Quick commentary before we get to the ranks:
Here is how I would break things off into tiers - looking at the top 4 group of teams which I would consider elite:
1 Syracuse 5.57327
2 Missouri 5.34246
3 Duke 5.32054
4 Kentucky 5.23717
These are your top 4 teams right now, and I think it's pretty clear cut.
5 Baylor 4.77607
6 Kansas 4.43584
7 Temple 4.30743
8 North Carolina 4.29263
These are your 4 enigmas, plus my favorite mid-major coming down the home stretch. Baylor, Kansas and UNC are all incredibly talented teams and have more talent than Duke Mizzou but their resumes aren't as impressive. I wouldn't really be shocked to see any of these teams win the title though. By the way - it's going to be a ballsy pick to advance Temple as far as my rankings suggest in your bracket, but I think you'll be well rewarded.
9 Ohio State 3.93140
10 Michigan State 3.91670
11 Louisville 3.84783
12 UNLV 3.82251
13 Georgetown 3.80076
14 Marquette 3.77000
These are your 6 really good teams that have their most optimistic fan bases convinced that their team will make a Final 4 run. All of these teams have some sort of flaw that doesn't get exposed in 85% of their games that will probably keep them from winning it all. But their all good enough to put the fear of God into a #1 seed, and I wouldn't be shocked if someone from this group made the Final 4, much less won it.
15 Wisconsin 3.58215
16 Southern Miss 3.56030
17 Wichita State 3.50552
18 Michigan 3.47868
19 Creighton 3.44638
20 Indiana 3.30467
The teams in this group think their as good as the previous group (and in the case of Southern Miss and Wichita, might be - hard to tell with the mid-majors) but their not as polished and/or have greater crap the bed potential (re: Upset Alert presented to you by Gus Johnson) and/or lack the horses/depth of the above teams.
The rest of the rankings:
21 Gonzaga 3.11140
22 Virginia 3.08653
23 San Diego State 3.03990
24 Harvard 3.02138
25 Vanderbilt 2.96365
26 Saint Mary's 2.87574
27 Notre Dame 2.87516
28 Saint Louis 2.85709
29 Seton Hall 2.74711
30 Connecticut 2.70943
31 Florida 2.57716
32 Alabama 2.52870
33 Florida State 2.51733
34 New Mexico 2.49276
35 Kansas State 2.47616
36 Memphis 2.47338
37 West Virginia 2.45165
38 Purdue 2.41947
39 Mississippi State 2.39208
40 Murray State 2.35353
41 Illinois 2.30976
42 Minnesota 2.22706
43 Northwestern 2.20237
44 Xavier 2.15835
45 Brigham Young 2.08628
46 Iona 2.07992
47 California 2.05630
48 Middle Tennessee State 2.03723
49 Ole Miss 1.96606
50 Virginia Commonwealth 1.95913
51 Arizona 1.94220
52 Miami (FL) 1.93328
53 Cleveland State 1.89475
54 Cincinnati 1.89390
55 NC State 1.88690
56 Akron 1.84706
57 Oral Roberts 1.84055
58 Drexel 1.80364
59 St. Joseph's (PA) 1.78750
60 Iowa State 1.75429
61 Wagner 1.73180
62 Massachusetts 1.69174
63 Long Beach State 1.69141
64 Nevada 1.51068
65 UCF 1.44817
66 Bucknell 1.42409
67 Colorado State 1.41926
68 Northern Iowa 1.39840
69 Denver 1.39139
70 Wyoming 1.35962
71 Oregon 1.35403
72 Loyola (MD) 1.33711
73 Pittsburgh 1.32153
74 LSU 1.30366
75 Texas 1.26883
76 Dayton 1.24454
77 Washington 1.23871
78 Kent State 1.21448
79 Buffalo 1.21207
80 Davidson 1.17305
81 La Salle 1.16787
82 South Florida 1.16636
83 South Dakota State 1.16510
84 Arkansas 1.12648
85 Missouri State 1.09747
86 Colorado 1.07592
87 George Mason 0.97908
88 Stanford 0.93533
89 Duquesne 0.91585
90 St. Bonaventure 0.89673
91 Maryland 0.88533
92 Texas-Arlington 0.87497
93 Weber State 0.87388
94 Marshall 0.86912
95 Ohio 0.83703
96 Belmont 0.82639
97 Mercer 0.75878
98 Long Island 0.71971
99 Georgia 0.65953
100 Yale 0.65896
101 UCLA 0.65115
102 Montana 0.64826
103 New Mexico State 0.62556
104 Robert Morris 0.60164
105 Tennessee 0.58594
106 Lehigh 0.57226
107 Oklahoma State 0.43425
108 Princeton 0.37814
109 Iowa 0.33106
110 Valparaiso 0.31441
111 TCU 0.29814
112 Virginia Tech 0.28227
113 Drake 0.27282
114 Charlotte 0.25894
115 Loyola Marymount 0.22262
116 Nebraska 0.21755
117 Pennsylvania 0.17706
118 Manhattan 0.15926
119 Auburn 0.13509
120 Rutgers 0.09390
121 Providence 0.07683
122 Villanova 0.06586
123 Oklahoma 0.05910
124 American University 0.05225
125 Richmond 0.00987
126 Indiana State -0.01638
127 Oregon State -0.06191
128 Mississippi Valley State -0.07469
129 North Carolina-Asheville -0.11211
130 Old Dominion -0.11413
131 Illinois State -0.11529
132 Georgia State -0.18443
133 Butler -0.23360
134 Fairfield -0.23774
135 Penn State -0.25565
136 Lamar -0.26643
137 Texas A&M -0.38057
138 DePaul -0.38644
139 Tulsa -0.40264
140 UC-Santa Barbara -0.43838
141 UAB -0.47319
142 Milwaukee -0.47741
143 Stony Brook -0.55104
144 Tulane -0.56375
145 USC Upstate -0.56842
146 San Francisco -0.57953
147 Bowling Green -0.63049
148 Vermont -0.63245
149 Norfolk State -0.64663
150 Rice -0.65175
151 Evansville -0.68156
152 St. John's -0.68432
153 Cornell -0.69675
154 Cal State Fullerton -0.71283
155 Detroit -0.71450
156 Youngstown State -0.73768
157 Savannah State -0.74146
158 Washington State -0.75560
159 Green Bay -0.82497
160 Louisiana -0.83895
161 Tennessee State -0.84363
162 Oakland -0.85131
163 South Alabama -0.90635
164 Boston University -0.94221
165 Air Force -0.99656
166 Boise State -1.02144
167 Delaware -1.04185
168 Northwestern State -1.04482
169 Utah Valley University -1.06017
170 Clemson -1.06693
171 College of Charleston -1.08533
172 Wake Forest -1.08906
173 North Florida -1.14904
174 North Dakota State -1.15950
175 Campbell -1.16766
176 Utah State -1.17966
177 Georgia Tech -1.25149
178 Quinnipiac -1.29192
179 Albany -1.29375
180 Idaho -1.36388
181 Columbia -1.38027
182 Florida Gulf Coast -1.38991
183 Northeastern -1.40005
184 Charleston Southern -1.40332
185 North Texas -1.40607
186 McNeese State -1.44359
187 Georgia Southern -1.44672
188 Fordham -1.45613
189 Wofford -1.46068
190 Coastal Carolina -1.50413
191 Western Michigan -1.52966
192 Hawaii -1.56100
193 Wright State -1.57982
194 Florida Atlantic -1.59529
195 Texas-El Paso -1.60757
196 Tennessee Tech -1.66736
197 East Tennessee State -1.68253
198 Holy Cross -1.72373
199 East Carolina -1.73396
200 Texas Tech -1.76658
201 Portland State -1.78536
202 Arkansas-Little Rock -1.79924
203 George Washington -1.80814
204 Louisiana Tech -1.84126
205 Lipscomb -1.84637
206 Lafayette -1.85321
207 Fresno State -1.89693
208 Cal Poly -1.89727
209 Morehead State -1.91499
210 South Carolina -1.94250
211 Niagara -2.00074
212 Coppin State -2.03188
213 Elon -2.05045
214 St. Francis (NY) -2.05382
215 Eastern Kentucky -2.05847
216 Ball State -2.07014
217 Texas-San Antonio -2.13176
218 Eastern Michigan -2.13686
219 Eastern Washington -2.14582
220 Arkansas State -2.17005
221 Houston -2.17103
222 Texas Southern -2.18900
223 Southern Methodist -2.18967
224 Western Illinois -2.20160
225 Southern Utah -2.27320
226 Boston College -2.29206
227 North Carolina-Greensboro -2.33659
228 Virginia Military Institute -2.35785
229 Rider -2.39603
230 Delaware State -2.40648
231 San Diego -2.44144
232 Southeast Missouri State -2.45835
233 Stephen F. Austin -2.49025
234 Cal State Bakersfield -2.49985
235 Siena -2.50673
236 North Carolina-Wilmington -2.50791
237 Southern Illinois -2.52986
238 Central Connecticut State -2.60591
239 Austin Peay -2.64852
240 Bradley -2.66068
241 USC -2.67796
242 Southern University -2.72323
243 Bethune-Cookman -2.81634
244 North Carolina A&T -2.81740
245 Idaho State -2.87988
246 James Madison -2.90714
247 Furman -2.93732
248 Marist -2.94756
249 North Carolina Central -2.97130
250 UC Riverside -2.97966
251 IPFW -2.99220
252 Miami (OH) -3.03679
253 Portland -3.13158
254 North Dakota -3.13387
255 Sam Houston State -3.16860
256 Sacred Heart -3.20804
257 Jacksonville State -3.25115
258 IUPUI -3.27574
259 Arizona State -3.28880
260 Santa Clara -3.32120
261 New Jersey Tech -3.32959
262 Central Michigan -3.38236
263 Hofstra -3.39712
264 Troy -3.40026
265 UC Irvine -3.41400
266 Missouri-Kansas City -3.43807
267 Winthrop -3.46579
268 Western Carolina -3.49845
269 Pepperdine -3.50271
270 Appalachian State -3.52988
271 Rhode Island -3.53162
272 Monmouth -3.56184
273 Gardner-Webb -3.67488
274 Maine -3.73302
275 Army -3.73636
276 South Dakota -3.76188
277 Alabama State -3.76983
278 Nicholls State -3.80200
279 Toledo -3.82426
280 Prairie View A&M -3.82661
281 Northern Colorado -3.89083
282 Chattanooga -3.93956
283 Texas-Pan American -3.94452
284 Utah -3.94675
285 Western Kentucky -3.95810
286 Pacific -3.98684
287 San Jose State -4.02561
288 High Point -4.08808
289 Southeastern Louisiana -4.15247
290 Florida International -4.18499
291 Stetson -4.19107
292 Arkansas-Pine Bluff -4.19786
293 Presbyterian -4.38618
294 UIC -4.40907
295 Maryland-Eastern Shore -4.42936
296 Eastern Illinois -4.43559
297 Howard -4.49198
298 Montana State -4.52127
299 Seattle -4.55721
300 Samford -4.59328
301 Loyola (Chicago) -4.60771
302 St. Peter's -4.64615
303 Jackson State -4.64753
304 Houston Baptist -4.65669
305 Alcorn State -4.68210
306 Texas State -4.68597
307 Jacksonville -4.72580
308 Colgate -4.81160
309 Liberty -4.84997
310 Alabama A&M -4.93257
311 Hampton -4.93771
312 New Hampshire -4.95438
313 Sacramento State -5.02233
314 Central Arkansas -5.06444
315 Mount St. Mary's -5.09284
316 Longwood -5.21284
317 Cal State Northridge -5.26138
318 St. Francis (PA) -5.28554
319 Brown -5.35636
320 Morgan State -5.38694
321 William & Mary -5.41637
322 Florida A&M -5.78449
323 Dartmouth -5.80613
324 Kennesaw State -5.80778
325 Towson -5.85204
326 South Carolina State -5.99526
327 Hartford -6.27194
328 SIU Edwardsville -6.50029
329 Chicago State -6.56123
330 Radford -6.69883
331 Canisius -6.85829
332 Northern Arizona -6.90258
333 Grambling State -6.90545
334 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi -7.05738
335 Northern Illinois -7.12913
336 Citadel -7.36524
337 Bryant -7.56167
338 Louisiana-Monroe -7.70052
339 Maryland-Baltimore County -7.89260
340 Tennessee-Martin -7.93458
341 UC Davis -8.26288
342 Navy -8.30560
343 Fairleigh Dickinson -8.36341
344 Binghamton -9.77273
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