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Home Court Advantage = 3.6

BIG EAST AVERAGE = 0.8


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
3. Syracuse (21-14)0.9
9. Louisville (27-9)0.9
11. Georgetown (28-6)0.8
12. Pittsburgh (26-10)0.8
13. Villanova (22-13)0.8
15. Cincinnati (13-19)0.8
25. DePaul (11-19)0.8
28. West Virginia (25-11)0.8
29. St Johns (11-19)0.8
41. Providence (15-16)0.8
51. South Florida (12-19)0.8
52. Connecticut (24-9)0.8
76. Marquette (24-10)0.8
82. Seton Hall (17-15)0.8
83. Notre Dame (25-8)0.8
122. Rutgers (11-20)0.8


ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE AVERAGE = 0.8


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
1. North Carolina (36-3)0.9
8. Georgia Tech (15-17)0.9
16. Duke (28-6)0.8
21. Clemson (23-10)0.8
30. Virginia Tech (21-14)0.8
46. Florida St (19-15)0.8
53. Maryland (19-15)0.8
60. Boston College (14-17)0.8
63. North Carolina St (15-16)0.8
67. Miami Fla (22-11)0.8
81. Virginia (17-16)0.8
97. Wake Forest (17-13)0.8


MISSOURI VALLEY AVERAGE = 0.8


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
2. Southern Ill (18-15)0.9
37. Indiana St (14-16)0.8
38. Illinois St (24-10)0.8
45. Drake (26-5)0.8
54. Northern Iowa (17-14)0.8
56. Missouri St (16-16)0.8
59. Bradley (21-17)0.8
69. Creighton (21-11)0.8
72. Wichita St (11-20)0.8
99. Evansville (8-21)0.8


BIG TWELVE AVERAGE = 0.8


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
7. Kansas (36-3)0.9
10. Oklahoma St (16-16)0.9
18. Texas Tech (15-15)0.8
19. Texas (30-7)0.8
32. Colorado (11-20)0.8
39. Oklahoma (23-12)0.8
62. Kansas St (20-12)0.8
64. Texas A&M (24-11)0.8
70. Missouri (16-16)0.8
84. Baylor (20-11)0.8
103. Iowa St (13-18)0.8
127. Nebraska (20-13)0.8


BIG TEN AVERAGE = 0.8


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
6. Illinois (16-19)0.9
20. Michigan (10-22)0.8
22. Michigan St (27-9)0.8
24. Wisconsin (31-5)0.8
31. Ohio St (24-13)0.8
58. Northwestern (7-22)0.8
73. Indiana (25-8)0.8
89. Penn St (15-16)0.8
96. Purdue (25-9)0.8
105. Minnesota (20-14)0.8
114. Iowa (13-19)0.8


PACIFIC TEN AVERAGE = 0.8


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
5. Arizona (18-15)0.9
36. UCLA (34-4)0.8
40. USC (21-12)0.8
42. Oregon (18-14)0.8
49. California (17-16)0.8
66. Stanford (28-8)0.8
71. Washington St (26-9)0.8
87. Oregon St (6-24)0.8
91. Washington (16-17)0.8
120. Arizona St (21-13)0.8


SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE AVERAGE = 0.8


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
4. Tennessee (30-5)0.9
14. Arkansas (23-12)0.8
34. Mississippi St (23-11)0.8
47. Alabama (17-16)0.8
50. Georgia (16-17)0.8
57. LSU (12-18)0.8
61. Vanderbilt (26-8)0.8
75. South Carolina (14-18)0.8
78. Mississippi (24-11)0.8
86. Kentucky (18-13)0.8
113. Florida (24-12)0.8
130. Auburn (14-16)0.8


ATLANTIC TEN AVERAGE = 0.8


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
17. Temple (21-13)0.8
23. Xavier (30-7)0.8
26. St Josephs (21-13)0.8
27. Dayton (23-11)0.8
35. Massachusetts (25-11)0.8
43. Charlotte (20-14)0.8
79. Geo Washington (9-17)0.8
80. Rhode Island (21-12)0.8
85. St Louis (15-15)0.8
92. Fordham (11-17)0.8
100. Richmond (16-15)0.8
110. La Salle (14-17)0.8
111. St Bonaventure (8-22)0.8
132. Duquesne (17-13)0.8


HORIZON LEAGUE AVERAGE = 0.8


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
44. Cleveland St (19-13)0.8
48. Youngstown St (7-21)0.8
55. Butler (30-4)0.8
65. Detroit (6-23)0.8
74. Loyola Chi (10-19)0.8
88. Wisc Milwaukee (13-16)0.8
90. Illinois Chi (17-15)0.8
108. Wisc Green Bay (15-15)0.8
123. Wright St (21-10)0.8


MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE AVERAGE = 0.8


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
33. Miami Ohio (17-16)0.8
77. Toledo (11-19)0.8
94. Ohio (20-13)0.8
101. Northern Ill (6-22)0.8
102. Central Mich (13-16)0.8
107. Ball St (6-24)0.8
115. Kent (28-7)0.8
117. Bowling Green (13-17)0.8
119. Buffalo (9-20)0.8
124. Western Mich (20-12)0.8
125. Akron (24-11)0.8
156. Eastern Mich (14-17)0.7


MOUNTAINWEST AVERAGE = 0.8


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
95. Colorado St (6-24)0.8
98. Utah (17-15)0.8
116. San Diego St (19-13)0.8
121. UNLV (26-8)0.8
133. Wyoming (10-18)0.8
142. New Mexico (24-9)0.8
143. BYU (27-8)0.8
173. Air Force (14-14)0.7
210. TCU (13-16)0.7


CONFERENCE USA AVERAGE = 0.8


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
68. Memphis (38-2)0.8
109. Rice (3-27)0.8
112. Uab (23-11)0.8
126. Marshall (14-14)0.8
126. Marshall (14-14)0.8
134. Tulane (16-15)0.8
151. East Carolina (9-18)0.7
155. Tulsa (25-14)0.7
159. SO Mississippi (15-14)0.7
161. Central Florida (16-15)0.7
175. Texas El Paso (19-14)0.7
192. SMU (8-20)0.7
199. Houston (24-10)0.7


COLONIAL AVERAGE = 0.8


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
118. George Mason (23-11)0.8
129. Northeastern (14-17)0.8
131. Delaware (14-17)0.8
135. Old Dominion (18-16)0.8
137. Drexel (12-20)0.8
139. William & Mary (15-16)0.8
148. VA Commonwealth (24-8)0.7
170. Towson (13-18)0.7
171. Georgia St (9-21)0.7
176. NC Wilmington (20-13)0.7
184. Hofstra (12-18)0.7
193. James Madison (13-17)0.7


MID-CONTINENT AVERAGE = 0.7


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
104. Valparaiso (20-14)0.8
145. Oral Roberts (23-9)0.7
146. Centenary (9-21)0.7
158. Oakland (15-14)0.7
174. Mo Kansas City (9-21)0.7
197. Southern Utah (11-18)0.7
201. Western Ill (10-18)0.7
214. Iupui (23-7)0.7


SOUTHERN AVERAGE = 0.7


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
128. Davidson (28-7)0.8
138. The Citadel (2-24)0.8
152. Chattanooga (16-13)0.7
162. Elon (13-18)0.7
172. Furman (7-23)0.7
178. NC Greensboro (19-12)0.7
181. Geo Southern (18-12)0.7
182. Appalachian St (17-13)0.7
188. Westrn Carolina (9-21)0.7
196. Wofford (12-16)0.7
209. Coll Of Charltn (16-17)0.7


SUN BELT AVERAGE = 0.7


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
141. Middle Tenn St (16-15)0.8
144. Florida Intl (8-20)0.7
147. Troy St (10-19)0.7
150. Western KY (27-7)0.7
165. Denver (10-19)0.7
186. Ul Lafayette (14-15)0.7
189. Arkansas St (8-20)0.7
191. South Alabama (24-7)0.7
205. New Orleans (17-13)0.7
219. North Texas (17-11)0.7
235. Arkansas Lr (18-11)0.7


WEST COAST CONFERENCE AVERAGE = 0.7


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
153. Gonzaga (25-8)0.7
154. Pepperdine (10-21)0.7
169. Loyola Marymnt (5-26)0.7
177. San Diego (21-14)0.7
185. St Marys CA (24-7)0.7
198. Portland (8-22)0.7
202. Santa Clara (13-16)0.7
213. San Francisco (9-21)0.7


METRO ATLANTIC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE AVERAGE = 0.7


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
136. Marist (18-14)0.8
167. Fairfield (14-16)0.7
179. Siena (23-11)0.7
183. Canisius (6-25)0.7
187. Niagara (19-10)0.7
190. St Peters (6-24)0.7
204. Iona (12-20)0.7
212. Rider (23-11)0.7
232. Loyola MD (19-14)0.7
239. Manhattan (12-19)0.7


SOUTHLAND AVERAGE = 0.7


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
140. Ul Monroe (7-21)0.8
157. Northwestern St (12-17)0.7
163. Nicholls St (9-21)0.7
166. Texas A&M-CC (9-20)0.7
168. Tex San Antonio (9-17)0.7
180. McNeese St (10-16)0.7
203. Texas Arlington (17-12)0.7
207. Lamar (15-11)0.7
211. Sam Houston (19-8)0.7
233. SE Louisiana (13-13)0.7
234. Stephen Austin (22-6)0.7
242. Texas St (10-16)0.7
245. Central Arkansas (10-16)0.7


BIG WEST AVERAGE = 0.7


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
200. Cal Poly (11-18)0.7
216. Long Beach St (6-25)0.7
222. CS Northridge (19-10)0.7
224. UC Riverside (8-21)0.7
225. UC Irvine (17-16)0.7
226. CS Fullerton (23-9)0.7
231. UC Santa Barbara (22-9)0.7
254. Pacific (20-10)0.7


PATRIOT AVERAGE = 0.7


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
149. Bucknell (12-19)0.7
164. Holy Cross (15-14)0.7
208. Lafayette (15-15)0.7
218. American (21-12)0.7
252. Colgate (18-14)0.7
258. Army (14-16)0.7
286. Navy (16-14)0.6
291. Lehigh (14-15)0.6


WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE AVERAGE = 0.7


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
195. Nevada (20-12)0.7
220. Idaho (7-21)0.7
228. Utah St (23-11)0.7
229. Boise St (24-9)0.7
236. Fresno St (12-19)0.7
247. Hawaii (11-19)0.7
253. San Jose St (13-19)0.7
272. Louisiana Tech (6-24)0.7
273. New Mexico St (20-14)0.7


INDEPENDENTS AVERAGE = 0.7


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
93. Presbyterian (2-25)0.8
106. NC Central (3-23)0.8
160. IPFW (11-18)0.7
194. Chicago St (8-17)0.7
206. South Dakota St (7-21)0.7
215. North Dakota St (14-13)0.7
240. UC Davis (7-22)0.7
243. NJIT (0-29)0.7
256. Savannah St (10-17)0.7
260. Northern Colorado (11-16)0.7
284. Longwood (6-22)0.6
293. CSU Bakersfield (8-21)0.6
312. Utah Valley St (13-14)0.6
327. Winston-Salem (10-18)0.6
330. TX Pan American (13-13)0.6


BIG SKY AVERAGE = 0.7


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
227. Idaho St (10-19)0.7
230. Sacramento St (2-24)0.7
250. Eastern Wash (9-19)0.7
251. Portland St (21-10)0.7
262. Montana (12-16)0.7
265. Northrn Arizona (19-11)0.7
274. Montana St (13-15)0.7
288. Weber St (15-13)0.6


IVY LEAGUE AVERAGE = 0.7


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
223. Princeton (5-22)0.7
238. Harvard (8-22)0.7
249. Brown (19-10)0.7
257. Yale (12-15)0.7
275. Pennsylvania (13-18)0.7
285. Dartmouth (9-18)0.6
297. Cornell (21-6)0.6
299. Columbia (13-15)0.6


NORTHEASTERN CONFERENCE AVERAGE = 0.7


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
237. Monmouth NJ (7-24)0.7
244. Mt St Marys (19-15)0.7
248. St Francis PA (5-23)0.7
261. St Francis NY (7-22)0.7
263. Central Conn (14-16)0.7
267. Fair Dickinson (8-20)0.7
283. Liu Brooklyn (15-15)0.6
292. Robert Morris (26-8)0.6
317. Wagner (23-8)0.6


BIGSOUTH AVERAGE = 0.7


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
217. Winthrop (20-12)0.7
241. Radford (8-20)0.7
255. Charleston Sou (6-20)0.7
268. Coast Carolina (10-15)0.7
289. VMI (10-15)0.6
301. NC Asheville (19-10)0.6
302. High Point (13-14)0.6
303. Liberty (13-16)0.6


AMERICA EAST AVERAGE = 0.7


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
266. Boston U (14-17)0.7
270. Umbc (23-9)0.7
276. Hartford (18-16)0.7
277. Binghamton (14-16)0.7
278. Vermont (16-15)0.7
279. Albany NY (15-15)0.7
281. Maine (6-23)0.7
287. New Hampshire (8-20)0.6
306. Stony Brook (7-23)0.6


ATLANTICSUN AVERAGE = 0.6


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
221. SC Upstate (6-22)0.7
246. Fla Atlantic (15-18)0.7
259. East Tenn St (18-13)0.7
264. Belmont (24-9)0.7
280. Lipscomb (14-16)0.7
295. Fla Gulf Coast (10-21)0.6
298. North Florida (2-26)0.6
304. Gardner-Webb (15-16)0.6
310. Jacksonville (17-13)0.6
314. Campbell (9-20)0.6
322. Kennesaw St (9-20)0.6
323. Mercer (10-19)0.6
326. Stetson (15-16)0.6


OHIO VALLEY AVERAGE = 0.6


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
290. Tennessee St (13-17)0.6
294. Austin Peay (24-11)0.6
296. Tennessee Tech (11-19)0.6
308. SE Missouri St (10-19)0.6
309. Samford (12-16)0.6
311. Morehead St (13-15)0.6
313. Eastern KY (12-16)0.6
316. Eastern Ill (6-22)0.6
318. Tenn Martin (15-16)0.6
319. Murray St (16-13)0.6
324. Jacksonville St (5-22)0.6


MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE AVERAGE = 0.6


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
282. Howard (6-26)0.6
300. Delaware St (12-16)0.6
305. MD Eastrn Shore (4-28)0.6
307. NO Carolina A&T (11-16)0.6
315. Coppin St (14-21)0.6
320. Hampton (18-12)0.6
321. Morgan St (21-11)0.6
325. SO Carolina St (12-20)0.6
328. Bethune Cookman (9-20)0.6
329. Florida A&M (13-17)0.6
331. Norfolk St (16-15)0.6


SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE AVERAGE = 0.5


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
332. Texas Southern (7-25)0.6
333. Prairie View (7-22)0.5
334. Alcorn St (6-23)0.5
335. Jackson St (14-20)0.5
336. Southern (10-18)0.5
337. Miss Valley St (15-16)0.5
338. Grambling (7-17)0.5
339. Ark Pine Bluff (11-18)0.5
340. Alabama St (17-11)0.5
341. Alabama A&M (11-15)0.5
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