Each team is rated and the ranking is based upon the teams' ratings. For more information on these ratings, see below. See my Basketball Stuff page for links to more pages and sites.
NCAA Division Men's Basketball Ratings & Rankings Based upon 8651 games. Rated & Ranked by John Wobus, 3/31/99 Rnk Team Rating (W-L) --- ---- ------ ----- 1 DUKE 2.256 (37-2) 2 CONNECTICUT 2.132 (33-2) 3 MICHIGAN ST 2.047 (33-5) 4 MARYLAND 1.828 (28-6) 5 AUBURN 1.803 (29-4) 6 STANFORD 1.742 (26-7) 7 KENTUCKY 1.735 (27-9) 8 OHIO ST 1.730 (27-9) 9 ST JOHNS 1.667 (28-9) 10 MIAMI-FLA 1.636 (23-7) 11 CINCINNATI 1.629 (27-6) 12 NORTH CAROLINA 1.625 (24-10) 13 IOWA 1.595 (20-10) 14 ARIZONA 1.594 (22-7) 15 WISCONSIN 1.587 (22-10) 16 INDIANA 1.570 (23-11) 17 UTAH 1.543 (28-5) 18 UCLA 1.528 (22-9) 19 KANSAS 1.461 (23-10) 20 PURDUE 1.447 (21-13) 21 TEMPLE 1.442 (24-11) 22 MIAMI-OHIO 1.432 (24-8) 23 FLORIDA 1.426 (22-9) 24 GONZAGA 1.422 (28-7) 25 MINNESOTA 1.416 (17-11) 26 TENNESSEE 1.409 (21-9) 27 ARKANSAS 1.396 (23-11) 28 CALIFORNIA 1.364 (21-11) 29 NC-CHARLOTTE 1.360 (23-11) 30 DETROIT 1.347 (25-6) 31 LOUISVILLE 1.344 (19-11) 32 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON 1.344 (28-3) 33 CREIGHTON 1.343 (22-9) 34 SW MISSOURI ST 1.337 (22-11) 35 KENT 1.330 (23-7) 36 TULSA 1.314 (23-10) 37 WASHINGTON 1.310 (17-12) 38 VILLANOVA 1.288 (21-11) 39 OREGON 1.274 (19-13) 40 MISSOURI 1.271 (20-9) 41 SYRACUSE 1.269 (21-12) 42 GEORGE WASHINGTON 1.266 (20-9) 43 XAVIER 1.248 (25-11) 44 MISSISSIPPI 1.245 (20-13) 45 OKLAHOMA 1.240 (21-11) 46 OKLAHOMA ST 1.237 (23-11) 47 NEW MEXICO 1.217 (25-9) 48 TCU 1.200 (21-11) 49 EVANSVILLE 1.200 (23-10) 50 DEPAUL 1.194 (18-13) 51 NC ST 1.192 (19-14) 52 RUTGERS 1.187 (19-13) 53 ALABAMA-BIRMINGHAM 1.179 (20-12) 54 WAKE FOREST 1.171 (17-14) 55 ILLINOIS 1.157 (14-18) 56 WEBER ST 1.155 (25-8) 57 NEBRASKA 1.154 (20-13) 58 TEXAS 1.154 (19-13) 59 NORTHWESTERN 1.131 (15-14) 60 MURRAY ST 1.131 (27-6) 61 RHODE ISLAND 1.130 (20-13) 62 BUTLER 1.129 (22-9) 63 TOLEDO 1.126 (19-9) 64 CLEMSON 1.116 (19-15) 65 USC 1.112 (15-13) 66 KANSAS ST 1.109 (20-13) 67 PENN 1.109 (21-6) 68 PENN ST 1.103 (13-14) 69 FRESNO ST 1.100 (21-12) 70 MISSISSIPPI ST 1.098 (20-13) 71 BRADLEY 1.094 (17-12) 72 PROVIDENCE 1.090 (16-14) 73 SIENA 1.083 (25-6) 74 OHIO 1.079 (18-10) 75 ALABAMA 1.077 (17-15) 76 GEORGIA TECH 1.076 (15-16) 77 BOWLING GREEN 1.073 (18-10) 78 COLORADO ST 1.063 (19-10) 79 FLORIDA ST 1.056 (13-17) 80 MICHIGAN 1.041 (12-19) 81 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 1.040 (15-12) 82 WYOMING 1.037 (18-10) 83 GEORGIA 1.033 (15-15) 84 AKRON 1.024 (18-9) 85 NEW MEXICO ST 1.011 (23-10) 86 SETON HALL 1.002 (15-15) 87 DELAWARE 0.998 (25-6) 88 RICE 0.995 (18-10) 89 PRINCETON 0.994 (22-8) 90 VIRGINIA 0.993 (14-16) 91 INDIANA ST 0.991 (15-12) 92 ST LOUIS 0.991 (15-16) 93 BOISE ST 0.974 (21-8) 94 ARIZONA ST 0.965 (14-16) 95 UNLV 0.963 (16-13) 96 OLD DOMINION 0.956 (25-9) 97 OREGON ST 0.941 (13-14) 98 APPALACHIAN ST 0.936 (21-8) 99 VANDERBILT 0.932 (14-15) 100 ILLINOIS ST 0.927 (16-15) 101 PEPPERDINE 0.922 (19-13) 102 COLORADO 0.915 (18-15) 103 BALL ST 0.915 (16-11) 104 IOWA ST 0.907 (15-15) 105 GEORGETOWN 0.904 (15-16) 106 PITTSBURGH 0.902 (14-16) 107 NORTHERN ARIZONA 0.901 (21-8) 108 SAMFORD 0.899 (24-6) 109 WISCONSIN-GREEN BAY 0.898 (20-11) 110 SAN DIEGO 0.896 (18-9) 111 VALPARAISO 0.885 (23-9) 112 HOFSTRA 0.884 (22-10) 113 UTEP 0.871 (16-12) 114 MASS 0.864 (14-16) 115 MARSHALL 0.862 (16-11) 116 NOTRE DAME 0.860 (14-16) 117 MEMPHIS 0.860 (13-15) 118 LSU 0.856 (12-15) 119 SOUTH FLORIDA 0.845 (14-14) 120 LOUISIANA TECH 0.836 (19-9) 121 MARQUETTE 0.836 (14-15) 122 SE MISSOURI ST 0.829 (20-9) 123 ALCORN ST 0.829 (23-7) 124 LAFAYETTE 0.822 (22-8) 125 ARKANSAS ST 0.803 (18-12) 126 NAVY 0.796 (20-7) 127 GEORGE MASON 0.791 (19-11) 128 CENTRAL FLORIDA 0.778 (19-10) 129 SMU 0.769 (15-15) 130 DREXEL 0.765 (20-9) 131 WASHINGTON ST 0.764 (10-19) 132 SOUTHERN MISS 0.755 (14-16) 133 IDAHO 0.718 (16-11) 134 ORAL ROBERTS 0.716 (17-11) 135 TULANE 0.715 (12-15) 136 WINTHROP 0.707 (21-8) 137 SANTA CLARA 0.706 (14-15) 138 BYU 0.706 (12-16) 139 ST BONAVENTURE 0.702 (14-15) 140 DAYTON 0.698 (11-17) 141 ST FRANCIS-NY 0.695 (20-8) 142 WESTERN MICHIGAN 0.692 (11-15) 143 TEXAS A&M 0.692 (12-15) 144 WICHITA ST 0.689 (13-17) 145 CAL ST-NORTHRIDGE 0.685 (17-12) 146 TEXAS TECH 0.685 (13-17) 147 SW TEXAS ST 0.680 (19-9) 148 WEST VIRGINIA 0.677 (10-19) 149 PORTLAND ST 0.668 (17-11) 150 MAINE 0.666 (19-9) 151 ST JOSEPHS 0.664 (12-18) 152 HOUSTON 0.663 (10-17) 153 LASALLE 0.658 (13-15) 154 CLEVELAND ST 0.648 (14-14) 155 VIRGINIA TECH 0.647 (13-15) 156 NORTHERN IOWA 0.643 (9-18) 157 NIAGARA 0.643 (17-12) 158 IONA 0.640 (16-14) 159 DAVIDSON 0.635 (16-11) 160 WESTERN KENTUCKY 0.631 (13-16) 161 DRAKE 0.630 (10-17) 162 FLORIDA-INT 0.626 (13-16) 163 RADFORD 0.622 (20-8) 164 MONTANA ST 0.620 (16-13) 165 UTAH ST 0.619 (15-13) 166 SOUTH CAROLINA 0.618 (8-21) 167 EAST TENN ST 0.617 (17-11) 168 SOUTHERN 0.611 (21-7) 169 UC-SANTA BARBARA 0.609 (15-13) 170 TENN-CHTTNOOGA 0.607 (16-12) 171 TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO 0.602 (18-11) 172 MARYLAND-BALT 0.597 (19-9) 173 FORDHAM 0.573 (12-15) 174 MARIST 0.573 (16-12) 175 SAN FRANCISCO 0.571 (12-18) 176 CANISIUS 0.563 (15-12) 177 SW LOUISIANA 0.563 (13-16) 178 JAMES MADISON 0.548 (16-11) 179 WESTERN ILLINOIS 0.547 (16-12) 180 RICHMOND 0.544 (15-12) 181 NEW ORLEANS 0.541 (14-16) 182 LONG BEACH ST 0.534 (13-15) 183 BELMONT 0.530 (14-13) 184 ST MARYS 0.519 (13-18) 185 GEORGIA ST 0.507 (17-13) 186 LOYOLA-MARYMOUNT 0.502 (11-16) 187 SOUTH ALABAMA 0.495 (11-16) 188 SAN JOSE ST 0.489 (12-16) 189 AIR FORCE 0.489 (10-16) 190 PACIFIC 0.484 (14-13) 191 CAL ST-FULLERTON 0.478 (13-14) 192 LAMAR 0.461 (17-11) 193 VCU 0.459 (15-16) 194 ST PETERS 0.454 (14-15) 195 FAIRFIELD 0.447 (12-15) 196 EAST CAROLINA 0.441 (13-14) 197 NE LOUISIANA 0.437 (13-14) 198 YOUNGSTOWN ST 0.434 (14-14) 199 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 0.426 (10-16) 200 JACKSON ST 0.418 (16-12) 201 CENTENARY 0.406 (14-14) 202 LOYOLA-MD 0.398 (13-15) 203 BUCKNELL 0.393 (16-13) 204 NC-WILMINGTON 0.390 (11-17) 205 COPPIN ST 0.380 (15-14) 206 ARKANSAS-LROCK 0.378 (12-15) 207 COLGATE 0.372 (14-14) 208 EASTERN ILLINOIS 0.371 (13-16) 209 BOSTON COLLEGE 0.369 (6-21) 210 MONTANA 0.364 (13-14) 211 MOUNT ST MARYS 0.356 (15-15) 212 MCNEESE ST 0.349 (13-15) 213 CENTRAL CONN 0.348 (19-13) 214 DARTMOUTH 0.346 (14-12) 215 RIDER 0.340 (12-16) 216 LOYOLA-CHICAGO 0.338 (9-18) 217 NICHOLLS ST 0.333 (14-15) 218 MOREHEAD ST 0.333 (13-15) 219 SC ST 0.317 (17-12) 220 E WASHINGTON 0.315 (10-17) 220 ROBERT MORRIS 0.315 (15-12) 222 EASTERN MICHIGAN 0.306 (5-20) 223 FURMAN 0.294 (12-16) 224 SOUTHERN UTAH ST 0.293 (13-17) 225 STETSON 0.289 (14-13) 226 VMI 0.283 (12-15) 227 HAWAII 0.283 (6-20) 228 AUSTIN PEAY 0.283 (11-16) 229 CAL-POLY SLO 0.274 (11-16) 230 TENNESSEE TECH 0.258 (12-15) 231 HARVARD 0.247 (13-13) 232 PORTLAND 0.245 (9-18) 233 WRIGHT ST 0.244 (9-18) 234 JACKSONVILLE 0.239 (12-15) 235 WOFFORD 0.236 (11-16) 236 ILLINOIS-CHICAGO 0.227 (7-21) 237 TENNESSEE ST 0.221 (12-15) 238 HARTFORD 0.214 (11-16) 239 MISS VALLEY ST 0.209 (14-13) 240 SAM HOUSTON ST 0.209 (10-16) 241 BAYLOR 0.209 (6-24) 242 NORFOLK ST 0.204 (15-12) 243 MID TENN ST 0.192 (12-19) 244 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 0.178 (12-16) 245 NW LOUISIANA 0.173 (11-15) 246 MORGAN ST 0.172 (14-14) 247 TEXAS-ARLINGTON 0.155 (10-16) 248 WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE 0.154 (8-19) 249 NEVADA 0.153 (8-18) 250 GEORGIA SOUTHERN 0.150 (11-17) 251 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 0.148 (12-16) 252 VERMONT 0.130 (11-16) 253 CORNELL 0.115 (11-15) 254 NORTHERN ILLINOIS 0.114 (6-20) 255 DUQUESNE 0.107 (5-23) 256 NORTHEASTERN 0.107 (10-18) 257 NORTH CAROLINA A&T 0.096 (13-15) 258 NC-ASHEVILLE 0.089 (11-18) 259 BOSTON UNIV 0.083 (9-18) 260 TEXAS-PAN AM 0.076 (5-22) 261 LONG ISLAND 0.070 (10-17) 262 ALABAMA ST 0.070 (11-16) 263 CAMPBELL 0.044 (9-18) 264 COLUMBIA 0.041 (10-16) 265 NORTH TEXAS 0.036 (4-22) 266 WESTERN CAROLINA 0.031 (8-21) 267 IDAHO ST 0.029 (6-20) 268 BETH-COOKMAN 0.027 (11-16) 269 MISSOURI-KC 0.010 (8-22) 270 UC-IRVINE -0.016 (6-20) 271 BUFFALO -0.017 (5-24) 272 TENN-MARTIN -0.030 (8-18) 273 TROY ST -0.045 (9-18) 274 MERCER -0.047 (8-18) 275 ST FRANCIS-PA -0.055 (9-17) 276 WAGNER -0.057 (9-18) 277 WILLIAM & MARY -0.057 (8-19) 278 FLORIDA A&M -0.058 (12-19) 279 JACKSONVILLE ST -0.059 (8-18) 280 SAN DIEGO ST -0.074 (4-22) 281 NC-GREENSBORO -0.075 (7-20) 282 CITADEL -0.099 (9-18) 283 FLORIDA ATLANTIC -0.103 (6-20) 284 TOWSON ST -0.127 (6-22) 285 MARYLAND-ESHORE -0.132 (10-17) 286 AMERICAN -0.134 (7-21) 287 TEXAS SOUTHERN -0.174 (8-19) 288 HOLY CROSS -0.176 (7-20) 289 SE LOUISIANA -0.186 (6-20) 290 ARMY -0.197 (8-19) 291 MANHATTAN -0.207 (5-22) 292 SACRAMENTO ST -0.215 (3-23) 293 HAMPTON -0.226 (8-19) 294 CHICAGO ST -0.261 (3-24) 295 COASTAL CAROLINA -0.269 (7-20) 296 SF AUSTIN -0.282 (4-22) 297 GRAMBLING ST -0.296 (6-21) 298 MONMOUTH -0.317 (5-21) 299 EASTERN KENTUCKY -0.343 (3-22) 300 DELAWARE ST -0.358 (8-19) 301 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M -0.392 (6-21) 302 LEHIGH -0.438 (6-22) 303 NEW HAMPSHIRE -0.443 (4-23) 304 LIBERTY -0.456 (4-23) 305 BROWN -0.484 (4-22) 306 YALE -0.595 (4-22) 307 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF -0.657 (3-24) 308 HOWARD -0.731 (2-25) --- ---- ------ -----
These ratings are mine, and do not mimic or match any other ratings of which I am aware. I make no claim as to their value, nor make any claims about the statistical rightness or wrongness of the methods.
While such rankings will necessarily be no closer to the well-known polls than the infamous RPI, the resulting rankings seemed to stablize toward something arguable if not completely believable (e.g. most of this ranking's top ten teams are at minimum top twenty teams in the well-known polls). This ranking does share with the RPI the fact that it ignores scores, and it, in effect, takes into account schedule strength (and thus that a team's rating can be helped or hurt by the subsequent games of teams it has already played). However, I haven't noticed that it correlates well with the RPI.
For more information on why I use these methods, see this.
Note: it has been pointed out to me that these ratings are calculated in a manner similar to that for David Wilson's NCAA Football ratings.
--John Wobus, 12/11/98
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