2004 Standings
| Team | Overall | Conf | Pomeroy | AdjO | AdjD | AdjT | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois 5 | 26-7 | 13-3 | .9531 | 12 | 119.7 | 6 | 92.1 | 35 | 64.7 | 273 |
| Wisconsin 6 | 25-7 | 12-4 | .9712 | 5 | 117.9 | 13 | 86.8 | 8 | 62.4 | 310 |
| Michigan St. 7 | 18-12 | 12-4 | .9062 | 32 | 118.0 | 12 | 96.9 | 97 | 65.5 | 243 |
| Iowa | 16-13 | 9-7 | .8122 | 66 | 106.8 | 87 | 94.0 | 52 | 70.2 | 69 |
| Michigan | 23-11 | 8-8 | .9000 | 35 | 108.1 | 69 | 89.3 | 18 | 68.0 | 151 |
| Northwestern | 14-15 | 8-8 | .7291 | 94 | 105.5 | 97 | 96.8 | 94 | 61.3 | 315 |
| Purdue | 17-14 | 7-9 | .8279 | 63 | 103.0 | 130 | 89.9 | 21 | 64.7 | 272 |
| Indiana | 14-15 | 7-9 | .7449 | 90 | 105.0 | 101 | 95.6 | 76 | 65.6 | 238 |
| Ohio St. | 14-16 | 6-10 | .6172 | 117 | 107.8 | 72 | 103.4 | 191 | 64.7 | 276 |
| Minnesota | 12-18 | 3-13 | .6612 | 109 | 104.4 | 109 | 98.5 | 122 | 69.0 | 114 |
| Penn St. | 9-19 | 3-13 | .3386 | 210 | 94.3 | 261 | 99.9 | 148 | 64.8 | 270 |
Ranking of conferences by average rating of the teams
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| Conference | Rating | Conference | Rating | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlantic Coast Conference | .9222 | 17 | Sun Belt Conference | .4535 |
| 2 | Southeastern Conference | .8407 | 18 | Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference | .3945 |
| 3 | Big 12 Conference | .8347 | 19 | Mid-Continent Conference | .3929 |
| 4 | Big East Conference | .8255 | 20 | Southern Conference | .3829 |
| 5 | Big Ten Conference | .7791 | 21 | Big Sky Conference | .3643 |
| 6 | Mountain West Conference | .7531 | 22 | Ohio Valley Conference | .3401 |
| 7 | Conference USA | .7108 | 23 | Ivy League | .3062 |
| 8 | Atlantic 10 Conference | .7015 | 24 | Atlantic Sun Conference | .2993 |
| 9 | Pac 10 Conference | .6959 | 25 | America East Conference | .2507 |
| 10 | Western Athletic Conference | .6955 | 26 | Southland Conference | .2308 |
| 11 | Missouri Valley Conference | .6229 | 27 | Northeast Conference | .2258 |
| 12 | West Coast Conference | .5692 | 28 | Big South Conference | .1979 |
| 13 | Mid American Conference | .5201 | 29 | Patriot League | .1938 |
| 14 | Horizon League | .5129 | 30 | Independents | .1664 |
| 15 | Colonial Athletic Association | .5117 | 31 | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference | .1221 |
| 16 | Big West Conference | .4617 | 32 | Southwestern Athletic Conference | .0971 |