2008/2009 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball 3rd Order Ranking


This is for the 2008/2009 season.
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Rankings based upon 3rd order formula. See "Simple" explanation.


Ratings and Rankings

NCAA Division I Men's Basketball 3rd Order Ratings & Rankings
Based upon 2818 games.
Rated & Ranked by John Wobus, 01/19/09

Rnk Team                                    Rating (W-L)
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  1 Duke                                     1.111 (16-1)
  2 Pittsburgh                               1.052 (15-1)
  3 Connecticut                              0.999 (16-1)
  4 Oklahoma                                 0.994 (17-1)
  5 Wake Forest                              0.987 (16-0)
  6 Xavier                                   0.977 (15-2)
  7 Michigan St                              0.966 (15-2)
  8 Clemson                                  0.950 (16-1)
  9 North Carolina                           0.934 (15-2)
 10 Butler                                   0.932 (15-1)
 11 Syracuse                                 0.880 (16-2)
 12 Marquette                                0.864 (16-2)
 13 Louisville                               0.855 (13-3)
 14 Memphis                                  0.850 (14-3)
 15 Minnesota                                0.839 (15-2)
 16 Georgetown                               0.831 (12-4)
 17 Florida                                  0.800 (16-2)
 18 Florida St                               0.791 (15-3)
 19 California                               0.778 (15-3)
 20 Ohio St                                  0.771 (13-3)
 21 Illinois                                 0.760 (15-3)
 22 Arizona St                               0.744 (15-3)
 23 Utah St                                  0.741 (16-1)
 24 Villanova                                0.737 (14-3)
 25 St Mary's CA                             0.717 (15-1)
 26 West Virginia                            0.701 (13-4)
 27 Baylor                                   0.697 (13-3)
 28 Dayton                                   0.695 (16-2)
 29 Brigham Young                            0.687 (13-3)
 30 Texas                                    0.682 (13-4)
 31 UCLA                                     0.681 (14-3)
 32 Oklahoma St                              0.675 (12-4)
 33 Wisconsin                                0.673 (12-5)
 34 Texas A&M                                0.671 (15-3)
 35 Missouri                                 0.670 (15-3)
 36 Davidson                                 0.661 (13-3)
 37 Washington                               0.660 (13-4)
 38 Miami Florida                            0.656 (12-4)
 39 Illinois St                              0.649 (16-2)
 40 Kansas                                   0.643 (13-4)
 41 Stanford                                 0.641 (12-3)
 42 Gonzaga                                  0.633 (11-4)
 43 Purdue                                   0.629 (14-4)
 44 Tennessee                                0.625 (11-5)
 45 Utah                                     0.616 (12-5)
 46 Siena                                    0.608 (14-5)
 47 Michigan                                 0.575 (12-5)
 48 Nevada Las Vgs                           0.570 (14-4)
 49 Kentucky                                 0.567 (14-4)
 50 George Mason                             0.550 (14-3)
 51 Arkansas                                 0.506 (12-4)
 52 Virginia Tech                            0.505 (12-5)
 53 Louisiana St                             0.487 (14-3)
 54 Southern Cal                             0.486 (12-5)
 55 Boston College                           0.468 (13-6)
 56 Maryland                                 0.463 (12-5)
 57 Nebraska                                 0.462 (12-4)
 58 San Diego St                             0.461 (11-4)
 59 Penn St                                  0.457 (14-5)
 60 Cincinnati                               0.456 (12-6)
 61 Notre Dame                               0.454 (12-5)
 62 WI Green Bay                             0.452 (13-4)
 63 Evansville                               0.449 (11-5)
 64 Col Charleston                           0.444 (14-3)
 65 Northwestern                             0.429 (9-6)
 66 Creighton                                0.427 (14-5)
 67 Mississippi St                           0.426 (12-5)
 68 VA Commonwealth                          0.416 (13-5)
 69 Tulsa                                    0.414 (11-6)
 70 South Carolina                           0.413 (12-4)
 71 Boise St                                 0.408 (11-5)
 72 Houston                                  0.404 (11-4)
 73 Rhode Island                             0.402 (12-6)
 74 Miami OH                                 0.389 (9-6)
 75 Washington St                            0.380 (11-6)
 76 Vanderbilt                               0.371 (12-5)
 77 Drake                                    0.370 (12-6)
 78 Mississippi                              0.368 (10-7)
 79 Providence                               0.366 (11-6)
 80 Niagara                                  0.366 (14-5)
 81 N Iowa                                   0.349 (12-6)
 82 Southern Miss                            0.349 (8-5)
 83 Texas El Paso                            0.349 (11-6)
 84 Arizona                                  0.347 (11-7)
 85 UAB                                      0.347 (10-7)
 86 Buffalo                                  0.346 (10-5)
 87 VMI                                      0.333 (11-3)
 88 Tex Christian                            0.331 (11-6)
 89 W Kentucky                               0.328 (11-6)
 90 Duquesne                                 0.319 (12-5)
 91 Ark Little Rock                          0.315 (13-5)
 92 N Carolina St                            0.311 (10-5)
 93 Temple                                   0.310 (9-7)
 94 Kansas St                                0.306 (10-6)
 95 New Mexico                               0.304 (11-7)
 96 Iowa St                                  0.304 (12-6)
 97 Iowa                                     0.297 (11-7)
 98 Fairfield                                0.297 (12-7)
 99 Bradley                                  0.295 (11-7)
100 Northeastern                             0.293 (11-6)
101 Auburn                                   0.291 (10-6)
102 WI Milwaukee                             0.285 (11-6)
103 Portland St                              0.275 (13-5)
104 Cleveland St                             0.274 (10-7)
105 Texas Tech                               0.262 (9-7)
106 St Joseph's PA                           0.258 (9-7)
107 SF Austin                                0.257 (7-4)
108 Wyoming                                  0.249 (10-5)
109 Virginia                                 0.247 (7-7)
110 St John's                                0.247 (10-7)
111 Nevada                                   0.247 (10-7)
112 Navy                                     0.246 (13-5)
113 Alabama                                  0.235 (9-6)
114 American Univ                            0.234 (11-6)
115 Cornell                                  0.215 (10-6)
116 La Salle                                 0.215 (9-7)
117 UCF                                      0.206 (10-6)
118 San Diego                                0.197 (10-7)
119 St Louis                                 0.197 (10-6)
120 Long Beach St                            0.195 (10-7)
121 Ohio                                     0.192 (9-7)
122 East Tenn St                             0.190 (11-5)
123 Portland                                 0.186 (11-7)
124 Vermont                                  0.176 (11-6)
125 Hofstra                                  0.167 (10-7)
126 Robert Morris                            0.161 (12-7)
127 N Dakota St                              0.156 (10-5)
128 James Madison                            0.154 (12-7)
129 Loyola-Chicago                           0.134 (11-7)
130 Belmont                                  0.134 (10-6)
131 Middle Tenn St                           0.129 (10-7)
132 Arkansas St                              0.127 (10-6)
133 S Alabama                                0.127 (10-7)
134 St Bonaventure                           0.122 (11-6)
135 Seton Hall                               0.122 (8-8)
136 Albany NY                                0.120 (11-7)
137 Weber St                                 0.118 (9-8)
138 Drexel                                   0.113 (8-8)
139 Liberty                                  0.106 (9-6)
140 TN Martin                                0.104 (10-6)
141 Pacific                                  0.104 (9-6)
142 Wright St                                0.096 (10-8)
143 Rutgers                                  0.089 (9-9)
144 Georgia Tech                             0.084 (9-8)
145 Austin Peay                              0.080 (8-7)
146 North Texas                              0.078 (10-7)
147 Akron                                    0.071 (8-7)
148 S Illinois                               0.039 (7-10)
149 IL Chicago                               0.035 (8-8)
150 Missouri St                              0.034 (8-10)
151 Lamar                                    0.026 (6-6)
152 Hawaii                                   0.010 (9-8)
153 Mercer                                   0.008 (9-8)
154 Lehigh                                   0.004 (11-6)
155 Jacksonville                             0.003 (8-8)
156 TX San Antonio                           0.003 (7-5)
157 Richmond                                 0.003 (8-8)
158 New Mexico St                           -0.001 (9-9)
159 Georgia                                 -0.001 (9-9)
160 Binghamton                              -0.008 (9-7)
161 Old Dominion                            -0.008 (10-7)
162 Massachusetts                           -0.009 (6-9)
163 Rider                                   -0.009 (9-8)
164 Oakland                                 -0.011 (10-9)
165 Oregon                                  -0.015 (6-12)
166 Mt St Mary's                            -0.018 (9-9)
167 East Carolina                           -0.025 (6-7)
168 Marshall                                -0.026 (6-9)
169 Iona                                    -0.028 (9-10)
170 DePaul                                  -0.029 (8-10)
171 Montana St                              -0.032 (8-7)
172 Wofford                                 -0.040 (6-7)
173 Manhattan                               -0.062 (9-8)
174 Harvard                                 -0.075 (8-6)
175 Colorado                                -0.075 (7-8)
176 Kent St                                 -0.079 (7-9)
177 South Florida                           -0.086 (6-11)
178 Wichita St                              -0.091 (7-11)
179 Morgan St                               -0.092 (7-9)
180 Chicago St                              -0.093 (9-8)
181 E Washington                            -0.104 (8-9)
182 Savannah St                             -0.104 (7-9)
183 Colorado St                             -0.106 (6-11)
184 Ball St                                 -0.110 (7-8)
185 Hampton                                 -0.119 (8-8)
186 Eastern Ky                              -0.125 (8-7)
187 TAM C. Christi                          -0.125 (6-9)
188 MD Baltimore Co                         -0.125 (7-8)
189 Bowling Green                           -0.127 (6-8)
190 Loyola MD                               -0.137 (8-12)
191 Morehead St                             -0.146 (8-10)
192 Stetson                                 -0.148 (6-9)
193 Santa Barbara                           -0.149 (7-9)
194 Central Conn                            -0.150 (8-9)
195 Louisiana Tech                          -0.151 (8-9)
196 Cal Riverside                           -0.153 (9-7)
197 San Francisco                           -0.154 (6-11)
198 Chattanooga                             -0.156 (6-10)
199 Florida Intl                            -0.159 (7-11)
200 Wagner                                  -0.162 (10-7)
201 Stony Brook                             -0.164 (8-8)
202 Ga Southern                             -0.166 (4-9)
203 Oral Roberts                            -0.168 (7-11)
204 Alabama St                              -0.169 (6-7)
205 San Jose St                             -0.170 (6-8)
206 Samford                                 -0.172 (6-8)
207 TX Arlington                            -0.172 (6-7)
208 Montana                                 -0.177 (8-9)
209 Holy Cross                              -0.177 (8-10)
210 Boston Univ                             -0.178 (7-9)
211 Presbyterian                            -0.178 (7-11)
212 W Carolina                              -0.180 (6-7)
213 Delaware                                -0.188 (8-11)
214 Murray St                               -0.190 (6-9)
215 Air Force                               -0.194 (7-8)
216 Idaho St                                -0.195 (5-13)
217 Rice                                    -0.196 (6-11)
218 Indiana                                 -0.196 (4-12)
219 Radford                                 -0.200 (6-9)
220 Long Island                             -0.207 (8-8)
221 Idaho                                   -0.208 (7-10)
222 G Washington                            -0.212 (6-9)
223 Oregon St                               -0.214 (5-10)
224 CS Fullerton                            -0.217 (7-10)
225 Towson                                  -0.222 (7-12)
226 TN Tech                                 -0.223 (7-8)
227 Jacksonville St                         -0.229 (6-8)
228 Utah Val St                             -0.233 (7-7)
229 Florida A&M                             -0.234 (5-10)
230 Troy                                    -0.236 (8-10)
231 Marist                                  -0.239 (7-13)
232 Charlotte                               -0.245 (5-11)
233 Fresno St                               -0.245 (7-11)
234 Sou Methodist                           -0.246 (5-9)
235 CSU-Northridge                          -0.252 (5-9)
236 UNC Asheville                           -0.253 (5-10)
237 Longwood                                -0.254 (6-10)
238 McNeese St                              -0.256 (5-8)
239 Bethune Cookman                         -0.265 (6-8)
240 Penn                                    -0.271 (4-8)
241 South Dakota                            -0.274 (1-3)
242 Brown                                   -0.275 (6-9)
243 IUPU Ft Wayne                           -0.277 (6-11)
244 Seattle                                 -0.279 (4-6)
245 Tulane                                  -0.283 (6-10)
246 Gardner Webb                            -0.285 (5-9)
247 UC Davis                                -0.287 (8-10)
248 New Hampshire                           -0.297 (6-8)
249 Canisius                                -0.301 (6-12)
250 New Orleans                             -0.307 (7-10)
251 Hartford                                -0.322 (6-12)
252 Western Mich                            -0.326 (6-10)
253 Nicholls St                             -0.328 (5-8)
254 FL Gulf Coast                           -0.329 (7-12)
255 Santa Clara                             -0.337 (5-13)
256 IUPUI                                   -0.338 (6-9)
257 William & Mary                          -0.348 (5-11)
258 Maine                                   -0.351 (6-11)
259 Citadel                                 -0.352 (6-10)
260 Quinnipiac                              -0.355 (8-9)
261 Appalachian St                          -0.357 (5-9)
262 Louisiana Lfyt                          -0.358 (5-10)
263 Sam Houston St                          -0.361 (3-8)
264 Lafayette                               -0.367 (6-11)
265 Central Arkansas                        -0.374 (4-8)
266 Eastern Il                              -0.384 (6-9)
267 Denver                                  -0.385 (7-11)
268 Sacred Ht                               -0.390 (6-11)
269 N Colorado                              -0.395 (7-12)
270 S Utah                                  -0.401 (5-11)
271 Yale                                    -0.407 (5-9)
272 S Dakota St                             -0.408 (6-12)
273 Jackson St                              -0.420 (5-12)
274 Indiana St                              -0.428 (3-14)
275 Texas St                                -0.441 (4-8)
276 Northwestern LA                         -0.443 (5-10)
277 UC Irvine                               -0.453 (5-12)
278 Missouri KC                             -0.461 (6-14)
279 Columbia                                -0.463 (5-10)
280 Prairie View                            -0.465 (4-9)
281 Valparaiso                              -0.468 (3-14)
282 St Peter's                              -0.483 (5-12)
283 Coastal Car                             -0.483 (4-10)
284 Winthrop                                -0.489 (3-12)
285 SIU Edwardsville                        -0.490 (3-12)
286 NC A&T                                  -0.492 (4-10)
287 North Dakota                            -0.496 (1-5)
288 C Michigan                              -0.502 (4-11)
289 Colgate                                 -0.503 (5-11)
290 Princeton                               -0.504 (4-8)
291 Ark Pine Bluff                          -0.504 (3-12)
292 Lipscomb                                -0.505 (5-10)
293 Campbell                                -0.507 (4-10)
294 Centenary                               -0.513 (5-14)
295 St Francis NY                           -0.527 (4-12)
296 SE Louisiana                            -0.529 (3-9)
297 UNC Wilmington                          -0.530 (4-15)
298 Detroit                                 -0.532 (3-12)
299 Bucknell                                -0.539 (3-14)
300 Louisiana Mnro                          -0.544 (4-13)
301 Tennessee St                            -0.547 (4-11)
302 Florida Atl                             -0.547 (4-15)
303 Georgia St                              -0.550 (3-13)
304 Elon                                    -0.563 (2-10)
305 St Francis PA                           -0.565 (4-13)
306 Youngstown St                           -0.567 (3-12)
307 CS Bakersfield                          -0.570 (5-13)
308 N Illinois                              -0.572 (4-10)
309 Coppin St                               -0.575 (2-14)
310 Kennesaw                                -0.580 (5-10)
311 N Arizona                               -0.586 (3-12)
312 Charleston So                           -0.592 (3-11)
313 Monmouth NJ                             -0.605 (5-13)
314 Houston Bap                             -0.607 (2-16)
315 Fordham                                 -0.612 (2-14)
316 Cal Poly SLO                            -0.618 (3-12)
317 Delaware St                             -0.630 (2-14)
318 Toledo                                  -0.632 (2-14)
319 Western Il                              -0.644 (5-12)
320 Bryant                                  -0.649 (3-15)
321 Pepperdine                              -0.670 (2-15)
322 S Carolina St                           -0.676 (2-9)
323 MD E Shore                              -0.687 (3-10)
324 Norfolk St                              -0.700 (3-11)
325 Alabama A&M                             -0.711 (2-8)
326 TX Pan American                         -0.717 (2-11)
327 Army                                    -0.737 (4-13)
328 Howard                                  -0.737 (2-14)
329 UNC Greensboro                          -0.754 (2-12)
330 MS Valley St                            -0.760 (1-16)
331 F Dickinson                             -0.762 (2-14)
332 SC Upstate                              -0.762 (2-14)
333 TX Southern                             -0.774 (1-16)
334 Grambling                               -0.780 (3-12)
335 Loy Marymount                           -0.782 (1-18)
336 Eastern Mich                            -0.783 (1-14)
337 W Salem State                           -0.811 (2-12)
338 N Florida                               -0.814 (2-14)
339 SE Missouri St                          -0.836 (2-16)
340 High Point                              -0.842 (2-12)
341 NC Central                              -0.893 (1-18)
342 Southern Univ                           -0.948 (2-13)
343 Dartmouth                               -0.969 (1-13)
344 Alcorn St                               -0.980 (1-14)
345 CS Sacramento                           -0.980 (1-18)
346 Furman                                  -1.043 (0-13)
347 New Jersey Tech                         -1.082 (0-18)
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