The Cajuns came in at #62 in the Adjusted RPI (#70 in the Base RPI ... .5393), through Friday's games, with a .5465. This is with the Cajuns gaining back the .0006 lost in RPI bonus Wednesday when Rice slipped to #26 in the Base RPI (Rice is now #25 in the Base RPI).
UL RPI Bonus Breakdown
#7 (Base RPI) Southern Mississippi -> .0024 bonus
#18 (Base RPI) Louisiana State -> .0024 bonus
#25 (Base RPI) Rice -> .0024 bonus
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Total RPI Bonus -> .0072
The Cajuns need USM, LSU, and Rice to keep winning, else it will adversely affect the Cajuns' RPI in more than one way.
Without the Rice RPI bonus, the Cajuns would come in at #63 in the Adjusted RPI, just .0001 ahead of Mercer (#64), .0003 ahead of Samford (#65), .0007 ahead of Loyola Marymount (#66), and .0010 ahead of Kansas State (#67). The Cajuns are only .0022 removed from the #70 spot without that bonus.
Factoring out all other games being played today (assume that UL - WKU was the only game played today ...
- A win would give the Cajuns a Base RPI of .5443 and an Adjusted RPI of .5515 (an increase of .0050).
- A loss would give the Cajuns a Base RPI of .5360 and an Adjusted RPI of .5432 (a decrease of .0033)
Sun Belt Conference (Adjusted RPI)
#18 Troy .5978
#45 Florida International .5654
#62 Louisiana .5465
#71 Western Kentucky .5405
#99 South Alabama .5249
#106 Arkansas-Little Rock .5222
#107 Florida Atlantic .5217 (FAU is in free-fall)
#112 Louisiana-Monroe .5190
#134 Arkansas State .5071
#241 Middle Tennessee .4377 (significant drag to the conference)
Note that Middle Tennessee has fallen so far, if the Blue Raiders were not in the same conference as the Cajuns, a home loss to the Blue Raiders would result in an RPI penalty of .0012.
Also of note ... remember those three one-run wins over Siena earlier in the year? Had any of those games been a loss, it would have resulted in an RPI penalty of .0018 per loss (the same with Alcorn State).
The Cajuns have no remaining threats on the schedule with respect to RPI penalties and no more opportunities for RPI bonuses.
Brian