From: "Herman Matthews" Subject: NCAA Initial Ratings 2000 Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 06:49:46 -0400 From Matthews Grid Ratings 216 South 22nd Street Middlesboro, KY 40965 Initial NCAA Ratings Season 2000 Rank Team Rating 1 Florida State 109.07 2 Nebraska 107.18 3 Alabama 107.16 4 Wisconsin 105.96 5 Kansas State 104.14 6 Florida 104.07 7 Miami-FL 102.54 8 Georgia 102.33 9 Texas 101.65 10 Virginia Tech 100.64 11 Michigan 99.26 12 Tennessee 99.19 13 Ohio State 98.68 14 Purdue 98.14 15 Washington 97.58 16 Clemson 97.20 17 Southern Cal 97.13 18 Penn State 97.01 19 Mississippi 96.92 20 T.C.U. 96.84 21 Oklahoma 96.49 22 Southern Miss 96.37 23 Texas A&M 96.29 24 Colorado 96.10 25 Mich. State 96.05 26 Illinois 95.89 27 U.C.L.A. 95.84 28 Oregon 95.67 29 Notre Dame 95.16 30 Utah 94.82 31 East Carolina 94.44 32 Virginia 94.40 33 Auburn 94.38 34 Minnesota 94.36 35 Syracuse 94.36 36 Colo. State 93.89 37 Georgia Tech 93.58 38 L.S.U. 92.87 39 Arizona State 92.76 40 Brigham Young 92.69 41 Fresno State 92.68 42 Miss. State 92.54 43 Kentucky 92.47 44 Arkansas 91.90 45 Oregon State 91.85 46 Maryland 91.66 47 Marshall 91.42 48 Arizona 91.42 49 North Carolina 91.20 50 N.C. State 90.84 51 Stanford 90.73 52 Texas Tech 90.68 53 Boston College 90.59 54 Pittsburgh 90.38 55 Okla. State 90.04 56 Vanderbilt 89.58 57 West Virginia 89.42 58 Kansas 88.89 59 Air Force 88.64 60 Indiana 88.10 61 Boise State 88.09 62 Missouri 87.78 63 Cincinnati 87.76 64 Toledo 87.67 65 Hawaii 87.64 66 Louisville 87.58 67 Wyoming 87.57 68 Iowa State 86.94 69 Houston 86.84 70 Memphis 86.79 71 California 86.70 72 Rice 86.36 73 South Carolina 86.00 74 Akron 85.82 75 Iowa 85.79 76 Wake Forest 85.62 77 NV-Las Vegas 85.53 78 San Diego St. 85.34 79 Northwestern 85.31 80 Louisiana Tech 85.11 81 S.M.U. 85.08 82 Navy 84.87 83 Idaho 84.78 84 Miami-OH 84.33 85 Wash. State 83.67 86 TX-El Paso 83.27 87 Northern Ill. 83.18 88 Central Fla. 83.02 89 Montana 82.15 90 Tulane 81.98 91 Ala.-B'ham 81.84 92 New Mex. State 81.81 93 Western Mich. 81.66 94 Ohio 81.30 95 Ga. Southern 81.19 96 Appalachian St. 80.58 97 Baylor 80.19 98 New Mexico 80.09 99 Duke 80.06 100 Wm. & Mary 79.53 101 Temple 79.49 102 Elon College 79.43 103 McNeese State 79.38 104 Hofstra 79.36 105 Army 79.35 106 Tulsa 79.35 107 Nevada 79.26 108 Bowling Green 79.17 109 Northern Iowa 79.15 110 Villanova 79.11 111 Delaware 78.80 112 Western Ill. 78.57 113 Troy State 78.54 114 Central Mich. 78.38 115 Florida A&M 77.98 116 San Jose St. 77.98 117 Utah State 77.90 118 Youngstown St. 77.80 119 LA.-Monroe 77.66 120 Rutgers 77.23 121 South Florida 76.52 122 James Madison 76.46 123 Eastern Mich. 76.14 124 Furman 76.13 125 Ark. State 75.97 126 Ball State 75.76 127 Kent State 75.36 128 Murray State 74.94 129 Northern Ariz. 74.41 130 New Hampshire 74.22 131 Portland St. 74.15 132 North Texas 73.89 133 Richmond 73.86 134 Eastern Wash. 73.40 135 Massachusetts 73.26 136 East Tenn. St. 73.19 137 S.F. Austin 73.15 138 SW Missouri St. 73.14 139 N'western St. 72.77 140 Ill. State 72.61 141 Jackson State 72.55 142 Lehigh 72.50 143 Hampton 72.46 144 Maine 72.16 145 Southern 72.10 146 Middle Tenn. 71.67 147 Ind. State 71.50 148 LA.-Lafayette 71.47 149 Weber State 71.16 150 Colgate 70.85 151 Northeastern 70.76 152 Cal Northridge 70.45 153 Eastern Ky. 70.43 154 New Haven 70.40 155 Pennsylvania 70.24 156 Western Ky. 70.21 157 Mont. State 70.14 158 TN-Chattanooga 69.85 159 Brown 69.81 160 Cal Davis 69.42 161 Eastern Ill. 69.32 162 Connecticut 69.03 163 Sam Houston St. 68.71 164 Citadel 68.66 165 Southern Ill. 68.65 166 N.C. A&T 68.62 167 Southern Utah 68.47 168 Nicholls State 67.63 169 Cornell 67.27 170 Princeton 67.17 171 Tenn. State 66.75 172 Rhode Island 66.67 173 Howard 66.39 174 Samford 66.35 175 Dartmouth 66.20 176 Western Caro. 65.95 177 SW Texas St. 65.80 178 Cal Sacramento 65.67 179 Wofford 65.58 180 Bucknell 65.04 181 Yale 64.97 182 Cal Poly SLO 64.47 183 Idaho State 64.24 184 Liberty 63.74 185 Harvard 63.65 186 Buffalo 63.23 187 Tennessee Tech 63.17 188 Jack'ville St. 62.98 189 Tex. Southern 62.50 190 Ark.-Pine Bluff 62.41 191 Beth.-Cookman 62.19 192 SE Missouri St. 61.70 193 Columbia 61.58 194 Ala. A&M 61.52 195 Gardner Webb 61.47 196 St. Mary's 61.37 197 S.C. State 61.24 198 Dela. State 61.17 199 Lafayette 60.87 200 Dayton 60.56 201 Grambling 59.19 202 Morehead St. 59.19 203 Drake 57.77 204 V.M.I. 57.10 205 Fordham 56.62 206 Fairfield 56.31 207 Albany 56.05 208 Alcorn State 55.81 209 Miss. Valley 55.52 210 Ala. State 55.35 211 Robert Morris 55.31 212 Towson State 55.29 213 Morgan State 54.92 214 Holy Cross 54.18 215 Charleston So. 53.53 216 Norfolk State 52.65 217 Duquesne 52.22 218 Jacksonville 52.15 219 Georgetown 51.03 220 Valparaiso 49.29 221 TN-Martin 48.70 222 San Diego 48.59 223 Davidson 46.59 224 Austin Peay 46.22 225 Stony Brook 45.64 226 Monmouth 45.30 227 Marist 44.89 228 Wagner 44.78 229 Prairie View 44.10 230 St. John's 42.41 231 Cent. Conn. St. 41.41 232 Butler 40.14 233 Iona 33.15 234 LaSalle 32.68 235 St. Francis PA 32.53 236 Canisius 31.87 237 Sacred Heart 30.61 238 Siena 30.50 239 St. Peter's 27.58