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The Foundation for the Analysis of Competitions and Tournaments (FACT) rankings, developed by the late Dr. David Rothman, is an implementation of Bradley and Terry's "Method of Paired Comparisons" (1952), an idea first proposed in the 1920s. Dr. Rothman's FACT rankings were an original component of the Bowl Championship Series rankings.
Foundation for the Analysis of Competitions and Tournaments
Men's College Basketball Rankings
(NCAA Division I using records and scores)
through games of April 7, 2008
(Final 2007-2008 Rankings)
NCAA DIVISION I MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL BASED ON 5265 GAMES BETWEEN 341 TEAMS, AND NO OTHER INFORMATION FOUNDATION FOR THE ANALYSIS OF COMPETITIONS AND TOURNAMENTS RANK TEAM DIVISION LOGIT PCT RRE W L 1 Kansas Big 12 84.55 .839 .916 36 3 2 Memphis C-USA 84.14 .854 .914 38 2 3 North Carolina ACC 82.79 .822 .907 36 3 4 UCLA Pac-10 81.48 .798 .899 34 4 5 Duke ACC 76.84 .757 .869 28 6 6 Texas Big 12 76.68 .727 .867 30 7 7 Tennessee SEC 76.48 .751 .866 30 5 8 Wisconsin Big Ten 75.86 .773 .861 31 5 9 Georgetown (D.C.) Big East 74.42 .743 .850 28 6 10 Louisville Big East 73.06 .705 .839 27 9 11 Stanford Pac-10 72.35 .703 .832 28 8 12 Xavier (Ohio) Atl 10 71.88 .736 .828 30 7 13 Washington State Pac-10 71.15 .691 .822 26 9 14 Michigan State Big Ten 71.07 .687 .821 27 9 15 Butler Horizon 70.50 .775 .816 30 4 16 Marquette Big East 70.41 .676 .815 24 10 17 Clemson ACC 69.77 .662 .809 23 10 18 Drake MVC 69.73 .749 .808 26 5 19 Pittsburgh Big East 69.59 .666 .807 26 10 20 Notre Dame Big East 69.48 .694 .806 25 8 21 West Virginia Big East 69.39 .665 .805 25 11 22 Indiana Big Ten 69.37 .695 .805 25 8 23 Texas A&M Big 12 68.76 .652 .799 24 11 24 Connecticut Big East 68.36 .672 .795 24 9 25 Davidson So Con 68.19 .744 .793 28 7 26 Southern California Pac-10 68.01 .608 .791 21 12 27 Purdue Big Ten 67.14 .674 .782 25 9 28 Vanderbilt SEC 66.38 .675 .774 26 8 29 Ohio State Big Ten 66.37 .623 .774 24 13 30 Oklahoma Big 12 66.28 .608 .773 23 12 31 Kansas State Big 12 66.06 .616 .771 20 12 32 Gonzaga WCC 65.81 .712 .768 25 8 33 Arizona Pac-10 65.53 .553 .765 18 15 34 Arkansas SEC 65.09 .622 .760 23 12 35 Mississippi State SEC 65.07 .646 .760 23 11 36 Miami (Fla.) ACC 64.86 .625 .758 22 11 37 Baylor Big 12 64.61 .614 .755 20 11 38 Brigham Young Mtn West 63.97 .712 .748 27 8 39 Mississippi SEC 63.78 .639 .745 24 11 40 Nevada-Las Vegas Mtn West 63.78 .687 .745 26 8 41 Villanova Big East 63.71 .590 .745 22 13 42 Syracuse Big East 63.51 .582 .742 21 14 43 Florida SEC 63.08 .646 .737 24 12 44 St. Mary's (Calif.) WCC 62.97 .714 .736 24 7 45 Kent State MAC 62.86 .707 .735 28 7 46 Arizona State Pac-10 62.77 .592 .734 21 13 47 Oregon Pac-10 62.68 .560 .733 18 14 48 Western Kentucky Sun Belt 62.61 .726 .732 27 7 49 Illinois State MVC 62.42 .645 .729 24 10 50 Nebraska Big 12 62.24 .594 .727 20 13 51 Massachusetts Atl 10 62.19 .641 .727 25 11 52 Virginia Tech ACC 62.14 .590 .726 21 14 53 Dayton Atl 10 61.46 .618 .718 23 11 54 Creighton MVC 60.95 .611 .712 21 11 55 Florida State ACC 60.94 .549 .712 19 15 56 New Mexico Mtn West 60.81 .692 .710 24 9 57 Kentucky SEC 60.56 .557 .707 18 13 58 South Alabama Sun Belt 60.36 .708 .704 24 7 59 California Pac-10 60.21 .513 .702 17 16 60 St. Joseph's (Pa.) Atl 10 60.14 .600 .702 21 13 61 Temple Atl 10 59.81 .588 .697 21 13 62 Maryland ACC 59.78 .551 .697 19 15 63 Southern Illinois MVC 59.39 .545 .692 18 15 64 Missouri Big 12 59.35 .528 .692 16 16 65 Oklahoma State Big 12 59.33 .504 .691 16 16 66 Wake Forest ACC 59.25 .559 .690 17 13 67 Texas Tech Big 12 59.16 .504 .689 15 15 68 Minnesota Big Ten 59.15 .575 .689 20 14 69 Houston C-USA 59.14 .665 .689 24 10 70 Georgia Tech ACC 59.00 .492 .687 15 17 71 Alabama-Birmingham C-USA 58.69 .634 .683 23 11 72 Washington Pac-10 58.55 .505 .681 16 17 73 Illinois Big Ten 58.39 .493 .679 16 19 74 Rhode Island Atl 10 58.32 .615 .678 21 12 75 Virginia Commonwealth CAA 57.95 .693 .673 24 8 76 Providence Big East 57.91 .495 .673 15 16 77 UNC Charlotte Atl 10 57.47 .561 .667 20 14 78 Alabama SEC 56.88 .523 .659 17 16 79 Akron MAC 56.87 .643 .659 24 11 80 Tulsa C-USA 56.82 .608 .659 25 14 81 Virginia ACC 56.81 .520 .658 17 16 82 Georgia SEC 56.75 .493 .658 16 17 83 Bradley MVC 56.70 .542 .657 21 17 84 Oral Roberts Summit 56.69 .659 .657 23 9 85 North Carolina State ACC 56.32 .473 .652 15 16 86 IUPU-Indianapolis Summit 55.95 .707 .647 23 7 87 Seton Hall Big East 55.56 .513 .642 17 15 88 Boston College ACC 55.54 .464 .641 14 17 89 Wright State Horizon 55.52 .607 .641 21 10 90 George Mason CAA 55.33 .637 .638 23 11 91 Cleveland State Horizon 55.26 .560 .637 19 13 92 Miami (Ohio) MAC 55.16 .522 .636 17 16 93 Duquesne Atl 10 54.90 .585 .632 17 13 94 South Carolina SEC 54.77 .468 .631 14 18 95 Utah Mtn West 54.39 .547 .625 17 15 96 Ohio MAC 54.38 .578 .625 20 13 97 Northern Iowa MVC 54.33 .528 .625 17 14 98 Siena MAAC 54.32 .634 .624 23 11 99 Valparaiso Horizon 54.30 .555 .624 20 14 100 Cincinnati Big East 54.22 .431 .623 13 19 101 San Diego State Mtn West 54.22 .571 .623 19 13 102 Missouri State MVC 54.16 .513 .622 16 16 103 Cal State Fullerton Big West 54.12 .675 .622 23 9 104 Penn State Big Ten 53.89 .478 .618 15 16 105 Stephen F. Austin Southland 53.63 .705 .615 22 6 106 San Diego WCC 52.93 .563 .605 21 14 107 Boise State WAC 52.88 .650 .604 24 9 108 Texas-El Paso C-USA 52.84 .561 .604 19 14 109 Nevada WAC 52.71 .595 .602 20 12 110 Western Michigan MAC 52.60 .597 .600 20 12 111 Iowa State Big 12 52.54 .440 .599 13 18 112 UC Santa Barbara Big West 52.47 .646 .598 22 9 113 DePaul Big East 52.40 .405 .598 11 19 114 Illinois-Chicago Horizon 52.35 .533 .597 17 15 115 Cornell Ivy 52.33 .689 .597 21 6 116 Central Florida C-USA 52.03 .536 .592 16 15 117 Utah State WAC 51.93 .631 .591 23 11 118 Louisiana State SEC 51.89 .441 .590 12 18 119 St. Louis Atl 10 51.80 .486 .589 15 15 120 Southern Mississippi C-USA 51.53 .525 .585 15 14 121 New Mexico State WAC 51.51 .586 .585 20 14 122 Indiana State MVC 51.44 .464 .584 14 16 123 South Florida Big East 51.40 .436 .583 12 19 124 Winthrop Big South 51.29 .600 .582 20 12 125 UNC Greensboro So Con 51.19 .592 .580 19 12 126 St. John's (N.Y.) Big East 50.80 .400 .575 11 19 127 Auburn SEC 50.55 .473 .571 14 16 128 Colorado Big 12 50.55 .402 .571 11 20 129 Sam Houston State Southland 50.45 .645 .570 19 8 130 Richmond Atl 10 50.44 .491 .569 16 15 131 Rider MAAC 50.19 .632 .566 23 11 132 Belmont Atl Sun 50.14 .656 .565 24 9 133 Portland State Big Sky 50.13 .621 .565 21 10 134 Iowa Big Ten 49.95 .438 .562 13 19 135 Old Dominion CAA 49.89 .530 .561 18 16 136 Cal State Northridge Big West 49.81 .617 .560 19 10 137 Marshall C-USA 49.79 .498 .560 14 14 138 Robert Morris NEC 49.74 .680 .559 26 8 139 Wisconsin-Green Bay Horizon 49.74 .492 .559 15 15 140 Michigan Big Ten 49.39 .366 .554 10 22 141 Maryland-Baltimore County Am East 49.36 .648 .554 23 9 142 Georgia Southern So Con 49.27 .568 .552 18 12 143 Tulane C-USA 49.22 .496 .552 16 15 144 North Texas Sun Belt 49.09 .584 .550 17 11 145 Niagara MAAC 48.77 .605 .545 19 10 146 Pacific (Calif.) Big West 48.52 .614 .541 20 10 147 Wisconsin-Milwaukee Horizon 48.25 .454 .538 13 16 148 UT Chattanooga So Con 48.20 .526 .537 16 13 149 Marist MAAC 48.19 .541 .537 18 14 150 Brown Ivy 48.19 .609 .537 19 10 151 UNC Wilmington CAA 47.85 .563 .532 20 13 152 LaSalle (Pa.) Atl 10 47.44 .465 .526 14 17 153 Northern Arizona Big Sky 47.38 .594 .525 19 11 154 Appalachian State So Con 47.38 .549 .525 17 13 155 American Patriot 47.32 .592 .524 21 12 156 Air Force Mtn West 47.28 .500 .523 14 14 157 Fordham Atl 10 47.25 .421 .523 11 17 158 Middle Tennessee State Sun Belt 47.18 .498 .522 16 15 159 Wichita State MVC 46.93 .413 .518 11 20 160 Austin Peay OVC 46.50 .619 .512 24 11 161 UNC Asheville Big South 46.23 .595 .508 19 10 162 Oakland (Mich.) Summit 46.18 .516 .507 15 14 163 Lamar Southland 45.77 .561 .501 15 11 164 Arkansas-Little Rock Sun Belt 45.77 .567 .501 18 11 165 New Orleans Sun Belt 45.62 .537 .499 17 13 166 UC Irvine Big West 45.62 .517 .499 17 16 167 Texas-Arlington Southland 45.52 .556 .497 17 12 168 Loyola (Md.) MAAC 45.51 .548 .497 19 14 169 Rutgers Big East 45.40 .383 .496 11 20 170 George Washington Atl 10 45.01 .386 .490 9 17 171 Central Michigan MAC 44.96 .448 .489 13 16 172 Wagner NEC 44.89 .633 .488 23 8 173 Morgan State MEAC 44.84 .617 .487 21 11 174 Texas Christian Mtn West 44.59 .466 .484 13 16 175 North Dakota State Summit 44.46 .534 .482 14 13 176 East Tennessee State Atl Sun 44.35 .548 .480 18 13 177 Charleston (S.C.) So Con 44.34 .494 .480 16 17 178 Northeastern CAA 43.87 .473 .473 14 17 179 William and Mary CAA 43.78 .475 .472 15 16 180 Holy Cross Patriot 43.76 .516 .471 15 14 181 Santa Clara WCC 43.57 .478 .469 13 16 182 Northwestern Big Ten 43.45 .315 .467 7 22 183 Bowling Green MAC 43.35 .438 .465 13 17 184 Mount St. Mary's (Md.) NEC 43.27 .543 .464 19 15 185 Louisiana-Lafayette Sun Belt 43.23 .482 .464 14 15 186 Eastern Michigan MAC 43.02 .464 .461 14 17 187 Toledo MAC 43.02 .381 .460 11 19 188 Loyola (Ill.) Horizon 42.78 .385 .457 10 19 189 Hampton MEAC 42.34 .569 .450 18 12 190 Weber State Big Sky 42.02 .526 .446 15 13 191 Wyoming Mtn West 41.77 .396 .442 10 18 192 Fairfield MAAC 41.77 .461 .442 14 16 193 Colgate Patriot 41.72 .539 .441 18 14 194 East Carolina C-USA 41.51 .374 .438 9 18 195 Delaware CAA 41.48 .453 .438 14 17 196 Wofford So Con 41.40 .434 .437 12 16 197 Elon So Con 41.39 .439 .437 13 18 198 Sacred Heart NEC 41.19 .535 .434 18 14 199 Lafayette Patriot 40.88 .507 .429 15 15 200 Southeastern Louisiana Southland 40.50 .500 .424 13 13 201 Florida Atlantic Sun Belt 40.38 .460 .422 15 18 202 Buffalo MAC 40.28 .373 .420 9 20 203 Evansville MVC 40.22 .338 .420 8 21 204 Fresno State WAC 40.07 .436 .417 12 19 205 James Madison CAA 40.00 .458 .416 13 17 206 IUPU-Fort Wayne Summit 39.74 .405 .412 11 18 207 Jacksonville Atl Sun 39.71 .532 .412 17 13 208 Vermont Am East 39.59 .525 .410 16 15 209 Navy Patriot 39.43 .537 .408 16 14 210 Youngstown State Horizon 39.37 .316 .407 7 21 211 SUNY-Albany Am East 39.20 .516 .405 15 15 212 Drexel CAA 39.09 .404 .403 12 20 213 Hofstra CAA 39.08 .427 .403 12 18 214 Towson CAA 39.03 .432 .402 13 18 215 Murray State OVC 39.02 .543 .402 16 13 216 Gardner-Webb Atl Sun 38.94 .498 .401 15 16 217 Long Island NEC 38.78 .507 .399 15 15 218 Montana Big Sky 38.64 .467 .397 12 16 219 Yale Ivy 38.45 .452 .394 12 15 220 Hawaii WAC 38.39 .411 .393 11 19 221 Hartford Am East 38.37 .493 .393 18 16 222 Detroit Horizon 38.22 .299 .391 6 23 223 Montana State Big Sky 38.21 .466 .391 13 15 224 High Point Big South 38.19 .505 .390 13 14 225 Northwestern State Southland 38.00 .407 .388 12 17 226 Central Connecticut State NEC 37.96 .492 .387 14 16 227 Southern Utah Summit 37.87 .409 .386 11 18 228 Denver Sun Belt 37.84 .395 .385 10 19 229 Oregon State Pac-10 37.81 .270 .385 6 24 230 Bucknell Patriot 37.78 .417 .385 12 19 231 St. Bonaventure Atl 10 37.65 .336 .383 8 22 232 Troy State Sun Belt 37.64 .387 .383 10 19 233 David Lipscomb Atl Sun 37.56 .490 .381 14 16 234 Utah Valley State Ind 37.52 .495 .381 13 14 235 San Jose State WAC 37.41 .416 .379 13 19 236 Cal Poly Big West 37.39 .393 .379 11 18 237 Quinnipiac NEC 37.35 .493 .378 15 15 238 SUNY-Binghamton Am East 37.13 .477 .375 14 16 239 Iona MAAC 36.97 .412 .373 12 20 240 Boston University Am East 36.97 .461 .373 14 17 241 Lehigh Patriot 36.90 .479 .372 14 15 242 Florida International Sun Belt 36.80 .345 .371 8 20 243 Pepperdine WCC 36.72 .364 .370 10 21 244 Liberty Big South 36.69 .477 .369 13 16 245 McNeese State Southland 36.68 .406 .369 10 16 246 Columbia Ivy 36.54 .467 .367 13 15 247 Army Patriot 36.29 .461 .364 14 16 248 Ball State MAC 36.05 .300 .360 6 24 249 Northern Colorado Big Sky 36.00 .434 .360 11 16 250 Alabama State SWAC 35.90 .592 .358 17 11 251 Western Carolina So Con 35.82 .358 .357 9 21 252 Texas-San Antonio Southland 35.77 .370 .356 9 17 253 Manhattan MAAC 35.70 .424 .355 12 19 254 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Southland 35.53 .357 .353 9 20 255 Nicholls State Southland 35.52 .357 .353 9 21 256 Chicago State Ind 35.45 .349 .352 8 17 257 Northern Illinois MAC 35.31 .285 .350 6 22 258 Southern Methodist C-USA 35.20 .325 .348 8 20 259 UT Martin OVC 35.19 .483 .348 15 16 260 Tennessee State OVC 35.18 .456 .348 13 17 261 Missouri-Kansas City Summit 35.16 .349 .348 9 21 262 Western Illinois Summit 35.02 .381 .346 10 18 263 Colorado State Mtn West 34.99 .275 .346 6 24 264 Delaware State MEAC 34.93 .438 .345 12 16 265 San Francisco WCC 34.87 .354 .344 9 21 266 Georgia State CAA 34.82 .364 .343 9 21 267 Pennsylvania Ivy 34.80 .414 .343 13 18 268 Texas-Pan American Ind 34.67 .504 .341 13 13 269 Texas State-San Marcos Southland 34.56 .413 .340 10 16 270 Eastern Washington Big Sky 34.56 .373 .340 9 19 271 Louisiana-Monroe Sun Belt 34.42 .316 .338 7 21 272 Arkansas State Sun Belt 34.11 .346 .334 8 20 273 Centenary Summit 34.05 .342 .333 9 21 274 Stetson Atl Sun 34.01 .474 .332 15 16 275 Morehead State OVC 33.58 .449 .326 13 15 276 Central Arkansas Southland 33.30 .408 .323 10 16 277 Coastal Carolina Big South 33.29 .408 .323 10 15 278 Virginia Military Institute Big South 33.27 .435 .322 10 15 279 Idaho State Big Sky 33.19 .352 .321 10 19 280 Eastern Kentucky OVC 33.17 .440 .321 12 16 281 Portland (Ore.) WCC 32.74 .334 .315 8 22 282 UC Riverside Big West 32.35 .322 .310 8 21 283 North Carolina A&T MEAC 32.08 .405 .307 11 16 284 Coppin State MEAC 32.04 .407 .306 14 21 285 Norfolk State MEAC 31.97 .501 .305 16 15 286 Savannah State Ind 31.74 .376 .302 10 17 287 South Dakota State Summit 31.57 .331 .300 7 21 288 Tennessee Tech OVC 31.55 .420 .300 11 19 289 Samford OVC 31.26 .429 .296 12 16 290 Florida A&M MEAC 31.07 .428 .294 13 17 291 Furman So Con 30.93 .294 .292 7 23 292 Idaho WAC 30.80 .308 .290 7 21 293 Harvard Ivy 30.79 .341 .290 8 22 294 New Hampshire Am East 29.96 .362 .280 8 20 295 St. Peter's MAAC 29.85 .301 .278 6 24 296 Mississippi Valley State SWAC 29.84 .459 .278 15 16 297 Fairleigh Dickinson NEC 29.75 .335 .277 8 20 298 Mercer Atl Sun 29.35 .398 .272 10 19 299 Dartmouth Ivy 29.28 .368 .271 9 18 300 South Carolina State MEAC 29.01 .395 .268 12 20 301 Rice C-USA 28.99 .200 .268 3 27 302 Radford Big South 28.64 .324 .264 8 20 303 Florida Gulf Coast Atl Sun 28.56 .353 .263 10 21 304 Campbell Atl Sun 28.48 .372 .262 9 20 305 Southeast Missouri State OVC 28.23 .374 .259 10 19 306 UC Davis Big West 28.22 .293 .259 7 22 307 Canisius MAAC 28.07 .269 .257 6 25 308 Long Beach State Big West 28.04 .280 .256 6 25 309 Cal State Bakersfield Ind 28.04 .322 .256 8 21 310 South Carolina-Upstate Atl Sun 28.02 .290 .256 6 22 311 Monmouth (N.J.) NEC 28.00 .302 .256 7 24 312 St. Francis (N.Y.) NEC 27.95 .321 .255 7 22 313 Winston-Salem State (N.C.) MEAC 27.54 .381 .251 10 18 314 Princeton Ivy 27.51 .283 .250 5 22 315 Jackson State SWAC 27.12 .421 .246 14 20 316 Louisiana Tech WAC 26.13 .271 .234 6 24 317 Kennesaw State (Ga.) Atl Sun 26.12 .356 .234 9 20 318 St. Francis (Pa.) NEC 26.11 .275 .234 5 23 319 Bethune-Cookman MEAC 25.97 .369 .233 9 20 320 Charleston Southern Big South 25.82 .293 .231 6 20 321 SUNY-Stony Brook Am East 25.58 .321 .228 7 23 322 Alabama A&M SWAC 25.00 .437 .222 11 15 323 Southern SWAC 24.92 .398 .221 10 18 324 Loyola Marymount WCC 24.07 .212 .212 5 26 325 Maine Am East 23.84 .282 .209 6 23 326 Presbyterian (S.C.) Ind 23.62 .190 .207 2 25 327 Arkansas-Pine Bluff SWAC 23.38 .402 .205 11 18 328 Longwood (Va.) Ind 23.15 .275 .202 6 22 329 Eastern Illinois OVC 23.09 .300 .202 6 22 330 Citadel So Con 22.46 .175 .195 2 24 331 Howard MEAC 21.63 .256 .187 6 26 332 North Carolina Central Ind 21.61 .160 .187 3 23 333 Jacksonville State OVC 21.07 .289 .182 5 22 334 Sacramento State Big Sky 19.23 .174 .165 2 24 335 Prairie View A&M SWAC 19.05 .299 .163 7 22 336 Texas Southern SWAC 18.88 .278 .162 7 25 337 Grambling State SWAC 18.23 .323 .156 7 17 338 Maryland-Eastern Shore MEAC 16.15 .202 .139 4 28 339 Alcorn State SWAC 15.87 .270 .137 6 23 340 North Florida Atl Sun 15.45 .182 .133 2 26 341 New Jersey Tech Ind 6.69 .101 .079 0 29 LN(5265-341+1)*2 LEAST LIKELY RESULTS OF TOURNAMENT (APPROX. THEORY) 1 Mercer Atl Sun 96 Southern California Pac-10 81 .119 2 Rutgers Big East 77 Pittsburgh Big East 64 .283 3 Monmouth (N.J.) NEC 58 UNC Charlotte Atl 10 56 .298 4 Gardner-Webb Atl Sun 84 Kentucky SEC 68 .300 5 Loyola Marymount WCC 76 Boise State WAC 74 .307 6 Maryland-Eastern Shore MEAC 68 Hampton MEAC 62 .310 7 Cal State Bakersfield Ind 80 San Diego WCC 72 .312 8 Howard MEAC 69 LaSalle (Pa.) Atl 10 63 .316 9 St. Francis (Pa.) NEC 75 Robert Morris NEC 66 .323 10 Washington Pac-10 71 UCLA Pac-10 61 .326 11 Wofford So Con 69 Purdue Big Ten 66 .345 12 Centenary Summit 70 Texas Tech Big 12 66 .346 13 Northern Illinois MAC 88 Akron MAC 78 .348 14 Maine Am East 77 Maryland-Baltimore County Am East 74 .349 15 Canisius MAAC 88 Fairfield MAAC 60 .357 16 Cincinnati Big East 62 West Virginia Big East 39 .359 17 UC Davis Big West 76 Portland State Big Sky 68 .361
The schedules of all NCAA Division I teams were interconnected after the games of Wednesday, November 21, 2007.
Updated 9-April-2008.
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