RPI 5/12/2010

Can anyone guess why the Cajuns' RPI went from .5719 (Monday) and .5717 (Tuesday) to .5737 after our win over Southern (#246) ... while it went down each time we won against UNO (#210)?

I ran the full calculation last night and arrived at something that surprised me a little. But my calculation completely matched the Kislanko RPI from this morning, so I have the correct algorithms.

The RPI bonuses did not change. The answer is not that our opponents did well last night and overcompensated. They did do well. But had none of our opponents played last night, the Cajun RPI still would have increased after the win over Southern (#246) ... to .5727 (instead of .5737). Conversely, it would have decreased with another win over UNO (#210) ... to .5706.

This is one of the quirks of the RPI. Having this knowledge can also give coaches an advantage when scheduling.

26 0.5863 Oregon 28 0.5791
27 0.5855 Virginia Tech 26 0.5843
28 0.5832 Rice 29 0.5790
29 0.5821 North Carolina 27 0.5821
30 0.5776 New Mexico 37 0.5704
31 0.5772 Florida Atlantic 31 0.5754
32 0.5767 California 32 0.5731
33 0.5762 Oregon State 30 0.5762
34 0.5737 Louisiana 35 0.5725
35 0.5729 Texas A&M 34 0.5729
36 0.5719 Washington State 41 0.5665
37 0.5717 Texas State 38 0.5699
38 0.5717 College of Charleston 33 0.5729
39 0.5714 Pittsburgh 36 0.5714
40 0.5699 Western Kentucky 44 0.5633
41 0.5682 Stanford 39 0.5682
42 0.5661 Kansas State 45 0.5631
43 0.5660 Florida Gulf Coast 49 0.5594
44 0.5658 Texas Tech 42 0.5658
45 0.5654 Liberty 40 0.5666
46 0.5647 Tennessee 47 0.5605
47 0.5637 UC Irvine 46 0.5613
48 0.5636 The Citadel 43 0.5636
49 0.5622 Boston College 50 0.5592
50 0.5612 Elon 55 0.5546 0.0078

Brian