PiRate College Football Ratings: August 20, 2019

PiRate Ratings Spreads For Week 0 and Week 1–August 24 through September 2

 

This Week’s PiRate Ratings
Saturday	August 24
Home	Visitors	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Florida (n)	Miami (Fla.)	11.0	9.5	8.9
Hawaii	Arizona	-2.2	-0.3	-3.4
Thursday	August 29
Home	Visitors	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Cincinnati	UCLA	2.6	1.1	3.7
Tulane	Florida Int’l.	4.4	5.4	3.7
Clemson	Georgia Tech	36.7	34.0	36.7
Texas A&M	Texas St.	36.5	33.7	34.9
Arizona St.	Kent St.	26.4	24.6	26.8
BYU	Utah	-13.5	-11.5	-13.5
Friday	August 30
Home	Visitors	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Army	Rice	28.2	26.4	28.7
South Florida	Wisconsin	-12.1	-10.1	-10.9
Michigan St.	Tulsa	27.1	26.4	26.2
Rutgers	Massachusetts	21.2	18.1	21.2
Wake Forest	Utah St.	1.3	2.0	0.0
Nevada	Purdue	-15.2	-13.4	-15.2
Colorado (n)	Colorado St.	20.5	14.8	20.6
Oregon St.	Oklahoma St.	-11.9	-10.8	-12.3
Saturday	August 31
Home	Visitors	PiRate	Mean	Bias
North Carolina St.	East Carolina	18.9	16.1	19.5
Illinois	Akron	16.5	17.3	15.4
Indiana (n)	Ball St.	23.8	22.4	23.3
Nebraska	South Alabama	35.9	33.8	36.8
Ohio St.	Florida Atlantic	32.2	31.1	31.7
Kentucky	Toledo	21.3	19.7	19.0
Memphis	Ole Miss	3.1	3.7	5.6
Louisiana (n)	Mississippi St.	-25.0	-19.6	-25.8
North Carolina (n)	South Carolina	-14.3	-11.3	-12.7
Tennessee	Georgia St.	30.8	29.0	30.3
Alabama (n)	Duke	31.3	26.7	32.2
Coastal Carolina	Eastern Michigan	-5.2	-4.1	-7.1
Stanford	Northwestern	0.3	0.1	1.5
Boston College	Virginia Tech	-1.5	-2.6	-1.6
Liberty	Syracuse	-21.3	-19.4	-21.0
Arkansas St.	SMU	-5.4	-4.3	-5.8
Florida St. (n)	Boise St.	2.0	3.6	1.9
Vanderbilt	Georgia	-18.7	-17.8	-20.0
Auburn (n)	Oregon	3.8	0.9	1.5
LSU	Georgia Southern	28.0	25.3	27.3
Wyoming	Missouri	-18.5	-12.7	-17.7
Iowa	Miami (O)	27.4	26.6	26.8
Michigan	Middle Tennessee	35.2	33.8	35.8
Pittsburgh	Virginia	3.4	2.4	2.7
Texas	Louisiana Tech	23.4	23.5	22.5
Washington St.	New Mexico St.	37.0	32.5	37.4
USC	Fresno St.	7.2	8.0	6.8
Sunday/Monday	September 1/2
Home	Visitors	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Oklahoma	Houston	28.2	25.7	24.9
Louisville	Notre Dame	-23.8	-22.4	-25.9

 

FBS vs. FCS Games

 

Home	Visitor	PiRate
San Jose St.	Northern Colorado	14.5
Connecticut	Wagner	12.6
Central Michigan	Albany	9.8
Bowling Green	Morgan St.	17.2
Buffalo	Robert Morris	43.9
Charlotte	Gardner-Webb	26.5
Western Kentucky	Central Arkansas	11.9
Central Florida	Florida A&M	45.5
UAB	Alabama St.	45.5
Minnesota	South Dakota St.	12.7
UNLV	Southern Utah	17.3
Air Force	Colgate	11.3
New Mexico	Sam Houston St.	9.7
Maryland	Howard	36.0
Iowa St.	Northern Iowa	22.2
Kansas	Indiana St.	13.8
West Virginia	James Madison	18.5
Ohio U	Rhode Island	27.6
Washington	E. Washington	18.0
Temple	Bucknell	44.2
Navy	Holy Cross	24.4
Penn St.	Idaho	40.5
Appalachian St.	East Tennessee	36.3
Arkansas	Portland St.	21.0
Texas Tech	Montana St.	25.7
UTSA	Incarnate Word	7.3
Troy	Campbell	33.8
California	UC-Davis	14.5
Marshall	VMI	37.8
Old Dominion	Norfolk St.	23.5
Southern Miss	Alcorn St.	23.6
Kansas St.	Nicholls	23.9
Baylor	Stephen F Austin	37.3
Northern Illinois	Illinois St.	7.3
Western Michigan	Monmouth	20.5
North Texas	Abilene Christian	19.4
UTEP	Houston Baptist	15.2
TCU	Ark. Pine Bluff	52.3
Louisiana-Monroe	Grambling	24.3
San Diego St.	Weber St.	8.1

 

Preseason PiRate Ratings (1-130)

PiRate Ratings
#	Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
1	Alabama	135.3	130.6	136.1	134.0
2	Clemson	133.8	129.6	134.6	132.7
3	Georgia	125.7	123.6	126.1	125.1
4	Michigan	122.9	120.8	123.6	122.4
5	L S U	123.5	120.4	122.2	122.0
6	Ohio St.	121.1	119.3	121.3	120.6
7	Notre Dame	121.0	119.1	121.5	120.5
8	Oklahoma	120.5	119.4	120.1	120.0
9	Florida	120.7	117.8	119.7	119.4
10	Texas A&M	118.3	116.6	116.7	117.2
11	Utah	116.6	114.7	116.8	116.0
12	Auburn	117.0	114.4	116.1	115.8
13	Mississippi St.	117.5	112.5	117.2	115.7
14	Michigan St.	115.6	115.3	115.7	115.5
15	Penn St.	115.0	113.9	114.9	114.6
16	Missouri	115.5	112.4	115.5	114.5
17	Iowa	115.1	112.6	114.9	114.2
18	Oregon	113.3	113.5	114.6	113.8
19	South Carolina	113.8	112.2	113.7	113.2
20	Washington	112.7	111.9	113.8	112.8
21	Iowa St.	111.8	112.2	111.7	111.9
22	Syracuse	111.9	111.5	112.0	111.8
23	Washington St.	112.0	110.7	112.2	111.6
24	Tennessee	111.8	111.6	110.3	111.2
25	Minnesota	111.8	111.2	110.6	111.2
26	Texas	111.4	111.2	110.7	111.1
27	Northwestern	111.3	110.4	110.3	110.7
28	Purdue	110.4	110.3	110.0	110.2
29	Baylor	110.3	110.2	109.8	110.1
30	Miami (Fla.)	109.6	108.3	110.8	109.6
31	Oklahoma St.	109.6	110.0	108.9	109.5
32	Wisconsin	109.7	109.0	109.0	109.2
33	Virginia Tech	108.5	109.1	109.2	108.9
34	Indiana	109.6	107.8	108.6	108.7
35	Stanford	108.7	107.5	108.8	108.3
36	Central Florida	108.1	107.1	109.2	108.1
37	Kentucky	108.8	107.5	107.6	108.0
38	Arizona St.	107.9	106.6	108.5	107.7
39	Pittsburgh	108.0	107.6	107.4	107.7
40	Nebraska	107.2	108.8	107.0	107.7
41	California	107.0	107.0	108.3	107.4
42	Virginia	107.1	107.7	107.2	107.3
43	Texas Tech	107.5	107.6	106.6	107.2
44	U C L A	107.1	106.9	106.3	106.8
45	Kansas St.	107.0	106.8	106.6	106.8
46	Cincinnati	106.8	105.0	107.0	106.3
47	West Virginia	106.4	106.2	105.9	106.1
48	Utah St.	105.6	104.3	107.0	105.6
49	Florida St.	105.2	105.9	105.4	105.5
50	Boise St.	105.2	104.3	105.5	105.0
51	U S C	103.8	105.2	104.2	104.4
52	Appalachian St.	105.4	103.3	104.5	104.4
53	Boston College	104.1	103.5	104.6	104.1
54	Memphis	103.8	103.3	105.0	104.0
55	Duke	104.0	103.8	103.8	103.9
56	Vanderbilt	104.5	103.3	103.6	103.8
57	Wake Forest	103.4	102.8	103.5	103.2
58	T C U	101.8	105.6	102.2	103.2
59	Army	102.8	102.7	102.6	102.7
60	North Carolina St.	102.5	102.2	103.1	102.6
61	Temple	102.2	101.0	103.5	102.2
62	Arizona	101.9	102.0	102.4	102.1
63	Maryland	102.3	101.8	101.1	101.7
64	BYU	101.6	101.7	101.8	101.7
65	Ole Miss	102.2	101.1	100.9	101.4
66	North Carolina	99.5	100.9	101.0	100.5
67	Fresno St.	99.6	100.2	100.4	100.1
68	Georgia Tech	100.1	98.6	101.0	99.9
69	Colorado	100.0	99.0	100.1	99.7
70	Arkansas	99.5	100.5	98.8	99.6
71	Western Michigan	99.6	98.2	99.9	99.2
72	SMU	99.4	98.4	99.6	99.1
73	Georgia Southern	98.5	98.0	97.9	98.2
74	Air Force	96.7	98.0	97.5	97.4
75	Illinois	97.2	98.1	96.3	97.2
76	Houston	95.4	96.7	98.2	96.7
77	Ohio	96.5	95.2	98.0	96.6
78	Tulane	95.9	96.6	96.0	96.2
79	Hawaii	95.7	97.7	95.0	96.1
80	Kansas	95.3	96.5	95.0	95.6
81	South Florida	94.6	95.9	95.1	95.2
82	Wyoming	94.0	96.6	94.8	95.1
83	Oregon St.	94.8	96.2	93.6	94.9
84	San Diego St.	94.2	96.2	93.9	94.8
85	Troy	94.9	95.5	93.9	94.8
86	Florida Int’l.	94.0	93.7	94.8	94.2
87	Northern Illinois	94.5	93.2	94.6	94.1
88	Louisville	94.7	94.2	93.0	93.9
89	Southern Miss.	94.6	92.2	94.9	93.9
90	Marshall	93.1	92.6	94.0	93.2
91	North Texas	93.0	92.3	93.9	93.1
92	Nevada	92.2	93.9	91.8	92.6
93	Louisiana	92.5	92.9	91.4	92.3
94	Tulsa	91.5	91.9	92.5	92.0
95	Florida Atlantic	91.9	91.1	92.6	91.9
96	Rutgers	91.9	91.9	91.5	91.8
97	Arkansas St.	91.4	91.7	91.3	91.5
98	Louisiana Tech	91.1	90.8	91.2	91.0
99	Toledo	90.5	90.8	91.6	90.9
100	Middle Tennessee	90.7	90.0	90.8	90.5
101	Miami (Ohio)	90.7	89.0	91.1	90.3
102	Louisiana-Monroe	89.2	89.9	89.2	89.4
103	Eastern Michigan	89.0	89.2	89.8	89.4
104	Buffalo	88.2	89.0	89.2	88.8
105	Liberty	88.1	89.6	88.6	88.7
106	Western Kentucky	87.9	88.7	89.4	88.6
107	U A B	87.2	89.1	87.7	88.0
108	U N L V	86.4	88.9	86.5	87.3
109	Navy	86.2	89.2	85.8	87.1
110	Charlotte	86.4	87.0	86.8	86.7
111	East Carolina	85.2	87.6	85.1	86.0
112	Ball St.	85.8	85.4	85.3	85.5
113	Kent St.	85.0	85.5	85.2	85.2
114	San Jose St.	83.8	86.0	82.9	84.2
115	Georgia St.	84.0	85.6	83.0	84.2
116	Texas St.	83.8	84.9	83.8	84.2
117	New Mexico	83.2	86.3	82.6	84.1
118	Akron	83.3	83.4	83.5	83.4
119	Coastal Carolina	81.4	82.6	80.2	81.4
120	Colorado St.	79.4	84.2	79.5	81.0
121	New Mexico St.	78.0	81.2	77.8	79.0
122	Bowling Green	78.5	78.5	78.9	78.7
123	Central Michigan	78.1	79.2	78.2	78.5
124	Texas-San Antonio	77.2	80.0	76.9	78.0
125	Rice	77.1	78.8	76.4	77.5
126	Old Dominion	75.7	76.0	75.7	75.8
127	South Alabama	74.3	78.0	73.1	75.2
128	Massachusetts	73.7	76.8	73.3	74.6
129	Connecticut	73.6	77.9	72.1	74.5
130	U T E P	66.9	72.6	67.3	68.9

 

PiRate Ratings By Conference

 

American Athletic Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	AAC	Overall
Central Florida	108.1	107.1	109.2	108.1	0-0	0-0
Cincinnati	106.8	105.0	107.0	106.3	0-0	0-0
Temple	102.2	101.0	103.5	102.2	0-0	0-0
South Florida	94.6	95.9	95.1	95.2	0-0	0-0
East Carolina	85.2	87.6	85.1	86.0	0-0	0-0
Connecticut	73.6	77.9	72.1	74.5	0-0	0-0
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	AAC	Overall
Memphis	103.8	103.3	105.0	104.0	0-0	0-0
SMU	99.4	98.4	99.6	99.1	0-0	0-0
Houston	95.4	96.7	98.2	96.7	0-0	0-0
Tulane	95.9	96.6	96.0	96.2	0-0	0-0
Tulsa	91.5	91.9	92.5	92.0	0-0	0-0
Navy	86.2	89.2	85.8	87.1	0-0	0-0
AAC Averages	95.2	95.9	95.8	95.6
Atlantic Coast Conference
Atlantic Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	ACC	Overall
Clemson	133.8	129.6	134.6	132.7	0-0	0-0
Syracuse	111.9	111.5	112.0	111.8	0-0	0-0
Florida St.	105.2	105.9	105.4	105.5	0-0	0-0
Boston College	104.1	103.5	104.6	104.1	0-0	0-0
Wake Forest	103.4	102.8	103.5	103.2	0-0	0-0
North Carolina St.	102.5	102.2	103.1	102.6	0-0	0-0
Louisville	94.7	94.2	93.0	93.9	0-0	0-0
Coastal Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	ACC	Overall
Miami (Fla.)	109.6	108.3	110.8	109.6	0-0	0-0
Virginia Tech	108.5	109.1	109.2	108.9	0-0	0-0
Pittsburgh	108.0	107.6	107.4	107.7	0-0	0-0
Virginia	107.1	107.7	107.2	107.3	0-0	0-0
Duke	104.0	103.8	103.8	103.9	0-0	0-0
North Carolina	99.5	100.9	101.0	100.5	0-0	0-0
Georgia Tech	100.1	98.6	101.0	99.9	0-0	0-0
ACC Averages	106.6	106.1	106.9	106.5
Big 12 Conference
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	B12	Overall
Oklahoma	120.5	119.4	120.1	120.0	0-0	0-0
Iowa St.	111.8	112.2	111.7	111.9	0-0	0-0
Texas	111.4	111.2	110.7	111.1	0-0	0-0
Baylor	110.3	110.2	109.8	110.1	0-0	0-0
Oklahoma St.	109.6	110.0	108.9	109.5	0-0	0-0
Texas Tech	107.5	107.6	106.6	107.2	0-0	0-0
Kansas St.	107.0	106.8	106.6	106.8	0-0	0-0
West Virginia	106.4	106.2	105.9	106.1	0-0	0-0
T C U	101.8	105.6	102.2	103.2	0-0	0-0
Kansas	95.3	96.5	95.0	95.6	0-0	0-0
Big 12 Averages	108.2	108.6	107.7	108.2
Big Ten Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	BTen	Overall
Michigan	122.9	120.8	123.6	122.4	0-0	0-0
Ohio St.	121.1	119.3	121.3	120.6	0-0	0-0
Michigan St.	115.6	115.3	115.7	115.5	0-0	0-0
Penn St.	115.0	113.9	114.9	114.6	0-0	0-0
Indiana	109.6	107.8	108.6	108.7	0-0	0-0
Maryland	102.3	101.8	101.1	101.7	0-0	0-0
Rutgers	91.9	91.9	91.5	91.8	0-0	0-0
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	BTen	Overall
Iowa	115.1	112.6	114.9	114.2	0-0	0-0
Minnesota	111.8	111.2	110.6	111.2	0-0	0-0
Northwestern	111.3	110.4	110.3	110.7	0-0	0-0
Purdue	110.4	110.3	110.0	110.2	0-0	0-0
Wisconsin	109.7	109.0	109.0	109.2	0-0	0-0
Nebraska	107.2	108.8	107.0	107.7	0-0	0-0
Illinois	97.2	98.1	96.3	97.2	0-0	0-0
Big Ten Averages	110.1	109.4	109.6	109.7
Conference USA
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	CUSA	Overall
Florida Int’l.	94.0	93.7	94.8	94.2	0-0	0-0
Marshall	93.1	92.6	94.0	93.2	0-0	0-0
Florida Atlantic	91.9	91.1	92.6	91.9	0-0	0-0
Middle Tennessee	90.7	90.0	90.8	90.5	0-0	0-0
Western Kentucky	87.9	88.7	89.4	88.6	0-0	0-0
Charlotte	86.4	87.0	86.8	86.7	0-0	0-0
Old Dominion	75.7	76.0	75.7	75.8	0-0	0-0
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	CUSA	Overall
Southern Miss.	94.6	92.2	94.9	93.9	0-0	0-0
North Texas	93.0	92.3	93.9	93.1	0-0	0-0
Louisiana Tech	91.1	90.8	91.2	91.0	0-0	0-0
U A B	87.2	89.1	87.7	88.0	0-0	0-0
Texas-San Antonio	77.2	80.0	76.9	78.0	0-0	0-0
Rice	77.1	78.8	76.4	77.5	0-0	0-0
U T E P	66.9	72.6	67.3	68.9	0-0	0-0
CUSA Averages	86.2	86.8	86.6	86.5
FBS Independents
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	Conf.	Overall
Notre Dame	121.0	119.1	121.5	120.5	x	0-0
Army	102.8	102.7	102.6	102.7	x	0-0
BYU	101.6	101.7	101.8	101.7	x	0-0
Liberty	88.1	89.6	88.6	88.7	x	0-0
New Mexico St.	78.0	81.2	77.8	79.0	x	0-0
Massachusetts	73.7	76.8	73.3	74.6	x	0-0
Indep. Averages	94.2	95.2	94.3	94.5
Mid-American Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	MAC	Overall
Ohio	96.5	95.2	98.0	96.6	0-0	0-0
Miami (Ohio)	90.7	89.0	91.1	90.3	0-0	0-0
Buffalo	88.2	89.0	89.2	88.8	0-0	0-0
Kent St.	85.0	85.5	85.2	85.2	0-0	0-0
Akron	83.3	83.4	83.5	83.4	0-0	0-0
Bowling Green	78.5	78.5	78.9	78.7	0-0	0-0
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	MAC	Overall
Western Michigan	99.6	98.2	99.9	99.2	0-0	0-0
Northern Illinois	94.5	93.2	94.6	94.1	0-0	0-0
Toledo	90.5	90.8	91.6	90.9	0-0	0-0
Eastern Michigan	89.0	89.2	89.8	89.4	0-0	0-0
Ball St.	85.8	85.4	85.3	85.5	0-0	0-0
Central Michigan	78.1	79.2	78.2	78.5	0-0	0-0
MAC Averages	88.3	88.1	88.8	88.4
Mountain West Conference
Mountain Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	MWC	Overall
Utah St.	105.6	104.3	107.0	105.6	0-0	0-0
Boise St.	105.2	104.3	105.5	105.0	0-0	0-0
Air Force	96.7	98.0	97.5	97.4	0-0	0-0
Wyoming	94.0	96.6	94.8	95.1	0-0	0-0
New Mexico	83.2	86.3	82.6	84.1	0-0	0-0
Colorado St.	79.4	84.2	79.5	81.0	0-0	0-0
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	MWC	Overall
Fresno St.	99.6	100.2	100.4	100.1	0-0	0-0
Hawaii	95.7	97.7	95.0	96.1	0-0	0-0
San Diego St.	94.2	96.2	93.9	94.8	0-0	0-0
Nevada	92.2	93.9	91.8	92.6	0-0	0-0
U N L V	86.4	88.9	86.5	87.3	0-0	0-0
San Jose St.	83.8	86.0	82.9	84.2	0-0	0-0
MWC Averages	93.0	94.7	93.1	93.6
Pac-12 Conference
North Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	P12	Overall
Oregon	113.3	113.5	114.6	113.8	0-0	0-0
Washington	112.7	111.9	113.8	112.8	0-0	0-0
Washington St.	112.0	110.7	112.2	111.6	0-0	0-0
Stanford	108.7	107.5	108.8	108.3	0-0	0-0
California	107.0	107.0	108.3	107.4	0-0	0-0
Oregon St.	94.8	96.2	93.6	94.9	0-0	0-0
South Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	P12	Overall
Utah	116.6	114.7	116.8	116.0	0-0	0-0
Arizona St.	107.9	106.6	108.5	107.7	0-0	0-0
U C L A	107.1	106.9	106.3	106.8	0-0	0-0
U S C	103.8	105.2	104.2	104.4	0-0	0-0
Arizona	101.9	102.0	102.4	102.1	0-0	0-0
Colorado	100.0	99.0	100.1	99.7	0-0	0-0
Pac-12 Averages	107.1	106.8	107.5	107.1
Southeastern Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	SEC	Overall
Georgia	125.7	123.6	126.1	125.1	0-0	0-0
Florida	120.7	117.8	119.7	119.4	0-0	0-0
Missouri	115.5	112.4	115.5	114.5	0-0	0-0
South Carolina	113.8	112.2	113.7	113.2	0-0	0-0
Tennessee	111.8	111.6	110.3	111.2	0-0	0-0
Kentucky	108.8	107.5	107.6	108.0	0-0	0-0
Vanderbilt	104.5	103.3	103.6	103.8	0-0	0-0
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	SEC	Overall
Alabama	135.3	130.6	136.1	134.0	0-0	0-0
L S U	123.5	120.4	122.2	122.0	0-0	0-0
Texas A&M	118.3	116.6	116.7	117.2	0-0	0-0
Auburn	117.0	114.4	116.1	115.8	0-0	0-0
Mississippi St.	117.5	112.5	117.2	115.7	0-0	0-0
Ole Miss	102.2	101.1	100.9	101.4	0-0	0-0
Arkansas	99.5	100.5	98.8	99.6	0-0	0-0
SEC Averages	115.3	113.2	114.6	114.4
Sunbelt Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	SBC	Overall
Appalachian St.	105.4	103.3	104.5	104.4	0-0	0-0
Georgia Southern	98.5	98.0	97.9	98.2	0-0	0-0
Troy	94.9	95.5	93.9	94.8	0-0	0-0
Georgia St.	84.0	85.6	83.0	84.2	0-0	0-0
Coastal Carolina	81.4	82.6	80.2	81.4	0-0	0-0
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	SBC	Overall
Louisiana	92.5	92.9	91.4	92.3	0-0	0-0
Arkansas St.	91.4	91.7	91.3	91.5	0-0	0-0
Louisiana-Monroe	89.2	89.9	89.2	89.4	0-0	0-0
Texas St.	83.8	84.9	83.8	84.2	0-0	0-0
South Alabama	74.3	78.0	73.1	75.2	0-0	0-0
SBC Averages	89.5	90.2	88.8	89.5

 

Conference Power Ratings
#	League	Average
1	SEC	114.4
2	BTen	109.7
3	B12	108.2
4	P12	107.1
5	ACC	106.5
6	AAC	95.6
7	Ind	94.5
8	MWC	93.6
9	SUN	89.5
10	MAC	88.4
11	CUSA	86.5

 

 

Top 5 Group of 5
1	Central Florida
2	Cincinnati
3	Utah St.
4	Boise St.
5	Appalachian St.

 

 

Preseason Bowl Projections

 

Bowl	Conf	Conf	Team	Team
Bahamas	MAC	CUSA	Western Michigan	Southern Miss.
Frisco	AAC	At-large	Houston	Florida Int’l.
Cure	AAC	SBC	Temple	Georgia Southern
New Mexico	CUSA	MWC	Louisiana Tech	San Diego St.
Boca Raton	AAC	MAC	Central Florida	Ohio
Camellia	MAC	SBC	Eastern Michigan	Louisiana
Las Vegas	MWC	Pac-12	Utah St.	UCLA
New Orleans	CUSA	SBC #1	UAB	Appalachian St.
Gasparilla	AAC	CUSA	Cincinnati	Florida Atlantic
Hawaii	BYU/MWC	AAC	BYU	Memphis
Independence	ACC	SEC	Florida St.	North Texas
Quick Lane	ACC	Big Ten	Boston College	Northwestern
Military	ACC	AAC	Pittsburgh	South Florida
Pinstripe	ACC	Big Ten	Virginia	Minnesota
Texas	Big 12	SEC	Oklahoma St.	Mississippi St.
Holiday	Pac-12	Big Ten	Washington St.	Iowa
Cheez-It	Big 12	Pac-12	West Virginia	Hawaii
Camping World	ACC	Big 12	Miami (Fla.)	Iowa St.
Cotton	At-large	At-large	Army	Washington
First Responder	CUSA	Big 12	Marshall	TCU
Redbox	Pac-12	Big Ten	Stanford	Wisconsin
Music City	SEC	ACC	Indiana	Wake Forest
Orange	ACC	BTen/SEC	Notre Dame	Florida
Belk	ACC	SEC	Syracuse	Tennessee
Sun	ACC	Pac-12	Virginia Tech	Arizona St.
Liberty	Big 12	SEC	Texas	Kentucky
Arizona	SBC	MWC	Troy	Fresno St.
Alamo	Big 12	Pac-12	Baylor	Oregon
Citrus	SEC	BTen/ACC	Texas A&M	Nebraska
Outback	Big Ten	SEC	Auburn	Penn St.
Rose	Big Ten	Pac-12	Ohio St.	Utah
Sugar	Big 12	SEC	Oklahoma	LSU
Birmingham	AAC	SEC	SMU	North Carolina St.
Taxslayer/Gator	SEC	Big Ten	South Carolina	Michigan St.
Idaho Potato	MAC	MWC	Toledo	Air Force
Armed Forces	Big Ten	MWC	Purdue	Boise St.
Dollar General	MAC	SBC	Northern Illinois	Arkansas St.
FBS PLAYOFFS
Fiesta	Top 4	Top 4	Clemson	Georgia
Peach	Top 4	Top 4	Alabama	Michigan
Champsionship	Fiesta	Peach	Clemson	Alabama
Italics–At-large team because the conference cannot fulfill its allotment

 

 

 

 

 

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2019 Big 12 Conference Football Preview

In the 1970’s, the Big Ten was jokingly called the Big Two and Little Eight, as Ohio State and Michigan won or shared every Big Ten title between 1968 and 1982.  Oklahoma has won four consecutive Big 12 regular season championships and both of the Big 12 Championship Games since the game returned in 2017.  Lately, the Big 12 race has been more like the American League baseball race for years: who will finish in second behind the Yankees?

Oklahoma enters 2019 as a prohibitive favorite to win their fifth consecutive regular season and third consecutive Championship Game and must be considered a top contender to make the Field of Four NCAA Playoffs.  The Sooners will have to get there without the services of the 2018 Heisman Trophy winner, as Kyler Murray is now tossing the ball in the NFL.  The Oklahoma offense will most likely take a small backward step even though Coach Lincoln Riley went out in the free agent market and grabbed a great one in former Alabama starter Jalen Hurts.  Oklahoma’s offense figures to be a little weaker, because the offensive line and receiving corps must be rebuilt (or reloaded).

At the same time, Oklahoma’s defense figures to be somewhat better than last year, but then again, it would be hard for it to be any worse after giving up more than 33 points and 450 yards per game.

Texas returned to prominence last year under second year coach Tom Herman.  After a 7-6 season in 2017, the Longhorns beat Oklahoma in the regular season before blowing a lead in the conference championship game and losing to Georgia in the Sugar Bowl.  Texas has numerous holes to fill, especially on defense, where only two starters return.

Iowa State is a team that can be compared to the mountain lion hiding on a bluff ready to pounce and attack an unsuspecting deer.  It should be no surprise that the Cyclones should be quite good this year after posting consecutive eight-win seasons.  ISU returns more starting talent than Oklahoma and Texas, and Matt Campbell might be one of the five best coaches in football, be it college or professional.

Baylor must be considered the dark horse in the race this year.  After enduring a total rebuild after the previous regime left under a dark cloud, Matt Rhule has done a commendable job bringing the Bears back to competitive football.  The Baylor offense could challenge for best in the league, and the defense should be a little improved.  Keep an eye on BU.

There are new head coaches at Texas Tech, Kansas State, Kansas, and West Virginia.  Matt Wells comes to Texas Tech after doing great things at Utah State, but his wide-open offense is quite different from the Air Raid used by former coach Kliff Kingsbury, and the Red Raiders will need time to adjust.

Bill Snyder has retired for the second time, and Kansas State must start over with Chris Klieman, the Dabo Swinney of FCS football.  Klieman won four FCS National Championships at North Dakota State, and he inherits a decent roster.  Still, there will be an adjustment with new systems on both sides of the ball, so the Wildcats will need a year or two in transition to be competitive again.

Dana Holgorsen, in a semi-surprise move, bolted West Virginia for Houston, and the Mountaineers must start over with former Troy coach Neal Brown and without Will Grier at quarterback.  Both sides of the ball suffered heavy losses, so 2019 will be a major rebuilding season.  Still, WVU might sneak into a lower-tiered bowl because one of the bottom four is likely to end up at 6-6.

Then, there is Kansas.  What the Jayhawks are to college basketball, they are the opposite in college football.  Since Mark Mangino was forced out at Kansas over several allegations of abuse, the KU program has been the weakest of any Power 5 Conference school.  Three coaches failed to turn the program around, as the Jayhawks are an incredibly poor 5-75 in the Big 12 since Mangino left.  Enter Les Miles as the new coach.  The Kansas football program will definitely be a little more exciting just because one never knows what Miles might do as the coach.  It would not be shocking to see Kansas go for a first down on fourth down inside their own 20 yard line.  They might run plays from the single wing, double wing, wishbone, or air raid offense–in the same possession!  The only for sure thing is that Les will sample the grass in every stadium the Jayhawks play.  If they happen to actually win a conference game this year, it will be a bonus.  They have a chance to begin the season 2-0, but they will almost assuredly lost the final 10.

Two teams remain in this little preview.  Oklahoma State and TCU have been middle of the pack teams in the last couple seasons, and they appear to still be behind the top four, while they are considerably better than the bottom four.  Because the Big 12 has a nine-game conference schedule, both the Cowboys and Horned Frogs can go 4-0 against the transitioning teams.  This means, they need to win two of their three non-league games to become bowl eligible.

Here is how the Big 12 Media voted in the preseason poll.

 

Big 12 Conference Media Poll
Pos.	Team	1st Place Votes	Overall Votes
1	Oklahoma	68	761
2	Texas	9	696
3	Iowa St.	0	589
4	TCU	0	474
5	Oklahoma St.	0	460
6	Baylor	0	453
7	Texas Tech	0	281
8	West Virginia	0	241
9	Kansas St.	0	191
10	Kansas	0	89
	Championship Game Winner
	None Chosen

 

The Initial PiRate Ratings believe the conference race will be a little bit different, and there won’t be a wide moat between Oklahoma and the next three teams.

 

Preseason PiRate Ratings–Big 12
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Oklahoma	120.8	119.4	120.4	120.2
Iowa St.	112.0	112.2	111.9	112.0
Texas	111.6	111.2	110.9	111.2
Baylor	110.1	110.2	109.6	110.0
Oklahoma St.	109.7	110.0	109.0	109.6
Texas Tech	108.1	107.6	107.2	107.6
Kansas St.	107.5	106.8	107.1	107.1
West Virginia	107.6	106.2	107.1	106.9
T C U	102.6	105.6	103.0	103.7
Kansas	95.6	96.5	95.3	95.8
Big 12 Averages	108.6	108.6	108.1	108.4

 

Note:  These preseason ratings are accurate as of August 1, 2019, and subject to change before the first week of the season due to personnel changes prior to the first week of the season.

 

Predicted Won-Loss Records

The PiRate Ratings were not created to forecast won-loss records like other ratings might attempt.  Our ratings are valid for just the next game on the teams’ schedules, and we have pre-set adjustments built into our ratings on many teams.  For instance, if a team has exceptional starting talent but little depth, their rating has a pre-set reduction per week of the season, so that even if they win or lose a game by the exact expected margin, they will lose some of their power rating due to their depth issues.

If a team has exceptional, but inexperienced talent, their rating will have a pre-set addition per week of the season, and even if their performance may be exactly what was expected, their power rating will rise.

What you see in these predicted won-loss records are our opinion and not calculated from the ratings.  These are the estimated records based on a vote, with the Captain having 50% of the vote and the crew having the other 50%.  The Captain then rounded up or down those teams picked to have an average wins that were not whole numbers.

 

PiRate Members Predicted Won-Loss
Pos	Team	Conf.	Overall
1	Oklahoma	7-2	11-2*
2	Iowa St.	7-2	10-3
3	Baylor	6-3	9-3
4	Texas	6-3	8-4
5	Oklahoma St.	5-4	8-4
6	West Virginia	4-5	6-6
7	TCU	3-6	6-6
8	Kansas St.	2-7	4-8
9	Texas Tech	2-7	5-7
10	Kansas	0-9	2-10
*	Oklahoma picked to win Big 12 Championship Game

 

Bowl Predictions
Bowl	Team
Playoffs	Not This Year
Sugar	Oklahoma
Alamo	Baylor
Camping World	Iowa St.
Texas	Okla st.
Liberty	Texas
Cheez-it	WVU
First Responders	TCU

 

Coaches That Could Move Up To Big-Time Programs

Matt Rhule, Baylor

Matt Campbell, Iowa State

 

Coaches on the Hot Seat

None this year

 

Top Quarterbacks

Jalen Hurts, Oklahoma

Sam Ehlinger, Texas

Charlie Brewer, Baylor

Brock Purdy, Iowa St.

 

Top Offense

Oklahoma

Texas

Oklahoma St.

 

Top Defense

Iowa St.

Texas

TCU

 

Coming Tomorrow: The Big Ten Conference.  With Urban Meyer into his next round of retirement, Can Jim Harbaugh take Michigan to the Playoffs?  Can Scott Frost work magic at Nebraska like he did at Central Florida?  Will there be a multiple team tie for first in the Western Division with 6-3 conference records?

 

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For Thursday, March 14, 2019

Thursday’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Home	Rating	HCA	Visitor	Rating	Spread
Akron	103.5	1.0	Buffalo	113.6	-9.1
Arizona St.	108.4	0.0	UCLA	104.9	3.5
Auburn	115.7	0.0	Missouri	106.1	9.6
Baylor	110.6	0.0	Iowa St.	114.1	-3.5
Bowling Green	103.0	0.0	Ball St.	102.8	0.2
Cal St. Fullerton	98.9	0.0	UC Davis	95.6	3.3
Duke	123.2	1.0	Syracuse	111.3	12.9
Duquesne	100.1	0.0	Saint Joseph’s	99.4	0.7
Eastern Washington	95.5	0.0	Montana St.	95.2	0.3
Florida	111.7	0.0	Arkansas	108.7	3.0
Florida St.	114.7	0.0	Virginia Tech	116.5	-1.8
Fresno St.	107.5	0.0	Air Force	94.8	12.7
George Mason	101.4	0.0	George Washington	93.3	8.1
Grand Canyon	104.7	0.0	Seattle	98.6	6.1
Howard	91.4	0.0	Bethune-Cookman	92.5	-1.1
Illinois	106.2	1.5	Iowa	110.9	-3.2
Kansas	114.9	1.5	Texas	112.0	4.4
Kansas St.	113.2	1.0	TCU	110.0	4.2
Kent St.	101.5	0.0	Central Michigan	101.9	-0.4
Long Beach St.	96.9	2.0	Hawaii	98.4	0.5
Louisiana	99.7	1.0	South Alabama	97.4	3.3
Louisiana Monroe	101.3	1.0	Coastal Carolina	100.7	1.6
Maryland	113.4	0.0	Nebraska	110.5	2.9
Memphis	106.8	3.0	Tulane	92.9	16.9
Minnesota	109.3	0.0	Penn St.	110.2	-0.9
Mississippi St.	113.4	0.0	Texas A&M	105.4	8.0
Montana	102.8	0.0	Sacramento St.	94.2	8.6
Nevada	115.0	1.0	Boise St.	102.6	13.4
New Mexico St.	107.7	0.0	Chicago St.	79.3	28.4
New Orleans	94	0.0	Lamar	98.0	-4.0
North Carolina	121.0	1.0	Louisville	114.0	8.0
North Carolina Central	92.8	0.0	Delaware St.	79.5	13.3
North Texas	100.9	1.5	Western Kentucky	103.1	-0.7
Northern Colorado	100.4	0.0	Southern Utah	93.0	7.4
Ohio St.	110.3	0.0	Indiana	110.6	-0.3
Old Dominion	103.8	0.0	Louisiana Tech	101.8	2.0
Ole Miss	110.1	0.0	Alabama	108.0	2.1
Oregon St.	106.2	0.0	Colorado	107.0	-0.8
Rhode Island	102.4	0.0	La Salle	97.2	5.2
Saint Louis	103.3	0.0	Richmond	99.0	4.3
Seton Hall	108.4	0.0	Georgetown	106.3	2.1
South Florida	103.2	0.0	Connecticut	105.2	-2.0
Southeastern Louisiana	94.7	0.0	Central Arkansas	91.6	3.1
Southern Miss.	103.4	0.0	Marshall	99.7	3.7
St. John’s	107.8	1.5	Marquette	112.6	-3.3
Texas Tech	118.3	0.0	West Virginia	104.9	13.4
Toledo	107.9	0.0	Northern Illinois	101.1	6.8
Tulsa	103.2	0.0	SMU	104.2	-1.0
UC Irvine	105.5	0.0	UC Riverside	91.6	13.9
UC Santa Barbara	101.0	0.0	Cal St. Northridge	93.7	7.3
UNLV	101.1	2.5	San Diego St.	103.8	-0.2
UT Rio Grande Valley	97.6	0.0	Cal St. Bakersfield	96.7	0.9
Utah	104.2	0.0	Oregon	109.3	-5.1
Utah St.	110.0	0.0	New Mexico	99.3	10.7
Utah Valley	104.0	0.0	Missouri Kansas City	95.0	9.0
UTSA	99.8	0.0	UAB	100.1	-0.3
Villanova	113.3	0.0	Providence	106.7	6.6
Virginia	123.3	0.0	North Carolina St.	112.9	10.4
Washington	105.5	0.0	USC	105.7	-0.2
Weber St.	98.5	0.0	Portland St.	94.7	3.8
Wichita St.	104.8	0.0	East Carolina	93.7	11.1
Xavier	107.2	0.0	Creighton	110.0	-2.8

 

Conference Tournaments Update

American Athletic Conference
Site: Fedex Forum, Memphis, TN
First Round–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
8	South Florida (19-12)	9	Connecticut (15-16)
5	Memphis (19-12)	12	Tulane (4-26)
7	Tulsa (18-13)	10	SMU (14-16)
6	Wichita St. (17-13)	11	East Carolina (10-20)

 

 

Atlantic 10 Conference
Site: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY
First Round–Wednesday, March 13
George Washington	68	Massachusetts	64 ot
Richmond	52	Fordham	50

Second Round–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
8	Rhode Island (16-14)	9	La Salle (10-20)
5	George Mason (17-14)	12	George Washington (9-23)
7	Duquesne (19-12)	10	Saint Joseph’s (13-18)
6	Saint Louis (19-12)	11	Richmond (13-19)

 

 

Atlantic Coast Conference
Site: Spectrum Center, Charlotte, NC
Second Round–Wednesday, March 13
North Carolina St.	59	Clemson	58
Virginia Tech	71	Miami (Fla)	56
Louisville	75	Notre Dame	53
Syracuse	73	Pittsburgh	59

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Virginia (28-2)	8	North Carolina St. (22-10)
4	Florida St. (25-6)	5	Virginia Tech (24-7)
2	North Carolina (26-5)	7	Louisville (20-12)
3	Duke (26-5)	6	Syracuse (20-12)

 

 

Big 12 Conference
Site: Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO
First Round–Wednesday, March 13
TCU	73	Oklahoma St.	70
West Virginia	72	Oklahoma	71

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Kansas St. (24-7)	8	TCU (20-12)
4	Baylor (19-12)	5	Iowa St. (20-11)
2	Texas Tech (26-5)	10	West Virginia (13-19)
3	Kansas (23-8)	6	Texas (16-15)

 

 

Big East Conference
Site: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
First Round–Wednesday, March 13
Providence	80	Butler	57
St. John’s	82	DePaul	74

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Villanova (22-9)	8	Providence (18-14)
4	Xavier (16-14)	5	Creighton (18-13)
2	Marquette (23-8)	7	St. John’s (21-11)
3	Seton Hall (18-12)	6	Georgetown (19-12)

 

Big Sky Conference
Site: Century Link Arena, Boise, ID
First Round–Wednesday, March 13
Sacramento St.	72	Northern Arizona	60
Southern Utah	94	Idaho St.	80
Montana St.	75	Idaho	71

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Montana (23-8)	9	Sacramento St. (15-15)
4	Weber St. (17-14)	5	Portland St. (16-15)
2	Northern Colorado (21-10)	7	Southern Utah (15-15)
3	Eastern Washington (14-17)	6	Montana St. (15-16)

 

 

Big Ten Conference
Site: United Center, Chicago, IL
First Round–Wednesday, March 13
Nebraska	68	Rutgers	61
Illinois	74	Northwestern	69 ot

Second Round–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
8	Ohio St. (18-13)	9	Indiana (17-14)
5	Maryland (22-9)	13	Nebraska (17-15)
7	Minnesota (19-12)	10	Penn St. (14-17)
6	Iowa (21-10)	11	Illinois (12-20)

 

 

Big West Conference
Site: Honda Center, Anaheim, CA
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	UC Irvine (27-5)	8	Cal St. Riverside (10-22)
4	Hawaii (18-12)	5	Long Beach St. (14-18)
3	Cal St. Fullerton (14-16)	6	UC Davis (11-19)
2	UC Santa Barbara (21-9)	7	Cal St. Northridge (13-19)

 

 

Conference USA
Site: Ford Center, Frisco, TX
First Round–Wednesday, March 13
Louisiana Tech	57	Florida Atlantic	56
UAB	70	Middle Tennessee	61
North Texas	71	Florida Int’l.	57
Marshall	82	Rice	65

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Old Dominion (23-8)	8	Louisiana Tech (20-12)
4	UTSA (17-14)	5	UAB (19-13)
2	Western Kentucky (18-13)	10	North Texas (21-11)
3	Southern Miss. (19-11)	6	Marshall (19-13)

 

Mid-American Conference (MACtion)

Site: Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Buffalo (28-3)	8/9	Akron/Miami (O)
4	Kent St. (22-9)	5	Central Michigan (22-10)
2	Toledo (25-6)	7	Northern Illinois (16-16)
3	Bowling Green (20-11)	11	Ball St. (16-16)

 

 

Mideastern Athletic Conference
Site: Scope Arena, Norfolk, VA
Quarterfinals–Wednesday, March 13
North Carolina A&T	82	Coppin St.	79 ot
Norfolk St.	78	South Carolina St.	73

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14

3

North Carolina Central (15-15)

11

Delaware St. (6-24)

4

Howard (16-15)

5

Bethune-Cookman (14-16)

 

 

Mountain West Conference
Site: Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV
First Round–Wednesday, March 13
Boise St.	66	Colorado St.	57
New Mexico	78	Wyoming	68
Air Force	87	San Jose St.	56

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Nevada (28-3)	9	Boise St. (13-19)
4	San Diego St. (19-11)	5	UNLV (17-13)
2	Utah St. (25-6)	7	New Mexico (14-17)
3	Fresno St. (21-8)	6	Air Force (14-17)

 

 

Pac-12 Conference
Site: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV
First Round–Wednesday, March 13
USC	78	Arizona	65
Colorado	56	California	51
UCLA	79	Stanford	72
Oregon	84	Washington St.	51

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Washington (24-7)	8	USC (16-16)
4	Oregon St. (18-12)	5	Colorado (20-11)
2	Arizona St. (21-9)	7	UCLA (17-15)
3	Utah (17-13)	6	Oregon (20-12)

 

 

Patriot League
All games at home floor of higher seeds
Championship Game–Wednesday, March 13
Colgate	94	Bucknell	80

Champion: Colgate (24-10)

 

 

Southland Conference
Site: Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, TX
First Round–Wednesday, March 13
Lamar	81	Houston Baptist	79
Central Arkansas	73	Texas A&M CC	53

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
4	New Orleans (17-12)	5	Lamar (20-12)
3	Southeastern Louisiana (16-15)	7	Central Arkansas (14-18)

 

 

Southeastern Conference
Site: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN
First Round–Wednesday, March 13
Missouri	71	Georgia	61
Texas A&M	69	Vanderbilt	52

Second Round–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
8	Florida (17-14)	9	Arkansas (17-14)
5	Auburn (22-9)	12	Missouri (15-16)
7	Ole Miss (20-11)	10	Alabama (17-14)
6	Mississippi St. (22-9)	11	Texas A&M (14-17)

 

Sun Belt Conference

Site:  Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA

Second Round–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
6	Coastal Carolina (15-15)	7	Louisiana Monroe (17-14)
5	Louisiana (19-12)	8	South Alabama (16-16)

 

 

Western Athletic Conference
Site: Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	New Mexico St. (27-4)	8	Chicago St. (3-28)
4	UT Rio Grande Valley (18-15)	5	Cal St. Bakersfield (16-14)
3	Grand Canyon (18-12)	6	Seattle (18-13)
2	Utah Valley (23-8)	7	Missouri Kansas City (11-20)

 

 

Automatic Bids To The NCAA Tournament

Team	Conf	W-L
Liberty	Atlantic Sun	28-6
Gardner-Webb	Big South	23-11
Murray St.	Ohio Valley	27-4
Bradley	Missouri Valley	20-14
Wofford	Southern	29-4
Iona	Metro Atlantic	17-15
Fairleigh-Dickinson	Northeast	20-13
Northern Kentucky	Horizon	26-8
Northeastern	Colonial	23-10
Saint Mary’s	West Coast	22-11
North Dakota St.	Summit	18-15
Colgate	Patriot	24-10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PiRate Ratings Bracketology For Monday, March 11, 2019

March 11, 2019

Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Gonzaga	Virginia	Kentucky	North Carolina
2	Duke	Michigan St.	Tennessee	LSU
3	Michigan	Texas Tech	Houston	Purdue
4	Florida St.	Wisconsin	Kansas	Kansas St.
5	Virginia Tech	Maryland	Mississippi St.	Nevada
6	Buffalo	Villanova	Marquette	Auburn
7	Wofford	Cincinnati	Louisville	Iowa St.
8	Baylor	VCU	Iowa	Ole Miss
9	Syracuse	Washington	Central Florida	Oklahoma
10	Minnesota	Seton Hall	Utah St.	TCU
11	Temple	Arizona St.	North Carolina St.	St. John’s
12	Ohio St./Clemson	Florida/Creighton	Murray St.	New Mexico St.
13	Liberty	Vermont	Hofstra	Old Dominion
14	UC-Irvine	Montana	Yale	Georgia St.
15	Bradley	Bucknell	Sam Houston St.	Wright St.
16	Omaha	Gardner-Webb	Norfolk St./St. Francis (PA)	Iona/Prairie View

 

 

 

Last 4 Bye	Temple	Arizona St.	North Carolina St.	St. John’s
Last 4 In	Ohio St.	Clemson	Florida	Creighton

 

 

First 4 Out	Indiana	Georgetown	Texas	Alabama
Next 4 Out	UNC Greensboro	Belmont	Nebraska	Saint Mary’s

 

 

Bids By Conference	Bids
ACC	9
Big Ten	8
Big 12	7
SEC	7
Big East	5
AAC	4
MWC	2
Pac-12	2
One-Bid Leagues	24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For Friday, March 8, 2019

Today’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Home	Rating	HCA	Visitor	Rating	Spread
Ball St.	103.1	2.5	Northern Illinois	100.7	4.9
Belmont	109.0	0.0	Austin Peay	103.2	5.8
Buffalo	113.7	3.0	Bowling Green	102.9	13.8
Campbell	99.0	2.5	Gardner-Webb	99.3	2.2
Canisius	95.1	0.0	Manhattan	90.9	4.2
Columbia	97.1	2.5	Dartmouth	97.9	1.7
Cornell	95.4	2.5	Harvard	103.6	-5.7
Drake	102.6	0.0	Illinois St.	98.5	4.1
Iona	97.7	0.0	Saint Peter’s	92.0	5.7
Kent St.	101.4	2.5	Akron	103.4	0.5
Loyola (Chi)	103.7	0.0	Valparaiso	98.1	5.6
Loyola Marymount	102.3	0.0	Pepperdine	99.8	2.5
Maryland	113.3	3.0	Minnesota	109.4	6.9
Missouri St.	99.7	0.0	Bradley	99.5	0.2
Murray St.	108.6	0.0	Jacksonville St.	103.1	5.5
Ohio	98.1	2.5	Miami (O)	101.4	-0.8
Penn	103.3	3.0	Yale	105.7	0.6
Princeton	100.2	3.0	Brown	101.3	1.9
Radford	102.7	0.0	Charleston Southern	99.5	3.2
Samford	99.9	0.0	The Citadel	95.2	4.7
Santa Clara	98.3	0.0	San Diego	104.6	-6.3
Southern Illinois	101.8	0.0	Northern Iowa	99.1	2.7
Toledo	108.0	3.0	Eastern Michigan	100.1	10.9
Virginia Commonwealth	111.2	3.0	Saint Joseph’s	99.4	14.8
Virginia Tech	116.3	3.0	Miami (Fla)	107.5	11.8
VMI	91.6	0.0	Western Carolina	93.2	-1.6
Western Michigan	94.7	2.5	Central Michigan	101.8	-4.6

 

Conference Tournaments Update

Big South Conference

Site: Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC

Quarterfinals
Radford	84	Presbyterian	76
Charleston Southern	77	Winthrop	63
Campbell	86	Hampton	77
Gardner-Webb	75	High Point	69

 

Semifinals–Friday, March 8 (at Campbell)
Seed	Home Team	Seed	Visitors
2	Radford (21-10)	6	Charleston Southern (17-14)
1	Campbell (20-11)	4	Gardner-Webb (21-11)

 

 

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

Site: Times Union Center, Albany, NY (Siena)

First Round
Saint Peter’s	71	Marist	68 ot
Manhattan	57	Fairfield	53
Monmouth	76	Niagara	72

 

Quarterfinals–Friday, March 8
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Iona (14-15)	9	Saint Peter’s (10-21)
4	Rider (16-14)	5	Siena (16-15)

Quarterfinals–Saturday, March 9
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
2	Canisius (14-16)	7	Manhattan (11-20)
3	Quinnipiac (16-13)	6	Monmouth (12-20)

 

 

Missouri Valley Conference (Arch Madness)
Site: Enterprise Center, St. Louis, MO
First Round–Thursday, March 7
Valparaiso	77	Indiana St.	55
Illinois St.	65	Evansville	60

 

Quarterfinals–Friday, March 8
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Loyola (Chi) (19-12)	9	Valparaiso (15-17)
4	Missouri St. (16-15)	5	Bradley (17-14)
2	Drake (23-8)	7	Illinois St. (17-15)
3	Southern Illinois (17-14)	6	Northern Iowa (14-17)

 

 

Ohio Valley Conference
Site: Ford Center, Evansville, IN
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 7
Austin Peay	95	Morehead St.	81
Jacksonville St.	88	UT-Martin	81

 

Semifinals–Friday, March 8
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Belmont (25-4)	4	Austin Peay (22-10)
2	Murray St. (25-4)	3	Jacksonville St. (24-8)

 

 

Patriot League
All games at home floor of higher seeds
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 7
Colgate	81	Boston U	69
Bucknell	77	Holy Cross	65
Lehigh	78	Army	70
Navy	60	American	56

 

Semifinals–Sunday, March 10
Seed	Home	Seed	Visitor
1	Colgate (22-10)	5	Navy (12-18)
2	Bucknell (20-10)	3	Lehigh (20-10)

 

 

Southern Conference
Site: US Cellular Center, Asheville, NC
First Round–Friday, March 8
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
8	VMI (10-20)	9	Western Carolina (7-24)
7	Samford (16-15)	10	The Citadel (12-17)

 

 

West Coast Conference
Site: Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, NV
First Round–Thursday, March 7
San Diego	67	Portland	47
Pepperdine	61	Pacific	53

 

Second Round–Friday, March 8
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
6	Santa Clara (16-14)	7	San Diego (19-13)
5	Loyola Marymount (20-10)	8	Pepperdine (14-17)

 

Coming Later Today: Bracketology Update

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PiRate Ratings Bracketology For Tuesday, March 5, 2019

March 5, 2019

Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Duke	Gonzaga	Virginia	Kentucky
2	Tennessee	Michigan	North Carolina	Michigan St.
3	Houston	LSU	Purdue	Texas Tech
4	Kansas	Marquette	Wisconsin	Florida St.
5	Kansas St.	Virginia Tech	Nevada	Iowa St.
6	Maryland	Mississippi St.	Cincinnati	Villanova
7	Buffalo	Louisville	Baylor	Iowa
8	Auburn	Wofford	Syracuse	Washington
9	Ole Miss	Virginia Commonwealth	Florida	St. John’s
10	Central Florida	Ohio St.	Alabama	Ohio St.
11	Texas	TCU	Minnesota	Seton Hall
12	North Carolina St./Temple	Arizona St./Utah St.	Belmont	Lipscomb
13	New Mexico St.	Old Dominion	Vermont	Hofstra
14	UC-irvine	Yale	South Dakota St.	Texas St.
15	Montana	Colgate	Drake	Wright St.
16	Campbell	Sam Houston St.	Norfolk St./St. Francis (PA)	Siena/Texas Southern

Last 4 In

North Carolina St.

Arizona St.

Utah St.

Temple

Last 4 Bye

Texas

TCU

Minnesota

Seton Hall

First 4 Out

Clemson

Indiana

Georgetown

Furman

Next 4 Out

Murray St.

Nebraska

Xavier

Saint Mary’s

Bids By Conference	Bids
ACC	8
Big Ten	8
Big 12	8
SEC	8
AAC	4
Big East	4
MWC	2
Pac-12	2
One-Bid Leagues	24

 

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For Monday, March 4, 2019

Monday’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Home	Rating	HCA	Visitor	Rating	Spread
Syracuse	111.3	3.0	Virginia	121.3	-7.0
North Florida	99.0	2.5	North Alabama	92.8	8.7
Liberty	106.5	3.0	Jacksonville	94.5	15.0
Florida Gulf Coast	97.1	3.0	NJIT	99.1	1.0
Maryland Eastern Shore	81.0	2.5	Morgan St.	89.0	-5.5
Delaware St.	79.1	2.5	Norfolk St.	95.3	-13.7
Lipscomb	110.1	3.0	Kennesaw St.	86.5	26.6
Arkansas Pine Bluff	90.3	2.5	Jackson St.	89.7	3.1
Mississippi Valley St.	83.8	2.5	Grambling	93.2	-6.9
Alabama A&M	85.3	2.5	Texas Southern	98.0	-10.2
Texas Tech	117.7	2.5	Texas	112.8	7.4
TCU	109.8	3.0	Kansas St.	111.9	0.9
Alabama St.	90.6	2.5	Prairie View A&M	95.2	-2.1
Montana	102.6	3.0	Northern Arizona	91.1	14.5
Montana St.	95.4	2.5	Southern Utah	92.9	5.0
Idaho St.	90.7	2.5	Weber St.	97.6	-4.4

 

The PiRate Ratings (1-353)

Rk	Team	PiRate	Conf
1	Duke	124.7	ACC
2	Gonzaga	124.5	West Coast
3	Virginia	121.3	ACC
4	North Carolina	121.2	ACC
5	Michigan St.	120.5	Big Ten
6	Tennessee	118.7	SEC
7	Michigan	118.4	Big Ten
8	Kentucky	117.9	SEC
9	Texas Tech	117.7	Big 12
10	Purdue	117.6	Big Ten
11	Virginia Tech	115.7	ACC
12	Buffalo	115.1	Mid-Amer
13	Kansas	115.1	Big 12
14	Wisconsin	114.7	Big Ten
15	Iowa St.	114.7	Big 12
16	Auburn	114.7	SEC
17	Florida St.	114.4	ACC
18	LSU	114.3	SEC
19	Houston	114.2	AAC
20	Nevada	113.8	Mtn West
21	Mississippi St.	113.6	SEC
22	Maryland	113.4	Big Ten
23	Louisville	113.4	ACC
24	Wofford	113.1	SoCon
25	Texas	112.8	Big 12
26	Marquette	112.8	Big East
27	Villanova	112.0	Big East
28	Kansas St.	111.9	Big 12
29	North Carolina St.	111.8	ACC
30	Clemson	111.6	ACC
31	Syracuse	111.3	ACC
32	Florida	111.1	SEC
33	Iowa	111.1	Big Ten
34	Utah St.	110.9	Mtn West
35	Oklahoma	110.9	Big 12
36	Baylor	110.8	Big 12
37	Cincinnati	110.8	AAC
38	Ohio St.	110.5	Big Ten
39	Central Florida	110.5	AAC
40	Virginia Commonwealth	110.4	Atl 10
41	Penn St.	110.3	Big Ten
42	Mississippi	110.3	SEC
43	Saint Mary’s	110.3	West Coast
44	Washington	110.1	Pac-12
45	Lipscomb	110.1	Atl Sun
46	TCU	109.8	Big 12
47	Nebraska	109.7	Big Ten
48	Minnesota	109.6	Big Ten
49	Belmont	109.3	OH Valley
50	Creighton	109.3	Big East
51	Indiana	109.2	Big Ten
52	Murray St.	108.6	OH Valley
53	Furman	108.6	SoCon
54	Toledo	108.5	Mid-Amer
55	Alabama	108.3	SEC
56	New Mexico St.	108.1	WAC
57	Arkansas	107.8	SEC
58	Oregon	107.8	Pac-12
59	San Francisco	107.6	West Coast
60	Illinois	107.6	Big Ten
61	Arizona St.	107.5	Pac-12
62	Seton Hall	107.5	Big East
63	Butler	107.5	Big East
64	Memphis	107.4	AAC
65	St. John’s	107.3	Big East
66	Dayton	107.0	Atl 10
67	East Tennessee St.	106.9	SoCon
68	Rutgers	106.6	Big Ten
69	Liberty	106.5	Atl Sun
70	Fresno St.	106.5	Mtn West
71	Georgetown	106.4	Big East
72	BYU	106.4	West Coast
73	Miami (Fla)	106.3	ACC
74	Colorado	106.3	Pac-12
75	Temple	106.2	AAC
76	Xavier	106.2	Big East
77	Northwestern	106.0	Big Ten
78	Texas A&M	105.8	SEC
79	Davidson	105.7	Atl 10
80	Yale	105.6	Ivy
81	South Dakota St.	105.6	Summit
82	Hofstra	105.6	Colonial
83	Providence	105.5	Big East
84	Oregon St.	105.4	Pac-12
85	UNC Greensboro	105.4	SoCon
86	USC	105.4	Pac-12
87	Grand Canyon	105.4	WAC
88	South Carolina	105.4	SEC
89	Arizona	105.3	Pac-12
90	Vermont	105.2	Amer East
91	Notre Dame	105.2	ACC
92	Northeastern	105.2	Colonial
93	UC Irvine	105.1	Big West
94	Missouri	105.1	SEC
95	UCLA	105.1	Pac-12
96	Georgia Southern	105.1	Sun Belt
97	Connecticut	104.9	AAC
98	Pittsburgh	104.8	ACC
99	Utah Valley	104.8	WAC
100	Bowling Green	104.7	Mid-Amer
101	Boston College	104.7	ACC
102	Georgia	104.6	SEC
103	Wichita St.	104.6	AAC
104	Stanford	104.5	Pac-12
105	Old Dominion	104.3	CUSA
106	Northern Kentucky	104.3	Horizon
107	South Florida	104.2	AAC
108	Oklahoma St.	104.2	Big 12
109	San Diego	104.0	West Coast
110	DePaul	103.7	Big East
111	Georgia Tech	103.6	ACC
112	Harvard	103.6	Ivy
113	Jacksonville St.	103.5	OH Valley
114	West Virginia	103.4	Big 12
115	Utah	103.4	Pac-12
116	Texas St.	103.4	Sun Belt
117	Radford	103.4	Big South
118	Charleston	103.3	Colonial
119	Central Michigan	103.2	Mid-Amer
120	Akron	103.2	Mid-Amer
121	Ball St.	103.1	Mid-Amer
122	Western Kentucky	103.1	CUSA
123	Southern Miss	103.0	CUSA
124	Tulsa	102.9	AAC
125	Georgia St.	102.8	Sun Belt
126	Penn	102.8	Ivy
127	Wright St.	102.7	Horizon
128	Drake	102.7	Mo Valley
129	Colgate	102.7	Patriot
130	San Diego St.	102.7	Mtn West
131	St. Bonaventure	102.7	Atl 10
132	Austin Peay	102.7	OH Valley
133	Loyola (Chi)	102.6	Mo Valley
134	Saint Louis	102.6	Atl 10
135	Miami (O)	102.6	Mid-Amer
136	Montana	102.6	Big Sky
137	SMU	102.6	AAC
138	Vanderbilt	102.5	SEC
139	Loyola Marymount	102.4	West Coast
140	UTSA	102.0	CUSA
141	Kent St.	101.7	Mid-Amer
142	Louisiana Tech	101.7	CUSA
143	George Mason	101.4	Atl 10
144	Brown	101.3	Ivy
145	Southern Illinois	101.2	Mo Valley
146	Boise St.	101.2	Mtn West
147	Northern Illinois	101.1	Mid-Amer
148	Bucknell	101.1	Patriot
149	Coastal Carolina	101.1	Sun Belt
150	Samford	101.0	SoCon
151	Louisiana Monroe	100.9	Sun Belt
152	Rhode Island	100.9	Atl 10
153	Eastern Michigan	100.9	Mid-Amer
154	North Texas	100.8	CUSA
155	Florida Atlantic	100.8	CUSA
156	Abilene Christian	100.7	Sthland
157	UT Arlington	100.6	Sun Belt
158	Omaha	100.3	Summit
159	Princeton	100.2	Ivy
160	Sam Houston St.	100.1	Sthland
161	UAB	100.1	CUSA
162	Lehigh	100.1	Patriot
163	Stony Brook	100.0	Amer East
164	UNLV	99.9	Mtn West
165	Duquesne	99.9	Atl 10
166	UC Santa Barbara	99.9	Big West
167	Pepperdine	99.9	West Coast
168	Winthrop	99.7	Big South
169	Charleston Southern	99.5	Big South
170	UT Rio Grande Valley	99.5	WAC
171	Colorado St.	99.5	Mtn West
172	Northern Colorado	99.5	Big Sky
173	Missouri St.	99.4	Mo Valley
174	Bradley	99.4	Mo Valley
175	Santa Clara	99.3	West Coast
176	NJIT	99.1	Atl Sun
177	Northern Iowa	99.1	Mo Valley
178	Campbell	99.1	Big South
179	Hartford	99.0	Amer East
180	North Florida	99.0	Atl Sun
181	New Mexico	99.0	Mtn West
182	Marshall	98.9	CUSA
183	Louisiana	98.9	Sun Belt
184	Seattle	98.8	WAC
185	Cal St. Fullerton	98.7	Big West
186	Ohio	98.6	Mid-Amer
187	Hampton	98.6	Big South
188	Saint Joseph’s	98.6	Atl 10
189	Wake Forest	98.6	ACC
190	Oakland	98.6	Horizon
191	American	98.5	Patriot
192	IUPUI	98.3	Horizon
193	Presbyterian	98.3	Big South
194	Gardner Webb	98.2	Big South
195	Mercer	98.2	SoCon
196	Richmond	98.0	Atl 10
197	Indiana St.	98.0	Mo Valley
198	Texas Southern	98.0	SWAC
199	Illinois St.	97.9	Mo Valley
200	California Baptist	97.9	WAC
201	Florida Int’l.	97.8	CUSA
202	Appalachian St.	97.8	Sun Belt
203	Illinois Chicago	97.8	Horizon
204	Washington St.	97.6	Pac-12
205	Weber St.	97.6	Big Sky
206	Purdue Fort Wayne	97.5	Summit
207	Dartmouth	97.5	Ivy
208	Cal St. Bakersfield	97.4	WAC
209	Green Bay	97.4	Horizon
210	Pacific	97.2	West Coast
211	William & Mary	97.2	Colonial
212	Little Rock	97.2	Sun Belt
213	North Dakota St.	97.1	Summit
214	Hawaii	97.1	Big West
215	Florida Gulf Coast	97.1	Atl Sun
216	South Dakota	97.0	Summit
217	La Salle	97.0	Atl 10
218	Rider	97.0	Metro Atl
219	South Alabama	96.9	Sun Belt
220	Columbia	96.9	Ivy
221	Lamar	96.8	Sthland
222	Iona	96.8	Metro Atl
223	High Point	96.7	Big South
224	Evansville	96.5	Mo Valley
225	Quinnipiac	96.5	Metro Atl
226	Maryland Baltimore Co.	96.3	Amer East
227	Valparaiso	96.2	Mo Valley
228	Fairleigh Dickinson	96.2	Northeast
229	Massachusetts	96.2	Atl 10
230	Boston University	96.1	Patriot
231	Long Beach St.	96.0	Big West
232	Sacred Heart	95.9	Northeast
233	Air Force	95.9	Mtn West
234	UC Davis	95.8	Big West
235	Missouri Kansas City	95.8	WAC
236	Cornell	95.7	Ivy
237	Holy Cross	95.6	Patriot
238	Southeastern Louisiana	95.5	Sthland
239	Detroit	95.5	Horizon
240	Rice	95.5	CUSA
241	Montana St.	95.4	Big Sky
242	Siena	95.3	Metro Atl
243	Norfolk St.	95.3	MEAC
244	Army	95.3	Patriot
245	Prairie View A&M	95.2	SWAC
246	The Citadel	95.1	SoCon
247	St. Francis (PA)	95.1	Northeast
248	Drexel	95.1	Colonial
249	Fordham	95.0	Atl 10
250	Morehead St.	95.0	OH Valley
251	New Orleans	94.9	Sthland
252	UMass Lowell	94.9	Amer East
253	Middle Tennessee	94.8	CUSA
254	Western Michigan	94.8	Mid-Amer
255	Eastern Kentucky	94.7	OH Valley
256	Arkansas St.	94.7	Sun Belt
257	California	94.5	Pac-12
258	Jacksonville	94.5	Atl Sun
259	Chattanooga	94.4	SoCon
260	Robert Morris	94.3	Northeast
261	Delaware	94.3	Colonial
262	Youngstown St.	94.3	Horizon
263	Cal St. Northridge	94.2	Big West
264	Loyola (MD)	94.2	Patriot
265	Troy	94.2	Sun Belt
266	Marist	94.2	Metro Atl
267	Long Island	94.1	Northeast
268	East Carolina	94.0	AAC
269	Western Carolina	94.0	SoCon
270	Texas A&M CC	93.9	Sthland
271	UNC Wilmington	93.9	Colonial
272	North Dakota	93.8	Summit
273	Canisius	93.8	Metro Atl
274	St. Francis (Bklyn)	93.7	Northeast
275	Eastern Washington	93.6	Big Sky
276	Sacramento St.	93.5	Big Sky
277	James Madison	93.5	Colonial
278	Towson	93.4	Colonial
279	Houston Baptist	93.3	Sthland
280	Grambling St.	93.2	SWAC
281	George Washington	93.1	Atl 10
282	Longwood	93.0	Big South
283	Albany	93.0	Amer East
284	Cleveland St.	93.0	Horizon
285	Oral Roberts	93.0	Summit
286	UTEP	93.0	CUSA
287	Southern Utah	92.9	Big Sky
288	Navy	92.8	Patriot
289	North Alabama	92.8	Atl Sun
290	Charlotte	92.6	CUSA
291	Fairfield	92.5	Metro Atl
292	Lafayette	92.5	Patriot
293	Milwaukee	92.5	Horizon
294	Wagner	92.4	Northeast
295	North Carolina Central	92.4	MEAC
296	Bethune Cookman	92.4	MEAC
297	Monmouth	92.4	Metro Atl
298	VMI	92.3	SoCon
299	Portland St.	92.3	Big Sky
300	Tennessee St.	92.1	OH Valley
301	UT Martin	92.1	OH Valley
302	Elon	91.9	Colonial
303	Tulane	91.9	AAC
304	Western Illinois	91.8	Summit
305	North Carolina A&T	91.8	MEAC
306	Eastern Illinois	91.8	OH Valley
307	Stephen F. Austin	91.6	Sthland
308	Southeast Missouri St.	91.3	OH Valley
309	Denver	91.2	Summit
310	Northern Arizona	91.1	Big Sky
311	Saint Peter’s	91.1	Metro Atl
312	Howard	90.8	MEAC
313	Niagara	90.7	Metro Atl
314	Idaho St.	90.7	Big Sky
315	Alabama St.	90.6	SWAC
316	Central Arkansas	90.5	Sthland
317	Manhattan	90.5	Metro Atl
318	UC Riverside	90.4	Big West
319	Nicholls St.	90.4	Sthland
320	Arkansas Pine Bluff	90.3	SWAC
321	Florida A&M	90.3	MEAC
322	Mount St. Mary’s	90.0	Northeast
323	Wyoming	90.0	Mtn West
324	Central Connecticut	89.9	Northeast
325	McNeese St.	89.8	Sthland
326	Portland	89.7	West Coast
327	Jackson St.	89.7	SWAC
328	Tennessee Tech	89.4	OH Valley
329	Bryant	89.4	Northeast
330	Binghamton	89.3	Amer East
331	Cal Poly	89.2	Big West
332	Stetson	89.1	Atl Sun
333	Morgan St.	89.0	MEAC
334	Maine	88.4	Amer East
335	SIU Edwardsville	88.3	OH Valley
336	USC Upstate	87.5	Big South
337	South Carolina St.	87.5	MEAC
338	Northwestern St.	87.3	Sthland
339	Southern	87.2	SWAC
340	Kennesaw St.	86.5	Atl Sun
341	San Jose St.	86.3	Mtn West
342	UNC Asheville	85.7	Big South
343	Savannah St.	85.5	MEAC
344	Incarnate Word	85.4	Sthland
345	Alabama A&M	85.3	SWAC
346	New Hampshire	84.8	Amer East
347	Alcorn St.	84.6	SWAC
348	Idaho	84.2	Big Sky
349	Coppin St.	84.1	MEAC
350	Mississippi Valley St.	83.8	SWAC
351	Maryland Eastern Shore	81.0	MEAC
352	Chicago St.	80.7	WAC
353	Delaware St.	79.1	MEAC

 

PiRate Ratings (Alphabetical)

Rk	Team	PiRate	Conf
156	Abilene Christian	100.7	Sthland
233	Air Force	95.9	Mtn West
120	Akron	103.2	Mid-Amer
55	Alabama	108.3	SEC
345	Alabama A&M	85.3	SWAC
315	Alabama St.	90.6	SWAC
283	Albany	93.0	Amer East
347	Alcorn St.	84.6	SWAC
191	American	98.5	Patriot
202	Appalachian St.	97.8	Sun Belt
89	Arizona	105.3	Pac-12
61	Arizona St.	107.5	Pac-12
57	Arkansas	107.8	SEC
320	Arkansas Pine Bluff	90.3	SWAC
256	Arkansas St.	94.7	Sun Belt
244	Army	95.3	Patriot
16	Auburn	114.7	SEC
132	Austin Peay	102.7	OH Valley
121	Ball St.	103.1	Mid-Amer
36	Baylor	110.8	Big 12
49	Belmont	109.3	OH Valley
296	Bethune Cookman	92.4	MEAC
330	Binghamton	89.3	Amer East
146	Boise St.	101.2	Mtn West
101	Boston College	104.7	ACC
230	Boston University	96.1	Patriot
100	Bowling Green	104.7	Mid-Amer
174	Bradley	99.4	Mo Valley
144	Brown	101.3	Ivy
329	Bryant	89.4	Northeast
148	Bucknell	101.1	Patriot
12	Buffalo	115.1	Mid-Amer
63	Butler	107.5	Big East
72	BYU	106.4	West Coast
331	Cal Poly	89.2	Big West
208	Cal St. Bakersfield	97.4	WAC
185	Cal St. Fullerton	98.7	Big West
263	Cal St. Northridge	94.2	Big West
257	California	94.5	Pac-12
200	California Baptist	97.9	WAC
178	Campbell	99.1	Big South
273	Canisius	93.8	Metro Atl
316	Central Arkansas	90.5	Sthland
324	Central Connecticut	89.9	Northeast
39	Central Florida	110.5	AAC
119	Central Michigan	103.2	Mid-Amer
118	Charleston	103.3	Colonial
169	Charleston Southern	99.5	Big South
290	Charlotte	92.6	CUSA
259	Chattanooga	94.4	SoCon
352	Chicago St.	80.7	WAC
37	Cincinnati	110.8	AAC
30	Clemson	111.6	ACC
284	Cleveland St.	93.0	Horizon
149	Coastal Carolina	101.1	Sun Belt
129	Colgate	102.7	Patriot
74	Colorado	106.3	Pac-12
171	Colorado St.	99.5	Mtn West
220	Columbia	96.9	Ivy
97	Connecticut	104.9	AAC
349	Coppin St.	84.1	MEAC
236	Cornell	95.7	Ivy
50	Creighton	109.3	Big East
207	Dartmouth	97.5	Ivy
79	Davidson	105.7	Atl 10
66	Dayton	107.0	Atl 10
261	Delaware	94.3	Colonial
353	Delaware St.	79.1	MEAC
309	Denver	91.2	Summit
110	DePaul	103.7	Big East
239	Detroit	95.5	Horizon
128	Drake	102.7	Mo Valley
248	Drexel	95.1	Colonial
1	Duke	124.7	ACC
165	Duquesne	99.9	Atl 10
268	East Carolina	94.0	AAC
67	East Tennessee St.	106.9	SoCon
306	Eastern Illinois	91.8	OH Valley
255	Eastern Kentucky	94.7	OH Valley
153	Eastern Michigan	100.9	Mid-Amer
275	Eastern Washington	93.6	Big Sky
302	Elon	91.9	Colonial
224	Evansville	96.5	Mo Valley
291	Fairfield	92.5	Metro Atl
228	Fairleigh Dickinson	96.2	Northeast
32	Florida	111.1	SEC
321	Florida A&M	90.3	MEAC
155	Florida Atlantic	100.8	CUSA
215	Florida Gulf Coast	97.1	Atl Sun
201	Florida Int’l.	97.8	CUSA
17	Florida St.	114.4	ACC
249	Fordham	95.0	Atl 10
70	Fresno St.	106.5	Mtn West
53	Furman	108.6	SoCon
194	Gardner Webb	98.2	Big South
143	George Mason	101.4	Atl 10
281	George Washington	93.1	Atl 10
71	Georgetown	106.4	Big East
102	Georgia	104.6	SEC
96	Georgia Southern	105.1	Sun Belt
125	Georgia St.	102.8	Sun Belt
111	Georgia Tech	103.6	ACC
2	Gonzaga	124.5	West Coast
280	Grambling St.	93.2	SWAC
87	Grand Canyon	105.4	WAC
209	Green Bay	97.4	Horizon
187	Hampton	98.6	Big South
179	Hartford	99.0	Amer East
112	Harvard	103.6	Ivy
214	Hawaii	97.1	Big West
223	High Point	96.7	Big South
82	Hofstra	105.6	Colonial
237	Holy Cross	95.6	Patriot
19	Houston	114.2	AAC
279	Houston Baptist	93.3	Sthland
312	Howard	90.8	MEAC
348	Idaho	84.2	Big Sky
314	Idaho St.	90.7	Big Sky
60	Illinois	107.6	Big Ten
203	Illinois Chicago	97.8	Horizon
199	Illinois St.	97.9	Mo Valley
344	Incarnate Word	85.4	Sthland
51	Indiana	109.2	Big Ten
197	Indiana St.	98.0	Mo Valley
222	Iona	96.8	Metro Atl
33	Iowa	111.1	Big Ten
15	Iowa St.	114.7	Big 12
192	IUPUI	98.3	Horizon
327	Jackson St.	89.7	SWAC
258	Jacksonville	94.5	Atl Sun
113	Jacksonville St.	103.5	OH Valley
277	James Madison	93.5	Colonial
13	Kansas	115.1	Big 12
28	Kansas St.	111.9	Big 12
340	Kennesaw St.	86.5	Atl Sun
141	Kent St.	101.7	Mid-Amer
8	Kentucky	117.9	SEC
217	La Salle	97.0	Atl 10
292	Lafayette	92.5	Patriot
221	Lamar	96.8	Sthland
162	Lehigh	100.1	Patriot
69	Liberty	106.5	Atl Sun
45	Lipscomb	110.1	Atl Sun
212	Little Rock	97.2	Sun Belt
231	Long Beach St.	96.0	Big West
267	Long Island	94.1	Northeast
282	Longwood	93.0	Big South
183	Louisiana	98.9	Sun Belt
151	Louisiana Monroe	100.9	Sun Belt
142	Louisiana Tech	101.7	CUSA
23	Louisville	113.4	ACC
133	Loyola (Chi)	102.6	Mo Valley
264	Loyola (MD)	94.2	Patriot
139	Loyola Marymount	102.4	West Coast
18	LSU	114.3	SEC
334	Maine	88.4	Amer East
317	Manhattan	90.5	Metro Atl
266	Marist	94.2	Metro Atl
26	Marquette	112.8	Big East
182	Marshall	98.9	CUSA
22	Maryland	113.4	Big Ten
226	Maryland Baltimore Co.	96.3	Amer East
351	Maryland Eastern Shore	81.0	MEAC
229	Massachusetts	96.2	Atl 10
325	McNeese St.	89.8	Sthland
64	Memphis	107.4	AAC
195	Mercer	98.2	SoCon
73	Miami (Fla)	106.3	ACC
135	Miami (O)	102.6	Mid-Amer
7	Michigan	118.4	Big Ten
5	Michigan St.	120.5	Big Ten
253	Middle Tennessee	94.8	CUSA
293	Milwaukee	92.5	Horizon
48	Minnesota	109.6	Big Ten
42	Mississippi	110.3	SEC
21	Mississippi St.	113.6	SEC
350	Mississippi Valley St.	83.8	SWAC
94	Missouri	105.1	SEC
235	Missouri Kansas City	95.8	WAC
173	Missouri St.	99.4	Mo Valley
297	Monmouth	92.4	Metro Atl
136	Montana	102.6	Big Sky
241	Montana St.	95.4	Big Sky
250	Morehead St.	95.0	OH Valley
333	Morgan St.	89.0	MEAC
322	Mount St. Mary’s	90.0	Northeast
52	Murray St.	108.6	OH Valley
288	Navy	92.8	Patriot
47	Nebraska	109.7	Big Ten
20	Nevada	113.8	Mtn West
346	New Hampshire	84.8	Amer East
181	New Mexico	99.0	Mtn West
56	New Mexico St.	108.1	WAC
251	New Orleans	94.9	Sthland
313	Niagara	90.7	Metro Atl
319	Nicholls St.	90.4	Sthland
176	NJIT	99.1	Atl Sun
243	Norfolk St.	95.3	MEAC
289	North Alabama	92.8	Atl Sun
4	North Carolina	121.2	ACC
305	North Carolina A&T	91.8	MEAC
295	North Carolina Central	92.4	MEAC
29	North Carolina St.	111.8	ACC
272	North Dakota	93.8	Summit
213	North Dakota St.	97.1	Summit
180	North Florida	99.0	Atl Sun
154	North Texas	100.8	CUSA
92	Northeastern	105.2	Colonial
310	Northern Arizona	91.1	Big Sky
172	Northern Colorado	99.5	Big Sky
147	Northern Illinois	101.1	Mid-Amer
177	Northern Iowa	99.1	Mo Valley
106	Northern Kentucky	104.3	Horizon
77	Northwestern	106.0	Big Ten
338	Northwestern St.	87.3	Sthland
91	Notre Dame	105.2	ACC
190	Oakland	98.6	Horizon
186	Ohio	98.6	Mid-Amer
38	Ohio St.	110.5	Big Ten
35	Oklahoma	110.9	Big 12
108	Oklahoma St.	104.2	Big 12
105	Old Dominion	104.3	CUSA
158	Omaha	100.3	Summit
285	Oral Roberts	93.0	Summit
58	Oregon	107.8	Pac-12
84	Oregon St.	105.4	Pac-12
210	Pacific	97.2	West Coast
126	Penn	102.8	Ivy
41	Penn St.	110.3	Big Ten
167	Pepperdine	99.9	West Coast
98	Pittsburgh	104.8	ACC
326	Portland	89.7	West Coast
299	Portland St.	92.3	Big Sky
245	Prairie View A&M	95.2	SWAC
193	Presbyterian	98.3	Big South
159	Princeton	100.2	Ivy
83	Providence	105.5	Big East
10	Purdue	117.6	Big Ten
206	Purdue Fort Wayne	97.5	Summit
225	Quinnipiac	96.5	Metro Atl
117	Radford	103.4	Big South
152	Rhode Island	100.9	Atl 10
240	Rice	95.5	CUSA
196	Richmond	98.0	Atl 10
218	Rider	97.0	Metro Atl
260	Robert Morris	94.3	Northeast
68	Rutgers	106.6	Big Ten
276	Sacramento St.	93.5	Big Sky
232	Sacred Heart	95.9	Northeast
188	Saint Joseph’s	98.6	Atl 10
134	Saint Louis	102.6	Atl 10
43	Saint Mary’s	110.3	West Coast
311	Saint Peter’s	91.1	Metro Atl
160	Sam Houston St.	100.1	Sthland
150	Samford	101.0	SoCon
109	San Diego	104.0	West Coast
130	San Diego St.	102.7	Mtn West
59	San Francisco	107.6	West Coast
341	San Jose St.	86.3	Mtn West
175	Santa Clara	99.3	West Coast
343	Savannah St.	85.5	MEAC
184	Seattle	98.8	WAC
62	Seton Hall	107.5	Big East
242	Siena	95.3	Metro Atl
335	SIU Edwardsville	88.3	OH Valley
137	SMU	102.6	AAC
219	South Alabama	96.9	Sun Belt
88	South Carolina	105.4	SEC
337	South Carolina St.	87.5	MEAC
216	South Dakota	97.0	Summit
81	South Dakota St.	105.6	Summit
107	South Florida	104.2	AAC
308	Southeast Missouri St.	91.3	OH Valley
238	Southeastern Louisiana	95.5	Sthland
339	Southern	87.2	SWAC
145	Southern Illinois	101.2	Mo Valley
123	Southern Miss	103.0	CUSA
287	Southern Utah	92.9	Big Sky
131	St. Bonaventure	102.7	Atl 10
274	St. Francis (Bklyn)	93.7	Northeast
247	St. Francis (PA)	95.1	Northeast
65	St. John’s	107.3	Big East
104	Stanford	104.5	Pac-12
307	Stephen F. Austin	91.6	Sthland
332	Stetson	89.1	Atl Sun
163	Stony Brook	100.0	Amer East
31	Syracuse	111.3	ACC
46	TCU	109.8	Big 12
75	Temple	106.2	AAC
6	Tennessee	118.7	SEC
300	Tennessee St.	92.1	OH Valley
328	Tennessee Tech	89.4	OH Valley
25	Texas	112.8	Big 12
78	Texas A&M	105.8	SEC
270	Texas A&M CC	93.9	Sthland
198	Texas Southern	98.0	SWAC
116	Texas St.	103.4	Sun Belt
9	Texas Tech	117.7	Big 12
246	The Citadel	95.1	SoCon
54	Toledo	108.5	Mid-Amer
278	Towson	93.4	Colonial
265	Troy	94.2	Sun Belt
303	Tulane	91.9	AAC
124	Tulsa	102.9	AAC
161	UAB	100.1	CUSA
234	UC Davis	95.8	Big West
93	UC Irvine	105.1	Big West
318	UC Riverside	90.4	Big West
166	UC Santa Barbara	99.9	Big West
95	UCLA	105.1	Pac-12
252	UMass Lowell	94.9	Amer East
342	UNC Asheville	85.7	Big South
85	UNC Greensboro	105.4	SoCon
271	UNC Wilmington	93.9	Colonial
164	UNLV	99.9	Mtn West
86	USC	105.4	Pac-12
336	USC Upstate	87.5	Big South
157	UT Arlington	100.6	Sun Belt
301	UT Martin	92.1	OH Valley
170	UT Rio Grande Valley	99.5	WAC
115	Utah	103.4	Pac-12
34	Utah St.	110.9	Mtn West
99	Utah Valley	104.8	WAC
286	UTEP	93.0	CUSA
140	UTSA	102.0	CUSA
227	Valparaiso	96.2	Mo Valley
138	Vanderbilt	102.5	SEC
90	Vermont	105.2	Amer East
27	Villanova	112.0	Big East
3	Virginia	121.3	ACC
40	Virginia Commonwealth	110.4	Atl 10
11	Virginia Tech	115.7	ACC
298	VMI	92.3	SoCon
294	Wagner	92.4	Northeast
189	Wake Forest	98.6	ACC
44	Washington	110.1	Pac-12
204	Washington St.	97.6	Pac-12
205	Weber St.	97.6	Big Sky
114	West Virginia	103.4	Big 12
269	Western Carolina	94.0	SoCon
304	Western Illinois	91.8	Summit
122	Western Kentucky	103.1	CUSA
254	Western Michigan	94.8	Mid-Amer
103	Wichita St.	104.6	AAC
211	William & Mary	97.2	Colonial
168	Winthrop	99.7	Big South
14	Wisconsin	114.7	Big Ten
24	Wofford	113.1	SoCon
127	Wright St.	102.7	Horizon
323	Wyoming	90.0	Mtn West
76	Xavier	106.2	Big East
80	Yale	105.6	Ivy
262	Youngstown St.	94.3	Horizon

 

PiRate Ratings (Conference)

#	America East	PiRate
90	Vermont	105.2
163	Stony Brook	100.0
179	Hartford	99.0
226	Maryland Baltimore Co.	96.3
252	UMass Lowell	94.9
283	Albany	93.0
330	Binghamton	89.3
334	Maine	88.4
346	New Hampshire	84.8

#	American Athletic	PiRate
19	Houston	114.2
37	Cincinnati	110.8
39	Central Florida	110.5
64	Memphis	107.4
75	Temple	106.2
97	Connecticut	104.9
103	Wichita St.	104.6
107	South Florida	104.2
124	Tulsa	102.9
137	SMU	102.6
268	East Carolina	94.0
303	Tulane	91.9

#	Atlantic 10	PiRate
40	Virginia Commonwealth	110.4
66	Dayton	107.0
79	Davidson	105.7
131	St. Bonaventure	102.7
134	Saint Louis	102.6
143	George Mason	101.4
152	Rhode Island	100.9
165	Duquesne	99.9
188	Saint Joseph’s	98.6
196	Richmond	98.0
217	La Salle	97.0
229	Massachusetts	96.2
249	Fordham	95.0
281	George Washington	93.1

#	Atlantic Coast	PiRate
1	Duke	124.7
3	Virginia	121.3
4	North Carolina	121.2
11	Virginia Tech	115.7
17	Florida St.	114.4
23	Louisville	113.4
29	North Carolina St.	111.8
30	Clemson	111.6
31	Syracuse	111.3
73	Miami (Fla)	106.3
91	Notre Dame	105.2
98	Pittsburgh	104.8
101	Boston College	104.7
111	Georgia Tech	103.6
189	Wake Forest	98.6

#	Atlantic Sun	PiRate
45	Lipscomb	110.1
69	Liberty	106.5
176	NJIT	99.1
180	North Florida	99.0
215	Florida Gulf Coast	97.1
258	Jacksonville	94.5
289	North Alabama	92.8
332	Stetson	89.1
340	Kennesaw St.	86.5

#	Big 12	PiRate
9	Texas Tech	117.7
13	Kansas	115.1
15	Iowa St.	114.7
25	Texas	112.8
28	Kansas St.	111.9
35	Oklahoma	110.9
36	Baylor	110.8
46	TCU	109.8
108	Oklahoma St.	104.2
114	West Virginia	103.4

#	Big East	PiRate
26	Marquette	112.8
27	Villanova	112.0
50	Creighton	109.3
62	Seton Hall	107.5
63	Butler	107.5
65	St. John’s	107.3
71	Georgetown	106.4
76	Xavier	106.2
83	Providence	105.5
110	DePaul	103.7

#	Big Sky	PiRate
136	Montana	102.6
172	Northern Colorado	99.5
205	Weber St.	97.6
241	Montana St.	95.4
275	Eastern Washington	93.6
276	Sacramento St.	93.5
287	Southern Utah	92.9
299	Portland St.	92.3
310	Northern Arizona	91.1
314	Idaho St.	90.7
348	Idaho	84.2

#	Big South	PiRate
117	Radford	103.4
168	Winthrop	99.7
169	Charleston Southern	99.5
178	Campbell	99.1
187	Hampton	98.6
193	Presbyterian	98.3
194	Gardner Webb	98.2
223	High Point	96.7
282	Longwood	93.0
336	USC Upstate	87.5
342	UNC Asheville	85.7

#	Big Ten	PiRate
5	Michigan St.	120.5
7	Michigan	118.4
10	Purdue	117.6
14	Wisconsin	114.7
22	Maryland	113.4
33	Iowa	111.1
38	Ohio St.	110.5
41	Penn St.	110.3
47	Nebraska	109.7
48	Minnesota	109.6
51	Indiana	109.2
60	Illinois	107.6
68	Rutgers	106.6
77	Northwestern	106.0

#	Big West	PiRate
93	UC Irvine	105.1
166	UC Santa Barbara	99.9
185	Cal St. Fullerton	98.7
214	Hawaii	97.1
231	Long Beach St.	96.0
234	UC Davis	95.8
263	Cal St. Northridge	94.2
318	UC Riverside	90.4
331	Cal Poly	89.2

#	Colonial Athletic	PiRate
82	Hofstra	105.6
92	Northeastern	105.2
118	Charleston	103.3
211	William & Mary	97.2
248	Drexel	95.1
261	Delaware	94.3
271	UNC Wilmington	93.9
277	James Madison	93.5
278	Towson	93.4
302	Elon	91.9

#	Conference USA	PiRate
105	Old Dominion	104.3
122	Western Kentucky	103.1
123	Southern Miss	103.0
140	UTSA	102.0
142	Louisiana Tech	101.7
154	North Texas	100.8
155	Florida Atlantic	100.8
161	UAB	100.1
182	Marshall	98.9
201	Florida Int’l.	97.8
240	Rice	95.5
253	Middle Tennessee	94.8
286	UTEP	93.0
290	Charlotte	92.6

#	Horizon	PiRate
106	Northern Kentucky	104.3
127	Wright St.	102.7
190	Oakland	98.6
192	IUPUI	98.3
203	Illinois Chicago	97.8
209	Green Bay	97.4
239	Detroit	95.5
262	Youngstown St.	94.3
284	Cleveland St.	93.0
293	Milwaukee	92.5

#	Ivy	PiRate
80	Yale	105.6
112	Harvard	103.6
126	Penn	102.8
144	Brown	101.3
159	Princeton	100.2
207	Dartmouth	97.5
220	Columbia	96.9
236	Cornell	95.7

#	Metro Atlantic	PiRate
218	Rider	97.0
222	Iona	96.8
225	Quinnipiac	96.5
242	Siena	95.3
266	Marist	94.2
273	Canisius	93.8
291	Fairfield	92.5
297	Monmouth	92.4
311	Saint Peter’s	91.1
313	Niagara	90.7
317	Manhattan	90.5

#	Mid-American	PiRate
12	Buffalo	115.1
54	Toledo	108.5
100	Bowling Green	104.7
119	Central Michigan	103.2
120	Akron	103.2
121	Ball St.	103.1
135	Miami (O)	102.6
141	Kent St.	101.7
147	Northern Illinois	101.1
153	Eastern Michigan	100.9
186	Ohio	98.6
254	Western Michigan	94.8

#	Mideastern Athletic	PiRate
243	Norfolk St.	95.3
295	North Carolina Central	92.4
296	Bethune Cookman	92.4
305	North Carolina A&T	91.8
312	Howard	90.8
321	Florida A&M	90.3
333	Morgan St.	89.0
337	South Carolina St.	87.5
343	Savannah St.	85.5
349	Coppin St.	84.1
351	Maryland Eastern Shore	81.0
353	Delaware St.	79.1

#	Missouri Valley	PiRate
128	Drake	102.7
133	Loyola (Chi)	102.6
145	Southern Illinois	101.2
173	Missouri St.	99.4
174	Bradley	99.4
177	Northern Iowa	99.1
197	Indiana St.	98.0
199	Illinois St.	97.9
224	Evansville	96.5
227	Valparaiso	96.2

#	Mountain West	PiRate
20	Nevada	113.8
34	Utah St.	110.9
70	Fresno St.	106.5
130	San Diego St.	102.7
146	Boise St.	101.2
164	UNLV	99.9
171	Colorado St.	99.5
181	New Mexico	99.0
233	Air Force	95.9
323	Wyoming	90.0
341	San Jose St.	86.3

#	Northeast	PiRate
228	Fairleigh Dickinson	96.2
232	Sacred Heart	95.9
247	St. Francis (PA)	95.1
260	Robert Morris	94.3
267	Long Island	94.1
274	St. Francis (Bklyn)	93.7
294	Wagner	92.4
322	Mount St. Mary’s	90.0
324	Central Connecticut	89.9
329	Bryant	89.4

#	Ohio Valley	PiRate
49	Belmont	109.3
52	Murray St.	108.6
113	Jacksonville St.	103.5
132	Austin Peay	102.7
250	Morehead St.	95.0
255	Eastern Kentucky	94.7
300	Tennessee St.	92.1
301	UT Martin	92.1
306	Eastern Illinois	91.8
308	Southeast Missouri St.	91.3
328	Tennessee Tech	89.4
335	SIU Edwardsville	88.3

#	Pac-12	PiRate
44	Washington	110.1
58	Oregon	107.8
61	Arizona St.	107.5
74	Colorado	106.3
84	Oregon St.	105.4
86	USC	105.4
89	Arizona	105.3
95	UCLA	105.1
104	Stanford	104.5
115	Utah	103.4
204	Washington St.	97.6
257	California	94.5

#	Patriot	PiRate
129	Colgate	102.7
148	Bucknell	101.1
162	Lehigh	100.1
191	American	98.5
230	Boston University	96.1
237	Holy Cross	95.6
244	Army	95.3
264	Loyola (MD)	94.2
288	Navy	92.8
292	Lafayette	92.5

#	Southeastern	PiRate
6	Tennessee	118.7
8	Kentucky	117.9
16	Auburn	114.7
18	LSU	114.3
21	Mississippi St.	113.6
32	Florida	111.1
42	Mississippi	110.3
55	Alabama	108.3
57	Arkansas	107.8
78	Texas A&M	105.8
88	South Carolina	105.4
94	Missouri	105.1
102	Georgia	104.6
138	Vanderbilt	102.5

#	Southern	PiRate
24	Wofford	113.1
53	Furman	108.6
67	East Tennessee St.	106.9
85	UNC Greensboro	105.4
150	Samford	101.0
195	Mercer	98.2
246	The Citadel	95.1
259	Chattanooga	94.4
269	Western Carolina	94.0
298	VMI	92.3

#	Southland	PiRate
156	Abilene Christian	100.7
160	Sam Houston St.	100.1
221	Lamar	96.8
238	Southeastern Louisiana	95.5
251	New Orleans	94.9
270	Texas A&M CC	93.9
279	Houston Baptist	93.3
307	Stephen F. Austin	91.6
316	Central Arkansas	90.5
319	Nicholls St.	90.4
325	McNeese St.	89.8
338	Northwestern St.	87.3
344	Incarnate Word	85.4

#	Southwestern Athletic	PiRate
198	Texas Southern	98.0
245	Prairie View A&M	95.2
280	Grambling St.	93.2
315	Alabama St.	90.6
320	Arkansas Pine Bluff	90.3
327	Jackson St.	89.7
339	Southern	87.2
345	Alabama A&M	85.3
347	Alcorn St.	84.6
350	Mississippi Valley St.	83.8

#	Summit	PiRate
81	South Dakota St.	105.6
158	Omaha	100.3
206	Purdue Fort Wayne	97.5
213	North Dakota St.	97.1
216	South Dakota	97.0
272	North Dakota	93.8
285	Oral Roberts	93.0
304	Western Illinois	91.8
309	Denver	91.2

#	Sun Belt	PiRate
96	Georgia Southern	105.1
116	Texas St.	103.4
125	Georgia St.	102.8
149	Coastal Carolina	101.1
151	Louisiana Monroe	100.9
157	UT Arlington	100.6
183	Louisiana	98.9
202	Appalachian St.	97.8
212	Little Rock	97.2
219	South Alabama	96.9
256	Arkansas St.	94.7
265	Troy	94.2

#	West Coast	PiRate
2	Gonzaga	124.5
43	Saint Mary’s	110.3
59	San Francisco	107.6
72	BYU	106.4
109	San Diego	104.0
139	Loyola Marymount	102.4
167	Pepperdine	99.9
175	Santa Clara	99.3
210	Pacific	97.2
326	Portland	89.7

#	Western Athletic	PiRate
56	New Mexico St.	108.1
87	Grand Canyon	105.4
99	Utah Valley	104.8
170	UT Rio Grande Valley	99.5
184	Seattle	98.8
200	California Baptist	97.9
208	Cal St. Bakersfield	97.4
235	Missouri Kansas City	95.8
352	Chicago St.	80.7

#	League		PiRate Avg.
1	Big Ten		111.8
2	Atlantic Coast		111.2
3	Big 12		111.1
4	Southeastern		110.0
5	Big East		107.8
6	American Athletic		104.5
7	Pac-12		104.4
8	West Coast		104.1
9	Mid-American		103.1
10	Southern		100.9
11	Atlantic 10		100.6
12	Mountain West		100.5
13	Ivy		100.4
14	Sun Belt		99.5
15	Missouri Valley		99.3
16	Conference USA		99.2
17	Western Athletic		98.7
18	Horizon		97.4
19	Colonial Athletic		97.3
20	Atlantic Sun		97.2
21	Patriot		96.9
22	Ohio Valley		96.6
23	Summit		96.4
24	Big South		96.3
25	Big West		96.3
26	America East		94.6
27	Big Sky		93.9
28	Metro Atlantic		93.7
29	Northeast		93.1
30	Southland		93.1
31	Southwestern Athletic		89.8
32	Mideastern Athletic		88.3

 

Today’s Conference Tournament Schedule

 

Atlantic Sun Conference

All Games Played on the home floor of the higher-seeded team.

Quarterfinals–Monday, March 4
Seed	Home	Seed	Visitor
1	Lipscomb (23-6)	8	Kennesaw St. (6-25)
2	Liberty (25-6)	7	Jacksonville (12-19)
3	North Florida (15-16)	6	North Alabama (10-21)
4	Florida Gulf Coast (14-17)	5	NJIT (20-11)

 

Coming Later Today: Updated Bracketology

 

 

 

 

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For Saturday, March 2, 2019

Today’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Games Scheduled for:			Saturday
Home	Rating	HCA	Visitor	Rating	Spread
Maine	89.9	2.5	Binghamton	88.9	3.5
Maryland Baltimore Co.	97.4	3.0	New Hampshire	85.8	14.6
Hartford	99.3	2.0	Albany	93.4	7.9
Vermont	106.3	3.0	Stony Brook	100.5	8.8
Houston	114.9	3.0	Central Florida	110.3	7.6
Cincinnati	112.1	3.0	Memphis	106.6	8.5
Florida St.	114.4	3.0	North Carolina St.	112.7	4.7
Wake Forest	99.8	2.5	Syracuse	111.5	-9.2
Virginia	122.7	3.0	Pittsburgh	105.3	20.4
Duke	123.9	3.0	Miami (Fla)	107.5	19.4
Clemson	111.9	3.0	North Carolina	120.7	-5.8
Davidson	105.9	3.0	Fordham	95.8	13.1
Duquesne	100.4	3.0	Massachusetts	97.5	5.9
Saint Louis	103.3	3.0	George Mason	101.9	4.4
George Washington	93.9	2.5	St. Bonaventure	103.1	-6.7
Richmond	99.0	1.0	VCU	110.5	-10.5
Saint Joseph’s	99.2	1.0	La Salle	97.5	2.7
Oklahoma St.	104.1	3.0	Kansas	115.3	-8.2
Texas	112.4	3.0	Iowa St.	115.4	0.0
Oklahoma	111.1	3.0	West Virginia	104.4	9.7
TCU	110.2	2.5	Texas Tech	117.1	-4.4
Kansas St.	112.4	3.0	Baylor	110.9	4.5
Villanova	113.0	3.0	Butler	108.9	7.1
Georgetown	106.6	3.0	Seton Hall	108.0	1.6
Montana St.	95.1	2.5	Northern Arizona	91.3	6.3
Eastern Washington	94.5	2.5	Portland St.	94.1	2.9
Northern Colorado	100.6	2.5	Idaho St.	91.5	11.6
Montana	103.4	3.0	Southern Utah	93.8	12.6
Idaho	84.9	2.5	Sacramento St.	94.9	-7.5
Campbell	98.8	2.5	Radford	102.6	-1.3
Gardner Webb	98.9	2.5	Longwood	92.4	9.0
Presbyterian	98.3	2.5	Charleston Southern	98.7	2.1
USC Upstate	88.2	2.5	Hampton	97.8	-7.1
UNC Asheville	84.8	2.0	High Point	96.4	-9.6
Indiana	109.6	3.0	Michigan St.	120.5	-7.9
Wisconsin	115.3	3.0	Penn St.	109.6	8.7
Purdue	116.8	3.0	Ohio St.	111.8	8.0
Iowa	111.8	3.0	Rutgers	105.5	9.3
UC Riverside	91.8	2.0	UC Irvine	104.7	-10.9
UC Davis	96.0	2.0	Cal St. Fullerton	99.8	-1.8
Long Beach St.	96.8	2.0	Cal Poly	89.0	9.8
Towson	94.8	2.5	Elon	91.1	6.2
Charleston	103.3	2.5	UNC Wilmington	94.6	11.2
Delaware	95.1	2.5	Hofstra	105.9	-8.3
Drexel	95.8	2.5	Northeastern	105.0	-6.7
James Madison	93.9	2.5	William & Mary	97.4	-1.0
Green Bay	97.8	2.5	Northern Kentucky	104.5	-4.2
Detroit	94.6	2.5	Illinois Chicago	97.0	0.1
Oakland	98.2	2.5	IUPUI	98.5	2.2
Youngstown St.	93.7	2.5	Cleveland St.	92.4	3.8
Milwaukee	92.5	2.5	Wright St.	102.8	-7.8
Brown	101.3	2.5	Cornell	96.2	7.6
Yale	106.2	3.0	Columbia	96.0	13.2
Dartmouth	98.5	2.5	Penn	103.0	-2.0
Harvard	103.5	3.0	Princeton	100.1	6.4
Akron	104	2.0	Ohio	96.7	9.3
Northern Illinois	100.8	2.5	Eastern Michigan	99.6	3.7
Western Michigan	94.7	2.5	Ball St.	103.5	-6.3
Central Michigan	102.6	2.5	Toledo	107.6	-2.5
Delaware St.	79.9	2.0	Morgan St.	88.3	-6.4
North Carolina A&T	91.0	2.5	Florida A&M	89.7	3.8
Bethune Cookman	93.2	2.0	South Carolina St.	87.4	7.8
Savannah St.	85.2	2.0	Howard	91.1	-3.9
Norfolk St.	95.2	2.5	Coppin St.	84.7	13.0
Southern Illinois	101.7	2.5	Illinois St.	98.5	5.7
Indiana St.	97.5	2.5	Northern Iowa	99.7	0.3
Valparaiso	97.7	2.5	Evansville	96.3	3.9
Missouri St.	100.1	2.5	Drake	102.2	0.4
Bradley	99.7	2.5	Loyola (Chi)	103.6	-1.4
Wyoming	89.9	2.5	Air Force	95.2	-2.8
Utah St.	109.9	3.0	Nevada	115.0	-2.1
New Mexico	99.3	3.0	Colorado St.	99.6	2.7
San Diego St.	104.1	3.0	San Jose St.	86.2	20.9
UNLV	100.8	2.5	Boise St.	102.1	1.2
Central Connecticut St.	90.6	2.5	Fairleigh Dickinson	96.1	-3.0
Sacred Heart	95.6	2.5	St. Francis (PA)	96.1	2.0
St. Francis (Bklyn)	94.4	2.5	Mount St. Mary’s	89.4	7.5
Wagner	93.6	2.5	Robert Morris	94.9	1.2
Long Island	94.6	3.0	Bryant	89.5	8.1
Eastern Illinois	92.2	2.5	Tennessee Tech	89.1	5.6
UT Martin	92.5	2.0	Tennessee St.	92.7	1.8
SIU Edwardsville	88.2	2.5	Jacksonville St.	102.8	-12.1
Eastern Kentucky	95.3	2.5	Morehead St.	94.9	2.9
Southeast Missouri	91.1	2.5	Belmont	108.6	-15.0
Murray St.	108.5	2.5	Austin Peay	103.2	7.8
Colorado	106.2	3.0	Utah	103.9	5.3
California	94.5	3.0	Washington St.	97.6	-0.1
Oregon	108.2	3.0	Arizona	106.8	4.4
Lafayette	92.6	2.5	Colgate	102.0	-6.9
Bucknell	101.7	3.0	Army	95.5	9.2
Boston	96.5	2.5	Navy	92.3	6.7
Holy Cross	96.4	2.5	American	97.8	1.1
Loyola (MD)	93.4	2.5	Lehigh	101.1	-5.2
Alabama	108.4	3.0	LSU	113.3	-1.9
Arkansas	107.4	3.0	Ole Miss	109.9	0.5
Tennessee	118.0	3.0	Kentucky	118.7	2.3
Missouri	104.9	3.0	South Carolina	105.9	2.0
Auburn	115.5	3.0	Mississippi St.	113.6	4.9
Texas A&M	105.9	3.0	Vanderbilt	103.0	5.9
Florida	112.4	2.5	Georgia	104.1	10.8
Mississippi Valley St.	83.5	2.0	Jackson St.	89.2	-3.7
Alabama St.	90.9	2.0	Texas Southern	97.5	-4.6
Southern	86.8	2.0	Alcorn St.	85.3	3.5
Alabama A&M	84.9	2.0	Prairie View	94.8	-7.9
Arkansas Pine Bluff	89.5	2.0	Grambling	93.7	-2.2
VMI	91.5	2.5	The Citadel	95.3	-1.3
Chattanooga	94.3	2.5	Furman	107.5	-10.7
Samford	100.2	2.5	Wofford	112.5	-9.8
East Tennessee St.	106.9	2.0	Western Carolina	93.0	15.9
Mercer	98.9	2.5	UNC Greensboro	104.7	-3.3
Nicholls St.	91.3	2.5	New Orleans	94.1	-0.3
Southeast Louisiana	94.5	2.5	Northwestern St.	87.3	9.7
Central Arkansas	91.1	2.5	Abilene Christian	100.1	-6.5
Lamar	97.7	2.5	Stephen F Austin	92.4	7.8
Houston Baptist	93.2	2.5	McNeese St.	90.3	5.4
Incarnate Word	84.8	2.5	Texas A&M CC	93.4	-6.1
Denver	91.3	2.5	Omaha	99.9	-6.1
South Dakota	97.1	2.5	North Dakota	94.9	4.7
Purdue Fort Wayne	99.2	3.0	North Dakota St.	97.4	4.8
South Dakota St.	106.1	3.0	Western Illinois	92.3	16.8
Georgia St.	103.3	2.5	Little Rock	96.8	9.0
Louisiana Monroe	101.2	2.5	Coastal Carolina	100.4	3.3
Troy	95.5	2.5	UT Arlington	99.1	-1.1
Georgia Southern	105.0	3.0	Arkansas St.	94.4	13.6
South Alabama	96.8	2.5	Texas St.	104.0	-4.7
Chicago St.	79.7	2.0	New Mexico St.	107.6	-25.9
Missouri Kansas City	95.1	2.5	UT Rio Grande Valley	97.7	-0.1
Grand Canyon	105.6	3.0	Cal St. Bakersfield	96.7	11.9
California Baptist	97.1	2.5	Utah Valley	103.7	-4.1
San Francisco	108.2	3.0	Loyola Marymount	101.9	9.3
Pepperdine	99.9	2.5	Pacific	97.0	5.4
BYU	105.9	3.0	San Diego	104.7	4.2
Portland	90.3	2.0	Santa Clara	97.9	-5.6
Saint Mary’s	110.6	3.0	Gonzaga	124.2	-10.6

 

Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament Bracket Set

Last night, the Atlantic Sun Conference concluded regular season play with Lipscomb and Liberty sharing the conference championship.  Lipscomb won the tiebreaker, and the Bisons get the number one seed and can host every game they play in this tournament.  A secondary reward is an automatic NIT bid should they lose the conference tournament.

Florida Gulf Coast made a strong kick in the final week, winning twice to sneak into the number four slot, while NJIT fell on the final night to drop to number five.  The Highlanders finished 2-6 after starting the year at 18-5.

North Florida is the hot team in the league.  The Ospreys won their final six games to earn the three-seed.  In that run, North Florida topped Liberty to destroy the flames’ chances of winning the A-Sun regular title outright.

This tournament is played strictly on the home floors of the higher seeded teams.  Lipscomb went 11-2 at home this year in Allen Arena, with Liberty being one of those two losses.

Here are the matchups for the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament

Atlantic Sun Conference
All games at home floor of higher seeds
Quarterfinals–Monday, March 4
Seed	Home	Seed	Visitor
1	Lipscomb (23-6)	8	Kennesaw St. (6-25)
2	Liberty (25-6)	7	Jacksonville (12-19)
3	North Florida (15-16)	6	North Alabama (10-21)
4	Florida Gulf Coast (14-17)	5	NJIT (20-11)
Semifinals–Thursday, March 7
Seed	Home	Seed	Visitor
1/8	Higher Seed	4/5	Lower Seed
2/7	Higher Seed	3/6	Lower Seed
Championship Game–Sunday, March 10
Seed	Home	Seed	Visitor
1/8/4/5	Higher Seed	2/3/6/7	Lower Seed

 

 

 

 

PiRate Ratings Bracketology For Friday, February 1, 2019

February 1

Seed	SCHOOL	Conf.
1	Virginia	ACC
1	Gonzaga	WCC
1	Duke	ACC
1	Michigan	Big Ten
2	Tennessee	SEC
2	Michigan St.	Big Ten
2	Kentucky	SEC
2	Houston	AAC
3	North Carolina	ACC
3	Virginia Tech	ACC
3	Purdue	Big Ten
3	Louisville	ACC
4	Wisconsin	Big Ten
4	Iowa St.	Big 12
4	Texas Tech	Big 12
4	LSU	SEC
5	Nevada	MWC
5	Marquette	Big East
5	Buffalo	MAC
5	Kansas	Big 12
6	Villanova	Big East
6	Maryland	Big Ten
6	Cincinnati	AAC
6	Auburn	SEC
7	North Carolina St.	ACC
7	Mississippi St.	SEC
7	Iowa	Big Ten
7	Nebraska	Big Ten
8	Washington	Pac-12
8	TCU	Big 12
8	Wofford	SoCon
8	Oklahoma	Big 12
9	Florida St.	ACC
9	Baylor	Big 12
9	Kansas St.	Big 12
9	Lipscomb	ASUN
10	Ole Miss	SEC
10	Ohio St.	Big Ten
10	Florida	SEC
10	Utah St.	MWC
11	Texas	Big 12
11	Central Florida	AAC
11	Alabama	SEC
11	St. John’s	Big East
11	Syracuse	ACC
11	San Francisco	WCC
12	Hofstra	CAA
12	Indiana	Big Ten
12	Murray St.	OVC
12	Minnesota	Big Ten
13	Virginia Commonwealth	Atlantic 10
13	Yale	Ivy League
13	Vermont	America East
13	New Mexico St.	WAC
14	Northern Kentucky	Horizon
14	Texas St.	Sun Belt
14	South Dakota St.	Summit League
14	North Texas	C-USA
15	Montana	Big Sky
15	Radford	Big South
15	UC Irvine	Big West
15	Loyola (Chi.)	MVC
16	Lehigh	Patriot
16	Abilene Christian	Southland
16	Rider	MAAC
16	Fairleigh Dickinson	NEC
16	Prairie View	SWAC
16	Norfolk St.	MEAC

 

First 4 Out

UNC Greensboro

Saint Mary’s

Clemson

Butler

Next 4 Out

Northwestern

Temple

Memphis

Arizona St.

Last 4 In

Alabama

St. John’s

Syracuse

San Francisco

Last 4 Byes

Florida

Utah St.

Texas

Central Florida

First 4 #16 Seeds

Rider

Fairleigh Dickinson

Prairie View

Norfolk St.

 

First Four Games If Season Ended Today

Alabama vs. San Francisco

St. John’s vs. Syracuse

Rider vs. Nofolk St.

Fairleigh-Dickinson vs. Prairie View

 

Bids By Conference

Conference	Bids
Big Ten	10
ACC	8
SEC	8
Big 12	8
Big East	3
AAC	3
MWC	2
West Coast	2
One Bid Leagues	24

PiRate Ratings Bracketology For Friday, January 11, 2019

Friday, January 11, 2019

Seed List

Seed	Team	League
1	Virginia	ACC
1	Duke	ACC
1	Michigan	Big Ten
1	Texas Tech	Big 12
2	Tennessee	SEC
2	Gonzaga	WCC
2	Michigan St.	Big Ten
2	North Carolina	ACC
3	Houston	AAC
3	Virginia Tech	ACC
3	Kansas	Big 12
3	Kentucky	SEC
4	Buffalo	MAC
4	Nebraska	Big Ten
4	Oklahoma	Big 12
4	Wisconsin	Big Ten
5	NC State	ACC
5	Indiana	Big Ten
5	Iowa St.	Big 12
5	Marquette	Big East
6	Florida St.	ACC
6	Auburn	SEC
6	LSU	SEC
6	Maryland	Big Ten
7	Purdue	Big Ten
7	St. John’s (NY)	Big East
7	Nevada	MWC
7	Ole Miss	SEC
8	Villanova	Big East
8	Mississippi St.	SEC
8	UCF	AAC
8	Louisville	ACC
9	Wofford	SoCon
9	TCU	Big 12
9	Iowa	Big Ten
9	Ohio St.	Big Ten
10	Cincinnati	AAC
10	San Francisco	WCC
10	Florida	SEC
10	North Texas	C-USA
11	Liberty	ASUN
11	Washington	Pac-12
11	Seton Hall	Big East
12	Syracuse	ACC
12	Utah St.	MWC
12	Butler	Big East
12	Texas	Big 12
12	VCU	Atlantic 10
12	Creighton	Big East
12	Kansas St.	Big 12
13	Murray St.	OVC
13	Hofstra	CAA
13	Yale	Ivy League
13	Vermont	America East
14	Texas St.	Sun Belt
14	Radford	Big South
14	New Mexico St.	WAC
14	Loyola Chicago	MVC
15	Northern Ky.	Horizon
15	UC Irvine	Big West
15	South Dakota St.	Summit
15	Lehigh	Patriot
16	Montana	Big Sky
16	Abilene Christian	Southland
16	Rider	MAAC
16	Texas Southern	SWAC
16	Fairleigh Dickinson	NEC
16	N.C. A&T	MEAC

 

Last Four In

Butler

Texas

Creighton

Kansas St.

 

Last 4 Byes

Florida

Temple

Seton Hall

Syracuse

 

First 4 Out

Alabama

Minnesota

Arizona

Clemson

 

Next 4 Out

Northwestern

Fresno St.

Saint Louis

Arizona St.

 

Games in Dayton

Butler vs. Kansas St.

Texas vs. Creighton

Rider vs. North Carolina A&T

Texas Southern vs. Fairleigh Dickinson

 

Changes to PiRate Ratings Bracketology

The former Bracket Gurus have been inconsistent in submitting their bracketology to us, and most of them say they are too busy to send us their reports every week.  Thus, beginning today, what you see is the PiRate Ratings’ own bracketology based on the information we have that says exactly what the NCAA Selection Committee must use as its resources in determining the teams and seeds.  Thus, this is how the PiRate Ratings would vote if the tournament started today.

Now that the PiRate Ratings’ Bracketology is in-house, we will be able to update these seeds more than once per week.