Women’s College Basketball or The Top 363 after a Single Week

Welcome back, college sports fans to the initial, albeit nonsensical, Women’s Basketball (WBB) GCR. Last season was the first time we added basketball, but we started both Men’s and Women’s on January 1st. The first two months of the season, which is a mix of cupcake games with a small mix of meaningful rivalry games or other significant contests along with the mini-tournaments that come up, is not extremely helpful in knowing who is for real (unless they buck the standard and play a really difficult slate) and who is maybe as porous as a net. A lot of conferences do have some play in December, but the real week in week out grind begins in the new calendar year.

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That said, teams that keep winning will eventually work themselves to the upper part of the GCR. Teams that win against more challenging competition will do so faster. Let me clarify. Like football, I have no preseason rank or expectations for any given program. Everybody began tied for first (or 363rd, if you prefer) and their performance drives where they land. But Strength of Schedule (SOS) is critical. At this stage of the season teams have played between 0 and 3 games. If an AP top 25 team is 2-0 but beat teams that are a combined 0-5, they will be ranked pretty low in this week’s GCR. All of it works out over time as teams play around 28 or 29 games before the conference playoffs begin.

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The ratings in basketball are geared to 100. That means regardless of the behind the calculation machinations within the GCR, the top ranked team will be rated 100.0. Every other team is adjusted to be relative to that number. The reason is, once we get a critical mass of games later in the season, those numbers can be used as a means to predict the point spread of a game. The Men will be treated the same. We are working to accomplish something similar in football for next season. It’s just simpler to understand that “my” team has a rating of 62.8 compared to the top team’s 100 than 4.98 to 7.45, or whatever. And I can see that my team would be expected to lose by 37 on a neutral floor in the first example.

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With that, a word of warning. I do not think the teams at the top of this week’s GCR will be the best teams later on – it’s possible, but unlikely due to SOS. WBB is gaining parity – we still see 112-23 blowouts, but they are becoming less frequent, but the cream, whoever that may be this season, will rise through the chaos that is week 1. If the season was just the games played through Sunday, this would be the earned ranking. Also, because of the chaos of just a few mostly lopsided games, along with a high percentage of games against non-Division I opponents, we are not showing GCR RPI style statistics yet, but we have them.

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Thank you for reading and, please, if you like what you see, please share with others. We are always free, always open to feedback, and always trying to get better at what we do, JoJo and G. Now, without further ado, the Women’s Top 363 Week 1 Rankings:

RANKTeamRecordSOSScore
1Binghamton2-062100.00
1Rio Grande2-062100.00
1Steph F Austin2-062100.00
1Vermont2-062100.00
1W Carolina2-062100.00
6St Marys3-013094.81
7UC Davis2-012190.00
8Austin Peay1-06288.89
8Bradley1-06288.89
8Jax St1-06288.89
8Oregon St1-06288.89
8Penn1-06288.89
8S Illinois1-06288.89
8SC St1-06288.89
8TX Southern1-06288.89
8W Illinois1-06288.89
17FAU2-016187.72
18Oklahoma St4-020885.77
19Green Bay2-015185.09
19Liberty2-015185.09
21East Texas2-11984.52
21Oral Roberts2-11984.52
23Boise St2-016183.33
23High Point2-016183.33
23Longwood2-016183.33
23Montana St2-016183.33
23South Dakota2-016183.33
23TN Tech2-016183.33
29Norfolk St2-16081.40
30UCONN2-019581.26
31North Texas2-019780.70
32Alabama2-020877.19
32Florida2-020877.19
32Mississippi2-020877.19
32Syracuse2-020877.19
32UCLA2-020877.19
37Stony Brook2-19877.19
38Miami OH2-019776.67
38Northridge2-019776.67
40St Bonaventure2-021576.02
40St Josephs2-021576.02
40Utah2-021576.02
43Fairfield2-020475.44
44Colorado1-018374.85
45Temple2-022273.87
46SIUE2-112072.51
47N Colorado2-021572.22
48Baylor2-023572.02
51Geo Wash1-13372.02
48Kansas St2-023572.02
48Missouri2-023572.02
52Balt County1-1670.76
52Cal Poly1-1670.76
52Georgia St1-1670.76
52Hampton1-1670.76
52Monmouth1-1670.76
52Presbyterian1-1670.76
52Santa Clara1-1670.76
52SELA1-1670.76
60Clemson2-024070.18
60Illinois2-024070.18
60Northwestern2-024070.18
60Oregon2-024070.18
64Fordham1-16270.18
65Wake Forest3-027969.86
66Chattanooga2-113968.96
66Santa Barbara2-113968.96
68Mississippi St3-028168.94
69Alabama A&M1-13368.42
69C Arkansas1-13368.42
69E Washington1-13368.42
69Furman1-13368.42
69Kansas City1-13368.42
69Kennesaw St1-13368.42
69Lindenwood1-13368.42
69McNeese1-13368.42
69Merrimack1-13368.42
69Montana1-13368.42
69North Florida1-13368.42
69Omaha1-13368.42
69Sam Houston1-13368.42
69Samford1-13368.42
69San Diego St1-13368.42
69SC Upstate1-13368.42
69Towson1-13368.42
86Columbia2-023568.42
87Jackson St1-16266.67
87Old Dominion1-16266.67
87Portland1-16266.67
87W Kentucky1-16266.67
87Weber St1-16266.67
87Wofford1-16266.67
93Abilene Chr2-025666.67
93App St2-025666.67
93Army2-025666.67
93Charleston2-025666.67
93Colgate2-025666.67
93Fresno St2-025666.67
93Idaho St2-025666.67
93Iona2-025666.67
93Jacksonville2-025666.67
93North Alabama2-025666.67
93Pepperdine2-025666.67
93Southern Miss2-025666.67
106NC St1-110166.48
107Vanderbilt1-022265.66
108George Mason1-110965.00
108Marquette2-028065.00
110Corpus Christi1-19764.52
111Charlotte2-120264.22
112Stetson2-118563.63
113S Utah2-027663.33
114Arizona St2-028463.16
114Kansas2-028463.16
114Nebraska2-028463.16
117Sacramento St2-119263.16
118Delaware1-110262.96
118Delaware St1-110262.96
118S Indiana1-110262.96
121Georgetown1-112562.79
122Davidson2-120762.71
123Kentucky3-029462.38
123Oklahoma1-024062.38
123Princeton1-022262.38
123Stanford3-029462.38
123Texas A&M1-024062.38
128Duquesne3-029862.38
129Auburn2-028961.87
130Lowell1-111261.40
130New Hampshire1-111261.40
130Wagner1-111261.40
130William & Mary1-111261.40
134Maryland3-029961.20
135California1-113860.90
136Idaho2-120360.44
137Southern Cal2-029360.33
138Duke1-114360.33
138Wisconsin1-114360.33
140Arkansas St1-112160.00
140Ball St2-028460.00
140E Kentucky1-112160.00
140Nevada1-112160.00
140UMASS2-028460.00
145Rutgers2-122059.88
146Morehead St1-112559.65
147American1-024059.26
147Murray St1-024059.26
147Navy1-024059.26
150Ark Pine Bluff1-113258.48
150Harvard1-113258.48
150Illinois St1-113258.48
150South Florida2-029458.48
154Butler1-116158.48
154Creighton1-116158.48
154East Carolina1-116158.48
154Loyola Chicago1-116158.48
154South Dakota St2-029258.48
159LSU3-031157.39
160Long Island1-114357.31
160Mercer1-114357.31
162Queens2-122056.89
163Little Rock1-115156.73
163MD Eastern1-115156.73
163Oakland1-115156.73
163Stonehill1-115156.73
167Boston College2-124056.14
168SMU1-118855.65
168Tulane1-118855.65
170Alcorn St1-116155.56
170Asheville1-116155.56
170Bellarmine1-116155.56
170Nicholls1-116155.56
170Pacific1-116155.56
175Villanova2-127455.25
176Texas2-030354.48
177Coastal1-26054.27
178Florida St2-127553.88
179Wichita St1-119753.80
180Tarleton2-124053.33
181Coppin St1-29553.13
182VCU1-120452.94
183UC Irvine1-118852.87
184Arizona2-031252.63
184Arkansas2-031252.63
184Georgia2-031252.63
184Michigan2-031252.63
184North Carolina2-031252.63
184Rhode Island2-031252.63
184South Carolina2-031252.63
191Drexel2-030351.75
191NJ Tech2-030351.75
193BYU2-032551.46
193Holy Cross1-119551.46
195C Michigan1-119751.11
196Lipscomb1-210050.71
197Radford1-210550.21
198CA Baptist2-031250.00
198Colorado St2-031250.00
198Gonzaga2-031250.00
198Utah Valley2-031250.00
198UTEP2-031250.00
203Georgia Tech1-121949.90
203Nwestern St1-210649.90
203Ohio St1-030049.90
203Washington1-030049.90
207TCU2-032849.12
207Virginia Tech2-032849.12
209Grambling1-211848.97
210James Madison2-128348.94
211Seattle1-211948.63
212Louisville1-122748.63
212Richmond1-122748.63
214UNLV2-032648.42
215San Diego1-213047.41
216FIU0-12146.78
216Ga Southern1-213246.78
216Hofstra0-12146.78
216Maine0-12146.78
216Memphis1-124046.78
216New Mexico St0-12146.78
216Niagara0-12146.78
216San Jose St0-12146.78
216St Johns1-124046.78
216Utah St0-12146.78
226Depaul1-125646.78
226Pittsburgh1-125646.78
226Providence0-16246.78
226Rice0-16246.78
230Wyoming1-122646.67
231Albany1-122746.20
231Bowling Green1-122746.20
231Elon1-122746.20
231SEMO1-122746.20
231West Georgia1-122746.20
236Belmont1-123446.00
237Chicago St1-214145.97
237Winthrop1-214145.97
239Indiana2-033745.61
239Michigan St2-033745.61
239Notre Dame2-033745.61
242Campbell1-215845.22
243Lehigh1-123945.03
244Mid Tenn2-033244.74
244Missouri St2-033244.74
246Bryant2-033444.44
246C Connecticut0-16244.44
246Cornell0-16244.44
246Lamar0-16244.44
246North Dakota St1-125644.44
246Ohio1-125644.44
246San Francisco1-125644.44
253IU Indy1-218244.39
254St Louis1-219443.66
255Cleveland St2-033743.33
255ULM2-033743.33
257E Michigan1-218742.42
258Air Force1-127642.22
258LMU1-127642.22
260Seton Hall1-033441.59
260St Peters0-110641.59
262UCF1-128941.24
263New Mexico2-131040.95
264Miami FL2-034340.94
265Howard2-034240.06
266Hawaii1-033439.51
266Portland St0-112939.51
268Quinnipiac1-128939.18
269Tennessee2-133138.41
270UTSA0-2238.17
271Fla Gulf Coast0-116037.43
271Iowa St3-034737.43
273New Orleans0-2137.04
274Northeastern1-129437.04
275Southern0-2236.26
275St Francis0-2236.26
277Houston2-034436.01
277Penn St2-034436.01
279Texas Tech3-036135.59
280Buffalo0-2635.38
280MS Valley0-2635.38
280Sacred Heart0-2635.38
280St Thomas0-2635.38
280W Michigan0-2635.38
285Alabama St0-22135.09
285Bucknell0-22135.09
285Fair Dickins0-22135.09
285Fort Wayne0-22135.09
285Iowa2-034735.09
285Manhattan0-22135.09
285Minnesota2-034735.09
285Purdue2-034735.09
285Tulsa2-034735.09
285Virginia2-034735.09
285West Virginia2-034735.09
285Xavier2-034735.09
297Dayton1-131235.09
297UAB0-26235.09
299Drake1-130334.50
299Milwaukee1-130334.50
299Wilmington1-130334.50
299Wright St1-130334.50
303Arlington0-23334.21
303Grand Canyon0-23334.21
303IL Chicago0-23334.21
303Incarnate Word0-23334.21
303LA Tech0-23334.21
303New Haven0-23334.21
303North Dakota0-23334.21
303Prairie View0-23334.21
303UC Riverside0-23334.21
312South Alabama2-034434.21
313Akron0-26233.33
313Bakersfield0-26233.33
313Chrls So0-26233.33
313Fullerton0-26233.33
313Marshall2-034733.33
313Robert Morris2-034733.33
313Siena0-26233.33
313Toledo0-26233.33
313Troy2-034733.33
322Le Moyne1-132632.28
323Houston Chr0-29932.05
324La Salle2-036231.58
325UC San Diego1-132831.11
326Kent St0-210930.88
326Morgan St0-210930.88
328Florida A&M0-211230.70
328UT Martin0-211230.70
330Cincinnati0-214330.16
331Greensboro0-212529.82
331Texas St0-212529.82
333Brown0-124029.63
333Dartmouth1-034729.63
333Detroit1-034729.63
333Utah Tech1-034729.63
333Yale0-124029.63
338Bethune0-213229.24
338Mercyhurst0-213229.24
340Loyola MD0-3528.69
341E Illinois0-214328.65
341Evansville0-214328.65
341NC Central0-214328.65
344N Kentucky0-215128.36
345N Arizona0-215928.15
346Long Beach0-216127.78
346Louisiana0-216127.78
346Marist0-216127.78
346N Illinois0-216127.78
346TN St0-216127.78
351Valparaiso0-218626.51
352NC A&T0-39626.45
353Canisius0-218826.43
354Boston Univ0-219325.93
355E Tenn St0-220425.15
356Washington St0-310824.89
357Gardner Webb0-220824.44
358Indiana St0-130023.70
358Rider1-036323.70
360Mt St Marys0-222223.39
361Lafayette0-318421.31
362N Iowa0-228220.47
363Denver0-324017.78