Conferences
1996-97 - 1997-98 - 1998-99


Rank Conference Predictive Rating Expected Predictive Rating Offense Defense Pace
1 Atlantic Coast +13.9 +13.8 +7.4 +6.5 70.1
2 Big Ten +10.5 +9.9 +5.9 +4.6 68.4
3 Southeastern +10.2 +10.5 +4.8 +5.4 73.8
4 Pac-10 +8.7 +8.9 +5.1 +3.7 79.3
5 Big East +8.4 +8.6 +3.8 +4.5 72.4
6 Atlantic 10 +5.9 +5.9 +3.6 +2.4 68.8
7 Big 12 +5.7 +5.7 +2.9 +2.8 74.1
8 Conference USA +5.3 +5.5 +1.4 +3.9 70.6
9 Western Athletic +4.1 +4.3 +2.1 +2.0 73.3
10 West Coast +2.5 +2.3 +1.8 +0.6 76.1
11 Missouri Valley +1.9 +1.4 +1.0 +0.9 70.2
12 Midwestern Collegiate +1.8 +2.5 +0.3 +1.5 72.0
13 Mid-American +0.9 +0.9 +0.4 +0.5 75.3
14 Metro Atlantic Athletic -0.1 -0.4 +1.0 -1.1 71.6
15 Colonial Athletic -0.4 -0.7 -0.5 +0.1 65.5
16 Big West -1.0 -1.0 +0.2 -1.2 77.5
17 America East -2.6 -2.6 -1.7 -0.9 75.3
18 Sun Belt -2.7 -2.6 -2.0 -0.7 71.5
19 Big Sky -3.4 -4.0 -1.1 -2.3 86.8
20 Northeast -4.7 -5.3 -2.7 -2.0 80.1
21 Ohio Valley -5.5 -5.3 -2.7 -2.8 78.8
22 Ivy League -5.7 -5.1 -3.4 -2.4 64.9
23 Mid-Continent -6.2 -6.1 -2.2 -4.0 79.0
24 Patriot League -7.4 -7.4 -4.1 -3.3 77.8
25 Southland -7.7 -7.4 -2.6 -5.2 77.6
26 Southern -8.2 -8.2 -5.0 -3.2 80.9
27 Trans America Athletic -8.5 -8.8 -3.7 -4.8 77.5
28 Southwestern Athletic -9.2 -9.6 -5.1 -4.1 92.4
29 Big South -10.4 -10.5 -5.4 -5.0 84.9
30 Mid-Eastern -11.8 -11.8 -7.3 -4.4 78.2