Dolphin Ratings - NCAA Football

Explanation: Each team is listed with its record, overall score differential, and six ratings. Brief explanations of the ratings follow.

Schedule The number in this column is the effective opponent strength of a team. In other words, they would be expected to have the same record had they played all games against an opponent of this predictive rating at a neutral site. Because this calculation depends on the strength of the team in question, it is not possible to rank schedules using these values.
Standard Ranks teams in an order such that a team is "probably better" than all teams ranked lower than it. This calculation uses margin of victory only for computing a team's opponents strengths; the team's rating itself is computed using only wins, losses, and ties relative to its schedule
Median Likelihood Determines the likely ratings for each team, based on its wins, losses, and ties relative to its schedule. This generally produces the same or similar ratings as the standard ranking.
Predictive Both schedule strength and rating vs. schedule strength are determined considering both the wins and losses and the score differentials. This rating contains none of the biases in the standard rating, but does weight recent games slightly more than past games since those are a better indication of the team's current strength. This rating is the best of the first three for seeing how good teams are, and thus is the best for predicting future results.
Improved RPI Rating The improved RPI formula is similar to the standard RPI, except that the schedule strength is carried out to infinite depth instead of ending with opponents' opponents, thus allows for a better comparison of isolated groups of teams than is given by the standard RPI calculation. It is similar to the simple rating, except that all games are given equal weight.
RPI Rating. The RPI rating is based on the BCS formula, and approximates the schedule, loss, and quality win components.
Pseudopoll. The pseudopoll contains an AI evaluation of each team's season, designed to mimic human decision-making processes. There are 121 voters, each with slightly different biases.
Predictive-Scoring. This value indicates how many points a team would be expected to score if it played an identical team.
Predictive-Offense. This combines the predictive and scoring ratings to measure how many points a team scores. The number is the predictive rating of an opponent against whom the team would be expected to score the league average number of points. This does not necessarily rate a team's offensive abilities, as a fast pace in basketball or big-play defense in football can make a team score more points.
Predictive-Defense. This combines the predictive and scoring ratings to measure how many points a team allows. The number is the predictive rating of an opponent against whom the team would be expected to allow the league average number of points. The same caveat in the predictive-offense rating applies here.

Because these ratings contain no prejudices regarding team or conference strengths, they tend to be quite inaccurate early in the seasons. College football appears to take at least 5 games per team before even remotely reasonable ratings are produced; acceptable ratings are produced with 8 games per team; excellent ratings unfortunately require 14 games per team.

Full Ranking

                                                        STANDARD   MED LIKELY  PREDICTIVE  IMPRVD RPI     RPI         POLL   
TEAM                         W  L  T   PF   PA  SCHED  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  P-SCR  P-OFF  P-DEF
Louisiana State             11  0  0  282   53  0.856    1  2.955    1  2.197    1  2.066    1 0.7086    1 0.6944    2   1183  0.687  1.949  2.182
Iowa                         8  1  1  272  146  1.253    2  2.758    2  1.843    3  1.903    2 0.6959    4 0.6679    3   1168  1.323  2.526  1.279
Wisconsin                    7  1  1  201   77  1.236    3  2.705    3  1.798    5  1.778    7 0.6618   14 0.6086    4   1071  0.621  1.596  1.960
Ohio State                   6  1  2  182  132  1.252    4  2.642    4  1.782   10  1.336    5 0.6684   12 0.6297    8    901  1.058  1.625  1.046
Army                         8  0  1  264   49  0.875    5  2.636    5  1.770    4  1.805    6 0.6677    3 0.6883    1   1249  0.556  1.562  2.048
Air Force                    9  0  2  247  102  0.523    6  2.597    6  1.700   15  1.139    9 0.6498    2 0.6897   10    795  0.806  1.144  1.134
Auburn                       9  0  1  173   62  0.681    7  2.590    7  1.688   12  1.311    3 0.6774    6 0.6523    5   1053  0.455  0.977  1.646
Purdue                       6  1  2  184  102  1.307    8  2.547    8  1.620    6  1.701    4 0.6761    7 0.6513    6   1007  0.858  1.762  1.640
Oklahoma                    10  1  0  300   55  0.683    9  2.531    9  1.590    2  1.941    8 0.6515    5 0.6611    7    959  0.617  1.756  2.127
Texas Christian              8  2  1  218   78  0.861   10  2.389   10  1.354    8  1.453   11 0.6405   10 0.6313   11    756  0.321  1.005  1.900
TEAM                         W  L  T   PF   PA  SCHED  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  P-SCR  P-OFF  P-DEF
Mississippi                  9  2  0  222   68  0.797   11  2.351   11  1.291    7  1.461   10 0.6416    9 0.6332    9    858  0.591  1.251  1.671
Notre Dame                   6  4  0  206  173  1.211   12  2.327   12  1.257   11  1.313   12 0.6216   13 0.6173   13    638  1.279  1.878  0.748
Texas                        7  3  0  157  152  0.782   13  2.326   13  1.254   24  0.785   14 0.6099   20 0.5778   14    586  0.881  0.870  0.699
Indiana                      5  3  1   81  141  0.914   14  2.259   14  1.148   36  0.507   17 0.5942   25 0.5667   21    229  0.267  0.016  0.997
Northwestern                 5  4  0  199  148  1.243   15  2.221   15  1.086    9  1.399   19 0.5842   35 0.5385   16    494  1.143  1.791  1.006
Syracuse                     8  2  0  270   80  0.555   16  2.217   16  1.075   13  1.261   13 0.6134    8 0.6389   12    700  0.710  1.167  1.355
Southern Methodist           6  4  0  203  134  0.909   17  2.151   17  0.971   14  1.234   16 0.6025   26 0.5643   17    491  1.007  1.463  1.005
Clemson                      8  3  0  169  138  0.260   18  2.119   18  0.921   46  0.320   18 0.5935   15 0.6020   18    352  0.775  0.293  0.347
Oklahoma State               8  3  0  201  134  0.365   19  2.098   19  0.886   27  0.694   15 0.6063   11 0.6311   22    214  0.907  0.809  0.580
Washington State             7  3  0  199  117  0.488   20  2.070   20  0.844   17  0.982   32 0.5517   22 0.5724   19    315  0.939  1.133  0.832
TEAM                         W  L  T   PF   PA  SCHED  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  P-SCR  P-OFF  P-DEF
Rice                         5  5  0  178  155  1.042   21  2.050   21  0.816   16  1.035   20 0.5796   28 0.5578   28     25  1.032  1.294  0.777
Florida                      6  4  1  174  100  0.784   22  2.022   22  0.772   20  0.915   25 0.5644   49 0.5113   20    258  0.422  0.553  1.278
Pittsburgh                   5  4  1  163  138  0.750   23  2.018   23  0.768   23  0.855   31 0.5528   36 0.5349   30      1  0.877  0.937  0.773
South Carolina               7  3  0  168  116  0.311   24  2.017   24  0.766   32  0.565   22 0.5704   17 0.5844   15    495  0.630  0.392  0.737
Georgia Tech                 5  4  1   93   91  0.679   25  2.001   25  0.741   29  0.646   21 0.5754   41 0.5310   31      0  0.168  0.081  1.212
Vanderbilt                   5  2  3  131   71  0.434   26  1.989   26  0.724   25  0.722   23 0.5699   51 0.5101   26     58  0.232  0.205  1.240
Illinois                     4  5  0  144  150  0.999   27  1.948   27  0.667   19  0.925   41 0.5328   70 0.4661   32      0  0.963  1.102  0.747
Kentucky                     5  4  1  136  115  0.838   28  1.947   28  0.665   34  0.539   24 0.5674   44 0.5257   25     82  0.449  0.200  0.878
California                   7  4  0  207  200  0.352   29  1.941   29  0.655   44  0.381   42 0.5302   52 0.5100   33      0  1.304  0.979 -0.218
Alabama                      5  4  1  106   75  0.718   30  1.917   30  0.620   26  0.711   27 0.5578   42 0.5285   23    191  0.113  0.105  1.316
TEAM                         W  L  T   PF   PA  SCHED  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  P-SCR  P-OFF  P-DEF
Penn State                   6  3  1  237   97  0.396   31  1.838   31  0.495   22  0.914   26 0.5613   21 0.5747   24     86  0.690  0.800  1.028
Navy                         6  3  0  212  134  0.159   32  1.826   32  0.474   37  0.501   28 0.5547   30 0.5488   34      0  1.130  0.877  0.125
North Carolina               6  4  0  195  109  0.415   33  1.813   33  0.454   21  0.915   35 0.5460   43 0.5266   35      0  0.829  0.945  0.885
Duke                         5  5  0  128  131  0.603   34  1.785   34  0.433   33  0.561   40 0.5363   46 0.5200   36      0  0.556  0.318  0.804
Oregon State                 6  4  0   98  118  0.159   35  1.776   35  0.418   58  0.007   52 0.5131   40 0.5314   37      0  0.350 -0.416  0.431
Holy Cross                   6  3  0  112  104 -0.229   36  1.770   36  0.409   67 -0.159   33 0.5511   18 0.5792   38      0  0.301 -0.622  0.304
Tulsa                        7  3  0  216  100 -0.064   37  1.769   37  0.407   47  0.315   29 0.5540   27 0.5608   27     28  0.744  0.256  0.375
Florida State                7  4  0  218  124  0.259   38  1.758   38  0.390   39  0.449   43 0.5290   56 0.5002   39      0  0.811  0.459  0.438
Michigan State               3  5  1  117  123  0.728   39  1.703   39  0.304   31  0.569   55 0.5044   83 0.4268   40      0  0.642  0.407  0.730
Arkansas                     4  6  0  147  150  0.624   40  1.696   40  0.294   41  0.439   45 0.5252   53 0.5093   41      0  0.889  0.533  0.344
TEAM                         W  L  T   PF   PA  SCHED  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  P-SCR  P-OFF  P-DEF
Georgia                      4  6  0  196  114  0.733   41  1.688   41  0.282   18  0.926   47 0.5236   64 0.4868   42      0  1.049  1.203  0.648
Southern California          4  5  1  151  120  0.500   42  1.687   42  0.279   28  0.671   66 0.4780   74 0.4462   43      0  0.679  0.545  0.796
Houston                      5  4  0  209  161  0.225   43  1.678   45  0.265   38  0.470   34 0.5485   33 0.5430   44      0  1.406  1.208 -0.268
North Texas                  7  2  1  197   93 -0.277   44  1.677   43  0.276   53  0.192   36 0.5458   23 0.5716   29      7  0.523 -0.081  0.466
Texas A&M                    4  6  0  124  217  0.492   45  1.672   44  0.272   63 -0.092   50 0.5165   63 0.4909   45      0  0.967  0.091 -0.275
Wyoming                      8  3  0  205  136 -0.373   46  1.640   46  0.220   59  0.000   48 0.5199   24 0.5708   46      0  0.924  0.134 -0.133
Tennessee                    4  6  0   77  122  0.690   47  1.628   47  0.207   50  0.248   38 0.5389   59 0.4967   47      0  0.463 -0.079  0.576
Michigan                     2  6  1  132  211  0.806   48  1.615   48  0.188   49  0.289   65 0.4784   90 0.3977   48      0  1.186  0.735 -0.156
Colorado                     6  4  0  207  122  0.073   49  1.607   50  0.171   35  0.515   46 0.5237   45 0.5254   49      0  1.009  0.746  0.284
Missouri                     5  4  1  164  141  0.166   50  1.606   49  0.176   48  0.309   44 0.5259   57 0.4988   50      0  0.947  0.469  0.150
TEAM                         W  L  T   PF   PA  SCHED  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  P-SCR  P-OFF  P-DEF
Boston College               7  3  0  229  127 -0.216   51  1.602   51  0.167   51  0.227   30 0.5537   32 0.5449   51      0  1.055  0.513 -0.059
Cincinnati                   6  2  2  139  104 -0.200   52  1.586   52  0.144   56  0.022   37 0.5436   34 0.5392   52      0  0.414 -0.348  0.392
Kansas                       4  5  1   87  175  0.154   53  1.575   53  0.130   71 -0.315   53 0.5124   58 0.4986   53      0  0.549 -0.564 -0.065
Hardin-Simmons               6  5  0  141  176 -0.093   54  1.573   54  0.125   65 -0.147   54 0.5102   31 0.5479   54      0  0.625 -0.325  0.031
UCLA                         3  6  1  136  173  0.478   55  1.551   55  0.093   52  0.218   78 0.4480   85 0.4182   55      0  1.058  0.507 -0.072
Tulane                       3  7  0  105  189  0.619   56  1.521   56  0.050   54  0.121   56 0.5043   71 0.4615   56      0  0.930  0.261 -0.019
Oregon                       4  6  0   93   50  0.444   57  1.510   57  0.031   30  0.645   73 0.4602   69 0.4671   57      0 -0.434 -0.286  1.577
Pacific                      6  4  0  266  179 -0.102   58  1.509   58  0.028   61 -0.066   59 0.4946   55 0.5013   58      0  1.206  0.405 -0.537
Mississippi State            3  6  0  127  129  0.906   59  1.505   59  0.025   40  0.440   57 0.5008   67 0.4725   59      0  0.901  0.548  0.332
West Virginia                4  5  1  268  200  0.231   60  1.454   60 -0.064   43  0.407   62 0.4855   60 0.4956   60      0  1.570  1.379 -0.566
TEAM                         W  L  T   PF   PA  SCHED  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  P-SCR  P-OFF  P-DEF
New Mexico                   7  3  0  210  185 -0.766   61  1.446   61 -0.081   80 -0.586   64 0.4800   37 0.5344   61      0  1.223 -0.093 -1.080
Maryland                     4  6  0  132  175  0.129   62  1.433   62 -0.097   68 -0.184   60 0.4928   62 0.4920   62      0  0.841 -0.141 -0.226
Nebraska                     3  7  0   71  235  0.227   63  1.426   63 -0.107   81 -0.589   63 0.4815   73 0.4493   63      0  0.771 -0.620 -0.558
Rutgers                      8  1  0  301   77 -1.284   64  1.403   64 -0.157   55  0.099   39 0.5383   16 0.5907   64      0  0.735  0.031  0.168
Baylor                       3  7  0  159  181  0.458   65  1.385   65 -0.177   45  0.328   69 0.4714   82 0.4272   65      0  1.144  0.721 -0.065
Boston University            4  5  0  168  211 -0.022   66  1.380   66 -0.186   78 -0.508   72 0.4620   68 0.4679   66      0  1.198 -0.048 -0.969
Colorado State               6  4  0  178  110 -0.458   67  1.377   67 -0.194   64 -0.145   70 0.4708   47 0.5191   67      0  0.549 -0.395  0.105
Washington                   3  7  0  102  146  0.332   68  1.368   68 -0.204   57  0.022   89 0.4204  101 0.3781   68      0  0.607 -0.174  0.217
Brigham Young                6  4  0  189  150 -0.529   69  1.336   69 -0.257   73 -0.393   75 0.4580   54 0.5061   69      0  0.988 -0.187 -0.600
Miami (Florida)              2  8  0   88  195  0.513   70  1.312   70 -0.288   66 -0.153   79 0.4450   87 0.4084   70      0  0.746 -0.210 -0.096
TEAM                         W  L  T   PF   PA  SCHED  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  P-SCR  P-OFF  P-DEF
Stanford                     2  8  0   93  226  0.475   71  1.297   71 -0.313   75 -0.439   88 0.4213   88 0.4046   71      0  0.857 -0.380 -0.499
Arizona State                7  3  0  271  131 -0.884   72  1.284   72 -0.344   69 -0.190   76 0.4573   76 0.4412   72      0  1.101  0.151 -0.531
Dartmouth                    7  2  0  182   83 -1.274   73  1.271   74 -0.368   84 -0.671   49 0.5194   19 0.5784   73      0  0.732 -0.743 -0.599
Wake Forest                  3  7  0  124  163  0.187   74  1.249   75 -0.397   60 -0.053   68 0.4735   65 0.4824   74      0  0.858  0.008 -0.114
Villanova                    6  4  0  112  151 -0.680   75  1.232   73 -0.362   86 -0.767   51 0.5141   29 0.5558   75      0  0.415 -1.136 -0.398
Minnesota                    1  8  0  115  157  0.861   76  1.199   76 -0.409   42  0.430   85 0.4260  109 0.3365   76      0  0.837  0.469  0.392
Virginia Tech                5  4  1  165  196 -0.635   77  1.185   77 -0.441   82 -0.629   77 0.4571   66 0.4771   77      0  1.017 -0.389 -0.870
Wichita State                4  5  1  148  200 -0.465   78  1.142   78 -0.505   85 -0.703   58 0.5006   39 0.5331   78      0  1.106 -0.356 -1.050
Idaho                        4  5  0  114  139 -0.525   79  1.126   79 -0.531   83 -0.629   91 0.4117   78 0.4388   79      0  0.738 -0.695 -0.564
Texas Tech                   3  7  0  126  163 -0.030   80  1.103   80 -0.569   72 -0.351   82 0.4378   94 0.3925   80      0  0.574 -0.577 -0.126
TEAM                         W  L  T   PF   PA  SCHED  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  P-SCR  P-OFF  P-DEF
Kansas State                 3  7  0  110  192 -0.080   81  1.097   81 -0.579   76 -0.457   80 0.4432   84 0.4224   81      0  0.884 -0.368 -0.546
Virginia Military Institute  6  2  2  214   99 -1.012   82  1.065   82 -0.631   70 -0.196   71 0.4694   48 0.5189   82      0  0.764 -0.235 -0.157
Iowa State                   4  6  0  127   88 -0.401   83  1.024   83 -0.691   77 -0.481   86 0.4227   86 0.4119   83      0 -0.195 -1.285  0.324
Cornell                      6  3  0  147  135 -1.438   84  1.018   84 -0.708   90 -1.072   61 0.4907   38 0.5335   84      0  0.732 -1.143 -1.000
Princeton                    6  3  0  217  164 -1.542   85  0.954   86 -0.785   96 -1.242   67 0.4744   50 0.5103   85      0  1.383 -0.536 -1.948
Marquette                    2  7  1  107  257 -0.139   86  0.951   85 -0.784   89 -0.934   81 0.4429   81 0.4279   86      0  1.047 -0.657 -1.210
Detroit Mercy                4  4  1  131  157 -0.970   87  0.918   87 -0.788   94 -1.184   83 0.4348   89 0.3978   87      0  0.749 -1.239 -1.130
San Jose State               4  5  0  174  106 -0.369   88  0.910   88 -0.799   62 -0.067   90 0.4181   75 0.4443   88      0  1.003  0.157 -0.291
Utah                         4  7  0  161  187 -0.525   89  0.895   89 -0.821   87 -0.775   95 0.3873   95 0.3922   89      0  0.727 -0.852 -0.698
North Carolina State         2  7  1  120  160 -0.212   90  0.872   90 -0.855   74 -0.425   87 0.4215   79 0.4350   90      0  0.755 -0.473 -0.378
TEAM                         W  L  T   PF   PA  SCHED  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  P-SCR  P-OFF  P-DEF
Brown                        6  3  0  211  140 -1.667   91  0.828   91 -0.931   98 -1.281   74 0.4583   61 0.4939   91      0  1.216 -0.797 -1.766
Davidson                     5  4  0  159  164 -1.258   92  0.800   92 -0.974   97 -1.250   96 0.3827   97 0.3917   92      0  1.067 -0.951 -1.550
Virginia                     1  9  0   89  301 -0.075   93  0.778   93 -1.002   92 -1.150   93 0.3989   96 0.3918   93      0  1.198 -0.689 -1.612
William & Mary               2  6  1   72  180 -0.747   94  0.767   94 -1.024  101 -1.341   99 0.3760   91 0.3973   94      0  0.475 -1.657 -1.024
George Washington            3  5  0   82  158 -1.087   95  0.724   95 -1.118  102 -1.401   94 0.3940   98 0.3870   95      0  0.638 -1.566 -1.236
New Mexico State             4  6  0  172  228 -0.950   96  0.682   96 -1.187   95 -1.207  105 0.3547  107 0.3517   96      0  1.363 -0.529 -1.884
Utah State                   3  7  0  123  188 -0.866   97  0.679   97 -1.189   91 -1.150  106 0.3523   99 0.3857   97      0  0.884 -1.060 -1.239
Pennsylvania                 4  5  0  153  177 -1.309   98  0.676   98 -1.196   99 -1.290   84 0.4290   72 0.4587   98      0  0.992 -1.078 -1.502
Arizona                      3  7  0   83  276 -1.036   99  0.675   99 -1.196  107 -1.917  103 0.3575  105 0.3626   99      0  0.905 -1.805 -2.030
Citadel                      4  6  0  130  196 -1.169  100  0.624  101 -1.276  103 -1.407  100 0.3699  104 0.3660  100      0  0.668 -1.542 -1.271
TEAM                         W  L  T   PF   PA  SCHED  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  P-SCR  P-OFF  P-DEF
Denver                       2  8  0  135  163 -0.438  101  0.623  100 -1.274   79 -0.560  104 0.3560   92 0.3952  101      0  0.755 -0.608 -0.512
Furman                       2  7  0  114  269 -0.780  102  0.618  102 -1.285  104 -1.482   97 0.3827  103 0.3750  102      0  1.189 -1.032 -1.931
Richmond                     3  7  0  169  200 -0.884  103  0.578  103 -1.354   88 -0.875   98 0.3817   77 0.4392  103      0  1.221 -0.384 -1.366
Drake                        2  7  0   72  252 -0.922  104  0.510  104 -1.464  110 -2.371  108 0.3405  108 0.3417  104      0  0.687 -2.489 -2.254
Harvard                      4  5  0  149   99 -1.593  105  0.467  105 -1.536   93 -1.152   92 0.4005   80 0.4305  105      0  0.718 -1.238 -1.066
Texas-El Paso                2  7  0   92  179 -1.074  106  0.365  106 -1.698  100 -1.298  107 0.3501  100 0.3801  106      0  0.644 -1.457 -1.138
Dayton                       2  8  0   60  203 -1.105  107  0.301  107 -1.797  106 -1.823  101 0.3677  102 0.3755  107      0  0.437 -2.173 -1.473
Colgate                      1  8  0   46  251 -1.288  108  0.244  108 -1.894  109 -2.093  102 0.3636   93 0.3928  108      0  0.502 -2.385 -1.801
West Texas A&M               1  9  0  125  256 -1.195  109  0.108  109 -2.137  105 -1.743  111 0.2966  112 0.2850  109      0  1.177 -1.309 -2.178
Yale                         2  7  0   92  203 -2.022  110  0.065  110 -2.212  111 -2.514  110 0.3092  110 0.3075  110      0  1.011 -2.280 -2.748
TEAM                         W  L  T   PF   PA  SCHED  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  P-SCR  P-OFF  P-DEF
Montana                      0 10  0   94  297 -0.915  111  0.012  111 -2.300  108 -2.035  112 0.2630  111 0.2942  111      0  1.122 -1.669 -2.400
Columbia                     1  8  0   35  291 -2.008  112  0.000  112 -2.329  112 -3.146  109 0.3249  106 0.3556  112      0  0.198 -3.690 -2.603
UNRANKED                    27 52  1 1080 1785 -1.023      -1.000      -1.000      -1.397      0.3948      0.4187           0  1.122 -1.031 -1.764


ACC: strength=0.102 (#5)
                                                        STANDARD   MED LIKELY  PREDICTIVE  IMPRVD RPI     RPI         POLL   
TEAM                         W  L  T   PF   PA  SCHED  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  P-SCR  P-OFF  P-DEF
Clemson                      8  3  0  169  138  0.260   18  2.119   18  0.921   46  0.320   18 0.5935   15 0.6020   18    352  0.775  0.293  0.347
South Carolina               7  3  0  168  116  0.311   24  2.017   24  0.766   32  0.565   22 0.5704   17 0.5844   15    495  0.630  0.392  0.737
North Carolina               6  4  0  195  109  0.415   33  1.813   33  0.454   21  0.915   35 0.5460   43 0.5266   35      0  0.829  0.945  0.885
Duke                         5  5  0  128  131  0.603   34  1.785   34  0.433   33  0.561   40 0.5363   46 0.5200   36      0  0.556  0.318  0.804
Maryland                     4  6  0  132  175  0.129   62  1.433   62 -0.097   68 -0.184   60 0.4928   62 0.4920   62      0  0.841 -0.141 -0.226
Wake Forest                  3  7  0  124  163  0.187   74  1.249   75 -0.397   60 -0.053   68 0.4735   65 0.4824   74      0  0.858  0.008 -0.114
North Carolina State         2  7  1  120  160 -0.212   90  0.872   90 -0.855   74 -0.425   87 0.4215   79 0.4350   90      0  0.755 -0.473 -0.378
Virginia                     1  9  0   89  301 -0.075   93  0.778   93 -1.002   92 -1.150   93 0.3989   96 0.3918   93      0  1.198 -0.689 -1.612

Big 7: strength=0.032 (#7)
                                                        STANDARD   MED LIKELY  PREDICTIVE  IMPRVD RPI     RPI         POLL   
TEAM                         W  L  T   PF   PA  SCHED  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  P-SCR  P-OFF  P-DEF
Oklahoma                    10  1  0  300   55  0.683    9  2.531    9  1.590    2  1.941    8 0.6515    5 0.6611    7    959  0.617  1.756  2.127
Colorado                     6  4  0  207  122  0.073   49  1.607   50  0.171   35  0.515   46 0.5237   45 0.5254   49      0  1.009  0.746  0.284
Missouri                     5  4  1  164  141  0.166   50  1.606   49  0.176   48  0.309   44 0.5259   57 0.4988   50      0  0.947  0.469  0.150
Kansas                       4  5  1   87  175  0.154   53  1.575   53  0.130   71 -0.315   53 0.5124   58 0.4986   53      0  0.549 -0.564 -0.065
Nebraska                     3  7  0   71  235  0.227   63  1.426   63 -0.107   81 -0.589   63 0.4815   73 0.4493   63      0  0.771 -0.620 -0.558
Kansas State                 3  7  0  110  192 -0.080   81  1.097   81 -0.579   76 -0.457   80 0.4432   84 0.4224   81      0  0.884 -0.368 -0.546
Iowa State                   4  6  0  127   88 -0.401   83  1.024   83 -0.691   77 -0.481   86 0.4227   86 0.4119   83      0 -0.195 -1.285  0.324

Big Ten: strength=1.198 (#1)
                                                        STANDARD   MED LIKELY  PREDICTIVE  IMPRVD RPI     RPI         POLL   
TEAM                         W  L  T   PF   PA  SCHED  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  P-SCR  P-OFF  P-DEF
Iowa                         8  1  1  272  146  1.253    2  2.758    2  1.843    3  1.903    2 0.6959    4 0.6679    3   1168  1.323  2.526  1.279
Wisconsin                    7  1  1  201   77  1.236    3  2.705    3  1.798    5  1.778    7 0.6618   14 0.6086    4   1071  0.621  1.596  1.960
Ohio State                   6  1  2  182  132  1.252    4  2.642    4  1.782   10  1.336    5 0.6684   12 0.6297    8    901  1.058  1.625  1.046
Purdue                       6  1  2  184  102  1.307    8  2.547    8  1.620    6  1.701    4 0.6761    7 0.6513    6   1007  0.858  1.762  1.640
Indiana                      5  3  1   81  141  0.914   14  2.259   14  1.148   36  0.507   17 0.5942   25 0.5667   21    229  0.267  0.016  0.997
Northwestern                 5  4  0  199  148  1.243   15  2.221   15  1.086    9  1.399   19 0.5842   35 0.5385   16    494  1.143  1.791  1.006
Illinois                     4  5  0  144  150  0.999   27  1.948   27  0.667   19  0.925   41 0.5328   70 0.4661   32      0  0.963  1.102  0.747
Michigan State               3  5  1  117  123  0.728   39  1.703   39  0.304   31  0.569   55 0.5044   83 0.4268   40      0  0.642  0.407  0.730
Michigan                     2  6  1  132  211  0.806   48  1.615   48  0.188   49  0.289   65 0.4784   90 0.3977   48      0  1.186  0.735 -0.156
Minnesota                    1  8  0  115  157  0.861   76  1.199   76 -0.409   42  0.430   85 0.4260  109 0.3365   76      0  0.837  0.469  0.392

Border: strength=-1.228 (#11)
                                                        STANDARD   MED LIKELY  PREDICTIVE  IMPRVD RPI     RPI         POLL   
TEAM                         W  L  T   PF   PA  SCHED  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  P-SCR  P-OFF  P-DEF
Hardin-Simmons               6  5  0  141  176 -0.093   54  1.573   54  0.125   65 -0.147   54 0.5102   31 0.5479   54      0  0.625 -0.325  0.031
Arizona State                7  3  0  271  131 -0.884   72  1.284   72 -0.344   69 -0.190   76 0.4573   76 0.4412   72      0  1.101  0.151 -0.531
New Mexico State             4  6  0  172  228 -0.950   96  0.682   96 -1.187   95 -1.207  105 0.3547  107 0.3517   96      0  1.363 -0.529 -1.884
Arizona                      3  7  0   83  276 -1.036   99  0.675   99 -1.196  107 -1.917  103 0.3575  105 0.3626   99      0  0.905 -1.805 -2.030
Texas-El Paso                2  7  0   92  179 -1.074  106  0.365  106 -1.698  100 -1.298  107 0.3501  100 0.3801  106      0  0.644 -1.457 -1.138
West Texas A&M               1  9  0  125  256 -1.195  109  0.108  109 -2.137  105 -1.743  111 0.2966  112 0.2850  109      0  1.177 -1.309 -2.178

Independent: strength=0.025 (#8)
                                                        STANDARD   MED LIKELY  PREDICTIVE  IMPRVD RPI     RPI         POLL   
TEAM                         W  L  T   PF   PA  SCHED  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  P-SCR  P-OFF  P-DEF
Army                         8  0  1  264   49  0.875    5  2.636    5  1.770    4  1.805    6 0.6677    3 0.6883    1   1249  0.556  1.562  2.048
Air Force                    9  0  2  247  102  0.523    6  2.597    6  1.700   15  1.139    9 0.6498    2 0.6897   10    795  0.806  1.144  1.134
Notre Dame                   6  4  0  206  173  1.211   12  2.327   12  1.257   11  1.313   12 0.6216   13 0.6173   13    638  1.279  1.878  0.748
Syracuse                     8  2  0  270   80  0.555   16  2.217   16  1.075   13  1.261   13 0.6134    8 0.6389   12    700  0.710  1.167  1.355
Oklahoma State               8  3  0  201  134  0.365   19  2.098   19  0.886   27  0.694   15 0.6063   11 0.6311   22    214  0.907  0.809  0.580
Pittsburgh                   5  4  1  163  138  0.750   23  2.018   23  0.768   23  0.855   31 0.5528   36 0.5349   30      1  0.877  0.937  0.773
Penn State                   6  3  1  237   97  0.396   31  1.838   31  0.495   22  0.914   26 0.5613   21 0.5747   24     86  0.690  0.800  1.028
Navy                         6  3  0  212  134  0.159   32  1.826   32  0.474   37  0.501   28 0.5547   30 0.5488   34      0  1.130  0.877  0.125
Holy Cross                   6  3  0  112  104 -0.229   36  1.770   36  0.409   67 -0.159   33 0.5511   18 0.5792   38      0  0.301 -0.622  0.304
Florida State                7  4  0  218  124  0.259   38  1.758   38  0.390   39  0.449   43 0.5290   56 0.5002   39      0  0.811  0.459  0.438
Boston College               7  3  0  229  127 -0.216   51  1.602   51  0.167   51  0.227   30 0.5537   32 0.5449   51      0  1.055  0.513 -0.059
Pacific                      6  4  0  266  179 -0.102   58  1.509   58  0.028   61 -0.066   59 0.4946   55 0.5013   58      0  1.206  0.405 -0.537
Rutgers                      8  1  0  301   77 -1.284   64  1.403   64 -0.157   55  0.099   39 0.5383   16 0.5907   64      0  0.735  0.031  0.168
Boston University            4  5  0  168  211 -0.022   66  1.380   66 -0.186   78 -0.508   72 0.4620   68 0.4679   66      0  1.198 -0.048 -0.969
Miami (Florida)              2  8  0   88  195  0.513   70  1.312   70 -0.288   66 -0.153   79 0.4450   87 0.4084   70      0  0.746 -0.210 -0.096
Villanova                    6  4  0  112  151 -0.680   75  1.232   73 -0.362   86 -0.767   51 0.5141   29 0.5558   75      0  0.415 -1.136 -0.398
Texas Tech                   3  7  0  126  163 -0.030   80  1.103   80 -0.569   72 -0.351   82 0.4378   94 0.3925   80      0  0.574 -0.577 -0.126
Marquette                    2  7  1  107  257 -0.139   86  0.951   85 -0.784   89 -0.934   81 0.4429   81 0.4279   86      0  1.047 -0.657 -1.210
Detroit Mercy                4  4  1  131  157 -0.970   87  0.918   87 -0.788   94 -1.184   83 0.4348   89 0.3978   87      0  0.749 -1.239 -1.130
San Jose State               4  5  0  174  106 -0.369   88  0.910   88 -0.799   62 -0.067   90 0.4181   75 0.4443   88      0  1.003  0.157 -0.291
Drake                        2  7  0   72  252 -0.922  104  0.510  104 -1.464  110 -2.371  108 0.3405  108 0.3417  104      0  0.687 -2.489 -2.254
Dayton                       2  8  0   60  203 -1.105  107  0.301  107 -1.797  106 -1.823  101 0.3677  102 0.3755  107      0  0.437 -2.173 -1.473
Colgate                      1  8  0   46  251 -1.288  108  0.244  108 -1.894  109 -2.093  102 0.3636   93 0.3928  108      0  0.502 -2.385 -1.801

Ivy: strength=-1.621 (#12)
                                                        STANDARD   MED LIKELY  PREDICTIVE  IMPRVD RPI     RPI         POLL   
TEAM                         W  L  T   PF   PA  SCHED  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  P-SCR  P-OFF  P-DEF
Dartmouth                    7  2  0  182   83 -1.274   73  1.271   74 -0.368   84 -0.671   49 0.5194   19 0.5784   73      0  0.732 -0.743 -0.599
Cornell                      6  3  0  147  135 -1.438   84  1.018   84 -0.708   90 -1.072   61 0.4907   38 0.5335   84      0  0.732 -1.143 -1.000
Princeton                    6  3  0  217  164 -1.542   85  0.954   86 -0.785   96 -1.242   67 0.4744   50 0.5103   85      0  1.383 -0.536 -1.948
Brown                        6  3  0  211  140 -1.667   91  0.828   91 -0.931   98 -1.281   74 0.4583   61 0.4939   91      0  1.216 -0.797 -1.766
Pennsylvania                 4  5  0  153  177 -1.309   98  0.676   98 -1.196   99 -1.290   84 0.4290   72 0.4587   98      0  0.992 -1.078 -1.502
Harvard                      4  5  0  149   99 -1.593  105  0.467  105 -1.536   93 -1.152   92 0.4005   80 0.4305  105      0  0.718 -1.238 -1.066
Yale                         2  7  0   92  203 -2.022  110  0.065  110 -2.212  111 -2.514  110 0.3092  110 0.3075  110      0  1.011 -2.280 -2.748
Columbia                     1  8  0   35  291 -2.008  112  0.000  112 -2.329  112 -3.146  109 0.3249  106 0.3556  112      0  0.198 -3.690 -2.603

MVC: strength=0.088 (#6)
                                                        STANDARD   MED LIKELY  PREDICTIVE  IMPRVD RPI     RPI         POLL   
TEAM                         W  L  T   PF   PA  SCHED  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  P-SCR  P-OFF  P-DEF
Tulsa                        7  3  0  216  100 -0.064   37  1.769   37  0.407   47  0.315   29 0.5540   27 0.5608   27     28  0.744  0.256  0.375
Houston                      5  4  0  209  161  0.225   43  1.678   45  0.265   38  0.470   34 0.5485   33 0.5430   44      0  1.406  1.208 -0.268
North Texas                  7  2  1  197   93 -0.277   44  1.677   43  0.276   53  0.192   36 0.5458   23 0.5716   29      7  0.523 -0.081  0.466
Cincinnati                   6  2  2  139  104 -0.200   52  1.586   52  0.144   56  0.022   37 0.5436   34 0.5392   52      0  0.414 -0.348  0.392
Wichita State                4  5  1  148  200 -0.465   78  1.142   78 -0.505   85 -0.703   58 0.5006   39 0.5331   78      0  1.106 -0.356 -1.050

PCC: strength=0.234 (#4)
                                                        STANDARD   MED LIKELY  PREDICTIVE  IMPRVD RPI     RPI         POLL   
TEAM                         W  L  T   PF   PA  SCHED  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  P-SCR  P-OFF  P-DEF
Washington State             7  3  0  199  117  0.488   20  2.070   20  0.844   17  0.982   32 0.5517   22 0.5724   19    315  0.939  1.133  0.832
California                   7  4  0  207  200  0.352   29  1.941   29  0.655   44  0.381   42 0.5302   52 0.5100   33      0  1.304  0.979 -0.218
Oregon State                 6  4  0   98  118  0.159   35  1.776   35  0.418   58  0.007   52 0.5131   40 0.5314   37      0  0.350 -0.416  0.431
Southern California          4  5  1  151  120  0.500   42  1.687   42  0.279   28  0.671   66 0.4780   74 0.4462   43      0  0.679  0.545  0.796
UCLA                         3  6  1  136  173  0.478   55  1.551   55  0.093   52  0.218   78 0.4480   85 0.4182   55      0  1.058  0.507 -0.072
Oregon                       4  6  0   93   50  0.444   57  1.510   57  0.031   30  0.645   73 0.4602   69 0.4671   57      0 -0.434 -0.286  1.577
Washington                   3  7  0  102  146  0.332   68  1.368   68 -0.204   57  0.022   89 0.4204  101 0.3781   68      0  0.607 -0.174  0.217
Stanford                     2  8  0   93  226  0.475   71  1.297   71 -0.313   75 -0.439   88 0.4213   88 0.4046   71      0  0.857 -0.380 -0.499
Idaho                        4  5  0  114  139 -0.525   79  1.126   79 -0.531   83 -0.629   91 0.4117   78 0.4388   79      0  0.738 -0.695 -0.564

SEC: strength=0.905 (#2)
                                                        STANDARD   MED LIKELY  PREDICTIVE  IMPRVD RPI     RPI         POLL   
TEAM                         W  L  T   PF   PA  SCHED  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  P-SCR  P-OFF  P-DEF
Louisiana State             11  0  0  282   53  0.856    1  2.955    1  2.197    1  2.066    1 0.7086    1 0.6944    2   1183  0.687  1.949  2.182
Auburn                       9  0  1  173   62  0.681    7  2.590    7  1.688   12  1.311    3 0.6774    6 0.6523    5   1053  0.455  0.977  1.646
Mississippi                  9  2  0  222   68  0.797   11  2.351   11  1.291    7  1.461   10 0.6416    9 0.6332    9    858  0.591  1.251  1.671
Florida                      6  4  1  174  100  0.784   22  2.022   22  0.772   20  0.915   25 0.5644   49 0.5113   20    258  0.422  0.553  1.278
Georgia Tech                 5  4  1   93   91  0.679   25  2.001   25  0.741   29  0.646   21 0.5754   41 0.5310   31      0  0.168  0.081  1.212
Vanderbilt                   5  2  3  131   71  0.434   26  1.989   26  0.724   25  0.722   23 0.5699   51 0.5101   26     58  0.232  0.205  1.240
Kentucky                     5  4  1  136  115  0.838   28  1.947   28  0.665   34  0.539   24 0.5674   44 0.5257   25     82  0.449  0.200  0.878
Alabama                      5  4  1  106   75  0.718   30  1.917   30  0.620   26  0.711   27 0.5578   42 0.5285   23    191  0.113  0.105  1.316
Georgia                      4  6  0  196  114  0.733   41  1.688   41  0.282   18  0.926   47 0.5236   64 0.4868   42      0  1.049  1.203  0.648
Tennessee                    4  6  0   77  122  0.690   47  1.628   47  0.207   50  0.248   38 0.5389   59 0.4967   47      0  0.463 -0.079  0.576
Tulane                       3  7  0  105  189  0.619   56  1.521   56  0.050   54  0.121   56 0.5043   71 0.4615   56      0  0.930  0.261 -0.019
Mississippi State            3  6  0  127  129  0.906   59  1.505   59  0.025   40  0.440   57 0.5008   67 0.4725   59      0  0.901  0.548  0.332

Skyline: strength=-0.729 (#9)
                                                        STANDARD   MED LIKELY  PREDICTIVE  IMPRVD RPI     RPI         POLL   
TEAM                         W  L  T   PF   PA  SCHED  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  P-SCR  P-OFF  P-DEF
Wyoming                      8  3  0  205  136 -0.373   46  1.640   46  0.220   59  0.000   48 0.5199   24 0.5708   46      0  0.924  0.134 -0.133
New Mexico                   7  3  0  210  185 -0.766   61  1.446   61 -0.081   80 -0.586   64 0.4800   37 0.5344   61      0  1.223 -0.093 -1.080
Colorado State               6  4  0  178  110 -0.458   67  1.377   67 -0.194   64 -0.145   70 0.4708   47 0.5191   67      0  0.549 -0.395  0.105
Brigham Young                6  4  0  189  150 -0.529   69  1.336   69 -0.257   73 -0.393   75 0.4580   54 0.5061   69      0  0.988 -0.187 -0.600
Utah                         4  7  0  161  187 -0.525   89  0.895   89 -0.821   87 -0.775   95 0.3873   95 0.3922   89      0  0.727 -0.852 -0.698
Utah State                   3  7  0  123  188 -0.866   97  0.679   97 -1.189   91 -1.150  106 0.3523   99 0.3857   97      0  0.884 -1.060 -1.239
Denver                       2  8  0  135  163 -0.438  101  0.623  100 -1.274   79 -0.560  104 0.3560   92 0.3952  101      0  0.755 -0.608 -0.512
Montana                      0 10  0   94  297 -0.915  111  0.012  111 -2.300  108 -2.035  112 0.2630  111 0.2942  111      0  1.122 -1.669 -2.400

Southern: strength=-1.059 (#10)
                                                        STANDARD   MED LIKELY  PREDICTIVE  IMPRVD RPI     RPI         POLL   
TEAM                         W  L  T   PF   PA  SCHED  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  P-SCR  P-OFF  P-DEF
West Virginia                4  5  1  268  200  0.231   60  1.454   60 -0.064   43  0.407   62 0.4855   60 0.4956   60      0  1.570  1.379 -0.566
Virginia Tech                5  4  1  165  196 -0.635   77  1.185   77 -0.441   82 -0.629   77 0.4571   66 0.4771   77      0  1.017 -0.389 -0.870
Virginia Military Institute  6  2  2  214   99 -1.012   82  1.065   82 -0.631   70 -0.196   71 0.4694   48 0.5189   82      0  0.764 -0.235 -0.157
Davidson                     5  4  0  159  164 -1.258   92  0.800   92 -0.974   97 -1.250   96 0.3827   97 0.3917   92      0  1.067 -0.951 -1.550
William & Mary               2  6  1   72  180 -0.747   94  0.767   94 -1.024  101 -1.341   99 0.3760   91 0.3973   94      0  0.475 -1.657 -1.024
George Washington            3  5  0   82  158 -1.087   95  0.724   95 -1.118  102 -1.401   94 0.3940   98 0.3870   95      0  0.638 -1.566 -1.236
Citadel                      4  6  0  130  196 -1.169  100  0.624  101 -1.276  103 -1.407  100 0.3699  104 0.3660  100      0  0.668 -1.542 -1.271
Furman                       2  7  0  114  269 -0.780  102  0.618  102 -1.285  104 -1.482   97 0.3827  103 0.3750  102      0  1.189 -1.032 -1.931
Richmond                     3  7  0  169  200 -0.884  103  0.578  103 -1.354   88 -0.875   98 0.3817   77 0.4392  103      0  1.221 -0.384 -1.366

SWC: strength=0.815 (#3)
                                                        STANDARD   MED LIKELY  PREDICTIVE  IMPRVD RPI     RPI         POLL   
TEAM                         W  L  T   PF   PA  SCHED  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  P-SCR  P-OFF  P-DEF
Texas Christian              8  2  1  218   78  0.861   10  2.389   10  1.354    8  1.453   11 0.6405   10 0.6313   11    756  0.321  1.005  1.900
Texas                        7  3  0  157  152  0.782   13  2.326   13  1.254   24  0.785   14 0.6099   20 0.5778   14    586  0.881  0.870  0.699
Southern Methodist           6  4  0  203  134  0.909   17  2.151   17  0.971   14  1.234   16 0.6025   26 0.5643   17    491  1.007  1.463  1.005
Rice                         5  5  0  178  155  1.042   21  2.050   21  0.816   16  1.035   20 0.5796   28 0.5578   28     25  1.032  1.294  0.777
Arkansas                     4  6  0  147  150  0.624   40  1.696   40  0.294   41  0.439   45 0.5252   53 0.5093   41      0  0.889  0.533  0.344
Texas A&M                    4  6  0  124  217  0.492   45  1.672   44  0.272   63 -0.092   50 0.5165   63 0.4909   45      0  0.967  0.091 -0.275
Baylor                       3  7  0  159  181  0.458   65  1.385   65 -0.177   45  0.328   69 0.4714   82 0.4272   65      0  1.144  0.721 -0.065

Conference Strengths
CONFERENCE    W   L   T   PCT  RNK RATING
Big Ten      47  35   9 0.566    1  1.198
SEC          69  45   8 0.598    2  0.905
SWC          37  33   1 0.528    3  0.815
PCC          40  48   2 0.456    4  0.234
ACC          36  44   1 0.451    5  0.102
MVC          29  16   4 0.633    6  0.088
Big 7        35  34   2 0.507    7  0.032
Independent 120  97   7 0.551    8  0.025
Skyline      36  46   0 0.439    9 -0.729
Southern     34  46   5 0.429   10 -1.059
Border       23  37   0 0.383   11 -1.228
Ivy          36  36   0 0.500   12 -1.621

Home field advantage amounts to:
     0.170 points in main ratings
     0.022 points in improved RPI
Average of 6.20 points per score

posted: Sun Oct 12 21:48:58 2025

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