February 18 RPI Updates

At least temporarily, Wisconsin drops a top-50 win from its resume, as Virginia Tech (#51) drops out of the top 50. For a multitude of reasons, Gopher fans would like to see Virginia knock off Virginia Tech in Charlottesville tonight. A Virginia win would solidify the 'Hoos (#92) as a top-100 win for the Gophers, while at the same time diminishing (even if only slightly) the Badgers' most significant nonconference victory. Stating the obvious here, but the Gophers-Badgers game two weeks from tonight is going to have major NCAA implications.

All rankings courtesy of CollegeRPI.com.

Big Ten RPI Rankings
6. Michigan State
13. Illinois
20. Purdue
28. Wisconsin
30. Ohio State
36. GOPHERS
54. Michigan
72. Penn State
83. Northwestern
108. Iowa
185. Indiana

Big Ten Overall SOS Rankings (out of 343 D-I teams)
4. Wisconsin
8. Michigan State
9. Indiana
15. Michigan
28. Purdue
32. Ohio State
37. Illinois
42. Northwestern
51. GOPHERS
53. Iowa
90. Penn State

Big Ten Nonconference SOS Rankings
26. Wisconsin
39. Michigan State
43. Indiana
78. Michigan
108. Illinois
121. Ohio State
169. Iowa
182. Purdue
196. Northwestern
223. GOPHERS
322. Penn State

Wins vs. RPI Top 50 (39)
Michigan State 8: Kansas (12), Illinois (13), at Ohio State (30), Ohio State (30), at Gophers (36), Gophers (36), vs. Oklahoma State (37), vs. Texas (44)

Purdue 5: Michigan State (6), at Wisconsin (28), Wisconsin (28), at Gophers (36), vs. Davidson (49)

Illinois 5: vs. Mizzou (14), at Purdue (20), Purdue (20), Ohio State (30), Wisconsin (28)

Northwestern 4: at Michigan State (6), Florida State (21), Wisconsin (28), Gophers (36)

GOPHERS 4: Illinois (13), vs. Louisville (17), at Wisconsin (28), Ohio State (30)

Ohio State 4: Purdue (20), Butler (22), Gophers (36), at Miami-Florida (50)

Michigan 3: Duke (5), Illinois (13), vs. UCLA (33)

Penn State 3: at Michigan State (6), Purdue (20), Gophers (36)

Wisconsin 2: Illinois (13), Ohio State (30)

Iowa 1: Wisconsin (28)

Big Ten Out of Conference Top-50 Wins = 11

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

Thanks for this info. It makes the "Wisconsin is not going to make the tournament talk" much easier to deal with.

GVBadger said:

Thanks for this info. It makes the "Wisconsin is not going to make the tournament talk" much easier to deal with.

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Badgers have two wins against top 50 teams, both at home against Illinois and Ohio State.
Not exactly an impressive resume.

They also have the 4th toughest schedule in the country and the 26th toughest non conference schedule in the country. They are also number 28 in the RPI. They have beaten two teams in the 50's or low 60's on the road and really only have one bad loss, unless you consider the Minnesota loss at home a bad loss, which I certainly do.

If the Badgers get to 10-8, they will absolutely be in the tournament, and they will not be in the infamous "last 4 in" category either. 10-8 seems likely, though the way they are playing, 11-7 certainly would not shock me.