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Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
1. Ohio (14-16)1.4600
2. North Carolina (17-15)1.4270
3. St Francis NY (14-16)1.4250
4. Michigan St (22-13)1.4238
5. Northern Ill (17-14)1.4215
6. Toledo (13-16)1.4045
7. Alcorn St (14-19)1.3978
8. St Johns (18-13)1.3938
9. Indiana (21-13)1.3933
10. North Carolina St (18-13)1.3890

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
11. Loyola Marymnt (11-19)1.3835
12. Texas Southern (18-13)1.3834
13. Fair Dickinson (15-14)1.3798
14. Cal Poly (15-14)1.3746
15. Ball St (13-17)1.3656
16. Marshall (13-15)1.3637
17. USC (13-17)1.3620
18. NC Charlotte (13-16)1.3601
19. Texas Tech (19-13)1.3496
20. CS Fullerton (10-19)1.3458

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
21. Denver (17-15)1.3425
22. Radford (10-20)1.3318
23. Miami Ohio (12-15)1.3311
24. Liberty (14-15)1.3279
25. Villanova (15-15)1.3252
26. Ohio St (17-14)1.3251
27. Temple (15-15)1.3184
28. St Peters (10-19)1.3178
29. Evansville (12-16)1.3131
30. SO Mississippi (13-16)1.3092

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
31. James Madison (12-17)1.3059
32. Marist (13-16)1.3048
33. Minnesota (16-14)1.2954
34. Colorado (20-12)1.2879
35. Bradley (11-18)1.2861
36. Sacramento St (11-17)1.2838
37. Virginia (14-15)1.2830
38. Liu Brooklyn (9-19)1.2819
39. Boise St (12-16)1.2816
40. Illinois St (8-21)1.2813

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
41. Pepperdine (15-13)1.2813
42. Bowling Green (11-16)1.2801
43. Missouri (21-11)1.2788
44. Pacific (12-16)1.2760
45. Monmouth NJ (15-13)1.2755
46. Idaho (12-15)1.2734
47. Loyola Chi (15-16)1.2726
48. Auburn (21-12)1.2726
49. Purdue (19-11)1.2648
50. Kent (20-9)1.2593

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
51. NC Asheville (14-17)1.2557
52. SMU (17-13)1.2493
53. Central Conn (15-13)1.2464
54. Nevada (17-13)1.2456
55. Michigan (17-13)1.2449
56. Santa Barbara (18-13)1.2448
57. VMI (8-19)1.2431
58. UCLA (10-19)1.2431
59. Georgetown (16-15)1.2422
60. Portland (10-17)1.2416

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
61. St Marys CA (14-15)1.2406
62. Georgia Tech (14-14)1.2386
63. Indiana St (7-24)1.2370
64. Virginia Tech (11-18)1.2344
65. San Diego (17-12)1.2338
66. Montana (12-16)1.2338
67. Hofstra (8-21)1.2335
68. Providence (16-13)1.2335
69. Alabama (17-12)1.2332
70. Colorado St (17-13)1.2328

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
71. Mississippi (14-15)1.2310
72. Delaware (15-14)1.2305
73. Cincinnati (17-12)1.2302
74. Northeastern (14-15)1.2296
75. Florida St (14-15)1.2289
76. Notre Dame (24-10)1.2287
77. Houston (8-20)1.2272
78. South Florida (14-14)1.2270
79. Iupui (19-14)1.2259
80. William & Mary (12-16)1.2255

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
81. Arizona St (19-12)1.2205
82. Quinnipiac (16-12)1.2193
83. Kansas St (13-17)1.2185
84. Miami Fla (11-17)1.2170
85. Iowa (15-13)1.2163
86. St Louis (16-13)1.2156
87. Akron (13-14)1.2147
88. St Francis PA (14-14)1.2140
89. Niagara (17-12)1.2131
90. Arkansas Lr (16-12)1.2117

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
91. Robert Morris (9-17)1.2091
92. Idaho St (13-14)1.2086
93. Santa Clara (12-15)1.2085
94. Ul Monroe (11-16)1.2076
95. Umbc (7-20)1.2074
96. CS Northridge (13-15)1.2073
97. Hawaii (18-11)1.2068
98. Northern Iowa (10-17)1.2028
99. Connecticut (23-10)1.2015
100. Rider (12-16)1.2011

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
101. NC Greensboro (6-22)1.2010
102. Wright St (9-18)1.2000
103. Alabama St (13-15)1.1999
104. Unlv (21-10)1.1966
105. Youngstown St (7-20)1.1958
106. Southern (7-20)1.1930
107. San Francisco (14-14)1.1928
108. Stanford (24-9)1.1926
109. Howard (13-17)1.1905
110. Arkansas St (11-15)1.1904

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
111. Arkansas (9-19)1.1883
112. Geo Southern (13-13)1.1864
113. Lafayette (11-16)1.1859
114. Canisius (10-18)1.1847
115. Coast Carolina (11-15)1.1835
116. Drake (8-20)1.1827
117. Duquesne (9-21)1.1804
118. Fairfield (19-11)1.1797
119. Maryland (21-10)1.1785
120. Tulsa (23-10)1.1752

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
121. Seton Hall (17-12)1.1747
122. LSU (21-11)1.1734
123. Mt St Marys (11-16)1.1734
124. Oklahoma St (21-10)1.1682
125. Norfolk St (14-15)1.1682
126. SW Texas St (15-12)1.1681
127. Tulane (15-15)1.1678
128. Iona (17-12)1.1673
129. Oregon (23-10)1.1653
130. Tennessee (17-11)1.1651

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
131. Bethune Cookman (8-22)1.1613
132. San Diego St (14-13)1.1611
133. Lamar (12-14)1.1589
134. Sacred Heart (7-21)1.1584
135. Western Mich (19-10)1.1576
136. Boston College (18-11)1.1562
137. Eastern Mich (12-14)1.1555
138. Albany NY (7-21)1.1550
139. SW Missouri St (17-12)1.1542
140. Maine (12-16)1.1541

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
141. BYU (23-9)1.1521
142. Charleston Sou (12-14)1.1503
143. South Carolina (12-16)1.1497
144. DePaul (16-12)1.1496
145. High Point (7-20)1.1487
146. Air Force (12-16)1.1484
147. Middle Tenn St (14-14)1.1482
148. Central Florida (20-11)1.1453
149. Northrn Arizona (13-13)1.1446
150. Uab (18-12)1.1446

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
151. Eastern Wash (17-12)1.1424
152. Siena (19-10)1.1386
153. Nebraska (11-18)1.1385
154. Wyoming (19-10)1.1374
155. Texas A&M (14-14)1.1372
156. Tennessee Tech (17-12)1.1370
157. Florida Intl (7-21)1.1363
158. Richmond (15-13)1.1359
159. McNeese St (13-14)1.1350
160. Binghamton (14-13)1.1346

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
161. Detroit (17-12)1.1329
162. Montana St (9-16)1.1323
163. California (22-9)1.1320
164. Geo Washington (12-17)1.1313
165. Mo Kansas City (9-20)1.1295
166. Oregon St (12-15)1.1290
167. East Tenn St (17-11)1.1272
168. Old Dominion (12-15)1.1251
169. Kansas (28-8)1.1239
170. Miss Valley St (14-13)1.1217

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
171. Alabama A&M (7-19)1.1214
172. Clemson (15-13)1.1208
173. Drexel (18-11)1.1205
174. Cleveland St (8-22)1.1180
175. Wisc Green Bay (9-19)1.1174
176. Harvard (11-15)1.1171
177. Buffalo (5-23)1.1166
178. Bucknell (13-15)1.1164
179. Hartford (15-13)1.1125
180. Mississippi St (21-10)1.1123

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
181. Grambling (10-18)1.1101
182. West Virginia (14-15)1.1089
183. New Hampshire (5-23)1.1080
184. TCU (9-19)1.1063
185. Rhode Island (18-11)1.1049
186. Wofford (10-15)1.1049
187. Southern Utah (9-17)1.1041
188. Utah (24-8)1.1027
189. Iowa St (15-13)1.1026
190. Wagner (21-11)1.1014

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
191. Elon (10-15)1.1009
192. Jacksonville (12-16)1.1007
193. Northwestern (12-17)1.0994
194. Utah St (22-9)1.0967
195. Washington (10-17)1.0953
196. Wichita St (18-11)1.0938
197. Georgia St (13-15)1.0929
198. Jackson St (10-18)1.0906
199. New Orleans (13-14)1.0901
200. Murray St (15-12)1.0871

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
201. SE Missouri St (9-19)1.0824
202. St Bonaventure (13-14)1.0816
203. Northwestern St (6-21)1.0810
204. Eastern Ill (13-15)1.0767
205. Texas Arlington (14-13)1.0767
206. Vermont (19-11)1.0760
207. Hampton (19-11)1.0735
208. Tex San Antonio (9-17)1.0723
209. Stony Brook (11-15)1.0716
210. Louisiana Tech (10-15)1.0713

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
211. South Alabama (12-14)1.0706
212. Westrn Carolina (6-18)1.0688
213. Navy (7-19)1.0659
214. Rice (17-10)1.0640
215. Chattanooga (19-9)1.0630
216. La Salle (12-17)1.0628
217. American (16-14)1.0626
218. Gonzaga (24-9)1.0613
219. George Mason (16-12)1.0613
220. Morgan St (7-22)1.0601

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
221. Central Mich (24-7)1.0599
222. Vanderbilt (11-18)1.0583
223. Oklahoma (27-7)1.0563
224. Florida A&M (17-12)1.0545
225. Colgate (12-14)1.0523
226. SE Louisiana (9-16)1.0505
227. MD Eastrn Shore (5-23)1.0498
228. IPFW (9-20)1.0496
229. Florida (25-8)1.0480
230. New Mexico (9-18)1.0480

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
231. Brown (17-11)1.0474
232. Jacksonville St (19-10)1.0471
233. Dartmouth (7-19)1.0462
234. Baylor (14-14)1.0454
235. SO Carolina St (20-11)1.0446
236. Lehigh (14-12)1.0419
237. Massachusetts (10-18)1.0413
238. Samford (12-15)1.0403
239. UC Irvine (19-9)1.0395
240. North Texas (5-21)1.0350

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
241. Winthrop (18-10)1.0338
242. East Carolina (10-15)1.0311
243. Furman (11-17)1.0296
244. Prairie View (17-12)1.0243
245. Belmont (16-12)1.0214
246. Duke (25-7)1.0207
247. Rutgers (12-16)1.0176
248. VA Commonwealth (18-10)1.0176
249. Western KY (23-9)1.0157
250. Long Beach St (4-22)1.0143

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
251. Appalachian St (16-10)1.0142
252. Fla Atlantic (6-21)1.0117
253. Washington St (7-20)1.0091
254. Coppin St (11-17)1.0091
255. New Mexico St (19-9)1.0051
256. Ul Lafayette (19-9)1.0047
257. Illinois (25-7)1.0013
258. Butler (26-6)0.9969
259. Louisville (25-7)0.9964
260. Texas (26-7)0.9955

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
261. San Jose St (5-21)0.9938
262. Tenn Martin (10-14)0.9930
263. Coll Of Charltn (22-7)0.9907
264. Portland St (4-21)0.9870
265. Texas A&M-CC (11-15)0.9863
266. Cornell (8-18)0.9863
267. Oakland (15-11)0.9821
268. Wisconsin (24-8)0.9814
269. Fresno St (20-8)0.9809
270. Oral Roberts (17-10)0.9736

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
271. UC Riverside (5-18)0.9696
272. Marquette (27-6)0.9681
273. St Josephs (23-7)0.9641
274. Gardner-Webb (4-24)0.9628
275. Georgia (19-8)0.9590
276. Austin Peay (20-8)0.9572
277. Boston U (20-10)0.9545
278. Yale (13-13)0.9540
279. Penn St (7-21)0.9526
280. Wake Forest (25-6)0.9506

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
281. Princeton (15-11)0.9455
282. Wisc Milwaukee (23-8)0.9450
283. Syracuse (30-5)0.9433
284. Birmingham Southern (17-9)0.9386
285. Western Ill (5-21)0.9372
286. Southern Ill (24-6)0.9317
287. Morehead St (17-9)0.9282
288. Texas El Paso (5-24)0.9256
289. Illinois Chi (21-8)0.9237
290. Sam Houston (21-7)0.9212

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
291. Stephen Austin (19-8)0.9193
292. Xavier (26-6)0.9162
293. Chicago St (3-27)0.9103
294. Dayton (24-6)0.9097
295. Delaware St (15-12)0.9050
296. Stetson (6-20)0.8978
297. Davidson (14-10)0.8952
298. Loyola MD (4-24)0.8876
299. Memphis (23-7)0.8876
300. Ark Pine Bluff (4-24)0.8869

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
301. TX Pan American (6-20)0.8852
302. Valparaiso (20-10)0.8844
303. The Citadel (4-20)0.8763
304. Troy St (25-6)0.8598
305. Eastern KY (7-17)0.8597
306. Campbell (4-22)0.8543
307. Morris Brown (6-20)0.8537
308. NC Wilmington (24-7)0.8439
309. Creighton (29-5)0.8431
310. Manhattan (23-7)0.8343

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
311. Centenary (10-14)0.8283
312. Towson (4-24)0.8112
313. Weber St (25-5)0.8030
314. Pennsylvania (22-6)0.8008
315. Lipscomb (6-20)0.7952
316. Army (3-22)0.7873
317. Mercer (22-6)0.7864
318. Pittsburgh (28-5)0.7790
319. Kentucky (32-4)0.7561
320. Fordham (2-26)0.7556

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
321. Arizona (28-4)0.7257
322. Nicholls St (2-25)0.7111
323. Columbia (2-25)0.6652
324. Savannah St (3-24)0.6641
325. Holy Cross (25-5)0.6521
326. NO Carolina A&T (1-25)0.5339
327. Tennessee St (1-24)0.3581
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