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ISR's -- 1991 Season
There are too many cases of unknown dates in the historical records that I used to re-create this data set for me to be able to do weekly updates as I have in later years, so these are end-of-year ratings only.
The score set behind this is incomplete, but it's close enough to justify publication. Teams with incomplete game records are listed at the bottom; in most cases, it's possible to find their D1 records by using "reflected light"; most missing D1 games can be identified through the missing team's opponents. Since most of these are unlikely to have played each other, it's likely that the great bulk of the missing games are against non-D1 competition and wouldn't have an impact on the ratings. However, it's quite likely for this year that there are some conference SWAC and MEAC games that are missing.
My recollections of 1991 are that it felt like a confirmation. As happens sometimes, the breakthrough in 1990 hadn't come from where it was expected - the Georgia team that won the first SEC title in 1990 was a solid one, but they really felt like the third-best SEC team that year, and it felt inevitable by that point that LSU was going to be the one to break through. They actually got that in 1991, and it wasn't a surprise, but it is interesting to see here that they probably weren't the strongest team overall. The coin-toss matchup with Wichita for the title was one of the strongest matchups achieved during that era, which is gratifying to see.
One other big story that pops out at me here is how good that Cal State Northridge team was. Bill Kernen took what had been a Division II power into the top ten and into the postseason, one win from Omaha, in their first year.
Div I All
Rank ISR W L W L SoS Team
1 130.3 42 15 46 17 3 Southern California
2 128.2 60 12 66 13 56 Wichita State
3 127.2 54 18 55 18 15 Louisiana State
4 125.7 58 10 60 10 86 Clemson
5 125.4 57 14 57 14 61 Florida State
6 124.4 44 22 45 22 9 Long Beach State
7 123.6 37 22 39 23 5 Stanford
8 123.4 42 18 44 18 25 Cal State Northridge
9 123.3 39 17 48 18 22 Texas
10 122.8 45 21 51 21 17 Florida
11 122.5 41 17 46 17 40 Miami, Florida
12 122.2 44 20 47 20 26 Oklahoma State
13 121.8 37 17 41 17 30 Pepperdine
14 121.4 41 22 42 23 13 Fresno State
15 120.9 33 27 37 27 1 California
16 120.8 31 15 40 20 33 Baylor
17 120.7 32 19 42 21 11 Mississippi State
18 120.4 43 22 51 22 34 Creighton
19 119.8 49 18 51 18 64 Hawaii
20 119.3 34 27 35 27 6 Arizona State
21 119.0 29 22 34 22 7 Cal State Fullerton
22 118.9 40 22 44 23 37 Texas A&M
23 118.5 44 17 44 17 83 South Alabama
24 118.3 30 21 40 22 14 Arkansas
25 118.2 38 22 38 22 43 Loyola Marymount
26 118.0 41 20 42 20 54 Alabama
27 118.0 36 19 41 19 51 Tennessee
28 117.3 44 20 49 20 71 Louisiana-Lafayette
29 116.6 49 13 52 13 130 Ohio State
30 116.0 34 23 40 23 41 Oklahoma
31 115.9 26 30 29 30 2 UCLA
32 115.7 35 20 41 20 60 Kentucky
33 115.4 31 19 37 19 53 Houston
34 115.0 42 24 42 24 67 Southern Mississippi
35 114.3 25 24 33 25 10 UC Santa Barbara
36 114.3 27 18 42 18 52 Texas Tech
37 114.2 25 18 31 19 46 Portland
38 114.0 30 19 41 23 63 Sacramento State
39 114.0 34 15 43 21 97 San Diego State
40 113.9 25 32 27 32 4 Arizona
41 113.8 29 25 32 25 20 St. Mary's
42 113.8 33 18 36 18 75 Tulane
43 113.7 38 22 40 22 79 South Carolina
44 113.6 20 16 37 25 42 Washington State
45 113.6 29 23 35 24 45 Auburn
46 113.5 30 25 30 25 23 Nevada-Las Vegas
47 113.1 30 25 34 25 32 Santa Clara
48 112.9 33 20 41 20 74 Missouri
49 112.8 39 23 42 23 82 Indiana State
50 112.7 23 11 35 15 104 Brigham Young
51 112.4 46 20 48 20 120 North Carolina State
52 112.2 21 19 28 20 31 Oregon State
53 112.1 24 21 34 25 38 Texas Christian
54 112.1 42 20 43 21 114 Jacksonville
55 112.0 37 21 40 22 93 Southwest Missouri State
56 111.8 39 16 45 16 134 Notre Dame
57 111.0 23 17 33 17 68 Sam Houston State
58 110.5 29 21 37 22 80 Nebraska
59 110.4 23 22 31 24 47 Mississippi
60 109.9 23 25 33 26 29 Iowa State
61 109.8 31 26 37 27 66 Minnesota
62 109.5 26 20 40 21 77 Northwestern State
63 109.2 42 26 42 26 113 Georgia Tech
64 109.1 27 27 31 28 50 Kansas
65 108.9 43 18 48 18 150 Maine
66 108.9 31 18 37 21 117 Texas-Pan American
67 108.3 37 21 43 23 121 Florida International
68 108.3 38 17 40 18 143 Evansville
69 108.3 27 31 27 31 39 Georgia
70 107.9 27 26 29 30 65 Alabama-Birmingham
71 107.9 34 20 41 21 126 Central Florida
72 107.9 21 27 31 29 28 Kansas State
73 107.7 33 19 36 22 129 Stetson
74 107.7 30 18 34 18 128 McNeese State
75 107.5 18 22 27 23 48 Washington
76 107.1 27 26 31 26 70 Louisiana Tech
77 106.3 30 24 34 26 102 South Florida
78 106.2 18 27 25 30 24 San Jose State
79 106.1 34 25 35 25 112 Western Kentucky
80 106.1 36 23 36 23 127 North Carolina
81 105.9 25 25 29 28 78 Vanderbilt
82 105.9 21 21 32 22 81 Texas-Arlington
83 105.7 27 25 31 27 85 Georgia Southern
84 105.6 37 15 39 16 182 Wright State
85 105.5 26 31 26 31 55 New Orleans
86 105.5 17 30 24 32 8 UC Irvine
87 105.5 15 21 23 25 36 Gonzaga
88 104.7 24 23 34 23 92 Michigan
89 104.5 17 13 33 15 123 Texas State
90 104.4 24 24 30 24 90 Memphis
91 104.4 29 18 35 21 140 Purdue
92 104.1 33 14 34 14 195 St. John's
93 104.0 24 20 25 20 119 Southeastern Louisiana
94 103.7 16 27 22 31 27 Pacific
95 103.7 12 21 29 24 19 Portland State
96 103.0 31 20 38 20 152 Virginia Commonwealth
97 102.9 17 31 24 33 21 Nevada
98 102.8 16 34 16 34 16 Rice
99 102.6 32 22 38 23 144 Indiana
100 102.6 16 22 31 22 73 Wyoming
101 102.6 29 21 29 25 142 Western Michigan
102 102.4 33 22 39 23 154 Old Dominion
103 102.4 32 15 37 15 193 Villanova
104 102.2 34 22 34 22 163 Kent State
105 102.1 28 27 28 27 107 Virginia
106 102.1 28 18 36 19 156 Detroit Mercy
107 101.9 29 12 29 12 214 Southern
108 101.9 26 31 27 33 87 Illinois State
109 101.9 26 30 26 30 94 Illinois
110 101.9 26 29 31 31 100 Louisville
111 101.7 34 22 37 22 160 Wake Forest
112 101.5 21 33 25 33 58 New Mexico
113 101.2 31 7 34 8 258 Delaware
114 101.2 29 14 35 15 194 Northeastern
115 101.1 25 15 34 19 177 The Citadel
116 101.1 21 22 28 25 111 Michigan State
117 100.9 21 15 24 18 153 Murray State
118 100.8 19 22 23 30 101 Utah
119 100.8 16 29 21 30 49 Louisiana-Monroe
120 100.5 31 23 36 26 159 Western Carolina
121 100.3 15 31 21 34 35 San Diego
122 100.1 30 20 31 20 171 Richmond
123 99.6 25 27 25 27 122 Northwestern
124 99.5 31 16 32 16 203 Rider
125 99.4 18 32 20 35 59 Stephen F. Austin State
126 99.3 27 31 28 33 115 Middle Tennessee State
127 99.1 16 21 23 26 99 Samford
128 99.0 23 24 33 27 132 Central Michigan
129 98.9 29 24 33 27 155 Ohio
130 98.8 24 30 24 30 110 Virginia Tech
131 98.8 20 34 25 39 72 Grand Canyon
132 98.7 28 14 32 14 218 Liberty
133 98.5 18 34 18 34 62 Lamar
134 98.4 21 27 26 28 108 Iowa
135 98.4 31 24 33 24 165 Rutgers
136 98.1 26 14 35 16 217 Providence
137 97.7 24 36 27 36 96 Southern Illinois
138 97.6 13 28 22 36 57 New Mexico State
139 97.5 28 22 30 24 181 East Carolina
140 97.5 20 20 29 23 148 Miami, Ohio
141 97.5 16 29 20 30 84 Nicholls State
142 97.4 33 27 36 29 167 Coastal Carolina
143 97.3 19 29 28 30 95 Cincinnati
144 97.1 21 19 23 20 158 Jackson State
145 97.1 23 24 28 27 141 Eastern Michigan
146 96.9 20 33 26 36 88 Bradley
147 96.8 12 37 14 42 18 San Francisco
148 96.8 22 25 26 28 138 Eastern Kentucky
149 96.4 11 38 11 38 12 U. S. International
150 95.9 23 26 29 28 147 North Carolina-Charlotte
151 95.0 26 27 29 27 162 Maryland
152 94.9 30 27 30 27 184 George Mason
153 94.8 26 19 26 19 210 Seton Hall
154 94.7 32 20 38 21 230 Akron
155 94.5 21 30 27 32 131 Eastern Illinois
156 94.3 21 27 28 30 137 Ball State
157 93.9 25 23 25 23 192 James Madison
158 93.9 29 26 30 26 191 George Washington
159 93.9 31 14 35 16 257 Fordham
160 93.8 15 23 26 26 124 Furman
161 93.4 18 19 26 21 170 Appalachian State
162 93.4 27 20 28 23 208 Towson
163 92.9 17 26 24 27 135 Duke
164 92.9 16 23 21 23 146 Western Illinois
165 92.9 18 11 21 13 241 Army
166 92.5 22 25 27 30 166 Augusta
167 92.4 15 11 19 16 224 Florida A&M
168 92.3 11 23 28 23 106 Centenary
169 92.3 16 24 28 27 139 Arkansas-Little Rock
170 92.2 24 21 24 22 209 Princeton
171 91.6 20 38 21 40 125 St. Louis
172 91.6 23 27 25 27 180 North Carolina-Wilmington
173 91.5 22 24 26 25 187 Massachusetts
174 90.8 22 18 25 20 229 Penn State
175 90.7 28 19 29 21 249 Maryland-Baltimore County
176 90.3 22 30 25 32 168 Illinois-Chicago
177 90.1 17 21 28 28 183 Morehead State
178 89.7 27 21 30 22 245 New York Tech
179 89.5 12 35 16 36 98 Wisconsin
180 89.3 6 33 18 39 44 Colorado State
181 89.2 16 18 23 19 200 Boston College
182 89.2 18 18 20 20 225 Harvard
183 89.2 11 30 15 30 103 Mercer
184 88.8 12 32 15 37 109 Austin Peay State
185 88.8 14 12 19 15 242 Yale
186 88.6 21 39 23 39 149 Xavier
187 88.5 13 20 15 21 164 Dartmouth
188 88.5 22 20 24 23 236 Pace
189 88.5 19 28 27 29 178 Toledo
190 87.9 13 22 13 22 157 Hartford
191 87.9 19 21 22 22 215 Winthrop
192 87.8 18 28 19 29 173 North Carolina-Asheville
193 87.8 6 25 22 27 76 Air Force
194 87.8 21 27 23 29 196 Davidson
195 87.6 9 9 22 12 232 College of Charleston
196 87.2 13 13 22 16 227 Alabama State
197 87.1 19 14 19 15 263 Holy Cross
198 87.0 14 35 16 36 133 Butler
199 86.6 15 18 20 20 221 West Virginia
200 86.4 19 12 20 17 266 Fairfield
201 86.2 17 30 20 39 169 Valparaiso
202 86.1 15 27 24 36 172 Northeastern Illinois
203 86.0 11 12 18 15 235 Navy
204 85.7 8 33 10 35 91 Arkansas State
205 85.7 15 20 27 23 211 Youngstown State
206 85.7 16 12 28 14 261 St. Bonaventure
207 85.5 16 18 16 19 240 Lafayette
208 85.4 16 20 20 24 222 Temple
209 85.3 18 24 22 24 207 Cleveland State
210 85.0 12 20 14 23 190 Grambling State
211 84.8 6 40 13 46 69 Hardin-Simmons
212 84.8 10 17 15 22 186 Alcorn State
213 84.6 18 21 22 21 234 C. W. Post
214 84.5 21 12 27 15 273 LeMoyne
215 84.4 10 21 18 25 161 Tennessee State
216 84.3 12 13 18 14 244 Vermont
217 84.3 13 35 16 39 151 Bowling Green State
218 83.9 15 18 23 24 239 St. Joseph's
219 83.8 12 26 23 29 176 East Tennessee State
220 83.7 18 38 21 38 179 Dayton
221 83.5 19 16 24 19 270 Iona
222 83.4 14 22 16 25 212 Connecticut
223 83.2 7 33 7 33 105 Texas Southern
224 82.9 16 20 22 20 247 Central Connecticut State
225 82.7 10 15 23 17 219 Cornell
226 82.7 11 16 17 19 228 Pennsylvania
227 82.4 19 18 19 18 260 Long Island
228 81.8 10 22 16 26 188 Marshall
229 81.4 12 20 17 22 223 Brown
230 80.8 13 19 20 22 243 West Chester
231 80.7 11 23 13 27 199 William and Mary
232 79.9 5 21 6 25 145 Mississippi Valley State
233 79.9 15 33 19 33 202 Radford
234 79.8 14 21 14 21 246 St. Francis
235 79.6 14 16 18 19 262 Monmouth
236 79.6 13 14 23 15 265 Bucknell
237 79.6 6 39 12 44 118 Northern Iowa
238 79.5 14 29 17 30 205 Charleston Southern
239 79.4 11 14 15 18 256 Wagner
240 79.1 17 11 27 13 274 Delaware State
241 79.0 10 26 15 27 197 Rhode Island
242 79.0 1 13 4 33 89 Southern Utah
243 77.9 5 30 15 35 136 Tennessee Tech
244 77.5 10 38 11 40 175 Campbell
245 77.4 6 17 16 22 206 New Hampshire
246 76.8 10 26 18 29 213 Chicago State
247 76.5 8 20 10 25 220 Columbia
248 76.0 6 18 11 25 198 Northern Illinois
249 75.8 2 20 3 21 116 Prairie View A&M
250 75.4 13 23 14 26 254 LaSalle
251 75.2 7 22 15 30 204 Pittsburgh
252 75.1 10 19 15 19 251 Mount St. Mary's
253 74.6 9 31 10 32 201 Georgetown
254 73.4 4 13 9 35 231 Wisconsin-Milwaukee
255 73.3 9 29 9 32 216 Howard
256 73.3 12 22 12 25 259 Siena
257 73.1 9 21 10 23 248 Hofstra
258 71.4 14 26 15 28 268 Fairleigh Dickinson
259 71.4 11 28 13 33 252 Canisius
260 70.9 12 23 14 28 267 Manhattan
261 69.2 4 29 14 38 185 Boston University
262 69.2 5 17 6 20 250 North Carolina A&T
263 68.5 5 15 9 18 255 Lehigh
264 68.1 3 16 13 20 226 Duquesne
265 67.4 2 34 2 35 174 VMI
266 67.0 6 28 6 28 237 Brooklyn
267 65.7 1 16 1 22 189 Bethune-Cookman
268 65.5 4 23 9 33 238 North Carolina-Greensboro
269 65.4 4 29 4 34 233 Drexel
270 63.9 6 18 12 24 272 Niagara
271 62.3 3 19 4 27 253 Colgate
272 61.5 5 18 7 28 271 Coppin State
273 60.4 4 20 12 29 269 St. Peter's
274 55.6 2 21 4 33 264 Maryland-Eastern Shore
| Team | Missing Games |
| Prairie View A&M | 18 |
| Bethune-Cookman | 15 |
| U. S. International | 11 |
| Texas Southern | 11 |
| Florida A&M | 11 |
| Northwestern | 3 |
| Chicago State | 2 |
This is the year that the records got messy (going backwards). We'll see if the trend continues when I get to 1990, but I have no records at all for seven of these teams, other than when they show up in other teams' records or in newspaper reports. Chicago State turned in an official NCAA report, but it stops a few games short of the end of the season, apparently.
There are a couple of other discrepancies in the MEAC records. The official historical conference standings show Howard with a record of 10-26. Collecting all of the games shown against Howard in other teams' reports shows a record of 9-32. In the absence of other evidence, I'm going with the 9-32. In addition, South Carolina State participated in the MEAC tournament and could have intended to be playing a D1 schedule that year. However, I can only identify 14 games for them, which isn't enough to usefully do anything with, so I'm not listing them here.
There are a number of games (12, I think) where both teams claimed victory on their game lists in their NCAA reports (and usually in their media guide history as well). In all those cases, it was clear from the records which team had actually won.
There was a game against Louisville where Florida State used an ineligible pitcher for a couple of innings of garbage time at the end of a blowout. When they reported this, the Metro Conference declared the game a forfeit in Louisville's favor. The NCAA overruled that decision, though, so it ended up on the official record as an FSU win. I'm fairly strict about those sorts of things, but in this case I'm going to list it as an FSU win; the misbehavior in question didn't affect the outcome of the game, and my primary purpose is to measure the quality of the teams' performances here. I will, however, look at the FSU ranking with a slightly-raised Dad eyebrow.
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