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Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
1. South Carolina (22-15)1.291
2. St Josephs (19-14)1.194
3. Kentucky (22-13)1.159
4. Michigan (22-11)1.118
5. UCLA (32-7)1.110
6. Monmouth NJ (19-15)1.110
7. Iowa (25-9)1.100
8. Florida (33-6)1.092
9. Temple (17-15)1.091
10. Central Conn (18-11)1.085

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
11. Arizona (20-13)1.082
12. Texas (30-7)1.082
13. Bradley (22-11)1.068
14. Xavier (21-11)1.061
15. LSU (26-9)1.060
16. Wichita St (25-9)1.059
17. California (20-11)1.052
18. Hampton (16-16)1.050
19. Manhattan (20-11)1.043
20. Southern Ill (22-10)1.041

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
21. Georgetown (23-10)1.040
22. Unlv (17-13)1.038
23. Michigan St (21-12)1.033
24. Indiana (19-12)1.032
25. Kent (24-9)1.032
26. Butler (20-13)1.032
27. Illinois Chi (16-14)1.030
28. St Peters (17-15)1.026
29. Syracuse (23-12)1.025
30. San Diego St (22-9)1.024

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
31. CS Fullerton (15-13)1.024
32. Wisconsin (19-12)1.022
33. Old Dominion (24-10)1.021
34. Boston College (27-8)1.020
35. Pittsburgh (25-8)1.020
36. Charlotte (19-13)1.015
37. Fair Dickinson (19-12)1.014
38. Denver (16-15)1.010
39. Utah St (22-9)1.009
40. San Diego (17-12)1.005

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
41. North Carolina (23-8)1.003
42. Akron (22-10)1.001
43. Northern Iowa (21-10)0.999
44. Hofstra (26-7)0.995
45. West Virginia (21-11)0.994
46. Miami Fla (18-16)0.992
47. Cincinnati (20-13)0.991
48. Iona (23-8)0.990
49. Alabama (18-13)0.988
50. North Carolina St (22-10)0.984

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
51. Clemson (18-13)0.984
52. Ohio St (26-6)0.981
53. Oklahoma St (17-16)0.980
54. Wake Forest (17-17)0.979
55. Missouri St (22-9)0.976
56. Montana (22-7)0.976
57. Louisville (21-13)0.971
58. Rutgers (18-14)0.970
59. Long Beach St (17-12)0.969
60. Creighton (20-10)0.968

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
61. Siena (15-13)0.967
62. Illinois (26-7)0.964
63. Villanova (28-5)0.964
64. George Mason (27-8)0.962
65. Texas AM (22-9)0.961
66. Kansas (24-8)0.961
67. Duke (32-4)0.961
68. Iowa St (15-14)0.960
69. Fordham (16-16)0.957
70. Binghamton (16-13)0.954

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
71. Colorado (20-10)0.952
72. Stanford (16-14)0.952
73. Chattanooga (15-13)0.951
74. Oregon (14-18)0.950
75. Wisc Milwaukee (21-9)0.942
76. Vermont (13-17)0.941
77. Loyola MD (15-13)0.941
78. Marist (19-10)0.941
79. BYU (19-9)0.940
80. New Mexico (17-13)0.939

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
81. Northrn Arizona (18-11)0.938
82. Austin Peay (17-14)0.937
83. Hawaii (17-11)0.937
84. Louisiana Tech (19-13)0.936
85. Lipscomb (21-11)0.936
86. Wisc Green Bay (14-16)0.936
87. St Marys CA (16-12)0.936
88. Minnesota (16-15)0.935
89. Mt St Marys (13-17)0.933
90. UC Santa Barbara (14-14)0.932

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
91. Albany NY (21-11)0.932
92. Jackson St (14-17)0.932
93. Sacramento St (13-15)0.931
94. Detroit (14-16)0.928
95. Buffalo (18-13)0.927
96. New Mexico St (15-14)0.927
97. Appalachian St (12-16)0.926
98. Hartford (12-15)0.925
99. Nebraska (19-14)0.924
100. Seton Hall (18-12)0.921

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
101. Toledo (19-11)0.921
102. Washington (26-7)0.919
103. Nevada (26-6)0.917
104. Northern Ill (16-11)0.914
105. Montana St (13-14)0.913
106. Delaware St (21-14)0.913
107. Colorado St (14-15)0.912
108. Loyola Chi (17-11)0.911
109. Wyoming (13-18)0.911
110. Eastern Wash (14-15)0.911

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
111. Arkansas (22-10)0.911
112. Niagara (11-18)0.909
113. Samford (18-11)0.907
114. Norfolk St (13-18)0.907
115. Ul Lafayette (13-16)0.907
116. Miami Ohio (18-11)0.905
117. Ohio (18-11)0.904
118. Tennessee (22-8)0.902
119. SO Carolina St (14-16)0.901
120. South Alabama (23-7)0.900

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
121. Oklahoma (20-9)0.900
122. Western KY (22-8)0.899
123. Marquette (19-11)0.898
124. Utah (13-15)0.897
125. Virginia (15-15)0.894
126. Robert Morris (13-14)0.894
127. Maryland (18-13)0.894
128. Jacksonville St (15-13)0.892
129. Texas Tech (15-17)0.891
130. Troy St (11-15)0.890

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
131. UC Irvine (16-11)0.889
132. Belmont (20-11)0.887
133. Middle Tenn St (15-12)0.887
134. Pacific (22-8)0.887
135. Loyola Marymnt (12-18)0.886
136. DePaul (12-15)0.886
137. New Hampshire (12-17)0.886
138. Connecticut (30-4)0.884
139. Iupui (17-10)0.884
140. Notre Dame (16-14)0.883

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
141. Fla Atlantic (15-13)0.882
142. NC Wilmington (25-8)0.881
143. Tennessee Tech (17-12)0.879
144. Vanderbilt (17-13)0.879
145. Yale (15-14)0.877
146. Kansas St (15-13)0.875
147. Geo Southern (18-10)0.874
148. Florida St (20-10)0.872
149. Valparaiso (16-12)0.872
150. Massachusetts (13-15)0.871

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
151. Liu Brooklyn (11-16)0.871
152. San Francisco (11-17)0.868
153. Davidson (17-11)0.867
154. Gardner-Webb (17-12)0.864
155. Oregon St (13-18)0.862
156. Ark Pine Bluff (11-16)0.862
157. Oral Roberts (20-12)0.861
158. Western Mich (13-17)0.861
159. Harvard (13-14)0.861
160. USC (16-13)0.860

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
161. St Louis (16-13)0.857
162. Alabama St (12-18)0.857
163. Coll Of Charltn (15-11)0.853
164. Stetson (14-18)0.853
165. Quinnipiac (11-16)0.852
166. Fresno St (15-13)0.850
167. Drexel (15-16)0.850
168. Bethune Cookman (15-15)0.849
169. Boise St (13-15)0.849
170. Air Force (22-7)0.846

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
171. Murray St (23-7)0.846
172. Rhode Island (14-14)0.843
173. Idaho St (11-14)0.842
174. Lamar (14-13)0.842
175. Florida A&M (13-17)0.841
176. La Salle (18-10)0.841
177. Portland (11-17)0.839
178. Eastern KY (13-16)0.839
179. Radford (14-13)0.838
180. East Tenn St (15-13)0.836

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
181. Southern (19-13)0.835
182. Tennessee St (12-15)0.835
183. Boston U (12-16)0.832
184. Princeton (12-14)0.831
185. Houston (20-10)0.829
186. Wright St (12-15)0.829
187. Elon (12-14)0.825
188. Canisius (9-20)0.823
189. Marshall (12-16)0.823
190. Coppin St (12-18)0.823

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
191. High Point (14-13)0.822
192. Stephen Austin (14-12)0.822
193. Grambling (12-13)0.820
194. Mississippi St (15-15)0.813
195. Sacred Heart (11-17)0.812
196. Furman (12-13)0.811
197. Wagner (12-14)0.810
198. Santa Clara (11-16)0.809
199. Northwestern St (23-8)0.808
200. Utah Valley St (14-13)0.808

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
201. Tulsa (10-17)0.807
202. Sam Houston (18-9)0.806
203. Chicago St (11-19)0.805
204. Texas El Paso (19-10)0.805
205. Holy Cross (20-12)0.804
206. Memphis (33-4)0.803
207. Umbc (10-19)0.803
208. Lehigh (17-12)0.800
209. Westrn Carolina (10-17)0.797
210. St Francis NY (10-17)0.796

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
211. Mo Kansas City (13-14)0.796
212. SMU (12-16)0.794
213. Arkansas Lr (13-15)0.794
214. Northeastern (18-11)0.794
215. Fairfield (9-19)0.787
216. Washington St (11-17)0.784
217. Cornell (12-15)0.784
218. Pennsylvania (19-9)0.784
219. Southern Utah (9-20)0.781
220. Penn St (15-15)0.778

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
221. VA Commonwealth (19-10)0.777
222. Coast Carolina (16-10)0.777
223. Georgia (15-15)0.777
224. Brown (10-17)0.777
225. Texas Arlington (10-16)0.776
226. Central Florida (12-15)0.774
227. Tulane (11-16)0.771
228. CS Northridge (10-17)0.770
229. Richmond (13-17)0.767
230. Uab (23-7)0.765

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
231. Portland St (10-16)0.762
232. Birmingham Southern (17-9)0.761
233. Arkansas St (10-18)0.758
234. Drake (10-19)0.758
235. North Texas (11-14)0.758
236. McNeese St (11-14)0.757
237. Northwestern (13-15)0.756
238. American (12-17)0.755
239. Alabama A&M (11-12)0.755
240. NC Greensboro (10-19)0.752

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
241. Howard (7-22)0.751
242. SE Louisiana (13-11)0.749
243. Gonzaga (29-4)0.749
244. Dayton (13-17)0.746
245. Tenn Martin (11-15)0.744
246. Arizona St (11-17)0.743
247. Indiana St (12-16)0.742
248. New Orleans (8-19)0.742
249. Maine (10-16)0.734
250. Auburn (12-16)0.733

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
251. Delaware (9-21)0.733
252. Providence (12-15)0.733
253. Columbia (10-16)0.731
254. Winthrop (21-8)0.730
255. Rider (8-20)0.730
256. Towson (12-16)0.728
257. Cal Poly (8-19)0.727
258. Missouri (12-16)0.725
259. Evansville (10-19)0.723
260. Virginia Tech (14-16)0.723

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
261. Charleston Sou (10-15)0.714
262. Campbell (10-18)0.712
263. Tex San Antonio (9-17)0.709
264. Miss Valley St (9-18)0.708
265. North Dakota St (12-12)0.706
266. Ball St (8-18)0.698
267. Weber St (8-17)0.697
268. Mississippi (14-16)0.686
269. Colgate (9-19)0.686
270. Eastern Mich (7-21)0.686

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
271. Oakland (9-18)0.685
272. Rice (10-16)0.682
273. Kennesaw St (11-15)0.677
274. Geo Washington (27-3)0.676
275. Alcorn St (8-20)0.670
276. Georgia Tech (11-17)0.665
277. Mercer (9-19)0.660
278. SO Mississippi (7-21)0.658
279. St Johns (12-15)0.654
280. Illinois St (8-19)0.652

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
281. Cleveland St (8-18)0.651
282. San Jose St (6-25)0.646
283. MD Eastrn Shore (7-22)0.642
284. NO Carolina A&T (6-23)0.640
285. William & Mary (8-20)0.639
286. Dartmouth (6-21)0.638
287. Navy (8-18)0.637
288. Georgia St (7-22)0.633
289. Lafayette (9-17)0.632
290. Wofford (7-18)0.632

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
291. Pepperdine (7-20)0.628
292. NC Asheville (8-18)0.626
293. UC Davis (7-20)0.617
294. St Bonaventure (8-19)0.614
295. IPFW (8-18)0.611
296. Florida Intl (7-20)0.603
297. Bowling Green (7-21)0.602
298. Purdue (9-19)0.600
299. Longwood (8-20)0.596
300. Nicholls St (8-18)0.587

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
301. Texas Southern (6-22)0.587
302. TCU (6-24)0.585
303. Texas A&M-CC (16-8)0.581
304. Ul Monroe (7-18)0.577
305. Youngstown St (6-21)0.576
306. Eastern Ill (6-21)0.573
307. South Dakota St (8-20)0.571
308. Bucknell (26-5)0.570
309. East Carolina (6-20)0.557
310. UC Riverside (5-22)0.539

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
311. South Florida (7-22)0.519
312. SE Missouri St (5-20)0.497
313. Western Ill (5-21)0.493
314. The Citadel (6-21)0.490
315. Stony Brook (4-24)0.478
316. James Madison (5-23)0.472
317. Morgan St (4-26)0.467
318. Liberty (4-23)0.462
319. Baylor (4-13)0.454
320. North Florida (4-22)0.442

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
321. Morehead St (3-23)0.415
322. VMI (4-20)0.413
323. Idaho (3-25)0.407
324. St Francis PA (3-24)0.395
325. Centenary (3-23)0.395
326. Central Mich (3-24)0.393
327. Northern Colorado (3-24)0.377
328. TX Pan American (3-24)0.367
329. Duquesne (3-24)0.357
330. Prairie View (3-24)0.354

Team
 Rating 
v. Top 25
v. 26-50
v. 51-100
331. Army (3-22)0.342
332. SW Texas St (2-22)0.302
333. Jacksonville (1-26)0.253
334. Savannah St (1-26)0.156
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