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Mid-Major Rankings: Temple surges

Still undefeated, BYU edges out San Diego State for top spot

Updated: December 17, 2010, 5:35 PM ET

By Eric Angevine | ESPN Insider

All season long Insider will be keeping a close eye on teams outside of the big six conferences (ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-10, SEC) to see which squads outside of the spotlight look the strongest come tournament time. For more on our power-rating metric, Adjusted Efficiency Differential, built on the numbers of Ken Pomeroy, see our Week 1 post here.

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