1997-1998 Strength of Schedule

All records reflect games between Division I teams only

Click on team name for schedule and results.

Shaded teams made the tournament.

				RPI		Polls
Rank	School	W-L	SOS	Rank	RPI	AP	USA
1	Maryland	19-10	0.6332	7	0.6387	20	22
2	Wake Forest	15-13	0.6046	35	0.5874
3	Clemson	18-13	0.6015	28	0.5963
4	North Carolina	30-3	0.5994	1	0.6769	1	1
5	Virginia	11-19	0.5922	91	0.5358
6	Duke	27-3	0.5916	2	0.6687	3	3
7	South Carolina	22-7	0.5907	9	0.6327	14	13
8	Louisville	12-20	0.5897	89	0.5361
9	Michigan	23-8	0.5895	11	0.6276	12	12
10	Kentucky	29-4	0.5882	3	0.6608	5	6

11	Florida St	17-13	0.5874	39	0.5822
12	Indiana	19-11	0.5855	25	0.5974
13	Purdue	26-7	0.5834	8	0.6345	11	9
14	UCLA	21-8	0.5824	13	0.6178	19	20
15	UConn	29-4	0.5795	5	0.6543	6	5
16	Villanova	12-17	0.5795	85	0.5381
17	Arizona	27-4	0.5787	6	0.6517	4	4
18	Providence	13-16	0.5778	77	0.5454
19	UMass	21-10	0.5777	20	0.6027
20	UNC Charlotte	19-10	0.5753	31	0.5953

21	Wisconsin	12-19	0.5740	103	0.5273
22	Georgia	16-14	0.5735	54	0.5635
23	Kansas	33-3	0.5726	4	0.6586	2	2
24	Mississippi	20-6	0.5725	12	0.6217	13	14
25	Rutgers	14-15	0.5724	72	0.5500
26	Michigan St	20-7	0.5717	15	0.6139	16	15
27	Missouri	17-14	0.5706	53	0.5651
28	North Carolina St	16-14	0.5688	55	0.5600
29	Florida	14-14	0.5681	71	0.5511
30	Syracuse	24-8	0.5680	17	0.6135	21	19

31	Iowa State	10-18	0.5655	128	0.5134
32	New Mexico	23-7	0.5654	14	0.6157	18	18
33	Auburn	15-13	0.5651	63	0.5577
34	Nebraska	20-11	0.5646	37	0.5848
35	Vanderbilt	18-12	0.5639	44	0.5729
36	UNLV	19-12	0.5600	42	0.5732
37	Tennessee	20-8	0.5593	24	0.5980
38	Illinois	22-9	0.5592	27	0.5968	22	23
39	Minnesota	15-15	0.5582	79	0.5437
40	St. John's	21-9	0.5582	32	0.5936

41	Arizona St	17-13	0.5577	56	0.5600
42	DePaul	6-23	0.5571	192	0.4696
43	Stanford	25-4	0.5560	10	0.6325	10	10
44	Temple	21-8	0.5551	26	0.5974	24	24
45	Georgia Tech	17-13	0.5551	62	0.5580
46	Arkansas	23-7	0.5536	18	0.6069	17	17
47	Rice	5-22	0.5536	200	0.4615
48	Rhode Island	22-8	0.5534	22	0.5984
49	Alabama	15-15	0.5507	86	0.5380
50	LSU	8-18	0.5505	161	0.4898

51	Notre Dame	13-14	0.5504	95	0.5332
52	BYU	9-21	0.5491	167	0.4868
53	Pittsburgh	11-16	0.5484	129	0.5131
54	St. Joseph's	11-17	0.5482	134	0.5094
55	Ohio State	8-22	0.5475	182	0.4773
56	Texas	14-17	0.5471	111	0.5232
57	Texas Tech	13-14	0.5468	101	0.5305
58	Virginia Tech	10-17	0.5465	141	0.5025
59	Baylor	14-14	0.5465	92	0.5349
60	Seton Hall	14-14	0.5465	93	0.5349

61	Washington	18-9	0.5456	41	0.5759
62	Memphis	16-11	0.5451	66	0.5569
63	Duquesne	11-19	0.5447	145	0.5002
64	California	11-15	0.5447	127	0.5143
65	Xavier	22-7	0.5447	23	0.5982	23	21
66	Washington St	7-19	0.5446	184	0.4758
67	Wis-Milwaukee	3-24	0.5423	244	0.4345
68	Colorado	12-14	0.5419	114	0.5218
69	Butler	19-10	0.5398	50	0.5687
70	Cleveland St	12-15	0.5396	125	0.5158

71	Cincinnati	26-5	0.5386	16	0.6137	9	11
72	Miami-Florida	18-9	0.5374	49	0.5697
73	George Wash	24-8	0.5359	34	0.5894
74	Boston College	14-16	0.5359	119	0.5186
75	St. Louis	21-10	0.5346	47	0.5703
76	Air Force	5-16	0.5341	202	0.4601
77	UAB	19-11	0.5336	61	0.5586
78	Oklahoma	20-10	0.5331	51	0.5665	38	25
79	Georgetown	13-14	0.5326	117	0.5198
80	Oregon	13-13	0.5324	109	0.5243

81	Southern Cal	9-19	0.5322	179	0.4795
82	Mississippi St	14-15	0.5315	118	0.5193
83	Fresno St	16-11	0.5312	76	0.5466
84	Dayton	20-11	0.5309	59	0.5594
85	Kansas St	17-11	0.5295	74	0.5489
86	TCU	26-5	0.5291	19	0.6065	15	16
87	Hawaii	19-8	0.5291	45	0.5727
88	Wright St	9-18	0.5289	174	0.4800
89	La Salle	9-18	0.5286	176	0.4798
90	SW Missouri St	16-16	0.5271	116	0.5203

91	Fordham	6-21	0.5267	219	0.4506
92	San Jose St	3-23	0.5262	252	0.4235
93	UTEP	10-14	0.5259	150	0.4986
94	North Texas	5-21	0.5248	233	0.4417
95	Marquette	18-10	0.5246	67	0.5542
96	West Virginia	20-8	0.5242	46	0.5717
97	Wyoming	18-8	0.5240	52	0.5661
98	Oklahoma St	21-6	0.5237	36	0.5872
99	Illinois-Chi	22-5	0.5232	29	0.5961
100	TX-Pan American	3-24	0.5223	257	0.4195

101	Oregon St	9-17	0.5208	183	0.4772
102	Wis-Green Bay	16-12	0.5201	97	0.5330
103	Eastern Mich	19-9	0.5189	60	0.5588
104	Tulane	7-22	0.5185	222	0.4492
105	Wichita St	16-15	0.5181	123	0.5176
106	Southern Miss	21-10	0.5177	65	0.5577
107	Canisius	13-14	0.5174	136	0.5084
108	St. Bonaventure	17-14	0.5155	110	0.5237
109	Illinois St	23-5	0.5154	33	0.5919
110	Santa Clara	17-10	0.5145	80	0.5433

111	Iowa	19-10	0.5140	73	0.5493
112	Niagara	14-13	0.5132	126	0.5146
113	Colorado St	18-8	0.5128	64	0.5577
114	Manhattan	12-17	0.5127	164	0.4879
115	Bradley	14-14	0.5101	138	0.5076
116	Tulsa	18-12	0.5098	98	0.5324
117	American	8-19	0.5096	212	0.4563
118	Central Mich	4-21	0.5091	253	0.4219
119	UNC Wilmington	20-10	0.5077	75	0.5474
120	Detroit	22-5	0.5077	38	0.5844

121	Southern Ill	13-16	0.5075	156	0.4927
122	Utah St	22-7	0.5072	48	0.5700
123	San Diego St	12-15	0.5068	160	0.4912
124	Northwestern	10-17	0.5055	190	0.4717
125	Miami-Ohio	16-12	0.5055	113	0.5220
126	Penn State	15-12	0.5051	122	0.5177
127	Gonzaga	21-9	0.5045	68	0.5534
128	Ohio	5-21	0.5042	251	0.4262
129	Boston U	19-11	0.5036	90	0.5360
130	South Florida	17-13	0.5020	120	0.5182

131	Drexel	13-15	0.5019	157	0.4925
132	Long Island	18-10	0.5018	88	0.5371
133	Loyola-Maryland	12-16	0.5013	169	0.4831
134	George Mason	9-18	0.5013	207	0.4593
135	Texas A&M	7-20	0.5010	235	0.4406
136	Houston	8-20	0.5000	225	0.4465
137	Western Mich	20-7	0.4991	58	0.5595
138	Indiana St	16-11	0.4989	112	0.5223
139	Old Dominion	12-16	0.4987	172	0.4812
140	Loyola-Chicago	12-14	0.4982	162	0.4890

141	Utah	24-3	0.4981	30	0.5958	7	7
142	Western Ky	10-19	0.4980	205	0.4597
143	Nevada	15-12	0.4980	131	0.5124
144	Creighton	18-9	0.4979	82	0.5401
145	Idaho	13-12	0.4961	142	0.5020
146	San Diego	12-14	0.4956	166	0.4871
147	Siena	17-12	0.4953	121	0.5180
148	SMU	17-10	0.4948	102	0.5285
149	San Francisco	18-10	0.4944	99	0.5315
150	LA-Lafayette	17-13	0.4940	132	0.5121

151	Bowling Green	9-16	0.4933	204	0.4599
152	Fairfield	12-15	0.4929	173	0.4808
153	Weber St	12-12	0.4928	152	0.4946
154	Pennsylvania	17-12	0.4925	124	0.5159
155	La Tech	12-15	0.4917	175	0.4799
156	LA-Monroe	12-16	0.4915	185	0.4757
157	Florida Atl	5-21	0.4912	259	0.4165
158	Ball State	19-7	0.4912	70	0.5511
159	St. Mary's	10-15	0.4907	194	0.4680
160	Iona	26-5	0.4901	40	0.5772

161	Davidson	18-9	0.4900	94	0.5341
162	Maine	5-20	0.4897	258	0.4173
163	Eastern Ky	9-16	0.4896	210	0.4572
164	Arkansas St	20-9	0.4893	84	0.5394
165	Portland	10-13	0.4891	187	0.4755
166	Marshall	9-16	0.4890	211	0.4568
167	Valparaiso	18-8	0.4889	83	0.5398
168	Pacific	22-9	0.4884	78	0.5437
169	Towson	8-20	0.4881	239	0.4375
170	South Alabama	21-6	0.4873	57	0.5600

171	UC Irvine	7-18	0.4872	242	0.4354
172	Toledo	14-12	0.4871	146	0.4999
173	East Carolina	9-17	0.4867	218	0.4515
174	Delaware	18-9	0.4856	100	0.5309
175	New Mexico St	14-12	0.4854	149	0.4986
176	Pepperdine	17-10	0.4847	115	0.5210
177	Tennessee St	11-16	0.4847	196	0.4653
178	Drake	2-24	0.4844	292	0.3825
179	UNC Greensboro	8-17	0.4841	229	0.4431
180	Richmond	22-7	0.4837	69	0.5524

181	James Madison	11-16	0.4836	197	0.4645
182	Norfolk St	5-20	0.4829	269	0.4122
183	Loyola-Marymnt	6-20	0.4828	255	0.4198
184	Marist	11-17	0.4828	201	0.4603
185	Ark-Little Rock	14-13	0.4823	158	0.4914
186	St. Peter's	8-19	0.4807	243	0.4346
187	Hofstra	16-12	0.4806	140	0.5033
188	Princeton	25-1	0.4801	21	0.6005	8	8
189	Fullerton St	11-16	0.4775	203	0.4600
190	Hartford	14-12	0.4775	155	0.4928

191	Rider	18-9	0.4775	106	0.5248
192	Kent	11-16	0.4768	206	0.4595
193	Eastern Ill	14-11	0.4765	151	0.4974
194	Florida Intl	21-8	0.4753	87	0.5375
195	Oral Roberts	16-12	0.4748	148	0.4990
196	New Hampshire	9-17	0.4741	231	0.4421
197	Akron	16-10	0.4737	135	0.5091
198	Boise St	15-13	0.4733	163	0.4889
199	New Orleans	15-12	0.4724	153	0.4932
200	UC Santa Barbara	5-19	0.4724	272	0.4064

201	Jacksonville	8-19	0.4723	248	0.4283
202	Chattanooga	10-14	0.4721	208	0.4582
203	Northern Iowa	10-17	0.4719	224	0.4465
204	Evansville	14-15	0.4714	189	0.4743
205	Monmouth	4-23	0.4706	286	0.3900
206	VCU	9-19	0.4702	245	0.4330
207	Middle Tenn St	15-9	0.4689	137	0.5079
208	Appalachian St	18-8	0.4689	107	0.5248
209	UNC Asheville	16-9	0.4685	133	0.5114
210	Northern Ill	9-16	0.4676	234	0.4407

211	Morehead St	3-23	0.4673	296	0.3793
212	Lamar	15-14	0.4672	178	0.4797
213	Northeastern	14-14	0.4671	188	0.4754
214	Montana	12-13	0.4666	191	0.4699
215	Murray St	25-3	0.4664	43	0.5730	25	28
216	Montana St	15-10	0.4659	147	0.4994
217	SE Missouri St	11-13	0.4652	198	0.4635
218	Austin Peay	15-11	0.4627	159	0.4913
219	Missouri-KC	7-18	0.4613	260	0.4160
220	Mt St. Mary's	13-15	0.4610	199	0.4618

221	Tennessee Tech	7-20	0.4605	270	0.4102
222	Morgan St	12-16	0.4605	216	0.4525
223	Brown	6-20	0.4605	277	0.4031
224	SW Texas St	16-11	0.4600	154	0.4932
225	Coppin St	21-8	0.4593	105	0.5255
226	William & Mary	19-7	0.4588	104	0.5268
227	Tenn-Martin	6-20	0.4587	278	0.4017
228	Buffalo	13-13	0.4580	193	0.4685
229	Wofford	6-18	0.4580	273	0.4060
230	Dartmouth	7-19	0.4562	271	0.4095

231	Yale	11-14	0.4560	217	0.4520
232	CS-Northridge	9-15	0.4556	241	0.4354
233	Texas Southern	13-16	0.4555	214	0.4537
234	Eastern Wash	14-10	0.4553	165	0.4873
235	Central Conn	4-21	0.4551	294	0.3813
236	Central Florida	15-11	0.4550	168	0.4855
237	St. Francis-NY	14-12	0.4546	186	0.4755
238	Long Beach	10-19	0.4544	249	0.4270
239	Campbell	7-17	0.4534	267	0.4130
240	Southern Utah	5-20	0.4530	287	0.3898

241	Colgate	10-17	0.4530	246	0.4324
242	Cornell	8-17	0.4530	256	0.4198
243	Western Ill	14-11	0.4520	180	0.4790
244	Coll of Charleston	22-5	0.4520	81	0.5427
245	Bucknell	12-15	0.4517	220	0.4499
246	VMI	10-13	0.4517	223	0.4475
247	Youngstown St	18-9	0.4513	139	0.5052
248	Delaware St	6-18	0.4512	279	0.4009
249	Harvard	12-13	0.4508	209	0.4581
250	Lafayette	17-9	0.4507	143	0.5015

251	Columbia	10-15	0.4502	238	0.4376
252	Bethune-Cookman	1-25	0.4501	305	0.3472
253	Stephen F. Austin	9-16	0.4492	250	0.4269
254	Fairleigh Dickinson	22-6	0.4490	96	0.5332
255	Western Car	9-15	0.4482	247	0.4299
256	Jackson St	10-13	0.4477	227	0.4444
257	Vermont	15-11	0.4473	177	0.4797
258	TX-Arlington	11-16	0.4469	240	0.4370
259	Stetson	10-14	0.4464	237	0.4390
260	Lehigh	8-17	0.4463	264	0.4147

261	Nicholls St	18-9	0.4460	144	0.5012
262	Idaho St	5-18	0.4459	289	0.3888
263	Chicago St	2-25	0.4453	303	0.3525
264	Cal Poly	11-14	0.4450	228	0.4438
265	Wagner	12-16	0.4433	236	0.4396
266	Centenary	10-20	0.4430	261	0.4156
267	Northwestern St	11-14	0.4428	232	0.4421
268	Georgia So	7-17	0.4422	274	0.4045
269	Georgia St	14-12	0.4416	195	0.4658
270	Sacramento St	1-22	0.4412	306	0.3418

271	McNeese St	6-19	0.4402	285	0.3902
272	North Carolina A&T	7-18	0.4399	280	0.3999
273	St. Francis-PA	16-10	0.4390	170	0.4831
274	Sam Houston	9-17	0.4385	263	0.4154
275	South Carolina St	22-6	0.4375	108	0.5246
276	Navy	16-10	0.4367	171	0.4814
277	NE Illinois	4-19	0.4356	299	0.3702
278	Charleston So	3-22	0.4350	301	0.3562
279	Alcorn St	8-15	0.4338	268	0.4123
280	Robert Morris	7-19	0.4336	283	0.3925

281	Northern Ariz	18-6	0.4333	130	0.5125
282	The Citadel	12-12	0.4326	221	0.4494
283	Winthrop	5-17	0.4319	295	0.3808
284	East Tenn St	9-16	0.4311	266	0.4134
285	Army	7-19	0.4309	284	0.3905
286	Miss Valley St	5-19	0.4308	297	0.3752
287	Prairie View A&M	9-15	0.4290	262	0.4155
288	Hampton	14-12	0.4280	213	0.4556
289	Furman	7-19	0.4268	290	0.3874
290	MD-East Shore	9-18	0.4265	276	0.4032

291	Samford	12-12	0.4262	226	0.4446
292	Mercer	3-21	0.4254	304	0.3503
293	Holy Cross	7-20	0.4253	291	0.3838
294	Florida A&M	11-17	0.4218	265	0.4146
295	Troy St	6-19	0.4202	298	0.3751
296	Liberty	8-16	0.4196	282	0.3981
297	SE Louisiana	4-20	0.4175	302	0.3548
298	Grambling	12-11	0.4168	230	0.4430
299	Howard	8-20	0.4145	293	0.3823
300	MD-Baltimore Co	11-14	0.4142	254	0.4206

301	Alabama St	8-16	0.4084	288	0.3896
302	Radford	16-7	0.4058	181	0.4783
303	Coastal Carolina	6-17	0.4057	300	0.3695
304	TX-San Antonio	15-10	0.4036	215	0.4527
305	Jacksonville St	10-14	0.3997	275	0.4040
306	Southern U	10-13	0.3882	281	0.3999