A look the current Division III men's basketball rankings reveals how messy breaking up might be.

Their performance earned the team constant inclusion in MLN Sports' basketball rankings, debuting in the fourth spot.

The athletically successful prep schools appear in national high school football and basketball rankings, travel extensively and have some of their games televised.

"Most of the top 10 schools you see in basketball rankings are also first-rate academic institutions - Duke, Stanford, University of North Carolina," he added.

Elo worked with the USCF for many years, and the system is utilized in a variety of other games and sports, including USA Today's college football and basketball rankings.

This occurred two days after Ohio State fell out of the top 25 in the 2009-10 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings on January 4 in his absence.

Although Harvard never appeared in the 2010-11 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings, for a few weeks during the season they received a vote in the AP Poll.

As a result, the Owls began receiving votes in the 2008-09 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings for the week of November 23.

That Columbia basketball team would rise in the collegiate national basketball rankings to number 2 in the United States just below UCLA.

The basketball rankings are compiled by the USA Today Board of Coaches which is made up of 31 head coaches at Division I institutions.