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By division
Last Updated Thu Aug 18 11:15:59 EDT 2005

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Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
1. North Carolina (18-1)101.076-03-02-0
2. Illinois (19-1)99.4274-13-04-0
3. Louisville (14-3)93.8273-21-13-0
4. Villanova (12-2)93.5822-11-02-1
5. Michigan St (13-3)93.5202-21-13-0
6. Duke (13-1)93.0882-11-02-0
7. Wake Forest (14-2)92.7903-12-12-0
8. Oklahoma St (11-2)92.4871-12-12-0
9. Washington (11-2)92.4064-11-10-0
10. Kentucky (12-3)92.2713-30-01-0

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
11. Arizona (13-3)92.0363-22-00-1
12. West Virginia (13-2)91.8623-13-00-0
13. Kansas (10-2)91.6362-14-04-0
14. Arkansas (12-1)91.3210-10-01-0
15. Iowa (12-2)90.4613-21-02-0
16. Oregon (8-1)90.4190-12-00-0
17. Gonzaga (12-3)89.6683-20-01-1
18. Wisconsin (12-3)89.4592-12-02-0
19. Cincinnati (13-3)89.4530-32-03-0
20. Mississippi St (13-3)88.8880-30-04-0

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
21. Wisc Milwaukee (8-4)88.6171-31-01-0
22. Oklahoma (12-3)88.2321-31-02-0
23. Utah (12-4)87.9131-41-01-0
24. Boston College (12-1)87.8350-01-15-0
25. Georgia Tech (10-3)87.6880-21-11-0
26. Geo Washington (8-3)87.3131-21-10-0
27. South Carolina (13-3)87.0400-11-25-0
28. Northern Iowa (9-3)86.9720-21-11-0
29. Pacific (8-3)86.6660-21-02-0
30. Syracuse (13-2)86.4460-12-12-0

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
31. Texas Tech (10-4)86.1570-01-32-1
32. Ohio St (11-3)85.8091-00-31-0
33. Alabama (10-3)85.8050-21-12-0
34. Southern Ill (10-4)85.7520-11-03-1
35. Maryland (12-3)85.6020-11-23-0
36. Virginia (9-2)85.5931-00-11-1
37. North Carolina St (12-4)85.5131-20-12-0
38. Texas (10-3)85.4930-11-12-1
39. Uab (11-4)85.0720-22-02-0
40. Nevada (8-4)84.9921-21-11-1

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
41. Texas AM (11-1)84.9790-01-01-1
42. Vermont (6-5)84.8941-30-01-1
43. Hofstra (8-2)84.3070-10-00-1
44. Charlotte (9-3)84.2000-20-02-0
45. Arizona St (11-2)84.1720-01-02-2
46. UCLA (7-3)84.0610-20-11-0
47. Vanderbilt (12-5)83.9400-10-26-2
48. Western KY (11-3)83.7330-00-01-2
49. Connecticut (9-4)83.5980-30-03-0
50. Providence (9-4)83.5860-21-02-1

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
51. Iowa St (9-4)83.5500-11-11-2
52. Hawaii (8-1)83.5230-01-12-0
53. Oral Roberts (9-4)83.4980-00-22-1
54. Marquette (11-2)83.4971-10-03-1
55. TCU (11-5)83.4581-10-23-1
56. Bucknell (10-6)83.3651-21-11-1
57. Pittsburgh (10-2)83.3180-02-10-0
58. Clemson (10-4)83.2580-02-30-1
59. Old Dominion (9-3)83.1970-10-03-1
60. Buffalo (9-2)83.1420-10-00-1

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
61. Holy Cross (10-5)83.1160-00-32-1
62. Georgetown (10-4)82.9620-11-11-2
63. Utah St (9-3)82.7761-10-00-0
64. Florida (9-4)82.7750-20-02-2
65. Princeton (8-5)82.5910-20-01-2
66. Colorado (8-3)82.5260-10-00-0
67. Wichita St (9-3)82.5070-00-12-1
68. Minnesota (10-4)82.4360-20-12-1
69. Illinois St (8-2)82.3910-00-01-0
70. Illinois Chi (4-4)82.2790-20-01-1

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
71. New Mexico (12-3)82.0970-20-01-1
72. UC Irvine (6-2)82.0110-00-00-1
73. Creighton (9-4)82.0000-01-13-1
74. DePaul (9-4)81.8320-00-13-0
75. St Josephs (8-9)81.7790-22-23-2
76. Unlv (8-6)81.6120-20-12-2
77. CS Fullerton (7-4)81.4780-00-01-2
78. Eastern KY (5-4)81.4650-30-00-1
79. Kent (6-5)81.3990-01-21-2
80. Bradley (7-2)81.3820-00-01-1

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 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
81. Akron (6-2)81.2480-00-00-0
82. St Marys CA (11-5)81.2280-00-32-0
83. Kansas St (8-1)81.2260-00-02-0
84. Miami Fla (9-3)81.1351-00-10-1
85. Bowling Green (6-2)81.0660-00-00-1
86. Texas El Paso (8-4)80.9080-20-21-0
87. San Francisco (10-5)80.8080-11-03-3
88. Houston (9-6)80.6920-11-21-3
89. Western Mich (7-5)80.6540-00-01-2
90. Washington St (5-4)80.5120-10-10-1

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
91. Portland (10-4)80.4740-00-01-2
92. Rutgers (6-4)80.2620-10-03-1
93. Drexel (5-5)80.2560-10-01-2
94. Massachusetts (7-4)80.1601-00-22-1
95. Michigan (9-5)79.9710-20-01-3
96. Boston U (6-4)79.9380-00-10-2
97. Miami Ohio (5-4)79.9180-10-02-2
98. USC (7-4)79.9030-11-01-0
99. Xavier (6-5)79.8870-11-21-2
100. Temple (4-8)79.8211-30-22-2

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 Rating 
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v. 51-100
101. Ul Lafayette (5-7)79.8110-31-21-1
102. Mississippi (9-4)79.7990-01-00-2
103. Stanford (6-5)79.7380-20-11-1
104. LSU (7-5)79.6520-11-22-0
105. Arkansas Lr (5-5)79.6080-21-10-1
106. Winthrop (6-5)79.5840-00-31-1
107. Memphis (10-8)79.3860-21-22-3
108. Central Florida (5-2)79.3821-10-00-0
109. Murray St (4-5)79.3070-00-21-3
110. Dayton (7-4)79.3050-10-11-1

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
111. Manhattan (3-4)79.2480-20-11-0
112. Wyoming (8-5)79.2270-11-12-1
113. Richmond (5-6)79.1290-21-10-1
114. Air Force (8-6)79.1260-10-21-1
115. Seton Hall (8-3)79.1260-10-00-0
116. Auburn (9-4)78.7870-00-01-3
117. Missouri (8-7)78.6190-11-21-2
118. Niagara (5-5)78.5980-10-00-3
119. Nebraska (7-4)78.5450-00-31-0
120. Davidson (3-8)78.5400-10-12-3

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
121. Pepperdine (9-5)78.4981-00-01-1
122. California (7-3)78.4370-00-00-2
123. SW Missouri St (7-4)78.4250-10-02-1
124. Middle Tenn St (9-4)78.3880-10-01-1
125. Chattanooga (4-5)78.2510-10-21-1
126. Loyola Marymnt (8-5)78.2160-20-11-1
127. Toledo (4-5)78.1670-10-11-0
128. Pennsylvania (7-8)78.0980-20-11-2
129. St Peters (5-4)77.9440-00-10-0
130. Florida St (7-6)77.8631-01-11-2

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
131. Indiana (5-7)77.8560-30-11-3
132. Texas A&M-CC (8-6)77.8310-20-03-1
133. Wofford (3-4)77.6780-00-10-2
134. American (7-5)77.4970-01-11-1
135. Tennessee (7-6)77.4900-30-12-1
136. Northwestern (8-5)77.4630-10-01-2
137. St Johns (6-5)77.4581-10-01-1
138. Ohio (6-4)77.3800-10-00-0
139. Birmingham Southern (7-4)77.3620-00-10-0
140. Wisc Green Bay (6-4)77.3150-20-00-1

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
141. Notre Dame (8-4)77.2250-00-01-3
142. NC Greensboro (4-4)77.1840-20-20-0
143. Lamar (4-3)77.0880-00-01-1
144. Northern Ill (4-5)77.0580-00-01-2
145. Georgia St (2-5)77.0160-20-01-3
146. Coll Of Charltn (8-3)76.9990-00-00-1
147. Tennessee St (3-8)76.9570-20-41-1
148. SO Mississippi (6-3)76.7780-01-00-0
149. Fresno St (5-4)76.7770-00-10-2
150. Colorado St (6-5)76.6990-00-01-0

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
151. Wright St (6-6)76.6880-10-11-2
152. Iupui (4-5)76.2540-10-00-2
153. SMU (4-4)76.2450-20-00-2
154. Central Mich (4-3)76.1660-00-20-0
155. Ball St (4-4)76.0690-10-00-1
156. San Diego (6-5)76.0540-11-00-0
157. George Mason (6-4)76.0300-10-20-0
158. North Texas (6-4)75.7960-20-00-1
159. Florida Intl (6-6)75.7220-10-12-2
160. Denver (4-7)75.4850-00-00-2

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
161. Mercer (3-2)75.4500-00-20-0
162. Oregon St (8-4)75.3910-00-00-1
163. CS Northridge (4-6)75.3730-10-10-1
164. BYU (4-9)75.0870-40-00-3
165. Drake (5-4)75.0580-00-21-0
166. Virginia Tech (8-5)74.9530-00-21-1
167. St Francis PA (7-5)74.7050-00-31-0
168. Louisiana Tech (5-5)74.6320-01-10-1
169. Central Conn (8-5)74.6200-10-00-1
170. Evansville (6-3)74.6160-00-01-0

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
171. Rice (4-5)74.6100-20-00-2
172. Butler (4-5)74.5330-00-01-1
173. Marshall (3-6)74.4330-01-10-3
174. Texas Arlington (2-5)74.4160-10-10-1
175. Montana (4-8)74.3490-10-11-3
176. SO Carolina St (7-4)74.3310-10-11-1
177. Southern Utah (5-4)74.0970-10-00-0
178. San Diego St (4-7)74.0970-10-10-2
179. East Carolina (3-7)74.0040-10-21-1
180. Columbia (9-4)73.8560-10-00-1

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
181. Valparaiso (5-9)73.6370-31-00-3
182. Arkansas St (5-5)73.6050-00-11-0
183. Furman (3-5)73.5760-10-10-2
184. Purdue (4-7)73.5220-30-20-1
185. Northeastern (4-6)73.5170-10-10-1
186. Oakland (2-10)73.4920-30-10-4
187. NC Wilmington (5-4)73.3070-10-00-0
188. Indiana St (5-6)73.2080-00-10-2
189. Loyola Chi (2-8)73.1040-10-00-3
190. Appalachian St (4-4)73.0730-00-20-2

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
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191. St Francis NY (7-5)73.0480-00-00-0
192. South Florida (6-4)72.8310-00-10-0
193. VA Commonwealth (4-7)72.7790-10-10-1
194. Iona (4-6)72.5770-00-20-1
195. Brown (7-7)72.4860-00-00-3
196. Eastern Mich (5-4)72.4590-00-10-0
197. La Salle (4-7)72.2810-20-00-2
198. Binghamton (3-6)72.2790-10-00-3
199. Georgia (6-5)72.2570-10-10-2
200. Penn St (5-7)72.2370-00-20-2

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
201. Stony Brook (5-4)72.2360-10-00-1
202. Maine (4-4)72.2130-00-10-1
203. SE Louisiana (3-6)71.9870-10-00-1
204. Gardner-Webb (1-4)71.9790-00-10-1
205. Stetson (1-5)71.9510-10-00-2
206. New Orleans (5-8)71.9310-20-20-0
207. UC Santa Barbara (3-6)71.8390-10-00-0
208. Northrn Arizona (5-7)71.8030-10-10-1
209. Rider (3-5)71.7230-00-01-0
210. Santa Clara (6-8)71.7101-00-21-1

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 Rating 
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211. Eastern Ill (4-6)71.6420-00-00-3
212. SE Missouri St (1-6)71.5770-00-10-1
213. Harvard (5-8)71.5150-00-00-3
214. UC Riverside (4-5)71.3990-00-00-1
215. Tulsa (4-6)71.2440-10-10-2
216. New Hampshire (3-5)70.8430-00-30-0
217. McNeese St (1-6)70.7970-00-10-1
218. Boise St (6-5)70.7840-00-00-0
219. Long Beach St (3-8)70.7090-00-00-3
220. Fairfield (3-7)70.6320-00-20-2

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 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
221. Sam Houston (2-6)70.6060-20-00-0
222. Samford (3-6)70.4660-00-00-1
223. Fordham (4-7)70.4570-10-00-3
224. Tennessee Tech (2-6)70.4500-10-00-2
225. Detroit (2-8)70.4030-10-01-2
226. Western Ill (2-7)70.3560-00-10-3
227. Geo Southern (3-6)70.2880-20-00-1
228. Tex San Antonio (2-6)70.2610-10-00-2
229. East Tenn St (2-6)70.2380-10-10-1
230. Albany NY (4-5)70.1370-20-00-0

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 Rating 
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v. 26-50
v. 51-100
231. Yale (4-9)70.0450-10-10-1
232. Portland St (6-5)70.0130-00-20-0
233. TX Pan American (6-10)69.9800-10-10-3
234. Northwestern St (2-8)69.8970-30-10-1
235. Ul Monroe (3-5)69.7380-00-20-1
236. Fair Dickinson (5-9)69.6000-10-00-2
237. Colgate (3-8)69.5900-10-00-1
238. Baylor (7-3)69.5590-00-00-0
239. Tulane (5-5)69.4960-00-10-0
240. Miss Valley St (2-7)69.4940-00-10-0

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241. Hartford (4-5)69.4210-00-10-0
242. Idaho St (4-7)69.3880-00-00-1
243. Grambling (1-4)68.9800-00-10-2
244. Robert Morris (5-8)68.9500-00-20-1
245. St Louis (3-10)68.8710-00-40-1
246. UC Davis (8-17)68.8670-10-20-5
247. Austin Peay (2-11)68.8590-10-20-2
248. Mo Kansas City (2-7)68.8230-00-10-2
249. Lafayette (3-9)68.8220-20-01-1
250. Florida A&M (3-6)68.7750-40-10-0

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251. Charleston Sou (3-6)68.6620-10-10-1
252. San Jose St (3-7)68.5820-00-10-1
253. Weber St (4-8)68.5820-20-00-0
254. Eastern Wash (2-10)68.4870-20-10-3
255. Delaware St (2-10)68.4510-30-00-2
256. High Point (3-7)68.2580-20-10-0
257. Utah Valley St (5-11)68.2260-00-00-3
258. Campbell (2-5)68.1310-20-00-1
259. New Mexico St (3-9)68.1180-00-21-2
260. Lipscomb (3-2)68.0310-00-20-0

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261. Lehigh (5-7)68.0240-00-00-1
262. Montana St (3-8)67.6260-00-00-2
263. Marist (3-6)67.6220-00-10-2
264. The Citadel (4-3)67.5790-00-10-1
265. Bethune Cookman (4-6)67.5660-00-00-2
266. Troy St (1-7)67.4920-00-20-2
267. Hampton (2-7)67.3920-00-10-2
268. Rhode Island (2-9)67.3520-00-00-4
269. William & Mary (4-5)67.2940-20-00-1
270. Siena (2-9)67.2490-10-10-1

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271. NC Asheville (1-8)67.2170-20-20-1
272. Cleveland St (1-6)67.1360-10-00-2
273. SW Texas St (2-5)67.1150-10-00-1
274. Cornell (4-8)67.1010-10-00-0
275. Delaware (3-8)66.7010-00-10-2
276. Jackson St (3-8)66.6560-10-10-3
277. Liu Brooklyn (5-7)66.5340-00-10-1
278. Morehead St (3-5)66.2340-20-10-0
279. Towson (3-7)66.2190-00-20-0
280. Alabama St (2-7)66.1670-20-00-2

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281. Westrn Carolina (2-8)66.1380-20-20-0
282. Chicago St (1-9)66.0820-10-20-1
283. VMI (4-5)65.9330-00-01-1
284. Duquesne (3-10)65.8530-00-40-2
285. Belmont (1-7)65.7870-00-10-2
286. Coppin St (0-9)65.6920-40-30-0
287. Monmouth NJ (4-9)65.6210-10-00-0
288. Wagner (3-9)65.5670-00-10-1
289. Idaho (1-8)65.5420-00-10-1
290. Elon (1-10)65.5340-20-00-1

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291. Jacksonville St (2-8)65.4390-00-20-1
292. Umbc (4-4)65.2670-10-00-0
293. Howard (3-6)65.2020-00-20-1
294. Sacramento St (2-9)65.1750-00-00-1
295. Radford (3-6)64.9370-00-10-1
296. Stephen Austin (3-5)64.8040-00-00-0
297. South Alabama (1-8)64.7790-00-20-3
298. Tenn Martin (1-8)64.4670-10-00-1
299. Quinnipiac (9-17)64.4250-10-00-1
300. Coast Carolina (1-8)64.2260-00-00-1

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301. IPFW (2-18)63.7071-00-00-5
302. Southern (1-6)63.5480-00-00-0
303. Liberty (1-9)63.4210-10-10-2
304. Morgan St (2-8)63.4160-00-10-2
305. Navy (3-8)62.9780-00-00-2
306. Nicholls St (2-6)62.7390-10-10-1
307. Norfolk St (2-6)62.6570-00-10-2
308. Northern Colorado (1-15)62.6490-40-30-3
309. Canisius (2-7)62.5260-00-00-2
310. Alabama A&M (1-8)62.4760-00-20-0

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311. Texas Southern (1-6)62.4460-00-00-2
312. James Madison (3-6)62.3540-10-10-1
313. Jacksonville (2-3)62.2900-10-00-1
314. Dartmouth (2-10)61.9350-00-10-3
315. Mt St Marys (4-8)61.7740-00-20-0
316. Youngstown St (1-8)60.3080-00-00-2
317. Cal Poly (1-7)59.9450-10-00-0
318. Sacred Heart (4-23)59.8010-20-00-0
319. Centenary (1-9)59.3090-20-10-0
320. NO Carolina A&T (1-10)58.8110-20-20-1

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321. St Bonaventure (1-10)58.3980-10-10-0
322. Fla Atlantic (0-7)58.2670-10-00-3
323. Ark Pine Bluff (0-7)58.1000-00-20-3
324. Loyola MD (1-8)57.4250-00-10-1
325. Prairie View (0-9)56.1770-00-30-0
326. MD Eastrn Shore (1-8)55.8860-00-00-2
327. Longwood (1-23)52.2940-30-00-3
328. Army (0-10)49.2350-00-00-1
329. Alcorn St (0-10)48.1820-00-10-1
330. Savannah St (0-25)47.7200-00-10-0
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