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1998 NCAA basketball ratings

Championship: Kentucky defeated Utah
Rank Team Record against D-I teams BRR
1. UNC 34-4 2.67
2. Duke 30-4 2.61
3. Kentucky 35-4 2.58
4. Arizona 30-5 2.25
5. Kansas 34-4 2.21
6. UConn 32-5 2.21
7. Stanford 29-5 2.21
8. Utah 29-4 2.14
9. Purdue 28-8 1.92
10. Princeton 26-2 1.90
11. Cincinnati 27-6 1.79
12. UCLA 23-9 1.73
13. South Carolina 22-8 1.71
14. Michigan State 22-8 1.69
15. Maryland 21-11 1.67
16. Michigan 24-9 1.65
17. Arkansas 24-8 1.63
18. Texas Christian 26-6 1.62
19. Syracuse 26-9 1.62
20. Rhode Island 25-9 1.56
21. Ole Miss 20-7 1.54
22. New Mexico 24-8 1.53
23. Illinois 23-10 1.47
24. Detroit 23-6 1.41
25. West Virginia 22-9 1.38
26. Oklahoma State 22-7 1.38
27. Tennessee 20-9 1.36
28. Temple 21-9 1.35
29. Xavier 22-8 1.35
30. George Washington 24-9 1.33
31. Illinois State 24-6 1.33
32. UIC 22-6 1.32
33. Indiana 20-12 1.29
34. St. John's (NY) 21-10 1.27
35. UMass 21-11 1.25
36. Washington 20-10 1.25
37. Murray State 25-4 1.23
38. Charlotte 20-11 1.20
39. Clemson 18-14 1.18
40. Saint Louis 22-11 1.18
41. Florida State 18-14 1.17
42. Hawaii 21-9 1.10
43. Miami (FL) 18-10 1.10
44. Georgia 20-15 1.09
45. Vanderbilt 20-13 1.09
46. Georgia Tech 19-14 1.08
47. Iona 26-6 1.03
48. UNLV 19-13 1.02
49. Wake Forest 16-14 1.02
50. Western Michigan 21-8 1.01
51. Marquette 20-11 0.99
52. Utah State 22-8 0.99
53. Minnesota 20-15 0.99
54. Nebraska 20-12 0.98
55. Iowa 19-11 0.96
56. North Carolina State 17-15 0.95
57. Alabama-Birmingham 20-12 0.94
58. Colorado State 18-9 0.93
59. Oklahoma 20-11 0.90
60. Wyoming 18-9 0.90
61. Dayton 21-12 0.88
62. Richmond 23-8 0.87
63. Southern Miss 21-11 0.85
64. Memphis 17-12 0.82
65. Arizona State 17-14 0.81
66. South Alabama 21-7 0.81
67. Penn State 19-13 0.80
68. Fresno State 19-13 0.79
69. Gonzaga 22-10 0.79
70. Butler 19-11 0.78
71. Eastern Michigan 19-10 0.77
72. Missouri 17-15 0.77
73. Valparaiso 20-9 0.75
74. Ball State 19-8 0.74
75. Pacific 22-10 0.72
76. Auburn 16-14 0.70
77. Kansas State 17-12 0.66
78. Florida 14-15 0.64
79. College of Charleston 22-6 0.64
80. Rutgers 14-15 0.64
81. North Carolina-Wilmington 20-11 0.60
82. Santa Clara 17-10 0.58
83. South Carolina State 22-7 0.58
84. Alabama 15-15 0.58
85. Fairleigh Dickinson 22-7 0.57
86. Providence 13-16 0.56
87. Seton Hall 14-15 0.56
88. Creighton 18-10 0.56
89. Tulsa 18-12 0.56
90. SMU 17-10 0.56
91. Florida International 21-8 0.55
92. San Francisco 18-11 0.54
93. Arkansas State 20-9 0.54
94. Notre Dame 13-14 0.53
95. William & Mary 19-7 0.53
96. Georgetown 14-15 0.52
97. Oregon 13-13 0.52
98. South Florida 17-13 0.51
99. Villanova 12-17 0.46
100. Boston College 14-16 0.46
101. Green Bay 16-12 0.45
102. Louisville 12-20 0.44
103. Northern Arizona 18-7 0.44
104. Coppin State 21-8 0.43
105. St. Bonaventure 17-15 0.42
106. Appalachian State 18-8 0.42
107. Mississippi State 14-15 0.41
108. Pepperdine 17-10 0.40
109. Miami (OH) 16-12 0.39
110. Boston University 19-11 0.39
111. Texas Tech 13-14 0.39
112. Baylor 14-14 0.38
113. Davidson 18-10 0.38
114. Texas 14-17 0.36
115. Indiana State 16-11 0.35
116. Delaware 18-10 0.32
117. Virginia 11-19 0.32
118. Akron 16-10 0.32
119. Wisconsin 12-19 0.31
120. LIU-Brooklyn 18-11 0.31
121. University of California 11-15 0.28
122. Colorado 12-14 0.28
123. Rider 18-10 0.26
124. Nevada 15-12 0.25
125. Missouri State 16-16 0.25
126. Wichita State 16-15 0.22
127. Pitt 11-16 0.22
128. Cleveland State 12-15 0.20
129. North Carolina-Asheville 16-9 0.20
130. Youngstown State 18-9 0.19
131. Louisiana-Lafayette 17-13 0.16
132. Penn 17-12 0.15
133. Bradley 14-14 0.14
134. Nicholls State 18-10 0.14
135. New Mexico State 14-12 0.14
136. Toledo 14-12 0.12
137. Siena 17-12 0.11
138. Montana State 15-10 0.09
139. Middle Tennessee 15-9 0.09
140. Oral Roberts 16-12 0.08
141. St. Joseph's 11-17 0.08
142. Idaho 13-12 0.08
143. Hofstra 17-12 0.06
144. Boise State 15-13 0.06
145. Lafayette 17-9 0.05
146. San Diego State 12-15 0.03
147. UTEP 10-14 0.03
148. Niagara 14-13 0.03
149. New Orleans 15-12 0.01
150. Radford 16-8 0.01
151. Eastern Washington 14-10 0.01
152. Iowa State 10-18 -0.01
153. Virginia Tech 10-17 -0.04
154. Southern Illinois 13-16 -0.05
155. Northwestern 10-17 -0.06
156. Canisius 13-14 -0.07
157. Weber State 12-12 -0.07
158. Eastern Illinois 14-11 -0.08
159. Duquesne 11-19 -0.08
160. Loyola (IL) 12-14 -0.09
161. Arkansas-Little Rock 14-13 -0.10
162. Austin Peay 15-11 -0.11
163. USC 9-19 -0.11
164. Saint Francis (PA) 16-10 -0.12
165. Texas State 16-11 -0.14
166. Evansville 14-15 -0.14
167. Lamar 15-14 -0.14
168. Oregon State 9-17 -0.14
169. Western Illinois 14-11 -0.15
170. Hartford 14-12 -0.16
171. Vermont 15-11 -0.16
172. San Diego 12-14 -0.16
173. BYU 9-21 -0.16
174. UCF 15-11 -0.17
175. Navy 16-11 -0.17
176. Drexel 13-15 -0.20
177. LSU 8-18 -0.21
178. Old Dominion 12-16 -0.22
179. Portland 10-13 -0.24
180. La Salle 9-18 -0.26
181. Louisiana Tech 12-15 -0.28
182. Loyola (MD) 12-16 -0.29
183. Northeastern 14-14 -0.29
184. Saint Mary's (CA) 10-15 -0.30
185. UTSA 15-10 -0.30
186. Washington State 7-19 -0.30
187. Fairfield 12-15 -0.30
188. Buffalo 13-13 -0.30
189. Montana 12-13 -0.31
190. Kent State 11-16 -0.31
191. Ohio State 8-22 -0.32
192. Manhattan 12-17 -0.33
193. Wright State 9-18 -0.34
194. St. Francis (NY) 14-12 -0.34
195. Georgia State 14-12 -0.41
196. James Madison 11-16 -0.41
197. Bowling Green State 9-16 -0.42
198. Cal State Fullerton 11-16 -0.42
199. Southeast Missouri State 11-13 -0.43
200. Marshall 9-16 -0.46
201. DePaul 6-23 -0.46
202. Louisiana-Monroe 12-16 -0.48
203. Northern Iowa 10-17 -0.48
204. Hampton 14-12 -0.52
205. Cal Poly 11-14 -0.52
206. Mount St. Mary's 13-15 -0.52
207. Virginia Military Institute 10-13 -0.53
208. East Carolina 9-17 -0.55
209. Citadel 12-12 -0.55
210. Houston 8-20 -0.57
211. Chattanooga 10-14 -0.59
212. George Mason 9-18 -0.60
213. Tennessee State 11-16 -0.60
214. Harvard 12-13 -0.60
215. Marist 11-17 -0.60
216. Western Kentucky 10-19 -0.61
217. Northern Illinois 9-16 -0.64
218. Air Force 5-16 -0.65
219. Grambling 12-11 -0.66
220. Northwestern State 11-14 -0.66
221. Bucknell 12-15 -0.67
222. Cal State Northridge 9-15 -0.67
223. American 8-19 -0.67
224. Texas Southern 13-16 -0.67
225. Tulane 7-22 -0.70
226. Samford 12-12 -0.70
227. Yale 11-14 -0.72
228. Jackson State 10-13 -0.72
229. Texas A&M 7-20 -0.73
230. Fordham 6-21 -0.74
231. Eastern Kentucky 9-16 -0.75
232. VCU 9-19 -0.75
233. Morgan State 12-16 -0.75
234. Texas-Arlington 11-16 -0.77
235. New Hampshire 9-17 -0.77
236. UC-Irvine 7-18 -0.77
237. Long Beach State 10-19 -0.78
238. Wagner 12-16 -0.81
239. Western Carolina 9-15 -0.81
240. Stetson 10-14 -0.84
241. Stephen F. Austin 9-16 -0.84
242. Rice 5-22 -0.85
243. St. Peter's 8-19 -0.87
244. Jacksonville 8-19 -0.88
245. North Texas 5-21 -0.89
246. UMBC 11-14 -0.90
247. Columbia 10-15 -0.90
248. Sam Houston State 9-17 -0.90
249. North Carolina-Greensboro 8-17 -0.90
250. Towson 8-20 -0.91
251. Colgate 10-18 -0.93
252. Loyola Marymount 6-20 -0.97
253. Prairie View 9-16 -1.01
254. Southern 10-13 -1.01
255. ETSU 9-16 -1.02
256. Florida A&M 11-17 -1.06
257. Ohio 5-21 -1.06
258. Jacksonville State 10-14 -1.09
259. UCSB 5-19 -1.09
260. Centenary (LA) 10-20 -1.12
261. UMKC 7-18 -1.12
262. Cornell 8-17 -1.13
263. Alcorn State 8-15 -1.13
264. Central Michigan 4-21 -1.13
265. Lehigh 8-17 -1.14
266. Liberty 8-16 -1.16
267. Georgia Southern 7-17 -1.19
268. Maryland-Eastern Shore 9-18 -1.20
269. Wofford 6-18 -1.22
270. Maine 5-20 -1.22
271. Campbell 7-17 -1.26
272. Milwaukee 3-24 -1.27
273. Tennessee Tech 7-20 -1.27
274. Dartmouth 7-19 -1.27
275. Alabama State 8-16 -1.30
276. UT-Martin 6-20 -1.30
277. San Jose State 3-23 -1.31
278. Norfolk State 5-20 -1.34
279. Robert Morris 7-19 -1.35
280. McNeese State 6-19 -1.37
281. Brown 6-20 -1.38
282. Florida Atlantic 5-21 -1.39
283. Delaware State 7-18 -1.40
284. Furman 7-19 -1.40
285. Army 7-19 -1.41
286. North Carolina A&T 7-18 -1.41
287. Idaho State 5-18 -1.43
288. Texas-Rio Grande Valley 3-24 -1.43
289. Holy Cross 7-20 -1.44
290. Howard 8-20 -1.48
291. Southern Utah 5-20 -1.48
292. Coastal Carolina 6-17 -1.53
293. Mississippi Valley State 5-19 -1.59
294. Winthrop 5-17 -1.63
295. Troy 6-19 -1.63
296. Northeastern Illinois 4-19 -1.69
297. Central Connecticut 4-21 -1.72
298. Monmouth 4-23 -1.73
299. Drake 2-24 -1.73
300. Southeastern Louisiana 4-20 -1.74
301. Morehead State 3-23 -1.77
302. Charleston Southern 3-22 -2.03
303. Mercer 3-21 -2.08
304. Sacramento State 1-22 -2.11
305. Chicago State 2-25 -2.12
306. Bethune-Cookman 1-26 -2.57