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Strength of Schedule

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. Oregon St (6-24)0.355
2. Northwestern (7-22)0.348
3. Presbyterian (2-25)0.344
4. NC Central (3-23)0.336
5. Michigan (10-22)0.332
6. DePaul (11-19)0.325
7. St Johns (11-19)0.318
8. Colorado (11-20)0.317
9. Rice (3-27)0.314
10. Colorado St (6-24)0.312

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
11. Cincinnati (13-19)0.311
12. North Carolina St (15-16)0.297
13. Iowa St (13-18)0.291
14. Oklahoma St (16-16)0.288
15. California (17-16)0.284
16. Boston College (14-17)0.279
17. Youngstown St (7-21)0.274
18. Georgia Tech (15-17)0.271
19. Providence (15-16)0.260
20. Texas Tech (15-15)0.259

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
21. Geo Washington (9-17)0.258
22. Arizona (18-15)0.255
23. South Florida (12-19)0.255
24. Illinois (16-19)0.254
25. Georgia (16-17)0.250
26. Rutgers (11-20)0.246
27. LSU (12-18)0.243
28. Washington (16-17)0.242
29. South Carolina (14-18)0.237
30. Oregon (18-14)0.235

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
31. Penn St (15-16)0.234
32. Missouri (16-16)0.234
33. Northern Ill (6-22)0.233
34. Evansville (8-21)0.233
35. Detroit (6-23)0.231
36. The Citadel (2-24)0.229
37. Florida St (19-15)0.229
38. Oklahoma (23-12)0.226
39. Fordham (11-17)0.224
40. Indiana St (14-16)0.223

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
41. Villanova (22-13)0.216
42. Toledo (11-19)0.215
43. USC (21-12)0.215
44. Iowa (13-19)0.214
45. St Bonaventure (8-22)0.205
46. Maryland (19-15)0.200
47. Wichita St (11-20)0.199
48. Seton Hall (17-15)0.198
49. Kentucky (18-13)0.198
50. Kansas St (20-12)0.195

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
51. Loyola Chi (10-19)0.193
52. Virginia (17-16)0.192
53. Alabama (17-16)0.189
54. Loyola Marymnt (5-26)0.187
55. Baylor (20-11)0.185
56. Nebraska (20-13)0.184
57. Arizona St (21-13)0.182
58. St Louis (15-15)0.182
59. Auburn (14-16)0.182
60. Texas A&M (24-11)0.181

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
61. Pittsburgh (26-10)0.178
62. Syracuse (21-14)0.177
63. Wake Forest (17-13)0.176
64. Miami Fla (22-11)0.173
65. Richmond (16-15)0.170
66. Southern Ill (18-15)0.169
67. Stanford (28-8)0.168
68. Clemson (23-10)0.167
69. La Salle (14-17)0.167
70. Arkansas (23-12)0.166

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
71. Minnesota (20-14)0.164
72. Ball St (6-24)0.164
73. Miami Ohio (17-16)0.163
74. Charlotte (20-14)0.162
75. Bradley (21-17)0.161
76. Michigan St (27-9)0.160
77. Washington St (26-9)0.160
78. Missouri St (16-16)0.158
79. Northern Iowa (17-14)0.158
80. Texas (30-7)0.156

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
81. Ohio St (24-13)0.153
82. Virginia Tech (21-14)0.151
83. West Virginia (25-11)0.151
84. Creighton (21-11)0.148
85. Central Mich (13-16)0.146
86. Marquette (24-10)0.145
87. Connecticut (24-9)0.142
88. Utah (17-15)0.142
89. Dayton (23-11)0.141
90. Wyoming (10-18)0.139

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
91. Wisc Milwaukee (13-16)0.138
92. St Josephs (21-13)0.137
93. Buffalo (9-20)0.135
94. Ul Monroe (7-21)0.130
95. Temple (21-13)0.130
96. Tennessee (30-5)0.128
97. Louisville (27-9)0.127
98. Wisc Green Bay (15-15)0.125
99. Mississippi (24-11)0.125
100. Notre Dame (25-8)0.124

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
101. Purdue (25-9)0.124
102. Georgetown (28-6)0.123
103. Bowling Green (13-17)0.118
104. Cleveland St (19-13)0.118
105. Mississippi St (23-11)0.117
106. Vanderbilt (26-8)0.116
107. Indiana (25-8)0.115
108. Massachusetts (25-11)0.113
109. Tulane (16-15)0.111
110. Duke (28-6)0.108

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
111. San Diego St (19-13)0.107
112. SO Mississippi (15-14)0.107
113. Florida (24-12)0.106
114. East Carolina (9-18)0.106
115. UCLA (34-4)0.104
116. Valparaiso (20-14)0.100
117. Xavier (30-7)0.099
118. Centenary (9-21)0.098
119. SMU (8-20)0.097
120. Pepperdine (10-21)0.096

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
121. Marshall (14-14)0.093
122. Furman (7-23)0.092
123. IPFW (11-18)0.089
124. North Carolina (36-3)0.089
125. Illinois St (24-10)0.088
126. Illinois Chi (17-15)0.088
127. Rhode Island (21-12)0.087
128. Wisconsin (31-5)0.084
129. Chicago St (8-17)0.083
130. TCU (13-16)0.082

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
131. Air Force (14-14)0.080
132. Texas El Paso (19-14)0.077
133. Florida Intl (8-20)0.072
134. Uab (23-11)0.071
135. Kansas (36-3)0.069
136. Duquesne (17-13)0.069
137. Canisius (6-25)0.067
138. Mo Kansas City (9-21)0.067
139. Ohio (20-13)0.064
140. Central Florida (16-15)0.060

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
141. Tulsa (25-14)0.058
142. UNLV (26-8)0.057
143. Drake (26-5)0.056
144. San Diego (21-14)0.055
145. Wofford (12-16)0.053
146. Northeastern (14-17)0.051
147. Davidson (28-7)0.050
148. Gonzaga (25-8)0.050
149. Westrn Carolina (9-21)0.048
150. NJIT (0-29)0.048

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
151. Elon (13-18)0.046
152. Wright St (21-10)0.045
153. Old Dominion (18-16)0.044
154. BYU (27-8)0.044
155. Memphis (38-2)0.040
156. Akron (24-11)0.037
157. Sacramento St (2-24)0.033
158. Delaware (14-17)0.032
159. William & Mary (15-16)0.032
160. Kent (28-7)0.027

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
161. Texas A&M-CC (9-20)0.027
162. Drexel (12-20)0.026
163. Tex San Antonio (9-17)0.024
164. Western Ill (10-18)0.023
165. Chattanooga (16-13)0.022
166. Troy St (10-19)0.022
167. New Mexico (24-9)0.019
168. Portland (8-22)0.019
169. Middle Tenn St (16-15)0.018
170. Nicholls St (9-21)0.017

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
171. Eastern Mich (14-17)0.015
172. Houston (24-10)0.014
173. Butler (30-4)0.014
174. Western Mich (20-12)0.012
175. Arkansas St (8-20)0.009
176. Idaho (7-21)0.009
177. Denver (10-19)0.009
178. Northwestern St (12-17)0.008
179. Bucknell (12-19)0.007
180. Oakland (15-14)0.007

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
181. St Peters (6-24)0.006
182. Marist (18-14)0.005
183. NC Greensboro (19-12)0.003
184. St Marys CA (24-7)0.002
185. San Francisco (9-21)0.002
186. Cal Poly (11-18)0.001
187. Fairfield (14-16)0.0
188. Geo Southern (18-12)-0.001
189. Oral Roberts (23-9)-0.001
190. Southern Utah (11-18)-0.001

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
191. Idaho St (10-19)-0.002
192. SC Upstate (6-22)-0.002
193. Georgia St (9-21)-0.006
194. UC Riverside (8-21)-0.007
195. Santa Clara (13-16)-0.008
196. Long Beach St (6-25)-0.010
197. South Dakota St (7-21)-0.010
198. Coll Of Charltn (16-17)-0.010
199. Hofstra (12-18)-0.011
200. Towson (13-18)-0.012

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
201. McNeese St (10-16)-0.012
202. UC Davis (7-22)-0.013
203. Radford (8-20)-0.015
204. Nevada (20-12)-0.017
205. Appalachian St (17-13)-0.022
206. Princeton (5-22)-0.022
207. Charleston Sou (6-20)-0.024
208. Western KY (27-7)-0.027
209. Iona (12-20)-0.029
210. Monmouth NJ (7-24)-0.033

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
211. St Francis PA (5-23)-0.037
212. San Jose St (13-19)-0.037
213. North Florida (2-26)-0.038
214. Louisiana Tech (6-24)-0.039
215. Fresno St (12-19)-0.039
216. Ul Lafayette (14-15)-0.039
217. James Madison (13-17)-0.041
218. George Mason (23-11)-0.041
219. Harvard (8-22)-0.044
220. UC Irvine (17-16)-0.045

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
221. Maine (6-23)-0.045
222. Eastern Wash (9-19)-0.045
223. Hawaii (11-19)-0.047
224. Siena (23-11)-0.048
225. MD Eastrn Shore (4-28)-0.049
226. New Orleans (17-13)-0.050
227. NC Wilmington (20-13)-0.052
228. Savannah St (10-17)-0.055
229. Manhattan (12-19)-0.055
230. CSU Bakersfield (8-21)-0.057

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
231. Holy Cross (15-14)-0.058
232. Winthrop (20-12)-0.058
233. Fair Dickinson (8-20)-0.060
234. St Francis NY (7-22)-0.060
235. Longwood (6-22)-0.061
236. Coast Carolina (10-15)-0.066
237. Texas St (10-16)-0.068
238. Loyola MD (19-14)-0.069
239. Central Arkansas (10-16)-0.070
240. North Dakota St (14-13)-0.071

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
241. Howard (6-26)-0.074
242. Fla Gulf Coast (10-21)-0.075
243. Fla Atlantic (15-18)-0.078
244. Montana St (13-15)-0.082
245. Northern Colorado (11-16)-0.083
246. Niagara (19-10)-0.085
247. Texas Arlington (17-12)-0.085
248. New Mexico St (20-14)-0.087
249. Stony Brook (7-23)-0.088
250. Pennsylvania (13-18)-0.089

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
251. Eastern Ill (6-22)-0.092
252. Dartmouth (9-18)-0.094
253. CS Northridge (19-10)-0.095
254. Lafayette (15-15)-0.096
255. Yale (12-15)-0.097
256. New Hampshire (8-20)-0.097
257. Army (14-16)-0.099
258. SE Louisiana (13-13)-0.102
259. North Texas (17-11)-0.102
260. Boston U (14-17)-0.102

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
261. UC Santa Barbara (22-9)-0.104
262. SE Missouri St (10-19)-0.107
263. South Alabama (24-7)-0.107
264. East Tenn St (18-13)-0.110
265. VA Commonwealth (24-8)-0.111
266. Boise St (24-9)-0.111
267. Hartford (18-16)-0.114
268. Jacksonville St (5-22)-0.115
269. Campbell (9-20)-0.115
270. Rider (23-11)-0.115

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
271. Arkansas Lr (18-11)-0.116
272. Montana (12-16)-0.117
273. Texas Southern (7-25)-0.117
274. Portland St (21-10)-0.118
275. VMI (10-15)-0.126
276. Kennesaw St (9-20)-0.128
277. American (21-12)-0.129
278. Samford (12-16)-0.131
279. Alcorn St (6-23)-0.138
280. Quinnipiac (15-15)-0.138

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
281. Lehigh (14-15)-0.138
282. Tennessee Tech (11-19)-0.140
283. Tennessee St (13-17)-0.141
284. NO Carolina A&T (11-16)-0.141
285. Binghamton (14-16)-0.142
286. Utah St (23-11)-0.142
287. Mt St Marys (19-15)-0.145
288. Mercer (10-19)-0.145
289. Columbia (13-15)-0.146
290. Morehead St (13-15)-0.146

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
291. Liberty (13-16)-0.147
292. Pacific (20-10)-0.148
293. Colgate (18-14)-0.151
294. Eastern KY (12-16)-0.151
295. Lamar (15-11)-0.153
296. NC Asheville (19-10)-0.154
297. Prairie View (7-22)-0.154
298. Coppin St (14-21)-0.154
299. Brown (19-10)-0.154
300. Gardner-Webb (15-16)-0.155

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
301. Weber St (15-13)-0.155
302. Delaware St (12-16)-0.156
303. Sacred Heart (18-14)-0.162
304. Lipscomb (14-16)-0.164
305. Central Conn (14-16)-0.164
306. High Point (13-14)-0.165
307. CS Fullerton (23-9)-0.165
308. Winston-Salem (10-18)-0.166
309. Albany NY (15-15)-0.166
310. SO Carolina St (12-20)-0.172

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
311. Northrn Arizona (19-11)-0.173
312. Jacksonville (17-13)-0.173
313. Liu Brooklyn (15-15)-0.176
314. Bethune Cookman (9-20)-0.176
315. Utah Valley St (13-14)-0.178
316. Grambling (7-17)-0.179
317. Vermont (16-15)-0.181
318. Umbc (23-9)-0.183
319. Tenn Martin (15-16)-0.186
320. Iupui (23-7)-0.188

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
321. Sam Houston (19-8)-0.191
322. Stetson (15-16)-0.198
323. Florida A&M (13-17)-0.207
324. Austin Peay (24-11)-0.208
325. Navy (16-14)-0.217
326. Belmont (24-9)-0.220
327. Murray St (16-13)-0.223
328. Stephen Austin (22-6)-0.230
329. Jackson St (14-20)-0.231
330. Southern (10-18)-0.234

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
331. Ark Pine Bluff (11-18)-0.235
332. Cornell (21-6)-0.237
333. TX Pan American (13-13)-0.240
334. Hampton (18-12)-0.249
335. Miss Valley St (15-16)-0.253
336. Robert Morris (26-8)-0.254
337. Wagner (23-8)-0.258
338. Norfolk St (16-15)-0.260
339. Alabama A&M (11-15)-0.273
340. Morgan St (21-11)-0.286

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
341. Alabama St (17-11)-0.378
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