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Listed below are this week’s Merit Rankings. I know they look ridiculous, but understand what you are looking at. The idea is to rank teams based on CURRENT MERIT. Nothing else. No attempt is made to rank how good the teams actually are. I know Villanova (and other teams) are much better than where they appear on this list, but until they do something other than win buy games at home, they won’t move up.
1. DUKE – 4-0, neutral floor win vs Michigan State
2. KANSAS – 3-0, netural win vs Kentucky, home win vs South Dakota State
3. XAVIER – 3-0, won @ Wisconsin
4. TEXAS A&M – 2-0, neutral floor wins vs West Virginia
5. MINNESOTA – 4-0, won @ Providence
6. USC – 3-0, won @ Vanderbilt
7. Creighton – 3-0, won @ Northwestern
8. Texas Tech – 4-0, won @ Boston College and neutral vs Northwestern
9. TEXAS ARLINGTON – 2-0, won @ BYU
10. Providence – 3-1, lost @ Minnesota, 2 neutral floor wins (Washington, SLU)
11. TEMPLE – 3-0, neutral floor wins (Old Dominion, Auburn, Clemson)
12. Virginia – 4-0, won @ VCU
13. SAINT LOUIS – 2-1 vs div1, neutral win vs Virginia Tech, neutral loss vs Providence
14. NEVADA – 4-0, 2 road wins, home win vs Rhody
15. VERMONT – 3-1, lost @ Kentucky, 3-0 on neutral floor (Bradley, Coastal, Northern KY)
16. Wichita State – 2-0, home win vs CofC
17. Purdue – 4-0, won @ Marquette
18. BELMONT – 4-1, lost @ Washington, wins vs Vandy, @ Middle Tennessee,
19. OLD DOMINION – 4-1, lost neutral vs Temple, neutral wins vs Indiana State & Dayton
20. Notre Dame – 3-0, won @ Depaul
21. Florida State – 3-0, 2 neutral floor wins (Colorado State, Fordham)
22. North Carolina – 2-0, home win vs Bucknell
23. Seton Hall – 4-0, home win vs Indiana
24. Clemson – 4-1, 2 neutral floor wins (Ohio, Hofstra)
25. Virginia Tech – 4-1, neutral floor win vs Washington
26. Tulane – 4-0, 2 neutral floor wins (Colorado State, Fordham)
27. Maryland – 4-0, home wins vs Butler and Bucknell
28. Saint Joseph’s – 2-1, win @ UIC, lost @ Toledo
29. Houston – 3-1, loss to Drexel, road win @ Liberty, Neutral win vs Wake Forest
30. Boston College – 4-1, neutral floor win vs La Salle
31. Saint John’s – 3-0, home win vs Nebraska
32. Albany – 3-0, win @ Boston U
33. George Mason – 3-1, loss at Louisville, 2 neutral floor wins (Binghamton, CS Northridge)
34. FLORIDA GULF COAST – 2-1, won @ Siena, lost @ Bowling Green
35. NORTH DAKOTA STATE – 1-2, won @ Missouri State, lost @ USC
36. Utah – 3-0, home win vs Mizzou
37. South Carolina – 4-1, won @ Wofford, neutral wins vs UTEP and Western Mich
38. Kentucky – 3-1, home win vs Vermont
39. SAINT MARY’S – 4-0, home win vs New Mexico State
40. COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON – 2-1, lost at Wichita State, won @ Charlotte
41. Villanova – 3-0 in buy games
42. PORTLAND STATE – 2-0, road wins (Portland, UC Riverside)
43. LONG BEACH – 1-1, lost @ Oregon State, won @ San Francisco
44. Ucla – 3-0, 2 buy wins and GA Tech on a neutral floor
45. NORTHERN KENTUCKY – 4-1, lost neutral vs Vermont, 2 neutral wins (James Madison, Iona)
46. TOLEDO – 2-0, home wins vs Saint Joe’s and Akron
47. Boise State – 4-1, 3 div1 wins, neutral wins vs UTEP & Illinois State, lost to Iowa St.
48. Auburn – 3-1, neutral wins vs Indiana State and Hofstra
49. Michigan State – 2-1, lost to Duke, 2 buy game wins
50. West Virginia – lost neutral floor vs Texas A&M, 2 buy game wins
51. Missouri – 2-1, home win vs Iowa State, road loss @ Utah
52. ILLINOIS STATE – 2-2, losses @ FGCU, vs Boise State, neutral wins vs South Carolina and Tulsa
53. Arizona – 3-0 in buy games
54. Gonzaga – 3-0 in buy games
55. Northwestern – 3-2, struggled to win 2 buy games, lost to Creighton and Texas Tech
56. Middle Tennessee – 2-1, won @ Murray State
57. Wyoming – 2-0, won @ Oregon State
58. MONMOUTH – 2-2, won @ Lehigh, losses @ Seton Hall & Virginia aren’t damaging
59. NEW MEXICO STATE – 2-1, home win vs New Mexico
60. Arizona State – 4-0, home win vs San Diego State
61. LIBERTY – 2-2, won @ Wake Forest
62. Smu – 4-0 in buy games
63. Colorado – 5-0, 3 neutral wins against weak teams
64. Florida – 3-0 in buy games
65. Miami FL – 3-0 in buy games
66. Cincinnati – 3-0 in buy games
67. Louisville – 2-0 in buy games
68. Baylor – 3-0 in buy games
69. Texas – 3-0 in buy games
70. Wisconsin – 2-1, lost at home vs Xavier, 2 buy game wins
71. Illinois – 4-0, home win vs DePaul
72. Rhode Island – 2-1, lost at Nevada, 2 buy game wins
73. Oregon – 4-0 in buy games
74. Tcu – 3-0 in buy games
75. Ucf – 3-0 in buy games
76. Oklahoma – 2-0 in buy games
77. Connecticut – 3-0 in buy games
78. Butler – 3-1, lost @ Maryland, 3 buy game wins
79. Southern Illinois – 2-0, won @ Winthrop
80. Arkansas – 3-0, home win vs Bucknell, two buy wins
81. Washington – 2-2, home wins vs Belmont
82. Syracuse – 3-0 in buy games
83. Kansas State – 3-0 in buy games
84. Ohio State – 4-0 in buy games
85. Davidson – 2-0 in buy games
86. NC State – 4-0 in buy games
87. Penn State – 4-0 in buy games
88. Michigan – 3-0 in buy games
89. Alabama – 3-0 in buy games
90. Oklahoma State – 3-0 in buy games
91. Iowa – 3-0 in buy games
92. Missouri State – 2-1, won @ Western KY, lost at home to North Dakota St.
93. BROWN – 1-1, road win @ Quinnipiac
94. Miami OH – 3-1, neutral loss vs Hartford, road win @ Fordham
95. Stanford – 3-1, 3 buy games wins, home loss to Eastern Washington
96. Vcu – 2-1, lost at home to Virginia, 2 buy wins
97. Georgetown – 3-0 in buy games
98. Evansville – 4-0 in buy games
99. Unlv – 3-0 in buy games
100. Valparaiso – 4-0, 2 div1 buy game wins
101. LEHIGH – 3-1, won @ Marist
102. uab – 2-0 in buy games
103. Washington State – 3-0 in buy games
104. Georgia – 3-0 in buy games
105. Ole Miss – 3-0 in buy games
106. Oregon State – 2-1 with 2 buy wins
107. LAMAR – 2-1, won @ Tulsa
108. MERCER
109. NC A&T – 2-1, div1 wins vs The Citadel, @ Jacksonville
110. WAGNER – 2-1
111. TEXAS SOUTHERN – no SWAC teams have any div1 wins
