highnote
02-15-2014, 12:41 AM
It's almost time for March Madness. I usually put together a set of ELO ratings for every college team.
You have to handicap a little if you're going to use these. The ratings are relative to the level of competition. In many cases, a strong DII or DIII school can't compete against a weak DI school, but the DII or DIII might have a higher rating than some DI's. But when comparing apples to apples these do pretty well.
I've won my office pool twice in five years. There were about 100 entries last year.
Duke 1105.7
Arizona 1096.3
Wichita St. 1089.8
Syracuse 1089
Creighton 1086.3
Villanova 1084.2
Florida 1082.6
UCLA 1079.3
Louisville 1077.5
Kentucky 1075.9
San Diego St. 1075.8
Kansas 1074.2
Gonzaga 1074
Connecticut 1072.9
Pittsburgh 1071.5
Wisconsin 1070.3
Virginia 1070
Iowa 1069.3
Saint Louis 1069.2
Michigan St. 1069
Cincinnati 1067.9
SMU 1067.5
Memphis 1065.7
VCU 1062.7
Kansas St. 1062.1
Michigan 1061.8
Iowa St. 1060.6
N.C. State 1060.3
Texas 1059.9
Middle Tenn. St. 1059.2
N.C. Central 1059
West Virginia 1059
Stephen F. Austin 1058.9
North Dakota St. 1056.7
Louisiana Tech 1055.8
Toledo 1055.1
Geo. Washington 1054.7
Cleveland St. 1053.6
Green Bay 1053.5
Arizona St. 1053.4
Ohio St. 1053
Oklahoma St. 1052.5
Utah 1052
Tennessee 1051.5
New Mexico 1050.3
St. Mary's 1048
Marquette 1047.9
North Carolina 1047.7
UNLV 1046.3
Boise St. 1046.2
Oklahoma 1045
Stanford 1045
Belmont 1044.9
Arkansas St. 1044.3
Delaware 1044.1
Akron 1043.5
Massachusetts 1043.3
Oregon 1043.3
Indiana 1043
Weber St. 1042.8
Mercer 1042.2
Arkansas 1042.1
Georgia St. 1041.6
Sam Houston St. 1041.5
Princeton 1041.4
Manhattan 1040.8
Colorado 1040.7
Iona 1040.6
Wofford 1039.8
Dayton 1039.6
Richmond 1039.1
St. John's 1039
Missouri 1038.8
UAB 1038.5
UTEP 1038.2
Southern Miss 1038.1
Utah St. 1037.9
UCSB 1037.8
Florida St. 1037.3
Minnesota 1037.3
East. Michigan 1036.7
BYU 1035.5
Wright St. 1035.5
LA Lafayette 1034.8
Xavier 1034.6
S.Car. Upstate 1034.5
Buffalo 1034
Boston U. 1033.8
Mississippi 1033.8
Wis. Milwaukee 1033.5
Harvard 1033.2
American 1033
St. Joseph's 1032
St. Bonaventure 1031.7
Indiana St. 1031.5
Nebraska 1031.5
Morehead St. 1031.3
Nebraska Omaha 1031.1
Texas Tech 1031.1
Georgetown 1030.6
Ohio 1030.4
Georgia 1029.7
Vermont 1028.8
Murray St. 1027.5
Hawaii 1027.4
Wake Forest 1027.4
Southern 1027
Holy Cross 1026.6
Wyoming 1026.5
Baylor 1026.3
W. Michigan 1026.3
Fresno St. 1026.1
Radford 1025.7
Oregon St. 1024.9
E. Tennessee St. 1024.7
San Francisco 1023.8
Alabama 1023.7
Colorado St. 1023.7
Elon 1023.4
Maryland 1022.6
Seton Hall 1022.3
Clemson 1021.7
Fla Gulf Coast 1021.4
Houston 1021
Valparaiso 1019.9
Canisius 1019.8
Detroit 1019.8
N.J.I.T. 1019.6
Penn St. 1019.5
Stony Brook 1019.2
Illinois 1019
Winthrop 1018.2
Drake 1017.7
Washington 1017.5
Texas A&M 1017.4
Coastal Carolina 1017.2
Davidson 1016.5
Towson 1016.5
Virginia Military 1016.4
California 1016.1
Tulsa 1015.9
Columbia 1015.6
Eastern Kentucky 1015.5
Miami (FL) 1015.5
LSU 1015.3
UC Irvine 1015.1
Purdue 1014.8
Youngstown St. 1013.8
Notre Dame 1013.6
Northern Illinois 1013.4
Northern Iowa 1013
Portland 1013
Denver 1012.8
Vanderbilt 1012.8
Quinnipiac 1012.6
San Diego 1012.5
IPFW 1012.1
Southern Ill. 1012.1
Montana 1011.6
Northern Colorado 1011.6
Providence 1011.4
William & Mary 1011.2
Auburn 1010.9
East Carolina 1010.1
Oral Roberts 1010.1
Portland St. 1010.1
Florida Intl. 1009.6
Western Carolina 1009.4
Kent St. 1008.9
Georgia Tech 1008.8
Missouri St. 1008.7
Pacific 1008.6
Marshall 1008.5
South Carolina 1008.3
Santa Clara 1007.7
SE Missouri St. 1007.6
Norfolk St. 1007.3
Charleston Sou. 1007.2
Gardner-Webb 1006.6
Brown 1006.3
USC 1006
Robert Morris 1005.6
Tennessee Tech 1005.3
Utah Valley 1005.3
Austin Peay 1005.2
St. Francis (NY) 1004.6
Bradley 1004.4
Northwestern 1003.8
TX Permian Basin 1003.8
North Dakota 1003.6
N.C. Asheville 1003.4
McMurry 1003.2
George Mason 1003.1
Idaho St. 1003
Alabama St. 1001.8
UCF 1001.8
Florida Atlantic 1001.1
Yale 1000.9
Bowling Green 1000.7
Eastern Wash. 1000.6
Western Ill. 1000.1
New Orleans 999.8
TX Arlington 999.8
Nevada 999.6
Charleston 999.2
Albany 999
CSU Bakersfield 998.7
Rhode Island 997.6
Old Dominion 997.1
Loyola Chicago 996.9
Pepperdine 996.3
Air Force 996.1
Butler 995.9
Tuskegee 995.9
AR Little Rock 995.8
Charlotte 995.5
Duquesne 995.2
South Alabama 995.2
Cent. Michigan 994.9
Montana St. 994.8
Hampton 994.6
Drexel 994.4
North Florida 993.9
Tougaloo 993.7
Vanguard 993.4
N.C. Greensboro 992.9
Hope Intnatl 992.5
Limestone 992.4
La Salle 992.3
Coker 991.6
IUPUI 991.6
Texas A&M Intl 991.6
Wiley 991.5
Texas St. 991.3
LeTourneau 991.1
Montana-Western 991.1
Toccoa Falls 991.1
Sacramento St. 990.9
Oakwood 990.8
University of the South 990.8
Pennsylvania 990.7
Lipscomb 990.6
Ohio Valley 990.3
North Texas 990.2
Army 990.1
Tusculum 990.1
Hartford 990
Jackson St. 990
Rutgers 990
Wagner 989.9
La Verne 989.8
Lehigh 989.8
Dartmouth 989.6
UC Riverside 989.6
High Point 989.5
CSU Northridge 989.4
South Florida 989.4
DePaul 989.2
Northern Michigan 989.2
William Jessup 988.9
Suffolk 988.5
Virginia Tech 988.4
CSU Fullerton 988.2
LA Monroe 988.2
Rider 988.2
Fordham 988
Mississippi St. 988
Texas-Tyler 987.9
Hardin-Simmons 987.4
TAMU Corpus Christi 987.3
Asbury College 987.2
Colgate 987
Colorado-Colorado Springs 986.9
Temple 986.8
UC Santa Cruz 986.6
Marist 986.5
Western New Mexico 986.5
Schreiner 986.4
TCU 985.7
Rice 985.2
Eureka 985.1
Loyola (LA) 984.9
Boston Coll. 984.6
Millsaps 984.6
Alabama A&M 984.4
Rio Grande 984.2
Idaho 983.7
Loyola Marymount 983.5
Bucknell 983.3
Cal Poly 983.2
Cedarville 983.1
SW Oklahoma 983
Tulane 982.9
Coppin St. 982.8
Oakland 982.6
Northern Arizona 982.5
Illinois St. 981.8
Reinhardt 981.8
Webber 981.1
Miami (OH) 981
Long Beach St. 980.9
Chaminade 980.8
Haskell 980.3
North Greenville 980.3
Warner Southern 980.3
Jacksonville St. 979.9
Allen 979.8
Siena 979.6
Tennessee Temple 979.6
Lees-McRae 978.6
Troy 978.6
Washington St. 978.3
Louisiana College 977.9
Samford 977.9
William Carey 977.8
Alice Lloyd 977.7
Western St. 977.5
Appalachian St. 976.9
UC Davis 976.6
Covenant 975.7
Spring Hill 975.6
Mount St. Mary's 975.4
Delaware St. 975.3
St. Peter's 975.1
Central Arkansas 974.5
Evansville 974.4
Navy 974.4
Campbell 974.1
Nicholls 974.1
N.C. Wilmington 973.4
Centenary 972.5
Northeastern 972.4
Sonoma St. 972
Prairie View A&M 971.1
SE Louisiana 971.1
Bethune-Cookman 971
UMBC 971
Morgan St. 970.8
Texas Southern 970.2
Liberty 969.2
N.C. Wesleyan 969.2
Rochester (MI) 969.1
Mo. Kansas City 968.4
Eastern Illinois 968.1
Chattanooga 967.8
Oakland City 967.1
Fair. Dickinson 967
Ill. Chicago 966.4
Loyola (MD) 966.4
Central Baptist 966.2
Georgia Southern 966
Lafayette 965.6
James Madison 964.6
Central Conn. St. 964.5
Chicago St. 964.5
UTSA 964.5
Florida A&M 964.4
Monmouth 963.3
New Hampshire 963
N.C. A&T 962.5
Stillman 962
Niagara 961.8
Ball St. 961.6
Furman 961.1
Alcorn St. 960.5
St. Francis (PA) 960
Jacksonville 959
Miss. Valley St. 958.8
Hofstra 958.4
Lamar 958.1
San Jose St. 956.2
Stetson 956.2
Tenn-Martin 956.1
Huston-Tillotson 955.5
Manchester 953.9
Tennessee St. 953.7
S. Carolina St. 953.4
Savannah St. 953
AR Pine Bluff 952
Montreat 951.6
McNeese St. 950.3
Maine 948.7
Longwood 948.6
Binghamton 948.5
Fairfield 948.3
Houston Baptist 946.7
Kennesaw St. 945.2
Presbyterian 944.1
Warren Wilson 943.6
Grambling St. 941.1
Howard 940.9
Citadel 940.1
Sacred Heart 936.5
Cornell 932.3
Southern Utah 930.5
MD Eastern Shore 929.1
You have to handicap a little if you're going to use these. The ratings are relative to the level of competition. In many cases, a strong DII or DIII school can't compete against a weak DI school, but the DII or DIII might have a higher rating than some DI's. But when comparing apples to apples these do pretty well.
I've won my office pool twice in five years. There were about 100 entries last year.
Duke 1105.7
Arizona 1096.3
Wichita St. 1089.8
Syracuse 1089
Creighton 1086.3
Villanova 1084.2
Florida 1082.6
UCLA 1079.3
Louisville 1077.5
Kentucky 1075.9
San Diego St. 1075.8
Kansas 1074.2
Gonzaga 1074
Connecticut 1072.9
Pittsburgh 1071.5
Wisconsin 1070.3
Virginia 1070
Iowa 1069.3
Saint Louis 1069.2
Michigan St. 1069
Cincinnati 1067.9
SMU 1067.5
Memphis 1065.7
VCU 1062.7
Kansas St. 1062.1
Michigan 1061.8
Iowa St. 1060.6
N.C. State 1060.3
Texas 1059.9
Middle Tenn. St. 1059.2
N.C. Central 1059
West Virginia 1059
Stephen F. Austin 1058.9
North Dakota St. 1056.7
Louisiana Tech 1055.8
Toledo 1055.1
Geo. Washington 1054.7
Cleveland St. 1053.6
Green Bay 1053.5
Arizona St. 1053.4
Ohio St. 1053
Oklahoma St. 1052.5
Utah 1052
Tennessee 1051.5
New Mexico 1050.3
St. Mary's 1048
Marquette 1047.9
North Carolina 1047.7
UNLV 1046.3
Boise St. 1046.2
Oklahoma 1045
Stanford 1045
Belmont 1044.9
Arkansas St. 1044.3
Delaware 1044.1
Akron 1043.5
Massachusetts 1043.3
Oregon 1043.3
Indiana 1043
Weber St. 1042.8
Mercer 1042.2
Arkansas 1042.1
Georgia St. 1041.6
Sam Houston St. 1041.5
Princeton 1041.4
Manhattan 1040.8
Colorado 1040.7
Iona 1040.6
Wofford 1039.8
Dayton 1039.6
Richmond 1039.1
St. John's 1039
Missouri 1038.8
UAB 1038.5
UTEP 1038.2
Southern Miss 1038.1
Utah St. 1037.9
UCSB 1037.8
Florida St. 1037.3
Minnesota 1037.3
East. Michigan 1036.7
BYU 1035.5
Wright St. 1035.5
LA Lafayette 1034.8
Xavier 1034.6
S.Car. Upstate 1034.5
Buffalo 1034
Boston U. 1033.8
Mississippi 1033.8
Wis. Milwaukee 1033.5
Harvard 1033.2
American 1033
St. Joseph's 1032
St. Bonaventure 1031.7
Indiana St. 1031.5
Nebraska 1031.5
Morehead St. 1031.3
Nebraska Omaha 1031.1
Texas Tech 1031.1
Georgetown 1030.6
Ohio 1030.4
Georgia 1029.7
Vermont 1028.8
Murray St. 1027.5
Hawaii 1027.4
Wake Forest 1027.4
Southern 1027
Holy Cross 1026.6
Wyoming 1026.5
Baylor 1026.3
W. Michigan 1026.3
Fresno St. 1026.1
Radford 1025.7
Oregon St. 1024.9
E. Tennessee St. 1024.7
San Francisco 1023.8
Alabama 1023.7
Colorado St. 1023.7
Elon 1023.4
Maryland 1022.6
Seton Hall 1022.3
Clemson 1021.7
Fla Gulf Coast 1021.4
Houston 1021
Valparaiso 1019.9
Canisius 1019.8
Detroit 1019.8
N.J.I.T. 1019.6
Penn St. 1019.5
Stony Brook 1019.2
Illinois 1019
Winthrop 1018.2
Drake 1017.7
Washington 1017.5
Texas A&M 1017.4
Coastal Carolina 1017.2
Davidson 1016.5
Towson 1016.5
Virginia Military 1016.4
California 1016.1
Tulsa 1015.9
Columbia 1015.6
Eastern Kentucky 1015.5
Miami (FL) 1015.5
LSU 1015.3
UC Irvine 1015.1
Purdue 1014.8
Youngstown St. 1013.8
Notre Dame 1013.6
Northern Illinois 1013.4
Northern Iowa 1013
Portland 1013
Denver 1012.8
Vanderbilt 1012.8
Quinnipiac 1012.6
San Diego 1012.5
IPFW 1012.1
Southern Ill. 1012.1
Montana 1011.6
Northern Colorado 1011.6
Providence 1011.4
William & Mary 1011.2
Auburn 1010.9
East Carolina 1010.1
Oral Roberts 1010.1
Portland St. 1010.1
Florida Intl. 1009.6
Western Carolina 1009.4
Kent St. 1008.9
Georgia Tech 1008.8
Missouri St. 1008.7
Pacific 1008.6
Marshall 1008.5
South Carolina 1008.3
Santa Clara 1007.7
SE Missouri St. 1007.6
Norfolk St. 1007.3
Charleston Sou. 1007.2
Gardner-Webb 1006.6
Brown 1006.3
USC 1006
Robert Morris 1005.6
Tennessee Tech 1005.3
Utah Valley 1005.3
Austin Peay 1005.2
St. Francis (NY) 1004.6
Bradley 1004.4
Northwestern 1003.8
TX Permian Basin 1003.8
North Dakota 1003.6
N.C. Asheville 1003.4
McMurry 1003.2
George Mason 1003.1
Idaho St. 1003
Alabama St. 1001.8
UCF 1001.8
Florida Atlantic 1001.1
Yale 1000.9
Bowling Green 1000.7
Eastern Wash. 1000.6
Western Ill. 1000.1
New Orleans 999.8
TX Arlington 999.8
Nevada 999.6
Charleston 999.2
Albany 999
CSU Bakersfield 998.7
Rhode Island 997.6
Old Dominion 997.1
Loyola Chicago 996.9
Pepperdine 996.3
Air Force 996.1
Butler 995.9
Tuskegee 995.9
AR Little Rock 995.8
Charlotte 995.5
Duquesne 995.2
South Alabama 995.2
Cent. Michigan 994.9
Montana St. 994.8
Hampton 994.6
Drexel 994.4
North Florida 993.9
Tougaloo 993.7
Vanguard 993.4
N.C. Greensboro 992.9
Hope Intnatl 992.5
Limestone 992.4
La Salle 992.3
Coker 991.6
IUPUI 991.6
Texas A&M Intl 991.6
Wiley 991.5
Texas St. 991.3
LeTourneau 991.1
Montana-Western 991.1
Toccoa Falls 991.1
Sacramento St. 990.9
Oakwood 990.8
University of the South 990.8
Pennsylvania 990.7
Lipscomb 990.6
Ohio Valley 990.3
North Texas 990.2
Army 990.1
Tusculum 990.1
Hartford 990
Jackson St. 990
Rutgers 990
Wagner 989.9
La Verne 989.8
Lehigh 989.8
Dartmouth 989.6
UC Riverside 989.6
High Point 989.5
CSU Northridge 989.4
South Florida 989.4
DePaul 989.2
Northern Michigan 989.2
William Jessup 988.9
Suffolk 988.5
Virginia Tech 988.4
CSU Fullerton 988.2
LA Monroe 988.2
Rider 988.2
Fordham 988
Mississippi St. 988
Texas-Tyler 987.9
Hardin-Simmons 987.4
TAMU Corpus Christi 987.3
Asbury College 987.2
Colgate 987
Colorado-Colorado Springs 986.9
Temple 986.8
UC Santa Cruz 986.6
Marist 986.5
Western New Mexico 986.5
Schreiner 986.4
TCU 985.7
Rice 985.2
Eureka 985.1
Loyola (LA) 984.9
Boston Coll. 984.6
Millsaps 984.6
Alabama A&M 984.4
Rio Grande 984.2
Idaho 983.7
Loyola Marymount 983.5
Bucknell 983.3
Cal Poly 983.2
Cedarville 983.1
SW Oklahoma 983
Tulane 982.9
Coppin St. 982.8
Oakland 982.6
Northern Arizona 982.5
Illinois St. 981.8
Reinhardt 981.8
Webber 981.1
Miami (OH) 981
Long Beach St. 980.9
Chaminade 980.8
Haskell 980.3
North Greenville 980.3
Warner Southern 980.3
Jacksonville St. 979.9
Allen 979.8
Siena 979.6
Tennessee Temple 979.6
Lees-McRae 978.6
Troy 978.6
Washington St. 978.3
Louisiana College 977.9
Samford 977.9
William Carey 977.8
Alice Lloyd 977.7
Western St. 977.5
Appalachian St. 976.9
UC Davis 976.6
Covenant 975.7
Spring Hill 975.6
Mount St. Mary's 975.4
Delaware St. 975.3
St. Peter's 975.1
Central Arkansas 974.5
Evansville 974.4
Navy 974.4
Campbell 974.1
Nicholls 974.1
N.C. Wilmington 973.4
Centenary 972.5
Northeastern 972.4
Sonoma St. 972
Prairie View A&M 971.1
SE Louisiana 971.1
Bethune-Cookman 971
UMBC 971
Morgan St. 970.8
Texas Southern 970.2
Liberty 969.2
N.C. Wesleyan 969.2
Rochester (MI) 969.1
Mo. Kansas City 968.4
Eastern Illinois 968.1
Chattanooga 967.8
Oakland City 967.1
Fair. Dickinson 967
Ill. Chicago 966.4
Loyola (MD) 966.4
Central Baptist 966.2
Georgia Southern 966
Lafayette 965.6
James Madison 964.6
Central Conn. St. 964.5
Chicago St. 964.5
UTSA 964.5
Florida A&M 964.4
Monmouth 963.3
New Hampshire 963
N.C. A&T 962.5
Stillman 962
Niagara 961.8
Ball St. 961.6
Furman 961.1
Alcorn St. 960.5
St. Francis (PA) 960
Jacksonville 959
Miss. Valley St. 958.8
Hofstra 958.4
Lamar 958.1
San Jose St. 956.2
Stetson 956.2
Tenn-Martin 956.1
Huston-Tillotson 955.5
Manchester 953.9
Tennessee St. 953.7
S. Carolina St. 953.4
Savannah St. 953
AR Pine Bluff 952
Montreat 951.6
McNeese St. 950.3
Maine 948.7
Longwood 948.6
Binghamton 948.5
Fairfield 948.3
Houston Baptist 946.7
Kennesaw St. 945.2
Presbyterian 944.1
Warren Wilson 943.6
Grambling St. 941.1
Howard 940.9
Citadel 940.1
Sacred Heart 936.5
Cornell 932.3
Southern Utah 930.5
MD Eastern Shore 929.1