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Last Updated Wed Apr 30 18:36:43 CDT 2008

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Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
1. Kansas (18-0)99.41-05-02-0
2. Tennessee (15-0)95.40-04-05-0
3. Notre Dame (17-0)94.14-01-01-0
4. Texas (16-1)93.92-14-03-0
5. Michigan St (17-0)93.90-03-02-0
6. Georgetown (16-0)93.83-02-01-0
7. Duke (15-1)93.62-12-03-0
8. Memphis (20-1)93.02-11-08-0
9. BYU (16-0)92.10-01-03-0
10. Vanderbilt (19-0)91.91-04-05-0

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
11. Stanford (16-1)91.41-13-03-0
12. Kansas St (14-2)90.82-12-12-0
13. Connecticut (16-1)90.85-01-00-1
14. Xavier (16-1)90.50-11-04-0
15. UCLA (15-2)90.22-12-13-0
16. Iupui (13-0)89.80-01-02-0
17. Uab (14-1)89.60-10-03-0
18. Louisville (15-2)89.34-02-02-1
19. Arkansas (15-1)89.20-04-04-1
20. North Carolina (14-2)89.11-11-03-1

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
21. Indiana (17-2)89.01-23-03-0
22. Butler (14-1)88.80-11-01-0
23. Purdue (16-1)88.52-01-02-0
24. West Virginia (12-2)88.42-11-02-0
25. Wisconsin (16-2)88.21-11-13-0
26. Kent (16-0)88.10-00-05-0
27. Clemson (14-2)88.10-14-03-1
28. Ohio St (17-3)88.01-22-14-0
29. Marquette (15-2)87.92-20-03-0
30. Pittsburgh (15-2)87.72-11-02-0

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
31. Utah St (16-0)87.20-00-02-0
32. UNLV (19-2)87.00-13-14-0
33. Gonzaga (13-1)86.90-11-01-0
34. St Marys CA (14-1)86.92-01-01-1
35. Texas Tech (13-2)86.73-01-21-0
36. Miami Fla (13-2)86.72-11-02-1
37. Western Mich (11-1)86.71-00-03-0
38. Tulsa (18-2)86.70-10-08-0
39. Drake (13-1)86.50-00-05-1
40. Davidson (11-2)86.40-20-00-0

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
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41. Wake Forest (15-2)86.41-03-13-1
42. Southern Ill (13-3)86.41-01-25-1
43. Oklahoma St (12-3)86.31-22-12-0
44. Oregon (12-3)86.11-21-14-0
45. Oklahoma (14-3)85.81-23-03-0
46. Mississippi St (12-3)85.80-23-13-0
47. Nebraska (16-3)85.71-11-23-0
48. Creighton (15-2)85.60-12-04-1
49. Mississippi (16-2)85.60-05-03-1
50. Missouri St (13-2)85.51-00-02-2

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
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51. Ohio (13-1)85.50-00-05-1
52. Illinois St (15-2)85.00-10-04-1
53. Dayton (15-3)84.91-11-14-1
54. Houston (17-2)84.90-10-14-0
55. Kentucky (14-4)84.71-23-04-0
56. Texas A&M (15-4)84.61-11-23-1
57. New Mexico (16-2)84.50-00-14-1
58. Virginia Tech (14-3)84.50-11-25-0
59. USC (10-5)84.31-32-13-0
60. George Mason (13-1)84.00-00-02-0

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
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61. Villanova (12-3)84.03-20-11-0
62. Missouri (13-4)83.92-21-10-1
63. Charlotte (13-3)83.71-11-04-1
64. Syracuse (16-6)83.72-21-34-1
65. Arizona St (15-5)83.32-23-11-2
66. Washington St (9-4)83.20-22-12-1
67. Baylor (11-4)83.21-31-12-0
68. Illinois Chi (11-2)83.00-00-11-0
69. South Alabama (15-1)83.00-01-02-0
70. Florida (17-4)83.00-10-16-1

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
71. Indiana St (11-2)82.90-10-04-1
72. Western KY (12-1)82.80-01-00-1
73. Massachusetts (13-3)82.80-10-14-0
74. Oral Roberts (11-1)82.50-00-02-1
75. Temple (10-4)82.51-11-24-0
76. Arizona (10-6)82.32-20-24-2
77. Penn St (13-4)82.21-12-21-1
78. Alabama (13-5)81.50-22-22-0
79. Cleveland St (10-3)81.50-01-10-0
80. Miami Ohio (9-3)81.31-00-01-3

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
81. Florida St (13-5)80.81-21-02-2
82. Chattanooga (11-3)80.40-20-00-0
83. Morgan St (12-0)80.20-00-00-0
84. Rhode Island (11-4)80.20-10-23-1
85. North Carolina St (10-6)80.21-32-11-1
86. Washington (12-7)80.11-32-11-2
87. Providence (10-5)80.11-30-12-0
88. Akron (13-3)80.10-00-03-2
89. Cornell (11-1)80.00-00-01-0
90. Bradley (13-6)79.90-20-05-2

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
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91. Minnesota (12-5)79.80-21-10-2
92. St Josephs (8-5)79.81-12-00-1
93. San Diego St (10-3)79.70-01-12-1
94. Iowa St (11-6)79.70-42-01-1
95. Maryland (13-6)79.60-20-14-1
96. VA Commonwealth (12-2)79.60-00-00-1
97. Georgia (10-5)79.60-12-23-2
98. North Texas (13-2)79.60-00-02-1
99. Wright St (13-3)79.40-01-01-1
100. Central Florida (12-4)79.40-10-11-2

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
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101. Duquesne (11-4)79.30-11-10-0
102. NC Greensboro (10-3)79.30-10-00-1
103. Virginia (13-7)79.20-30-31-1
104. North Dakota St (9-2)79.20-00-01-1
105. Wisc Green Bay (11-3)79.20-00-10-1
106. Geo Washington (8-4)79.10-10-22-0
107. Utah (10-4)79.10-00-23-0
108. Lamar (10-2)79.00-00-00-1
109. Georgia Tech (6-7)78.91-21-11-3
110. Marist (10-2)78.90-00-00-1

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
111. Stephen Austin (10-1)78.90-00-00-0
112. Texas El Paso (13-3)78.90-00-14-2
113. Austin Peay (13-1)78.90-00-00-1
114. Presbyterian (2-0)78.80-00-00-0
115. SO Mississippi (7-3)78.70-10-01-1
116. St Louis (11-5)78.70-11-03-2
117. San Diego (12-5)78.61-12-00-2
118. Valparaiso (11-4)78.60-00-12-0
119. Nevada (12-3)78.50-00-02-2
120. UC Irvine (11-2)78.40-00-00-1

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
121. Old Dominion (13-4)78.40-11-01-1
122. Geo Southern (9-2)78.40-10-00-0
123. California (11-8)78.30-33-22-3
124. Marshall (11-4)78.20-10-03-1
125. Loyola MD (11-2)78.10-00-01-0
126. Northern Iowa (10-6)78.10-11-03-2
127. Cincinnati (10-7)78.11-32-02-1
128. Rider (11-2)78.00-00-00-1
129. Belmont (10-1)78.00-00-00-0
130. New Mexico St (15-4)77.90-01-00-0

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
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131. Toledo (9-3)77.90-00-03-2
132. Sam Houston (10-2)77.70-00-02-0
133. Siena (13-4)77.71-00-10-0
134. LSU (9-6)77.70-11-22-2
135. Boston College (11-8)77.70-21-32-2
136. High Point (9-1)77.10-00-00-0
137. Eastern Mich (10-4)77.10-00-03-1
138. Seton Hall (11-6)77.01-30-11-0
139. Northrn Arizona (11-3)77.00-00-01-1
140. Niagara (10-2)77.00-00-00-1

Team
 Rating 
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v. 26-50
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141. TCU (12-4)77.00-01-22-1
142. NC Wilmington (12-3)76.90-00-01-1
143. Umbc (12-1)76.80-00-00-0
144. Richmond (9-6)76.60-01-13-1
145. Air Force (10-4)76.50-00-22-1
146. CS Fullerton (10-3)76.50-00-00-0
147. Central Mich (7-3)76.50-00-03-1
148. Wichita St (8-7)76.40-10-02-4
149. Weber St (11-2)76.30-00-00-1
150. Winthrop (10-3)76.30-10-01-1

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
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151. Bowling Green (8-5)76.10-00-03-4
152. Illinois (7-8)76.00-20-31-1
153. Iowa (10-8)76.01-21-20-2
154. South Florida (7-8)75.90-51-02-0
155. IPFW (8-3)75.90-00-00-2
156. Portland St (9-1)75.80-00-00-0
157. Arkansas Lr (11-3)75.70-00-01-1
158. Middle Tenn St (10-6)75.60-10-01-1
159. St Johns (8-8)75.60-40-21-0
160. UC Santa Barbara (10-3)75.60-00-02-0

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
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161. DePaul (7-8)75.50-41-12-1
162. Northeastern (7-3)75.40-00-01-1
163. CS Northridge (9-3)75.30-00-00-1
164. Appalachian St (8-4)75.30-10-00-0
165. Brown (9-3)75.20-00-00-1
166. Murray St (12-2)75.10-00-00-0
167. Colorado (5-9)74.90-32-30-2
168. Pacific (10-3)74.90-00-01-0
169. Loyola Chi (6-6)74.80-00-10-2
170. Hampton (11-2)74.70-00-01-0

Team
 Rating 
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171. Liberty (10-2)74.60-00-00-0
172. Boise St (10-5)74.50-11-00-2
173. Denver (9-3)74.50-00-00-0
174. Auburn (8-7)74.50-11-21-3
175. Towson (11-4)74.50-00-00-1
176. Wisc Milwaukee (8-8)74.40-20-10-0
177. South Carolina (8-9)74.30-10-42-2
178. Evansville (6-8)74.30-10-12-3
179. Oakland (8-4)74.20-00-01-2
180. Michigan (6-9)74.20-21-21-1

Team
 Rating 
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181. Coll Of Charltn (9-4)74.10-10-00-0
182. Fla Atlantic (11-4)73.90-00-00-2
183. Tulane (9-6)73.70-10-00-3
184. NC Asheville (12-3)73.40-00-00-0
185. East Tenn St (10-2)73.40-00-00-0
186. American (11-4)73.40-00-00-0
187. Texas Arlington (10-3)73.40-00-00-0
188. Fordham (7-7)73.30-00-02-3
189. Norfolk St (9-1)73.30-00-00-0
190. Wyoming (6-6)73.30-00-21-2

Team
 Rating 
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191. James Madison (9-5)73.20-00-02-1
192. Utah Valley St (7-3)73.10-00-00-0
193. Buffalo (7-6)72.90-00-01-5
194. Wagner (13-3)72.80-00-00-0
195. Youngstown St (4-7)72.80-00-10-1
196. Lipscomb (8-3)72.50-00-00-0
197. Stetson (10-2)72.40-00-00-0
198. Delaware (7-5)72.40-00-01-1
199. Gardner-Webb (8-3)72.30-00-00-0
200. Western Ill (8-4)72.30-00-00-2

Team
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201. Fresno St (10-6)72.30-00-10-2
202. Robert Morris (11-4)72.30-00-00-0
203. Fairfield (7-6)72.20-00-10-1
204. Rutgers (8-10)72.20-51-00-1
205. Hofstra (8-5)72.20-00-01-2
206. Iona (7-5)72.20-00-01-1
207. Southern Utah (7-6)72.00-00-00-3
208. Elon (7-5)71.90-10-00-0
209. Hartford (10-3)71.80-00-00-0
210. William & Mary (7-5)71.60-00-00-1

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211. East Carolina (7-9)71.50-10-01-3
212. Lafayette (8-5)71.30-00-00-0
213. Jacksonville (8-2)71.30-00-00-0
214. Montana St (9-3)71.30-00-00-0
215. Lehigh (11-4)71.10-00-00-0
216. Colgate (9-5)71.00-00-00-0
217. Ul Lafayette (7-6)71.00-00-00-2
218. Santa Clara (6-6)70.90-10-10-0
219. Westrn Carolina (7-6)70.90-10-00-0
220. Troy St (7-6)70.90-00-00-2

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 Rating 
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221. Detroit (5-10)70.80-00-11-1
222. La Salle (5-7)70.80-00-01-4
223. Holy Cross (8-6)70.70-00-01-1
224. Central Conn (8-6)70.50-00-00-0
225. Vermont (8-4)70.50-00-00-0
226. Wofford (5-5)70.50-10-00-0
227. Northwestern St (6-4)70.40-00-00-0
228. Bucknell (7-6)70.40-00-00-1
229. Hawaii (9-9)70.30-00-11-2
230. Furman (5-6)70.20-10-00-0

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
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231. Florida Intl (7-9)70.10-00-10-4
232. Coast Carolina (8-3)70.10-00-00-0
233. Ball St (5-10)70.10-10-10-4
234. Georgia St (6-8)70.00-00-11-2
235. Navy (8-6)70.00-00-00-0
236. Mt St Marys (8-7)70.00-00-00-0
237. Drexel (7-9)70.00-00-10-3
238. SE Louisiana (7-4)69.90-00-00-0
239. St Bonaventure (5-8)69.80-00-01-4
240. Morehead St (9-3)69.70-00-00-0

Team
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241. Alabama St (8-2)69.60-00-00-0
242. McNeese St (5-4)69.50-00-00-0
243. Eastern Wash (7-5)69.50-00-00-0
244. Northern Colorado (7-4)69.50-00-00-0
245. Northern Ill (5-7)69.40-00-00-3
246. Liu Brooklyn (9-5)69.40-00-00-0
247. Cal Poly (6-5)69.30-00-00-1
248. Mo Kansas City (7-7)69.30-00-00-2
249. Albany NY (8-5)69.20-00-00-0
250. Idaho St (6-5)69.20-10-00-0

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251. UC Riverside (7-5)69.00-00-00-1
252. Yale (7-5)69.00-00-00-0
253. Savannah St (5-3)69.00-00-01-0
254. Chicago St (4-4)68.90-00-00-1
255. Arkansas St (7-6)68.80-00-00-0
256. Binghamton (9-6)68.80-00-00-0
257. Tex San Antonio (6-5)68.80-00-00-0
258. Pennsylvania (9-8)68.70-10-10-1
259. San Francisco (6-7)68.60-10-10-0
260. Nicholls St (5-5)68.60-00-00-0

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261. New Orleans (6-7)68.50-00-00-2
262. San Jose St (7-6)68.50-00-00-1
263. Harvard (7-6)68.40-00-00-0
264. Boston U (7-6)68.40-00-10-0
265. Northwestern (4-11)68.30-30-30-1
266. Sacred Heart (9-6)68.10-00-00-0
267. Central Arkansas (6-5)68.00-00-00-0
268. Radford (6-5)67.90-10-00-0
269. Centenary (5-6)67.80-00-02-1
270. Manhattan (6-8)67.80-00-01-0

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271. South Dakota St (6-8)67.60-00-00-2
272. SMU (6-10)67.50-10-01-3
273. Quinnipiac (7-7)67.50-00-00-0
274. Montana (5-6)67.40-00-00-1
275. Army (7-7)67.20-00-00-0
276. Charleston Sou (5-6)67.20-00-00-0
277. Florida A&M (7-3)67.20-00-00-0
278. Kennesaw St (7-5)67.10-00-00-0
279. NO Carolina A&T (6-3)67.10-00-00-0
280. Delaware St (5-3)67.10-00-00-0

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281. Portland (4-8)67.10-10-30-0
282. Columbia (6-6)67.00-00-00-0
283. Texas A&M-CC (5-9)66.90-00-10-0
284. Tennessee St (6-5)66.90-00-10-0
285. Canisius (5-9)66.50-10-00-1
286. Princeton (5-7)66.10-00-00-0
287. Eastern KY (7-7)65.90-00-00-1
288. St Peters (5-9)65.70-00-00-1
289. Texas St (4-7)65.70-00-00-0
290. UC Davis (6-7)65.60-00-00-1

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291. Pepperdine (3-6)65.50-10-10-0
292. Idaho (5-7)65.50-00-00-1
293. Ul Monroe (3-7)65.50-00-00-2
294. Tenn Martin (6-6)65.40-00-00-0
295. Oregon St (3-12)65.20-30-30-3
296. SO Carolina St (7-5)65.10-00-00-0
297. Tennessee Tech (5-6)65.10-00-00-0
298. Long Beach St (5-8)65.00-00-10-1
299. Winston-Salem (7-5)65.00-00-00-0
300. Dartmouth (5-6)64.50-00-00-0

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301. Colorado St (2-9)64.40-00-20-3
302. New Hampshire (5-9)64.40-00-00-0
303. Campbell (6-8)64.40-00-00-0
304. Howard (5-5)64.30-00-00-0
305. SC Upstate (3-5)64.30-00-00-0
306. VMI (4-6)64.30-00-00-0
307. TX Pan American (3-3)64.20-00-00-0
308. Longwood (4-5)64.00-00-00-0
309. Louisiana Tech (5-9)64.00-00-00-1
310. Samford (5-7)63.90-00-00-0

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311. Coppin St (5-5)63.90-00-00-0
312. Southern (6-4)63.50-00-10-0
313. Jackson St (7-5)63.40-00-00-0
314. Mercer (5-7)63.30-00-00-1
315. Alabama A&M (6-3)63.30-00-00-0
316. SE Missouri St (5-6)62.90-00-00-0
317. Miss Valley St (6-4)62.60-00-00-0
318. St Francis NY (4-10)62.30-00-00-1
319. Eastern Ill (4-8)62.30-00-00-0
320. Loyola Marymnt (2-11)62.20-10-20-1

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321. Jacksonville St (4-9)62.00-00-00-0
322. Fla Gulf Coast (4-7)61.80-00-10-0
323. NC Central (1-2)61.70-00-00-0
324. Stony Brook (4-9)61.50-00-00-0
325. Fair Dickinson (4-8)61.40-00-00-0
326. CSU Bakersfield (4-10)61.20-00-00-1
327. Rice (1-12)61.20-20-00-4
328. The Citadel (2-10)61.10-10-10-0
329. Bethune Cookman (4-8)60.40-00-00-0
330. Sacramento St (2-9)59.60-00-00-0

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331. MD Eastrn Shore (4-7)59.50-00-00-0
332. Monmouth NJ (2-11)59.20-00-00-0
333. St Francis PA (2-12)58.90-00-00-0
334. Grambling (4-5)58.40-00-00-0
335. Alcorn St (4-5)58.20-00-00-0
336. North Florida (2-9)58.10-00-00-0
337. Texas Southern (4-7)57.80-00-00-0
338. Prairie View (4-7)57.70-00-00-0
339. Ark Pine Bluff (4-6)57.20-00-00-0
340. Maine (2-10)55.50-00-00-0

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341. NJIT (0-12)48.90-00-00-0
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