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Strength of Schedule

By division
Last Updated Tue Apr 02 06:44:49 PST 2002

Home Advantage = 3.9904

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
1. North Carolina (8-20)0.3908
2. Washington St (6-21)0.3884
3. Washington (10-18)0.3880
4. Texas A&M (8-22)0.3776
5. West Virginia (7-20)0.3502
6. Penn St (7-21)0.3299
7. Chicago St (1-24)0.3230
8. Michigan (10-18)0.3200
9. Oregon St (9-17)0.3188
10. Rhode Island (8-20)0.3073

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
11. DePaul (9-19)0.2991
12. Florida St (11-17)0.2956
13. Purdue (13-18)0.2946
14. Tennessee (14-16)0.2941
15. Arkansas (14-15)0.2925
16. Auburn (12-16)0.2900
17. Arizona St (13-15)0.2885
18. Fordham (8-20)0.2867
19. Geo Washington (12-16)0.2608
20. Duquesne (9-19)0.2607

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
21. East Carolina (10-18)0.2532
22. Georgia Tech (15-16)0.2524
23. Vanderbilt (17-14)0.2492
24. UCLA (21-12)0.2492
25. Seton Hall (11-18)0.2468
26. Kansas St (12-16)0.2464
27. Youngstown St (3-23)0.2404
28. Air Force (9-19)0.2338
29. VMI (7-18)0.2320
30. Wisconsin (18-13)0.2289

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
31. Wofford (7-18)0.2268
32. Wake Forest (22-13)0.2265
33. Iowa St (11-19)0.2264
34. Tulane (13-15)0.2225
35. Arizona (24-10)0.2222
36. Colorado St (10-17)0.2198
37. Iowa (19-16)0.2187
38. LSU (18-15)0.2177
39. SO Mississippi (9-17)0.2159
40. Virginia (17-12)0.2145

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
41. Michigan St (18-12)0.2144
42. Nebraska (12-15)0.2142
43. Houston (17-15)0.2125
44. Kentucky (21-10)0.2107
45. Colorado (14-14)0.2073
46. NC Charlotte (18-12)0.2062
47. South Carolina (21-15)0.2034
48. Baylor (12-16)0.2014
49. Texas (22-12)0.2012
50. Indiana (24-12)0.1962

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
51. Virginia Tech (10-18)0.1937
52. St Johns (20-12)0.1919
53. Massachusetts (13-16)0.1916
54. San Jose St (9-20)0.1910
55. Texas El Paso (9-22)0.1908
56. Clemson (13-17)0.1892
57. Stanford (20-10)0.1885
58. Indiana St (6-22)0.1866
59. Temple (19-15)0.1854
60. Nicholls St (1-25)0.1830

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
61. Northwestern (16-13)0.1828
62. Miami Ohio (13-18)0.1827
63. St Louis (15-16)0.1826
64. Louisville (19-13)0.1817
65. North Carolina St (23-11)0.1815
66. Appalachian St (7-18)0.1801
67. Central Mich (8-19)0.1776
68. Boston College (20-12)0.1768
69. Providence (15-16)0.1727
70. Evansville (7-21)0.1717

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
71. Georgia (22-10)0.1716
72. La Salle (15-17)0.1712
73. Fresno St (18-15)0.1705
74. California (23-9)0.1673
75. Villanova (19-13)0.1669
76. Mississippi (19-11)0.1625
77. San Diego St (19-12)0.1611
78. Missouri (24-12)0.1603
79. South Florida (19-13)0.1598
80. Minnesota (18-13)0.1594

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
81. Mississippi St (27-8)0.1588
82. Richmond (21-14)0.1588
83. Boise St (12-17)0.1570
84. Eastern Mich (5-24)0.1568
85. Syracuse (23-13)0.1566
86. Alabama (27-8)0.1544
87. USC (22-10)0.1540
88. Oklahoma St (23-9)0.1536
89. Illinois (26-9)0.1530
90. SMU (14-14)0.1498

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
91. St Bonaventure (17-13)0.1486
92. New Mexico (16-14)0.1452
93. Connecticut (27-7)0.1428
94. Akron (9-21)0.1422
95. Oregon (25-9)0.1401
96. Notre Dame (21-11)0.1397
97. BYU (17-12)0.1378
98. Texas Tech (23-9)0.1358
99. Uab (13-17)0.1344
100. Georgetown (18-11)0.1296

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
101. Portland (6-24)0.1293
102. St Marys CA (8-20)0.1275
103. Rutgers (18-13)0.1274
104. TCU (14-15)0.1240
105. Florida (22-9)0.1239
106. Ohio St (24-8)0.1216
107. Bradley (9-20)0.1209
108. Miami Fla (24-8)0.1203
109. Rice (10-19)0.1186
110. UC Riverside (7-18)0.1180

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
111. Loyola Marymnt (8-20)0.1153
112. Unlv (21-11)0.1149
113. Florida Intl (8-20)0.1146
114. CS Fullerton (4-22)0.1120
115. South Alabama (5-20)0.1093
116. Oklahoma (31-5)0.1091
117. Utah (19-9)0.1085
118. Mercer (5-23)0.1073
119. St Josephs (19-11)0.1009
120. Wyoming (21-9)0.0993

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
121. Nevada (16-13)0.0975
122. Pepperdine (21-10)0.0943
123. Kansas (31-4)0.0938
124. Marquette (26-7)0.0931
125. Maryland (32-4)0.0897
126. Furman (13-13)0.0871
127. Hofstra (12-20)0.0871
128. Toledo (15-14)0.0852
129. CS Northridge (11-16)0.0851
130. Ball St (21-12)0.0843

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
131. Marshall (13-15)0.0841
132. Davidson (18-10)0.0835
133. Louisiana Tech (19-10)0.0823
134. Northern Iowa (14-15)0.0799
135. William & Mary (9-19)0.0797
136. Idaho (8-19)0.0787
137. Illinois St (17-14)0.0778
138. Chattanooga (14-14)0.0771
139. Westrn Carolina (8-16)0.0766
140. Lipscomb (2-18)0.0747

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
141. Long Beach St (11-17)0.0736
142. Xavier (26-6)0.0731
143. Pittsburgh (28-6)0.0728
144. Morris Brown (3-22)0.0694
145. Dayton (21-10)0.0645
146. Buffalo (12-18)0.0632
147. Illinois Chi (17-14)0.0623
148. Duke (31-4)0.0622
149. Memphis (26-9)0.0621
150. Detroit (18-13)0.0536

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
151. Cincinnati (31-4)0.0517
152. St Peters (4-24)0.0490
153. San Diego (14-13)0.0490
154. Denver (7-20)0.0471
155. Tulsa (26-7)0.0453
156. Eastern KY (3-20)0.0410
157. Delaware (14-16)0.0393
158. Drake (14-15)0.0366
159. San Francisco (12-15)0.0348
160. Bowling Green (23-9)0.0339

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
161. Wisc Green Bay (9-21)0.0335
162. Iupui (12-15)0.0332
163. Middle Tenn St (12-15)0.0330
164. Creighton (23-9)0.0327
165. Geo Southern (11-11)0.0320
166. Southern Ill (28-8)0.0311
167. North Texas (13-14)0.0306
168. Portland St (11-16)0.0287
169. Kent (29-6)0.0254
170. Northern Ill (12-16)0.0245

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
171. Wichita St (15-15)0.0238
172. Wisc Milwaukee (13-13)0.0234
173. Santa Clara (12-15)0.0208
174. Ohio (17-11)0.0204
175. Hawaii (27-6)0.0161
176. NC Wilmington (23-10)0.0094
177. Western Mich (17-13)0.0060
178. Towson (11-17)0.0021
179. SW Missouri St (17-15)5.8534
180. New Orleans (14-14)2.8981

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
181. Austin Peay (11-18)-8.933
182. Southern Utah (9-16)-0.002
183. Campbell (7-19)-0.003
184. Loyola Chi (16-13)-0.004
185. Ul Lafayette (19-11)-0.004
186. Cornell (4-22)-0.004
187. Cleveland St (12-16)-0.005
188. Stetson (9-16)-0.006
189. East Tenn St (15-10)-0.007
190. Montana (14-15)-0.008

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
191. NC Greensboro (20-11)-0.010
192. Drexel (14-14)-0.011
193. Oakland (16-12)-0.015
194. SE Missouri St (4-22)-0.017
195. Santa Barbara (19-11)-0.017
196. Belmont (11-17)-0.018
197. UC Irvine (20-11)-0.019
198. Arkansas St (13-16)-0.022
199. Gonzaga (28-4)-0.022
200. Eastern Wash (15-13)-0.023

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
201. Eastern Ill (12-16)-0.023
202. The Citadel (13-12)-0.025
203. Old Dominion (13-16)-0.027
204. Idaho St (8-17)-0.033
205. James Madison (13-15)-0.033
206. Loyola MD (5-23)-0.034
207. Cal Poly (14-12)-0.035
208. Princeton (15-12)-0.039
209. Tennessee St (9-17)-0.040
210. Ark Pine Bluff (2-26)-0.040

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
211. New Mexico St (18-11)-0.040
212. Liberty (3-24)-0.041
213. SE Louisiana (6-20)-0.045
214. Northrn Arizona (12-14)-0.046
215. Texas A&M-CC (7-14)-0.049
216. George Mason (19-10)-0.050
217. Northwestern St (11-18)-0.053
218. Wright St (16-11)-0.054
219. VA Commonwealth (20-11)-0.055
220. Arkansas Lr (16-11)-0.058

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
221. Morgan St (3-25)-0.061
222. Lehigh (4-23)-0.062
223. Weber St (15-11)-0.063
224. Mt St Marys (3-24)-0.064
225. Ul Monroe (19-12)-0.065
226. Sacramento St (7-19)-0.065
227. Murray St (17-12)-0.066
228. Dartmouth (8-18)-0.072
229. Pacific (18-10)-0.072
230. Samford (15-14)-0.073

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
231. Texas Arlington (11-14)-0.073
232. SW Texas St (11-16)-0.080
233. Tenn Martin (11-14)-0.081
234. Stony Brook (6-22)-0.081
235. Western Ill (10-16)-0.081
236. Columbia (10-16)-0.083
237. Centenary (9-12)-0.083
238. Western KY (26-4)-0.085
239. Jacksonville (14-12)-0.087
240. Jacksonville St (11-16)-0.087

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
241. Iona (13-17)-0.088
242. Liu Brooklyn (5-22)-0.089
243. Coast Carolina (8-20)-0.094
244. Coppin St (5-25)-0.102
245. Fairfield (12-17)-0.104
246. Montana St (17-9)-0.106
247. Navy (9-20)-0.107
248. Canisius (10-20)-0.108
249. Albany NY (8-20)-0.112
250. Fair Dickinson (4-25)-0.116

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
251. Coll Of Charltn (20-8)-0.118
252. Siena (17-19)-0.119
253. TX Pan American (15-9)-0.120
254. Sam Houston (14-14)-0.120
255. Mo Kansas City (16-11)-0.120
256. Georgia St (19-11)-0.121
257. St Francis PA (6-21)-0.122
258. Fla Atlantic (18-12)-0.123
259. High Point (9-19)-0.123
260. Stephen Austin (12-15)-0.124

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
261. Norfolk St (10-19)-0.125
262. Morehead St (14-11)-0.129
263. McNeese St (20-9)-0.131
264. Lamar (15-14)-0.134
265. Valparaiso (24-8)-0.141
266. Utah St (22-8)-0.142
267. Charleston Sou (10-17)-0.143
268. Northeastern (7-21)-0.144
269. Army (10-16)-0.145
270. Elon (11-16)-0.147

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
271. Oral Roberts (17-13)-0.147
272. MD Eastrn Shore (11-18)-0.151
273. Central Florida (16-12)-0.151
274. Prairie View (9-18)-0.155
275. Butler (26-6)-0.155
276. SO Carolina St (14-15)-0.157
277. NO Carolina A&T (10-17)-0.157
278. Florida A&M (9-19)-0.158
279. Grambling (8-19)-0.159
280. Bucknell (13-16)-0.163

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
281. Troy St (18-10)-0.164
282. Niagara (18-14)-0.164
283. Harvard (14-12)-0.166
284. Pennsylvania (25-7)-0.167
285. Southern (7-19)-0.170
286. Sacred Heart (8-20)-0.173
287. Lafayette (14-14)-0.175
288. Birmingham Southern (9-14)-0.178
289. New Hampshire (10-17)-0.178
290. Maine (11-18)-0.180

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
291. NC Asheville (12-14)-0.181
292. Robert Morris (12-18)-0.182
293. Binghamton (9-19)-0.191
294. Hartford (14-18)-0.191
295. Bethune Cookman (11-17)-0.194
296. Texas Southern (11-17)-0.194
297. Yale (21-9)-0.194
298. Brown (16-10)-0.200
299. Jackson St (9-19)-0.200
300. Tennessee Tech (23-7)-0.204

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
301. Holy Cross (18-15)-0.213
302. Radford (14-16)-0.219
303. Tex San Antonio (19-10)-0.219
304. Rider (17-11)-0.223
305. Quinnipiac (14-16)-0.238
306. American (18-12)-0.239
307. Colgate (15-11)-0.242
308. Manhattan (20-9)-0.253
309. Miss Valley St (11-16)-0.254
310. Monmouth NJ (18-12)-0.255

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
311. Marist (19-9)-0.266
312. Howard (17-13)-0.281
313. Delaware St (16-13)-0.289
314. Boston U (22-10)-0.292
315. Wagner (19-10)-0.302
316. Winthrop (17-12)-0.305
317. St Francis NY (18-11)-0.317
318. Alabama St (18-12)-0.325
319. Umbc (20-9)-0.364
320. Hampton (25-7)-0.373

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
321. Alcorn St (20-10)-0.377
322. Central Conn (27-5)-0.401
323. Vermont (21-8)-0.406
324. Alabama A&M (15-10)-0.431
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