Besides Norfolk State at 140, College Sports Madness has Evansville at 125 (!!?!), UNI at 103, and Davidson at 85. If we had Furman on the schedule, they're at 79.
Norfolk State won't be anywhere near 140. CSM's system of the top 144 previews includes the teams they believe will win the weakest conferences-- the ones without teams in the top 200-- such as the MEAC, SWAC, and NEC.
CSM has three MVC teams listed better than 79... Loyola, Drake, and Missouri State. So we'll have more games against teams in/near the top 100 this season than any year in recent memory.... 2 against Drake, 2 against Missouri State, 2 against UNI, Davidson, Michigan State, and the two final games of the Battle4Atlantis. Vandy isn't going to be very good this season (they finished 14th in the SEC last year), but they'll still probably be near the top 100-- they were 104 in KenPom last year, and the worst SEC team was 137. Same is possible with DePaul if they win a few non-cons and win some home conference games against the bottom half of the Big East. Two years ago, DePaul finished 3-15 in the Big East, but won most of their non-cons to rank 94 in KenPom. So we could have 10-12 games against teams in KenPom's top 100 if things break a little better than expected for us.
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