Need printable brackets? Get 2008 NCAA men's basketball tournament brackets. Need a job? We're hiring.

NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

Gambling vs. Investing: An Analysis (2 of 2)

Contributing author Ron James runs Monte Carlo simulations to examine the risks involved in sports betting. Think you’re guaranteed to make millions if you can pick winners at a 60% rate? Think again.

Read the full article -- No comments »
  Printable NCAA Bracket
2008 Printable NCAA Tournament Bracket

Recent Articles:
Gambling vs. Investing: An Analysis (2 of 2)
Wall St. Journal Competition Results
Strategies on filling out that NCAA Tournament Bracket — SmartStats and BracketBrains
NCAA Basketball Coaches Gone Wild (1 of 2)
Gambling vs. Investing: An Analysis (1 of 2)
2008 Conference Tournaments: Brackets & Odds
March Madness Performance: 2 Myths Dispelled
Spreading the Nerd Word
Games against non-D1 teams not considered in power rankings or predictions.

Strength of Schedule

By division
Last Updated Thu Aug 18 11:17:44 EDT 2005

Home Advantage = 3.8097

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
1. Purdue (7-21)0.4079
2. Penn St (6-23)0.3970
3. Rutgers (9-19)0.3894
4. Virginia (14-15)0.3598
5. Marshall (6-22)0.3286
6. BYU (7-21)0.3208
7. Florida St (11-19)0.3202
8. Georgia (8-20)0.3167
9. East Carolina (7-19)0.3140
10. St Johns (9-18)0.3100

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
11. Colorado (13-16)0.2939
12. San Diego St (9-18)0.2896
13. Missouri (16-17)0.2714
14. California (13-16)0.2679
15. Washington St (12-16)0.2671
16. Central Mich (8-18)0.2631
17. Clemson (16-16)0.2630
18. USC (12-17)0.2620
19. Providence (13-17)0.2610
20. San Jose St (6-23)0.2599

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
21. Tennessee (14-17)0.2570
22. Seton Hall (12-16)0.2570
23. Auburn (14-17)0.2547
24. Indiana (15-14)0.2517
25. Indiana St (11-20)0.2474
26. Michigan (13-18)0.2459
27. St Louis (9-21)0.2457
28. Oregon (14-13)0.2454
29. Northwestern (15-16)0.2416
30. St Bonaventure (2-26)0.2397

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
31. Virginia Tech (16-14)0.2382
32. Georgia Tech (20-12)0.2374
33. Mississippi (14-17)0.2317
34. Miami Fla (16-13)0.2297
35. New Mexico St (4-24)0.2261
36. North Carolina St (21-14)0.2160
37. West Virginia (24-11)0.2134
38. Bradley (13-15)0.2091
39. Colorado St (9-17)0.2078
40. Stanford (18-13)0.2077

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
41. Baylor (8-19)0.2044
42. Youngstown St (3-23)0.2036
43. Kansas St (15-12)0.2019
44. Iowa (21-12)0.2006
45. Texas Tech (22-11)0.1993
46. UCLA (18-11)0.1988
47. SO Mississippi (8-17)0.1947
48. Unlv (16-14)0.1940
49. Wisconsin (25-9)0.1898
50. Georgetown (19-13)0.1898

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
51. Nebraska (14-14)0.1895
52. Notre Dame (17-12)0.1891
53. Loyola Marymnt (11-17)0.1856
54. Maryland (19-13)0.1855
55. Iowa St (19-12)0.1833
56. Cal Poly (4-22)0.1824
57. Oregon St (17-15)0.1810
58. Drake (13-16)0.1774
59. Evansville (11-17)0.1753
60. Arizona St (18-14)0.1716

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
61. South Carolina (20-13)0.1696
62. Centenary (2-24)0.1676
63. Northern Ill (11-17)0.1649
64. Wyoming (15-13)0.1637
65. Minnesota (21-11)0.1622
66. Illinois St (16-13)0.1606
67. Vanderbilt (20-14)0.1602
68. LSU (20-10)0.1584
69. Ohio St (20-12)0.1580
70. Texas (19-11)0.1574

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
71. Cleveland St (7-17)0.1563
72. TCU (20-14)0.1557
73. Houston (18-14)0.1532
74. South Florida (13-16)0.1530
75. Tulane (9-18)0.1524
76. Eastern Mich (10-18)0.1511
77. Mississippi St (23-11)0.1465
78. Pittsburgh (20-9)0.1459
79. Kansas (23-7)0.1453
80. San Francisco (17-14)0.1402

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
81. Richmond (14-15)0.1398
82. Wake Forest (27-6)0.1393
83. La Salle (10-19)0.1368
84. Duquesne (8-22)0.1368
85. Rhode Island (6-22)0.1345
86. Temple (16-14)0.1326
87. Duke (27-6)0.1314
88. Kentucky (28-6)0.1282
89. Connecticut (23-8)0.1259
90. San Diego (14-13)0.1254

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
91. Santa Clara (14-16)0.1249
92. Marquette (18-12)0.1246
93. Texas AM (19-10)0.1238
94. Kent (18-13)0.1237
95. Uab (22-11)0.1237
96. Alabama (23-8)0.1232
97. Oklahoma (25-8)0.1219
98. Arkansas (18-12)0.1217
99. Ball St (14-13)0.1211
100. Tenn Martin (4-21)0.1196

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
101. Washington (28-6)0.1192
102. Oklahoma St (25-7)0.1189
103. Florida (24-8)0.1182
104. SW Missouri St (19-13)0.1175
105. Florida Intl (12-17)0.1173
106. Northern Iowa (20-11)0.1164
107. Arizona (30-7)0.1162
108. Michigan St (26-7)0.1140
109. Memphis (22-16)0.1140
110. Villanova (24-8)0.1137

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
111. South Alabama (7-18)0.1087
112. Portland (14-15)0.1073
113. Boston College (25-5)0.1066
114. Miami Ohio (18-11)0.1062
115. Syracuse (27-7)0.1058
116. Loyola Chi (12-17)0.1054
117. Charlotte (21-8)0.1022
118. DePaul (20-11)0.1010
119. Pepperdine (16-14)0.0999
120. Bowling Green (17-11)0.0995

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
121. Toledo (15-13)0.0972
122. Westrn Carolina (5-22)0.0968
123. Creighton (23-11)0.0944
124. North Carolina (33-4)0.0940
125. Wichita St (22-10)0.0921
126. Cincinnati (25-8)0.0899
127. Idaho (7-21)0.0890
128. Oakland (12-19)0.0882
129. Air Force (17-12)0.0881
130. Southern Ill (26-8)0.0838

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
131. St Marys CA (23-9)0.0823
132. Elon (7-22)0.0819
133. Louisville (31-5)0.0817
134. New Orleans (12-17)0.0803
135. Western Mich (19-13)0.0760
136. St Josephs (24-12)0.0741
137. Ohio (21-11)0.0720
138. Long Beach St (10-20)0.0665
139. Rice (17-12)0.0663
140. Arkansas Lr (15-10)0.0624

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
141. Buffalo (23-10)0.0610
142. Illinois (37-2)0.0599
143. Detroit (13-16)0.0583
144. Illinois Chi (13-13)0.0583
145. UC Santa Barbara (11-18)0.0576
146. Utah (27-6)0.0573
147. SMU (13-14)0.0558
148. Chicago St (9-19)0.0553
149. Akron (18-10)0.0548
150. Siena (6-24)0.0540

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
151. Tulsa (9-20)0.0507
152. Ul Lafayette (19-11)0.0489
153. Wright St (15-15)0.0480
154. Tennessee St (12-16)0.0475
155. Boise St (15-18)0.0437
156. Louisiana Tech (14-15)0.0435
157. Gonzaga (26-5)0.0422
158. Northern Colorado (4-21)0.0414
159. Wisc Milwaukee (24-6)0.0389
160. UC Riverside (8-19)0.0377

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
161. Fresno St (15-14)0.0375
162. Massachusetts (16-12)0.0331
163. Arkansas St (13-13)0.0329
164. Wisc Green Bay (16-11)0.0303
165. Xavier (17-12)0.0292
166. Hawaii (16-13)0.0239
167. Butler (11-15)0.0184
168. Pacific (27-4)0.0181
169. CS Fullerton (20-11)0.0178
170. Fordham (13-16)0.0167

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
171. Geo Washington (22-8)0.0146
172. New Mexico (25-7)0.0131
173. Jacksonville St (4-22)0.0111
174. Austin Peay (13-19)0.0106
175. Nevada (24-7)0.0097
176. East Tenn St (7-19)0.0092
177. IPFW (6-22)0.0066
178. North Texas (12-14)0.0066
179. CS Northridge (17-13)3.9671
180. Savannah St (0-28)-0.003

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
181. Western Ill (9-17)-0.003
182. Army (1-24)-0.003
183. Eastern Wash (7-20)-0.003
184. Lafayette (8-19)-0.004
185. Dayton (18-11)-0.006
186. Davidson (20-9)-0.008
187. Towson (5-24)-0.009
188. Eastern Ill (11-16)-0.010
189. Valparaiso (15-16)-0.014
190. Dartmouth (9-17)-0.015

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
191. Denver (18-11)-0.016
192. Drexel (17-12)-0.017
193. Campbell (2-25)-0.020
194. New Hampshire (8-19)-0.023
195. Southern Utah (11-15)-0.024
196. Delaware (11-20)-0.026
197. Longwood (1-29)-0.028
198. Hartford (8-20)-0.029
199. Loyola MD (6-22)-0.030
200. Princeton (14-13)-0.031

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
201. Nicholls St (3-21)-0.033
202. Wofford (10-14)-0.034
203. NC Greensboro (15-12)-0.035
204. James Madison (6-22)-0.035
205. UC Davis (10-17)-0.037
206. MD Eastrn Shore (2-26)-0.038
207. Iupui (14-13)-0.039
208. UC Irvine (15-13)-0.042
209. William & Mary (8-21)-0.042
210. Furman (12-13)-0.043

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
211. SE Missouri St (11-14)-0.043
212. Ul Monroe (5-19)-0.043
213. Binghamton (12-17)-0.043
214. Middle Tenn St (17-12)-0.044
215. Bucknell (23-10)-0.044
216. Maine (13-15)-0.045
217. Texas El Paso (25-8)-0.046
218. Morehead St (8-16)-0.046
219. Vermont (25-7)-0.048
220. TX Pan American (8-16)-0.048

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
221. McNeese St (9-15)-0.049
222. Western KY (21-9)-0.050
223. Yale (11-16)-0.055
224. Stony Brook (12-17)-0.058
225. Idaho St (7-18)-0.060
226. Colgate (10-16)-0.063
227. Sacred Heart (4-23)-0.064
228. The Citadel (8-16)-0.064
229. Texas Arlington (9-15)-0.065
230. Umbc (10-18)-0.066

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
231. VA Commonwealth (19-13)-0.067
232. Coast Carolina (8-18)-0.070
233. Canisius (11-18)-0.071
234. Harvard (12-15)-0.071
235. Cornell (12-14)-0.076
236. Brown (12-16)-0.077
237. NC Asheville (9-17)-0.080
238. Stetson (9-17)-0.081
239. Sacramento St (10-16)-0.082
240. Fairfield (15-15)-0.085

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
241. Manhattan (13-14)-0.090
242. Northeastern (21-10)-0.091
243. Chattanooga (17-11)-0.091
244. Mo Kansas City (14-12)-0.093
245. Charleston Sou (12-16)-0.093
246. Samford (13-13)-0.094
247. American (16-12)-0.094
248. NC Wilmington (19-10)-0.094
249. Marist (11-17)-0.094
250. George Mason (16-13)-0.096

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
251. Pennsylvania (20-9)-0.099
252. Hofstra (21-9)-0.102
253. SW Texas St (10-14)-0.104
254. Murray St (15-11)-0.105
255. Iona (15-16)-0.106
256. Troy St (11-18)-0.106
257. Navy (8-18)-0.109
258. Tex San Antonio (12-13)-0.110
259. Georgia St (13-15)-0.110
260. Weber St (13-16)-0.110

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
261. St Peters (15-13)-0.112
262. Northwestern St (17-12)-0.114
263. VMI (7-18)-0.114
264. Liberty (12-15)-0.114
265. Prairie View (5-23)-0.116
266. Mt St Marys (7-20)-0.116
267. Northrn Arizona (9-17)-0.117
268. Albany NY (13-15)-0.117
269. Howard (5-23)-0.120
270. Montana (16-13)-0.122

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
271. Alcorn St (6-22)-0.128
272. NO Carolina A&T (6-24)-0.129
273. Utah St (24-8)-0.129
274. Geo Southern (14-13)-0.129
275. Columbia (12-15)-0.130
276. Radford (10-16)-0.130
277. Lamar (14-11)-0.132
278. Boston U (20-9)-0.133
279. Wagner (13-17)-0.134
280. Eastern KY (19-9)-0.137

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
281. Oral Roberts (24-8)-0.137
282. Sam Houston (14-12)-0.139
283. Niagara (20-10)-0.141
284. Stephen Austin (9-15)-0.146
285. Quinnipiac (9-17)-0.146
286. Fla Atlantic (10-17)-0.147
287. Ark Pine Bluff (5-21)-0.149
288. Rider (18-11)-0.151
289. Montana St (12-14)-0.152
290. Appalachian St (15-12)-0.152

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
291. Tennessee Tech (15-11)-0.154
292. Lehigh (13-15)-0.155
293. Old Dominion (27-6)-0.156
294. Liu Brooklyn (13-15)-0.160
295. Jacksonville (14-13)-0.177
296. Robert Morris (13-15)-0.177
297. St Francis PA (14-13)-0.183
298. Birmingham Southern (15-14)-0.183
299. High Point (11-17)-0.185
300. Belmont (14-16)-0.186

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
301. Coll Of Charltn (18-10)-0.191
302. Central Conn (12-16)-0.192
303. SE Louisiana (19-9)-0.193
304. Holy Cross (25-7)-0.194
305. Coppin St (14-15)-0.196
306. Gardner-Webb (16-12)-0.208
307. St Francis NY (13-15)-0.210
308. Delaware St (19-14)-0.215
309. Texas A&M-CC (16-8)-0.217
310. Monmouth NJ (16-13)-0.221

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
311. Lipscomb (14-12)-0.221
312. Utah Valley St (14-12)-0.224
313. Bethune Cookman (13-17)-0.228
314. Mercer (14-12)-0.240
315. Fair Dickinson (19-13)-0.242
316. Florida A&M (14-15)-0.245
317. Morgan St (14-16)-0.256
318. Central Florida (21-9)-0.259
319. Texas Southern (10-15)-0.264
320. Jackson St (14-17)-0.265

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
321. Portland St (17-9)-0.266
322. Southern (12-15)-0.279
323. Norfolk St (13-14)-0.280
324. Alabama St (15-15)-0.284
325. Winthrop (24-6)-0.294
326. Miss Valley St (13-15)-0.307
327. Grambling (12-12)-0.310
328. Hampton (17-13)-0.311
329. Alabama A&M (16-14)-0.339
330. SO Carolina St (19-12)-0.364
Google

Team Rankings Web
Copyright 2000-2008 Team Rankings, LLC. All rights reserved. All content on this site is produced for entertainment purposes only and is not intended to be used in direct or indirect violation of any local, state, federal, or international law(s). By using this site, you agree and consent to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.