The Tribe comes in at #24 in collegeinsider.com's Top 25 among mid-majors.
Lunardi says we make it as a #12 seed. I say let's lock things up and go with it!
The Mid-Major Poll greatly underrates the CAA. There are 22 conference below the CAA in the Conference RPI who are eligible for the Mid-Major Poll, and 12 of them have their top team ahead of William & Mary, the CAA's only ranked team. Oakland (Michigan) is ranked ahead of every CAA team in the Mid-Major Poll but seven out of ten CAA teams are ahead of Oakland (Michigan) in the RPI.
(01-12-2016 03:07 PM)EvanJ Wrote: [ -> ]The Mid-Major Poll greatly underrates the CAA. There are 22 conference below the CAA in the Conference RPI who are eligible for the Mid-Major Poll, and 12 of them have their top team ahead of William & Mary, the CAA's only ranked team. Oakland (Michigan) is ranked ahead of every CAA team in the Mid-Major Poll but seven out of ten CAA teams are ahead of Oakland (Michigan) in the RPI.
If the CAA season goes close to on script, I would think that this will correct itself as the RPI's of the top CAA teams get a boost. If not then we will all suffer.