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Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
1. Austin Peay (13-19)2.4094
2. Memphis (22-16)2.4007
3. Boise St (15-18)2.3354
4. Missouri (16-17)2.2902
5. Western Mich (19-13)2.2664
6. West Virginia (24-11)2.1774
7. St Josephs (24-12)2.1706
8. Texas Tech (22-11)2.1620
9. Vanderbilt (20-14)2.1501
10. Florida Intl (12-17)2.1485

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
11. SW Missouri St (19-13)2.1389
12. Auburn (14-17)2.1377
13. Kent (18-13)2.1369
14. Ohio (21-11)2.1324
15. North Carolina St (21-14)2.1230
16. TCU (20-14)2.1119
17. Indiana St (11-20)2.1066
18. Wagner (13-17)2.1040
19. Bradley (13-15)2.0916
20. Unlv (16-14)2.0897

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
21. Fairfield (15-15)2.0890
22. Belmont (14-16)2.0870
23. Drake (13-16)2.0857
24. Miami Ohio (18-11)2.0740
25. Arizona St (18-14)2.0737
26. San Francisco (17-14)2.0723
27. Hawaii (16-13)2.0710
28. Creighton (23-11)2.0699
29. Fresno St (15-14)2.0693
30. Alabama St (15-15)2.0683

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
31. Weber St (13-16)2.0683
32. Washington St (12-16)2.0633
33. Northern Ill (11-17)2.0632
34. Illinois St (16-13)2.0500
35. Clemson (16-16)2.0455
36. Troy St (11-18)2.0448
37. Oregon St (17-15)2.0438
38. Detroit (13-16)2.0428
39. Bowling Green (17-11)2.0422
40. Harvard (12-15)2.0419

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
41. Wichita St (22-10)2.0381
42. South Carolina (20-13)2.0329
43. Colorado (13-16)2.0302
44. Iona (15-16)2.0294
45. Oakland (12-19)2.0271
46. Buffalo (23-10)2.0262
47. Canisius (11-18)2.0220
48. Portland (14-15)2.0192
49. Liu Brooklyn (13-15)2.0191
50. Brown (12-16)2.0170

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
51. Pepperdine (16-14)2.0153
52. Stanford (18-13)2.0125
53. Tennessee (14-17)2.0089
54. Long Beach St (10-20)2.0082
55. Jackson St (14-17)2.0060
56. Wright St (15-15)2.0052
57. Tulsa (9-20)2.0039
58. Evansville (11-17)1.9964
59. Charleston Sou (12-16)1.9936
60. Louisiana Tech (14-15)1.9926

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
61. Houston (18-14)1.9917
62. St Louis (9-21)1.9917
63. Loyola Chi (12-17)1.9872
64. VA Commonwealth (19-13)1.9827
65. Eastern Mich (10-18)1.9795
66. Providence (13-17)1.9770
67. Mississippi (14-17)1.9753
68. Binghamton (12-17)1.9742
69. Ball St (14-13)1.9698
70. San Diego St (9-18)1.9692

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
71. Arkansas St (13-13)1.9688
72. Elon (7-22)1.9656
73. DePaul (20-11)1.9626
74. Alabama A&M (16-14)1.9618
75. Toledo (15-13)1.9614
76. Chicago St (9-19)1.9587
77. California (13-16)1.9553
78. Iowa St (19-12)1.9522
79. Gardner-Webb (16-12)1.9489
80. USC (12-17)1.9417

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
81. Stony Brook (12-17)1.9412
82. St Peters (15-13)1.9369
83. Georgetown (19-13)1.9267
84. Valparaiso (15-16)1.9236
85. Santa Clara (14-16)1.9219
86. Mississippi St (23-11)1.9165
87. Denver (18-11)1.9162
88. UC Santa Barbara (11-18)1.9135
89. CS Fullerton (20-11)1.9110
90. La Salle (10-19)1.9103

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
91. Jacksonville (14-13)1.9072
92. Marist (11-17)1.9047
93. Siena (6-24)1.9036
94. St Francis NY (13-15)1.9000
95. Temple (16-14)1.8998
96. Maryland (19-13)1.8984
97. High Point (11-17)1.8918
98. Rider (18-11)1.8847
99. UCLA (18-11)1.8838
100. Uab (22-11)1.8817

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
101. Southern (12-15)1.8774
102. Northern Iowa (20-11)1.8762
103. Maine (13-15)1.8760
104. Virginia Tech (16-14)1.8752
105. Montana St (12-14)1.8721
106. Robert Morris (13-15)1.8718
107. Columbia (12-15)1.8648
108. East Tenn St (7-19)1.8587
109. Richmond (14-15)1.8584
110. Iowa (21-12)1.8579

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
111. Rice (17-12)1.8559
112. Central Conn (12-16)1.8552
113. Nebraska (14-14)1.8546
114. Florida St (11-19)1.8539
115. Michigan (13-18)1.8533
116. Birmingham Southern (15-14)1.8523
117. Georgia St (13-15)1.8518
118. Delaware (11-20)1.8503
119. Monmouth NJ (16-13)1.8500
120. Akron (18-10)1.8496

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
121. Virginia (14-15)1.8492
122. Sacramento St (10-16)1.8491
123. Mt St Marys (7-20)1.8479
124. Butler (11-15)1.8469
125. Eastern Ill (11-16)1.8432
126. New Orleans (12-17)1.8429
127. Cornell (12-14)1.8428
128. Central Mich (8-18)1.8386
129. South Florida (13-16)1.8347
130. Rutgers (9-19)1.8342

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
131. Georgia Tech (20-12)1.8324
132. Idaho (7-21)1.8317
133. Iupui (14-13)1.8313
134. Yale (11-16)1.8310
135. Marquette (18-12)1.8259
136. Loyola Marymnt (11-17)1.8252
137. North Texas (12-14)1.8248
138. Southern Utah (11-15)1.8239
139. Lamar (14-11)1.8228
140. Indiana (15-14)1.8214

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
141. Idaho St (7-18)1.8194
142. Notre Dame (17-12)1.8169
143. Oregon (14-13)1.8123
144. SMU (13-14)1.8096
145. Hartford (8-20)1.8084
146. Samford (13-13)1.8060
147. Alcorn St (6-22)1.8045
148. Fla Atlantic (10-17)1.8045
149. SE Missouri St (11-14)1.8019
150. Morgan St (14-16)1.8017

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
151. Southern Ill (26-8)1.8000
152. Dartmouth (9-17)1.7981
153. Western KY (21-9)1.7980
154. Xavier (17-12)1.7978
155. BYU (7-21)1.7963
156. Middle Tenn St (17-12)1.7951
157. Northrn Arizona (9-17)1.7945
158. Quinnipiac (9-17)1.7930
159. Dayton (18-11)1.7909
160. Bethune Cookman (13-17)1.7886

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
161. San Diego (14-13)1.7868
162. UC Riverside (8-19)1.7862
163. Lehigh (13-15)1.7852
164. Fair Dickinson (19-13)1.7839
165. Kansas St (15-12)1.7825
166. Miss Valley St (13-15)1.7823
167. Fordham (13-16)1.7787
168. St Marys CA (23-9)1.7785
169. Colgate (10-16)1.7725
170. Umbc (10-18)1.7724

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
171. Wyoming (15-13)1.7720
172. Albany NY (13-15)1.7720
173. Liberty (12-15)1.7699
174. Western Ill (9-17)1.7682
175. Radford (10-16)1.7670
176. LSU (20-10)1.7603
177. Seton Hall (12-16)1.7598
178. Drexel (17-12)1.7577
179. Coll Of Charltn (18-10)1.7557
180. Mercer (14-12)1.7509

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
181. Stetson (9-17)1.7506
182. East Carolina (7-19)1.7487
183. Lipscomb (14-12)1.7465
184. Northwestern (15-16)1.7447
185. Central Florida (21-9)1.7445
186. St Francis PA (14-13)1.7436
187. Montana (16-13)1.7416
188. Massachusetts (16-12)1.7409
189. Manhattan (13-14)1.7401
190. Miami Fla (16-13)1.7399

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
191. San Jose St (6-23)1.7385
192. Geo Southern (14-13)1.7349
193. Illinois Chi (13-13)1.7349
194. Texas Southern (10-15)1.7308
195. Colorado St (9-17)1.7308
196. Minnesota (21-11)1.7252
197. UC Irvine (15-13)1.7244
198. Mo Kansas City (14-12)1.7185
199. New Hampshire (8-19)1.7132
200. Marshall (6-22)1.7099

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
201. Texas (19-11)1.7089
202. Eastern Wash (7-20)1.7079
203. NC Greensboro (15-12)1.7041
204. Hampton (17-13)1.6951
205. George Mason (16-13)1.6937
206. Stephen Austin (9-15)1.6932
207. Princeton (14-13)1.6890
208. Ohio St (20-12)1.6884
209. NC Wilmington (19-10)1.6854
210. Wisc Green Bay (16-11)1.6836

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
211. Loyola MD (6-22)1.6825
212. Oklahoma (25-8)1.6819
213. SO Carolina St (19-12)1.6811
214. Rhode Island (6-22)1.6790
215. Tex San Antonio (12-13)1.6769
216. Tennessee St (12-16)1.6765
217. Coast Carolina (8-18)1.6672
218. CS Northridge (17-13)1.6666
219. Arkansas (18-12)1.6624
220. Cleveland St (7-17)1.6616

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
221. St Johns (9-18)1.6607
222. Texas AM (19-10)1.6595
223. Alabama (23-8)1.6546
224. Wofford (10-14)1.6529
225. Tennessee Tech (15-11)1.6496
226. SW Texas St (10-14)1.6437
227. Lafayette (8-19)1.6433
228. Prairie View (5-23)1.6411
229. NO Carolina A&T (6-24)1.6410
230. Florida (24-8)1.6393

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
231. South Alabama (7-18)1.6389
232. Connecticut (23-8)1.6351
233. Air Force (17-12)1.6326
234. Ul Lafayette (19-11)1.6321
235. VMI (7-18)1.6317
236. Delaware St (19-14)1.6311
237. Wisconsin (25-9)1.6303
238. Chattanooga (17-11)1.6296
239. Ark Pine Bluff (5-21)1.6288
240. UC Davis (10-17)1.6284

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
241. Davidson (20-9)1.6172
242. American (16-12)1.6164
243. Kansas (23-7)1.6149
244. Oklahoma St (25-7)1.6145
245. Towson (5-24)1.6143
246. McNeese St (9-15)1.6134
247. Arizona (30-7)1.6130
248. Navy (8-18)1.6117
249. Utah Valley St (14-12)1.6038
250. Northwestern St (17-12)1.6026

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
251. Duquesne (8-22)1.6019
252. Oral Roberts (24-8)1.6000
253. Texas El Paso (25-8)1.5969
254. NC Asheville (9-17)1.5916
255. Norfolk St (13-14)1.5909
256. Hofstra (21-9)1.5904
257. Westrn Carolina (5-22)1.5897
258. SO Mississippi (8-17)1.5881
259. Charlotte (21-8)1.5877
260. Texas Arlington (9-15)1.5875

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
261. Northeastern (21-10)1.5863
262. Niagara (20-10)1.5811
263. Sacred Heart (4-23)1.5807
264. Syracuse (27-7)1.5761
265. SE Louisiana (19-9)1.5758
266. Villanova (24-8)1.5748
267. Appalachian St (15-12)1.5743
268. Florida A&M (14-15)1.5698
269. Grambling (12-12)1.5618
270. Furman (12-13)1.5605

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
271. Pittsburgh (20-9)1.5589
272. Washington (28-6)1.5570
273. Sam Houston (14-12)1.5542
274. Tenn Martin (4-21)1.5401
275. TX Pan American (8-16)1.5373
276. Boston U (20-9)1.5313
277. Murray St (15-11)1.5303
278. Cincinnati (25-8)1.5292
279. William & Mary (8-21)1.5214
280. Morehead St (8-16)1.5185

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
281. Arkansas Lr (15-10)1.5137
282. New Mexico St (4-24)1.4826
283. Tulane (9-18)1.4788
284. Kentucky (28-6)1.4778
285. Purdue (7-21)1.4725
286. Jacksonville St (4-22)1.4635
287. Michigan St (26-7)1.4446
288. Portland St (17-9)1.4317
289. Bucknell (23-10)1.4312
290. Georgia (8-20)1.4266

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
291. Geo Washington (22-8)1.4220
292. Penn St (6-23)1.4197
293. Duke (27-6)1.4149
294. Coppin St (14-15)1.4135
295. Pennsylvania (20-9)1.4109
296. IPFW (6-22)1.4107
297. Ul Monroe (5-19)1.4088
298. The Citadel (8-16)1.4067
299. Cal Poly (4-22)1.4067
300. Eastern KY (19-9)1.4009

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
301. Boston College (25-5)1.3896
302. Wake Forest (27-6)1.3883
303. Old Dominion (27-6)1.3836
304. Nevada (24-7)1.3726
305. James Madison (6-22)1.3701
306. New Mexico (25-7)1.3695
307. Utah (27-6)1.3605
308. Utah St (24-8)1.3420
309. Youngstown St (3-23)1.3226
310. Holy Cross (25-7)1.3192

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
311. Louisville (31-5)1.2639
312. Howard (5-23)1.2623
313. Vermont (25-7)1.2554
314. Wisc Milwaukee (24-6)1.2054
315. Pacific (27-4)1.1891
316. Campbell (2-25)1.1754
317. Winthrop (24-6)1.1659
318. Gonzaga (26-5)1.1595
319. North Carolina (33-4)1.1265
320. Nicholls St (3-21)1.1150

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
321. Texas A&M-CC (16-8)1.0796
322. Centenary (2-24)1.0481
323. Baylor (8-19)1.0431
324. St Bonaventure (2-26)1.0252
325. Northern Colorado (4-21)1.0111
326. MD Eastrn Shore (2-26)0.9328
327. Illinois (37-2)0.8664
328. Army (1-24)0.8319
329. Longwood (1-29)0.8247
330. Savannah St (0-28)0.3874
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