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1979 NCAA basketball ratings

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Championship: Michigan State defeated Indiana State

Rank	Team	Record against D-I teams	BRR
1.	Indiana State	31-1	2.60
2.	Michigan State	26-6	2.10
3.	UNC	23-6	1.98
4.	UCLA	25-5	1.90
5.	Syracuse	24-4	1.86
6.	Purdue	26-8	1.86
7.	Duke	22-8	1.77
8.	Temple	23-4	1.73
9.	Notre Dame	24-6	1.67
10.	Arkansas	24-5	1.66
11.	LSU	23-6	1.62
12.	DePaul	25-6	1.54
13.	Georgetown	18-5	1.53
14.	Penn	25-7	1.49
15.	Iowa	19-8	1.44
16.	Louisville	24-8	1.38
17.	Alcorn State	10-1	1.37
18.	Indiana	22-12	1.35
19.	Virginia	17-10	1.30
20.	Maryland	18-11	1.30
21.	San Francisco	18-7	1.29
22.	Marquette	20-7	1.29
23.	Ohio State	19-12	1.27
24.	USC	20-9	1.26
25.	Detroit	19-6	1.25
26.	Alabama	22-11	1.22
27.	North Carolina State	18-12	1.19
28.	Clemson	18-10	1.18
29.	UNLV	20-8	1.18
30.	Iona	20-6	1.16
31.	BYU	20-8	1.15
32.	Mississippi State	18-9	1.13
33.	Texas A&M	20-9	1.13
34.	Old Dominion	20-7	1.12
35.	Kentucky	19-12	1.12
36.	Texas	20-8	1.11
37.	St. John's (NY)	21-11	1.10
38.	Nevada	16-7	1.02
39.	Virginia Tech	20-9	1.02
40.	Rutgers	22-9	1.01
41.	Washington State	17-9	1.00
42.	Tennessee	20-12	1.00
43.	Illinois	17-11	1.00
44.	Utah	19-10	0.98
45.	Appalachian State	20-6	0.98
46.	Michigan	15-12	0.97
47.	Toledo	22-8	0.94
48.	Oregon State	17-10	0.94
49.	VCU	16-5	0.94
50.	Oklahoma	20-10	0.88
51.	Pepperdine	20-10	0.88
52.	Vanderbilt	15-9	0.86
53.	UConn	21-8	0.86
54.	Rhode Island	17-9	0.82
55.	New Mexico	15-10	0.73
56.	New Mexico State	19-10	0.73
57.	Arizona	15-11	0.72
58.	Weber State	18-8	0.71
59.	Boston College	16-9	0.69
60.	St. Bonaventure	16-9	0.69
61.	Dayton	14-9	0.69
62.	Furman	17-9	0.68
63.	Oral Roberts	16-10	0.66
64.	South Alabama	16-6	0.66
65.	Eastern Kentucky	17-7	0.63
66.	St. Joseph's	18-10	0.61
67.	Texas Tech	16-11	0.60
68.	Central Michigan	17-9	0.60
69.	Kansas	18-11	0.57
70.	Louisiana-Monroe	19-6	0.57
71.	Wagner	15-7	0.57
72.	Citadel	14-7	0.56
73.	Wisconsin	12-15	0.55
74.	San Diego State	13-12	0.52
75.	Utah State	18-11	0.51
76.	Portland	17-10	0.50
77.	Florida State	16-10	0.48
78.	Arizona State	15-14	0.48
79.	Lamar	17-9	0.47
80.	Mercer	17-5	0.44
81.	Wake Forest	10-15	0.43
82.	Drexel	15-8	0.42
83.	Seattle	13-11	0.42
84.	Pitt	15-11	0.42
85.	West Virginia	15-12	0.42
86.	Boston University	14-8	0.38
87.	Long Beach State	16-12	0.37
88.	Auburn	13-16	0.37
89.	Ball State	14-10	0.33
90.	Columbia	15-8	0.33
91.	Holy Cross	15-11	0.32
92.	Pacific	14-11	0.32
93.	Jacksonville	14-10	0.31
94.	Georgia	12-14	0.30
95.	Illinois State	14-10	0.27
96.	Minnesota	11-16	0.27
97.	Louisiana-Lafayette	15-11	0.27
98.	Villanova	12-13	0.24
99.	Cincinnati	13-14	0.23
100.	Drake	12-11	0.23
101.	Georgia Tech	12-9	0.23
102.	Charlotte	16-11	0.22
103.	La Salle	15-12	0.22
104.	Baylor	13-12	0.22
105.	Saint Mary's (CA)	11-11	0.22
106.	Oregon	11-15	0.20
107.	Tennessee State	2-1	0.17
108.	Seton Hall	15-11	0.16
109.	Cal State Fullerton	13-11	0.16
110.	Fresno State	13-11	0.15
111.	Wyoming	9-12	0.14
112.	Kansas State	12-12	0.13
113.	Washington	11-16	0.13
114.	Stanford	11-15	0.13
115.	Stetson	14-12	0.13
116.	Ole Miss	10-16	0.12
117.	Creighton	12-13	0.11
118.	Ohio	14-11	0.10
119.	Fairfield	14-9	0.10
120.	Idaho State	14-13	0.09
121.	Xavier	10-11	0.08
122.	Louisiana Tech	13-8	0.06
123.	Nebraska	11-13	0.05
124.	North Carolina-Wilmington	15-8	0.04
125.	Wichita State	12-14	0.04
126.	Bucknell	14-9	0.04
127.	Missouri	12-15	0.01
128.	Southern Illinois	12-13	0.01
129.	North Carolina A&T	11-6	0.01
130.	Grambling	12-6	-0.01
131.	Oklahoma City	15-10	-0.02
132.	Santa Clara	9-14	-0.03
133.	James Madison	13-8	-0.04
134.	Duquesne	11-13	-0.05
135.	Colorado	11-13	-0.08
136.	Loyola (IL)	11-15	-0.09
137.	Denver	9-10	-0.09
138.	Western Kentucky	14-11	-0.09
139.	Houston	12-15	-0.10
140.	South Carolina	11-12	-0.12
141.	Gonzaga	11-10	-0.17
142.	Princeton	14-12	-0.17
143.	Lafayette	13-12	-0.17
144.	St. Francis (NY)	10-10	-0.17
145.	Bowling Green State	13-13	-0.18
146.	East Carolina	8-15	-0.18
147.	Montana	11-12	-0.20
148.	Tulsa	10-14	-0.20
149.	Penn State	11-17	-0.21
150.	George Washington	10-14	-0.21
151.	Oklahoma State	11-15	-0.23
152.	American	11-13	-0.24
153.	Northern Illinois	12-13	-0.26
154.	Maine	10-10	-0.26
155.	Middle Tennessee	10-11	-0.27
156.	Montana State	9-10	-0.28
157.	UTEP	7-15	-0.29
158.	Colorado State	8-16	-0.31
159.	Florida	8-19	-0.31
160.	Chattanooga	10-13	-0.33
161.	Northeastern	11-11	-0.33
162.	South Florida	9-13	-0.34
163.	Arkansas State	12-11	-0.34
164.	Iowa State	8-15	-0.35
165.	ETSU	12-11	-0.35
166.	Kent State	10-14	-0.36
167.	Butler	8-13	-0.36
168.	Cleveland State	9-9	-0.38
169.	Saint Francis (PA)	9-13	-0.40
170.	Army	9-11	-0.40
171.	Providence	9-16	-0.41
172.	Navy	8-12	-0.42
173.	Siena	11-11	-0.43
174.	Northern Arizona	9-14	-0.43
175.	Northwestern	6-21	-0.43
176.	Air Force	7-12	-0.45
177.	SMU	8-16	-0.46
178.	Western Carolina	9-14	-0.47
179.	Dartmouth	9-12	-0.47
180.	Evansville	11-14	-0.47
181.	Southern	7-9	-0.50
182.	Memphis	8-15	-0.51
183.	Marshall	8-15	-0.53
184.	UCSB	8-15	-0.54
185.	Jackson State	6-7	-0.54
186.	New Orleans	10-16	-0.55
187.	Southern Miss	9-12	-0.55
188.	Morehead State	10-13	-0.58
189.	Hawaii	7-14	-0.59
190.	St. Peter's	8-14	-0.61
191.	Miami (OH)	8-17	-0.62
192.	Canisius	8-14	-0.67
193.	LIU-Brooklyn	8-13	-0.70
194.	Davidson	7-19	-0.70
195.	Tulane	7-19	-0.70
196.	Boise State	6-14	-0.71
197.	University of California	5-20	-0.71
198.	Bradley	6-17	-0.72
199.	Colgate	8-12	-0.73
200.	Texas-Rio Grande Valley	9-13	-0.73
201.	New Hampshire	8-16	-0.73
202.	Saint Louis	6-15	-0.74
203.	Yale	9-15	-0.76
204.	Virginia Military Institute	7-14	-0.84
205.	North Texas	10-16	-0.85
206.	Tennessee Tech	9-15	-0.86
207.	George Mason	5-7	-0.87
208.	Richmond	6-15	-0.89
209.	Georgia Southern	7-16	-0.89
210.	San Jose State	6-19	-0.91
211.	Rider	8-13	-0.91
212.	McNeese State	8-16	-0.92
213.	Brown	8-18	-0.93
214.	Texas Southern	4-9	-0.95
215.	Loyola Marymount	4-18	-0.95
216.	Idaho	6-15	-0.95
217.	Delaware State	4-6	-0.98
218.	Robert Morris	8-13	-1.02
219.	Hofstra	7-19	-1.03
220.	Howard	6-9	-1.03
221.	Eastern Michigan	6-18	-1.03
222.	UC-Irvine	5-16	-1.05
223.	William & Mary	4-17	-1.06
224.	Western Michigan	5-21	-1.06
225.	West Texas A&M	4-19	-1.10
226.	Vermont	6-16	-1.11
227.	Texas-Arlington	8-16	-1.13
228.	Harvard	7-21	-1.16
229.	Manhattan	5-20	-1.17
230.	UMass	5-21	-1.18
231.	West Chester	6-14	-1.19
232.	Rice	4-19	-1.21
233.	Lehigh	6-17	-1.23
234.	Cornell	7-18	-1.23
235.	Campbell	6-16	-1.26
236.	Milwaukee	5-16	-1.28
237.	Fairleigh Dickinson	4-17	-1.33
238.	Niagara	4-20	-1.36
239.	Catholic	4-17	-1.38
240.	Austin Peay	5-17	-1.44
241.	Fordham	4-22	-1.45
242.	Georgia State	4-18	-1.45
243.	Centenary (LA)	6-19	-1.45
244.	Portland State	3-18	-1.55
245.	Houston Baptist	6-15	-1.56
246.	Samford	4-14	-1.61
247.	Delaware	4-21	-1.64
248.	South Carolina State	3-12	-1.69
249.	Texas Christian	2-19	-1.72
250.	Arkansas-Little Rock	4-17	-1.75
251.	Northwestern State	4-17	-1.76
252.	Murray State	3-20	-1.85
253.	Baltimore	2-18	-1.86
254.	Valparaiso	2-17	-1.92
255.	Hardin-Simmons	3-18	-1.95
256.	Charleston Southern	0-21	-2.61