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1986 NCAA basketball ratings

Championship: Louisville defeated Duke
Rank Team Record against D-I teams BRR
1. Duke 37-3 2.99
2. Kansas 34-4 2.73
3. Kentucky 31-4 2.43
4. Louisville 32-7 2.37
5. UNC 28-6 2.23
6. Georgia Tech 26-7 2.22
7. St. John's (NY) 31-5 2.15
8. Michigan 26-5 2.08
9. Bradley 31-3 2.01
10. Syracuse 25-6 1.96
11. UNLV 33-5 1.91
12. Memphis 27-6 1.89
13. Navy 28-5 1.85
14. Indiana 21-8 1.72
15. Alabama 24-9 1.62
16. Oklahoma 23-9 1.61
17. Michigan State 23-8 1.60
18. Notre Dame 22-6 1.55
19. St. Joseph's 26-6 1.51
20. Cleveland State 26-4 1.50
21. Georgetown 21-8 1.49
22. Illinois 21-10 1.44
23. Western Kentucky 21-8 1.41
24. LSU 22-12 1.41
25. North Carolina State 19-13 1.40
26. Old Dominion 21-8 1.39
27. Temple 25-6 1.39
28. Virginia 19-11 1.39
29. Purdue 20-10 1.37
30. UTEP 27-6 1.36
31. Iowa State 19-11 1.35
32. Virginia Tech 21-9 1.33
33. Pepperdine 24-5 1.33
34. Auburn 20-11 1.32
35. Alabama-Birmingham 23-11 1.31
36. Northeastern 25-5 1.29
37. Maryland 17-14 1.28
38. Xavier 23-5 1.18
39. Jacksonville 19-10 1.14
40. Miami (OH) 22-7 1.12
41. Richmond 23-8 1.11
42. Villanova 22-14 1.11
43. Nebraska 17-11 1.10
44. Tulsa 21-9 1.10
45. Missouri 19-13 1.09
46. Ohio State 19-14 1.05
47. Iowa 16-12 1.02
48. DePaul 18-13 0.99
49. Arizona 21-9 0.99
50. West Virginia 21-11 0.96
51. Georgia 17-13 0.88
52. Fairfield 23-7 0.85
53. Florida 19-14 0.83
54. Washington 19-12 0.82
55. Clemson 19-15 0.81
56. Ohio 20-8 0.79
57. Providence 16-14 0.75
58. Siena 20-7 0.74
59. Texas Christian 19-9 0.72
60. Wyoming 22-12 0.72
61. Utah 19-10 0.69
62. Marquette 19-11 0.69
63. Oklahoma State 12-12 0.69
64. Southern Miss 13-12 0.69
65. Dayton 17-13 0.66
66. Canisius 19-8 0.64
67. Louisiana Tech 20-13 0.62
68. Texas A&M 19-12 0.61
69. Kansas State 11-14 0.61
70. University of California 17-10 0.59
71. McNeese State 18-11 0.59
72. Boston University 20-10 0.58
73. Texas 17-12 0.58
74. Louisiana-Monroe 19-10 0.57
75. George Mason 20-12 0.57
76. Drake 16-11 0.56
77. Ball State 20-10 0.56
78. Lamar 16-12 0.56
79. SMU 18-11 0.55
80. Pitt 13-14 0.52
81. UCLA 15-14 0.49
82. Chicago State 18-6 0.48
83. Vanderbilt 13-15 0.47
84. UC-Irvine 17-13 0.47
85. Minnesota 11-15 0.46
86. Missouri State 20-8 0.45
87. Cincinnati 10-16 0.45
88. Tennessee 12-16 0.45
89. New Mexico State 14-12 0.44
90. Middle Tennessee 18-10 0.43
91. Arkansas State 14-11 0.42
92. Montana 18-11 0.40
93. Arkansas-Little Rock 22-10 0.40
94. South Florida 13-14 0.40
95. Texas Tech 16-14 0.40
96. BYU 18-14 0.40
97. Eastern Washington 16-8 0.38
98. Akron 18-8 0.38
99. Boston College 12-15 0.37
100. VCU 12-16 0.33
101. Chattanooga 18-10 0.33
102. Northern Arizona 15-10 0.31
103. San Diego 17-9 0.29
104. New Orleans 14-12 0.29
105. Weber State 15-11 0.29
106. Southern 19-8 0.28
107. Marshall 17-10 0.27
108. Louisiana-Lafayette 14-13 0.24
109. Illinois State 14-14 0.24
110. New Mexico 17-14 0.23
111. Florida State 9-17 0.22
112. Washington State 15-16 0.21
113. Loyola Marymount 16-11 0.21
114. Wisconsin 9-16 0.21
115. Texas-Rio Grande Valley 16-8 0.20
116. Pacific 15-13 0.20
117. Fresno State 13-15 0.19
118. Wichita State 13-14 0.18
119. South Alabama 13-16 0.17
120. San Jose State 14-12 0.16
121. UConn 11-16 0.15
122. St. Bonaventure 12-13 0.14
123. South Carolina 12-16 0.14
124. Cal State Fullerton 14-15 0.13
125. Arizona State 11-14 0.12
126. Ole Miss 9-17 0.11
127. Duquesne 14-14 0.08
128. Davidson 16-11 0.08
129. Oregon State 12-15 0.08
130. Fairleigh Dickinson 18-8 0.07
131. Penn 15-11 0.07
132. Utah State 12-16 0.06
133. Saint Louis 15-12 0.05
134. Mississippi Valley State 18-9 0.01
135. Loyola (IL) 13-16 0.00
136. Stanford 11-16 0.00
137. Oregon 11-16 0.00
138. Northern Illinois 12-12 -0.01
139. Houston 11-14 -0.02
140. La Salle 14-14 -0.02
141. St. Peter's 15-12 -0.03
142. Miami (FL) 14-14 -0.05
143. Idaho State 12-12 -0.06
144. Brown 14-11 -0.07
145. Montana State 12-16 -0.07
146. USC 11-17 -0.08
147. North Carolina A&T 18-8 -0.08
148. Seton Hall 10-18 -0.09
149. Niagara 14-14 -0.09
150. Arkansas 12-16 -0.11
151. Creighton 9-16 -0.12
152. Murray State 13-12 -0.13
153. UCSB 10-15 -0.13
154. Iona 14-15 -0.14
155. Marist 17-12 -0.14
156. Alcorn State 14-11 -0.15
157. Drexel 16-11 -0.15
158. Mississippi State 7-21 -0.16
159. Hofstra 17-11 -0.17
160. Appalachian State 13-12 -0.17
161. Eastern Illinois 15-13 -0.18
162. Nevada 11-15 -0.21
163. Cornell 13-12 -0.23
164. Northwestern State 10-13 -0.23
165. Gonzaga 12-12 -0.24
166. North Carolina-Wilmington 13-13 -0.27
167. Kent State 11-16 -0.28
168. Detroit 11-15 -0.28
169. Austin Peay 12-14 -0.31
170. Colorado 6-20 -0.31
171. Boise State 10-15 -0.33
172. George Washington 9-16 -0.33
173. Fordham 13-16 -0.34
174. Toledo 11-16 -0.35
175. Samford 12-13 -0.36
176. Tennessee State 12-14 -0.39
177. San Diego State 10-19 -0.39
178. Wake Forest 7-21 -0.41
179. Yale 12-11 -0.41
180. Hartford 12-16 -0.41
181. Loyola (MD) 15-11 -0.46
182. Princeton 12-13 -0.46
183. Western Michigan 9-16 -0.46
184. Charleston Southern 15-9 -0.46
185. Tennessee Tech 11-15 -0.47
186. Hardin-Simmons 12-12 -0.47
187. Southeastern Louisiana 9-15 -0.47
188. Indiana State 9-17 -0.47
189. Western Carolina 12-14 -0.47
190. Penn State 10-17 -0.47
191. Portland 10-15 -0.48
192. Howard 17-9 -0.50
193. West Texas A&M 7-17 -0.52
194. Santa Clara 9-15 -0.52
195. UIC 11-16 -0.52
196. Bucknell 13-12 -0.53
197. North Texas 8-18 -0.53
198. Wagner 13-12 -0.53
199. Houston Baptist 10-14 -0.54
200. Northwestern 4-20 -0.54
201. ETSU 11-16 -0.56
202. Mercer 13-14 -0.58
203. Holy Cross 12-17 -0.58
204. Centenary (LA) 10-17 -0.60
205. Oral Roberts 9-18 -0.62
206. New Hampshire 11-17 -0.63
207. Central Michigan 8-17 -0.63
208. Western Illinois 9-15 -0.63
209. Texas-Arlington 9-16 -0.63
210. Columbia 10-14 -0.64
211. Georgia Southern 11-13 -0.67
212. Baylor 7-16 -0.67
213. Eastern Michigan 8-18 -0.68
214. UMass 8-19 -0.68
215. Colorado State 8-18 -0.69
216. Youngstown State 10-16 -0.69
217. Southern Illinois 6-20 -0.71
218. East Carolina 8-16 -0.72
219. Idaho 8-18 -0.72
220. Charlotte 5-20 -0.73
221. Jackson State 13-15 -0.77
222. Lafayette 12-15 -0.80
223. Rhode Island 7-19 -0.81
224. William & Mary 7-20 -0.83
225. Rutgers 8-21 -0.83
226. Citadel 8-16 -0.84
227. Lehigh 10-15 -0.84
228. American 7-18 -0.86
229. Rice 5-19 -0.87
230. Utica 9-14 -0.88
231. Long Beach State 6-22 -0.88
232. Grambling 10-12 -0.88
233. Radford 9-15 -0.91
234. Stetson 9-18 -0.93
235. Virginia Military Institute 7-18 -0.93
236. Bowling Green State 7-19 -0.93
237. Army 8-18 -0.96
238. Dartmouth 8-14 -0.98
239. Furman 6-17 -0.99
240. Maine 7-19 -1.00
241. Georgia State 7-17 -1.01
242. Nicholls State 8-12 -1.03
243. Air Force 6-19 -1.03
244. Saint Mary's (CA) 6-17 -1.03
245. Delaware 8-15 -1.07
246. Eastern Kentucky 6-18 -1.08
247. Evansville 7-19 -1.11
248. Florida A&M 9-16 -1.11
249. Saint Francis (PA) 9-18 -1.14
250. Alabama State 8-16 -1.15
251. Texas Southern 8-17 -1.16
252. Robert Morris 9-17 -1.17
253. Butler 5-19 -1.17
254. Towson 8-20 -1.21
255. Vermont 6-19 -1.25
256. James Madison 5-23 -1.27
257. Hawaii 4-23 -1.27
258. Monmouth 7-19 -1.29
259. Augusta State 8-17 -1.33
260. Rider 6-18 -1.39
261. Valparaiso 5-19 -1.40
262. Northern Iowa 5-18 -1.43
263. San Francisco 3-21 -1.50
264. Morehead State 4-19 -1.51
265. St. Francis (NY) 6-18 -1.52
266. LIU-Brooklyn 6-19 -1.52
267. Harvard 4-18 -1.55
268. UCF 4-20 -1.58
269. Coppin State 8-17 -1.58
270. U.S. International 5-19 -1.62
271. South Carolina State 9-18 -1.64
272. Texas State 6-18 -1.65
273. Delaware State 10-17 -1.67
274. Morgan State 7-20 -1.69
275. Green Bay 3-22 -1.69
276. Campbell 5-18 -1.73
277. Brooklyn 6-21 -1.74
278. UTSA 4-23 -1.82
279. Bethune-Cookman 7-22 -1.84
280. Prairie View 4-24 -1.98
281. Manhattan 2-26 -2.05
282. Maryland-Eastern Shore 5-23 -2.12
283. Colgate 0-22 -2.48