CONFERENCE USA
RPI: #11
Sagarin: #12
**Record overall: 123-79 (.609)
**Record vs. Conference USA opponents: 17-17 (.500)
**Record vs. non-conference opponents: 106-62 (.631)
**Record vs. Division 1 non-conference opponents: 92-61 (.601)
**Record vs. non-Division 1 non-conference opponents: 14-1 (.933)
Record vs. the ACC: 0-7
Record vs. the Big East: 1-5
Record vs. the Big Ten: 1-2
Record vs. the Big XII: 3-6
Record vs. the Pac 12: 2-3
Record vs. the SEC: 3-3
**Record vs. the "big 6" conferences: 10-26 (.278)
Record vs. the Atlantic 10: 0-6
Record vs. the Missouri Valley: 3-6
Record vs. the Mountain West: 1-3
Record vs. the West Coast: 3-1
**Record vs. the top 10 conferences (the “big 6”, Atlantic 10, Missouri Valley, Mountain West and West Coast): 17-42 (.288)
**Record vs. non-top 10 conferences (including independents) in Division 1 (excluding C-USA): 75-19 (.798)
**Record vs. ranked non-conference opponents (AP): 0-10 (East Carolina: 0-1; Marshall: 0-1; Memphis: 0-1; Southern Mississippi: 0-1; Tulsa: 0-1; UCF: 0-1; UAB: 0-2; UTEP: 0-2)
**Record vs. non-conference opponents at HOME: 80-14 (.851)
**Record vs. non-conference opponents AWAY: 18-32 (.360)
**Record vs. non-conference opponents on a NEUTRAL court: 8-16 (.333)


**Current RPI of each member of Conference USA**
(in parenthesis is each team’s record vs. Division 1 opponents only)
-Southern Mississippi (12-4, 3-0): #48 (SOS: #139)
-Memphis (13-3, 3-0): #56 (SOS: #106)
-UTEP (9-7, 2-1): #81 (SOS: #26)
-East Carolina (7-5, 2-1): #93 (SOS: #85)
-Tulsa (10-7, 3-1): #107 (SOS: #150)
-UCF (10-5, 1-1): #127 (SOS: #155)
-UAB (7-9, 0-2): #159 (SOS: #86)
-Tulane (11-5, 0-2): #172 (SOS: #310)
-SMU (10-8, 1-3): #182 (SOS: #229)
-Houston (11-4, 1-2): #176 (SOS: #338)
-Marshall (7-9, 1-1): #241 (SOS: #196)
-Rice (2-12, 0-3): #321 (SOS: #187)


Remaining Non-Conference Games for Conference USA Teams
Memphis
-01/19: Harvard (8-5)...RPI: #87 (SOS: #117)
-02/26: @ Xavier (10-6)...RPI: #85 (SOS: #76)
Rice
-01/19: New Orleans (2-11)...RPI: #344 (SOS: #305)
UCF
-02/26: Georgia Southwestern (Non-Division 1)
UTEP
-02/23: @ New Mexico State (9-8)...RPI: #106 (SOS: #108)


**Current RPI ranking of the top 10 conferences in Division 1**
(each conference’s record is vs. Division 1 non-conference opponents only)
1. Big Ten…120-31 (.795)…0.5940
2. Big East…151-34 (.816)…0.5840
3. Mountain West…85-26 (.766)…0.5785
4. ACC…114-37 (.755)…0.5727
5. Big XII…89-32 (.736)…0.5712
6. Pac 12…109-41 (.727)…0.5680
7. Atlantic 10…140-77 (.645)…0.5510
8. SEC…117-58 (.669)…0.5435
9. Missouri Valley…68-42 (.618)…0.5384
10. West Coast…68-43 (.613)…0.5327
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11. Conference USA…92-61 (.601)…0.5125


Conference USA’s RPI Finish Year-By-Year
2012-13 (so far): 0.5125 (#11)
2011-12: 0.5292 (#9)
2010-11: 0.5366 (#8)
2009-10: 0.5170 (#11)
2008-09: 0.5206 (#10)
2007-08: 0.5178 (#10)
2006-07: 0.5088 (#11)
2005-06: 0.5015 (#13)
2004-05: 0.5336 (#9)
2003-04: 0.5490 (#5)
2002-03: 0.5447 (#8)
2001-02: 0.5388 (#8)
2000-01: 0.5259 (#10)
1999-00: 0.5583 (#5)
1998-99: 0.5452 (#6)
1997-98: 0.5355 (#8)
1996-97: 0.5341 (#9)
1995-96: 0.5624 (#5)


Conference USA’s RPI History
(Team’s records consist of W-L's vs. only Division 1 opponents thru all games played in the regular season and conference tournament):
2011-12
C-USA RPI: #9
C-USA schools receiving NCAA Tournament invitations: 2
*Memphis (26-8)…RPI: #16 (SOS: #20)…received #8 seed (West Region)
*Southern Mississippi (23-8)…RPI: #21 (SOS: #47)…received #9 seed (East Region)

2010-11
C-USA RPI: #8
C-USA schools receiving NCAA Tournament invitations: 2
*Memphis (25-9)…RPI: #28 (SOS: #46)…received #12 seed (West Region)
*UAB (22-8)…RPI: #31 (SOS: #78)…received #12 seed (East Region)

2009-10
C-USA RPI: #11
C-USA schools receiving NCAA Tournament invitations: 2
*UTEP (26-6)…RPI: #38 (SOS: #111)…received #12 seed (West Region)
*Houston (18-15)…RPI: #110 (SOS: #106)...received #14 seed (Midwest Region)

2008-09
C-USA RPI: #10
C-USA schools receiving NCAA Tournament invitations: 1
*Memphis (31-3)…RPI: #7 (SOS: #49)…received #2 seed (West Region)

2007-08
C-USA RPI: #10
C-USA schools receiving NCAA Tournament invitations: 1
*Memphis (33-1)…RPI: #3 (SOS: #27)…received #1 seed (South Region)

2006-07
C-USA RPI: #11
C-USA schools receiving NCAA Tournament invitations: 1
*Memphis (30-3)…RPI: #8 (SOS: #75)…received #2 seed (South Region)

2005-06
C-USA RPI: #13
C-USA schools receiving NCAA Tournament invitations: 2
*Memphis (30-3)…RPI: #4 (SOS: #31)…received #1 seed (West Region)
*UAB (23-6)…RPI: #32 (SOS: #115)…received #9 seed (East Region)

2004-05
C-USA RPI: #9
C-USA schools receiving NCAA Tournament invitations: 4
*Louisville (27-4)…RPI: #12 (SOS: #54)…received #4 seed (West Region)
*Cincinnati (24-7)…RPI: #24 (SOS: #53)…received #7 seed (South Region)
*Charlotte (21-7)…RPI: #31 (SOS: #99)…received #7 seed (East Region)
*UAB (21-10)…RPI: #49 (SOS: #92)…received #11 seed (Midwest Region)

2003-04
C-USA RPI: #5
C-USA schools receiving NCAA Tournament invitations: 6
*Cincinnati (24-6)…RPI: #11 (SOS: #23)…received #4 seed (South Region)
*DePaul (21-9)…RPI: #37 (SOS: #51)…received #7 seed (West Region)
*Memphis (21-7)…RPI: #32 (SOS: #65)…received #7 seed (East Region)
*Charlotte (21-8)…RPI: #34 (SOS: #58)…received #9 seed (East Region)
*UAB (20-9)…RPI: #33 (SOS: #35)…received #9 seed (Midwest Region)
*Louisville (20-9)…RPI: #24 (SOS: #16)…received #10 seed (South Region)

2002-03
C-USA RPI: #8
C-USA schools receiving NCAA Tournament invitations: 4
*Marquette (23-5)…RPI: #10 (SOS: #39)…received #3 seed (Midwest Region)
*Louisville (24-6)…RPI: #11 (SOS: #26)…received #4 seed (East Region)
*Memphis (23-6)…RPI: #26 (SOS: #77)…received #7 seed (West Region)
*Cincinnati (17-11)…RPI: #29 (SOS: #9)…received #8 seed (West Region)

2001-02
C-USA RPI: #8
C-USA schools receiving NCAA Tournament invitations: 3
*Cincinnati (30-3)…RPI: #2 (SOS: #23)…received #1 seed (West Region)
*Marquette (26-6)…RPI: #23 (SOS: #87)…received #5 seed (East Region)
*Charlotte (18-11)…RPI: #37 (SOS: #22)…received #9 seed (South Region)

2000-01
C-USA RPI: #10
C-USA schools receiving NCAA Tournament invitations: 2
*Cincinnati (23-9)…RPI: #31 (SOS: #63)…received #5 seed (West Region)
*Charlotte (21-10)…RPI: #48 (SOS: #77)…received #9 seed (Midwest Region)

1999-00
C-USA RPI: #5
C-USA schools receiving NCAA Tournament invitations: 4
*Cincinnati (28-3)…RPI: #1 (SOS: #5)…received #2 seed (South Region)
*Louisville (18-11)…RPI: #29 (SOS: #15)…received #7 seed (West Region)
*DePaul (20-11)…RPI: #30 (SOS: #25)…received #9 seed (East Region)
*Saint Louis (19-13)…RPI: #33 (SOS: #10)…received #9 seed (Midwest Region)

1998-99
C-USA RPI: #6
C-USA schools receiving NCAA Tournament invitations: 4
*Cincinnati (25-5)…RPI: #9 (SOS: #35)…received #3 seed (East Region)
*Charlotte (22-10)…RPI: #19 (SOS: #18)…received #5 seed (Midwest Region)
*Louisville (19-10)…RPI: #22 (SOS: #21)…received #7 seed (South Region)
*UAB (20-11)…RPI: #48 (SOS: #68)…received #12 seed (West Region)

1997-98
C-USA RPI: #8
C-USA schools receiving NCAA Tournament invitations: 3
*Cincinnati (26-5)…RPI: #16 (SOS: #71)…received #2 seed (West Region)
*Charlotte (19-10)…RPI: #31 (SOS: #20)…received #8 seed (East Region)
*Saint Louis (21-10)…RPI: #47 (SOS: #75)…received #10 seed (South Region)

1996-97
C-USA RPI: #9
C-USA schools receiving NCAA Tournament invitations: 4
*Cincinnati (25-7)…RPI: #13 (SOS: #47)…received #3 seed (Midwest Region)
*Louisville (23-8)…RPI: #18 (SOS: #56)…received #6 seed (East Region)
*Charlotte (21-8)…RPI: #27 (SOS: #62)…received #7 seed (West Region)
*Marquette (22-8)…RPI: #51 (SOS: #106)…received #7 seed (Southeast Region)

1995-96
C-USA RPI: #5
C-USA schools receiving NCAA Tournament invitations: 4
*Cincinnati (25-4)…RPI: #4 (SOS: #19)…received #2 seed (Southeast Region)
*Marquette (22-7)…RPI: #23 (SOS: #47)…received #4 seed (East Region)
*Memphis (22-7)…RPI: #15 (SOS: #27)…received #5 seed (West Region)
*Louisville (19-11)…RPI: #19 (SOS: #5)…received #6 seed (Midwest Region)

**Current RPI of each future member of Conference USA**
(in parenthesis is each team’s record vs. Division 1 opponents only)
-Middle Tennessee (14-4, 6-1): #43 (SOS: #109)
-Louisiana Tech (14-3, 5-0): #52 (SOS: #209)
-Charlotte (15-2, 3-0): #60 (SOS: #225)
-FIU (8-8, 3-4): #134 (SOS: #141)
-FAU (8-9, 4-3): #194 (SOS: #239)
-North Texas (6-10, 2-5): #263 (SOS: #231)
-UTSA (4-12, 0-6): #267 (SOS: #203)
-Old Dominion (2-15, 0-5): #317 (SOS: #166)

Here are Joe Lunardi's numbers:

1 (52) Southern Miss
2 (61) Memphis
3 (86) East Carolina
4 (91) UTEP
5 (128) Tulsa
6 (133) UCF
7 (163) UAB
8 (172) Tulane
9 (175) Houston
10 (188) Southern Methodist
11 (243) Marshall
12 (321) Rice


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