We're more than 10 games into college basketball season, which means we have a substantial sampling to start making some judgments about the relative strengths of MAAC teams.
Or, at least, to view the experts' view of things.
One of the best sites for gauging where teams rank right now is realtimerpi.com, which does a good job of approximating the NCAA's official ratings percentage index. The NCAA, of course, uses its own unrevealed system to assess things just prior to the NCAA tournament and uses those RPI as one of several tools to help determine its field and seeding positions.
For now, the best we have is a close approximation. But, a revealing one.
Here's how the men's teams rank as of Wednesday (prior to games played on Thursday), in order. We'll list each team's RPI, its overall record to date and its strength of schedule rating.
- Manhattan, No. 51 nationally (of 351 Division I teams), 9-2 overall record, 119 SOS.
- Canisius, No. 110, 8-4, 240 SOS.
- Rider, No. 119, 8-4, 171 SOS.
- Iona, No. 154, 5-6, 164 SOS.
- Siena, No. 204, 5-8, 165 SOS
- Quinnipiac, No. 208, 6-5, 297 SOS.
- Monmouth, No. 224, 6-7, 246 SOS.
- Marist, No. 263, 3-9, 142 SOS.
- Saint Peter's, No. 287, 4-7, 333 SOS.
- Fairfield, No. 296, 3-9, 217 SOS.
- Niagara, No. 315, 4-9, 281 SOS.
Here are the ratings for MAAC women's teams:
- Marist, No. 19, 8-4, 15 SOS.
- Quinnipiac, No. 62, 7-6, 24 SOS.
- Iona, No. 77, 9-2, 205 SOS.
- Fairfield, No. 100, 7-4, 129 SOS.
- Siena, No. 179, 5-6, 172 SOS.
- Rider, No. 212, 5-6, 197 SOS.
- Canisius, No. 276, 4-8, 273 SOS.
- Niagara, No. 282, 2-9, 158 SOS.
- Manhattan, No. 308, 3-11, 287 SOS.
- Saint Peter's, No. 313, 2-9, 285 SOS.
- Monmouth, No. 333, 1-12, 248 SOS.
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