Can you guess why the Cajuns' RPI increased?

[GoneGolfin]

_ Lets state what we know about the scenarios:

SU
2nd time we played them
Out of conference road game
Win to go to 2-0 vs them
Better record than UNO

UNO
3rd time we played them
In conference road series
Win to go to 3-0 vs them
Bad record

Lets go with something to do with it being out of conference and possibly on the road

Its probably something staring us in the face LOL _

Part of the solution is in the above.

It has nothing to do with being out of conference or on the road. Adjusted RPI does not factor in either.

Brian

[Turbine]

2 wins for every loss ... another season sweep ... because UL was due for a break???

[ManAboutTown]

_ Part of the solution is in the above.

It has nothing to do with being out of conference or on the road. Base RPI does not factor in either.

Brian _

We've simply played UNO more times?

[GoneGolfin]

_ We've simply played UNO more times? _

Not a factor. Everything is properly weighted.

Brian

[wcd35]

Southern's WPct vs UNO's WPct

[Rebel02]

_ Part of the solution is in the above.

It has nothing to do with being out of conference or on the road. Base RPI does not factor in either.

Brian _

The fact that SU has a better record than UNO and that's reflected in our OWP of our RPI.

[GoneGolfin]

_ Southern's WPct vs UNO's WPct _

Yes. Now why is this significant?

Folks, if you understand all of this, you will understand the RPI.

Brian

[GoneGolfin]

_ The fact that SU has a better record than UNO and that's reflected in our OWP of our RPI. _

Precisely.

But what about Southern's effect on the Cajuns' OOWP (as compared to UNO)?

And why does Southern have a much lower RPI than UNO?

Brian

[wcd35]

Its significant because the RPI factors in record vs D1 not a teams RPI into the formula. Southern, though likely an equal team to UNO, has a much better record. Therefore, our opponent's win percentage goes up by playing a poor team (SU) rather than down by playing an equally poor team (UNO). And that's 50% of the formula

[Rebel02]

_ Precisely.

But what about Southern's effect on the Cajuns' OOWP (as compared to UNO)?

And why does Southern have a much lower RPI than UNO?

Brian _

Could it have to do with the fact that SU has played fewer games than UNO?

[wcd35]

_ Could it have to do with the fact that SU has played fewer games than UNO? _

Probably that too

[cajun1300]

It's all about symmetry. The RPI algorithm likes the fact that the Cajuns have now won 2/3 of all games played (32-16) and 2/3 of conference games (16-8)

/sarcoff