NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions
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Conference Wins Ratings
By ranking
Last Updated Tue Apr 02 06:40:30 PST 2002
Home Court Advantage = 4.8829
SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE AVERAGE = 86.525
ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE AVERAGE = 85.605
PACIFIC TEN AVERAGE = 85.464
Team | Rating | vs. Top 25 | vs. 26-50 | vs. 51-100 | |
|
| 7. Arizona (24-10) | 93.140 | 10-7 | 3-2 | 6-1 |
| 13. Oregon (25-9) | 91.631 | 7-4 | 4-0 | 4-3 |
| 19. California (23-9) | 90.037 | 4-6 | 2-1 | 7-2 |
| 20. USC (22-10) | 89.751 | 5-6 | 2-2 | 5-2 |
| 21. Stanford (20-10) | 89.730 | 3-8 | 3-1 | 5-1 |
| 26. UCLA (21-12) | 89.110 | 7-7 | 3-2 | 5-3 |
| 76. Arizona St (13-15) | 82.572 | 2-9 | 2-1 | 3-3 |
| 90. Washington (10-18) | 80.327 | 2-10 | 0-2 | 3-3 |
| 129. Oregon St (9-17) | 76.986 | 0-11 | 0-2 | 2-3 |
| 210. Washington St (6-21) | 71.359 | 0-12 | 0-2 | 1-3 |
BIG TWELVE AVERAGE = 84.324
BIG TEN AVERAGE = 83.626
BIG EAST AVERAGE = 83.189
MOUNTAINWEST AVERAGE = 81.777
Team | Rating | vs. Top 25 | vs. 26-50 | vs. 51-100 | |
|
| 40. Wyoming (21-9) | 86.737 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 6-4 |
| 46. Utah (19-9) | 85.561 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 6-5 |
| 51. San Diego St (19-12) | 84.823 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 7-3 |
| 53. Unlv (21-11) | 84.653 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 7-4 |
| 73. BYU (17-12) | 82.905 | 1-0 | 3-4 | 5-6 |
| 91. New Mexico (16-14) | 80.289 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 4-6 |
| 146. Colorado St (10-17) | 75.747 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 1-8 |
| 181. Air Force (9-19) | 73.505 | 0-0 | 0-6 | 4-7 |
CONFERENCE USA AVERAGE = 81.566
ATLANTIC TEN AVERAGE = 80.617
WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE AVERAGE = 78.942
Team | Rating | vs. Top 25 | vs. 26-50 | vs. 51-100 | |
|
| 28. Tulsa (26-7) | 88.824 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 6-2 |
| 29. Hawaii (27-6) | 88.741 | 0-1 | 5-0 | 5-3 |
| 60. Louisiana Tech (19-10) | 84.070 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 5-3 |
| 83. Fresno St (18-15) | 81.608 | 1-2 | 3-6 | 2-5 |
| 99. Nevada (16-13) | 79.444 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 2-3 |
| 110. SMU (14-14) | 78.568 | 0-0 | 0-5 | 3-6 |
| 160. Boise St (12-17) | 75.098 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 1-5 |
| 209. Rice (10-19) | 71.446 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 1-7 |
| 219. Texas El Paso (9-22) | 70.830 | 0-0 | 0-7 | 2-5 |
| 221. San Jose St (9-20) | 70.787 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 1-6 |
MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE AVERAGE = 76.663
SOUTHERN AVERAGE = 76.385
MISSOURI VALLEY AVERAGE = 75.712
WEST COAST CONFERENCE AVERAGE = 75.240
COLONIAL AVERAGE = 75.042
SUN BELT AVERAGE = 74.682
BIG WEST AVERAGE = 74.173
HORIZON AVERAGE = 73.935
BIG SKY AVERAGE = 73.062
ATLANTIC SUN AVERAGE = 71.967
IVY LEAGUE AVERAGE = 71.802
Team | Rating | vs. Top 25 | vs. 26-50 | vs. 51-100 | |
|
| 56. Pennsylvania (25-7) | 84.351 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 3-2 |
| 107. Yale (21-9) | 78.732 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-3 |
| 126. Princeton (15-12) | 77.105 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-5 |
| 178. Brown (16-10) | 73.781 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-3 |
| 226. Harvard (14-12) | 70.351 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 261. Columbia (10-16) | 67.190 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-3 |
| 286. Dartmouth (8-18) | 63.095 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-3 |
| 303. Cornell (4-22) | 59.808 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-5 |
MID-CONTINENT AVERAGE = 70.752
SOUTHLAND AVERAGE = 70.561
OHIO VALLEY AVERAGE = 69.709
METRO ATLANTIC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE AVERAGE = 68.109
Team | Rating | vs. Top 25 | vs. 26-50 | vs. 51-100 | |
|
| 168. Manhattan (20-9) | 74.388 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 169. Marist (19-9) | 74.363 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 191. Rider (17-11) | 72.763 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 198. Niagara (18-14) | 72.257 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-4 |
| 224. Siena (17-19) | 70.463 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 249. Iona (13-17) | 68.562 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 250. Fairfield (12-17) | 68.523 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 |
| 279. Canisius (10-20) | 63.596 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 |
| 308. St Peters (4-24) | 58.519 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 |
| 313. Loyola MD (5-23) | 57.656 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 |
PATRIOT AVERAGE = 66.615
Team | Rating | vs. Top 25 | vs. 26-50 | vs. 51-100 | |
|
| 208. American (18-12) | 71.546 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-3 |
| 211. Holy Cross (18-15) | 71.316 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 |
| 236. Colgate (15-11) | 69.806 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 247. Lafayette (14-14) | 68.643 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 262. Bucknell (13-16) | 66.747 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-3 |
| 282. Army (10-16) | 63.512 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 283. Navy (9-20) | 63.491 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 311. Lehigh (4-23) | 57.859 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
INDEPENDENTS AVERAGE = 65.298
BIG SOUTH AVERAGE = 65.117
AMERICA EAST AVERAGE = 64.849
MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE AVERAGE = 64.622
NORTHEASTERN CONFERENCE AVERAGE = 63.705
SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE AVERAGE = 62.022