From: "Herman Matthews" Subject: NCAA Rankings Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 17:51:18 -0400 Matthews Grid Ratings 216 South 22nd Street Middlesboro, KY 40965 Here are the initial NCAA rankings for the opening of the NCAA 2003 season. Note that the last two teams are new, so I will obtain a rating only after they have played at least one game. Please note my new e-mail address! Herman Rank Team Rating 1 Miami-FL 113.01 2 Oklahoma 110.50 3 Southern Cal 106.99 4 Ohio State 106.67 5 Georgia 106.24 6 Texas 106.18 7 Kansas State 105.02 8 Wash. State 104.99 9 Iowa 103.73 10 Maryland 103.27 11 Michigan 102.46 12 Florida 102.29 13 Washington 102.27 14 Oregon State 102.16 15 Florida State 102.08 16 Virginia Tech 101.54 17 Auburn 100.51 18 Notre Dame 100.38 19 U.C.L.A. 100.22 20 N.C. State 100.03 21 L.S.U. 100.00 22 Boise State 99.76 23 Oregon 99.62 24 Colorado 99.11 25 Nebraska 98.49 26 Boston College 98.43 27 Alabama 98.24 28 Pittsburgh 97.84 29 Texas Tech 97.81 30 South Carolina 97.27 31 Tennessee 96.81 32 Wisconsin 96.73 33 Clemson 96.46 34 Iowa State 96.38 35 Texas A&M 96.06 36 T.C.U. 95.68 37 Purdue 95.65 38 Colo. State 95.41 39 Arkansas 95.33 40 Georgia Tech 95.33 41 Virginia 95.09 42 Penn State 95.00 43 Illinois 94.25 44 Toledo 94.25 45 Fresno State 93.95 46 Arizona State 93.92 47 South Florida 93.68 48 West Virginia 93.47 49 California 93.38 50 Louisville 93.38 51 Mississippi 93.36 52 Okla. State 91.68 53 Marshall 91.52 54 Minnesota 91.47 55 Stanford 91.20 56 Air Force 90.39 57 Northern Ill. 90.25 58 Arizona 89.66 59 Syracuse 89.50 60 Cincinnati 88.36 61 North Carolina 88.34 62 Hawaii 88.12 63 Montana 87.69 64 Northwestern 87.69 65 Wake Forest 87.55 66 Bowling Green 87.42 67 Southern Miss 87.39 68 Utah 87.36 69 NV-Las Vegas 87.34 70 Mich. State 87.01 71 Western Ky. 87.01 72 Kentucky 86.82 73 New Mexico 86.72 74 Central Fla. 86.34 75 McNeese State 86.31 76 Miami-OH 86.07 77 East Carolina 85.31 78 Ga. Southern 85.15 79 Missouri 84.85 80 North Texas 84.85 81 Western Mich. 84.39 82 Temple 84.31 83 San Jose St. 84.20 84 Brigham Young 83.96 85 Tulane 83.75 86 Indiana 83.42 87 Middle Tenn. 83.15 88 New Mex. State 82.96 89 Miss. State 82.69 90 Pennsylvania 82.15 91 Ala.-B'ham 81.91 92 San Diego St. 81.91 93 Western Ill. 81.80 94 Cal Davis 81.32 95 Ball State 80.99 96 Villanova 80.96 97 Furman 80.42 98 Vanderbilt 80.34 99 Connecticut 79.70 100 Memphis 79.61 101 Delaware 79.48 102 Appalachian St. 79.45 103 Ohio 79.24 104 Akron 78.89 105 Maine 78.72 106 Nevada 78.59 107 Baylor 78.56 108 Wofford 78.56 109 Northern Colo. 78.29 110 Utah State 77.97 111 Rice 77.72 112 Idaho State 77.67 113 Lehigh 77.13 114 Northeastern 76.89 115 Kansas 76.75 116 Troy State 76.73 117 Eastern Wash. 76.67 118 Portland St. 76.64 119 Eastern Ill. 76.51 120 Youngstown St. 76.35 121 Richmond 75.94 122 Harvard 75.83 123 Houston 75.75 124 Wm. & Mary 75.51 125 Hofstra 75.02 126 Duke 75.00 127 Louisiana Tech 74.84 128 Rutgers 74.73 129 S.M.U. 74.70 130 N'western St. 74.62 131 Northern Ariz. 74.13 132 Kent State 73.84 133 Massachusetts 73.73 134 Northern Iowa 73.70 135 Central Mich. 73.57 136 Grambling 72.92 137 Fordham 72.89 138 Wyoming 72.81 139 TX-El Paso 72.78 140 Ark. State 72.35 141 Idaho 72.22 142 Navy 71.87 143 S.F. Austin 71.70 144 San Houston St. 71.41 145 Colgate 71.35 146 Eastern Ky. 71.33 147 Tulsa 71.08 148 LA.-Lafayette 70.95 149 Mont. State 70.89 150 Western Caro. 70.81 151 East Tenn. St. 70.08 152 Cal Sacramento 69.41 153 Tennessee Tech 68.76 154 Ill. State 68.73 155 Beth.-Cookman 68.33 156 Buffalo 67.84 157 SW Texas St. 67.68 158 LA.-Monroe 67.63 159 Murray State 67.60 160 Eastern Mich. 67.57 161 SW Missouri St. 67.28 162 Nicholls State 67.22 163 Gardner-Webb 67.19 164 James Madison 67.01 165 Jack'ville St. 66.87 166 Rhode Island 66.79 167 SE Missouri St. 66.79 168 Princeton 66.65 169 Cal Poly SLO 66.49 170 St. Mary's 66.22 171 Yale 66.20 172 Weber State 65.82 173 Citadel 65.41 174 Jackson State 65.17 175 Army 64.98 176 Holy Cross 64.66 177 New Hampshire 64.66 178 Lafayette 64.63 179 Dayton 64.09 180 Duquesne 64.06 181 Fla. Int'l 63.74 182 V.M.I. 63.63 183 Florida A&M 62.87 184 Brown 62.82 185 N.C. A&T 62.20 186 Ind. State 62.17 187 Hampton 62.15 188 Towson State 61.69 189 Ala. A&M 61.36 190 Ala. State 61.34 191 Southern Ill. 61.34 192 Southern 61.12 193 TN-Chattanooga 60.80 194 Bucknell 60.53 195 Cornell 59.96 196 Sacred Heart 58.80 197 Elon 58.74 198 Dartmouth 58.45 199 Alcorn State 58.23 200 S.C. State 57.61 201 Morgan State 56.93 202 Samford 56.83 203 Albany 56.53 204 Southern Utah 56.39 205 Fla. Atlantic 56.21 206 Columbia 56.02 207 Dela. State 54.53 208 Tex. Southern 54.15 209 Tenn. State 54.07 210 Georgetown 53.67 211 Liberty 53.64 212 St. Peter's 53.13 213 Davidson 52.51 214 Norfolk State 51.13 215 Drake 50.81 216 Ark.-Pine Bluff 50.72 217 San Diego 50.48 218 Morehead St. 50.43 219 Howard 49.83 220 Marist 49.40 221 Wagner 48.81 222 Charleston So. 47.73 223 Monmouth 47.73 224 Stony Brook 47.27 225 Robert Morris 46.70 226 Miss. Valley 46.59 227 Butler 44.57 228 Cent. Conn. St. 43.49 229 TN-Martin 42.95 230 Prairie View 42.89 231 Austin Peay 40.98 232 Iona 40.33 233 Savannah St. 39.44 234 Jacksonville 39.20 235 Siena 35.66 236 LaSalle 35.44 237 Valparaiso 33.44 238 St. Francis PA 33.34 239 Coastal Caro. NR 240 SE Louisiana NR