December 30 RPI Update

[SelectionSunday]

Rankings courtesy of CollegeRPI.com.

Big 10
10. Northwestern
19. Illinois
28. Ohio State
30. Michigan State
31. GOPHERS
38. Michigan
50. Wisconsin
60. Iowa
73. Purdue
143. Penn State
187. Indiana

Big Ten Wins over RPI Top 50 (11)
Ohio State 2 -- Butler (2), at Miami-Florida (15)
Michigan 2 -- Duke (4), UCLA (46)
Purdue 2 -- vs. Davidson (16), vs. Boston College (37)
Michigan State 2 -- vs. Texas (17), vs. Oklahoma State (22)
Northwestern 1 -- Florida State (14)
GOPHERS 1 -- vs. Louisville (35)
Illinois 1 -- vs. Mizzou (49)

Top 25
1. Pitt
2. Butler
3. Oklahoma
4. Duke
5. Xavier
6. Clemson
7. Georgetown
8. North Carolina
9. UConn
10. Northwestern
11. Stanford
12. St. Mary's
13. West Virginia
14. Florida State
15. Miami-Florida
16. Davidson
17. Texas
18. Evansville
19. Illinois
20. UAB
21. Miami-Ohio
22. Oklahoma State
23. Syracuse
24. Memphis
25. Gonzaga

[burton34]

For the life of me, I can't figure out the RPI. How is a team like Northwestern ranked no. 10, while a team like Syracuse (12-1 against top competition) is ranked no. 23. Is there a site that can better explain how it works?

[Art Vandelay]

Your opponent's SOS is also a factor which is why the Gophers need minimum 10-11 conference victories because teams like High Point, SDSU, NDSU, Georgia Southern will start playing their conference opponents (i.e. weak teams) and their SOS will drop significantly.

[TruthTeller]

Perhaps WAGopher and Oleboy should read about the tough non con opponents in the Barn on 08.

:)

[WAGopher]

Perhaps WAGopher and Oleboy should read about the tough non con opponents in the Barn on 08.

:)

I think we both would like to see a tougher non-conference next year. But this year the schedule fit the needs of the team. Tomorrow we're going to find out if it was good enough to prepare them for Big Ten play.