Robert's Rankings
College Basketball 2002-2003
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2001-2002 Season
Number of Teams: 327
Number of Games: 4717
Number of Upsets: 1133 (24.%)
Grouping Factor: 0.245794
Empirical Probability of Future Upsets
Chance of Upset
50%
35%
25%
15%
10%
5%
2%
Quality Factor Difference
0
0.2471
0.439
0.692
0.877
1.175
1.553
Rank
Name
Record
Strength of Schedule
Quality Factor
1 Day Earlier
Last Week
1
Kentucky
32 - 4
15
2.61803
1
1
2
Arizona
28 - 4
36
2.44053
2
2
3
Kansas
30 - 8
2
2.35628
3
3
4
Syracuse
30 - 5
14
2.34945
5
6
5
Pittsburgh
28 - 5
54
2.3105
4
4
6
Marquette
27 - 6
22
2.16784
7
5
7
Oklahoma
27 - 7
13
2.16372
6
8
8
Texas
26 - 7
7
2.14307
8
7
9
Duke
26 - 7
23
2.14069
9
9
10
Louisville
25 - 7
47
2.05854
10
10
11
Illinois
25 - 7
55
2.04089
11
11
12
Wake Forest
25 - 6
44
2.01695
12
12
13
Florida
25 - 8
33
1.93285
13
13
14
Georgia
19 - 8
1
1.92361
14
14
15
Wisconsin
24 - 8
48
1.90994
15
15
16
Notre Dame
24 - 10
3
1.89387
16
17
17
Dayton
25 - 6
79
1.88622
17
16
18
Xavier
26 - 6
81
1.88463
18
18
19
Maryland
21 - 10
42
1.8559
19
19
20
Stanford
25 - 9
50
1.80287
20
20
21
Connecticut
23 - 10
26
1.798
21
21
22
Memphis
23 - 7
76
1.78044
22
22
23
Creighton
29 - 5
137
1.7761
23
23
24
Oklahoma State
22 - 9
27
1.75219
24
24
25
Missouri
22 - 11
4
1.74274
25
25
26
Mississippi State
21 - 10
31
1.74198
26
26
27
Michigan State
21 - 13
9
1.70411
27
27
28
St. Joseph's (PA)
23 - 7
105
1.69086
28
28
29
Utah
25 - 8
77
1.67748
29
29
30
Butler
27 - 6
108
1.65954
30
30
31
Purdue
19 - 11
20
1.65735
31
31
32
Brigham Young
23 - 9
84
1.61006
32
32
33
California
22 - 9
57
1.5921
33
34
34
Texas Tech
22 - 12
29
1.59012
34
33
35
Arizona State
20 - 11
8
1.58307
35
35
36
LSU
21 - 11
62
1.57791
36
36
37
Oregon
23 - 10
72
1.55548
37
37
38
Indiana
21 - 13
12
1.55378
39
38
39
Gonzaga
24 - 9
94
1.55327
38
39
40
Colorado
20 - 12
40
1.52214
40
40
41
Auburn
22 - 12
25
1.51732
41
41
42
Central Michigan
25 - 7
120
1.48465
42
43
43
Cincinnati
17 - 12
32
1.48423
43
42
44
Alabama
17 - 12
24
1.4838
44
44
45
Southern Illinois
24 - 7
126
1.46797
46
45
46
Tulsa
23 - 10
109
1.46744
45
46
47
North Carolina
19 - 16
5
1.4651
47
47
48
Wisconsin-Milwaukee
24 - 7
131
1.45105
48
48
49
Holy Cross
26 - 5
254
1.44587
49
49
50
North Carolina State
18 - 13
30
1.43467
51
51
51
Weber State
27 - 6
204
1.43422
50
50
52
Boston College
19 - 12
60
1.42375
52
52
53
Providence
18 - 14
52
1.39736
54
54
54
Minnesota
19 - 12
65
1.39576
53
53
55
North Carolina-Wilmington
24 - 7
206
1.39186
55
55
56
Pennsylvania
22 - 6
193
1.39121
56
56
57
Manhattan
23 - 7
157
1.39107
59
59
58
Tennessee
17 - 12
35
1.38814
57
58
59
UNLV
22 - 12
86
1.38721
58
57
60
Seton Hall
17 - 13
18
1.38616
60
61
61
St. John's
19 - 13
58
1.38363
61
60
62
Georgetown
18 - 14
43
1.35712
62
63
63
Western Kentucky
24 - 9
132
1.34723
63
62
64
Georgia Tech
16 - 15
21
1.34192
64
64
65
Michigan
17 - 13
49
1.33763
65
65
66
Ohio State
17 - 15
16
1.30063
67
67
67
Saint Louis
16 - 14
45
1.30054
66
66
68
Kent State
21 - 9
148
1.28929
68
69
69
Hawaii
23 - 12
122
1.28651
69
70
70
DePaul
16 - 13
59
1.28596
70
68
71
Virginia
16 - 16
17
1.27648
71
72
72
UAB
21 - 13
90
1.27277
72
71
73
Villanova
16 - 16
39
1.26841
73
73
74
Fresno State
20 - 9
136
1.25748
74
74
75
Illinois-Chicago
21 - 9
150
1.25669
75
75
76
Western Michigan
20 - 11
135
1.25503
77
77
77
Wyoming
21 - 11
100
1.25441
76
76
78
Utah State
24 - 9
191
1.23184
78
78
79
Troy State
26 - 6
267
1.23011
79
79
80
Louisiana-Lafayette
20 - 10
147
1.22386
80
80
81
Iowa
17 - 14
74
1.22
82
81
82
Temple
18 - 16
67
1.21987
83
82
83
Iowa State
17 - 14
56
1.21736
81
83
84
Florida State
14 - 15
34
1.20026
84
84
85
Charleston
25 - 8
218
1.19309
85
85
86
New Mexico State
20 - 8
199
1.18987
86
86
87
Texas A&M
14 - 14
38
1.18246
87
87
88
Austin Peay
23 - 8
170
1.18143
88
88
89
Rhode Island
19 - 12
101
1.17434
89
89
90
Colorado State
20 - 14
91
1.16587
90
90
91
Siena
21 - 11
177
1.16247
91
91
92
Mississippi
14 - 15
64
1.15015
92
92
93
Clemson
15 - 13
69
1.14411
94
94
94
Rice
19 - 10
124
1.14383
93
93
95
Richmond
15 - 14
88
1.13418
96
95
96
San Diego
18 - 12
112
1.13335
95
96
97
Kansas State
13 - 17
53
1.12682
97
97
98
Valparaiso
20 - 11
149
1.11077
98
98
99
South Carolina
12 - 16
19
1.10776
99
99
100
Nevada
18 - 14
111
1.10639
100
100
101
Rutgers
12 - 16
37
1.10512
103
107
102
Chattanooga
21 - 9
237
1.10211
101
101
103
UC-Irvine
20 - 9
196
1.1006
102
103
104
South Florida
15 - 14
82
1.09832
105
102
105
Sam Houston State
23 - 7
287
1.09622
106
106
106
Baylor
14 - 14
63
1.09555
104
105
107
Charlotte
13 - 16
61
1.09381
107
104
108
Detroit
18 - 12
140
1.09254
108
108
109
West Virginia
14 - 15
46
1.08717
111
111
110
SMS
17 - 12
141
1.08715
109
109
111
San Diego State
16 - 15
83
1.08635
110
110
112
Fairfield
19 - 12
145
1.07556
112
112
113
USC
12 - 17
51
1.06814
113
113
114
Vanderbilt
11 - 18
6
1.06435
114
114
115
Mercer
23 - 6
311
1.05485
115
115
116
Tulane
16 - 15
95
1.04853
116
116
117
Stephen F. Austin
21 - 8
288
1.03858
117
117
118
Wichita State
18 - 12
146
1.03756
118
118
119
Southern Methodist
17 - 14
116
1.03207
119
119
120
Morehead State
20 - 9
229
1.03005
120
120
121
East Tennessee State
20 - 10
221
1.02625
121
121
122
Boston University
20 - 11
211
1.0262
123
123
123
UC-Santa Barbara
18 - 14
192
1.02468
122
122
124
Northern Illinois
17 - 14
125
1.02248
124
124
125
Wagner
21 - 10
253
1.02156
125
125
126
George Mason
16 - 12
163
1.01758
127
126
127
UCLA
10 - 19
10
1.01736
126
127
128
Drexel
19 - 12
180
1.0101
130
130
129
UCF
21 - 11
275
1.00992
129
128
130
Eastern Washington
18 - 13
159
1.00948
128
129
131
Murray State
17 - 12
172
1.00105
131
131
132
Tennessee Tech
20 - 12
185
0.998317
132
132
133
Davidson
17 - 10
161
0.994153
133
133
134
Virginia Commonwealth
18 - 10
234
0.989509
134
134
135
Miami (FL)
11 - 17
73
0.988969
136
137
136
Iona
17 - 12
217
0.988475
135
135
137
Miami (OH)
13 - 15
97
0.985571
137
136
138
Niagara
17 - 12
188
0.981452
138
138
139
Washington
10 - 17
66
0.976592
139
139
140
Oregon State
13 - 15
75
0.975666
140
140
141
Princeton
16 - 11
181
0.971459
141
141
142
Appalachian State
19 - 10
208
0.96998
143
142
143
Nebraska
11 - 19
28
0.966534
142
144
144
Southern Mississippi
13 - 16
98
0.966495
144
143
145
Oral Roberts
18 - 10
283
0.963277
145
145
146
Arkansas
9 - 19
11
0.961139
146
146
147
Pepperdine
15 - 13
142
0.957533
147
147
148
Virginia Tech
11 - 18
78
0.956723
149
149
149
San Francisco
15 - 14
128
0.955107
148
148
150
Toledo
13 - 16
119
0.953448
150
150
151
Vermont
21 - 12
252
0.952115
151
152
152
Northwestern
12 - 17
70
0.949179
152
153
153
Ohio
14 - 16
107
0.945753
153
154
154
East Carolina
12 - 15
71
0.943678
154
151
155
Arkansas-Little Rock
18 - 12
182
0.940137
155
155
156
George Washington
12 - 17
89
0.939675
156
156
157
Middle Tennessee State
16 - 14
151
0.92708
157
157
158
Loyola (IL)
15 - 16
129
0.922321
158
158
159
St. Mary's
15 - 15
130
0.921816
159
159
160
Akron
14 - 14
174
0.921232
160
160
161
Denver
17 - 15
201
0.914119
161
161
162
Evansville
12 - 16
110
0.909588
162
162
163
Belmont
17 - 12
219
0.904527
163
163
164
Delaware
15 - 14
190
0.9009
165
165
165
IUPUI
20 - 14
189
0.900722
164
164
166
South Alabama
14 - 14
121
0.897048
166
166
167
Marshall
14 - 15
156
0.895272
168
168
168
Brown
17 - 12
235
0.894875
169
169
169
Ball State
13 - 18
103
0.894871
167
167
170
St. Bonaventure
13 - 16
87
0.886661
170
170
171
Yale
14 - 13
158
0.883251
171
171
172
Air Force
12 - 16
106
0.871491
172
172
173
Massachusetts
12 - 18
96
0.870941
173
173
174
Winthrop
20 - 10
314
0.868914
174
174
175
Cal Poly
16 - 14
222
0.867043
175
175
176
Birmingham Southern
19 - 9
321
0.86056
176
176
177
Jacksonville State
19 - 10
307
0.858856
177
177
178
La Salle
12 - 17
99
0.856975
178
179
179
Louisiana Tech
12 - 16
102
0.854989
179
178
180
Oakland
17 - 11
277
0.854632
180
180
181
Eastern Michigan
14 - 14
173
0.851754
181
182
182
Eastern Illinois
14 - 15
143
0.849866
182
181
183
Old Dominion
12 - 15
179
0.848115
183
183
184
Boise State
13 - 16
144
0.846715
184
184
185
Bowling Green
13 - 16
117
0.845249
185
185
186
Pacific
12 - 16
183
0.834903
186
187
187
South Carolina State
20 - 11
308
0.833184
188
189
188
Southwest Texas State
17 - 12
299
0.83292
187
188
189
TCU
9 - 19
80
0.831707
189
186
190
Idaho State
15 - 14
210
0.828786
190
190
191
Northern Arizona
15 - 13
231
0.828738
191
191
192
Hampton
19 - 11
317
0.822588
192
192
193
American University
15 - 14
260
0.82133
193
193
194
Bradley
12 - 18
123
0.820329
194
194
195
Hartford
16 - 13
250
0.816963
195
195
196
Montana
13 - 17
165
0.814682
196
196
197
Marist
13 - 16
169
0.810593
198
198
198
New Mexico
10 - 20
85
0.810359
197
197
199
Texas-Arlington
16 - 13
246
0.804248
199
199
200
New Orleans
14 - 15
167
0.801651
200
200
201
Cal State Northridge
14 - 15
226
0.797106
201
201
202
Quinnipiac
17 - 12
304
0.795339
202
202
203
Santa Clara
13 - 15
178
0.79358
203
203
204
Arkansas State
13 - 15
214
0.788694
204
204
205
McNeese State
15 - 14
223
0.785143
205
205
206
Rider
12 - 16
216
0.783496
207
207
207
Penn State
7 - 21
41
0.782966
206
206
208
Binghamton
14 - 13
265
0.780096
208
208
209
Prairie View A&M
17 - 12
293
0.771439
209
209
210
Wofford
14 - 15
175
0.76862
210
211
211
Georgia Southern
16 - 13
257
0.768414
211
210
212
Washington State
7 - 20
68
0.766906
212
212
213
Northeastern
16 - 15
270
0.766101
213
213
214
Central Connecticut State
15 - 13
305
0.762324
215
215
215
Idaho
13 - 15
248
0.761404
214
214
216
Northern Iowa
11 - 17
139
0.761058
216
216
217
Monmouth
15 - 13
294
0.756708
218
219
218
Florida A&M
17 - 12
300
0.756664
217
217
219
Lehigh
16 - 12
289
0.756248
220
220
220
Texas Southern
18 - 13
324
0.755642
219
218
221
Loyola Marymount
11 - 20
164
0.748587
221
222
222
Bucknell
15 - 15
251
0.747989
223
224
223
Wisconsin-Green Bay
10 - 20
118
0.747482
222
223
224
Houston
8 - 20
92
0.747064
224
221
225
Portland
11 - 17
154
0.745296
225
225
226
Harvard
11 - 15
224
0.743735
226
226
227
Canisius
10 - 18
153
0.73806
228
228
228
Wright State
10 - 18
133
0.736756
227
227
229
Tennessee-Martin
14 - 14
198
0.732341
229
229
230
Georgia State
14 - 15
239
0.731266
230
230
231
North Carolina-Asheville
15 - 17
155
0.730268
231
231
232
Delaware State
14 - 12
290
0.727405
232
232
233
James Madison
13 - 17
228
0.72558
233
233
234
Furman
14 - 17
176
0.722617
234
234
235
Duquesne
9 - 21
104
0.722492
235
235
236
Maine
14 - 16
259
0.721851
237
238
237
William & Mary
12 - 16
276
0.721624
238
237
238
Charleston Southern
14 - 14
273
0.721411
236
236
239
Samford
13 - 15
242
0.719017
239
239
240
Mississippi Valley State
15 - 14
319
0.715984
240
240
241
Montana State
11 - 16
203
0.711883
241
241
242
St. Francis (NY)
14 - 16
310
0.711673
242
242
243
St. Francis (PA)
14 - 14
297
0.708645
243
243
244
Coastal Carolina
13 - 15
282
0.695615
244
244
245
Colgate
14 - 14
279
0.694196
246
246
246
Fairleigh Dickinson
15 - 15
318
0.693993
245
245
247
St. Peter's
10 - 19
184
0.692122
247
247
248
Illinois State
8 - 21
114
0.690196
248
248
249
Stony Brook
13 - 15
284
0.690045
249
250
250
Lamar
13 - 14
302
0.687894
250
249
251
Sacramento State
12 - 17
213
0.676697
251
251
252
Alabama State
14 - 15
315
0.668609
252
252
253
Southeast Missouri State
11 - 19
200
0.667638
253
253
254
Lafayette
13 - 16
266
0.664329
254
255
255
Liberty
14 - 15
312
0.663501
255
254
256
Drake
10 - 20
134
0.663242
256
256
257
Louisiana-Monroe
12 - 16
285
0.660786
257
257
258
Cal State Fullerton
10 - 19
243
0.657402
258
258
259
Jacksonville
13 - 16
258
0.656955
259
259
260
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
14 - 15
255
0.655743
260
260
261
Elon
12 - 15
240
0.644119
261
261
262
Southeastern Louisiana
11 - 16
232
0.643301
263
262
263
Centenary
14 - 14
262
0.643037
262
263
264
Cleveland State
8 - 22
127
0.642406
264
264
265
Howard
13 - 17
316
0.642369
265
266
266
Coppin State
11 - 17
225
0.640404
266
267
267
Texas-San Antonio
10 - 17
227
0.63955
267
265
268
North Texas
7 - 21
113
0.632465
268
268
269
Hofstra
8 - 21
187
0.628277
269
269
270
Florida International
8 - 21
171
0.623972
270
270
271
Norfolk State
14 - 15
322
0.622752
271
272
272
Indiana State
7 - 24
115
0.622302
272
271
273
Alcorn State
14 - 19
291
0.621643
273
273
274
Southern Utah
11 - 17
247
0.621072
274
274
275
UMKC
9 - 20
202
0.614373
275
275
276
Youngstown State
9 - 20
168
0.612487
276
276
277
San Jose State
7 - 21
152
0.610371
277
277
278
Eastern Kentucky
11 - 17
197
0.608866
278
278
279
North Carolina Greensboro
7 - 22
160
0.603645
279
280
280
Jackson State
10 - 18
295
0.600818
280
279
281
Mount St. Mary's
11 - 16
301
0.59771
281
281
282
IPFW
9 - 21
220
0.593267
282
282
283
Virginia Military
10 - 20
236
0.588968
283
283
284
Robert Morris
10 - 17
306
0.578559
284
284
285
California-Riverside
6 - 18
186
0.576892
285
285
286
Western Carolina
9 - 19
230
0.576882
286
286
287
Buffalo
5 - 23
166
0.576046
287
287
288
Cornell
9 - 18
241
0.566271
288
289
289
Long Island
9 - 19
296
0.564271
289
288
290
Grambling State
12 - 18
272
0.559219
290
290
291
Navy
8 - 20
264
0.55348
291
291
292
Radford
10 - 20
303
0.54566
292
292
293
Fordham
2 - 26
93
0.544044
294
294
294
Portland State
5 - 22
162
0.543686
293
293
295
UTEP
6 - 24
138
0.540281
295
295
296
Dartmouth
8 - 19
269
0.539638
296
296
297
High Point
7 - 20
281
0.536334
297
297
298
Florida Atlantic
7 - 21
245
0.526474
298
298
299
Gardner-Webb
5 - 24
207
0.521556
299
299
300
Stetson
6 - 19
263
0.519044
300
300
301
Sacred Heart
8 - 21
280
0.516515
302
302
302
Citadel
8 - 20
209
0.516389
301
301
303
Maryland-Baltimore County
6 - 20
286
0.507511
304
304
304
Long Beach State
5 - 22
205
0.507335
303
303
305
Albany
7 - 21
244
0.493201
307
307
306
Texas-Pan American
10 - 20
271
0.492192
305
306
307
Northwestern State
6 - 21
278
0.492031
306
305
308
Western Illinois
7 - 21
233
0.490247
308
308
309
Lipscomb
8 - 20
313
0.485839
309
309
310
Loyola (MD)
4 - 23
194
0.479084
310
310
311
Alabama A&M
8 - 19
323
0.475721
311
311
312
Bethune-Cookman
8 - 22
309
0.474192
312
312
313
New Hampshire
5 - 23
274
0.463152
313
313
314
Chicago State
3 - 27
212
0.45529
314
314
315
Southern University
9 - 20
327
0.446356
315
315
316
Morgan State
7 - 21
326
0.43389
316
316
317
Army
5 - 22
256
0.42593
317
317
318
Campbell
5 - 22
298
0.419029
318
318
319
Towson
3 - 24
238
0.416367
319
319
320
Arkansas-Pine Bluff
4 - 24
215
0.412885
320
320
321
Maryland-Eastern Shore
5 - 23
325
0.41076
321
321
322
Tennessee State
2 - 25
195
0.407523
322
322
323
Morris Brown
6 - 20
320
0.402333
323
323
324
Columbia
2 - 25
268
0.389532
324
324
325
Nicholls State
3 - 25
249
0.383939
325
325
326
Savannah State
3 - 23
292
0.383776
326
326
327
North Carolina A&T
1 - 26
261
0.365055
327
327
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Robert A. Rohde