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ISR's -- 1992 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.
In keeping with my comments on 1993, we see a real confirmation that the game was different then. Overall, it was weaker, in keeping with Stephen Jay Gould's work on how dominant teams demonstrate weakness in the field at large, but that led to a world where a dozen teams stood head and shoulders against most others.
Which points out how delightful that Pepperdine championship team was. The feeling at the time among the small press and the fan base was that they had come out of nowhere and caught a hot streak to get through the postseason, but as you see here, this was a legitimate team, nearly the best the country had to offer that year.
A couple of other points of interest were also out in the LA area. The Cal State Northridge program went through a period of being heavily financially challenged during the 90's, but this was a really solid year for them; they were badly underseeded (remember that this is early days for even the bad information that the committee got from the RPI, so reputation counted for more than it probably should have; Pepperdine was also a #3 this year, which was part of the source of confusion at the time) as a #3 and didn't make it out of the regional.
Also of interest in light of current realities is Chapman at #39. Chapman has been a D3 power for so long (including a couple of national championships) that we tend to pigeonhole them there, but they had a string of successful seasons in D1 in the late '60's and early '70's. This was the peak of their early '90's attempt to rejoin D1 (I didn't include them in the 1993 or 1994 reports because they basically played hybrid schedules those years). Given that one of the things that would help out the West Coast a good bit on RPI bias would be adding a dozen or two more D1 teams out there, they should be kept in mind as a candidate (of course, this is being written in the fall of 2020, when all budgets are shot, so this is definitely long-term thinking).
Div I All
Rank ISR W L W L SoS Team
1 127.2 47 17 48 17 8 Texas
2 126.9 45 11 48 11 36 Pepperdine
3 126.6 44 10 55 10 40 Miami, Florida
4 126.2 45 17 46 17 17 Cal State Fullerton
5 123.7 38 23 39 23 4 Stanford
6 123.2 38 15 38 16 28 Cal State Northridge
7 123.1 48 16 50 16 41 Louisiana State
8 122.7 47 14 50 14 57 Clemson
9 122.6 52 11 56 11 96 Wichita State
10 122.0 39 19 41 20 14 Texas A&M
11 121.9 48 14 49 14 63 Hawaii
12 120.6 32 23 34 23 5 Arizona
13 120.2 38 19 44 20 25 Florida
14 120.1 34 21 36 21 10 Long Beach State
15 120.0 32 26 37 26 1 UCLA
16 119.8 31 24 32 24 6 Arizona State
17 119.5 36 10 43 11 94 Nevada
18 119.2 34 28 35 28 3 California
19 119.1 49 21 49 21 49 Florida State
20 118.6 45 19 45 19 58 Georgia Tech
21 118.6 36 19 37 20 31 Fresno State
22 118.5 46 16 49 16 88 Oklahoma State
23 118.2 28 26 28 26 2 Southern California
24 117.1 33 18 40 22 38 Mississippi State
25 116.9 44 18 46 18 76 North Carolina State
26 116.9 29 14 38 15 50 Texas-Arlington
27 116.8 44 16 44 16 89 South Alabama
28 116.6 36 24 43 24 27 Oklahoma
29 116.2 26 13 39 18 60 San Diego State
30 115.7 33 17 41 19 55 Creighton
31 114.7 42 22 42 22 69 South Carolina
32 114.5 27 20 31 22 30 San Jose State
33 114.5 33 25 35 25 24 Georgia
34 113.9 30 22 38 23 39 Louisiana-Lafayette
35 113.6 48 15 48 15 140 Notre Dame
36 113.3 30 24 30 24 32 Nevada-Las Vegas
37 113.2 38 21 40 21 74 Ohio State
38 112.6 34 18 36 18 82 Nicholls State
39 112.2 23 20 29 24 26 Chapman
40 112.1 23 23 29 26 16 Baylor
41 111.8 44 13 45 13 166 Kent State
42 111.6 25 20 35 20 42 Tennessee
43 111.5 28 26 29 26 21 Rice
44 111.2 26 18 31 18 67 Louisiana Tech
45 111.2 34 24 39 24 59 Tulane
46 111.2 36 20 36 20 92 Illinois
47 111.0 28 22 32 25 47 Cal State Sacramento
48 111.0 18 23 29 25 7 Texas Tech
49 110.9 29 19 38 19 77 Brigham Young
50 110.8 33 21 42 21 75 Minnesota
51 110.5 21 21 30 25 23 Auburn
52 110.1 41 18 44 21 135 Western Carolina
53 109.7 19 23 30 23 12 UC Santa Barbara
54 109.6 31 15 36 19 125 Michigan State
55 109.6 25 28 25 28 22 Houston
56 109.6 30 23 33 23 68 Kentucky
57 109.4 26 24 29 26 48 Mississippi
58 109.3 35 17 38 21 131 Stetson
59 109.3 34 17 34 17 132 Virginia Tech
60 109.2 24 24 31 26 35 Arkansas
61 109.2 29 21 31 22 71 Lamar
62 109.0 35 22 35 22 102 Virginia Commonwealth
63 108.9 19 24 23 27 15 UC Irvine
64 108.8 26 25 34 25 43 New Mexico
65 108.5 36 21 38 22 113 Southeastern Louisiana
66 108.3 34 22 36 22 101 Wake Forest
67 108.2 26 21 39 21 66 Washington
68 108.2 21 18 29 19 64 Texas State
69 108.1 38 17 39 18 152 George Mason
70 107.4 21 22 28 24 45 San Diego
71 107.2 34 19 40 19 130 Indiana State
72 107.1 26 21 31 23 83 Washington State
73 107.0 32 17 32 17 136 Richmond
74 107.0 27 27 27 27 56 New Orleans
75 106.6 32 21 34 21 119 Alabama
76 106.1 25 22 30 22 70 McNeese State
77 106.0 39 14 39 14 210 Delaware
78 106.0 24 22 34 22 80 Missouri
79 105.9 26 16 38 16 126 Duke
80 105.8 26 22 29 24 79 Vanderbilt
81 105.8 21 30 25 30 19 Texas Christian
82 105.8 38 18 43 18 160 Alabama-Birmingham
83 105.7 35 24 37 24 123 Louisville
84 105.3 21 27 23 28 37 St. Mary's
85 105.2 31 28 31 28 87 Southern Mississippi
86 104.9 31 27 31 27 90 North Carolina
87 104.7 27 20 30 22 116 Texas-Pan American
88 104.7 28 23 31 23 103 Southwest Missouri State
89 104.7 34 13 37 13 218 Maryland-Baltimore County
90 104.4 29 23 35 23 106 Central Florida
91 104.1 21 10 26 10 181 Yale
92 104.0 19 22 33 23 62 Iowa State
93 104.0 28 22 36 23 115 Florida International
94 103.4 21 28 25 28 52 Kansas
95 103.1 30 20 35 20 157 Indiana
96 103.1 38 16 40 16 221 Wright State
97 103.1 20 26 29 26 54 Northwestern State
98 103.0 28 23 30 23 120 Western Kentucky
99 103.0 21 28 28 28 53 Kansas State
100 102.5 34 19 39 19 194 Old Dominion
101 102.4 31 17 32 17 183 Rutgers
102 102.3 20 27 28 28 61 Sam Houston State
103 102.2 17 23 24 24 65 Louisiana-Monroe
104 102.2 28 18 35 21 167 Middle Tennessee State
105 102.0 29 26 31 27 121 Georgia Southern
106 101.9 24 22 31 27 112 Central Michigan
107 101.8 32 20 33 22 165 Ohio
108 101.7 21 25 31 25 72 Nebraska
109 101.7 20 23 29 26 86 Portland State
110 101.4 23 21 30 25 117 Purdue
111 101.4 20 36 25 37 34 Grand Canyon
112 101.2 18 34 21 34 29 Santa Clara
113 101.1 27 21 27 21 143 Hartford
114 100.9 29 12 31 12 248 Southern
115 100.8 31 22 34 23 158 Bradley
116 100.7 27 13 30 13 234 St. John's
117 100.5 18 23 26 23 73 Portland
118 100.4 27 29 29 30 104 North Carolina-Charlotte
119 100.2 24 18 32 22 155 Miami, Ohio
120 100.1 22 19 27 20 137 Mercer
121 99.9 15 36 15 37 13 Loyola Marymount
122 99.8 27 28 27 28 114 Maryland
123 99.8 17 9 25 13 220 West Chester
124 99.7 22 13 28 13 209 Vermont
125 99.7 27 31 27 31 105 South Florida
126 99.7 22 24 24 24 108 Penn State
127 99.7 18 23 19 24 91 Maine
128 99.6 12 25 27 28 33 Wyoming
129 99.5 13 33 20 33 11 New Mexico State
130 99.4 24 14 25 16 206 Massachusetts
131 98.8 24 29 26 30 110 Jacksonville
132 98.7 32 28 32 28 153 Evansville
133 98.6 24 18 26 19 187 Connecticut
134 98.5 30 19 30 19 207 Towson
135 98.3 12 31 17 33 20 Pacific
136 98.2 17 31 20 34 51 Utah
137 98.0 21 30 21 30 97 Virginia
138 97.8 17 26 22 30 85 Gonzaga
139 97.7 27 21 29 28 180 Austin Peay State
140 97.7 26 13 29 15 252 Fordham
141 97.7 18 13 31 20 195 East Tennessee State
142 97.7 20 27 31 27 100 Centenary
143 97.6 18 26 26 28 99 Iowa
144 97.2 20 12 22 12 242 Lafayette
145 97.1 26 23 26 24 169 James Madison
146 97.0 37 18 42 18 258 Akron
147 96.7 22 11 23 14 254 Fairfield
148 96.7 25 26 25 26 151 Western Michigan
149 96.5 25 20 29 23 199 Providence
150 96.5 17 29 22 30 81 Arkansas State
151 96.5 23 17 35 20 214 The Citadel
152 96.2 21 18 22 18 182 Northeastern
153 96.1 21 20 25 24 168 East Carolina
154 95.8 20 26 23 27 127 Ball State
155 95.8 28 25 28 25 173 Davidson
156 95.7 17 28 23 30 98 Oregon State
157 95.7 11 37 14 41 18 San Francisco
158 95.6 16 28 21 32 84 Michigan
159 95.4 19 16 22 21 205 Villanova
160 95.2 25 26 29 29 161 Winthrop
161 95.2 29 27 33 27 188 Coastal Carolina
162 95.1 22 7 28 9 273 LeMoyne
163 95.1 20 25 26 30 134 Arkansas-Little Rock
164 95.0 18 14 20 14 226 Princeton
165 94.7 25 22 25 22 203 West Virginia
166 94.4 28 27 28 27 184 Seton Hall
167 94.4 23 12 23 12 264 C. W. Post
168 94.2 17 27 21 31 111 Illinois State
169 93.8 20 26 25 26 145 Memphis
170 93.5 26 26 26 26 197 George Washington
171 93.2 12 36 12 36 44 Stephen F. Austin
172 93.0 11 34 21 39 46 Colorado State
173 93.0 22 35 23 38 128 North Carolina-Wilmington
174 92.9 14 23 23 24 122 Air Force
175 92.8 20 25 20 26 148 North Carolina-Greensboro
176 92.5 24 15 24 15 266 Long Island
177 92.4 23 19 23 19 243 Iona
178 92.4 17 30 18 31 109 Southern Illinois
179 92.1 20 20 27 21 216 Grambling State
180 92.1 16 26 22 26 129 Eastern Michigan
181 92.0 23 30 24 30 170 Eastern Illinois
182 91.6 15 18 16 20 186 New Hampshire
183 91.1 16 38 18 38 95 Northwestern
184 91.1 20 16 24 17 250 LaSalle
185 90.9 15 16 17 17 215 Pace
186 90.6 23 25 25 26 208 Jackson State
187 90.6 16 15 20 15 246 Harvard
188 90.4 7 20 19 35 78 Texas-San Antonio
189 90.1 15 23 22 26 159 Cincinnati
190 90.0 16 27 22 28 147 St. Louis
191 90.0 18 23 28 23 192 Radford
192 89.9 12 14 18 17 202 Boston College
193 89.9 16 29 16 29 138 College of Charleston
194 89.9 17 28 20 29 150 Detroit Mercy
195 89.7 18 13 24 14 269 Monmouth
196 89.6 22 30 22 30 172 Eastern Kentucky
197 89.2 13 25 18 27 141 William and Mary
198 89.1 17 24 19 26 179 Drexel
199 89.0 14 24 18 29 154 Toledo
200 88.9 11 12 22 26 223 Florida A&M
201 88.9 18 16 19 21 260 St. Francis
202 88.8 17 21 22 27 201 Southeast Missouri State
203 88.6 23 27 23 27 227 Illinois-Chicago
204 87.8 14 18 14 27 224 Brown
205 87.8 21 30 25 31 198 Dayton
206 87.5 17 26 20 28 196 North Carolina-Asheville
207 87.4 18 15 30 17 268 Alabama State
208 86.9 15 26 20 32 177 Tennessee Tech
209 86.5 15 40 16 43 118 Xavier
210 86.3 15 30 16 32 163 Northeastern Illinois
211 86.3 19 27 20 27 231 Liberty
212 86.2 13 32 17 34 142 Appalachian State
213 86.0 10 14 16 17 236 Pennsylvania
214 85.8 16 26 21 31 204 Furman
215 85.6 11 11 14 17 265 Lehigh
216 85.6 10 29 11 30 124 Texas Southern
217 85.5 13 19 18 20 230 Navy
218 85.4 13 14 18 17 257 Bucknell
219 85.4 17 23 20 24 241 St. Joseph's
220 85.3 15 23 26 26 211 Morehead State
221 85.3 18 32 18 35 193 Rider
222 85.2 14 20 19 22 233 Central Connecticut State
223 85.0 2 33 4 43 9 Southern Utah
224 84.7 14 31 16 31 164 Western Illinois
225 84.6 11 34 14 35 133 Bowling Green State
226 84.5 12 30 22 34 149 Northern Iowa
227 84.5 13 17 18 19 251 Cornell
228 84.5 15 17 17 21 262 Wagner
229 83.7 12 18 12 23 240 Columbia
230 83.2 13 19 20 24 247 Alcorn State
231 83.1 10 18 25 22 219 Pittsburgh
232 83.1 16 27 19 30 229 Valparaiso
233 83.1 9 39 13 43 107 Samford
234 82.8 11 24 14 27 191 Tennessee State
235 82.7 13 32 16 38 171 Campbell
236 82.6 9 25 15 26 162 Marshall
237 82.3 17 19 19 21 270 Fairleigh Dickinson
238 82.1 18 36 18 36 222 Northern Illinois
239 82.1 12 22 12 22 225 Brooklyn
240 82.1 13 27 15 35 200 Temple
241 81.9 9 31 18 35 146 Butler
242 81.6 11 19 12 19 245 Holy Cross
243 81.4 11 22 13 26 235 Army
244 81.0 10 26 12 27 178 Murray State
245 80.7 6 18 9 25 175 Dartmouth
246 80.4 11 16 22 19 267 St. Bonaventure
247 79.9 9 21 19 32 217 North Carolina A&T
248 79.8 10 26 13 29 190 Youngstown State
249 79.1 11 23 13 24 249 Hofstra
250 78.9 8 38 11 39 139 Virginia Military
251 78.9 12 34 12 34 189 Cleveland State
252 78.5 11 20 15 22 256 St. Peter's
253 78.2 6 25 8 30 156 Boston University
254 78.2 10 8 16 11 274 Delaware State
255 77.6 9 25 13 30 212 Georgetown
256 77.5 9 22 9 25 238 Mississippi Valley State
257 76.6 7 22 8 25 213 Rhode Island
258 76.1 5 29 12 33 144 Prairie View A&M
259 75.5 1 18 2 30 93 Georgia State
260 75.4 7 16 14 32 261 Wisconsin-Milwaukee
261 75.0 7 32 12 34 185 Charleston Southern
262 74.5 8 39 8 39 174 Howard
263 74.4 8 28 8 28 232 Chicago State
264 73.5 10 17 15 18 272 Niagara
265 73.3 11 21 13 22 271 Canisius
266 73.0 7 26 9 28 237 Mount St. Mary's
267 71.7 8 23 8 25 263 Siena
268 71.3 6 27 8 27 239 Marist
269 70.8 7 22 13 33 255 Maryland-Eastern Shore
270 70.3 6 32 7 33 228 Manhattan
271 69.2 4 19 4 27 244 Colgate
272 68.1 4 18 10 22 253 Duquesne
273 64.1 0 18 0 18 176 Bethune-Cookman
274 62.9 3 25 4 32 259 Coppin State
| Team | Missing Games |
| Howard | 1 |
| Stephen F. Austin | 1 |
| Chicago State | 12 |
| Bethune-Cookman | 18 |
On the St. Francis NCAA report, they list their first three games as a series against "FDU", with FDU winning two of three. Those games don't appear on the NCAA report for Fairleigh Dickinson or for the D3 FDU-Florham campus. For now, I'm treating them as games against a non-D1 opponent for St. Francis.
On both the Pittsburgh NCAA report and in their media guide, they list a 13-0 win over New Hampshire. The New Hampshire NCAA report doesn't list that game at all, and the W-L record on that report checks out without it. I'm treating it as a non-D1 game against an unknown opponent for Pitt.
I don't have a full set of games for Bethune-Cookman. Only eighteen of their games show up on someone else's records, so I'm guessing that they played a mostly D2 schedule this year. However, they did play at least eighteen games against D1 opposition, including the MEAC tournament (there apparently was no MEAC regular season that year), so I'm including them in the D1 list.
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