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By division
Last Updated Tue Apr 06 11:38:48 EDT 2004

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Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
1. Duke (31-6)96.02011-57-03-1
2. St Josephs (30-2)95.4934-22-09-0
3. Connecticut (33-6)95.4788-57-16-0
4. Oklahoma St (30-4)95.3206-15-25-1
5. Pittsburgh (30-5)94.5416-45-17-0
6. Georgia Tech (28-10)93.09111-73-37-0
7. Stanford (30-2)92.8622-02-17-1
8. Kentucky (27-5)92.6923-110-46-0
9. Gonzaga (28-3)92.6091-31-06-0
10. Mississippi St (26-4)91.9122-35-15-0

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
11. North Carolina St (21-10)91.2766-76-24-1
12. Wisconsin (25-7)90.8062-35-27-2
13. Wake Forest (21-10)90.6786-85-24-0
14. North Carolina (19-11)90.6047-82-23-1
15. Texas (25-8)90.4955-55-14-2
16. Illinois (26-7)90.3512-54-010-2
17. Maryland (20-12)89.9616-105-13-1
18. Syracuse (23-8)89.6174-44-46-0
19. Cincinnati (25-7)89.5690-36-46-0
20. Kansas (23-9)89.4920-64-113-2

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
21. Xavier (26-11)88.6754-33-17-4
22. Vanderbilt (23-10)88.3623-35-55-1
23. Providence (20-9)88.2204-35-13-5
24. Nevada (24-9)88.1482-23-16-4
25. Boston College (24-10)88.0033-74-05-3
26. Florida (20-11)87.6362-67-34-2
27. Memphis (22-8)87.4990-44-26-1
28. Alabama (20-13)87.4164-73-36-2
29. Texas Tech (22-11)87.2341-73-16-2
30. Seton Hall (20-10)87.1903-52-25-3

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
31. Louisville (20-10)86.5722-34-35-3
32. Florida St (18-14)86.5074-101-23-2
33. Charlotte (21-9)86.3122-13-52-3
34. South Carolina (23-11)86.1983-44-35-2
35. Uab (22-10)86.1222-23-54-1
36. Michigan St (18-12)85.7940-93-16-1
37. Notre Dame (19-13)85.6272-82-06-4
38. BYU (18-9)85.5111-21-25-2
39. DePaul (22-10)85.5051-34-44-3
40. Virginia (18-13)85.4773-111-16-1

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
41. Southern Ill (25-5)85.4330-00-27-2
42. Texas El Paso (22-8)85.3771-30-14-4
43. Michigan (23-11)85.2492-41-29-4
44. Western Mich (26-5)85.0590-11-03-2
45. Oklahoma (20-10)85.0280-72-16-2
46. Richmond (20-13)85.0202-50-36-4
47. Utah (22-9)84.7770-22-25-3
48. Arizona (20-10)84.7271-20-26-3
49. Manhattan (25-6)84.5960-22-01-1
50. Georgia (16-14)84.3524-51-43-4

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
51. Missouri (16-14)84.3231-71-38-4
52. Iowa St (19-13)84.2423-32-38-5
53. Air Force (22-7)84.2330-13-12-3
54. Colorado (17-11)84.1010-42-37-3
55. LSU (18-11)84.0720-46-32-2
56. Dayton (24-9)83.9011-43-14-3
57. Washington (19-12)83.7801-43-11-1
58. Villanova (17-16)83.7672-82-33-3
59. Utah St (24-4)83.6940-01-11-2
60. Rutgers (19-13)83.5611-51-49-2

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
61. Boise St (21-10)83.4671-12-24-3
62. Geo Washington (18-12)83.3241-51-35-1
63. Pacific (24-8)83.1582-30-01-1
64. St Louis (19-13)82.8030-33-74-2
65. East Tenn St (24-6)82.7850-10-10-1
66. Iowa (16-13)82.7560-32-43-6
67. Rice (21-11)82.7431-41-15-3
68. Nebraska (18-13)82.7071-31-24-8
69. Murray St (25-6)82.5350-21-11-1
70. West Virginia (17-14)82.4872-41-34-6

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
71. Central Florida (24-6)82.4270-10-14-2
72. Oregon (18-13)82.3940-41-43-1
73. Tennessee (15-14)82.3791-53-61-3
74. VA Commonwealth (23-8)82.1720-20-22-1
75. Illinois Chi (24-8)82.0300-20-03-1
76. Troy St (23-6)82.0080-00-03-3
77. Ul Lafayette (18-9)81.8910-30-10-2
78. Hawaii (20-12)81.8191-11-34-4
79. Purdue (17-14)81.7133-22-42-4
80. Marquette (18-12)81.3850-24-53-2

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
81. Indiana (14-15)81.2861-73-12-5
82. Northern Iowa (20-10)81.2680-11-14-3
83. Wisc Milwaukee (19-11)81.1310-20-22-4
84. Unlv (17-13)81.1030-20-52-3
85. Auburn (14-14)81.0790-41-53-2
86. Rhode Island (20-13)81.0311-42-13-5
87. Temple (15-14)80.8890-41-23-5
88. Wichita St (20-11)80.8330-11-33-4
89. Clemson (10-18)80.7553-111-61-1
90. George Mason (23-10)80.6930-20-03-3

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
91. Kansas St (14-14)80.4691-30-24-7
92. Creighton (20-9)80.3600-00-23-4
93. Northwestern (14-15)80.3572-10-74-4
94. Virginia Tech (15-14)80.3521-50-34-2
95. Kent (21-9)79.9760-11-12-2
96. St Marys CA (16-12)79.8020-30-20-1
97. Austin Peay (20-10)79.3990-10-32-4
98. Boston U (23-6)79.3820-21-00-1
99. Belmont (20-9)79.3230-10-14-5
100. Toledo (20-11)79.2500-12-30-2

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
101. California (13-15)79.2160-32-12-6
102. Mississippi (13-15)79.1130-52-52-3
103. Arkansas (12-16)79.0941-51-51-4
104. Detroit (19-11)78.9490-21-03-4
105. Niagara (22-10)78.9020-00-31-2
106. Fresno St (13-15)78.7520-20-24-7
107. SW Missouri St (19-14)78.4670-01-34-6
108. USC (13-15)78.4010-21-42-4
109. Old Dominion (17-12)78.3720-20-13-4
110. Drexel (18-11)78.2730-10-02-4

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
111. Washington St (12-16)78.2160-40-20-5
112. Ohio St (14-16)78.0620-50-45-4
113. Princeton (19-8)78.0400-20-10-1
114. Georgia St (18-9)78.0320-00-14-5
115. Louisiana Tech (13-15)77.9590-20-53-4
116. Fairfield (19-11)77.9560-10-31-1
117. Coll Of Charltn (19-9)77.8500-10-12-1
118. Miami Ohio (17-11)77.7610-20-13-2
119. Miami Fla (13-16)77.6370-60-34-4
120. San Diego St (12-16)77.5620-01-62-7

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
121. East Carolina (12-14)77.5190-10-81-3
122. Pennsylvania (17-10)77.4800-21-10-2
123. Davidson (14-12)77.3270-20-30-2
124. Colorado St (12-15)77.3070-10-33-6
125. Geo Southern (18-8)77.2570-00-10-1
126. Georgetown (13-15)77.1700-70-21-5
127. Pepperdine (15-16)77.1480-40-12-3
128. Iupui (19-11)77.1100-10-01-3
129. Buffalo (17-12)77.1090-00-11-4
130. San Francisco (16-14)76.8790-30-11-3

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
131. Chattanooga (16-11)76.7590-10-10-3
132. New Mexico (12-14)76.7480-12-30-5
133. UCLA (11-17)76.7090-31-43-2
134. Minnesota (12-18)76.6760-31-52-7
135. TCU (12-17)76.6380-31-72-2
136. Wisc Green Bay (16-11)76.5850-10-01-6
137. SMU (12-18)76.5691-41-21-6
138. Eastern Wash (16-13)76.5500-20-10-3
139. Middle Tenn St (15-12)76.5110-10-01-3
140. SO Mississippi (12-15)76.3730-11-51-5

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
141. Wyoming (11-16)76.3470-01-42-6
142. Western KY (13-13)76.3240-10-11-4
143. Oregon St (11-16)76.2710-21-12-6
144. NC Wilmington (15-15)76.2020-20-01-6
145. Santa Clara (15-16)76.0640-40-12-5
146. UC Santa Barbara (15-12)75.9810-10-01-5
147. Delaware (16-12)75.9750-10-01-4
148. Valparaiso (17-13)75.9460-30-00-3
149. New Orleans (16-14)75.7910-20-01-5
150. Vermont (22-9)75.7570-20-01-2

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
151. St Peters (17-12)75.7550-00-40-1
152. Butler (15-14)75.6730-00-12-6
153. Duquesne (12-17)75.5602-20-21-8
154. Arizona St (10-17)75.5390-20-32-5
155. Hofstra (14-15)75.5170-30-12-2
156. Oral Roberts (15-11)75.2590-00-11-0
157. Bradley (15-15)75.0400-00-31-6
158. Arkansas St (15-11)74.9960-00-00-2
159. Ball St (13-15)74.8061-10-21-2
160. Wright St (14-13)74.7870-00-11-4

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
161. Idaho (13-16)74.7070-10-10-7
162. Arkansas Lr (14-12)74.4630-10-00-2
163. Loyola Marymnt (14-14)74.4250-20-12-1
164. Portland (11-17)74.3901-30-01-4
165. Denver (13-13)74.1720-10-00-2
166. Furman (14-12)74.1670-00-01-2
167. Drake (11-16)74.0390-00-22-7
168. Miss Valley St (21-6)74.0320-00-21-0
169. Tulsa (9-20)73.9560-30-32-5
170. CS Northridge (13-16)73.8540-00-11-5

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
171. Birmingham Southern (18-7)73.7750-00-10-1
172. Marshall (12-17)73.7530-12-20-5
173. Centenary (14-12)73.6120-10-00-1
174. Penn St (9-19)73.6020-40-41-7
175. Mo Kansas City (15-14)73.5670-00-01-0
176. Stephen Austin (17-9)73.5590-00-00-0
177. Monmouth NJ (21-12)73.5380-20-10-1
178. Northeastern (17-11)73.5120-00-11-4
179. Weber St (13-14)73.3710-10-20-2
180. La Salle (10-20)73.1950-31-20-10

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
181. Akron (13-15)73.0750-20-11-2
182. North Texas (11-15)72.8620-00-01-2
183. Texas A&M-CC (11-11)72.8280-10-01-4
184. Bowling Green (12-17)72.7800-00-31-5
185. Siena (14-16)72.7190-20-20-2
186. New Mexico St (11-14)72.6650-00-20-3
187. Maine (18-10)72.6500-00-10-2
188. Houston (9-18)72.6110-10-62-5
189. Massachusetts (10-19)72.6040-50-22-5
190. American (18-13)72.5910-10-11-0

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
191. Morehead St (13-13)72.5430-10-10-6
192. Rider (17-13)72.5060-01-10-0
193. Tulane (10-17)72.5000-21-61-3
194. South Alabama (10-16)72.4500-10-21-2
195. Liberty (17-15)72.3820-20-20-1
196. St Johns (6-21)72.3670-80-20-6
197. Illinois St (9-19)72.3440-10-21-8
198. Northrn Arizona (13-14)72.2440-00-11-1
199. Oakland (11-17)72.1840-20-21-1
200. UC Riverside (10-17)72.1430-00-01-5

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
201. Lafayette (16-10)72.1350-00-00-1
202. SE Louisiana (16-9)72.0700-00-10-0
203. Chicago St (11-20)71.8870-10-20-4
204. Texas Arlington (14-12)71.6460-10-00-1
205. TX Pan American (10-14)71.6390-10-11-1
206. Loyola Chi (9-20)71.6320-10-20-5
207. Cal Poly (10-16)71.5960-00-00-5
208. Brown (13-13)71.5440-20-00-1
209. UC Irvine (10-17)71.4760-10-00-5
210. CS Fullerton (10-17)71.4620-00-00-4

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
211. Iona (11-18)71.4270-11-10-3
212. Ohio (10-20)71.4010-10-21-3
213. South Florida (7-20)71.3800-20-80-3
214. Tex San Antonio (16-13)71.3310-20-00-1
215. Sacramento St (11-15)71.2660-10-00-1
216. Eastern Mich (10-15)71.2390-00-21-3
217. Indiana St (9-19)71.1710-00-31-5
218. Fair Dickinson (16-12)70.8490-00-10-1
219. Montana St (12-13)70.7690-00-10-0
220. High Point (17-11)70.7200-00-20-1

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
221. Evansville (7-22)70.6160-00-30-10
222. Westrn Carolina (9-15)70.5200-00-10-3
223. Mercer (11-18)70.4620-20-11-8
224. Baylor (7-20)70.3730-50-41-5
225. Eastern KY (12-15)70.3520-10-10-6
226. Lehigh (18-11)70.0380-20-00-0
227. St Bonaventure (7-21)70.0230-60-11-8
228. Elon (10-18)70.0080-30-00-2
229. NC Greensboro (10-17)69.9890-10-00-5
230. Holy Cross (13-14)69.9510-10-21-0

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
231. Yale (11-15)69.7960-20-10-1
232. Portland St (9-16)69.7570-00-10-3
233. Idaho St (11-18)69.7250-00-10-5
234. St Francis NY (15-13)69.7210-00-00-0
235. Central Conn (14-14)69.7020-10-00-0
236. Texas A&M (7-21)69.6930-50-40-7
237. Tennessee Tech (10-15)69.6350-20-00-6
238. Appalachian St (8-21)69.5790-20-21-3
239. Stetson (10-15)69.5540-00-20-6
240. Winthrop (14-12)69.5450-11-10-0

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
241. Fordham (6-22)69.4990-30-50-7
242. Binghamton (14-16)69.4160-20-00-3
243. Southern Utah (8-18)69.3850-10-20-0
244. Northern Ill (8-19)69.2840-00-21-4
245. Bucknell (12-15)69.2780-00-10-1
246. Montana (8-18)69.2740-10-11-3
247. Canisius (10-19)69.2100-10-21-1
248. SO Carolina St (17-11)69.0880-00-20-1
249. Jacksonville St (12-14)69.0870-00-10-3
250. San Jose St (5-22)68.8770-20-20-7

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
251. Youngstown St (7-20)68.6890-10-01-5
252. Samford (8-16)68.6790-10-11-3
253. SE Missouri St (9-16)68.5160-00-20-4
254. Coppin St (18-14)68.4280-20-10-1
255. Jacksonville (11-15)68.2130-00-00-7
256. Coast Carolina (12-15)68.1770-10-10-0
257. Colgate (13-14)68.0660-10-00-0
258. Robert Morris (13-15)68.0250-10-00-0
259. Alabama St (16-15)68.0140-20-00-0
260. McNeese St (8-16)67.9190-10-00-3

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
261. St Francis PA (13-15)67.8300-10-00-1
262. Wagner (12-16)67.6730-00-10-2
263. Cornell (10-16)67.5660-10-00-0
264. James Madison (7-21)67.4870-00-11-4
265. SW Texas St (9-14)67.4820-00-00-2
266. William & Mary (7-21)67.4760-10-10-6
267. Tenn Martin (8-18)67.1870-20-10-4
268. Hartford (11-17)67.1040-10-00-3
269. Northwestern St (8-17)66.9140-10-00-2
270. Sam Houston (9-15)66.8600-10-10-0

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
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271. Ul Monroe (9-19)66.8340-10-00-2
272. Wofford (6-20)66.8240-20-00-4
273. Mt St Marys (10-19)66.6250-10-20-0
274. Florida A&M (15-17)66.6180-20-20-1
275. Gardner-Webb (7-20)66.6030-00-10-8
276. Delaware St (13-15)66.6010-00-20-4
277. Towson (8-21)66.5810-00-10-7
278. Columbia (9-17)66.4730-00-10-2
279. Sacred Heart (12-15)66.4150-20-00-1
280. Central Mich (5-24)66.2920-01-30-6

Team
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281. Long Beach St (5-21)66.2360-00-00-4
282. Tennessee St (6-20)66.1550-20-00-6
283. Fla Atlantic (7-19)66.1530-00-10-7
284. Hampton (13-17)65.6230-00-10-2
285. Radford (10-16)65.5920-00-00-2
286. Jackson St (12-17)65.3780-00-10-1
287. San Diego (3-26)65.3720-20-10-3
288. Texas Southern (13-15)65.2160-00-00-1
289. Stony Brook (10-20)65.0580-10-11-2
290. Marist (6-22)64.9410-10-20-0

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291. Southern (11-16)64.8750-00-00-1
292. New Hampshire (10-20)64.8370-10-10-4
293. Lamar (7-18)64.7910-00-00-4
294. Alabama A&M (13-16)64.6330-10-10-0
295. NC Asheville (7-20)64.5930-20-10-3
296. Grambling (9-18)64.1210-00-00-3
297. Eastern Ill (4-20)64.0700-10-00-6
298. IPFW (2-24)64.0380-00-10-6
299. Umbc (7-21)64.0240-00-00-2
300. Alcorn St (11-18)63.5940-00-00-0

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 Rating 
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301. Liu Brooklyn (8-19)63.4550-00-00-1
302. Cleveland St (2-25)63.2920-10-00-6
303. Lipscomb (5-21)62.8830-00-00-8
304. Quinnipiac (7-20)62.8560-10-10-0
305. Morgan St (11-16)62.6330-00-10-1
306. Norfolk St (12-16)62.5070-00-00-0
307. Western Ill (3-24)61.6760-10-00-1
308. The Citadel (3-21)61.6220-00-10-3
309. Florida Intl (3-22)61.3010-10-00-2
310. Harvard (4-23)60.5920-10-00-1

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311. Charleston Sou (4-22)60.5770-00-20-1
312. Albany NY (5-23)60.4670-10-00-2
313. Prairie View (7-20)60.3800-00-10-3
314. VMI (4-22)59.8700-00-20-1
315. Savannah St (4-23)59.8020-00-20-5
316. Campbell (3-24)59.7720-00-10-6
317. Bethune Cookman (8-21)59.2450-00-00-3
318. MD Eastrn Shore (8-21)58.4210-20-00-1
319. Howard (6-22)57.9720-10-00-1
320. Navy (3-23)57.9350-00-10-4

Team
 Rating 
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321. Army (4-21)57.2660-10-00-0
322. Nicholls St (2-21)57.0550-00-10-0
323. Loyola MD (1-27)56.5590-00-20-0
324. Dartmouth (2-24)56.2250-00-00-0
325. NO Carolina A&T (3-25)54.1520-10-10-2
326. Ark Pine Bluff (1-26)49.6780-00-20-1
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