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Last Updated Tue Apr 02 06:40:55 PST 2002

Home Court Advantage = 3.9904

SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE AVERAGE = 85.177


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
14. Mississippi St (27-8)89.0744-42-210-2
16. Alabama (27-8)88.9583-38-38-2
18. Kentucky (21-10)88.7804-45-47-2
19. Florida (22-9)88.4841-56-28-2
29. Georgia (22-10)86.6234-24-37-4
39. South Carolina (21-15)85.3901-82-510-2
40. Mississippi (19-11)85.0433-32-35-4
54. Tennessee (14-16)83.1231-72-57-3
55. Arkansas (14-15)83.0313-52-64-4
64. LSU (18-15)82.6621-62-48-3
76. Vanderbilt (17-14)81.5901-63-35-3
93. Auburn (12-16)79.3601-63-11-9


ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE AVERAGE = 84.376


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
1. Maryland (32-4)97.0849-44-04-0
3. Duke (31-4)95.7255-26-09-1
25. North Carolina St (23-11)87.5421-72-26-1
33. Wake Forest (22-13)86.4033-82-08-4
65. Virginia (17-12)82.6551-62-34-1
74. Georgia Tech (15-16)81.7281-62-34-3
136. Florida St (11-17)76.5921-70-22-4
145. Clemson (13-17)76.0220-61-32-2
152. North Carolina (8-20)75.6310-100-22-5


PACIFIC TEN AVERAGE = 84.115


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
7. Arizona (24-10)90.39310-73-27-1
11. Oregon (25-9)89.4857-44-04-3
20. USC (22-10)88.2705-62-25-2
21. Stanford (20-10)87.9213-83-16-1
23. California (23-9)87.6744-62-17-2
27. UCLA (21-12)86.9897-73-25-3
75. Arizona St (13-15)81.6712-92-13-3
89. Washington (10-18)79.5732-100-33-2
127. Oregon St (9-17)76.9700-110-22-3
207. Washington St (6-21)72.2000-120-21-3


BIG TWELVE AVERAGE = 83.108


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
2. Kansas (31-4)95.7956-27-15-1
4. Oklahoma (31-5)94.4818-24-35-0
24. Texas (22-12)87.5622-85-24-0
26. Texas Tech (23-9)87.0301-54-24-0
31. Missouri (24-12)86.5403-73-15-1
34. Oklahoma St (23-9)86.3853-41-33-1
95. Colorado (14-14)79.2450-50-50-1
114. Nebraska (12-15)77.8120-41-31-4
121. Kansas St (12-16)77.1911-41-41-3
141. Iowa St (11-19)76.2760-41-52-4
149. Baylor (12-16)75.8790-51-40-1
192. Texas A&M (8-22)73.1001-40-81-1


BIG TEN AVERAGE = 82.723


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
9. Indiana (24-12)89.5986-55-58-2
10. Illinois (26-9)89.5092-64-211-1
22. Ohio St (24-8)87.8064-20-410-2
38. Michigan St (18-12)85.5676-60-14-5
45. Wisconsin (18-13)84.3874-31-27-5
53. Minnesota (18-13)83.1733-31-64-3
69. Iowa (19-16)82.4261-75-33-4
86. Northwestern (16-13)79.9020-52-13-4
99. Purdue (13-18)78.8472-70-53-3
132. Michigan (10-18)76.7570-71-23-6
213. Penn St (7-21)71.9820-61-32-7


BIG EAST AVERAGE = 82.198


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
6. Connecticut (27-7)90.5453-34-17-3
8. Pittsburgh (28-6)89.8202-23-39-1
30. Miami Fla (24-8)86.5943-23-24-4
35. Notre Dame (21-11)85.8852-53-12-5
46. Georgetown (18-11)84.1100-32-54-3
51. Villanova (19-13)83.5780-45-35-4
59. Boston College (20-12)82.8900-62-15-2
60. St Johns (20-12)82.8661-43-34-1
62. Syracuse (23-13)82.7850-35-44-6
92. Rutgers (18-13)79.4371-23-22-3
104. Providence (15-16)78.4270-30-66-3
122. Seton Hall (11-18)77.1200-60-52-5
164. Virginia Tech (10-18)74.9760-20-22-7
216. West Virginia (7-20)71.7380-30-52-6


CONFERENCE USA AVERAGE = 80.842


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
5. Cincinnati (31-4)93.9694-16-29-1
13. Marquette (26-7)89.1073-22-47-0
37. Memphis (26-9)85.8050-23-28-4
42. NC Charlotte (18-12)84.7101-61-36-3
70. Louisville (19-13)82.3762-71-33-2
77. South Florida (19-13)81.1152-30-31-4
83. Houston (17-15)80.4300-42-41-5
94. St Louis (15-16)79.3190-51-45-1
111. Tulane (13-15)77.9150-40-43-5
120. Uab (13-17)77.2260-11-23-7
130. TCU (14-15)76.8290-10-42-5
163. East Carolina (10-18)75.0491-40-25-4
172. SO Mississippi (9-17)74.4570-20-32-4
187. DePaul (9-19)73.4850-42-40-7


MOUNTAINWEST AVERAGE = 80.728


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
43. Wyoming (21-9)84.5041-22-16-4
48. Utah (19-9)83.9171-21-26-5
57. San Diego St (19-12)82.9580-23-47-3
63. Unlv (21-11)82.7600-23-47-4
72. BYU (17-12)81.9741-02-46-6
87. New Mexico (16-14)79.6760-31-34-6
147. Colorado St (10-17)75.9290-02-61-8
178. Air Force (9-19)74.1100-00-64-7


ATLANTIC TEN AVERAGE = 79.596


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
12. Xavier (26-6)89.4621-25-25-2
44. Dayton (21-10)84.4340-50-14-4
47. Temple (19-15)83.9851-53-27-4
58. St Josephs (19-11)82.9090-21-34-3
66. Richmond (21-14)82.5330-62-34-1
78. St Bonaventure (17-13)81.0312-22-11-6
112. La Salle (15-17)77.8980-22-22-6
113. Massachusetts (13-16)77.8972-41-22-5
142. Geo Washington (12-16)76.1740-30-52-2
179. Duquesne (9-19)73.8450-40-30-7
200. Rhode Island (8-20)72.5120-30-41-5
201. Fordham (8-20)72.4650-20-32-6


WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE AVERAGE = 78.392


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
28. Tulsa (26-7)86.8771-20-36-2
32. Hawaii (27-6)86.4200-15-05-3
61. Louisiana Tech (19-10)82.8300-11-35-3
81. Fresno St (18-15)80.7251-23-62-5
100. Nevada (16-13)78.8250-01-42-3
109. SMU (14-14)78.0350-00-53-6
165. Boise St (12-17)74.7760-01-61-5
203. Rice (10-19)72.3750-00-41-7
212. Texas El Paso (9-22)71.9920-00-72-5
228. San Jose St (9-20)71.0610-11-41-6


MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE AVERAGE = 76.349


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
17. Kent (29-6)88.8492-31-06-0
67. Bowling Green (23-9)82.4840-31-12-2
71. Ball St (21-12)82.1081-31-33-1
101. Ohio (17-11)78.6670-20-12-2
118. Toledo (15-14)77.3950-30-11-4
125. Western Mich (17-13)77.0880-20-01-2
126. Miami Ohio (13-18)76.9800-40-32-5
157. Marshall (13-15)75.2420-40-01-2
188. Northern Ill (12-16)73.4220-10-01-4
197. Buffalo (12-18)72.7811-10-10-6
205. Central Mich (8-19)72.2240-20-10-3
227. Akron (9-21)71.0730-30-11-3
295. Eastern Mich (5-24)64.2290-10-10-4


SOUTHERN AVERAGE = 75.997


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
80. Davidson (18-10)80.8360-20-16-3
82. Coll Of Charltn (20-8)80.5770-00-03-2
88. NC Greensboro (20-11)79.6170-10-12-6
90. East Tenn St (15-10)79.5630-00-12-6
124. Chattanooga (14-14)77.0900-20-13-5
133. Furman (13-13)76.6900-00-21-7
134. Geo Southern (11-11)76.6160-00-12-4
153. The Citadel (13-12)75.3460-10-13-3
218. VMI (7-18)71.6100-10-02-8
220. Westrn Carolina (8-16)71.3900-00-02-5
222. Appalachian St (7-18)71.3460-00-11-9
224. Wofford (7-18)71.2860-10-21-6


MISSOURI VALLEY AVERAGE = 75.719


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
41. Southern Ill (28-8)84.8571-22-03-1
52. Creighton (23-9)83.5271-22-30-1
108. Illinois St (17-14)78.0360-31-11-3
128. SW Missouri St (17-15)76.9570-01-31-4
158. Wichita St (15-15)75.2260-01-40-2
166. Drake (14-15)74.7060-00-31-2
168. Northern Iowa (14-15)74.5630-01-22-3
226. Bradley (9-20)71.0950-10-30-2
247. Indiana St (6-22)69.6940-00-40-5
260. Evansville (7-21)68.5260-00-40-3


WEST COAST CONFERENCE AVERAGE = 75.296


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
15. Gonzaga (28-4)89.0341-22-25-0
50. Pepperdine (21-10)83.6942-41-41-2
119. San Diego (14-13)77.3430-40-22-3
173. San Francisco (12-15)74.3690-30-20-4
190. Santa Clara (12-15)73.3820-40-21-2
238. St Marys CA (8-20)70.3230-20-40-5
264. Loyola Marymnt (8-20)67.9520-40-21-2
275. Portland (6-24)66.2681-30-40-1


SUN BELT AVERAGE = 75.076


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
36. Western KY (26-4)85.8481-10-01-2
61. Louisiana Tech (19-10)82.8300-11-35-3
102. Ul Lafayette (19-11)78.6340-10-31-3
106. New Mexico St (18-11)78.3680-00-32-3
129. Arkansas Lr (16-11)76.8370-10-21-0
167. New Orleans (14-14)74.6240-10-21-0
170. North Texas (13-14)74.5250-00-31-1
196. Arkansas St (13-16)72.8060-10-31-1
198. Middle Tenn St (12-15)72.7270-00-21-1
251. Florida Intl (8-20)69.4790-00-30-3
266. Denver (7-20)67.8070-00-20-1
274. South Alabama (5-20)66.4250-11-10-2


COLONIAL AVERAGE = 74.958


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
68. NC Wilmington (23-10)82.4401-20-11-2
103. George Mason (19-10)78.4310-01-11-2
105. VA Commonwealth (20-11)78.4230-00-04-3
160. Delaware (14-16)75.1420-00-11-6
169. Drexel (14-14)74.5460-00-01-3
180. James Madison (13-15)73.8310-10-00-4
189. Old Dominion (13-16)73.4220-00-10-3
210. Hofstra (12-20)72.1141-00-00-5
229. William & Mary (9-19)71.0430-10-10-3
242. Towson (11-17)70.1840-00-10-3


HORIZON AVERAGE = 74.628


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
49. Butler (26-6)83.7441-00-04-1
110. Detroit (18-13)77.9940-12-30-2
131. Illinois Chi (17-14)76.8230-20-30-2
138. Wisc Milwaukee (13-13)76.5040-01-20-3
146. Wright St (16-11)76.0160-11-10-0
148. Loyola Chi (16-13)75.9130-21-10-1
211. Cleveland St (12-16)72.0700-10-20-1
250. Wisc Green Bay (9-21)69.5350-01-30-1
300. Youngstown St (3-23)63.0551-00-20-1


BIG WEST AVERAGE = 74.317


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
85. Utah St (22-8)80.3540-01-06-3
91. Santa Barbara (19-11)79.4860-21-03-4
97. UC Irvine (20-11)79.0950-11-13-3
107. Pacific (18-10)78.3140-00-03-6
162. Cal Poly (14-12)75.0780-00-02-6
170. North Texas (13-14)74.5250-00-31-1
174. CS Northridge (11-16)74.3510-00-22-8
181. Long Beach St (11-17)73.7950-30-22-5
254. UC Riverside (7-18)69.0490-00-10-9
258. Idaho (8-19)68.7580-00-01-7
291. CS Fullerton (4-22)64.6880-00-21-5


BIG SKY AVERAGE = 73.105


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
98. Montana St (17-9)79.0880-00-11-4
135. Weber St (15-11)76.6070-01-12-3
144. Eastern Wash (15-13)76.0700-30-02-3
171. Montana (14-15)74.4790-20-12-3
199. Northrn Arizona (12-14)72.6850-20-00-3
209. Portland St (11-16)72.1790-20-11-3
267. Idaho St (8-17)67.7680-00-10-4
277. Sacramento St (7-19)65.9620-00-01-1


ATLANTIC SUN AVERAGE = 72.360


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
117. Georgia St (19-11)77.4800-11-01-2
139. Troy St (18-10)76.4770-00-10-0
150. Central Florida (16-12)75.7490-00-00-1
161. Fla Atlantic (18-12)75.0800-10-10-0
176. Jacksonville (14-12)74.1940-10-00-0
183. Samford (15-14)73.7290-10-20-0
223. Belmont (11-17)71.3270-20-11-0
233. Jacksonville St (11-16)70.7560-10-00-1
252. Stetson (9-16)69.3150-10-10-1
273. Campbell (7-19)66.4390-00-00-1
281. Mercer (5-23)65.4120-00-20-3


IVY LEAGUE AVERAGE = 72.159


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
56. Pennsylvania (25-7)82.9960-21-03-2
116. Yale (21-9)77.6620-00-02-3
140. Princeton (15-12)76.4190-30-00-5
184. Brown (16-10)73.7030-00-00-3
232. Harvard (14-12)70.7810-10-01-1
259. Columbia (10-16)68.6630-00-11-3
290. Dartmouth (8-18)64.7120-00-00-3
302. Cornell (4-22)62.3350-00-10-5


MID-CONTINENT AVERAGE = 71.916


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
73. Valparaiso (24-8)81.8810-31-00-1
137. Oakland (16-12)76.5640-10-10-4
155. Oral Roberts (17-13)75.2960-00-11-2
182. Mo Kansas City (16-11)73.7390-10-10-3
191. Iupui (12-15)73.2050-10-11-4
230. Southern Utah (9-16)70.8760-10-11-2
270. Western Ill (10-16)67.3050-10-00-2
322. Chicago St (1-24)56.4610-10-00-4


SOUTHLAND AVERAGE = 71.108


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
84. McNeese St (20-9)80.3650-30-00-2
123. Ul Monroe (19-12)77.1030-20-11-4
151. Tex San Antonio (19-10)75.7350-00-01-1
195. Sam Houston (14-14)72.9130-11-01-1
215. Lamar (15-14)71.8130-00-10-3
217. SW Texas St (11-16)71.6760-00-00-4
237. Texas Arlington (11-14)70.4930-00-00-2
241. Northwestern St (11-18)70.2020-00-30-3
243. Stephen Austin (12-15)70.1490-00-00-3
285. SE Louisiana (6-20)64.8820-00-10-2
320. Nicholls St (1-25)56.8530-10-10-4


OHIO VALLEY AVERAGE = 70.738


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
79. Tennessee Tech (23-7)80.9790-00-10-3
143. Murray St (17-12)76.1260-00-32-2
175. Morehead St (14-11)74.2300-10-10-3
225. Austin Peay (11-18)71.1900-00-50-4
235. Eastern Ill (12-16)70.6970-30-00-4
245. Tenn Martin (11-14)69.7460-00-30-2
257. Tennessee St (9-17)68.8540-00-00-5
301. SE Missouri St (4-22)62.9080-00-10-5
305. Eastern KY (3-20)61.9130-00-30-3


METRO ATLANTIC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE AVERAGE = 69.693


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
154. Manhattan (20-9)75.3290-00-01-2
156. Marist (19-9)75.2460-00-00-1
185. Rider (17-11)73.6150-00-00-0
194. Niagara (18-14)72.9270-00-00-3
214. Siena (17-19)71.9790-20-10-1
240. Fairfield (12-17)70.2830-00-00-2
244. Iona (13-17)69.8270-00-10-0
276. Canisius (10-20)66.0100-00-10-2
310. St Peters (4-24)61.1380-00-00-2
313. Loyola MD (5-23)60.5740-00-00-2


PATRIOT AVERAGE = 68.196


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
202. Holy Cross (18-15)72.4450-10-00-2
208. American (18-12)72.1940-10-00-3
231. Colgate (15-11)70.8000-00-10-1
246. Lafayette (14-14)69.7340-00-10-1
265. Bucknell (13-16)67.9050-00-00-3
278. Navy (9-20)65.8120-00-10-1
283. Army (10-16)65.2880-00-10-0
309. Lehigh (4-23)61.3880-00-00-1


AMERICA EAST AVERAGE = 66.564


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
177. Boston U (22-10)74.1500-10-00-3
193. Vermont (21-8)72.9920-00-00-0
242. Towson (11-17)70.1840-00-10-3
268. Hartford (14-18)67.4660-00-10-3
280. Maine (11-18)65.4710-00-00-1
286. New Hampshire (10-17)64.7790-20-10-1
297. Northeastern (7-21)63.4730-10-00-0
299. Binghamton (9-19)63.2730-00-00-1
303. Albany NY (8-20)62.1900-10-00-1
307. Stony Brook (6-22)61.6640-00-00-3


INDEPENDENTS AVERAGE = 66.514


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
159. TX Pan American (15-9)75.1730-10-00-1
234. Centenary (9-12)70.7500-00-01-3
263. Texas A&M-CC (7-14)68.1010-20-00-1
314. Lipscomb (2-18)60.1390-00-20-1
318. Morris Brown (3-22)58.4050-20-30-2


BIG SOUTH AVERAGE = 66.444


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
221. Winthrop (17-12)71.3780-20-00-0
236. Radford (14-16)70.6950-00-11-5
248. NC Asheville (12-14)69.6250-10-10-4
269. Elon (11-16)67.3610-00-10-4
271. Charleston Sou (10-17)66.7870-10-10-2
279. Birmingham Southern (9-14)65.6210-00-10-0
294. High Point (9-19)64.4950-20-00-2
296. Coast Carolina (8-20)63.5410-10-10-2
317. Liberty (3-24)58.4910-00-00-2


MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE AVERAGE = 66.237


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
115. Hampton (25-7)77.7810-10-00-2
239. Howard (17-13)70.2930-00-20-1
253. SO Carolina St (14-15)69.1510-10-20-1
256. Delaware St (16-13)68.9640-10-00-1
272. NO Carolina A&T (10-17)66.6570-10-00-2
287. MD Eastrn Shore (11-18)64.7720-00-00-2
289. Florida A&M (9-19)64.7490-20-10-2
292. Norfolk St (10-19)64.6190-10-20-2
293. Bethune Cookman (11-17)64.5180-20-10-0
315. Coppin St (5-25)59.5420-10-10-1
319. Morgan St (3-25)57.5580-10-10-0


NORTHEASTERN CONFERENCE AVERAGE = 65.617


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
96. Central Conn (27-5)79.1760-20-00-0
186. Wagner (19-10)73.5110-00-00-5
204. Monmouth NJ (18-12)72.3140-20-11-2
249. St Francis NY (18-11)69.6130-10-01-2
282. Robert Morris (12-18)65.3800-20-00-4
311. St Francis PA (6-21)60.7690-10-20-2
316. Liu Brooklyn (5-22)58.7560-10-00-2
321. Fair Dickinson (4-25)56.7930-00-00-3
323. Mt St Marys (3-24)54.2420-10-10-1


SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE AVERAGE = 63.978


Team
 Rating 
vs. Top 25
vs. 26-50
vs. 51-100
219. Alcorn St (20-10)71.5260-00-10-1
255. Alabama A&M (15-10)69.0100-20-00-0
261. Alabama St (18-12)68.3740-10-00-1
284. Texas Southern (11-17)64.9240-20-00-2
288. Miss Valley St (11-16)64.7700-10-00-1
298. Jackson St (9-19)63.3460-00-20-3
304. Prairie View (9-18)61.9310-10-00-2
306. Grambling (8-19)61.8000-00-30-3
312. Southern (7-19)60.6290-00-10-2
324. Ark Pine Bluff (2-26)53.4750-20-20-1
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