CURRENT	PREVIOUS
CONFERENCE	RATING	RATING	CHANGE	MEDIAN	RANGE
Big Ten	84.1	84.2	-0.1	83.5	92-75
Big East	82.9	83.4	-0.5	83.0	90-73
Atlantic Coast	82.2	81.8	+0.3	82.5	90-74
Big 12	82.1	82.5	-0.4	84.5	91-67
Southeastern	82.1	82.6	-0.6	80.0	95-77
Mountain West	80.2	79.4	+0.8	80.0	87-73
Pacific-12	79.8	79.0	+0.8	80.5	87-67
Atlantic 10	79.8	79.3	+0.4	80.0	88-71
Missouri Valley	78.0	77.8	+0.2	76.5	88-70
West Coast	77.8	77.7	+0.1	75.0	88-71
Conference USA	76.4	76.8	-0.3	75.5	88-69
Horizon League	73.9	73.2	+0.7	76.0	79-69
Colonial	73.5	72.9	+0.6	74.0	83-65
Mid-American	73.2	73.8	-0.5	72.0	84-64
Western Athletic	73.2	73.5	-0.3	72.5	80-67
Ivy League	72.2	72.1	+0.1	71.0	81-66
Metro Atlantic	71.8	71.0	+0.8	70.5	79-63
Big West	71.7	71.7	--	72.0	81-62
Summit	71.0	64.2	+6.8	70.0	83-60
Patriot League	70.8	70.0	+0.8	71.0	79-62
Sun Belt	70.4	71.0	-0.6	71.0	82-61
Ohio Valley	70.3	71.3	-1.0	70.0	83-60
Atlantic Sun	70.3	63.7	+6.6	70.0	79-59
Northeast	69.5	67.8	+1.7	69.0	79-58
Southern	69.3	68.8	+0.6	68.5	84-63
Big Sky	69.3	69.2	+0.1	69.0	78-63
Southland	68.2	68.3	-0.1	67.5	77-59
America East	67.7	67.9	-0.2	68.0	75-59
Big South	67.3	67.8	-0.4	67.5	74-54
Mid-Eastern	66.1	66.3	-0.2	66.0	75-59
Great West	64.6	64.4	+0.2	64.0	67-62
Southwestern	60.9	61.3	-0.4	62.0	66-49

The Conference Power Index is a numerical value indicating the relative strength of a conference. It is determined by adding the Glantz-Culver Power Index rating for each member of a conference and dividing that number by the number of teams. MEDIAN is the index of the middle-rated school in the conference. If the conference has an even number of schools, it is the figure midway between the two middle-rated teams.

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