Softball rpi week 1 - 3/3/25

[VObserver]

More fun with math: Based on this week's RPI

Our remaining non-conference opponents have a mean RPI of 45.73
Our conference opponents have a mean RPI of 85.25
Our remaining 35 regular season opponents have a mean RPI of 72.83

Our remaining regular season has the following:

Games vs RPI 1- 25: 6
Games vs RPI 26-50: 3
Games vs RPI 51-100: 20
Games vs RPI 101-200: 6

The above are all very favorable numbers for our SOS.

Only the ACC [13], the SEC [13], Big 10 [12] and the Big 12 [9] have more Top 100 RPI teams than the SBC [7].

Conversely: Only the SEC [39], ACC [125], Big 10 [149], Big 12 [157] and WCC [186] have stronger weakest teams than the SBC [187]

These numbers all are indicators that the SBC is likely the # 1 conference outside the P4, and is not that far behind the Big 12.

There is a reasonable chance that South Alabama [102] and GaSo [104] will break into the top 100 RPI, and that Texas State [51] and ULM [62] will reach Top 50 status by season's end. In fact, USA and GaSo both have schedules that might push them into the Top 100 before Conference play begins.

It is going to be a very interesting season in the SBC.

[lcitsh]

It looks like the NCAA softball office is going to post the rpi daily, more likely, each weekday. There were three games played yesterday and a new rpi has been posted today. I am only planning on posting once a week, each Monday, to reflect the differences in each week's games. For those of you who want to see the differences on a daily basis, you can still click on the links in the posts provided and see the daily updates.