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1978 NCAA basketball ratings

Championship: Kentucky defeated Duke
Rank Team Record against D-I teams BRR
1. Kentucky 30-2 2.61
2. Arkansas 29-4 2.18
3. UCLA 25-3 2.13
4. DePaul 26-3 2.01
5. Duke 24-7 1.93
6. Texas 25-5 1.90
7. Michigan State 25-5 1.84
8. Marquette 23-4 1.80
9. Notre Dame 22-8 1.76
10. UNC 22-8 1.70
11. Kansas 23-5 1.60
12. New Mexico 20-4 1.59
13. Louisville 23-7 1.50
14. Utah 23-6 1.49
15. Detroit 19-4 1.49
16. Virginia 19-8 1.47
17. North Carolina State 20-10 1.44
18. Wake Forest 17-10 1.39
19. St. John's (NY) 21-7 1.39
20. Florida State 20-6 1.38
21. Temple 19-5 1.37
22. Syracuse 20-6 1.34
23. Indiana 21-8 1.34
24. Houston 22-8 1.33
25. Providence 21-8 1.32
26. San Francisco 22-6 1.32
27. Rutgers 24-7 1.30
28. Rhode Island 20-7 1.26
29. Villanova 21-9 1.25
30. LSU 18-9 1.17
31. Illinois State 17-4 1.15
32. Georgetown 18-8 1.10
33. St. Bonaventure 20-8 1.09
34. New Orleans 21-6 1.08
35. Charlotte 18-6 1.07
36. Minnesota 17-10 1.03
37. Utah State 19-7 1.02
38. Alabama 17-10 0.99
39. Nebraska 18-8 0.99
40. Mississippi State 15-9 0.98
41. Texas Tech 18-10 0.97
42. Fairfield 18-5 0.93
43. Dayton 14-10 0.93
44. VCU 18-5 0.90
45. Michigan 16-11 0.88
46. UNLV 19-8 0.88
47. Texas-Rio Grande Valley 16-4 0.87
48. Maryland 15-13 0.87
49. Purdue 16-11 0.86
50. Fresno State 17-6 0.84
51. Virginia Tech 15-8 0.83
52. Penn 20-8 0.83
53. Colorado State 16-9 0.83
54. Toledo 18-6 0.82
55. Nevada 15-8 0.81
56. Memphis 16-9 0.80
57. Cal State Fullerton 17-9 0.79
58. Holy Cross 17-7 0.79
59. Cincinnati 15-10 0.78
60. San Diego State 19-9 0.78
61. Clemson 14-12 0.76
62. Santa Clara 19-8 0.75
63. Indiana State 22-9 0.73
64. Portland 17-7 0.72
65. Oregon State 15-11 0.71
66. USC 14-13 0.70
67. Creighton 17-9 0.67
68. Kansas State 17-11 0.66
69. Miami (OH) 17-9 0.65
70. South Carolina 16-12 0.65
71. Arizona 14-11 0.60
72. Florida 15-12 0.59
73. Montana 17-7 0.59
74. North Carolina-Wilmington 18-7 0.58
75. Ohio State 14-11 0.56
76. North Texas 18-6 0.52
77. Lafayette 20-8 0.51
78. La Salle 16-12 0.51
79. Army 14-9 0.48
80. Jackson State 6-3 0.48
81. Washington State 13-11 0.46
82. Illinois 13-14 0.45
83. Oklahoma 14-13 0.45
84. Princeton 17-9 0.45
85. Georgia Tech 13-12 0.44
86. Oregon 12-11 0.44
87. Weber State 15-10 0.43
88. Washington 13-13 0.42
89. Pitt 14-10 0.41
90. Arizona State 12-14 0.40
91. Auburn 13-14 0.40
92. Baylor 13-13 0.39
93. Idaho State 16-10 0.39
94. Furman 17-11 0.39
95. Southern 7-4 0.37
96. Loyola (IL) 13-11 0.35
97. Virginia Military Institute 15-7 0.33
98. Boston College 12-11 0.32
99. South Alabama 15-10 0.26
100. George Washington 13-11 0.26
101. Southern Illinois 15-10 0.26
102. Alcorn State 6-4 0.26
103. William & Mary 12-10 0.25
104. UMass 14-12 0.24
105. Long Beach State 15-13 0.24
106. Louisiana-Lafayette 15-8 0.24
107. Pacific 14-10 0.23
108. McNeese State 16-8 0.20
109. Lamar 12-9 0.19
110. ETSU 15-9 0.17
111. Stanford 10-14 0.16
112. Seton Hall 12-11 0.15
113. BYU 12-18 0.15
114. Louisiana-Monroe 15-7 0.13
115. Missouri 12-16 0.11
116. Columbia 14-10 0.10
117. Iona 11-10 0.10
118. Central Michigan 12-10 0.10
119. Iowa State 13-13 0.05
120. Western Kentucky 15-14 0.04
121. Oral Roberts 13-14 0.04
122. Air Force 9-10 0.03
123. Georgia 9-16 0.02
124. Texas Southern 4-4 0.01
125. James Madison 13-8 0.01
126. Middle Tennessee 12-8 0.01
127. American 14-12 0.01
128. Appalachian State 12-11 0.00
129. New Mexico State 14-14 -0.01
130. North Carolina A&T 11-6 -0.01
131. Iowa 10-15 -0.05
132. Ole Miss 10-17 -0.05
133. Tennessee 10-16 -0.06
134. Duquesne 10-17 -0.08
135. West Virginia 11-16 -0.12
136. Jacksonville 11-14 -0.12
137. Navy 10-11 -0.12
138. Bradley 11-14 -0.15
139. St. Joseph's 9-14 -0.15
140. SMU 9-18 -0.16
141. Wichita State 11-14 -0.18
142. Texas A&M 10-15 -0.19
143. Evansville 1-3 -0.19
144. Vanderbilt 9-17 -0.20
145. Eastern Kentucky 10-11 -0.20
146. University of California 8-16 -0.20
147. Austin Peay 12-12 -0.22
148. Chattanooga 13-11 -0.24
149. Niagara 11-12 -0.24
150. Oklahoma City 10-10 -0.26
151. Saint Mary's (CA) 8-14 -0.27
152. Wisconsin 8-19 -0.27
153. Marshall 14-14 -0.28
154. Seattle 8-15 -0.30
155. South Florida 9-13 -0.31
156. Maine 11-7 -0.32
157. Bowling Green State 10-14 -0.33
158. St. Francis (NY) 10-9 -0.34
159. Manhattan 9-14 -0.36
160. Stetson 11-13 -0.37
161. Oklahoma State 8-16 -0.37
162. Boise State 11-13 -0.38
163. Northwestern 7-19 -0.40
164. Northern Illinois 11-15 -0.40
165. Saint Francis (PA) 9-10 -0.40
166. Milwaukee 8-9 -0.40
167. UConn 11-15 -0.43
168. UTEP 6-15 -0.45
169. Ohio 11-14 -0.45
170. Mercer 12-11 -0.46
171. Wyoming 6-15 -0.46
172. Georgia Southern 11-14 -0.46
173. Portland State 6-12 -0.49
174. Ball State 10-14 -0.51
175. Penn State 6-19 -0.53
176. Old Dominion 11-14 -0.53
177. Xavier 5-12 -0.53
178. Eastern Michigan 11-16 -0.53
179. Centenary (LA) 10-17 -0.54
180. Gonzaga 10-13 -0.54
181. Colorado 6-18 -0.61
182. Saint Louis 5-19 -0.64
183. Butler 6-11 -0.64
184. Harvard 9-14 -0.68
185. Delaware 10-11 -0.68
186. East Carolina 7-16 -0.68
187. Tennessee Tech 9-15 -0.71
188. Siena 7-10 -0.71
189. South Carolina State 6-8 -0.72
190. Howard 4-6 -0.73
191. UCSB 6-19 -0.73
192. Northeastern 10-12 -0.74
193. Tulsa 8-18 -0.74
194. Fordham 6-18 -0.76
195. Loyola Marymount 5-15 -0.76
196. Pepperdine 6-18 -0.78
197. Southern Miss 8-12 -0.79
198. Tennessee State 0-2 -0.82
199. San Jose State 6-19 -0.83
200. Drexel 9-11 -0.84
201. Catholic 10-13 -0.86
202. Hofstra 7-15 -0.87
203. Northwestern State 9-12 -0.88
204. Davidson 6-18 -0.90
205. Dartmouth 8-16 -0.93
206. Boston University 8-15 -0.93
207. Georgia State 5-18 -0.97
208. New Hampshire 7-17 -1.01
209. Tulane 5-22 -1.02
210. UC-Irvine 4-16 -1.04
211. Grambling 2-9 -1.04
212. Vermont 6-15 -1.04
213. Delaware State 2-6 -1.05
214. Murray State 5-14 -1.05
215. Western Michigan 5-18 -1.06
216. Samford 7-17 -1.07
217. West Texas A&M 5-18 -1.07
218. Montana State 5-14 -1.08
219. Cornell 7-16 -1.10
220. Kent State 6-21 -1.14
221. Campbell 5-13 -1.14
222. Northern Arizona 4-13 -1.17
223. Cleveland State 5-13 -1.18
224. Bucknell 7-14 -1.19
225. St. Peter's 6-16 -1.19
226. Rice 3-22 -1.24
227. Yale 5-16 -1.27
228. Valparaiso 3-15 -1.28
229. Denver 4-15 -1.31
230. Drake 4-22 -1.32
231. Hardin-Simmons 5-13 -1.34
232. Charleston Southern 5-16 -1.34
233. Louisiana Tech 6-21 -1.34
234. Arkansas State 5-17 -1.35
235. Rider 6-15 -1.37
236. Fairleigh Dickinson 4-17 -1.38
237. Western Carolina 5-19 -1.38
238. LIU-Brooklyn 5-17 -1.38
239. Texas-Arlington 6-16 -1.42
240. Lehigh 6-15 -1.42
241. Citadel 4-19 -1.42
242. Canisius 3-19 -1.49
243. Texas Christian 2-21 -1.54
244. Brown 4-22 -1.54
245. Richmond 2-22 -1.61
246. Robert Morris 3-15 -1.73
247. Colgate 3-16 -1.76
248. West Chester 3-15 -1.80
249. Wagner 3-17 -1.81
250. Hawaii 0-23 -1.97
251. Idaho 1-20 -2.03
252. Morehead State 1-18 -2.10
253. Houston Baptist 1-17 -2.20