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Weekly NPI update (through 10/6/24)
NPI update through matches of Sept. 6. Figures courtesy of NED3vball.
National top 20 followed by the remaining Region VIII/IX programs above 50.0, which is firmly in the upper half of the division. A total of 74 teams are above the 55.5 QWB threshold (70 last week). The current Pool C cutline — if every conference tourney goes chalk — is No. 44 Trinity (Conn.) at 58.0156.
| Rank, Team, Rank change since last week | NPI |
| 1. Juniata = | 72.65188 |
| 2. MIT = | 69.11196 |
| 3. Johns Hopkins = | 67.20783 |
| 4. Emory = | 65.99827 |
| 5. Marietta +2 | 65.61209 |
| 6. Hope -1 | 65.52927 |
| 7. Washington and Lee +5 | 64.61767 |
| 8. Wisconsin-Whitewater +3 | 64.28301 |
| 9. Wisconsin-Oshkosh -3 | 63.98084 |
| 10. Colby +5 | 63.84732 |
| 11. Case Western Reserve -2 | 63.76954 |
| 12. Gettysburg -2 | 63.67822 |
| 13. Millikin -5 | 62.88588 |
| 14. Chicago +2 | 61.99543 |
| 15. Salisbury +6 | 61.89731 |
| 16. Babson +13 | 61.85505 |
| 17. Franklin & Marshall -3 | 61.82804 |
| 18. William Smith +1 | 61.78377 |
| 19. East Texas Baptist -1 | 61.73569 |
| 20. Christopher Newport -3 | 61.33527 |
| 21. Wisconsin-Platteville -8 | 60.95414 |
| 26. Washington-St. Louis -3 | 60.26062 |
| 37. Northwestern +5 | 58.49495 |
| 46. Hanover -18 | 57.92747 |
| 47. Illinois Wesleyan +24 | 57.87572 |
| 48. Wisconsin-Eau Claire -16 | 57.81833 |
| 54. Wisconsin-Stevens Point -2 | 57.45902 |
| 56. North Central (Ill.) +17 | 57.17888 |
| 62. Transylvania +7 | 56.81356 |
| 64. St. Olaf -4 | 56.51360 |
| 66. North Park -30 | 56.31498 |
| 67. St. Catherine +32 | 56.02543 |
| 69. Dubuque +16 | 55.96391 |
| 70. Gustavus Adolphus -2 | 55.91843 |
| 73. Carthage -7 | 55.72027 |
| 74. Coe -4 | 55.67265 |
| 75. Edgewood +50 | 55.44717 |
| 79. Nebraska Wesleyan -24 | 55.33977 |
| 80. Wartburg +8 | 55.31236 |
| 82. Anderson +8 | 55.23773 |
| 85. Bethel +10 | 55.12975 |
| 92. Grinnell -11 | 54.70504 |
| 98. Manchester +10 | 54.19281 |
| 100. Carroll -23 | 54.17527 |
| 103. Greenville +15 | 53.98985 |
| 104. Wisconsin-Superior -13 | 53.97636 |
| 105. Wisconsin-Stout +12 | 53.96017 |
| 114. Wheaton (Ill.) -12 | 53.34135 |
| 126. Aurora +3 | 52.74884 |
| 127. Cornell -3 | 52.70182 |
| 153. Mount St. Joseph +61 | 51.54855 |
| 154. Bluffton -23 | 51.52261 |
| 157. Wisconsin-River Falls -22 | 51.43218 |
| 159. Carleton -39 | 51.41889 |
| 165. Loras -12 | 51.28781 |
| 166. Illinois College +6 | 51.22715 |
| 177. Concordia Wisconsin +22 | 50.76293 |
| 184. Saint Benedict +17 | 50.57147 |
| 185. St. Norbert +11 | 50.56959 |
| 186. Simpson -12 | 50.47981 |
| 188. Augustana -10 | 50.40026 |
| 189. Elmhurst -12 | 50.27639 |
| 194. Monmouth…
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