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Home Ratings

By division
Last Updated Wed Apr 04 01:11:27 PDT 2001

Home Advantage = 4.1316

Team	Rating	v. Top 25	v. 26-50	v. 51-100
1. Michigan St (14-0)	101.04	5-0	4-0	0-0
2. Illinois (13-0)	100.67	3-0	3-0	2-0
3. Iowa St (13-0)	96.324	2-0	0-0	4-0
4. Virginia (14-1)	95.832	4-0	2-1	2-0
5. Fresno St (16-0)	93.756	0-0	3-0	5-0
6. Boston College (16-0)	93.537	0-0	1-0	6-0
7. BYU (16-0)	92.014	0-0	0-0	6-0
8. Kansas (11-1)	92.004	0-1	2-0	5-0
9. Arizona (13-2)	91.954	2-1	4-1	3-0
10. Arkansas (15-1)	91.941	2-1	5-0	1-0

Team	Rating	v. Top 25	v. 26-50	v. 51-100
11. Duke (14-2)	91.644	4-2	2-0	1-0
12. Kentucky (11-1)	91.550	2-0	4-1	3-0
13. Creighton (14-0)	91.546	0-0	0-0	5-0
14. Mississippi (14-1)	91.086	4-0	3-1	1-0
15. North Carolina (10-2)	90.929	3-2	2-0	2-0
16. Alabama (15-1)	90.721	3-1	3-0	2-0
17. Detroit (12-0)	90.552	0-0	1-0	1-0
18. Texas (16-1)	90.502	2-1	1-0	5-0
19. Indiana (12-2)	90.083	1-1	5-0	1-1
20. Stanford (10-2)	89.994	1-2	2-0	3-0

Team	Rating	v. Top 25	v. 26-50	v. 51-100
21. Oklahoma (11-1)	89.532	1-1	1-0	4-0
22. Florida (13-2)	89.438	4-0	1-1	1-1
23. Utah St (14-0)	88.987	0-0	0-0	1-0
24. Wisconsin (12-2)	88.772	2-1	4-1	3-0
25. UCLA (12-3)	88.752	2-2	1-0	4-1
26. Xavier (12-1)	88.719	1-0	1-0	4-1
27. Wake Forest (11-3)	88.323	2-3	3-0	0-0
28. Maryland (11-3)	88.304	3-2	2-0	0-0
29. TCU (15-1)	88.091	1-0	1-0	4-0
30. Ohio St (14-3)	87.829	2-2	1-1	3-0

Team	Rating	v. Top 25	v. 26-50	v. 51-100
31. California (13-3)	87.686	1-3	1-0	4-0
32. Oklahoma St (12-1)	87.681	2-0	0-1	2-0
33. Georgia Tech (11-3)	87.480	3-2	1-1	0-0
34. Missouri (12-1)	87.437	2-1	0-0	4-0
35. Connecticut (17-2)	87.391	2-0	2-0	5-2
36. St Josephs (13-1)	87.315	1-0	1-0	3-1
37. Butler (13-1)	86.823	0-0	1-0	1-0
38. USC (12-3)	86.669	0-3	2-0	3-0
39. Mississippi St (15-3)	85.975	2-1	2-0	3-2
40. Tennessee (12-3)	85.563	0-2	4-1	4-0

Team	Rating	v. Top 25	v. 26-50	v. 51-100
41. Southern Utah (11-0)	85.541	0-0	0-0	0-0
42. NC Charlotte (12-2)	85.263	1-0	1-0	6-2
43. Iowa (11-4)	84.840	3-1	2-2	3-0
44. Gonzaga (13-1)	84.766	0-0	1-0	0-1
45. Eastern Ill (10-0)	84.641	0-0	0-0	0-0
46. Texas El Paso (14-2)	84.633	1-0	1-2	3-0
47. Providence (12-3)	84.562	0-1	1-0	5-1
48. Georgia St (11-0)	84.536	0-0	0-0	1-0
49. Syracuse (13-2)	84.440	0-1	2-0	3-1
50. Tennessee Tech (10-0)	84.027	0-0	0-0	0-0

Team	Rating	v. Top 25	v. 26-50	v. 51-100
51. St Bonaventure (12-2)	83.921	0-0	1-1	4-0
52. Hawaii (9-2)	83.825	1-0	2-0	3-1
53. Penn St (11-4)	83.692	2-3	1-1	1-0