Rank Conference Avg. RPI
1 Big Ten 0.5805
2 Big East 0.5697
3 Atlantic Coast 0.5649
4 Southeastern 0.5616
5 Missouri Valley 0.5490
6 Big12 0.5459
7 Pacific 10 0.5361
8 Western Athletic 0.5230
9 Colonial Athletic 0.5228
10 Mountain West 0.5189
11 Atlantic 10 0.5134
12 Metro Atlantic Athletic 0.5050
13 West Coast 0.5000
14 Horizon League 0.4994
15 Mid-American 0.4985
16 Big Sky 0.4968
17 Conference USA 0.4963
18 Sun Belt 0.4924
19 Big South 0.4837
20 Ohio Valley 0.4776

Nice very nice

Congrats WAC! You had a great weekend and are looking good for multiple bids. Keep it up!

This can't be said enough times...Realtimerpi is garbage. Here are rankings according to kenpom.com, who agrees very closely with the NCAA.

Conference W-L Pct Overall RPI SOS (Rank)
1 Big Ten Conference 105-26 .802 .5891 .5168 ( 7)
2 Big East Conference 127-43 .747 .5834 .5244 ( 4)
3 Atlantic Coast Conference 117-30 .796 .5793 .5021 (17)
4 Southeastern Conference 113-36 .758 .5765 .5214 ( 6)
5 Big XII Conference 102-32 .761 .5606 .5059 (14)
6 Missouri Valley Conference 66-27 .710 .5547 .5110 (10)
7 Pac 10 Conference 71-31 .696 .5498 .5108 (11)
8 Mountain West Conference 62-40 .608 .5280 .4957 (21)
9 Western Athletic Conference 57-49 .538 .5226 .5215 ( 5)
10 Colonial Athletic Association 67-49 .578 .5197 .4905 (23)
11 Atlantic 10 Conference 91-72 .558 .5191 .5115 ( 9)
12 West Coast Conference 49-52 .485 .5040 .5273 ( 2)
13 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference 45-46 .495 .5017 .5036 (15)
14 Conference USA 75-69 .521 .5002 .5027 (16)
15 Horizon League 46-51 .474 .4967 .5086 (12)
16 Mid American Conference 53-55 .491 .4953 .4965 (20)
17 Sun Belt Conference 59-67 .468 .4907 .5013 (18)
18 Big Sky Conference 46-46 .500 .4899 .4685 (30)
19 Big South Conference 29-49 .372 .4684 .4832 (25)
20 Ohio Valley Conference 23-49 .319 .4679 .5168 ( 8)
21 Patriot League 40-58 .408 .4644 .4803 (27)
22 Southern Conference 43-71 .377 .4644 .4900 (24)
23 Southland Conference 33-62 .347 .4640 .4950 (22)
24 Big West Conference 39-52 .429 .4601 .4539 (31)
25 Ivy League 41-63 .394 .4570 .4750 (28)
26 Northeast Conference 33-65 .337 .4547 .4811 (26)
27 America East Conference 30-67 .309 .4491 .5009 (19)
28 Mid-Continent Conference 24-69 .258 .4410 .5074 (13)
29 Atlantic Sun Conference 20-59 .253 .4394 .4691 (29)
30 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference 18-95 .159 .4238 .5256 ( 3)
31 Southwestern Athletic Conference 8-75 .096 .4169 .5366 ( 1)
32 Independents 69-127.352 .4125 .4476 (32)

8th or 9th, we're still in a dead heat with the scumptious MWC with a good shot at 2 in come Selection Sunday.

I couldn't be more delighted at the outcome of Saturday's games.

This conference is as killer as they come at MBB.

And people are noticing.

Yee haaaaaawwwww!

It was a huge weekend for the WAC we more than held our own according to ESPN B.S. "Bracket" USU and Nevada are in.

Quote:This can't be said enough times...Realtimerpi is garbage. Here are rankings according to kenpom.com, who agrees very closely with the NCAA.

Realtimerpi looks like they are using non-conf. RPI to rate conferences and not overall RPI.

WAC_FAN Wrote:

Quote:This can't be said enough times...Realtimerpi is garbage. Here are rankings according to kenpom.com, who agrees very closely with the NCAA.

Realtimerpi looks like they are using non-conf. RPI to rate conferences and not overall RPI.

No, realtime is still using the old RPI formula. As was perviously states, its total crap.

STill find it hard to believe MWC is ranked ahead of WAC but hey whatever.

wolf pack 1 Wrote:STill find it hard to believe MWC is ranked ahead of WAC but hey whatever.

We have SJSU and Idaho that have very low RPI's (below 250) that are dragging the WAC down. The MWC only has TCU.

Here is the breakdown

Air Force 49 << Nevada 25
Brigham Young 56 << USU 50
San Diego St. 59 >> La Tech 60 (Barely)
Nevada Las Vegas 92 << Hawaii 85
New Mexico 109 << NMSU 101
Colorado St. 131 >> Fresno 135
Utah 146 >> Boise 154
Wyoming 172 >> SJSU 267
Texas Christian 279 >> Idaho 306

The bottom 2 WAC teams have pulled the WAC down a little. But even with that it is still almost even in the overall ratings.

Quote:No, realtime is still using the old RPI formula. As was perviously states, its total crap.

What's the old RPI formula? The only change I know that was made to the RPI formula was that they added a bonus for road wins--but since they didn't publish what that formula was--it's impossible for any of the RPI imitators to implement that in their calculations.

The differences you see between RPIs like Pomeroy and CBS Sportsline is that one takes out a team's wins/losses against them when factoring out opponent's WL percentates and the other doesn't.

Regardless of the source the rankings still shake out about the same either way. The WAC is doing very well.

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WAC_FAN Wrote:

Quote:No, realtime is still using the old RPI formula. As was perviously states, its total crap.

What's the old RPI formula? The only change I know that was made to the RPI formula was that they added a bonus for road wins--but since they didn't publish what that formula was--it's impossible for any of the RPI imitators to implement that in their calculations.

The differences you see between RPIs like Pomeroy and CBS Sportsline is that one takes out a team's wins/losses against them when factoring out opponent's WL percentates and the other doesn't.

No, the home/road adjustment is clearly spelled out. As Pomeroy puts it, "each home win or road loss get multiplied by 0.6 in the winning percentage calculation. A home loss or road win is multiplied by 1.4. Neutral games count as 1.0." He has a more complete explanation here.

There were supposedly additional adjustments that the NCAA used, but didn't publish (the record-against-top-50 types of things).

Your second statement is true.