Originally sent on Sunday, December 3, 2000.

Yes, the moment you have been waiting for has come. The return of the MRI. As I kept saying last year, the MRI means nothing until after Thanksgiving. Well, Saturday was the first big weekend of games after Turkey so here is the top 25 in the MRI for the week ending 12/2/00.

RANK
TEAM
MRI
1
Duke
94.89
2
Michigan State
86.47
3
Tennessee
79.34
4
Syracuse
79.29
5
Virginia
73.29
6
Arizona State
70.94
7
UNC-Charlotte
68.99
8
Kansas
66.21
9
Colorado State
63.54
10
Illinois
63.15
11
Wake Forest
62.80
12
Georgetown
62.15
13
Seton Hall
61.77
14
Rice
61.44
15
Oklahoma
60.61
16
Iowa
59.68
17
Rutgers
59.60
18
Boston College
59.20
19
Notre Dame
58.77
20
Stanford
58.31
21
LSU
56.66
22
Saint Louis
56.60
23
Iowa State
55.72
24
Arizona
55.60
25
Vanderbilt
55.33

Other Teams People Might Care About

RANK
TEAM
MRI
27
Texas
55.01
57
Indiana
46.26
93
Miami
39.61
124
Purdue
35.11
200
Drexel
24.50

Beating Arizona hasn't helped Purdue very much because of that crushing loss to Central Michigan. And Drexel, well, now you know why I get so excited when Drexel wins a game

Enjoy. I know you all will be making fun of me Monday.

Return to 2000-2001 ArchiveReturn to MRISports.com

Copyright 2000 MRISPorts.com