From: "Herman Matthews" Subject: NCAA Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2005 17:27:15 -0400 Matthews Grid Ratings 216 South 22nd Street Middlesboro, KY 40965 Following are the NCAA initial rankings for the 2005 season: Rank Team Rating 1 Southern Cal 116.71 2 Oklahoma 110.96 3 Auburn 107.91 4 Texas 107.61 5 Georgia 106.53 6 California 105.64 7 Utah 105.35 8 Miami-FL 104.89 9 Boise State 104.32 10 Iowa 103.83 11 Ohio State 103.73 12 L.S.U. 102.83 13 Florida State 102.73 14 Michigan 102.35 15 Texas Tech 102.08 16 Tennessee 101.05 17 Arizona State 100.24 18 Virginia Tech 100.16 19 Virginia 100.13 20 Oregon State 99.16 21 Okla. State 98.87 22 Louisville 98.33 23 Purdue 98.08 24 Wisconsin 97.11 25 Florida 96.89 26 N.C. State 96.87 27 Notre Dame 96.79 28 Colorado 96.49 29 Minnesota 95.95 30 Wash. State 95.84 31 West Virginia 95.73 32 Fresno State 95.68 33 Texas A&M 95.63 34 Kansas State 95.52 35 Clemson 95.38 36 Boston College 95.33 37 Arkansas 95.19 38 Alabama 95.11 39 Georgia Tech 94.73 40 Pittsburgh 94.57 41 Maryland 93.90 42 Navy 93.28 43 U.C.L.A. 93.28 44 Oregon 92.36 45 New Mexico 91.93 46 Connecticut 91.76 47 Bowling Green 91.63 48 Nebraska 91.41 49 Air Force 90.95 50 South Carolina 90.79 51 Mississippi 90.74 52 Penn State 90.71 53 Miami-OH 90.28 54 Hawaii 90.04 55 Southern Miss 89.93 56 Missouri 89.90 57 T.C.U. 89.90 58 Northern Ill. 89.71 59 Colo. State 89.66 60 Wyoming 89.39 61 Stanford 88.31 62 Wake Forest 87.98 63 Memphis 87.80 64 Iowa State 87.74 65 Brigham Young 87.61 66 Mich. State 87.61 67 San Diego St. 87.53 68 Cincinnati 87.26 69 North Texas 87.26 70 Northwestern 87.17 71 Louisiana Tech 87.04 72 Syracuse 86.74 73 North Carolina 86.72 74 TX-El Paso 86.66 75 Kansas 86.07 76 Southern Ill. 85.74 77 Toledo 85.72 78 Arizona 85.31 79 South Florida 85.18 80 Marshall 84.99 81 Ala.-B'ham 84.96 82 Kentucky 83.45 83 Delaware 83.39 84 Montana 83.04 85 James Madison 82.88 86 Washington 82.77 87 Tulane 82.58 88 Troy State 82.48 89 Nevada 82.40 90 NV-Las Vegas 82.40 91 Houston 82.37 92 Western Ky. 82.31 93 Pennsylvania 82.23 94 Wm. & Mary 81.69 95 Duke 81.61 96 Baylor 81.40 97 Harvard 81.32 98 Villanova 80.67 99 Rutgers 80.59 100 Northeastern 79.88 101 Rice 79.88 102 Vanderbilt 79.78 103 Massachusetts 79.70 104 Ga. Southern 79.59 105 New Mex. State 79.37 106 Fla. Atlantic 78.99 107 Tulsa 78.59 108 Indiana 78.45 109 Miss. State 78.45 110 New Hampshire 78.40 111 LA.-Monroe 78.29 112 Eastern Wash. 78.21 113 Middle Tenn. 78.16 114 Furman 77.94 115 Akron 77.62 116 Illinois 77.48 117 Northern Iowa 76.81 118 Maine 76.67 119 LA.-Lafayette 76.48 120 Utah State 75.86 121 Lehigh 75.16 122 Kent State 74.92 123 Colgate 74.75 124 Temple 74.35 125 Ark. State 74.19 126 San Jose St. 74.16 127 Cal Poly SLO 74.03 128 Wofford 74.00 129 Idaho 73.92 130 S.M.U. 73.84 131 Mont. State 73.65 132 Portland St. 72.89 133 No. Dakota St. 72.68 134 East Carolina 72.35 135 Ohio 72.19 136 Western Ill. 72.16 137 McNeese State 71.70 138 Appalachian St. 71.57 139 Jack'ville St. 71.46 140 Lafayette 70.97 141 N'western St. 70.97 142 Cal Davis 70.79 143 Sam Houston St. 70.73 144 Yale 70.70 145 Central Mich. 70.43 146 Ball State 70.38 147 S.F. Austin 70.08 148 Eastern Mich. 69.92 149 Northern Ariz. 69.65 150 Nicholls State 69.49 151 Hofstra 69.38 152 SW Missouri St. 69.38 153 Army 68.95 154 Hampton 68.68 155 Fordham 68.65 156 Ill. State 68.54 157 Princeton 68.49 158 Idaho State 68.46 159 Eastern Ky. 68.25 160 Western Mich. 67.90 161 SW Texas St. 67.71 162 S.C. State 66.52 163 Ind. State 66.22 164 Beth.-Cookman 66.03 165 Buffalo 65.87 166 Gardner-Webb 65.84 167 Fla. Int'l 65.79 168 Northern Colo. 65.57 169 Rhode Island 65.49 170 Brown 65.39 171 Western Caro. 64.95 172 Richmond 64.93 173 Youngstown St. 64.68 174 Murray State 64.60 175 Towson State 64.41 176 Citadel 64.28 177 Bucknell 64.17 178 So. Dakota St. 64.12 179 Central Fla. 63.87 180 Ala. State 63.55 181 Southern 63.06 182 San Diego 62.74 183 SE Missouri St. 62.74 184 Southern Utah 62.63 185 Coastal Caro. 62.28 186 Weber State 62.20 187 Cal Sacramento 62.12 188 Tennessee Tech 61.58 189 Dayton 61.31 190 Samford 61.15 191 Dartmouth 60.71 192 Liberty 60.61 193 Cornell 60.42 194 Florida A&M 59.96 195 Drake 59.39 196 Eastern Ill. 59.23 197 Howard 58.91 198 Duquesne 58.82 199 Morgan State 58.55 200 SE Louisiana 58.47 201 Ala. A&M 58.26 202 Columbia 58.15 203 Cent. Conn. St. 57.69 204 Alcorn State 57.26 205 Monmouth 57.18 206 Albany 57.07 207 Elon 56.83 208 Grambling 56.56 209 TN-Chattanooga 56.34 210 Tenn. State 55.77 211 Holy Cross 54.91 212 Georgetown 54.64 213 N.C. A&T 54.42 214 V.M.I. 54.42 215 Ark.-Pine Bluff 53.96 216 Jackson State 52.18 217 Morehead St. 52.13 218 Stony Brook 52.07 219 Dela. State 51.72 220 Wagner 51.40 221 Sacred Heart 50.62 222 Robert Morris 47.27 223 TN-Martin 46.78 224 Charleston So. 45.08 225 Miss. Valley 45.03 226 Marist 44.19 227 Valparaiso 43.73 228 Norfolk State 43.68 229 Davidson 42.41 230 St. Francis PA 41.73 231 Tex. Southern 41.38 232 Jacksonville 40.01 233 St. Peter's 39.52 234 Savannah St. 39.03 235 Butler 37.06 236 Austin Peay 36.79 237 Prairie View 35.28 238 Iona 33.88 239 LaSalle 32.96