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Cincinnati and Xavier each climbed two spots in this week's Ratings Percentage Index rankings - the Bearcats moved to 28th and the Musketeers jumped to 53rd.

Kentucky maintained its hold on No. 3, and Miami is 94th.

Rating Percentage Index

CARMEL, Ind. (AP) - The Rating Percentage Index (RPI) has been used by the NCAA since 1981 to supplement the selection of at-large teams and the seeding of all teams for the NCAA basketball tournament. This list is an independent duplication of the RPI without input from the NCAA, which does not release the RPI to the public. The basic RPI is derived from three component factors: Div. I winning percentage (25)%, schedule strength (50)%; and opponent's schedule strength (25)%. Games against non-Division I opponents are not used in calculating the RPI.

Through Feb. 22

	W	L	Rating	Rank	RPI
1. Duke	22	3	.6353	5	.6800
2. St. Joseph's	24	0	.5867	32	.6799
3. Kentucky	19	4	.6192	7	.6580
4. Stanford	23	0	.5339	91	.6507
5. Miss. St.	21	2	.5546	71	.6451
6. Oklahoma St.	20	2	.5654	58	.6443
7. Gonzaga	23	2	.5562	68	.6401
8. Pittsburgh	23	2	.5415	84	.6379
9. Connecticut	21	5	.6007	21	.6375
10. Wake Forest	17	6	.6162	11	.6370
11. Providence	18	5	.6027	18	.6370
12. Texas	19	4	.5887	29	.6366
13. North Carolina	16	7	.6306	6	.6309
14. North Car. St.	17	6	.6089	14	.6303
15. Georgia Tech	19	7	.6007	20	.6241
16. Kansas	16	6	.6100	13	.6238
17. Florida	15	8	.6459	3	.6230
18. S. Illinois	22	2	.5279	101	.6227
19. Louisville	17	6	.6032	16	.6216
20. Seton Hall	16	7	.6175	9	.6200
21. Memphis	19	4	.5484	76	.6191
22. Boston College	18	8	.6183	8	.6188
23. Alabama	13	10	.6765	1	.6182
24. Vanderbilt	17	6	.5860	33	.6159
25. Louisiana St.	17	6	.5811	39	.6143
28. Cincinnati	18	5	.5642	59	.6122
36. Dayton	20	6	.5332	95	.5942
53. Xavier	16	9	.5688	53	.5787
94. Miami-OH	14	8	.5158	122	.5428
139. Ohio St.	12	13	.5117	133	.5096
146. Wright St.	14	10	.4622	230	.5023

Conferences

	W	L	Rating	Rank	RPI
1. Atlantic Coast(9)	145	72	.6135	1	.6143
2. Sthestrn (12)	186	95	.5924	2	.5995
3. Big East (14)	209	124	.5711	3	.5776
4. Big 12 (12)	169	106	.5651	4	.5703
5. C-USA(14)	185	134	.5556	6	.5559
6. Big Ten (11)	150	112	.5541	7	.5549
7. Mntn Wst(8)	107	76	.5456	8	.5502
8. Atlantic 10 (12)	159	134	.5557	5	.5457
9. Pacific 10 (10)	128	103	.5429	9	.5437
10. Wstrn Athl.(10)	125	106	.5303	10	.5306
11. Mssri Val.(10)	131	112	.5202	11	.5217
12. West Coast (8)	102	102	.5148	12	.5110
13. Clnl Athl.(10)	127	124	.4952	14	.4983
14. Mid-Amrcn (13)	147	150	.4882	16	.4924
15. Horizon (9)	108	115	.4896	15	.4889
16. Sun Belt (11)	117	129	.4822	18	.4834
17. Big West (10)	108	117	.4832	17	.4826
18. Metro Atl. (10)	120	132	.4796	19	.4801
19. Southern (12)	127	146	.4753	20	.4754
20. Atl. Sun (11)	122	142	.4653	22	.4688
21. Mid-Cntnt(9)	95	123	.4691	21	.4660
22. Amrca Est (10)	117	131	.4536	26	.4621
23. OH Valley (11)	107	143	.4637	23	.4588
24. Big Sky (8)	80	107	.4628	24	.4584
25. Northeast (11)	119	147	.4505	27	.4530
26. Patriot (8)	82	105	.4433	28	.4460
27. Ivy League (8)	68	108	.4580	25	.4446
28. Indpndnts (4)	25	65	.4987	13	.4410
29. Big South (9)	89	124	.4332	30	.4358
30. Southland (11)	88	135	.4344	29	.4313
31. Sthwstrn (10)	85	137	.4105	31	.4121
32. Mid-Estrn (11)	93	164	.3986	32	.3993