UMass Lowell
Vermont
11:00 am, March 11
#25 Missouri
#4 Alabama
1:00 pm, March 11
Ohio State
#5 Purdue
1:00 pm, March 11
Norfolk State
Howard
1:00 pm, March 11
Saint Louis
VCU
1:00 pm, March 11
Cincinnati
#1 Houston
3:00 pm, March 11
Vanderbilt
#18 Texas A&M
3:30 pm, March 11
Penn State
#19 Indiana
3:30 pm, March 11
Fordham
Dayton
3:30 pm, March 11
Texas Southern
Grambling
5:30 pm, March 11
Tulane
Memphis
5:30 pm, March 11
#7 Texas
#3 Kansas
6:00 pm, March 11
Utah State
#20 San Diego State
6:00 pm, March 11
#15 Xavier
#6 Marquette
6:30 pm, March 11
Kent State
Toledo
7:30 pm, March 11
Marist
Iona
7:30 pm, March 11
#21 Duke
#13 Virginia
8:30 pm, March 11
UAB
Florida Atlantic
8:30 pm, March 11
Cal State Fullerton
UC Santa Barbara
9:30 pm, March 11
#8 Arizona
#2 UCLA
10:30 pm, March 11
Grand Canyon
Southern Utah
11:30 pm, March 11

The CSD Prime Computer Model Preseason Rankings, From Alabama To UTEP

A good general rule to go by when projecting a game between two teams is to add three points to the home team’s rating and then take the difference between the two. The CSD Prime computer model starts the year very conservative in terms of projected spreads but gets more aggressive as more data comes in.

Biggest Movers (Positive)

  1. Tennessee (+45)
  2. Florida State (+38)
  3. Arkansas (+32)
  4. Boise State (+21)
  5. San Diego State (+21)
  6. South Florida (+21)
  7. Virginia Tech (+20)
  8. Duke (+20)
  9. Louisville (+19)
  10. Troy (+17)

Biggest Movers (Negative)

  1. Kansas (-36)
  2. Fresno State (-27)
  3. Ohio (-26)
  4. Middle Tennessee (-26)
  5. West Virginia (-25)
  6. Wyoming (-24)
  7. Buffalo (-24)
  8. Temple (-22)
  9. Eastern Michigan (-21)
  10. UAB (-20)
Preseason RankTeamConfRating2018-19 RankChange
1AlabamaSEC32.2721
2GeorgiaSEC25.9431
3ClemsonACC24.741-2
4Louisiana StateSEC19.0184
5Ohio StateBig Ten18.144-1
6OklahomaBig 1217.33104
7MichiganBig Ten15.425-2
8FloridaSEC13.66168
9Penn StateBig Ten12.7590
10Notre DameInd12.69111
11Texas A&MSEC12.51132
12AuburnSEC12.212210
13Mississippi StateSEC11.257-6
14TexasBig 1210.08184
15WashingtonPac-129.556-9
16MissouriSEC8.312-4
17OregonPac-128.25269
18Miami (FL)ACC8.0214-4
19IowaBig Ten8.0115-4
20Michigan StateBig Ten7.183313
21South CarolinaSEC7.09276
22Central FloridaAAC6.72231
23Southern CaliforniaPac-126.6296
24StanfordPac-126.3920-4
25Texas ChristianBig 126.2519-6
26Oklahoma StateBig 126.124014
27WisconsinBig Ten5.7625-2
28UtahPac-125.321-7
29NebraskaBig Ten5.16345
30MemphisAAC4.95322
31Iowa StateBig 124.7230-1
32Boise StateMWC4.75321
33Arizona StatePac-124.428-5
34Florida StateACC4.237238
35North Carolina StateACC4.15416
36KentuckySEC4.114913
37Virginia TechACC4.115720
38MinnesotaBig Ten4.1435
39TennesseeSEC4.098445
40NorthwesternBig Ten3.275111
41Washington StatePac-123.1731-10
42West VirginiaBig 123.1417-25
43PurdueBig Ten3.14529
44CincinnatiAAC3.13473
45VirginiaACC3.0635-10
46SyracuseACC342-4
47ArizonaPac-122.9339-8
48MississippiSEC2.85502
49UCLAPac-122.75556
50BaylorBig 122.65566
51Fresno StateMWC2.6124-27
52Appalachian StateSun Belt2.05597
53PittsburghACC1.938-15
54Kansas StateBig 121.5537-17
55Wake ForestACC1.4636-19
56CaliforniaPac-121.45582
57VanderbiltSEC1.2545-12
58Brigham YoungInd1.144-14
59MarylandBig Ten0.93645
60Texas TechBig 120.88622
61IndianaBig Ten0.787514
62North CarolinaACC0.31675
63ColoradoPac-120.27630
64Boston CollegeACC0.2651
65HoustonAAC0.12738
66San Diego StateMWC-0.258721
67MarshallCUSA-0.5561-6
68ArkansasSEC-0.5610032
69Georgia TechACC-0.6254-15
70TempleAAC-0.6448-22
71DukeACC-0.659120
72OhioMAC-0.6646-26
73Utah StateMWC-0.9170-3
74ToledoMAC-0.928612
75South FloridaAAC-1.29621
76Arkansas StateSun Belt-1.2969-7
77TroySun Belt-1.339417
78ArmyInd-1.469012
79Florida AtlanticCUSA-1.5577-2
80North TexasCUSA-1.7778-2
81IllinoisBig Ten-1.9474-7
82Southern MississippiCUSA-2.29210
83Florida InternationalCUSA-2.68830
84TulaneAAC-2.73895
85Northern IllinoisMAC-2.9779-6
86Western MichiganMAC-3.1959
87Louisiana TechCUSA-3.1936
88LouisianaSun Belt-3.1182-6
89Southern MethodistAAC-3.179910
90WyomingMWC-3.2666-24
91Alabama-BirminghamCUSA-3.6171-20
92LouisvilleACC-3.6211119
93Georgia SouthernSun Belt-3.75974
94Middle Tennessee StateCUSA-3.8468-26
95NevadaMWC-4.0381-14
96KansasBig 12-4.3360-36
97Air ForceMWC-4.8988-9
98TulsaAAC-5.091024
99Miami (OH)MAC-5.1480-19
100BuffaloMAC-5.2476-24
101Oregon StatePac-12-5.431098
102HawaiiMWC-5.481042
103Colorado StateMWC-5.8498-5
104RutgersBig Ten-6.571106
105Western KentuckyCUSA-7.061138
106Eastern MichiganMAC-7.4985-21
107East CarolinaAAC-7.57103-4
108Nevada-Las VegasMWC-8.341124
109Louisiana-MonroeSun Belt-9.78101-8
110NavyAAC-10.1106-4
111Kent StateMAC-10.281176
112Texas StateSun Belt-10.41107-5
113Ball StateMAC-11.131152
114CharlotteCUSA-11.52105-9
115Old DominionCUSA-12.13114-1
116San Jose StateMWC-12.521248
117New MexicoMWC-12.71214
118Bowling Green StateMAC-12.87108-10
119Texas-San AntonioCUSA-12.931278
120Georgia StateSun Belt-13.081255
121LibertyInd-13.83120-1
122Central MichiganMAC-13.921286
123South AlabamaSun Belt-14.03119-4
124MassachusettsInd-15.11116-8
125New Mexico StateInd-15.33118-7
126AkronMAC-15.66122-4
127RiceCUSA-15.95123-4
128Coastal CarolinaSun Belt-16.951291
129ConnecticutAAC-17.981301
130Texas-El PasoCUSA-18.06126-4