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Missouri Valley

1981 Season · 8 ranked teams

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Failing +
Avg Rank
71.4
Power Up Rank
Avg Rating
3.849
Failing +
Non-Conf Record
21-16
vs other conferences

1981 Standings

PlaceTeamConfConf %RecordWin %RankRatingTierNOWGame Status
1Drake (DRAKE)5-1.83310–10.909211.804Rebuilding ++25
2Tulsa (TULSA)5-1.8336–50.545442.621Rebuilding −+9
3Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)5-2.7147–40.636502.733Struggling ++20
4West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)3-3.5007–40.636342.307Rebuilding+20
5Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)3-3.5004–6–10.409934.286Failing +-3
6Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)2-4.3335–5–10.500793.727Struggling −-8
7New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)1-5.1673–80.2731266.722Rock Bottom-41
8Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)0-5.0003–70.3001246.588Rock Bottom-39

Place is by conference win %, then conference wins, then Power Up rank. Conference championship tiebreakers are not applied.

Rank by Week — Every Team
154474103132DrakeDrake — RS Final: #21Drake — PS 1: #21Drake — PS 2: #21Drake — PS 3: #21Drake — Final: #21TulsaTulsa — RS Final: #42Tulsa — PS 1: #43Tulsa — PS 2: #43Tulsa — PS 3: #44Tulsa — Final: #44Southern IllinoisSouthern Illinois — RS Final: #49Southern Illinois — PS 1: #49Southern Illinois — PS 2: #50Southern Illinois — PS 3: #50Southern Illinois — Final: #50West Texas A&MWest Texas A&M — RS Final: #38West Texas A&M — PS 1: #37West Texas A&M — PS 2: #38West Texas A&M — PS 3: #37West Texas A&M — Final: #34Wichita StateWichita State — RS Final: #93Wichita State — PS 1: #93Wichita State — PS 2: #93Wichita State — PS 3: #93Wichita State — Final: #93Indiana StateIndiana State — RS Final: #80Indiana State — PS 1: #80Indiana State — PS 2: #80Indiana State — PS 3: #79Indiana State — Final: #79New Mexico StateNew Mexico State — RS Final: #126New Mexico State — PS 1: #126New Mexico State — PS 2: #126New Mexico State — PS 3: #126New Mexico State — Final: #126Illinois StateIllinois State — RS Final: #125Illinois State — PS 1: #124Illinois State — PS 2: #125Illinois State — PS 3: #125Illinois State — Final: #124RS FinalPS 1PS 2PS 3Final

Power Up rank each week; higher = better. Hover a logo for details, click to open the team page. Larger logo = latest week.

Average Rating Tier
3.849
Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

Conference average on the 12-tier scale.

NOW by Team
Drake
+25
Southern Illinois
+20
West Texas A&M
+20
Tulsa
+9
Wichita State
-3
Indiana State
-8
Illinois State
-39
New Mexico State
-41

Green = positive Net Opponent Wins, red = negative.

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