RPI Saturday 5/29/2010 (through yesterday's games)

The Cajuns (Adjusted RPI rank of 44) are a mere .0003 behind Boston College. Both Boston College and Louisiana have completed play, thus it would take a favorable differential in OWP and OOWP for the Cajuns to overtake Boston College in the RPI rankings.

The Cajuns will retain their RPI bonus as Northwestern State will finish in the Base RPI Top 75 (#66 Base RPI position). This also ensures a much needed boost to the Cajun W/L record vs. the Base RPI Top 75.

Unfortunately, Arkansas State has moved into the Base RPI Top 100 with its two wins in the conference tournament. At #86, this adds a 1-3 record vs. the Base RPI Top 100 to the Cajun resume ... giving the Cajuns a losing record vs. the Base RPI Top 100. I am not optimistic that two losses to Troy today would drop them to 101 or lower ... but it is possible depending on what other teams around them do today and tomorrow (if applicable).

Southeastern Louisiana will finish outside the Base RPI Top 50 (#58). This removes two losses (0-2) to the Cajuns' record vs. the Base RPI Top 50.

Finally, Southern Mississippi has moved back to #71 in the Base RPI and only has Rice remaining. They will likely remain in the Base RPI Top 75. The Cajuns went 1-2 vs. USM.

A link to some important games to monitor ...
https://forumeus.com/sh...30&postcount=1

Records vs. Base RPI:
vs. Top 75 14-13
vs. Top 50 3-4
vs. Top 100 15-17
vs. Top 25 0-0

Some other important numbers:
Non-Conference RPI (.5585, #45)
Road RPI (.5461, #45)
Strength of Schedule (SOS) (.5321, #66)
Last 15: 11-4

Conference RPI:
#1 Pac 10 .5820
#2 SEC .5808
#3 ACC .5726
#4 Big XII .5650
#5 CUSA .5319
#6 Sun Belt .5311
#7 Big East .5306
#8 Big West .5262
#9 Southern Conference .5226
#10 Mountain West .5178


26 0.5836 Rice 28 0.5800
27 0.5833 Oregon State 24 0.5833
28 0.5827 College of Charleston 27 0.5803
29 0.5819 Louisiana State 25 0.5831
30 0.5809 Oregon 29 0.5797
31 0.5788 Washington State 32 0.5740
32 0.5770 Virginia Tech 31 0.5770
33 0.5766 Kentucky 34 0.5724
34 0.5737 Baylor 33 0.5737
35 0.5721 Florida Atlantic 37 0.5703
36 0.5716 The Citadel 35 0.5716
37 0.5702 California 38 0.5666
38 0.5695 Stanford 36 0.5707
39 0.5686 Kansas State 39 0.5650
40 0.5658 Western Kentucky 42 0.5598
41 0.5656 Elon 46 0.5572
42 0.5639 Florida Gulf Coast 48 0.5567
43 0.5629 Boston College 41 0.5599
44 0.5626 Louisiana 40 0.5614
45 0.5604 New Mexico 53 0.5532
46 0.5602 Tennessee 49 0.5554
47 0.5592 Texas State 44 0.5580
48 0.5582 North Carolina State 43 0.5582
49 0.5581 UC Irvine 45 0.5575
50 0.5576 Rutgers 56 0.5522

Brian