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Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
1. Memphis (22-16)2.6006
2. St Josephs (24-12)2.5946
3. Ohio (21-11)2.5086
4. Creighton (23-11)2.4765
5. Southern Ill (26-8)2.4696
6. Buffalo (23-10)2.4620
7. SW Missouri St (19-13)2.4478
8. Western Mich (19-13)2.4253
9. Wichita St (22-10)2.3800
10. Texas Tech (22-11)2.3357

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
11. Miami Ohio (18-11)2.3326
12. Bowling Green (17-11)2.2945
13. Western KY (21-9)2.2847
14. Vanderbilt (20-14)2.2837
15. West Virginia (24-11)2.2810
16. Central Florida (21-9)2.2733
17. Uab (22-11)2.2609
18. Mississippi St (23-11)2.2408
19. South Carolina (20-13)2.2370
20. Northern Iowa (20-11)2.2355

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
21. Arizona (30-7)2.2293
22. St Marys CA (23-9)2.2149
23. Toledo (15-13)2.2144
24. Stanford (18-13)2.2125
25. Villanova (24-8)2.2081
26. North Carolina St (21-14)2.2036
27. LSU (20-10)2.2022
28. Boise St (15-18)2.1907
29. TCU (20-14)2.1887
30. Washington (28-6)2.1784

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
31. Unlv (16-14)2.1749
32. Austin Peay (13-19)2.1747
33. Oklahoma St (25-7)2.1738
34. Denver (18-11)2.1710
35. Rider (18-11)2.1649
36. Missouri (16-17)2.1640
37. Wisconsin (25-9)2.1619
38. VA Commonwealth (19-13)2.1609
39. Kent (18-13)2.1521
40. Oklahoma (25-8)2.1405

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
41. San Francisco (17-14)2.1330
42. DePaul (20-11)2.1239
43. Alabama A&M (16-14)2.1234
44. Alabama St (15-15)2.1085
45. Gardner-Webb (16-12)2.1061
46. Fair Dickinson (19-13)2.1008
47. Belmont (14-16)2.1000
48. Wagner (13-17)2.0997
49. Florida (24-8)2.0973
50. Pepperdine (16-14)2.0885

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
51. Iona (15-16)2.0828
52. Ball St (14-13)2.0812
53. Fairfield (15-15)2.0806
54. CS Fullerton (20-11)2.0788
55. Texas El Paso (25-8)2.0774
56. Kansas (23-7)2.0751
57. Marquette (18-12)2.0698
58. Maryland (19-13)2.0670
59. Oral Roberts (24-8)2.0632
60. Connecticut (23-8)2.0611

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
61. Jackson St (14-17)2.0438
62. Akron (18-10)2.0411
63. Rice (17-12)2.0395
64. Oregon St (17-15)2.0366
65. Detroit (13-16)2.0363
66. Houston (18-14)2.0361
67. Wright St (15-15)2.0339
68. Montana (16-13)2.0310
69. Kentucky (28-6)2.0305
70. Arizona St (18-14)2.0214

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
71. Coll Of Charltn (18-10)2.0210
72. Hawaii (16-13)2.0185
73. Davidson (20-9)2.0045
74. Monmouth NJ (16-13)1.9968
75. Iowa (21-12)1.9959
76. Georgetown (19-13)1.9952
77. Fresno St (15-14)1.9932
78. Louisiana Tech (14-15)1.9909
79. St Peters (15-13)1.9907
80. Liu Brooklyn (13-15)1.9902

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
81. Duke (27-6)1.9890
82. SO Carolina St (19-12)1.9846
83. Weber St (13-16)1.9791
84. Ul Lafayette (19-11)1.9783
85. Niagara (20-10)1.9742
86. Syracuse (27-7)1.9683
87. Iowa St (19-12)1.9659
88. Birmingham Southern (15-14)1.9618
89. Alabama (23-8)1.9593
90. St Francis NY (13-15)1.9579

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
91. UCLA (18-11)1.9551
92. Northeastern (21-10)1.9464
93. Dayton (18-11)1.9449
94. CS Northridge (17-13)1.9431
95. Robert Morris (13-15)1.9427
96. Cincinnati (25-8)1.9410
97. Tennessee Tech (15-11)1.9379
98. Illinois St (16-13)1.9375
99. Georgia Tech (20-12)1.9337
100. Temple (16-14)1.9327

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
101. Middle Tenn St (17-12)1.9292
102. Minnesota (21-11)1.9267
103. Drake (13-16)1.9265
104. Texas (19-11)1.9260
105. Southern (12-15)1.9239
106. Indiana (15-14)1.9229
107. Portland (14-15)1.9201
108. Wake Forest (27-6)1.9191
109. Boston College (25-5)1.9173
110. Chattanooga (17-11)1.9155

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
111. Xavier (17-12)1.9140
112. Oakland (12-19)1.9086
113. Binghamton (12-17)1.9074
114. Old Dominion (27-6)1.9068
115. High Point (11-17)1.9040
116. Valparaiso (15-16)1.9031
117. Delaware St (19-14)1.9007
118. Nevada (24-7)1.9005
119. Northwestern St (17-12)1.8996
120. Louisville (31-5)1.8938

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
121. Bradley (13-15)1.8926
122. Clemson (16-16)1.8833
123. Auburn (14-17)1.8823
124. Hampton (17-13)1.8821
125. NC Wilmington (19-10)1.8808
126. Boston U (20-9)1.8800
127. Iupui (14-13)1.8786
128. Providence (13-17)1.8749
129. Lamar (14-11)1.8724
130. Central Conn (12-16)1.8719

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
131. Massachusetts (16-12)1.8699
132. Hofstra (21-9)1.8668
133. Maine (13-15)1.8644
134. Charleston Sou (12-16)1.8620
135. Loyola Chi (12-17)1.8600
136. Charlotte (21-8)1.8598
137. Troy St (11-18)1.8567
138. Miss Valley St (13-15)1.8545
139. Texas AM (19-10)1.8487
140. Wisc Green Bay (16-11)1.8484

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
141. Washington St (12-16)1.8442
142. NC Greensboro (15-12)1.8398
143. Harvard (12-15)1.8377
144. Brown (12-16)1.8373
145. Santa Clara (14-16)1.8345
146. USC (12-17)1.8324
147. Princeton (14-13)1.8303
148. Yale (11-16)1.8280
149. UC Irvine (15-13)1.8227
150. Stony Brook (12-17)1.8217

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
151. SE Louisiana (19-9)1.8198
152. Marist (11-17)1.8173
153. Florida Intl (12-17)1.8163
154. George Mason (16-13)1.8155
155. Northern Ill (11-17)1.8134
156. California (13-16)1.8107
157. Geo Southern (14-13)1.8090
158. Colorado (13-16)1.8080
159. Notre Dame (17-12)1.8066
160. Michigan St (26-7)1.8051

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
161. Geo Washington (22-8)1.8041
162. Manhattan (13-14)1.8004
163. Mo Kansas City (14-12)1.7998
164. Utah (27-6)1.7988
165. Wyoming (15-13)1.7967
166. Samford (13-13)1.7964
167. Pennsylvania (20-9)1.7962
168. Jacksonville (14-13)1.7948
169. Canisius (11-18)1.7891
170. Georgia St (13-15)1.7888

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
171. St Francis PA (14-13)1.7886
172. Richmond (14-15)1.7863
173. Montana St (12-14)1.7842
174. Murray St (15-11)1.7833
175. Indiana St (11-20)1.7771
176. San Diego (14-13)1.7741
177. Oregon (14-13)1.7695
178. Sam Houston (14-12)1.7676
179. Fla Atlantic (10-17)1.7675
180. UC Santa Barbara (11-18)1.7670

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
181. Albany NY (13-15)1.7668
182. Air Force (17-12)1.7660
183. Liberty (12-15)1.7636
184. Grambling (12-12)1.7599
185. Lehigh (13-15)1.7597
186. Illinois Chi (13-13)1.7556
187. Eastern Ill (11-16)1.7540
188. Drexel (17-12)1.7540
189. Tennessee (14-17)1.7529
190. Butler (11-15)1.7515

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
191. Utah St (24-8)1.7490
192. SMU (13-14)1.7483
193. SE Missouri St (11-14)1.7456
194. Northwestern (15-16)1.7385
195. Virginia (14-15)1.7385
196. Mississippi (14-17)1.7378
197. New Orleans (12-17)1.7375
198. Eastern KY (19-9)1.7374
199. Mercer (14-12)1.7373
200. Ohio St (20-12)1.7338

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
201. Gonzaga (26-5)1.7314
202. Tex San Antonio (12-13)1.7307
203. Cornell (12-14)1.7295
204. Lipscomb (14-12)1.7282
205. Arkansas St (13-13)1.7260
206. Pittsburgh (20-9)1.7254
207. Sacramento St (10-16)1.7236
208. Virginia Tech (16-14)1.7229
209. Appalachian St (15-12)1.7203
210. Tulsa (9-20)1.7182

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
211. Fordham (13-16)1.7147
212. North Texas (12-14)1.7144
213. Long Beach St (10-20)1.7135
214. Morgan St (14-16)1.7128
215. Evansville (11-17)1.7107
216. North Carolina (33-4)1.7098
217. Nebraska (14-14)1.7079
218. Miami Fla (16-13)1.7013
219. Columbia (12-15)1.6998
220. Loyola Marymnt (11-17)1.6992

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
221. Kansas St (15-12)1.6939
222. Texas Southern (10-15)1.6924
223. Utah Valley St (14-12)1.6847
224. Portland St (17-9)1.6840
225. American (16-12)1.6767
226. Bethune Cookman (13-17)1.6739
227. St Louis (9-21)1.6734
228. New Mexico (25-7)1.6710
229. Holy Cross (25-7)1.6607
230. Michigan (13-18)1.6599

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
231. Bucknell (23-10)1.6510
232. Arkansas Lr (15-10)1.6366
233. Arkansas (18-12)1.6331
234. La Salle (10-19)1.6331
235. Delaware (11-20)1.6322
236. Wofford (10-14)1.6248
237. Pacific (27-4)1.6155
238. Eastern Mich (10-18)1.6111
239. Chicago St (9-19)1.6107
240. Furman (12-13)1.5939

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
241. Southern Utah (11-15)1.5900
242. Stephen Austin (9-15)1.5899
243. Dartmouth (9-17)1.5872
244. South Florida (13-16)1.5871
245. Radford (10-16)1.5865
246. Western Ill (9-17)1.5812
247. Coppin St (14-15)1.5809
248. San Diego St (9-18)1.5785
249. Tennessee St (12-16)1.5739
250. Vermont (25-7)1.5585

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
251. Seton Hall (12-16)1.5574
252. NC Asheville (9-17)1.5552
253. Northrn Arizona (9-17)1.5537
254. SW Texas St (10-14)1.5521
255. Stetson (9-17)1.5427
256. Florida St (11-19)1.5425
257. Florida A&M (14-15)1.5401
258. UC Davis (10-17)1.5335
259. Wisc Milwaukee (24-6)1.5254
260. Umbc (10-18)1.5246

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
261. Colgate (10-16)1.5200
262. Winthrop (24-6)1.4952
263. Coast Carolina (8-18)1.4855
264. Norfolk St (13-14)1.4848
265. Elon (7-22)1.4717
266. UC Riverside (8-19)1.4700
267. Idaho (7-21)1.4507
268. South Alabama (7-18)1.4452
269. Illinois (37-2)1.4450
270. Quinnipiac (9-17)1.4439

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
271. BYU (7-21)1.4369
272. Central Mich (8-18)1.4340
273. East Tenn St (7-19)1.4257
274. Texas Arlington (9-15)1.4225
275. Eastern Wash (7-20)1.4160
276. Colorado St (9-17)1.4070
277. Navy (8-18)1.4039
278. New Hampshire (8-19)1.4022
279. McNeese St (9-15)1.3967
280. Idaho St (7-18)1.3950

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
281. Hartford (8-20)1.3742
282. Rutgers (9-19)1.3731
283. East Carolina (7-19)1.3525
284. William & Mary (8-21)1.3465
285. Mt St Marys (7-20)1.3425
286. Siena (6-24)1.3314
287. St Johns (9-18)1.3142
288. Lafayette (8-19)1.3068
289. Cleveland St (7-17)1.2971
290. TX Pan American (8-16)1.2931

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
291. Rhode Island (6-22)1.2861
292. Loyola MD (6-22)1.2728
293. Marshall (6-22)1.2668
294. Duquesne (8-22)1.2606
295. Alcorn St (6-22)1.2570
296. Morehead St (8-16)1.2479
297. VMI (7-18)1.2371
298. Purdue (7-21)1.2265
299. SO Mississippi (8-17)1.2120
300. Texas A&M-CC (16-8)1.1976

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
301. NO Carolina A&T (6-24)1.1925
302. San Jose St (6-23)1.1885
303. Ark Pine Bluff (5-21)1.1813
304. Prairie View (5-23)1.1614
305. Tulane (9-18)1.1428
306. Towson (5-24)1.1318
307. Westrn Carolina (5-22)1.1208
308. The Citadel (8-16)1.1198
309. IPFW (6-22)1.0966
310. Georgia (8-20)1.0850

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
311. Sacred Heart (4-23)1.0782
312. Penn St (6-23)1.0667
313. Jacksonville St (4-22)1.0530
314. New Mexico St (4-24)1.0518
315. Ul Monroe (5-19)1.0409
316. James Madison (6-22)1.0308
317. Tenn Martin (4-21)1.0102
318. Howard (5-23)0.9382
319. Cal Poly (4-22)0.9368
320. Youngstown St (3-23)0.8521

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
321. Baylor (8-19)0.7901
322. Nicholls St (3-21)0.7319
323. Northern Colorado (4-21)0.7025
324. Campbell (2-25)0.6958
325. Centenary (2-24)0.6542
326. St Bonaventure (2-26)0.6456
327. MD Eastrn Shore (2-26)0.5565
328. Army (1-24)0.4974
329. Longwood (1-29)0.4873
330. Savannah St (0-28)0.1692
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