Data below includes all games played through Saturday February 2, 2013. RPI is from Jerry Palm at CBSSports.com.


CONFERENCE USA
RPI: #11
Sagarin: #12
**Record overall: 152-106 (.589)
**Record vs. Conference USA opponents: 44-44 (.500)
**Record vs. non-conference opponents: 108-62 (.635)
**Record vs. Division 1 non-conference opponents: 94-61 (.606)
**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: 3-5
Record vs. the Pac 12: 2-3
Record vs. the SEC: 3-4
**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): 77-19 (.802)
**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: 82-14 (.854)
**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 (16-4, 7-0): #36 (SOS: #124)
-Memphis (18-3, 7-0): #41 (SOS: #103)
-UTEP (12-8, 5-2): #74 (SOS: #47)
-UCF (14-6, 5-2): #102 (SOS: #158)
-Tulsa (11-10, 4-4): #104 (SOS: #91)
-East Carolina (9-8, 4-4): #118 (SOS: #92)
-UAB (8-13, 1-6): #170 (SOS: #71)
-Tulane (13-8, 2-5): #171 (SOS: #240)
-SMU (11-11, 2-6): #193 (SOS: #206)
-Marshall (9-12, 3-4): #195 (SOS: #105)
-Houston (13-7, 3-5): #204 (SOS: #334)
-Rice (4-15, 1-6): #306 (SOS: #141)


Remaining Non-Conference Games for Conference USA Teams
Memphis
-02/26: @ Xavier (12-9)...RPI: #77 (SOS: #55)
UCF
-02/26: Georgia Southwestern (Non-Division 1)
UTEP
-02/23: @ New Mexico State (14-8)...RPI: #76 (SOS: #109)


**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…121-31 (.796)…0.5917
2. Mountain West…86-26 (.768)…0.5882
3. Big East…151-34 (.816)…0.5873
4. ACC…114-37 (.755)…0.5752
5. Big XII…89-33 (.730)…0.5689
6. Pac 12…109-41 (.727)…0.5674
7. Atlantic 10…143-77 (.650)…0.5544
8. SEC…117-58 (.669)…0.5474
9. Missouri Valley…68-42 (.618)…0.5349
10. West Coast…69-44 (.611)…0.5325
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11. Conference USA…94-61 (.607)…0.5183


Conference USA’s RPI Finish Year-By-Year
2012-13 (so far): 0.5183 (#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 (20-4, 12-1): #31 (SOS: #115)
-Louisiana Tech (19-3, 10-0): #42 (SOS: #183)
-Charlotte (17-4, 5-2): #54 (SOS: #133)
-FIU (12-10, 7-6): #140 (SOS: #156)
-FAU (10-13, 6-7): #206 (SOS: #213)
-North Texas (7-15, 3-10): #255 (SOS: #174)
-UTSA (5-16, 1-10): #289 (SOS: #230)
-Old Dominion (2-19, 0-9): #327 (SOS: #189)


**Current RPI of each member of the future Conference USA (probable 2014-15 version)**
(in parenthesis is each team’s record vs. Division 1 opponents only)
-Middle Tennessee (20-4, 12-1): #31 (SOS: #115)
-Southern Mississippi (16-4, 7-0): #36 (SOS: #124)
-Louisiana Tech (19-3, 10-0): #42 (SOS: #183)
-Charlotte (17-4, 5-2): #54 (SOS: #133)
-UTEP (12-8, 5-2): #74 (SOS: #47)
-FIU (12-10, 7-6): #140 (SOS: #156)
-UAB (8-13, 1-6): #170 (SOS: #71)
-Western Kentucky (11-11, 6-6): #175 (SOS: #166)*
-Marshall (9-12, 3-4): #195 (SOS: #105)
-FAU (10-13, 6-7): #206 (SOS: #213)
-North Texas (7-15, 3-10): #255 (SOS: #174)
-UTSA (5-16, 1-10): #289 (SOS: #230)
-Rice (4-15, 1-6): #306 (SOS: #141)
-Old Dominion (2-19, 0-9): #327 (SOS: #189)

*Assuming Tulsa leaves for the Big East and Western Kentucky is added

JMS,
Thanks for posting....

Interesting. UTEP's RPI took a hit as a result of the UAB and Tulsa losses. On the other hand, our win vs. Oregon should keep helping, as they are nw in the top 10.

Guess we gotta take the good with the bad.

(02-03-2013 02:09 PM)RUNVSFD MINER Wrote:  JMS,
Thanks for posting....

Interesting. UTEP's RPI took a hit as a result of the UAB and Tulsa losses. On the other hand, our win vs. Oregon should keep helping, as they are nw in the top 10.

Guess we gotta take the good with the bad.

That loss to UAB was the killer. At least it was on the road though. Had they pulled that one out, UTEP would probably be in the 50s of the RPI right now. I think they are about to go on a little bit of a roll here. The schedule is quite favorable to UTEP over the next four or five games.

I think we'll do some more RPI killing. The guys have played much better over the last two games.

Wednesday @Tulsa is gonna be a tough one. UAB has still not won a game outside the state of Alabama.