NPI through Oct. 13 matches. Top 20 followed by Region VIII/IX teams above 50.0, which roughly represents the upper half of the division.
A total of 75 teams are above the 55.5 QWB threshold (74 last week). The current Pool C cutline — if every conference tourney goes chalk — is No. 41 Springfield at 58.93819. Data courtesy of NED3vball.
| Rank, Team, Rank change since last week | NPI |
| 1. Juniata = | 74.05511 |
| 2. MIT = | 69.99071 |
| 3. Johns Hopkins = | 69.23664 |
| 4. Emory = | 68.65104 |
| 5. Marietta = | 66.71078 |
| 6. Hope = | 66.46392 |
| 7. Washington and Lee = | 65.75799 |
| 8. Wisconsin-Whitewater = | 65.51394 |
| 9. Colby +1 | 65.29561 |
| 10. Wisconsin-Oshkosh -1 | 64.76327 |
| 11. Millikin +2 | 64.16486 |
| 12. Gettysburg = | 63.52086 |
| 13. Case Western Reserve -2 | 63.03413 |
| 14. William Smith +4 | 62.37641 |
| 15. East Texas Baptist +4 | 62.37386 |
| 16. Babson = | 62.35113 |
| 17. Franklin & Marshall = | 62.26578 |
| 18. Salisbury -3 | 62.16066 |
| 19. Ithaca +6 | 61.80278 |
| 20. Chicago -6 | 61.78713 |
| 21. Washington-St. Louis +5 | 61.76289 |
| 22. Wisconsin-Platteville -1 | 61.06542 |
| 37. Wisconsin-Eau Claire +11 | 59.11204 |
| 40. Illinois Wesleyan +7 | 58.99637 |
| 43. Northwestern -6 | 58.74021 |
| 44. Wisconsin-Stevens Point +10 | 58.3616 |
| 48. Hanover -2 | 58.15376 |
| 52. North Central (Ill.) +4 | 57.87323 |
| 53. Transylvania +9 | 57.79586 |
| 62. Coe +12 | 56.61289 |
| 63. Gustavus Adolphus +7 | 56.53204 |
| 65. Dubuque +4 | 56.46563 |
| 66. St. Catherine +1 | 56.3907 |
| 73. St. Olaf -9 | 55.87652 |
| 75. Bethel +10 | 55.58943 |
| 79. Carthage -6 | 55.3791 |
| 80. North Park -14 | 55.28083 |
| 83. Edgewood -8 | 55.15254 |
| 86. Nebraska Wesleyan -7 | 54.93758 |
| 94. Manchester +4 | 54.5679 |
| 96. Grinnell -4 | 54.50182 |
| 100. Anderson -18 | 54.2745 |
| 107. Wisconsin-Superior -3 | 54.01097 |
| 115. Wartburg -35 | 53.46295 |
| 116. Carroll -16 | 53.45245 |
| 119. Aurora +7 | 53.30961 |
| 120. Wheaton (Ill.) -6 | 53.28806 |
| 121. Mount St. Joseph +32 | 53.27703 |
| 126. Greenville -23 | 53.09743 |
| 129. Cornell -2 | 53.06319 |
| 131. Wisconsin-Stout -26 | 53.00379 |
| 147. Elmhurst +42 | 52.12682 |
| 154. Bluffton = | 51.7921 |
| 165. Concordia Wisconsin +12 | 51.43891 |
| 166. Illinois College = | 51.43713 |
| 167. Wisconsin-River Falls -10 | 51.43712 |
| 168. St. Norbert +17 | 51.39037 |
| 170. Carleton -11 | 51.29444 |
| 177. Central +6 | 51.0155 |
| 178. Augsburg +26 | 51.00059 |
| 180. Loras -15 | 50.93825 |
| 181. Saint Benedict +3 | 50.87676 |
| 188. Monmouth +6 | 50.50071 |
| 196. Fontbonne +23 | 50.08749 |
| 198. Benedictine +22 | 50.07442 |
-Ricky Nelson
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