuse	4.2
Liberty	North Alabama	14.8
Oklahoma St.	Texas Tech	-0.1
South Carolina Upstate	Gardner-Webb	-7.4
Presbyterian	Charleston Southern	4.7
Elon	William & Mary	4.5
Drake	Evansville	15.5
Southern Illinois	Valparaiso	0.1
Air Force	New Mexico	0.1
Southeast Missouri State	Eastern Kentucky	-3.3
SIU Edwardsville	Morehead St.	-9.1
USC	Oregon	5.7
UL Monroe	Little Rock	-2.3
Louisiana	UT Arlington	4.9
Arkansas St.	Texas St.	-3.0
Northwestern St.	Houston Baptist	4.0
Texas A&M-CC	SE Louisiana	0.4
New Orleans	Central Arkansas	3.9
Lamar	Sam Houston St.	-9.8
Western Carolina	UNC Greensboro	-7.9
Furman	VMI	7.4
Mercer	The Citadel	7.8
Jackson St.	Grambling	4.4
Southern	Alabama St.	10.7
Alcorn St.	Alabama A&M	1.4
Saint Mary’s	Pepperdine	4.5

Monday’s PiRate Ratings

Rk	Team	Rating
1	Gonzaga	128.7
2	Baylor	123.9
3	Iowa	120.8
4	Michigan	120.6
5	Illinois	120.2
6	Alabama	118.9
7	Ohio St.	118.3
8	Houston	118.0
9	Florida St.	116.5
10	Loyola Chicago	115.9
11	USC	115.5
12	Villanova	115.5
13	Creighton	115.3
14	West Virginia	115.0
15	Wisconsin	115.0
16	Arkansas	114.9
17	Virginia	114.8
18	Texas	114.5
19	BYU	114.4
20	Colorado	114.2
21	Kansas	114.2
22	LSU	114.2
23	Purdue	114.1
24	San Diego St.	114.0
25	Texas Tech	113.8
26	Tennessee	113.8
27	North Carolina	113.8
28	Oklahoma	113.6
29	Rutgers	113.2
30	Duke	113.0
31	Florida	112.8
32	Penn St.	112.5
33	Maryland	112.4
34	Indiana	112.1
35	Oregon	111.8
36	Oklahoma St.	111.7
37	Arizona	111.6
38	Virginia Tech	111.5
39	Memphis	111.4
40	Seton Hall	111.4
41	Georgia Tech	111.4
42	VCU	111.3
43	Connecticut	111.3
44	Missouri	111.2
45	Minnesota	111.0
46	Clemson	110.8
47	Utah St.	110.8
48	St. Bonaventure	110.8
49	Syracuse	110.8
50	Drake	110.8
51	Saint Louis	110.7
52	Kentucky	110.7
53	Boise St.	110.7
54	SMU	110.6
55	UCLA	110.5
56	Louisville	110.3
57	Xavier	110.2
58	Richmond	110.1
59	Stanford	110.0
60	Auburn	110.0
61	Notre Dame	110.0
62	Wright St.	109.9
63	Toledo	109.7
64	Mississippi	109.5
65	St. John’s	109.1
66	Michigan St.	109.0
67	Colorado St.	108.9
68	Marshall	108.9
69	N.C. State	108.1
70	Belmont	108.1
71	Northwestern	108.0
72	UC Santa Barbara	108.0
73	Wichita St.	108.0
74	Davidson	107.8
75	Mississippi St.	107.8
76	Pittsburgh	107.7
77	Dayton	107.5
78	Utah	107.4
79	Providence	107.4
80	North Texas	107.3
81	Western Kentucky	107.1
82	Saint Mary’s	107.0
83	Rhode Island	107.0
84	Georgia	106.9
85	Marquette	106.9
86	Kent St.	106.7
87	Buffalo	106.7
88	Missouri St.	106.6
89	Louisiana Tech	106.4
90	Colgate	106.4
91	Furman	106.4
92	South Carolina	106.3
93	Akron	106.3
94	Georgetown	106.3
95	Abilene Christian	106.0
96	Arizona St.	106.0
97	Nevada	106.0
98	Washington St.	105.8
99	UCF	105.8
100	San Francisco	105.4
101	UAB	105.3
102	Winthrop	105.3
103	Cincinnati	105.2
104	Vanderbilt	105.0
105	Massachusetts	104.9
106	Eastern Washington	104.9
107	Ohio	104.8
108	Duquesne	104.7
109	Oregon St.	104.6
110	Pepperdine	104.5
111	Liberty	104.4
112	Tulsa	104.4
113	UNC Greensboro	104.2
114	Loyola Marymount	104.1
115	Nebraska	104.1
116	Indiana St.	103.9
117	UC Irvine	103.9
118	UC Riverside	103.8
119	DePaul	103.7
120	Vermont	103.7
121	South Dakota St.	103.7
122	Boston College	103.6
123	TCU	103.4
124	South Florida	103.3
125	Bowling Green	103.3
126	Pacific	103.2
127	East Tennessee St.	103.1
128	Wofford	103.0
129	Texas A&M	103.0
130	Wake Forest	102.8
131	Butler	102.7
132	Weber St.	102.6
133	Grand Canyon	102.6
134	George Mason	102.5
135	East Carolina	102.2
136	Murray St.	102.1
137	Miami FL	102.0
138	Morehead St.	101.9
139	Tulane	101.7
140	Cal St. Bakersfield	101.6
141	Bradley	101.6
142	Temple	101.5
143	Mercer	101.4
144	Detroit	101.2
145	Old Dominion	101.2
146	Georgia St.	101.2
147	UNLV	101.2
148	VMI	101.0
149	Navy	101.0
150	Chattanooga	100.9
151	Siena	100.8
152	North Dakota St.	100.7
153	Cleveland St.	100.7
154	UMBC	100.6
155	California	100.6
156	UTEP	100.4
157	Santa Clara	100.4
158	Iowa St.	100.3
159	Texas St.	100.3
160	Stephen F. Austin	100.3
161	Northeastern	100.3
162	Bellarmine	100.2
163	Drexel	100.2
164	James Madison	100.1
165	Ball St.	100.1
166	Washington	100.0
167	New Mexico St.	100.0
168	Sam Houston St.	99.9
169	Gardner Webb	99.9
170	Jacksonville St.	99.8
171	Coastal Carolina	99.8
172	Hofstra	99.8
173	Miami OH	99.7
174	South Dakota	99.6
175	Oral Roberts	99.6
176	Northern Iowa	99.5
177	UTSA	99.4
178	Southern Utah	99.4
179	Rice	99.4
180	Eastern Kentucky	99.0
181	Illinois St.	98.9
182	Kansas St.	98.7
183	Saint Peter’s	98.6
184	Bryant	98.6
185	Wyoming	98.5
186	San Diego	98.5
187	Northern Kentucky	98.5
188	Valparaiso	98.5
189	La Salle	98.4
190	Montana	98.3
191	Army	98.3
192	Monmouth	98.2
193	Louisiana	98.1
194	George Washington	98.0
195	Hawaii	98.0
196	South Alabama	97.8
197	Iona	97.8
198	Austin Peay	97.7
199	Florida Atlantic	97.5
200	Nicholls St.	97.4
201	Fresno St.	97.4
202	Charlotte	97.4
203	Evansville	97.3
204	Montana St.	97.2
205	Appalachian St.	97.1
206	UMKC	97.1
207	Wagner	96.9
208	Delaware	96.9
209	UNC Wilmington	96.8
210	Oakland	96.8
211	UNC Asheville	96.8
212	Saint Joseph’s	96.7
213	Lipscomb	96.6
214	Southern Illinois	96.6
215	UC Davis	96.5
216	Charleston	96.4
217	Radford	96.4
218	UT Rio Grande Valley	96.4
219	Little Rock	96.3
220	Hartford	96.2
221	Loyola MD	96.1
222	UC San Diego	96.1
223	Stony Brook	96.1
224	Prairie View A&M	96.0
225	Milwaukee	95.9
226	Longwood	95.9
227	Niagara	95.9
228	Canisius	95.7
229	Green Bay	95.7
230	Campbell	95.6
231	Northern Colorado	95.6
232	The Citadel	95.6
233	UMass Lowell	95.5
234	Utah Valley	95.5
235	Lafayette	95.5
236	Mount St. Mary’s	95.5
237	Norfolk St.	95.5
238	Youngstown St.	95.4
239	Albany	95.4
240	Arkansas St.	95.3
241	Texas Southern	95.3
242	Southern Miss	95.3
243	UT Arlington	95.2
244	Cal Baptist	95.2
245	Portland St.	95.2
246	Stetson	95.0
247	Elon	95.0
248	Bucknell	94.9
249	Morgan St.	94.7
250	American	94.5
251	Western Michigan	94.4
252	Central Michigan	94.4
253	Eastern Michigan	94.4
254	New Hampshire	94.4
255	IUPUI	94.3
256	Seattle	94.3
257	Western Carolina	94.3
258	Boston University	94.2
259	Marist	94.2
260	Samford	94.1
261	Cal St. Fullerton	94.1
262	Sacramento St.	94.1
263	Florida Gulf Coast	94.1
264	High Point	93.9
265	Georgia Southern	93.9
266	Florida A&M	93.9
267	Quinnipiac	93.8
268	Southeast Missouri St.	93.7
269	Middle Tennessee	93.7
270	Towson	93.7
271	Illinois Chicago	93.6
272	Merrimack	93.6
273	Idaho St.	93.2
274	Fordham	93.0
275	New Mexico	93.0
276	Jackson St.	93.0
277	Cal St. Northridge	92.8
278	North Carolina Central	92.7
279	NJIT	92.6
280	Long Beach St.	92.6
281	Robert Morris	92.5
282	LIU	92.5
283	William & Mary	92.5
284	FIU	92.5
285	Purdue Fort Wayne	92.4
286	Eastern Illinois	92.4
287	Troy	92.4
288	North Florida	92.3
289	Manhattan	92.1
290	North Dakota	92.1
291	Louisiana Monroe	92.0
292	Southern	91.9
293	North Carolina A&T	91.9
294	St. Francis PA	91.6
295	Tarleton St.	91.6
296	North Alabama	91.6
297	Jacksonville	91.6
298	Sacred Heart	91.5
299	Northern Illinois	91.5
300	Howard (opted out)	91.5
301	Western Illinois	91.3
302	Fairleigh Dickinson	91.0
303	St. Francis NY	91.0
304	Air Force	91.0
305	Northwestern St.	90.9
306	SIU Edwardsville	90.8
307	Holy Cross	90.8
308	Binghamton	90.7
309	Grambling St.	90.6
310	New Orleans	90.6
311	Incarnate Word	90.6
312	USC Upstate	90.5
313	Coppin St.	90.4
314	Rider	90.3
315	Presbyterian	90.2
316	Nebraska Omaha	90.1
317	Tennessee St.	89.9
318	Fairfield	89.9
319	Tennessee Tech	89.9
320	Southeastern Louisiana	89.8
321	San Jose St.	89.6
322	Northern Arizona	89.6
323	Lehigh	89.2
324	Hampton	89.1
325	Houston Baptist	88.9
326	Central Arkansas	88.7
327	Portland	88.6
328	Texas A&M Corpus Chris	88.2
329	Lamar	88.1
330	Maine (opted out)	88.0
331	Dixie St.	88.0
332	McNeese St.	87.6
333	Charleston Southern	87.5
334	Alabama A&M	87.5
335	Cal Poly	87.0
336	Alcorn St.	86.9
337	Central Connecticut	86.8
338	Denver	86.7
339	Kennesaw St.	86.2
340	Tennessee Martin	86.0
341	Arkansas Pine Bluff	83.7
342	Delaware St.	83.3
343	Alabama St.	83.2
344	Idaho	82.3
345	South Carolina St.	81.5
346	Chicago St.	80.9
347	Mississippi Valley St.	70.9

PiRate Ratings By Conference

Atlantic 10
Team	Rating
VCU	111.3
St. Bonaventure	110.8
Saint Louis	110.7
Richmond	110.1
Davidson	107.8
Dayton	107.5
Rhode Island	107.0
Massachusetts	104.9
Duquesne	104.7
George Mason	102.5
La Salle	98.4
George Washington	98.0
Saint Joseph’s	96.7
Fordham	93.0
American
Team	Rating
Houston	118.0
Memphis	111.4
SMU	110.6
Wichita St.	108.0
UCF	105.8
Cincinnati	105.2
Tulsa	104.4
South Florida	103.3
East Carolina	102.2
Tulane	101.7
Temple	101.5
Atlantic Coast
Team	Rating
Florida St.	116.5
Virginia	114.8
North Carolina	113.8
Duke	113.0
Virginia Tech	111.5
Georgia Tech	111.4
Clemson	110.8
Syracuse	110.8
Louisville	110.3
Notre Dame	110.0
N.C. State	108.1
Pittsburgh	107.7
Boston College	103.6
Wake Forest	102.8
Miami FL	102.0
America East
Team	Rating
Vermont	103.7
UMBC	100.6
Hartford	96.2
Stony Brook	96.1
UMass Lowell	95.5
Albany	95.4
New Hampshire	94.4
NJIT	92.6
Binghamton	90.7
Maine (opted out)	88.0
Atlantic Sun
Team	Rating
Liberty	104.4
Bellarmine	100.2
Lipscomb	96.6
Stetson	95.0
Florida Gulf Coast	94.1
North Florida	92.3
North Alabama	91.6
Jacksonville	91.6
Kennesaw St.	86.2
Big 12
Team	Rating
Baylor	123.9
West Virginia	115.0
Texas	114.5
Kansas	114.2
Texas Tech	113.8
Oklahoma	113.6
Oklahoma St.	111.7
TCU	103.4
Iowa St.	100.3
Kansas St.	98.7
Big East
Team	Rating
Villanova	115.5
Creighton	115.3
Seton Hall	111.4
Connecticut	111.3
Xavier	110.2
St. John’s	109.1
Providence	107.4
Marquette	106.9
Georgetown	106.3
DePaul	103.7
Butler	102.7
Big Sky
Team	Rating
Eastern Washington	104.9
Weber St.	102.6
Southern Utah	99.4
Montana	98.3
Montana St.	97.2
Northern Colorado	95.6
Portland St.	95.2
Sacramento St.	94.1
Idaho St.	93.2
Northern Arizona	89.6
Idaho	82.3
Big South
Team	Rating
Winthrop	105.3
Gardner Webb	99.9
UNC Asheville	96.8
Radford	96.4
Longwood	95.9
Campbell	95.6
High Point	93.9
USC Upstate	90.5
Presbyterian	90.2
Hampton	89.1
Charleston Southern	87.5
Big Ten
Team	Rating
Iowa	120.8
Michigan	120.6
Illinois	120.2
Ohio St.	118.3
Wisconsin	115.0
Purdue	114.1
Rutgers	113.2
Penn St.	112.5
Maryland	112.4
Indiana	112.1
Minnesota	111.0
Michigan St.	109.0
Northwestern	108.0
Nebraska	104.1
Big West
Team	Rating
UC Santa Barbara	108.0
UC Irvine	103.9
UC Riverside	103.8
Cal St. Bakersfield	101.6
Hawaii	98.0
UC Davis	96.5
UC San Diego	96.1
Cal St. Fullerton	94.1
Cal St. Northridge	92.8
Long Beach St.	92.6
Cal Poly	87.0
Colonial
Team	Rating
Northeastern	100.3
Drexel	100.2
James Madison	100.1
Hofstra	99.8
Delaware	96.9
UNC Wilmington	96.8
Charleston	96.4
Elon	95.0
Towson	93.7
William & Mary	92.5
Conference USA
Team	Rating
Marshall	108.9
North Texas	107.3
Western Kentucky	107.1
Louisiana Tech	106.4
UAB	105.3
Old Dominion	101.2
UTEP	100.4
UTSA	99.4
Rice	99.4
Florida Atlantic	97.5
Charlotte	97.4
Southern Miss	95.3
Middle Tennessee	93.7
FIU	92.5
Horizon
Team	Rating
Wright St.	109.9
Detroit	101.2
Cleveland St.	100.7
Northern Kentucky	98.5
Oakland	96.8
Milwaukee	95.9
Green Bay	95.7
Youngstown St.	95.4
IUPUI	94.3
Illinois Chicago	93.6
Robert Morris	92.5
Purdue Fort Wayne	92.4
Metro Atlantic
Team	Rating
Siena	100.8
Saint Peter’s	98.6
Monmouth	98.2
Iona	97.8
Niagara	95.9
Canisius	95.7
Marist	94.2
Quinnipiac	93.8
Manhattan	92.1
Rider	90.3
Fairfield	89.9
Mid-American
Team	Rating
Toledo	109.7
Kent St.	106.7
Buffalo	106.7
Akron	106.3
Ohio	104.8
Bowling Green	103.3
Ball St.	100.1
Miami OH	99.7
Western Michigan	94.4
Central Michigan	94.4
Eastern Michigan	94.4
Northern Illinois	91.5
Mideastern Athletic
Team	Rating
Norfolk St.	95.5
Morgan St.	94.7
Florida A&M	93.9
North Carolina Central	92.7
North Carolina A&T	91.9
Howard (opted out)	91.5
Coppin St.	90.4
Delaware St.	83.3
South Carolina St.	81.5
Missouri Valley
Team	Rating
Loyola Chicago	115.9
Drake	110.8
Missouri St.	106.6
Indiana St.	103.9
Bradley	101.6
Northern Iowa	99.5
Illinois St.	98.9
Valparaiso	98.5
Evansville	97.3
Southern Illinois	96.6
Mountain West
Team	Rating
San Diego St.	114.0
Utah St.	110.8
Boise St.	110.7
Colorado St.	108.9
Nevada	106.0
UNLV	101.2
Wyoming	98.5
Fresno St.	97.4
New Mexico	93.0
Air Force	91.0
San Jose St.	89.6
Northeast
Team	Rating
Bryant	98.6
Wagner	96.9
Mount St. Mary’s	95.5
Merrimack	93.6
LIU	92.5
St. Francis PA	91.6
Sacred Heart	91.5
Fairleigh Dickinson	91.0
St. Francis NY	91.0
Central Connecticut	86.8
Ohio Valley
Team	Rating
Belmont	108.1
Murray St.	102.1
Morehead St.	101.9
Jacksonville St.	99.8
Eastern Kentucky	99.0
Austin Peay	97.7
Southeast Missouri St.	93.7
Eastern Illinois	92.4
SIU Edwardsville	90.8
Tennessee St.	89.9
Tennessee Tech	89.9
Tennessee Martin	86.0
Pac-12
Team	Rating
USC	115.5
Colorado	114.2
Oregon	111.8
Arizona	111.6
UCLA	110.5
Stanford	110.0
Utah	107.4
Arizona St.	106.0
Washington St.	105.8
Oregon St.	104.6
California	100.6
Washington	100.0
Patriot
Team	Rating
Colgate	106.4
Navy	101.0
Army	98.3
Loyola MD	96.1
Lafayette	95.5
Bucknell	94.9
American	94.5
Boston University	94.2
Holy Cross	90.8
Lehigh	89.2
Southeastern
Team	Rating
Alabama	118.9
Arkansas	114.9
LSU	114.2
Tennessee	113.8
Florida	112.8
Missouri	111.2
Kentucky	110.7
Auburn	110.0
Mississippi	109.5
Mississippi St.	107.8
Georgia	106.9
South Carolina	106.3
Vanderbilt	105.0
Texas A&M	103.0
Southern
Team	Rating
Furman	106.4
UNC Greensboro	104.2
East Tennessee St.	103.1
Wofford	103.0
Mercer	101.4
VMI	101.0
Chattanooga	100.9
The Citadel	95.6
Western Carolina	94.3
Samford	94.1
Southland
Team	Rating
Abilene Christian	106.0
Stephen F. Austin	100.3
Sam Houston St.	99.9
Nicholls St.	97.4
Northwestern St.	90.9
New Orleans	90.6
Incarnate Word	90.6
Southeastern Louisiana	89.8
Houston Baptist	88.9
Central Arkansas	88.7
Texas A&M Corpus Chris	88.2
Lamar	88.1
McNeese St.	87.6
Summit
Team	Rating
South Dakota St.	103.7
North Dakota St.	100.7
South Dakota	99.6
Oral Roberts	99.6
UMKC	97.1
North Dakota	92.1
Western Illinois	91.3
Nebraska Omaha	90.1
Denver	86.7
Southwestern Athletic
Team	Rating
Prairie View A&M	96.0
Texas Southern	95.3
Jackson St.	93.0
Southern	91.9
Grambling St.	90.6
Alabama A&M	87.5
Alcorn St.	86.9
Arkansas Pine Bluff	83.7
Alabama St.	83.2
Mississippi Valley St.	70.9
Sun Belt
Team	Rating
Georgia St.	101.2
Texas St.	100.3
Coastal Carolina	99.8
Louisiana	98.1
South Alabama	97.8
Appalachian St.	97.1
Little Rock	96.3
Arkansas St.	95.3
UT Arlington	95.2
Georgia Southern	93.9
Troy	92.4
Louisiana Monroe	92.0
Western Athletic
Team	Rating
Grand Canyon	102.6
New Mexico St.	100.0
UT Rio Grande Valley	96.4
Utah Valley	95.5
Cal Baptist	95.2
Seattle	94.3
Tarleton St.	91.6
Dixie St.	88.0
Chicago St.	80.9
West Coast
Team	Rating
Gonzaga	128.7
BYU	114.4
Saint Mary’s	107.0
San Francisco	105.4
Pepperdine	104.5
Loyola Marymount	104.1
Pacific	103.2
Santa Clara	100.4
San Diego	98.5
Portland	88.6

PiRate Ratings Alphabetically

Rk	Team	Rating
95	Abilene Christian	106.0
304	Air Force	91.0
93	Akron	106.3
6	Alabama	118.9
334	Alabama A&M	87.5
343	Alabama St.	83.2
239	Albany	95.4
336	Alcorn St.	86.9
250	American	94.5
205	Appalachian St.	97.1
37	Arizona	111.6
96	Arizona St.	106.0
16	Arkansas	114.9
341	Arkansas Pine Bluff	83.7
240	Arkansas St.	95.3
191	Army	98.3
60	Auburn	110.0
198	Austin Peay	97.7
165	Ball St.	100.1
2	Baylor	123.9
162	Bellarmine	100.2
70	Belmont	108.1
308	Binghamton	90.7
53	Boise St.	110.7
122	Boston College	103.6
258	Boston University	94.2
125	Bowling Green	103.3
141	Bradley	101.6
184	Bryant	98.6
248	Bucknell	94.9
87	Buffalo	106.7
131	Butler	102.7
19	BYU	114.4
244	Cal Baptist	95.2
335	Cal Poly	87.0
140	Cal St. Bakersfield	101.6
261	Cal St. Fullerton	94.1
277	Cal St. Northridge	92.8
155	California	100.6
230	Campbell	95.6
228	Canisius	95.7
326	Central Arkansas	88.7
337	Central Connecticut	86.8
252	Central Michigan	94.4
216	Charleston	96.4
333	Charleston Southern	87.5
202	Charlotte	97.4
150	Chattanooga	100.9
346	Chicago St.	80.9
103	Cincinnati	105.2
46	Clemson	110.8
153	Cleveland St.	100.7
171	Coastal Carolina	99.8
90	Colgate	106.4
20	Colorado	114.2
67	Colorado St.	108.9
43	Connecticut	111.3
313	Coppin St.	90.4
13	Creighton	115.3
74	Davidson	107.8
77	Dayton	107.5
208	Delaware	96.9
342	Delaware St.	83.3
338	Denver	86.7
119	DePaul	103.7
144	Detroit	101.2
331	Dixie St.	88.0
50	Drake	110.8
163	Drexel	100.2
30	Duke	113.0
108	Duquesne	104.7
135	East Carolina	102.2
127	East Tennessee St.	103.1
286	Eastern Illinois	92.4
180	Eastern Kentucky	99.0
253	Eastern Michigan	94.4
106	Eastern Washington	104.9
247	Elon	95.0
203	Evansville	97.3
318	Fairfield	89.9
302	Fairleigh Dickinson	91.0
284	FIU	92.5
31	Florida	112.8
266	Florida A&M	93.9
199	Florida Atlantic	97.5
263	Florida Gulf Coast	94.1
9	Florida St.	116.5
274	Fordham	93.0
201	Fresno St.	97.4
91	Furman	106.4
169	Gardner Webb	99.9
134	George Mason	102.5
194	George Washington	98.0
94	Georgetown	106.3
84	Georgia	106.9
265	Georgia Southern	93.9
146	Georgia St.	101.2
41	Georgia Tech	111.4
1	Gonzaga	128.7
309	Grambling St.	90.6
133	Grand Canyon	102.6
229	Green Bay	95.7
324	Hampton	89.1
220	Hartford	96.2
195	Hawaii	98.0
264	High Point	93.9
172	Hofstra	99.8
307	Holy Cross	90.8
8	Houston	118.0
325	Houston Baptist	88.9
300	Howard (opted out)	91.5
344	Idaho	82.3
273	Idaho St.	93.2
5	Illinois	120.2
271	Illinois Chicago	93.6
181	Illinois St.	98.9
311	Incarnate Word	90.6
34	Indiana	112.1
116	Indiana St.	103.9
197	Iona	97.8
3	Iowa	120.8
158	Iowa St.	100.3
255	IUPUI	94.3
276	Jackson St.	93.0
297	Jacksonville	91.6
170	Jacksonville St.	99.8
164	James Madison	100.1
21	Kansas	114.2
182	Kansas St.	98.7
339	Kennesaw St.	86.2
86	Kent St.	106.7
52	Kentucky	110.7
189	La Salle	98.4
235	Lafayette	95.5
329	Lamar	88.1
323	Lehigh	89.2
111	Liberty	104.4
213	Lipscomb	96.6
219	Little Rock	96.3
282	LIU	92.5
280	Long Beach St.	92.6
226	Longwood	95.9
193	Louisiana	98.1
291	Louisiana Monroe	92.0
89	Louisiana Tech	106.4
56	Louisville	110.3
10	Loyola Chicago	115.9
114	Loyola Marymount	104.1
221	Loyola MD	96.1
22	LSU	114.2
330	Maine (opted out)	88.0
289	Manhattan	92.1
259	Marist	94.2
85	Marquette	106.9
68	Marshall	108.9
33	Maryland	112.4
105	Massachusetts	104.9
332	McNeese St.	87.6
39	Memphis	111.4
143	Mercer	101.4
272	Merrimack	93.6
137	Miami FL	102.0
173	Miami OH	99.7
4	Michigan	120.6
66	Michigan St.	109.0
269	Middle Tennessee	93.7
225	Milwaukee	95.9
45	Minnesota	111.0
64	Mississippi	109.5
75	Mississippi St.	107.8
347	Mississippi Valley St.	70.9
44	Missouri	111.2
88	Missouri St.	106.6
192	Monmouth	98.2
190	Montana	98.3
204	Montana St.	97.2
138	Morehead St.	101.9
249	Morgan St.	94.7
236	Mount St. Mary’s	95.5
136	Murray St.	102.1
69	N.C. State	108.1
149	Navy	101.0
115	Nebraska	104.1
316	Nebraska Omaha	90.1
97	Nevada	106.0
254	New Hampshire	94.4
275	New Mexico	93.0
167	New Mexico St.	100.0
310	New Orleans	90.6
227	Niagara	95.9
200	Nicholls St.	97.4
279	NJIT	92.6
237	Norfolk St.	95.5
296	North Alabama	91.6
27	North Carolina	113.8
293	North Carolina A&T	91.9
278	North Carolina Central	92.7
290	North Dakota	92.1
152	North Dakota St.	100.7
288	North Florida	92.3
80	North Texas	107.3
161	Northeastern	100.3
322	Northern Arizona	89.6
231	Northern Colorado	95.6
299	Northern Illinois	91.5
176	Northern Iowa	99.5
187	Northern Kentucky	98.5
71	Northwestern	108.0
305	Northwestern St.	90.9
61	Notre Dame	110.0
210	Oakland	96.8
107	Ohio	104.8
7	Ohio St.	118.3
28	Oklahoma	113.6
36	Oklahoma St.	111.7
145	Old Dominion	101.2
175	Oral Roberts	99.6
35	Oregon	111.8
109	Oregon St.	104.6
126	Pacific	103.2
32	Penn St.	112.5
110	Pepperdine	104.5
76	Pittsburgh	107.7
327	Portland	88.6
245	Portland St.	95.2
224	Prairie View A&M	96.0
315	Presbyterian	90.2
79	Providence	107.4
23	Purdue	114.1
285	Purdue Fort Wayne	92.4
267	Quinnipiac	93.8
217	Radford	96.4
83	Rhode Island	107.0
179	Rice	99.4
58	Richmond	110.1
314	Rider	90.3
281	Robert Morris	92.5
29	Rutgers	113.2
262	Sacramento St.	94.1
298	Sacred Heart	91.5
212	Saint Joseph’s	96.7
51	Saint Louis	110.7
82	Saint Mary’s	107.0
183	Saint Peter’s	98.6
168	Sam Houston St.	99.9
260	Samford	94.1
186	San Diego	98.5
24	San Diego St.	114.0
100	San Francisco	105.4
321	San Jose St.	89.6
157	Santa Clara	100.4
256	Seattle	94.3
40	Seton Hall	111.4
151	Siena	100.8
306	SIU Edwardsville	90.8
54	SMU	110.6
196	South Alabama	97.8
92	South Carolina	106.3
345	South Carolina St.	81.5
174	South Dakota	99.6
121	South Dakota St.	103.7
124	South Florida	103.3
268	Southeast Missouri St.	93.7
320	Southeastern Louisiana	89.8
292	Southern	91.9
214	Southern Illinois	96.6
242	Southern Miss	95.3
178	Southern Utah	99.4
48	St. Bonaventure	110.8
303	St. Francis NY	91.0
294	St. Francis PA	91.6
65	St. John’s	109.1
59	Stanford	110.0
160	Stephen F. Austin	100.3
246	Stetson	95.0
223	Stony Brook	96.1
49	Syracuse	110.8
295	Tarleton St.	91.6
123	TCU	103.4
142	Temple	101.5
26	Tennessee	113.8
340	Tennessee Martin	86.0
317	Tennessee St.	89.9
319	Tennessee Tech	89.9
18	Texas	114.5
129	Texas A&M	103.0
328	Texas A&M Corpus Chris	88.2
241	Texas Southern	95.3
159	Texas St.	100.3
25	Texas Tech	113.8
232	The Citadel	95.6
63	Toledo	109.7
270	Towson	93.7
287	Troy	92.4
139	Tulane	101.7
112	Tulsa	104.4
101	UAB	105.3
215	UC Davis	96.5
117	UC Irvine	103.9
118	UC Riverside	103.8
222	UC San Diego	96.1
72	UC Santa Barbara	108.0
99	UCF	105.8
55	UCLA	110.5
233	UMass Lowell	95.5
154	UMBC	100.6
206	UMKC	97.1
211	UNC Asheville	96.8
113	UNC Greensboro	104.2
209	UNC Wilmington	96.8
147	UNLV	101.2
11	USC	115.5
312	USC Upstate	90.5
243	UT Arlington	95.2
218	UT Rio Grande Valley	96.4
78	Utah	107.4
47	Utah St.	110.8
234	Utah Valley	95.5
156	UTEP	100.4
177	UTSA	99.4
188	Valparaiso	98.5
104	Vanderbilt	105.0
42	VCU	111.3
120	Vermont	103.7
12	Villanova	115.5
17	Virginia	114.8
38	Virginia Tech	111.5
148	VMI	101.0
207	Wagner	96.9
130	Wake Forest	102.8
166	Washington	100.0
98	Washington St.	105.8
132	Weber St.	102.6
14	West Virginia	115.0
257	Western Carolina	94.3
301	Western Illinois	91.3
81	Western Kentucky	107.1
251	Western Michigan	94.4
73	Wichita St.	108.0
283	William & Mary	92.5
102	Winthrop	105.3
15	Wisconsin	115.0
128	Wofford	103.0
62	Wright St.	109.9
185	Wyoming	98.5
57	Xavier	110.2
238	Youngstown St.	95.4

Coming Later Today: Updated Bracketology

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The Sure Thing/The Contenders/The Still Alives

Who’s in the Big Dance? Who’s still in contention?

Today, we break down the projected NCAA Tournament field by conference.  The format will be teams that are locks to make the tournament; teams that would be safely in if the season ended today but a losing streak could jeopardize their safety; teams that would be on the good side of the bubble if the season ended today; teams that would be on the bad side of that bubble; and teams that are not in the conversation now but with a big winning streak could play their way into an at-large bid.

We won’t include the automatic bids, because the conference tournaments will do that for us.  Of course, this season, there could be some cancellations of these tournaments.  We’ll have to wait and see.

First, let’s look at the one-bid leagues.  As of today, we foresee 20 conferences receiving just one bid, but an upset in the conference tournament in one or two could lead to an extra bid from that league.

AMERICA EAST

The perpetual top contenders share the conference lead.  UMBC and Vermont are tied at 9-3 in conference play.  The two rivals face off in back-to-back games in Maryland tonight and tomorrow.  If one of these two teams earn the bid, they are probably looking at a #15 seed.

ATLANTIC SUN

Bellarmine has a one-game lead in the league race at 10-2, but the Knights are not yet eligible as a transitioning team to D1.  Liberty is in second place at 8-2, but this Flames team is not as strong as the last two editions.  The rest of the league is mediocre for a low-major conference.  Current sixth place Florida Gulf Coast is starting to put it together and could sneak up to the #2 seed by conference tournament time.

BIG SKY

This year’s race is as wide open as the real estate in the Near West.  Eastern Washington leads Southern Utah by 1 ½ games, but that is a Covid-scheduling issue, as SUU at 6-2 has played three fewer conference games.  The teams split back-to-back games at EWU a month ago.  This conference will hope to avoid a 16-seed play-in game.

BIG SOUTH

Winthrop has lapped the field.  The 15-1 Eagles lead second place Radford by 3 ½ games and most recently swept the Highlanders.  Winthrop is 18-1 overall and has a chance to earn an at-large bid should they not earn the automatic one.

BIG WEST

This has in recent years been the UC-Irvine show, as the Anteaters have dominated this league.  This year, UCI looks up at rival UCSB, as the 8-2 Gauchos have reeled off 10 consecutive victories.  Cal State Bakersfield is in a statistical tie with UC-Irvine for second place.  The Roadrunners venture to Santa Barbara to face UCSB twice this weekend.

COLONIAL

James Madison has risen from fourth place to first at 8-1, while the top contenders have all lost in recent games.  Fifth place Delaware and sixth place William & Mary are the other two conference teams with hot hands, but when the CAA holds its conference tournament, any of the top six could win the event.

CONFERENCE USA

With wins over Memphis and Alabama, one might think that Western Kentucky could earn an at-large bid if they could take the regular season CUSA title.  It is possible, but the 8-2 Hilltoppers may find it tough to get a lot of support this year with so few quality out of conference games.

WKU faces a tough doubleheader this weekend with 8-2 North Texas in Denton.  If either team sweeps, they become the sizable favorite to cop the league crown.  If they split, then Old Dominion, UAB, and Marshall all remain in contention to win the race in the final lap.

HORIZON LEAGUE

Wright St. and Cleveland St. are tied at 15-3 in the league and own four game leads over the next contender, Northern Kentucky.  Wright State has won nine games in a row since losing to CSU.  One of the top three should take the tournament title and the automatic bid.

METRO ATLANTIC

Covid has done a number on this league this year.  Monmouth has played 14 conference games and is 10-4.  Siena has played 10 conference games and is 8-2 to lead by percentage points over the Hawks.  Rick Pitino’s Iona Gaels have played just seven conference games and they have lost two in a row to fall back to fifth place at 4-3.  Iona gets both of the two co-leaders in doubleheader games on their home floor in New Rochelle, including two with Monmouth this weekend, weather permitting.

MID-AMERICAN

Year in and year out, the MAC postseason tournament in Cleveland is one of the most exciting and unpredictable as any other.  We expect the same results this year.  Toledo has been leading the league race most of the season, and the Rockets are in first at 12-3, but 11-3 Akron and 10-4 Kent St. are coming on strong in February.  It doesn’t end there.  Ohio U and Buffalo, both at 7-4, and Bowling Green at 8-7 have played well enough in recent weeks to contend for the automatic bid.  If the MAC Tournament plays as scheduled, this is one that you will want to watch.

MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC

With three league teams opting out, scheduling has been an issue this year in the MEAC.  Usually, this league struggles to avoid the #16-seed play-in game, but more than once, the MEAC has produced an upset winner in the Round of 64.  North Carolina A&T leads the South Division with a perfect 4-0 conference record, but the Aggies have only played two conference games since January 3.  They had five games postponed.  

In the north, Norfolk St. 7-4, leads Morgan St. and Coppin St., both 6-4, by a half game.  NSU swept Morgan and split with Coppin, but their remaining regular season games have been cancelled.  If the MEAC Tournament is cancelled, N.C. A&T will almost assuredly be awarded the automatic bid and express trip to a 16-seed play-in game.

NORTHEAST

Merrimack sits in a first place tie with Wagner at 8-4, but the Warriors are still in the transition phase to D1 and not yet eligible for the Dance.  Wagner leads 6-4 Bryant by a game.  The Seahawks have won seven games in a row.  There are seven teams within two games of first in the NEC, so this should be an interesting conference tournament.

OHIO VALLEY

Belmont is 16-0 in the league and 22-1 overall, but the Bruins did not play any power conference teams like they usually do.  Still, because Belmont has been winning games by lopsided scores, they have a shot at an at-large bid should somebody shock them in the OVC Tournament.  Second place Morehead St., 13-3, lost at Belmont by 15, but they get the Bruins to close out the regular season in Morehead.

PATRIOT LEAGUE

The league was split into thirds this year to lessen travel.  Army and Navy are the only two teams to play out of conference games, so it will be close to impossible for the automatic winner to receive anything other than a 16-seed.  Navy is 8-1 in the league and 11-2 overall.  Their out of conference wins include a sweep of the DC teams, George Washington and Georgetown.  Should the Midshipmen run the table, they could move up to a 15-seed.

Colgate at 9-1 is the overall leader in the league, while Lafayette at 7-5 leads the three-team Central Division.  Bucknell has won four in a row to improve from 0-4 to 4-4, but all four games came at the expense of Lehigh.

SOUTHERN

The Socon has been worthy of multiple bids in past years, and there are four rather good teams this year, but this is not the year for two league teams to get bids.

UNC-Greensboro has been near the top for the last five years, but the Spartans have won the SoCon Tournament just once.  UNCG leads the league at 10-4 by a half-game over 10-5 Wofford.  Two years ago, Wofford destroyed Seton Hall in the opening round and scared Kentucky in the Round of 32 at the Big Dance.

Furman (8-4) and Chattanooga (9-5) have begun to play like legitimate contenders in the last two weeks.

SOUTHLAND

Five teams have taken over in February, and any of the five could win the conference tournament.  Even though Stephen F. Austin is in third place at the moment, their conference record is 9-1, and their one loss came at 10-1 Abilene Christian.  Sam Houston is also 10-1, and their lone loss came at SFA.  Nicholls is 9-2, which would lead most leagues, but in this one, it’s only good enough for fourth place.

SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC

The SWAC rates last in conference power, so the winner of this league will be in the 16-seed play-in round.  Prairie View and Jackson St. sport 6-0 league marks, with Texas Southern at 4-2.  The two co-leaders had both of their scheduled games against each other postponed, and they could both remain undefeated in conference play.

SUMMIT

It’s a good bet that the team representing the Summit League in the Big Dance will have the word “Dakota” in its name.  South Dakota St. (6-2), South Dakota (9-3), and North Dakota St. (9-3) are the top three in the league.  SDSU has a neutral site win over Utah St. and a narrow loss to West Virginia, so the Jackrabbits probably give this league its best chance to win a game in the Big Dance.

SUN BELT

This league has a lot of better than average but not great teams.  Texas St. leads the West Division at 9-3 with 7-5 Arkansas St. in second.  Both teams have four game winning streaks.  South Alabama leads the East Division at 8-5, and the Jags have reeled off six in a row.

WESTERN ATHLETIC

New Mexico St. has dominated this conference in recent years, but Covid has really done a number on the Aggies this year, and they have fallen to sixth place.  Perennial also-ran Grand Canyon has ascended to the top at 6-0 in the league and 12-3 overall.  The Antelopes own an eight-game winning streak with a 22.8 point scoring margin in that streak.

Multiple Bid Leagues

AMERICAN ATHLETIC

Lock: Houston 11-2/17-2

Safe: —–

Good Bubble: —–

Bad Bubble: Wichita St. 8-2/12-4

In Contention: Memphis 8-3/12-6, SMU 7-4/11-4

Wichita St. could move to the Good Bubble with a win over Houston tonight.

ATLANTIC 10

Lock: —–

Safe: —–

Good Bubble:  VCU 9-2/16-4

Bad Bubble: St. Bonaventure 8-3/10-3, Saint Louis 4-2/11-3

In Contention: Davidson 6-2/10-5, Richmond 4-3/11-5

Wins over St. Bonaventure and Richmond have moved VCU into the field for now.

ATLANTIC COAST

Lock: Virginia 11-2/15-4, Florida St. 8-2/12-3

Safe: Virginia Tech 8-3/14-4, Louisville 6-3/11-4

Good Bubble: North Carolina 7-5/13-7, Clemson 7-5/13-5

Bad Bubble: Syracuse 6-5/12-6

In Contention: Duke 7-6/9-8, Georgia Tech 6-6/10-8

Duke was given up for dead in January, but the Blue Devils are far from dead.  Look out UVA!  You’re headed to an ambush as Cameron Indoor this weekend.

BIG 12

Lock: Baylor 9-0/17-0

Safe: Kansas 10-5/16-7, Oklahoma 8-4/13-5, Texas 7-4/13-5, West Virginia 7-4/14-6, Texas Tech 6-5/14-6, Oklahoma St. 7-6/14-6

Good Bubble: —–

Bad Bubble: —–

In Contention: TCU 4-6/11-8

This league is pretty much set in stone barring some unusual circumstance.  The top seven teams should receive bids, and even 7th place Oklahoma St. should be an 8 or 9-seed and safely in the field.

BIG EAST

Lock: Villanova 8-2/13-3, Creighton 12-4/16-5

Safe: —–

Good Bubble: Xavier 4-4/11-4, Seton Hall 10-5/13-8

Bad Bubble: Connecticut 7-5/10-5

In Contention: St. John’s 8-7/14-8

Madison Square Garden should be exciting if the Big East gets to hold their tournament this year.  St. John’s really needs three additional good wins in addition to not losing to a bad team.

BIG TEN

Lock: Michigan 9-1/14-1, Illinois 11-3/13-5, Ohio St. 11-4/17-4, Iowa 9-5/15-6

Safe: Wisconsin 9-6/15-7, Purdue 9-6/14-8

Good Bubble: Rutgers 8-7/12-7, Indiana 7-7/12-9

In Contention: Maryland 7-9/13-10, Minnesota 6-9/13-9, Michigan St. 4-9/10-9

Any Big Ten team that plays .500 ball in conference play will receive a bid this year, and we believe there is one more bid for the team that goes 9-11 (or 9-10 or 8-9 depending on missed games).  A couple of Big Ten coaches are on hot seats and on the Bubble.  Penn State will definitely have a new coach next year, but Indiana, Maryland, and Minnesota could also be forced to make moves if they don’t get into the field.

MISSOURI VALLEY

Lock: —–

Safe: Loyola (Chi.) 14-2/19-4

Good Bubble: Drake 12-2/21-2

Bad Bubble: —–

In Contention: —–

After Wichita St. fled the Valley for the AAC, it was thought that the days of this league receiving two bids to the tournament were over.  Guess again.  Loyola of Chicago and Drake would both have to collapse to miss out on the Dance this year.

MOUNTAIN WEST

Lock: —–

Safe: San Diego St. 9-3/15-4

Good Bubble: Boise St. 13-3/17-4, Colorado St. 11-3/14-4, Utah St. 11-3/14-6

In Contention: Nevada  9-5/14-7

A win over UCLA makes SDSU safer than the other four contenders.  Boise St. finishes with Utah St. and two games against San Diego St.  A 3-0 finish would propel the Broncos into the Safe category.

PAC-12

Lock: USC 12-2/18-3

Safe: UCLA 10-3/14-5, Oregon 7-3/12-4

Good Bubble: —–

Bad Bubble: Colorado 10-5/16-6, Stanford 9-6/13-8

In Contention: Utah 6-7/9-8, Oregon St. 6-8/10-10

The former Conference of Champions has not earned one since Arizona cut the nets in 1997!  Only UCLA twice and Oregon once have made the Final Four since then (Utah made it before they joined the league).

SOUTHEASTERN

Lock: Alabama 12-1/17-5, Arkansas 9-4/17-5

Safe: Tennessee 8-5/15-5, LSU 8-4/13-6, Florida 6-5/10-6

Good Bubble: Missouri 6-6/13-6

Bad Bubble: Ole Miss 7-6/12-8

In Contention: Georgia 6-8/13-8

You don’t see Kentucky on this list.  They are out of contention for an at-large bid, but that doesn’t mean the Wildcats cannot win the conference tournament.  The two hot teams in this league are Arkansas and Ole Miss.  The Razorbacks probably have the best chance to make it past the Sweet 16 from this league.  Ole Miss needs a few more big wins to get into the field.

WEST COAST

Lock: Gonzaga 11-0/20-0

Safe: —–

Good Bubble: BYU 6-3/15-5

Bad Bubble: —–

In Contention: Saint Mary’s 2-4/11-6

We placed SMC in the “In Contention” section, because in theory, they could finish 6-4/15-6 in the regular season, which would include an upset of Gonzaga.  Short of that, the Gaels will be staying home this year.

Coming tomorrow–Updated ratings, updated bracketology, and our annual mid-major coaches ready for the big time list in three separate posts.

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