2005 Standings
| Team | Overall | Conf | Pomeroy | AdjO | AdjD | AdjT | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois 1 | 37-2 | 15-1 | .9824 | 2 | 124.0 | 3 | 87.4 | 11 | 65.1 | 251 |
| Michigan St. 5 | 26-7 | 13-3 | .9673 | 7 | 121.9 | 6 | 90.8 | 25 | 67.6 | 142 |
| Wisconsin 6 | 25-9 | 11-5 | .9499 | 16 | 114.0 | 30 | 88.2 | 13 | 63.6 | 297 |
| Minnesota 8 | 21-11 | 10-6 | .8830 | 43 | 104.2 | 123 | 87.4 | 10 | 68.5 | 112 |
| Indiana | 15-14 | 10-6 | .8572 | 52 | 111.6 | 45 | 95.5 | 76 | 62.5 | 308 |
| Ohio St. | 20-12 | 8-8 | .9049 | 31 | 109.6 | 59 | 90.1 | 20 | 66.6 | 195 |
| Iowa 10 | 21-12 | 7-9 | .9178 | 27 | 112.9 | 36 | 91.5 | 29 | 68.7 | 106 |
| Northwestern | 15-16 | 6-10 | .6873 | 107 | 101.3 | 161 | 94.6 | 62 | 62.4 | 309 |
| Michigan | 13-18 | 4-12 | .6736 | 109 | 103.2 | 136 | 96.9 | 94 | 63.1 | 301 |
| Purdue | 7-21 | 3-13 | .7149 | 98 | 106.0 | 96 | 97.8 | 109 | 64.4 | 276 |
| Penn St. | 7-23 | 1-15 | .4328 | 180 | 100.6 | 170 | 103.0 | 188 | 66.8 | 186 |
Ranking of conferences by average rating of the teams
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| Conference | Rating | Conference | Rating | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlantic Coast Conference | .8934 | 17 | Colonial Athletic Association | .4426 |
| 2 | Big East Conference | .8613 | 18 | America East Conference | .3911 |
| 3 | Big 12 Conference | .8450 | 19 | Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference | .3834 |
| 4 | Southeastern Conference | .8320 | 20 | Ivy League | .3779 |
| 5 | Big Ten Conference | .8312 | 21 | Mid-Continent Conference | .3773 |
| 6 | Pac 10 Conference | .7785 | 22 | Ohio Valley Conference | .3374 |
| 7 | Mountain West Conference | .7235 | 23 | Southern Conference | .3314 |
| 8 | Missouri Valley Conference | .7152 | 24 | Patriot League | .3277 |
| 9 | Conference USA | .7031 | 25 | Southland Conference | .2947 |
| 10 | West Coast Conference | .6531 | 26 | Big Sky Conference | .2418 |
| 11 | Mid American Conference | .6297 | 27 | Atlantic Sun Conference | .2196 |
| 12 | Western Athletic Conference | .5773 | 28 | Northeast Conference | .2171 |
| 13 | Atlantic 10 Conference | .5170 | 29 | Big South Conference | .2161 |
| 14 | Sun Belt Conference | .5124 | 30 | Independents | .1287 |
| 15 | Big West Conference | .4952 | 31 | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference | .1225 |
| 16 | Horizon League | .4704 | 32 | Southwestern Athletic Conference | .0736 |