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Last Updated Wed Apr 30 18:36:44 CDT 2008

Home Advantage = 3.6

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
1. Bradley (21-17)4.234
2. Bucknell (12-19)3.750
3. Illinois (16-19)3.745
4. Southern Ill (18-15)3.740
5. Delaware (14-17)3.709
6. Georgia (16-17)3.701
7. Drexel (12-20)3.692
8. Charlotte (20-14)3.635
9. Towson (13-18)3.615
10. Alabama (17-16)3.549

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
11. Miami Ohio (17-16)3.547
12. St Josephs (21-13)3.531
13. Massachusetts (25-11)3.520
14. La Salle (14-17)3.509
15. Syracuse (21-14)3.496
16. Jackson St (14-20)3.486
17. William & Mary (15-16)3.460
18. Wichita St (11-20)3.453
19. SO Carolina St (12-20)3.450
20. Temple (21-13)3.417

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
21. Missouri St (16-16)3.413
22. Villanova (22-13)3.397
23. Ohio St (24-13)3.394
24. Northeastern (14-17)3.385
25. Norfolk St (16-15)3.380
26. Maryland (19-15)3.375
27. Mississippi (24-11)3.372
28. Marist (18-14)3.371
29. James Madison (13-17)3.369
30. Hofstra (12-18)3.363

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
31. Northern Iowa (17-14)3.360
32. Georgia St (9-21)3.356
33. Tulsa (25-14)3.353
34. South Carolina (14-18)3.344
35. Valparaiso (20-14)3.340
36. Central Mich (13-16)3.340
37. UC Irvine (17-16)3.338
38. Virginia Tech (21-14)3.335
39. Pittsburgh (26-10)3.334
40. Bowling Green (13-17)3.331

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
41. Utah (17-15)3.327
42. Quinnipiac (15-15)3.324
43. Hartford (18-16)3.323
44. Loyola Chi (10-19)3.319
45. Coppin St (14-21)3.313
46. Old Dominion (18-16)3.302
47. Florida (24-12)3.296
48. Rhode Island (21-12)3.290
49. Army (14-16)3.285
50. Boston U (14-17)3.285

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
51. LSU (12-18)3.285
52. Georgia Tech (15-17)3.283
53. Bethune Cookman (9-20)3.280
54. Lafayette (15-15)3.279
55. Northwestern St (12-17)3.276
56. Manhattan (12-19)3.269
57. Florida St (19-15)3.267
58. Oklahoma St (16-16)3.263
59. Sacred Heart (18-14)3.258
60. Troy St (10-19)3.257

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
61. Illinois Chi (17-15)3.257
62. Eastern Mich (14-17)3.256
63. Arkansas (23-12)3.253
64. Richmond (16-15)3.247
65. Dayton (23-11)3.245
66. Virginia (17-16)3.245
67. Denver (10-19)3.242
68. West Virginia (25-11)3.241
69. Arizona (18-15)3.232
70. Ohio (20-13)3.228

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
71. Holy Cross (15-14)3.226
72. Akron (24-11)3.226
73. Mt St Marys (19-15)3.219
74. Binghamton (14-16)3.216
75. Coll Of Charltn (16-17)3.214
76. Fla Atlantic (15-18)3.212
77. San Diego (21-14)3.208
78. Washington (16-17)3.207
79. Central Conn (14-16)3.200
80. NC Wilmington (20-13)3.196

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
81. Texas El Paso (19-14)3.196
82. Ark Pine Bluff (11-18)3.194
83. Mo Kansas City (9-21)3.188
84. Tennessee St (13-17)3.187
85. Cleveland St (19-13)3.180
86. Providence (15-16)3.178
87. San Jose St (13-19)3.171
88. New Hampshire (8-20)3.171
89. Toledo (11-19)3.170
90. Minnesota (20-14)3.170

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
91. Ball St (6-24)3.169
92. Colgate (18-14)3.168
93. Tennessee Tech (11-19)3.166
94. California (17-16)3.165
95. St Louis (15-15)3.158
96. North Carolina St (15-16)3.151
97. Indiana St (14-16)3.150
98. Elon (13-18)3.149
99. Oklahoma (23-12)3.148
100. Creighton (21-11)3.145

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
101. Navy (16-14)3.144
102. Fairfield (14-16)3.132
103. Texas A&M-CC (9-20)3.131
104. Vermont (16-15)3.121
105. Oregon (18-14)3.121
106. Rider (23-11)3.119
107. South Florida (12-19)3.117
108. Penn St (15-16)3.115
109. Albany NY (15-15)3.113
110. Illinois St (24-10)3.112

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
111. Arizona St (21-13)3.111
112. Iona (12-20)3.108
113. Centenary (9-21)3.102
114. Central Florida (16-15)3.096
115. Boston College (14-17)3.093
116. Tulane (16-15)3.092
117. Missouri (16-16)3.087
118. Monmouth NJ (7-24)3.070
119. Miami Fla (22-11)3.069
120. Samford (12-16)3.065

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
121. Campbell (9-20)3.064
122. San Diego St (19-13)3.061
123. Southern Utah (11-18)3.053
124. New Orleans (17-13)3.042
125. Kennesaw St (9-20)3.041
126. Cincinnati (13-19)3.041
127. George Mason (23-11)3.037
128. Ul Lafayette (14-15)3.036
129. Liu Brooklyn (15-15)3.035
130. Texas Arlington (17-12)3.034

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
131. Hawaii (11-19)3.031
132. Tenn Martin (15-16)3.029
133. Colorado (11-20)3.022
134. Kansas St (20-12)3.022
135. Seton Hall (17-15)3.021
136. Harvard (8-22)3.015
137. Mississippi St (23-11)3.009
138. Stetson (15-16)3.009
139. Winston-Salem (10-18)3.008
140. SE Missouri St (10-19)3.006

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
141. Wake Forest (17-13)3.006
142. Fresno St (12-19)3.004
143. Western Mich (20-12)3.003
144. Wisc Milwaukee (13-16)2.994
145. Jacksonville St (5-22)2.991
146. Kentucky (18-13)2.991
147. Lipscomb (14-16)2.988
148. McNeese St (10-16)2.986
149. Pennsylvania (13-18)2.985
150. Buffalo (9-20)2.983

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
151. Eastern Ill (6-22)2.979
152. St Francis NY (7-22)2.978
153. St Peters (6-24)2.977
154. Texas Tech (15-15)2.976
155. Lehigh (14-15)2.972
156. Eastern KY (12-16)2.969
157. Detroit (6-23)2.960
158. Mercer (10-19)2.956
159. Liberty (13-16)2.955
160. Texas A&M (24-11)2.954

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
161. Marquette (24-10)2.950
162. Portland (8-22)2.949
163. Howard (6-26)2.946
164. Murray St (16-13)2.943
165. Idaho St (10-19)2.941
166. Westrn Carolina (9-21)2.939
167. Montana St (13-15)2.939
168. Iowa (13-19)2.939
169. Michigan (10-22)2.938
170. Nevada (20-12)2.936

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
171. Utah St (23-11)2.931
172. Florida Intl (8-20)2.930
173. Appalachian St (17-13)2.929
174. Northern Colorado (11-16)2.929
175. South Dakota St (7-21)2.929
176. East Tenn St (18-13)2.924
177. Montana (12-16)2.923
178. Wright St (21-10)2.921
179. Vanderbilt (26-8)2.912
180. DePaul (11-19)2.909

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
181. Geo Southern (18-12)2.903
182. Loyola MD (19-14)2.900
183. Fla Gulf Coast (10-21)2.898
184. Texas Southern (7-25)2.897
185. Morehead St (13-15)2.895
186. Cal Poly (11-18)2.892
187. Columbia (13-15)2.890
188. Nicholls St (9-21)2.889
189. Canisius (6-25)2.889
190. Dartmouth (9-18)2.885

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
191. Oakland (15-14)2.883
192. Wyoming (10-18)2.882
193. Baylor (20-11)2.882
194. Stony Brook (7-23)2.880
195. Marshall (14-14)2.873
196. St Johns (11-19)2.870
197. Youngstown St (7-21)2.869
198. Arkansas St (8-20)2.867
199. Niagara (19-10)2.864
200. Furman (7-23)2.857

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
201. Siena (23-11)2.857
202. Central Arkansas (10-16)2.852
203. Uab (23-11)2.849
204. Texas St (10-16)2.847
205. USC (21-12)2.838
206. Weber St (15-13)2.830
207. Western Ill (10-18)2.829
208. Wisc Green Bay (15-15)2.828
209. Middle Tenn St (16-15)2.824
210. IPFW (11-18)2.821

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
211. Michigan St (27-9)2.819
212. American (21-12)2.817
213. Prairie View (7-22)2.814
214. San Francisco (9-21)2.814
215. VMI (10-15)2.813
216. Tex San Antonio (9-17)2.809
217. Nebraska (20-13)2.807
218. Pepperdine (10-21)2.806
219. Evansville (8-21)2.802
220. Arkansas Lr (18-11)2.800

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
221. Washington St (26-9)2.794
222. Northern Ill (6-22)2.794
223. Louisiana Tech (6-24)2.792
224. Alcorn St (6-23)2.791
225. Fordham (11-17)2.789
226. Auburn (14-16)2.789
227. Florida A&M (13-17)2.788
228. Southern (10-18)2.786
229. Chattanooga (16-13)2.785
230. Iowa St (13-18)2.785

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
231. CSU Bakersfield (8-21)2.777
232. Boise St (24-9)2.773
233. Alabama A&M (11-15)2.769
234. East Carolina (9-18)2.762
235. Stanford (28-8)2.758
236. St Bonaventure (8-22)2.755
237. Winthrop (20-12)2.754
238. North Texas (17-11)2.748
239. SE Louisiana (13-13)2.730
240. Long Beach St (6-25)2.728

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
241. Princeton (5-22)2.726
242. Louisville (27-9)2.724
243. Radford (8-20)2.724
244. Delaware St (12-16)2.720
245. Connecticut (24-9)2.718
246. Gardner-Webb (15-16)2.712
247. Eastern Wash (9-19)2.708
248. High Point (13-14)2.703
249. NC Greensboro (19-12)2.700
250. Austin Peay (24-11)2.699

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
251. Duquesne (17-13)2.694
252. Clemson (23-10)2.691
253. Miss Valley St (15-16)2.690
254. Purdue (25-9)2.681
255. Ul Monroe (7-21)2.672
256. Pacific (20-10)2.670
257. Fair Dickinson (8-20)2.669
258. Houston (24-10)2.667
259. Air Force (14-14)2.665
260. Colorado St (6-24)2.665

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
261. Coast Carolina (10-15)2.663
262. New Mexico St (20-14)2.663
263. CS Northridge (19-10)2.659
264. NO Carolina A&T (11-16)2.658
265. Geo Washington (9-17)2.627
266. St Francis PA (5-23)2.622
267. Indiana (25-8)2.619
268. UC Riverside (8-21)2.618
269. Idaho (7-21)2.616
270. Grambling (7-17)2.613

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
271. Santa Clara (13-16)2.607
272. Yale (12-15)2.604
273. New Mexico (24-9)2.598
274. Hampton (18-12)2.598
275. SC Upstate (6-22)2.577
276. Northrn Arizona (19-11)2.575
277. Wofford (12-16)2.572
278. Charleston Sou (6-20)2.568
279. Xavier (30-7)2.564
280. North Dakota St (14-13)2.562

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
281. Wagner (23-8)2.542
282. Texas (30-7)2.538
283. SO Mississippi (15-14)2.536
284. UNLV (26-8)2.534
285. Sam Houston (19-8)2.532
286. Robert Morris (26-8)2.523
287. Utah Valley St (13-14)2.521
288. Jacksonville (17-13)2.521
289. Notre Dame (25-8)2.516
290. Maine (6-23)2.514

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
291. UC Davis (7-22)2.504
292. VA Commonwealth (24-8)2.498
293. Lamar (15-11)2.489
294. TCU (13-16)2.473
295. BYU (27-8)2.473
296. Northwestern (7-22)2.466
297. Morgan St (21-11)2.465
298. Oral Roberts (23-9)2.437
299. Savannah St (10-17)2.422
300. Rutgers (11-20)2.417

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
301. UC Santa Barbara (22-9)2.412
302. Kent (28-7)2.411
303. CS Fullerton (23-9)2.401
304. Loyola Marymnt (5-26)2.399
305. Brown (19-10)2.390
306. Umbc (23-9)2.363
307. Belmont (24-9)2.361
308. MD Eastrn Shore (4-28)2.348
309. SMU (8-20)2.332
310. Longwood (6-22)2.286

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
311. Georgetown (28-6)2.264
312. NC Asheville (19-10)2.263
313. St Marys CA (24-7)2.248
314. Portland St (21-10)2.235
315. Alabama St (17-11)2.235
316. Gonzaga (25-8)2.217
317. Tennessee (30-5)2.201
318. TX Pan American (13-13)2.196
319. Duke (28-6)2.178
320. Iupui (23-7)2.130

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
321. Western KY (27-7)2.099
322. South Alabama (24-7)2.068
323. Drake (26-5)2.027
324. Chicago St (8-17)2.021
325. Wisconsin (31-5)2.020
326. North Florida (2-26)2.015
327. Rice (3-27)2.008
328. UCLA (34-4)1.968
329. Stephen Austin (22-6)1.947
330. Davidson (28-7)1.918

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
331. Oregon St (6-24)1.912
332. Butler (30-4)1.854
333. North Carolina (36-3)1.752
334. Sacramento St (2-24)1.683
335. Cornell (21-6)1.658
336. The Citadel (2-24)1.607
337. NC Central (3-23)1.586
338. Kansas (36-3)1.507
339. Presbyterian (2-25)1.467
340. Memphis (38-2)1.303

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
341. NJIT (0-29)0.719
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