Need printable brackets? Get 2008 NCAA men's basketball tournament brackets. Need a job? We're hiring.

NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

Gambling vs. Investing: An Analysis (2 of 2)

Contributing author Ron James runs Monte Carlo simulations to examine the risks involved in sports betting. Think you’re guaranteed to make millions if you can pick winners at a 60% rate? Think again.

Read the full article -- No comments »
  Printable NCAA Bracket
2008 Printable NCAA Tournament Bracket

Recent Articles:
Gambling vs. Investing: An Analysis (2 of 2)
Wall St. Journal Competition Results
Strategies on filling out that NCAA Tournament Bracket — SmartStats and BracketBrains
NCAA Basketball Coaches Gone Wild (1 of 2)
Gambling vs. Investing: An Analysis (1 of 2)
2008 Conference Tournaments: Brackets & Odds
March Madness Performance: 2 Myths Dispelled
Spreading the Nerd Word
Games against non-D1 teams not considered in power rankings or predictions.

Downward Stability

By division
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)4.302
2. Tulsa (25-14)4.102
3. Massachusetts (25-11)4.087
4. Mississippi (24-11)4.062
5. Temple (21-13)4.004
6. Ohio St (24-13)3.964
7. Syracuse (21-14)3.933
8. Dayton (23-11)3.897
9. Southern Ill (18-15)3.894
10. George Mason (23-11)3.876

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
11. Virginia Tech (21-14)3.869
12. Xavier (30-7)3.835
13. Illinois St (24-10)3.826
14. Villanova (22-13)3.823
15. Arkansas (23-12)3.814
16. Charlotte (20-14)3.795
17. Ohio (20-13)3.786
18. Mississippi St (23-11)3.723
19. Akron (24-11)3.706
20. Pittsburgh (26-10)3.704

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
21. St Josephs (21-13)3.697
22. Rhode Island (21-12)3.685
23. Valparaiso (20-14)3.668
24. Vanderbilt (26-8)3.662
25. NC Wilmington (20-13)3.655
26. West Virginia (25-11)3.631
27. Mt St Marys (19-15)3.617
28. Uab (23-11)3.586
29. Florida (24-12)3.577
30. Norfolk St (16-15)3.573

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
31. Rider (23-11)3.562
32. Utah St (23-11)3.546
33. Hartford (18-16)3.545
34. Colgate (18-14)3.534
35. Western Mich (20-12)3.519
36. Marist (18-14)3.513
37. Cleveland St (19-13)3.504
38. Louisville (27-9)3.484
39. Creighton (21-11)3.482
40. Illinois (16-19)3.475

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
41. Old Dominion (18-16)3.460
42. Boise St (24-9)3.458
43. Illinois Chi (17-15)3.457
44. Austin Peay (24-11)3.456
45. Miami Fla (22-11)3.440
46. Stanford (28-8)3.426
47. Delaware (14-17)3.420
48. Texas (30-7)3.408
49. Sacred Heart (18-14)3.408
50. William & Mary (15-16)3.406

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
51. Jackson St (14-20)3.405
52. Michigan St (27-9)3.402
53. American (21-12)3.398
54. Georgia (16-17)3.398
55. Oklahoma (23-12)3.397
56. Missouri St (16-16)3.391
57. Wright St (21-10)3.391
58. Maryland (19-15)3.383
59. Texas A&M (24-11)3.382
60. Indiana (25-8)3.380

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
61. Northern Iowa (17-14)3.375
62. Miami Ohio (17-16)3.375
63. Washington St (26-9)3.366
64. Clemson (23-10)3.365
65. Marquette (24-10)3.362
66. Connecticut (24-9)3.351
67. Vermont (16-15)3.346
68. Binghamton (14-16)3.341
69. UNLV (26-8)3.336
70. Middle Tenn St (16-15)3.332

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
71. Kent (28-7)3.325
72. Robert Morris (26-8)3.323
73. Towson (13-18)3.319
74. Utah (17-15)3.304
75. Arkansas Lr (18-11)3.290
76. USC (21-12)3.287
77. UC Irvine (17-16)3.279
78. Niagara (19-10)3.278
79. Navy (16-14)3.274
80. Siena (23-11)3.272

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
81. Alabama (17-16)3.271
82. New Mexico (24-9)3.271
83. Houston (24-10)3.271
84. Georgia Tech (15-17)3.263
85. Boston U (14-17)3.263
86. Northeastern (14-17)3.260
87. Nevada (20-12)3.260
88. Central Conn (14-16)3.254
89. Florida St (19-15)3.246
90. Texas Arlington (17-12)3.241

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
91. Coppin St (14-21)3.233
92. Albany NY (15-15)3.225
93. Loyola MD (19-14)3.225
94. Virginia (17-16)3.219
95. Tennessee (30-5)3.217
96. San Diego St (19-13)3.215
97. Holy Cross (15-14)3.215
98. Lipscomb (14-16)3.215
99. VA Commonwealth (24-8)3.214
100. Drexel (12-20)3.213

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
101. Quinnipiac (15-15)3.210
102. San Diego (21-14)3.209
103. Minnesota (20-14)3.209
104. Ul Lafayette (14-15)3.209
105. Eastern Mich (14-17)3.208
106. Liu Brooklyn (15-15)3.208
107. Kentucky (18-13)3.207
108. Fla Atlantic (15-18)3.193
109. Tenn Martin (15-16)3.191
110. Northrn Arizona (19-11)3.188

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
111. Morgan St (21-11)3.183
112. CS Fullerton (23-9)3.182
113. Duke (28-6)3.175
114. SO Carolina St (12-20)3.172
115. Oklahoma St (16-16)3.172
116. Wagner (23-8)3.162
117. Arizona (18-15)3.161
118. Appalachian St (17-13)3.160
119. Pacific (20-10)3.159
120. Winthrop (20-12)3.153

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
121. La Salle (14-17)3.152
122. Miss Valley St (15-16)3.150
123. Coll Of Charltn (16-17)3.142
124. New Mexico St (20-14)3.140
125. Lafayette (15-15)3.137
126. Murray St (16-13)3.137
127. Kansas St (20-12)3.117
128. East Tenn St (18-13)3.116
129. Texas El Paso (19-14)3.115
130. Richmond (16-15)3.113

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
131. Notre Dame (25-8)3.110
132. Tennessee St (13-17)3.100
133. Sam Houston (19-8)3.096
134. Purdue (25-9)3.095
135. Oral Roberts (23-9)3.094
136. Umbc (23-9)3.092
137. Bucknell (12-19)3.092
138. Lamar (15-11)3.089
139. Army (14-16)3.087
140. Arizona St (21-13)3.085

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
141. Geo Southern (18-12)3.078
142. New Orleans (17-13)3.072
143. California (17-16)3.069
144. Fairfield (14-16)3.064
145. Hampton (18-12)3.063
146. Nebraska (20-13)3.053
147. Baylor (20-11)3.052
148. Georgetown (28-6)3.050
149. Belmont (24-9)3.049
150. James Madison (13-17)3.046

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
151. NC Greensboro (19-12)3.046
152. Oakland (15-14)3.042
153. Iona (12-20)3.040
154. Tulane (16-15)3.038
155. Indiana St (14-16)3.036
156. Northwestern St (12-17)3.026
157. Stetson (15-16)3.026
158. Drake (26-5)3.024
159. CS Northridge (19-10)3.007
160. Jacksonville (17-13)3.006

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
161. Chattanooga (16-13)3.004
162. Brown (19-10)2.997
163. Hofstra (12-18)2.995
164. Wisc Milwaukee (13-16)2.995
165. UCLA (34-4)2.995
166. Wake Forest (17-13)2.993
167. Bowling Green (13-17)2.992
168. Elon (13-18)2.991
169. Gardner-Webb (15-16)2.990
170. BYU (27-8)2.985

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
171. Marshall (14-14)2.979
172. Seton Hall (17-15)2.976
173. Wisconsin (31-5)2.974
174. Oregon (18-14)2.974
175. Morehead St (13-15)2.973
176. Duquesne (17-13)2.971
177. Eastern KY (12-16)2.970
178. Central Mich (13-16)2.970
179. Liberty (13-16)2.960
180. Weber St (15-13)2.951

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
181. Tennessee Tech (11-19)2.948
182. Central Florida (16-15)2.948
183. South Carolina (14-18)2.942
184. Iupui (23-7)2.935
185. Samford (12-16)2.935
186. Wisc Green Bay (15-15)2.931
187. Washington (16-17)2.908
188. North Texas (17-11)2.903
189. Manhattan (12-19)2.894
190. Florida A&M (13-17)2.890

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
191. Lehigh (14-15)2.888
192. Ark Pine Bluff (11-18)2.886
193. Penn St (15-16)2.876
194. Texas Tech (15-15)2.875
195. NC Asheville (19-10)2.866
196. San Jose St (13-19)2.856
197. Providence (15-16)2.852
198. Fresno St (12-19)2.850
199. Butler (30-4)2.849
200. UC Santa Barbara (22-9)2.848

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
201. Toledo (11-19)2.848
202. Pennsylvania (13-18)2.839
203. Columbia (13-15)2.836
204. Missouri (16-16)2.831
205. Portland St (21-10)2.830
206. St Marys CA (24-7)2.827
207. Wichita St (11-20)2.822
208. Troy St (10-19)2.817
209. St Louis (15-15)2.816
210. Alabama A&M (11-15)2.808

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
211. Boston College (14-17)2.803
212. Southern Utah (11-18)2.798
213. Alabama St (17-11)2.787
214. Denver (10-19)2.785
215. SE Louisiana (13-13)2.772
216. South Alabama (24-7)2.772
217. North Dakota St (14-13)2.770
218. Montana (12-16)2.768
219. Cincinnati (13-19)2.764
220. North Carolina St (15-16)2.762

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
221. Georgia St (9-21)2.754
222. Western KY (27-7)2.750
223. LSU (12-18)2.749
224. High Point (13-14)2.729
225. Santa Clara (13-16)2.718
226. Yale (12-15)2.716
227. Gonzaga (25-8)2.710
228. Nicholls St (9-21)2.710
229. South Florida (12-19)2.705
230. Delaware St (12-16)2.701

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
231. North Carolina (36-3)2.696
232. Bethune Cookman (9-20)2.693
233. Hawaii (11-19)2.668
234. Loyola Chi (10-19)2.665
235. McNeese St (10-16)2.665
236. Southern (10-18)2.650
237. Northern Colorado (11-16)2.639
238. Winston-Salem (10-18)2.635
239. Michigan (10-22)2.629
240. SO Mississippi (15-14)2.622

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
241. Montana St (13-15)2.621
242. Campbell (9-20)2.619
243. IPFW (11-18)2.612
244. Mercer (10-19)2.607
245. Mo Kansas City (9-21)2.600
246. VMI (10-15)2.599
247. Air Force (14-14)2.599
248. Cal Poly (11-18)2.586
249. Stephen Austin (22-6)2.583
250. St Johns (11-19)2.568

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
251. Idaho St (10-19)2.558
252. Texas A&M-CC (9-20)2.546
253. NO Carolina A&T (11-16)2.541
254. Wyoming (10-18)2.540
255. Buffalo (9-20)2.537
256. Kennesaw St (9-20)2.536
257. Iowa (13-19)2.528
258. Colorado (11-20)2.524
259. Auburn (14-16)2.514
260. Wofford (12-16)2.511

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
261. Fordham (11-17)2.508
262. SE Missouri St (10-19)2.496
263. Davidson (28-7)2.492
264. Central Arkansas (10-16)2.492
265. Pepperdine (10-21)2.489
266. Centenary (9-21)2.486
267. Utah Valley St (13-14)2.459
268. New Hampshire (8-20)2.456
269. Kansas (36-3)2.453
270. Texas St (10-16)2.453

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
271. Tex San Antonio (9-17)2.450
272. DePaul (11-19)2.430
273. Western Ill (10-18)2.424
274. San Francisco (9-21)2.410
275. Fla Gulf Coast (10-21)2.403
276. Harvard (8-22)2.386
277. Coast Carolina (10-15)2.380
278. Eastern Wash (9-19)2.374
279. Iowa St (13-18)2.350
280. Ball St (6-24)2.347

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
281. Arkansas St (8-20)2.343
282. Dartmouth (9-18)2.329
283. Florida Intl (8-20)2.327
284. Portland (8-22)2.323
285. Westrn Carolina (9-21)2.304
286. Savannah St (10-17)2.302
287. TCU (13-16)2.280
288. South Dakota St (7-21)2.271
289. Prairie View (7-22)2.257
290. TX Pan American (13-13)2.252

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
291. Texas Southern (7-25)2.252
292. CSU Bakersfield (8-21)2.246
293. Radford (8-20)2.241
294. Monmouth NJ (7-24)2.238
295. East Carolina (9-18)2.237
296. Stony Brook (7-23)2.216
297. St Francis NY (7-22)2.206
298. Geo Washington (9-17)2.199
299. UC Riverside (8-21)2.194
300. Fair Dickinson (8-20)2.191

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
301. Cornell (21-6)2.185
302. Evansville (8-21)2.180
303. Idaho (7-21)2.179
304. St Bonaventure (8-22)2.171
305. Eastern Ill (6-22)2.160
306. Detroit (6-23)2.149
307. Youngstown St (7-21)2.145
308. Grambling (7-17)2.144
309. Alcorn St (6-23)2.130
310. Furman (7-23)2.128

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
311. Rutgers (11-20)2.124
312. St Peters (6-24)2.121
313. Howard (6-26)2.111
314. Memphis (38-2)2.100
315. Long Beach St (6-25)2.086
316. Canisius (6-25)2.081
317. Louisiana Tech (6-24)2.051
318. Jacksonville St (5-22)2.029
319. Ul Monroe (7-21)2.027
320. SC Upstate (6-22)1.990

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
321. SMU (8-20)1.982
322. Charleston Sou (6-20)1.978
323. Northern Ill (6-22)1.959
324. UC Davis (7-22)1.911
325. Princeton (5-22)1.906
326. Northwestern (7-22)1.881
327. St Francis PA (5-23)1.864
328. Colorado St (6-24)1.838
329. Maine (6-23)1.799
330. Oregon St (6-24)1.709

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
331. Chicago St (8-17)1.701
332. Longwood (6-22)1.617
333. Loyola Marymnt (5-26)1.504
334. MD Eastrn Shore (4-28)1.497
335. Rice (3-27)1.269
336. North Florida (2-26)1.207
337. NC Central (3-23)1.044
338. Sacramento St (2-24)1.022
339. The Citadel (2-24)0.982
340. Presbyterian (2-25)0.945

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
341. NJIT (0-29)0.328
Google

Team Rankings Web
Copyright 2000-2008 Team Rankings, LLC. All rights reserved. All content on this site is produced for entertainment purposes only and is not intended to be used in direct or indirect violation of any local, state, federal, or international law(s). By using this site, you agree and consent to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.