RPI and rep

A continuation of the update on the WBB ranking and RPI. On further examination, ISU has, by far, the worst Stregnth of Schedule of teams in the top 30, at 114. That may be the biggest drag on the Cyclones ranking.

The Top 6 of the B12; RPI, SS:

Baylor 9, 39
Tech 13, 26
KSU 16, 38
Texas 17, 6
ISU 24, 114
Nebraska 44, 29

Granted, if ISU were to get wins in Lubbock and Waco the RPI would jump tremendously.

But the NC schedule didn't help.

ISU lost to their best non-con opponent, Iowa, who has struggled mightily in Big 1011 play. Consider who they have beaten so far:

291 Cleveland St.
283 Northern Colorado
308 IPFW
91 Wisconsin
168 Drake
95 Northern Iowa
96 Eastern Kentucky
115 UNLV
227 Eastern Illinois
189 Murray St.
16 Kansas St.
117 Colorado
84 Kansas
139 Missouri
44 Nebraska
39 Oklahoma
117 Colorado
17 Texas

Or as groups:

4 1-50
4 51-100
5 101-200
4 201+

Now scheduling is a crap shoot, because you can't know for sure how a team is going to work out. I suspect UNLV, Wisconsin and Drake all looked better in October than they do now. It's not ISU's fault that Mizzou and Colorado are struggling.

Beat two or three of the Top 50 left on the schedule, and another in KC, and it all works out. But they gotta win to get good seeding in the NCAAs.

Peterclone