From: "Herman Matthews" Subject: Initial MCAA Rankings, 2001 Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 04:24:01 -0400 I hope you enjoy the season as much as I am looking forward to it! Herman From Matthews Grid Ratings 216 South 22nd Street Middlesboro, KY 40965 NCAA Initial Ratings, 2001 Rank Team Rating 1 Florida 109.98 2 Florida State 109.61 3 Miami-FL 109.48 4 Oklahoma 108.70 5 Nebraska 108.67 6 Texas 106.08 7 Virginia Tech 105.95 8 Tennessee 105.57 9 Oregon 104.17 10 Washington 103.56 11 Georgia Tech 102.95 12 Kansas State 102.93 13 Oregon State 102.60 14 U.C.L.A. 102.50 15 Michigan 102.40 16 Notre Dame 100.46 17 Miss. State 100.32 18 Georgia 99.97 19 Ohio State 99.11 20 Purdue 99.11 21 L.S.U. 98.99 22 Wisconsin 98.33 23 Clemson 98.01 24 Northwestern 97.48 25 East Carolina 97.47 26 Colo. State 97.20 27 South Carolina 97.15 28 Syracuse 96.57 29 Stanford 96.47 30 Texas A&M 95.92 31 Southern Miss 95.51 32 Colorado 95.44 33 Mississippi 95.39 34 Alabama 95.22 35 Toledo 95.15 36 Southern Cal 95.03 37 Mich. State 94.97 38 Louisville 94.54 39 N.C. State 94.39 40 Pittsburgh 94.17 41 Arkansas 93.94 42 Arizona State 93.84 43 Texas Tech 93.29 44 Penn State 93.19 45 Arizona 93.02 46 Virginia 93.01 47 North Carolina 92.93 48 Marshall 92.81 49 Fresno State 92.45 50 Illinois 92.45 51 Auburn 92.40 52 Brigham Young 92.23 53 West Virginia 92.16 54 Ala.-B'ham 92.13 55 Minnesota 92.11 56 Iowa State 92.11 57 Boston College 91.92 58 Ga. Southern 91.86 59 Air Force 91.56 60 NV-Las Vegas 91.43 61 T.C.U. 91.36 62 Western Mich. 91.23 63 Temple 89.92 64 Boise State 89.78 65 TX-El Paso 89.78 66 Wash. State 89.71 67 Missouri 89.70 68 Okla. State 89.08 69 Iowa 88.32 70 Cal Davis 88.24 71 Indiana 88.23 72 San Diego St. 88.18 73 California 88.07 74 Maryland 87.97 75 Tulane 87.76 76 San Jose St. 87.22 77 Delaware 87.11 78 Montana 86.88 79 Utah 86.64 80 Ohio 86.55 81 Central Fla. 86.52 82 Kentucky 85.62 83 Vanderbilt 85.19 84 Portland St. 85.07 85 Appalachian St. 84.61 86 Cincinnati 84.56 87 Richmond 84.40 88 Kansas 84.14 89 Hofstra 84.04 90 Furman 83.85 91 New Mexico 83.81 92 Miami-OH 83.64 93 Memphis 83.55 94 Lehigh 83.28 95 Houston 82.81 96 Northern Ill. 82.68 97 Wake Forest 82.16 98 Idaho 82.14 99 Rice 81.83 100 Middle Tenn. 81.77 101 Akron 81.14 102 Western Ky. 81.02 103 Utah State 80.83 104 Western Ill. 80.72 105 Tulsa 80.33 106 Eastern Wash. 80.22 107 Hawaii 79.31 108 Baylor 79.27 109 Youngstown St. 79.18 110 Rutgers 78.99 111 Elon College 78.77 112 Cal Sacramento 78.26 113 Troy State 78.23 114 Wofford 78.08 115 New Mex. State 78.07 116 Duke 77.73 117 Louisiana Tech 77.56 118 S.M.U. 77.15 119 Ball State 76.40 120 Massachusetts 76.11 121 South Florida 76.03 122 Weber State 75.83 123 Villanova 75.83 124 Navy 75.77 125 Northern Iowa 75.70 126 Ill. State 75.59 127 Wyoming 75.53 128 East Tenn. St. 75.40 129 James Madison 75.07 130 McNeese State 74.93 131 North Texas 74.91 132 Wm. & Mary 74.73 133 Nevada 74.59 134 Eastern Ill. 74.50 135 Bowling Green 74.25 136 Florida A&M 74.15 137 Southern Utah 74.10 138 Army 74.01 139 TN-Chattanooga 73.79 140 Maine 73.63 141 Cal Northridge 73.46 142 Ark. State 73.28 143 SW Texas St. 73.27 144 Tennessee Tech 73.05 145 Colgate 72.87 146 Eastern Mich. 72.52 147 Central Mich. 72.22 148 Idaho State 72.10 149 Murray State 71.74 150 Yale 71.69 151 Harvard 71.55 152 N'western St. 71.51 153 New Hampshire 71.38 154 Pennsylvania 70.86 155 Brown 70.85 156 Connecticut 70.62 157 Northern Ariz. 70.58 158 Sam Houston St. 70.20 159 Grambling 69.84 160 N.C. A&T 69.56 161 Bucknell 69.48 162 Western Caro. 69.47 163 S.F. Austin 68.95 164 Kent State 68.91 165 SW Missouri St. 68.75 166 Northeastern 68.48 167 Rhode Island 67.76 168 Beth.-Cookman 67.56 169 Eastern Ky. 67.46 170 LA.-Lafayette 67.24 171 Davidson 66.95 172 Cal Poly SLO 66.87 173 Buffalo 66.53 174 Tenn. State 66.26 175 Cornell 66.08 176 Holy Cross 66.03 177 Jackson State 65.37 178 Tex. Southern 65.36 179 Hampton 65.32 180 Southern Ill. 65.05 181 Southern 64.25 182 Citadel 64.13 183 Jack'ville St. 64.09 184 Ark.-Pine Bluff 63.74 185 LA.-Monroe 63.63 186 Ala. A&M 63.53 187 St. Mary's 63.53 188 Towson State 62.49 189 Gardern Webb 62.22 190 Ala. State 60.67 191 Princeton 60.36 192 Columbia 60.24 193 Duquesne 60.06 194 SE Missouri St. 59.96 195 Mont. State 59.92 196 New Haven 59.59 197 Ind. State 59.55 198 Fairfield 59.52 199 Samford 59.42 200 Liberty 59.39 201 V.M.I. 58.87 202 Robert Morris 58.68 203 Dartmouth 58.20 204 Morris Brown 57.96 205 Drake 57.87 206 Dela. State 57.72 207 Fordham 57.43 208 Dayton 57.34 209 Lafayette 56.68 210 Morehead St. 56.39 211 Nicholls State 55.58 212 Charleston So. 55.35 213 Howard 54.17 214 Sacred Heart 53.54 215 Valparaiso 52.72 216 Georgetown 51.26 217 S.C. State 50.37 218 Albany 49.22 219 Miss. Valley 48.66 220 Norfolk State 47.94 221 Morgan State 47.47 222 Jacksonville 45.69 223 Alcorn State 45.58 224 Prairie View 44.83 225 San Diego 44.11 226 Marist 43.46 227 TN-Martin 43.30 228 Wagner 42.54 229 Monmouth 42.52 230 Savannah St. 40.21 231 LaSalle 38.26 232 St. John's 36.32 233 Austin Peay 36.02 234 Butler 35.23 235 Cent. Conn. St. 32.74 236 Stony Brook 30.36 237 Iona 29.47 238 Siena 28.09 239 St. Peter's 27.74 240 St. Francis PA 17.97 241 Canisius 17.70 242 Fla. Atlantic N.R.