Field of 68 Projection (1/17/11)

All RPI references are courtesy of Jerry Palm's CollegeRPI.com web site. RPI ratings are through games played Sunday, January 16.

*Denotes current conference leader/best RPI in multiple-bid league.

America East (1): Maine (205)

ACC (5): *Duke (10), North Carolina (25), Boston College (35), Florida State (67), Virginia Tech (73)

Atlantic Sun (1): Belmont (80)

Atlantic 10 (2): Temple (29), *Xavier (37)

Big East (10): *Syracuse (3), Pitt (5), UConn (7), Georgetown (8), West Virginia (9), Villanova (11), St. John's (13), Notre Dame (14), Louisville (39), Marquette (69)

Big Sky (1): Northern Colorado (139)

Big South (1): Coastal Carolina (72)

Big 10 (6): *Ohio State (6), Purdue (15), Michigan State (18), Minnesota (23), Wisconsin (30), Illinois (34)

Big 12 (6): Kansas (1), *Texas A&M (17), Mizzou (40), Texas (41), Kansas State (50), Colorado (71)

Big West (1): Long Beach State (86)

Colonial (2): Old Dominion (31), *James Madison (61)

Conference USA (2): UCF (19), *Southern Miss (54)

Horizon (2): Butler (26), *Valpo (48)

Ivy (1): Harvard (45)

MAAC (1): Iona (89)

MAC (1): Ball State (88)

MEAC (1): Bethune-Cookman (189)

Missouri Valley (1): Missouri State (36)

Mountain West (3): *San Diego State (2), BYU (4), UNLV (20)

Northeast (1): Long Island (151)

Ohio Valley (1): Austin Peay (103)

Pac 10 (4): *Washington (21), Arizona (28), Wazzu (56), UCLA (64)

Patriot (1): Bucknell (82)

SEC (5): *Kentucky (12), Florida (16), Vandy (22), Tennessee (24), Georgia (38)

Southern (1): Chattanooga (188)

Southland (1): McNeese State (127)

SWAC (1): Texas Southern (159)

Summit (1): Oakland (68)

Sun Belt (1): Florida Atlantic (102)

West Coast (2): *St. Mary's (33), Gonzaga (46)

WAC (1): Utah State (44)


Non-BCS At-Larges (7): BYU (4), UCF (19), UNLV (20), Butler (26), Temple (29), Old Dominion (31), Gonzaga (46)

Last 4 In: Wazzu (56), UCLA (64), Marquette (69), Virginia Tech (73)

First 4 Out: Miami-Florida (32), Oklahoma State (42), Cincinnati (51), College of Charleston (75)

Others on the Radar (8): Cleveland State (27), Wichita State (43), Portland (47), Penn State (57), Dayton (65), UTEP (66), Richmond (83), South Carolina (94)

Power 6 Teams in the Field: 36 (52.9%)

Non-Power 6 Teams in the Field: 32 (47.1%)


Next Field of 68 Projection: Monday, January 31st

I laugh at how VT can find itself on the last 4 in, even with 68 teams. Poor Seth Greenburg. It's also stunning that Cincy can be out, yet ranked in the Top 25 (I'm not doubting SS, more the AP voters.)

LOL - Va Tech would somehow still be part of the last 4 in if the field expanded to 325 teams. They always seem to have the best quality wins of bubble teams but the worst RPI every year.

SS - how far away is N'western from the radar? If Luka Murkovic makes that FT against Michigan State are we talking about a bubble team right now IYO?