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January 7, 2008
MRI 2007 - Week 6: North Carolina Separates
North Carolina continues its reign at the top of the MRI after two weeks of games and extends its lead over Kansas at #2.
Memphis, Xavier and UCLA move into the top 5 after strong weeks, especially in the case of the Musketeers of Xavier. They had the biggest gain over the two week span, blowing out every team that they faced.
Check out all the ratings in Week 6 of the MRI.
MRI Top 25 Rankings
| Rank | Team | Record | MRI | LW |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Carolina | 15-0 | 157.63 | 1 |
| 2 | Kansas | 13-0 | 137.59 | 2 |
| 3 | Memphis | 13-0 | 130.71 | 8 |
| 4 | Xavier | 12-3 | 125.63 | 19 |
| 5 | UCLA | 13-1 | 123.94 | 6 |
| 6 | Texas A&M | 13-1 | 122.99 | 4 |
| 7 | Wisconsin | 12-2 | 118.80 | 3 |
| 8 | Notre Dame | 12-2 | 112.13 | 17 |
| 9 | Michigan State | 13-1 | 109.23 | 10 |
| 10 | West Virginia | 10-3 | 109.00 | 5 |
| 11 | Texas | 12-2 | 108.75 | 12 |
| 12 | Duke | 11-1 | 108.38 | 7 |
| 13 | Stanford | 12-2 | 102.90 | 9 |
| 14 | Indiana | 12-1 | 101.75 | 14 |
| 15 | Marquette | 10-2 | 101.13 | 24 |
| 16 | Clemson | 11-2 | 99.96 | NR(43) |
| 17 | Syracuse | 12-3 | 99.29 | NR(31) |
| 18 | Rhode Island | 14-1 | 98.53 | 25 |
| 19 | Mississippi | 13-0 | 97.06 | 15 |
| 20 | Pittsburgh | 11-2 | 94.10 | 11 |
| 21 | New Mexico | 14-2 | 94.03 | 20 |
| 22 | Vanderbilt | 15-0 | 93.66 | NR(38) |
| 23 | Tennessee | 11-1 | 92.97 | NR(26) |
| 24 | Florida | 13-2 | 92.73 | NR(35) |
| 25 | Butler | 13-1 | 92.48 | 23 |
Teams Dropped From The Top 25: Virginia (LW #13, TW #26), Villanova (LW #16, TW #32), Minnesota (LW #18, TW #28), Drake (LW #21, TW #27), Connecticut (LW #22, TW #35)
Other Teams People Might Care About
| Rank | Team | Record | MRI | LW |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Dayton | 12-1 | 87.88 | 42 |
| 36 | Miami | 12-1 | 84.63 | 30 |
| 40 | Florida State | 12-4 | 82.06 | 28 |
| 56 | Arizona | 9-4 | 72.58 | 37 |
| 57 | Washington | 9-5 | 71.09 | 65 |
| 65 | Purdue | 10-4 | 69.11 | 70 |
| 73 | Illinois | 8-7 | 64.74 | 58 |
| 77 | Texas Tech | 8-5 | 61.07 | 90 |
| 80 | Boston College | 10-3 | 59.14 | 71 |
| 85 | Ohio | 9-5 | 57.31 | 76 |
| 87 | Maryland | 9-6 | 56.34 | 131 |
| 93 | Georgia Tech | 7-6 | 52.82 | 106 |
| 94 | Northern Iowa | 9-4 | 52.45 | 92 |
| 119 | Auburn | 9-3 | 45.14 | 138 |
| 142 | Kentucky | 6-7 | 36.89 | 140 |
| 155 | Illinois-Chicago | 7-7 | 31.68 | 127 |
| 165 | Iowa | 7-8 | 28.55 | 168 |
| 167 | LSU | 6-7 | 28.36 | 141 |
| 182 | Drexel | 8-7 | 22.91 | 198 |
| 187 | Michigan | 4-10 | 21.72 | 180 |
| 215 | Wofford | 4-5 | 14.79 | 205 |
| 274 | Ball State | 1-12 | -2.16 | 298 |
| 307 | Pennsylvania | 5-9 | -17.61 | 279 |
Last Place this week: NJIT (0-17) at -110.73.
Biggest Gain this week: Xavier gained 36.93 points. (Beat Delaware State(65-33), Kansas State(103-77), Virginia(108-70), and Auburn(80-57))
Biggest Loss this week: NJIT lost 31.22 points (Lost to Central Florida(50-82), Texas Pan-American(61-76), Navy(55-84), and Pennsylvania(68-79))
Conference rankings this week: ACC, Big 12, PAC-10, Big East, Big Ten, SEC, MVC, Atlantic 10, Mountain West, C-USA. The WAC is 16th.
The MRI Rankings are copyright 2008 by MRISports.com. Ben Miraski writes for MRISports.com and is a featured blogger on FanIQ. Readers can contact Ben at bmiraski@mrisports.com
Posted by bmiraski at January 7, 2008 7:36 PM
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