January 26 RPI Updates

All rankings courtesy of CollegeRPI.com.

Big Ten RPI Rankings
5. Michigan State
14. Illinois
23. Wisconsin
31. Ohio State
36. GOPHERS
39. Purdue
41. Northwestern
47. Michigan
72. Penn State
77. Iowa
172. Indiana

Big Ten Nonconference SOS Rankings (out of 343 D-I teams)
16. Wisconsin
38. Indiana
41. Michigan State
81. Ohio State
84. Michigan
105. Northwestern
147. Illinois
185. Iowa
199. Purdue
242. GOPHERS
326. Penn State

Wins vs. RPI Top 50 (37)
Michigan State 8: Illinois (14), vs. Oklahoma State (22), vs. Texas (26), at Ohio State (31), Ohio State (31), Kansas (35), at Gophers (36), at Northwestern (41)

Illinois 5: Wisconsin (23), vs. Mizzou (30), Ohio State (31), at Purdue (39), Michigan (47)

Michigan 4: Duke (1), Illinois (14), vs. UCLA (40), Northwestern (41)

Purdue 4: Wisconsin (23), at Gophers (36), vs. Davidson (37), at Northwestern (41)

Northwestern 3: at Michigan State (5), Florida State (18), Gophers (36)

Ohio State 3: Butler (8), at Miami-Florida (38), at Michigan (47)

GOPHERS 3: vs. Louisville (9), at Wisconsin (23), Ohio State (31)

Wisconsin 3: at Virginia Tech (32), Northwestern (41), at Michigan (47)

Penn State 3: Purdue (39), Northwestern (41), Michigan (47)

Iowa 1: Wisconsin (23)

National RPI Top 25 Rankings
1. Duke
2. Pitt
3. Oklahoma
4. Xavier
5. Michigan State
6. UConn
7. North Carolina
8. Butler
9. Louisville
10. Clemson
11. Memphis
12. Wake Forest
13. Georgetown
14. Illinois
15. Siena
16. Syracuse
17. West Virginia
18. Florida State
19. Arizona State
20. Tennessee
21. Marquette
22. Oklahoma State
23. Wisconsin
24. Baylor
25. Utah

From CBSportsline.com's Garry Parrish (MSU)

"Tom Izzo's Michigan State Spartans rebounded from that loss to Northwestern with a 78-67 victory over Ohio State on Sunday. More importantly, they got their eighth win over a team ranked in the Top 50 at CollegeRPI.com, which is more than any other school in the nation."

Here's hoping the Selection Committee sends Sparty (and maybe even a second Big 10 team?) to the Metrodome for the 1st and 2nd rounds, instead of Dayton, which is closer to East Lansing. Would make sense to send the Big 10's most dangerous team to a site with lagging ticket sales and lots of seats to be had. MSU will travel well wherever they go, so put 'em in a Dome.