Body Of Work(+) Rankings - 1/30/2018
Jack DiTrapani
January 30th, 2018
Welcome
If you’ve been following my college football rankings this fall, you already know the drill of how these rankings work. Basically, I have wanted a way to combine subjective views towards teams with an objective component. It is essentially a ranking of the resumes of teams, plus a sprinkle of subjectivity (not my personal opinion, but the general consensus opinion of the media/other rankings, etc.). If I were to come up with a snazzy name for this system, it would be the BOW+ rankings - or the Bodies Of Work (+ subjectivity) rankings.
Within the context of college football, I have tinkered with my formula over the seasons and have what I think is a pretty decent way to compare bodies of work of different teams. For the first time ever, I am attempting to apply this approach to college basketball teams. It may provide valuable insight into which teams are favored by the tournament selection committee, or it could crash and burn. Who knows! Consider this season a test run for applying my rankings approach to college basketball. This is NOT a sophisticated algorithm, and should not be treated the same way as Sagarin, KenPom, or other computer rankings found in places like the Massey Ranking Composite. The rankings should also not be used to predict future games; my rankings should be considered a snapshot of how a team’s body of work has been up to this point. Even though it is not the most complicated ranking system ever created, I think its simplicity can be a positive thing.
Basic Idea
The approach is identical to what I do for football. Speaking of which, you can find all of my football rankings and previous basketball rankings here: (http://rpubs.com/ditrapani4)
I will not go into detail here about how these rankings are calculated, but I will describe the basic concept. Like I mentioned above, these rankings combine subjective and objective features. The subjective component drives the whole process. Every team is placed by me into a bin. There are seven general bins, ranging from -3 to 3. A basic idea of what each bin represents is:
- Bin 3: Elite teams, the cream of the crop. Typically the top 4-6 teams in the country. (e.g. Villanova, Virginia)
- Bin 2: Teams that are “solidly ranked.” Not quite elite, but clearly top 25. (e.g.Auburn, Gonzaga)
- Bin 1: Teams that are “borderline ranked.” You certainly can make a case they are a top 25 team, but certainly can make the case they are not. (e.g. Rhode Island, Michigan)
- Bin 0: Teams that are “solidly unranked.” Decent teams that have a pulse, but are not considered close to being top 25. This would correspond to anyone around the 8/9 seed area to a “bubble” team. (e.g. Syracuse, Butler)
- Bin -1: Starting to get a little worse here. These teams have little chance at making the tournament, at least if the tournament was seeded today. (e.g. DePaul, VCU)
- Bin -2: Bad, no sniffing the tournament. (e.g. Fordham)
- Bin -3: Really really bad. Cupcakes. Losing to one of these is not going to do good things to your “BOW+” score.
If a team seems to be somewhere in between two of these categories, they can be binned as a “0.5”, “1.5”, etc.
This is the subjective part of the process. I make the final call which bin a team falls into, but I try to inform myself as much as possible of the consensus of a given team. For example, for a team to be “borderline ranked” (bin 1), they need to at least appear in the “Other Receiving Votes” area of the AP and Coaches polls. I try to make the bins representative of the nationwide media consensus of a given team. Still, there is definitely subjectivity involved.
The objective element of the rankings gives and takes away points from a team depending on the bins of that team’s opponents. For example, beating a team from bin 0 at home by a “non-blowout score” (less than 21 points) rewards that team 0.5 points, and so on. This is the part of the process that I have tinkered with over the years. A team of course loses points for losing a game, depending on the opponent, where the game was played, and whether it was a blowout or not.
So the basic idea of the system is that we have an idea as fans which “bin” a team falls into. Once we determine that, we can get an obective idea of how a team’s resume is depending on the bins of that team’s wins and losses. The final “Score” of the ranking is simply a sum of the bin you are in and the amount of points you have gained/lost from wins and losses.
1/30: Status Check
If you compare my rankings with the consensus “seed” rankings over at http://www.bracketmatrix.com/, they’re pretty similar (if you aren’t familiar with it, BM aggregates 94 different mock brackets to get a snapshot of who is predicted to make the tournament). If the season ended right this second, my rankings would agree with 33 of BracketMatrix’s 36 at-large bids. Not bad, considering my system is completely formula-driven. That doesn’t mean that my rankings don’t have some aberrations when compared to the consensus. Two teams in particular - Mississippi State and USC - are viewed quite differently by my rankings. USC is currently projected as a 10 seed on BracketMatrix and makes the tournament in 92 of the 94 brackets used by the site. However, my system hates them, and has them as the 8th team out of the tournament. I think they deserve to be a tourney team right now, but it’s noteworthy that my approach rates them so poorly. Their best wins are at Oregon, New Mexico St (neutral), and Middle Tennessee (neutral), so that’s not great.
Meanwhile, Mississippi State is at the other side of the spectrum. My rankings have them as one of the last 4 teams in, while a total of 0 of 94 mock brackets include them. The Bulldogs only have 6 losses and have wins versus Arkansas and Missouri, but their non-conference SOS was godawful. This is a trend: my ratings are very forgiving to teams that had poor nonconference schedules, while the “bracketologists” rip them to shreds. Teams like Kansas State, OK State, Virginia Tech, Mississippi State, Boston College, and NC State all had poor nonconference schedules and are ranked higher in my rankigs than by the consensus. The reason for this is simple: I treat beating the 200th best team the same as beating the 350th best team; you don’t get any points either way! The RPI SOS metrics are much more favorable to teams that beat a bunch of 200th-ranked cupcakes than those that beat up on 350th-ranked cupcakes. My system only cares about the non-cupcake games (unless you lose to the cupcake of course).
For the record, the three teams I have in right now that BracketMatrix does not are OK State (I have them 4th to last in, BracketMatrix has them comfortably out), Mississippi State (see above), and Virginia Tech (I have them as the last team in, BM has them 4th out). The three teams that BM has in that I have out are Syracuse (my second team out), SMU, and USC (USC is admittedly the biggest outlier right now).
This week, the bubble cut-off is 48th place, which is the dotted red line in the plots.
This includes all games through Monday, January 29th:
| Rank | Team | Score | Record | Conf | Prev Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virginia | 11 | 20-1 | (9-0) | 1 |
| 2 | Purdue | 9.75 | 21-2 | (10-0) | 2 |
| 3 | Villanova | 9 | 20-1 | (7-1) | 3 |
| 4 | Xavier | 6 | 19-3 | (7-2) | 7 |
| 5 | Kansas | 5.5 | 18-4 | (7-2) | 5 |
| 6 | Duke | 5.25 | 19-3 | (7-3) | 6 |
| 7 | Michigan State | 4.25 | 20-3 | (8-2) | 9 |
| 8 | Auburn | 3.75 | 19-2 | (7-1) | 16 |
| 9 | Texas Tech | 3.75 | 17-4 | (5-3) | 10 |
| 10 | Oklahoma | 3.5 | 15-5 | (5-3) | 4 |
| 11 | Clemson | 3.25 | 17-4 | (6-3) | 11 |
| 12 | Gonzaga | 2.75 | 19-4 | (9-1) | 15 |
| 13 | Cincinnati | 2.5 | 19-2 | (8-0) | 14 |
| 14 | West Virginia | 2.5 | 16-5 | (5-3) | 8 |
| 15 | St Marys | 1.5 | 21-2 | (10-0) | 19 |
| 16 | Tennessee | 1.5 | 15-5 | (5-3) | 21 |
| 17 | Kentucky | 1 | 16-5 | (5-3) | 30 |
| 18 | Michigan | 1 | 18-6 | (7-4) | 18 |
| 19 | North Carolina | 0.75 | 16-6 | (5-4) | 12 |
| 20 | Arizona | 0.5 | 18-4 | (8-1) | 24 |
| 21 | Ohio State | 0.25 | 18-5 | (9-1) | 13 |
| 22 | Rhode Island | -0.25 | 17-3 | (9-0) | 23 |
| 23 | Florida State | -0.5 | 16-5 | (5-4) | 31 |
| 24 | Seton Hall | -0.5 | 16-5 | (5-3) | 28 |
| 25 | Florida | -0.75 | 15-6 | (6-2) | 20 |
| 26 | Creighton | -1.25 | 17-5 | (7-3) | 33 |
| 27 | Miami | -1.5 | 15-5 | (4-4) | 32 |
| 28 | Wichita St | -1.75 | 17-4 | (7-2) | 29 |
| 29 | Louisville | -2 | 16-5 | (6-2) | 26 |
| 30 | Kansas State | -2.25 | 16-6 | (5-4) | 22 |
| 31 | Arizona St | -2.5 | 16-5 | (4-5) | 25 |
| 32 | Butler | -3 | 15-7 | (5-4) | 36 |
| 33 | Marquette | -3 | 13-8 | (4-5) | 34 |
| 34 | Arkansas | -3.5 | 15-6 | (4-4) | 40 |
| 35 | NC State | -3.5 | 15-7 | (5-4) | 43 |
| 36 | Houston | -3.75 | 16-4 | (6-2) | 38 |
| 37 | TCU | -3.75 | 15-6 | (3-5) | 17 |
| 38 | New Mexico St | -4 | 18-3 | (6-0) | 37 |
| 39 | Texas | -4 | 14-7 | (4-4) | 35 |
| 40 | Nevada | -4.25 | 18-4 | (7-1) | 27 |
| 41 | Alabama | -4.5 | 14-7 | (5-3) | 52 |
| 42 | Texas AM | -5.25 | 13-8 | (2-6) | 44 |
| 43 | Providence | -5.75 | 14-7 | (5-3) | 47 |
| 44 | OK State | -5.75 | 13-8 | (3-5) | 39 |
| 45 | UL Lafayette | -5.75 | 19-3 | (9-0) | 49 |
| 46 | Mississippi St | -6 | 15-6 | (3-5) | 55 |
| 47 | Boise St | -6.25 | 18-4 | (8-2) | 45 |
| 48 | Virginia Tech | -6.25 | 15-6 | (4-4) | 50 |
| 49 | Boston College | -6.25 | 13-8 | (3-5) | 42 |
| 50 | Syracuse | -6.5 | 15-6 | (4-4) | 56 |
| 51 | Nebraska | -6.5 | 17-8 | (8-4) | 54 |
| 52 | Maryland | -6.75 | 15-8 | (4-6) | 53 |
| 53 | Mid Tennessee | -7 | 16-5 | (8-1) | 59 |
| 54 | SMU | -7 | 15-7 | (5-4) | 41 |
| 55 | ETSU | -7 | 19-4 | (10-0) | 57 |
| 56 | BYU | -7.25 | 18-5 | (7-3) | 58 |
| 57 | Utah | -8 | 13-8 | (5-5) | 71 |
| 58 | USC | -8.25 | 17-6 | (8-2) | 61 |
| 59 | Washington | -8.25 | 15-6 | (5-3) | 62 |
| 60 | Missouri | -8.25 | 13-8 | (3-5) | 51 |
| 61 | Loy Chic | -8.25 | 18-4 | (8-2) | 66 |
| 62 | W Kentucky | -8.5 | 15-6 | (7-1) | 70 |
| 63 | UCLA | -8.5 | 15-7 | (6-4) | 65 |
| 64 | Old Dominion | -8.75 | 16-4 | (7-1) | 69 |
| 65 | Buffalo | -8.75 | 16-5 | (8-0) | 67 |
| 66 | Oregon | -9 | 14-7 | (4-4) | 68 |
| 67 | South Carolina | -9 | 13-8 | (4-4) | 76 |
| 68 | UCF | -9 | 13-7 | (4-4) | 63 |
| 69 | Baylor | -9 | 12-9 | (2-6) | 46 |
| 70 | Georgia | -9.25 | 12-8 | (3-5) | 60 |
| 71 | St Bonaventure | -9.5 | 14-6 | (4-4) | 64 |
| 72 | Notre Dame | -10 | 13-9 | (3-6) | 48 |
| 73 | Northwestern | -10 | 13-10 | (4-6) | 72 |
| 74 | Vermont | -10 | 17-5 | (7-0) | 75 |
| 75 | LSU | -11.25 | 12-8 | (3-5) | 73 |
| 76 | UNLV | -12.25 | 15-6 | (4-4) | 83 |
| 77 | Minnesota | -12.5 | 14-9 | (3-7) | 82 |
| 78 | Penn State | -13 | 15-8 | (5-5) | 94 |
| 79 | Uconn | -13 | 11-10 | (4-4) | 79 |
| 80 | Indiana | -13.5 | 12-10 | (5-5) | 77 |
| 81 | Memphis | -13.5 | 13-8 | (4-4) | 81 |
| 82 | Georgetown | -13.75 | 13-8 | (3-7) | 74 |
| 83 | Iowa State | -14 | 11-9 | (2-6) | 78 |
| 84 | Temple | -14 | 11-10 | (3-6) | 88 |
| 85 | Colorado | -14.25 | 12-10 | (4-6) | 85 |
| 86 | Ole Miss | -14.75 | 11-10 | (4-4) | 92 |
| 87 | VCU | -15 | 14-8 | (6-3) | 95 |
| 88 | Fresno St | -15.5 | 15-7 | (5-4) | 80 |
| 89 | San Diego St | -15.75 | 12-8 | (4-5) | 89 |
| 90 | Wisconsin | -16 | 10-13 | (3-7) | 91 |
| 91 | Tulane | -16.5 | 12-8 | (3-5) | 87 |
| 92 | Oregon State | -16.5 | 11-9 | (3-5) | 93 |
| 93 | Davidson | -16.5 | 10-9 | (5-3) | 84 |
| 94 | Rutgers | -16.75 | 12-11 | (2-8) | 90 |
| 95 | Stanford | -16.75 | 11-11 | (5-4) | 86 |
| 96 | Vanderbilt | -17.75 | 8-13 | (2-6) | 104 |
| 97 | St Johns | -18.25 | 10-12 | (0-10) | 97 |
| 98 | Tulsa | -18.5 | 11-10 | (4-5) | 101 |
| 99 | Georgia Tech | -18.75 | 10-11 | (3-5) | 96 |
| 100 | Wake Forest | -18.75 | 8-13 | (1-8) | 100 |
| 101 | Illinois | -19 | 11-11 | (1-8) | 105 |
| 102 | DePaul | -19.75 | 9-12 | (2-7) | 102 |
| 103 | Iowa | -20.5 | 11-12 | (2-8) | 103 |
| 104 | Duquense | -20.5 | 14-8 | (5-4) | 99 |
| 105 | Dayton | -22 | 10-11 | (4-5) | 107 |
| 106 | Washington St | -22.25 | 9-11 | (1-7) | 109 |
| 107 | La Salle | -23.5 | 9-12 | (3-5) | 112 |
| 108 | St Josephs | -24 | 9-11 | (4-4) | 106 |
| 109 | G Washington | -24.25 | 9-12 | (2-6) | 111 |
| 110 | Pittsburgh | -25 | 8-14 | (0-9) | 108 |
| 111 | Saint Louis | -26.25 | 11-11 | (4-5) | 114 |
| 112 | G Mason | -26.5 | 9-12 | (3-5) | 113 |
| 113 | Umass | -27.5 | 10-12 | (3-6) | 110 |
| 114 | California | -29.75 | 7-15 | (1-8) | 115 |
| 115 | E Carolina | -30 | 8-12 | (2-7) | 116 |
| 116 | Richmond | -31.5 | 8-13 | (6-3) | 117 |
| 117 | Fordham | -33.5 | 7-14 | (2-7) | 118 |
| 118 | S Florida | -36.25 | 8-14 | (1-8) | 119 |
Conference Ranks
| Rank | Conf | Avg |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big 12 | -2.35 |
| 2 | Big East | -5.025 |
| 3 | ACC | -5.25 |
| 4 | SEC | -6 |
| 5 | Other | -7.3529 |
| 6 | Big 10 | -8.5179 |
| 7 | Pac 12 | -11.9583 |
| 8 | Amer | -13.3958 |
| 9 | A10 | -21.4821 |
Next are the rankings within every conference, as well as each team’s national ranking:
ACC
| Rank | Team | Score | Record | Conf | NatlRank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virginia | 11 | 20-1 | (9-0) | 1 |
| 2 | Duke | 5.25 | 19-3 | (7-3) | 6 |
| 3 | Clemson | 3.25 | 17-4 | (6-3) | 11 |
| 4 | North Carolina | 0.75 | 16-6 | (5-4) | 19 |
| 5 | Florida State | -0.5 | 16-5 | (5-4) | 23 |
| 6 | Miami | -1.5 | 15-5 | (4-4) | 27 |
| 7 | Louisville | -2 | 16-5 | (6-2) | 29 |
| 8 | NC State | -3.5 | 15-7 | (5-4) | 35 |
| T9 | Virginia Tech | -6.25 | 15-6 | (4-4) | 48 |
| T9 | Boston College | -6.25 | 13-8 | (3-5) | 49 |
| 11 | Syracuse | -6.5 | 15-6 | (4-4) | 50 |
| 12 | Notre Dame | -10 | 13-9 | (3-6) | 72 |
| T13 | Georgia Tech | -18.75 | 10-11 | (3-5) | 99 |
| T13 | Wake Forest | -18.75 | 8-13 | (1-8) | 100 |
| 15 | Pittsburgh | -25 | 8-14 | (0-9) | 110 |
Big 10
| Rank | Team | Score | Record | Conf | NatlRank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purdue | 9.75 | 21-2 | (10-0) | 2 |
| 2 | Michigan State | 4.25 | 20-3 | (8-2) | 7 |
| 3 | Michigan | 1 | 18-6 | (7-4) | 18 |
| 4 | Ohio State | 0.25 | 18-5 | (9-1) | 21 |
| 5 | Nebraska | -6.5 | 17-8 | (8-4) | 51 |
| 6 | Maryland | -6.75 | 15-8 | (4-6) | 52 |
| 7 | Northwestern | -10 | 13-10 | (4-6) | 73 |
| 8 | Minnesota | -12.5 | 14-9 | (3-7) | 77 |
| 9 | Penn State | -13 | 15-8 | (5-5) | 78 |
| 10 | Indiana | -13.5 | 12-10 | (5-5) | 80 |
| 11 | Wisconsin | -16 | 10-13 | (3-7) | 90 |
| 12 | Rutgers | -16.75 | 12-11 | (2-8) | 94 |
| 13 | Illinois | -19 | 11-11 | (1-8) | 101 |
| 14 | Iowa | -20.5 | 11-12 | (2-8) | 103 |
SEC
| Rank | Team | Score | Record | Conf | NatlRank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auburn | 3.75 | 19-2 | (7-1) | 8 |
| 2 | Tennessee | 1.5 | 15-5 | (5-3) | 16 |
| 3 | Kentucky | 1 | 16-5 | (5-3) | 17 |
| 4 | Florida | -0.75 | 15-6 | (6-2) | 25 |
| 5 | Arkansas | -3.5 | 15-6 | (4-4) | 34 |
| 6 | Alabama | -4.5 | 14-7 | (5-3) | 41 |
| 7 | Texas AM | -5.25 | 13-8 | (2-6) | 42 |
| 8 | Mississippi St | -6 | 15-6 | (3-5) | 46 |
| 9 | Missouri | -8.25 | 13-8 | (3-5) | 60 |
| 10 | South Carolina | -9 | 13-8 | (4-4) | 67 |
| 11 | Georgia | -9.25 | 12-8 | (3-5) | 70 |
| 12 | LSU | -11.25 | 12-8 | (3-5) | 75 |
| 13 | Ole Miss | -14.75 | 11-10 | (4-4) | 86 |
| 14 | Vanderbilt | -17.75 | 8-13 | (2-6) | 96 |
Big 12
| Rank | Team | Score | Record | Conf | NatlRank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas | 5.5 | 18-4 | (7-2) | 5 |
| 2 | Texas Tech | 3.75 | 17-4 | (5-3) | 9 |
| 3 | Oklahoma | 3.5 | 15-5 | (5-3) | 10 |
| 4 | West Virginia | 2.5 | 16-5 | (5-3) | 14 |
| 5 | Kansas State | -2.25 | 16-6 | (5-4) | 30 |
| 6 | TCU | -3.75 | 15-6 | (3-5) | 37 |
| 7 | Texas | -4 | 14-7 | (4-4) | 39 |
| 8 | OK State | -5.75 | 13-8 | (3-5) | 44 |
| 9 | Baylor | -9 | 12-9 | (2-6) | 69 |
| 10 | Iowa State | -14 | 11-9 | (2-6) | 83 |
Pac 12
| Rank | Team | Score | Record | Conf | NatlRank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arizona | 0.5 | 18-4 | (8-1) | 20 |
| 2 | Arizona St | -2.5 | 16-5 | (4-5) | 31 |
| 3 | Utah | -8 | 13-8 | (5-5) | 57 |
| T4 | USC | -8.25 | 17-6 | (8-2) | 58 |
| T4 | Washington | -8.25 | 15-6 | (5-3) | 59 |
| 6 | UCLA | -8.5 | 15-7 | (6-4) | 63 |
| 7 | Oregon | -9 | 14-7 | (4-4) | 66 |
| 8 | Colorado | -14.25 | 12-10 | (4-6) | 85 |
| 9 | Oregon State | -16.5 | 11-9 | (3-5) | 92 |
| 10 | Stanford | -16.75 | 11-11 | (5-4) | 95 |
| 11 | Washington St | -22.25 | 9-11 | (1-7) | 106 |
| 12 | California | -29.75 | 7-15 | (1-8) | 114 |
American
| Rank | Team | Score | Record | Conf | NatlRank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cincinnati | 2.5 | 19-2 | (8-0) | 13 |
| 2 | Wichita St | -1.75 | 17-4 | (7-2) | 28 |
| 3 | Houston | -3.75 | 16-4 | (6-2) | 36 |
| 4 | SMU | -7 | 15-7 | (5-4) | 54 |
| 5 | UCF | -9 | 13-7 | (4-4) | 68 |
| 6 | Uconn | -13 | 11-10 | (4-4) | 79 |
| 7 | Memphis | -13.5 | 13-8 | (4-4) | 81 |
| 8 | Temple | -14 | 11-10 | (3-6) | 84 |
| 9 | Tulane | -16.5 | 12-8 | (3-5) | 91 |
| 10 | Tulsa | -18.5 | 11-10 | (4-5) | 98 |
| 11 | E Carolina | -30 | 8-12 | (2-7) | 115 |
| 12 | S Florida | -36.25 | 8-14 | (1-8) | 118 |
Big East
| Rank | Team | Score | Record | Conf | NatlRank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Villanova | 9 | 20-1 | (7-1) | 3 |
| 2 | Xavier | 6 | 19-3 | (7-2) | 4 |
| 3 | Seton Hall | -0.5 | 16-5 | (5-3) | 24 |
| 4 | Creighton | -1.25 | 17-5 | (7-3) | 26 |
| T5 | Butler | -3 | 15-7 | (5-4) | 32 |
| T5 | Marquette | -3 | 13-8 | (4-5) | 33 |
| 7 | Providence | -5.75 | 14-7 | (5-3) | 43 |
| 8 | Georgetown | -13.75 | 13-8 | (3-7) | 82 |
| 9 | St Johns | -18.25 | 10-12 | (0-10) | 97 |
| 10 | DePaul | -19.75 | 9-12 | (2-7) | 102 |
A10
| Rank | Team | Score | Record | Conf | NatlRank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rhode Island | -0.25 | 17-3 | (9-0) | 22 |
| 2 | St Bonaventure | -9.5 | 14-6 | (4-4) | 71 |
| 3 | VCU | -15 | 14-8 | (6-3) | 87 |
| 4 | Davidson | -16.5 | 10-9 | (5-3) | 93 |
| 5 | Duquense | -20.5 | 14-8 | (5-4) | 104 |
| 6 | Dayton | -22 | 10-11 | (4-5) | 105 |
| 7 | La Salle | -23.5 | 9-12 | (3-5) | 107 |
| 8 | St Josephs | -24 | 9-11 | (4-4) | 108 |
| 9 | G Washington | -24.25 | 9-12 | (2-6) | 109 |
| 10 | Saint Louis | -26.25 | 11-11 | (4-5) | 111 |
| 11 | G Mason | -26.5 | 9-12 | (3-5) | 112 |
| 12 | Umass | -27.5 | 10-12 | (3-6) | 113 |
| 13 | Richmond | -31.5 | 8-13 | (6-3) | 116 |
| 14 | Fordham | -33.5 | 7-14 | (2-7) | 117 |
Other
| Rank | Team | Score | Record | Conf | NatlRank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gonzaga | 2.75 | 19-4 | (9-1) | 12 |
| 2 | St Marys | 1.5 | 21-2 | (10-0) | 15 |
| 3 | New Mexico St | -4 | 18-3 | (6-0) | 38 |
| 4 | Nevada | -4.25 | 18-4 | (7-1) | 40 |
| 5 | UL Lafayette | -5.75 | 19-3 | (9-0) | 45 |
| 6 | Boise St | -6.25 | 18-4 | (8-2) | 47 |
| 7 | Mid Tennessee | -7 | 16-5 | (8-1) | 53 |
| 8 | ETSU | -7 | 19-4 | (10-0) | 55 |
| 9 | BYU | -7.25 | 18-5 | (7-3) | 56 |
| 10 | Loy Chic | -8.25 | 18-4 | (8-2) | 61 |
| 11 | W Kentucky | -8.5 | 15-6 | (7-1) | 62 |
| 12 | Old Dominion | -8.75 | 16-4 | (7-1) | 64 |
| 13 | Buffalo | -8.75 | 16-5 | (8-0) | 65 |
| 14 | Vermont | -10 | 17-5 | (7-0) | 74 |
| 15 | UNLV | -12.25 | 15-6 | (4-4) | 76 |
| 16 | Fresno St | -15.5 | 15-7 | (5-4) | 88 |
| 17 | San Diego St | -15.75 | 12-8 | (4-5) | 89 |
