It is universally understood that computer rankings are more or less useless this early in the season but the current Sagarin ratings are well beyond useless, clearly they have blown a gasket!! RU at 29 in the nation! I could not resist capturing this here for posterity. Maybe Pikiell and team can prove Sagarin right!!
2 BIG TEN = 84.68 85.20 ( 1) TEAMS= 14 84.83 ( 2)
College Basketball 2018-2019 Div I games only through games of 2018 November 14 Wednesday
RATING W L SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 25 | VS top 50 | PREDICTOR | GOLDEN_MEAN | RECENT
HOME ADVANTAGE=[ 3.20] [ 3.20] [ 3.20] [ 3.20]
1 Nebraska = 102.62 3 0 60.22( 302) 1 0 | 1 0 | 103.23 1 | 101.96 1 | 98.59 1
4 Indiana = 98.37 3 0 63.42( 268) 1 0 | 1 0 | 98.60 4 | 98.03 4 | 95.83 3
9 Ohio State = 92.50 2 0 70.72( 160) 0 0 | 1 0 | 92.46 9 | 92.34 8 | 92.59 8
13 Michigan = 90.39 3 0 68.09( 206) 0 0 | 0 0 | 90.17 14 | 90.90 11 | 90.96 11
16 Purdue = 89.65 2 0 70.50( 164) 0 0 | 0 0 | 89.53 16 | 90.00 14 | 89.01 14
29 Rutgers = 85.21 2 0 58.00( 323) 0 0 | 0 0 | 85.63 26 | 84.05 32 | 82.64 45
30 Michigan State = 85.06 2 1 67.70( 210) 0 1 | 0 1 | 85.06 30 | 85.64 27 | 82.18 46
31 Northwestern = 84.91 2 0 65.33( 245) 0 0 | 0 0 | 84.92 32 | 84.61 29 | 84.75 28
59 Maryland = 80.51 3 0 63.37( 270) 0 0 | 0 0 | 80.22 61 | 81.26 53 | 81.38 53
68 Illinois = 79.60 1 1 66.96( 221) 0 0 | 0 0 | 80.45 59 | 77.89 82 | 73.27 139
72 Minnesota = 78.83 2 0 61.08( 297) 0 0 | 0 0 | 78.49 76 | 79.56 66 | 80.52 61
80 Penn State = 77.93 2 0 62.36( 279) 0 0 | 0 0 | 77.62 81 | 78.74 74 | 78.81 76
95 Wisconsin = 76.63 2 0 59.84( 308) 0 0 | 0 0 | 75.85 100 | 78.50 78 | 83.48 38
165 Iowa = 70.63 2 0 56.11( 330) 0 0 | 0 0 | 70.00 172 | 72.36 143 | 73.19 140
2 BIG TEN = 84.68 85.20 ( 1) TEAMS= 14 84.83 ( 2)
College Basketball 2018-2019 Div I games only through games of 2018 November 14 Wednesday
RATING W L SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 25 | VS top 50 | PREDICTOR | GOLDEN_MEAN | RECENT
HOME ADVANTAGE=[ 3.20] [ 3.20] [ 3.20] [ 3.20]
1 Nebraska = 102.62 3 0 60.22( 302) 1 0 | 1 0 | 103.23 1 | 101.96 1 | 98.59 1
4 Indiana = 98.37 3 0 63.42( 268) 1 0 | 1 0 | 98.60 4 | 98.03 4 | 95.83 3
9 Ohio State = 92.50 2 0 70.72( 160) 0 0 | 1 0 | 92.46 9 | 92.34 8 | 92.59 8
13 Michigan = 90.39 3 0 68.09( 206) 0 0 | 0 0 | 90.17 14 | 90.90 11 | 90.96 11
16 Purdue = 89.65 2 0 70.50( 164) 0 0 | 0 0 | 89.53 16 | 90.00 14 | 89.01 14
29 Rutgers = 85.21 2 0 58.00( 323) 0 0 | 0 0 | 85.63 26 | 84.05 32 | 82.64 45
30 Michigan State = 85.06 2 1 67.70( 210) 0 1 | 0 1 | 85.06 30 | 85.64 27 | 82.18 46
31 Northwestern = 84.91 2 0 65.33( 245) 0 0 | 0 0 | 84.92 32 | 84.61 29 | 84.75 28
59 Maryland = 80.51 3 0 63.37( 270) 0 0 | 0 0 | 80.22 61 | 81.26 53 | 81.38 53
68 Illinois = 79.60 1 1 66.96( 221) 0 0 | 0 0 | 80.45 59 | 77.89 82 | 73.27 139
72 Minnesota = 78.83 2 0 61.08( 297) 0 0 | 0 0 | 78.49 76 | 79.56 66 | 80.52 61
80 Penn State = 77.93 2 0 62.36( 279) 0 0 | 0 0 | 77.62 81 | 78.74 74 | 78.81 76
95 Wisconsin = 76.63 2 0 59.84( 308) 0 0 | 0 0 | 75.85 100 | 78.50 78 | 83.48 38
165 Iowa = 70.63 2 0 56.11( 330) 0 0 | 0 0 | 70.00 172 | 72.36 143 | 73.19 140
