College Basketball Conference Power Index

	CURRENT	PREVIOUS
CONFERENCE	RATING	RATING	CHANGE	MEDIAN	RANGE
Big Ten	84.0	84.2	-0.2	85.0	92-73
Big East	81.8	81.9	-0.1	81.0	90-74
Atlantic Coast	81.7	81.7	--	81.0	92-74
Big 12	80.6	80.9	-0.3	81.0	89-71
Mountain West	80.0	79.9	+0.1	78.0	86-74
Southeastern	79.9	80.0	-0.1	79.0	91-70
Pacific-12	79.7	80.2	-0.6	80.5	86-68
Atlantic 10	78.5	78.5	--	80.0	85-68
Missouri Valley	77.3	77.3	--	75.5	87-70
West Coast	77.0	77.4	-0.4	74.0	91-70
Conference USA	75.5	75.5	--	75.0	85-67
Horizon League	74.7	75.2	-0.6	76.0	79-71
Metro Atlantic	72.5	72.4	+0.1	72.0	77-68
Western Athletic	72.5	72.8	-0.3	73.0	78-67
Mid-American	72.3	72.4	-0.1	71.5	83-63
Colonial	72.3	72.5	-0.2	72.0	79-66
Big West	71.7	71.5	+0.2	72.5	77-64
Sun Belt	71.1	71.0	+0.1	70.0	81-61
Ivy League	70.8	70.8	--	70.0	79-61
Ohio Valley	70.6	70.8	-0.2	71.0	81-62
Summit	70.3	70.3	--	70.0	80-62
Patriot League	70.0	70.2	-0.2	68.5	80-63
Atlantic Sun	69.4	69.7	-0.3	70.5	76-58
Northeast	69.2	69.2	--	70.0	76-62
Southern	69.0	69.3	-0.3	68.0	82-63
Big Sky	68.5	68.8	-0.4	68.0	76-64
Southland	68.0	67.9	+0.1	67.0	77-62
America East	67.2	67.0	+0.2	66.0	75-57
Big South	66.7	66.8	-0.2	67.5	74-54
Mid-Eastern	65.5	66.0	-0.5	66.0	75-59
Great West	62.8	62.8	--	64.0	66-60
Southwestern	60.5	60.2	+0.3	61.5	65-49

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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