Biggest RPI Jump Predictions

[baldyballer]

What D-1 program do you think will take the BIGGEST jump up or down the RPI rankings? It will be fun to see if your predictions will hold up by the end of the season! Mine are as follows (no real statistical backing here, just gut feelings):
Biggest Jump: Navy,Butler, UMKC, Depaul, Baylor
Biggest Fall: Oklahoma, Missouri, Mississippi, Winthrop

[baldyballer]

Just for reference here is last year's rankings according to the ncaa website:
------- Division I Only --------
Rank Name Conf W-L Road Neut Home Non-Div I
1 Nebraska Big 12 33-1 10-1 4- 0 19-0 0-0
2 UCLA Pacific-10 33-4 14-2 8- 1 11-1 0-0
3 Stanford Pacific-10 30-4 10-2 6- 1 14-1 0-0
4 Minnesota Big Ten 26-8 9-3 4- 4 13-1 0-0
5 Penn St. Big Ten 32-3 10-2 4- 0 18-1 0-0
6 Texas Big 12 24-7 9-3 2- 1 13-3 0-0
7 Southern California Pacific-10 27-5 10-3 4- 0 13-2 0-0
8 Washington Pacific-10 29-5 10-3 4- 2 15-0 0-0
9 Wisconsin Big Ten 26-7 9-4 2- 1 15-2 0-0
10 Florida Southeastern 30-3 11-2 3- 1 16-0 0-0
11 Hawaii Western Athletic 29-6 8-1 4- 0 17-5 0-0
12 San Diego West Coast 26-6 8-3 7- 2 11-1 0-0
13 Oklahoma Big 12 28-6 9-3 6- 1 13-2 0-0
14 Purdue Big Ten 23-11 9-5 2- 1 12-5 0-0
15 California Pacific-10 22-10 8-4 3- 1 11-5 0-0
16 Ohio St. Big Ten 25-8 6-7 4- 0 15-1 0-0
17 LSU Southeastern 26-6 9-3 6- 1 11-2 0-0
18 Cal Poly Big West 23-6 10-3 5- 1 8-2 0-0
19 Utah Mountain West 28-4 11-3 5- 1 12-0 0-0
20 Pepperdine West Coast 16-12 4-9 2- 0 10-3 0-0
21 Louisville Big East 25-7 5-3 4- 2 16-2 0-0
22 Colorado Big 12 17-12 5-6 0- 2 12-4 0-0
23 Ohio Mid-American 28-5 11-3 9- 2 8-0 0-0
24 St. John's (N.Y.) Big East 31-5 11-0 9- 5 11-0 0-0
25 UNI Missouri Valley 28-8 9-5 6- 1 13-2 0-0
26 Michigan Big Ten 21-13 6-7 5- 0 10-6 0-0
27 Long Beach St. Big West 26-6 7-3 2- 0 17-3 0-0
28 Iowa St. Big 12 21-11 8-5 3- 2 10-4 0-0
29 Duke Atlantic Coast 29-4 12-2 3- 2 14-0 0-0
30 Missouri Big 12 18-13 5-8 5- 2 8-3 0-0
31 New Mexico St. Western Athletic 33-4 9-3 7- 1 17-0 0-0
32 Arizona St. Pacific-10 16-15 4-8 3- 1 9-6 0-0
33 Middle Tenn. Sun Belt 27-8 9-3 7- 2 11-3 0-0
34 Colorado St. Mountain West 20-10 5-5 4- 1 11-4 0-0
35 Hofstra Colonial 24-7 8-4 3- 2 13-1 0-0
36 Illinois Big Ten 15-15 5-7 3- 1 7-7 0-0
37 Brigham Young Mountain West 25-6 9-4 4- 1 12-1 0-0
38 Michigan St. Big Ten 19-12 7-4 3- 2 9-6 0-0
39 Santa Clara West Coast 20-8 8-5 6- 1 6-2 0-0
40 Sacramento St. Big Sky 30-6 11-4 5- 1 14-1 0-0
41 Missouri St. Missouri Valley 27-9 11-3 5- 3 11-3 0-0
42 Oregon Pacific-10 17-12 7-6 2- 1 8-5 0-0
43 Stephen F. Austin Southland 31-4 13-2 8- 1 10-1 0-0
44 Wis.-Milwaukee Horizon 24-6 8-3 6- 2 10-1 0-0
45 Northwestern Big Ten 14-15 4-8 1- 1 9-6 0-0
46 Arkansas Southeastern 16-13 4-8 2- 1 10-4 0-0
47 Kentucky Southeastern 19-12 4-9 2- 1 13-2 0-0
48 Tennessee Southeastern 19-12 6-7 3- 0 10-5 0-0
49 Notre Dame Big East 18-14 6-7 4- 3 8-4 0-0
50 Texas A&M Big 12 12-16 4-8 3- 1 5-7 0-0
51 St. Louis Atlantic 10 22-9 9-3 5- 2 8-4 0-0
52 Wichita St. Missouri Valley 25-7 10-2 5- 1 10-4 0-0
53 UC Santa Barb. Big West 19-12 6-7 6- 2 7-3 0-0
54 Princeton Ivy 21-3 7-3 6- 0 7-0 1-0
55 Jacksonville St. OVC 24-5 10-2 3- 3 11-0 0-0
56 Dayton Atlantic 10 22-11 5-7 4- 0 13-4 0-0
57 Creighton Missouri Valley 21-10 9-4 4- 1 8-5 0-0
58 Cincinnati Big East 22-7 6-5 3- 0 13-2 0-0
59 Mississippi Southeastern 19-13 6-8 2- 1 11-4 0-0
60 Florida Int'l Sun Belt 24-8 7-3 6- 3 11-2 0-0
61 Xavier Atlantic 10 18-12 7-6 4- 5 7-1 0-0
62 Winthrop Big South 34-3 13-1 12- 1 9-1 0-0
63 UNLV Mountain West 20-10 5-6 2- 0 13-4 0-0
64 Bowling Green Mid-American 26-6 11-2 8- 1 7-3 0-0
65 Alabama Southeastern 17-13 3-8 1- 2 13-3 0-0
66 San Francisco West Coast 22-10 6-6 9- 1 7-3 0-0
67 Yale Ivy 16-7 6-4 1- 1 9-2 0-0
68 Western Ky. Sun Belt 26-10 9-4 6- 3 11-3 0-0
69 Virginia Atlantic Coast 23-8 7-6 4- 0 12-2 0-0
70 Loyola Marymount West Coast 19-12 4-7 3- 0 12-5 0-0
71 American Patriot 25-7 9-3 2- 3 14-1 0-0
72 St. Mary's (Cal.) West Coast 11-14 3-8 4- 2 4-4 0-0
73 Tulsa Conference USA 27-7 8-3 11- 3 8-1 0-0
74 Portland St. Big Sky 21-7 8-4 5- 1 8-2 0-0
75 Towson Colonial 22-9 8-3 4- 1 10-5 0-0
76 Fairfield Metro Atlantic 24-8 11-1 2- 6 11-1 0-0
77 Florida A&M Mid-Eastern 21-7 6-3 11- 3 4-1 0-0
78 Baylor Big 12 18-15 4-9 5- 0 9-6 0-0
79 Belmont Atlantic Sun 24-7 9-4 6- 3 9-0 0-0
80 Arizona Pacific-10 13-17 3-8 3- 1 7-8 0-0
80 Oral Roberts Mid-Continent 26-9 9-5 3- 4 14-0 0-0
82 Memphis Conference USA 27-8 8-4 5- 1 14-3 0-0
83 Clemson Atlantic Coast 20-10 6-6 1- 1 13-3 0-0
84 South Carolina Southeastern 15-17 3-9 6- 0 6-8 0-0
85 Illinois St. Missouri Valley 17-13 7-6 3- 2 7-5 0-0
86 Marquette Big East 16-15 7-3 3- 5 6-7 0-0
87 UAB Conference USA 27-10 8-6 11- 2 8-2 0-0
88 Appalachian St. Southern 23-10 7-5 4- 2 12-3 0-0
89 Col. of Charleston Southern 27-8 13-2 5- 3 9-3 0-0
90 IPFW Division I Independents 26-10 11-4 7- 3 8-3 0-0
91 Delaware Colonial 21-9 6-6 3- 0 12-3 0-0
92 Northern Ill. Mid-American 20-9 7-4 4- 1 9-4 0-0
93 Cornell Ivy 18-9 6-3 3- 3 9-3 0-0
94 Tulane Conference USA 15-11 6-4 1- 4 8-3 0-0
95 Washington St. Pacific-10 15-17 4-9 6- 0 5-8 0-0
96 Connecticut Big East 19-11 6-6 3- 2 10-3 0-0
97 Kansas St. Big 12 12-18 3-9 2- 2 7-7 0-0
98 Cal St. Northridge Big West 16-12 6-6 4- 1 6-5 0-0
99 Texas Tech Big 12 12-17 5-8 4- 2 3-7 0-0
100 Long Island Northeast 25-11 6-4 2- 4 17-3 0-0
101 Iowa Big Ten 13-19 3-9 4- 0 6-10 0-0
102 East Tenn. St. Atlantic Sun 25-7 10-2 3- 3 9-2 3-0
103 Florida St. Atlantic Coast 19-12 9-4 1- 2 9-6 0-0
104 Utah Valley St. Division I Independents 17-11 4-6 6- 3 6-2 1-0
105 Texas-Arlington Southland 25-10 5-6 9- 1 11-3 0-0
106 James Madison Colonial 19-9 5-5 1- 2 13-2 0-0
107 Mississippi St. Southeastern 17-13 4-9 3- 0 10-4 0-0
108 Furman Southern 19-11 9-5 2- 4 8-2 0-0
109 Georgia Tech Atlantic Coast 20-12 5-7 2- 0 13-5 0-0
110 Northeastern Colonial 15-12 7-4 1- 4 7-4 0-0
111 Arkansas St. Sun Belt 21-14 6-6 6- 5 9-3 0-0
112 North Texas Sun Belt 23-13 7-5 4- 4 12-4 0-0
113 Pittsburgh Big East 22-9 9-3 6- 2 7-4 0-0
114 San Jose St. Western Athletic 19-12 6-6 4- 2 9-4 0-0
115 Marshall Conference USA 20-12 6-8 6- 3 8-1 0-0
116 Eastern Ky. OVC 17-14 5-7 4- 2 8-5 0-0
117 Morehead St. OVC 21-13 7-7 5- 3 9-3 0-0
118 South Dakota St. Independent 22-12 6-7 6- 3 10-2 0-0
119 East Caro. Conference USA 19-12 4-6 3- 2 12-4 0-0
120 Albany (N.Y.) America East 19-13 5-7 3- 5 11-1 0-0
121 Murray St. OVC 19-8 5-6 7- 1 7-1 0-0
122 North Dakota St. Independent 17-13 5-6 8- 5 4-2 0-0
123 VCU Colonial 16-18 3-11 7- 3 6-4 0-0
124 UC Irvine Big West 13-16 5-6 4- 3 4-7 0-0
125 Virginia Tech Atlantic Coast 17-14 5-8 2- 2 10-4 0-0
126 New Orleans Sun Belt 23-10 6-9 6- 0 11-1 0-0
127 TCU Mountain West 17-15 3-9 2- 1 12-5 0-0
128 Tennessee St. OVC 20-14 6-8 5- 4 9-2 0-0
129 San Diego St. Mountain West 12-18 2-10 5- 1 5-7 0-0
130 Western Mich. Mid-American 21-15 7-7 5- 4 9-4 0-0
131 Houston Conference USA 19-17 3-9 4- 5 12-3 0-0
132 Denver Sun Belt 19-12 5-7 1- 1 13-4 0-0
133 Wyoming Mountain West 13-15 2-11 3- 1 8-3 0-0
134 Kansas Big 12 10-19 1-11 4- 0 5-8 0-0
135 Seton Hall Big East 16-14 5-8 3- 3 8-3 0-0
136 Tennessee Tech OVC 12-17 3-9 3- 5 6-3 0-0
137 Charlotte Atlantic 10 20-12 5-7 3- 3 12-2 0-0
138 Temple Atlantic 10 16-14 4-9 2- 4 10-1 0-0
139 North Carolina Atlantic Coast 11-20 3-10 1- 3 7-7 0-0
140 Cleveland St. Horizon 19-9 7-5 7- 1 5-3 0-0
141 Eastern Wash. Big Sky 20-9 9-6 3- 0 8-3 0-0
142 Wake Forest Atlantic Coast 14-17 3-10 2- 2 9-5 0-0
143 George Washington Atlantic 10 14-12 3-6 3- 3 8-3 0-0
144 Miami (Ohio) Mid-American 13-19 6-6 2- 5 5-8 0-0
145 SMU Conference USA 17-15 4-7 4- 2 9-6 0-0
146 Oregon St. Pacific-10 3-24 0-12 1- 3 2-9 0-0
147 Nevada Western Athletic 15-15 3-9 1- 3 11-3 0-0
148 Siena Metro Atlantic 22-13 8-5 5- 6 9-2 0-0
149 Cal St. Fullerton Big West 17-12 3-8 4- 0 10-4 0-0
150 Idaho Western Athletic 12-18 4-10 1- 6 7-2 0-0
151 Davidson Southern 18-16 5-7 3- 3 10-6 0-0
152 Southeast Mo. St. OVC 16-18 4-10 6- 4 6-4 0-0
153 North Fla. Atlantic Sun 18-15 6-6 4- 5 8-3 0-1
154 Auburn Southeastern 13-18 3-10 4- 0 6-8 0-0
155 Maryland Atlantic Coast 13-18 3-10 3- 1 7-7 0-0
156 Indiana Big Ten 10-22 2-10 3- 1 5-11 0-0
157 Eastern Mich. Mid-American 13-17 5-7 3- 5 5-5 0-0
158 Army Patriot 21-8 7-3 2- 3 12-2 0-0
159 Valparaiso Mid-Continent 23-12 9-6 7- 3 7-3 0-0
160 Gonzaga West Coast 9-20 1-10 2- 4 6-6 0-0
161 Morgan St. Mid-Eastern 23-9 8-4 6- 5 8-0 1-0
162 Fordham Atlantic 10 21-15 6-7 6- 4 9-4 0-0
163 UNC Greensboro Southern 23-13 9-6 4- 4 8-3 2-0
164 Villanova Big East 16-15 5-8 1- 5 10-2 0-0
165 Canisius Metro Atlantic 22-10 9-4 5- 2 8-4 0-0
166 UTSA Southland 19-13 5-6 4- 4 10-3 0-0
167 Bucknell Patriot 20-12 6-6 4- 4 9-2 1-0
168 Georgia Southeastern 6-25 1-11 1- 3 4-11 0-0
169 Boston College Atlantic Coast 12-19 6-8 1- 5 5-6 0-0
170 Ball St. Mid-American 12-18 5-7 0- 5 7-6 0-0
171 Toledo Mid-American 11-21 3-10 3- 3 5-8 0-0
172 Portland West Coast 9-18 1-9 3- 1 5-8 0-0
173 South Fla. Big East 12-17 3-8 1- 3 8-6 0-0
174 Northern Colo. Independent 13-16 7-7 2- 4 4-5 0-0
175 Penn Ivy 11-14 2-7 1- 3 8-4 0-0
176 New Mexico Mountain West 10-20 1-9 2- 3 7-8 0-0
177 Wis.-Green Bay Horizon 15-15 5-8 2- 4 8-3 0-0
178 Texas St. Southland 15-17 4-8 0- 5 11-4 0-0
179 Ill.-Chicago Horizon 17-17 4-8 3- 4 10-5 0-0
180 Georgia St. Colonial 10-19 2-10 2- 2 6-7 0-0
181 Boise St. Western Athletic 13-17 3-8 3- 4 7-5 0-0
182 Miami (Fla.) Atlantic Coast 12-19 6-7 1- 3 5-9 0-0
183 Tenn.-Martin OVC 18-13 5-8 5- 2 5-3 3-0
184 Rice Conference USA 12-19 3-10 2- 4 7-5 0-0
185 Pacific Big West 8-21 3-9 1- 4 4-8 0-0
186 Jacksonville Atlantic Sun 17-15 6-8 2- 4 9-2 0-1
187 Central Mich. Mid-American 17-13 5-7 5- 0 7-6 0-0
188 Central Conn. St. Northeast 19-10 6-6 5- 1 8-3 0-0
189 Loyola (Ill.) Horizon 14-16 2-10 3- 5 9-1 0-0
190 William & Mary Colonial 10-16 2-8 0- 2 8-6 0-0
191 Harvard Ivy 11-14 3-6 2- 2 6-6 0-0
192 Utah St. Western Athletic 13-19 3-10 4- 5 6-4 0-0
193 Fla. Atlantic Sun Belt 11-18 2-9 2- 4 7-5 0-0
194 McNeese St. Southland 15-14 6-8 2- 5 7-1 0-0
195 Wright St. Horizon 14-17 4-6 2- 6 8-5 0-0
196 Southern Miss. Conference USA 15-18 7-6 3- 5 5-7 0-0
197 Evansville Missouri Valley 12-18 7-6 1- 3 4-9 0-0
198 Southern Ill. Missouri Valley 11-17 4-7 2- 2 5-8 0-0
199 Brown Ivy 8-18 2-7 0- 5 6-6 0-0
200 Dartmouth Ivy 12-12 3-6 3- 2 6-4 0-0
201 Robert Morris Northeast 17-16 4-9 5- 4 7-3 1-0
202 Ark.-Little Rock Sun Belt 13-22 4-9 7- 5 2-8 0-0
203 Syracuse Big East 11-25 4-11 1- 7 6-7 0-0
204 Weber St. Big Sky 10-23 2-12 2- 5 6-6 0-0
205 Montana Big Sky 12-15 4-7 2- 3 6-5 0-0
206 Duquesne Atlantic 10 11-21 1-8 3- 6 7-7 0-0
207 Georgetown Big East 8-19 0-8 2- 5 6-6 0-0
208 UMBC America East 16-15 7-8 4- 3 5-4 0-0
209 Prairie View Southwestern 23-11 6-5 3- 4 11-1 3-1
210 Lafayette Patriot 18-10 5-5 0- 2 12-3 1-0
211 Binghamton America East 15-17 3-9 5- 7 7-1 0-0
212 UTEP Conference USA 7-25 2-9 5- 4 0-12 0-0
213 Lipscomb Atlantic Sun 14-17 5-8 2- 7 7-2 0-0
214 New Hampshire America East 11-16 3-7 2- 4 6-5 0-0
215 Idaho St. Big Sky 10-20 1-11 3- 3 5-6 1-0
216 Stony Brook America East 13-17 4-9 5- 2 4-6 0-0
217 Buffalo Mid-American 14-20 5-11 3- 2 6-7 0-0
218 George Mason Colonial 7-17 3-8 0- 1 4-8 0-0
219 Gardner-Webb Atlantic Sun 14-18 4-8 0- 7 7-3 3-0
220 UCF Conference USA 5-24 2-9 0- 3 3-12 0-0
221 Kent St. Mid-American 13-16 5-7 3- 3 5-6 0-0
222 Liberty Big South 11-18 3-9 2- 5 6-4 0-0
223 Fresno St. Western Athletic 6-24 1-12 1- 2 4-10 0-0
224 Northern Ariz. Big Sky 8-18 1-9 1- 1 6-8 0-0
225 St. Francis (Pa.) Northeast 19-14 6-5 6- 5 7-4 0-0
226 Sam Houston St. Southland 10-16 2-9 3- 1 5-6 0-0
227 Colgate Patriot 14-15 6-6 3- 1 5-8 0-0
228 Bradley Missouri Valley 8-22 3-10 1- 3 4-9 0-0
229 UC Davis Independent 4-24 1-12 1- 4 2-8 0-0
230 Ga. Southern Southern 14-14 6-6 3- 1 5-7 0-0
231 A&M-Corpus Christi Southland 7-21 3-9 1- 6 3-6 0-0
232 Western Ill. Mid-Continent 14-15 5-7 0- 7 9-1 0-0
233 Central Ark. Southland 19-17 2-10 7- 4 10-3 0-0
234 Drake Missouri Valley 8-22 3-11 2- 2 3-9 0-0
235 Chattanooga Southern 13-20 5-9 2- 4 6-7 0-0
235 Elon Southern 13-18 5-7 2- 3 6-8 0-0
237 Columbia Ivy 7-17 1-9 2- 2 4-6 0-0
238 Montana St. Big Sky 7-20 1-10 3- 1 3-9 0-0
239 Eastern Ill. OVC 8-19 3-10 2- 2 3-7 0-0
240 IUPUI Mid-Continent 12-20 6-10 1- 3 5-7 0-0
241 UNC Asheville Big South 15-18 5-6 2- 7 7-5 1-0
242 Mississippi Val. Southwestern 22-13 9-8 7- 3 5-2 1-0
243 La.-Lafayette Sun Belt 8-21 3-9 1- 3 4-9 0-0
244 Rhode Island Atlantic 10 7-24 4-10 1- 4 2-10 0-0
245 Troy Sun Belt 9-24 3-12 3- 2 3-10 0-0
246 UC Riverside Big West 2-25 0-10 1- 7 1-8 0-0
247 Northwestern St. Southland 11-16 4-8 3- 3 4-5 0-0
248 Lamar Southland 13-20 5-9 2- 8 6-3 0-0
249 Md.-East. Shore Mid-Eastern 19-15 6-5 3- 6 9-4 1-0
250 Youngstown St. Horizon 10-22 2-10 5- 3 3-9 0-0
251 Rutgers Big East 5-20 1-9 2- 5 2-6 0-0
252 N.C. A&T Mid-Eastern 17-14 4-4 7- 5 3-5 3-0
253 Tex.-Pan American Division I Independents 6-25 0-11 3- 7 0-6 3-1
254 Birmingham-So. Big South 12-17 4-6 0- 5 8-6 0-0
255 Akron Mid-American 7-24 2-11 3- 5 2-8 0-0
256 Alabama A&M Southwestern 10-14 3-4 2- 8 4-1 1-1
257 Mercer Atlantic Sun 11-21 2-10 1- 4 8-7 0-0
258 Grambling Southwestern 15-17 4-6 4- 9 7-0 0-2
259 Manhattan Metro Atlantic 13-21 4-10 3- 4 6-7 0-0
260 Fairleigh Dickinson Northeast 17-13 7-4 6- 5 4-4 0-0
261 Marist Metro Atlantic 11-19 2-9 0- 4 9-6 0-0
262 Maine America East 6-20 1-11 2- 6 3-3 0-0
263 UNC Wilmington Colonial 8-25 1-13 3- 0 3-12 1-0
264 Austin Peay OVC 4-24 0-13 2- 4 2-7 0-0
265 North Carolina St. Atlantic Coast 2-29 0-13 1- 3 1-13 0-0
266 UMKC Mid-Continent 7-23 3-11 1- 6 3-6 0-0
267 Air Force Mountain West 3-25 1-10 1- 5 1-10 0-0
268 La Salle Atlantic 10 9-24 2-13 2- 4 5-7 0-0
269 Stetson Atlantic Sun 8-19 2-7 1- 5 5-6 0-1
270 Iona Metro Atlantic 11-21 1-12 6- 3 4-6 0-0
271 Radford Big South 9-19 1-12 5- 3 3-4 0-0
272 Butler Horizon 8-22 1-10 0- 3 5-9 2-0
273 Bethune-Cookman Mid-Eastern 9-12 2-2 4- 4 3-6 0-0
274 Western Caro. Southern 8-28 3-11 2- 7 3-10 0-0
275 Louisiana Tech Western Athletic 6-28 1-10 2- 8 3-10 0-0
276 DePaul Big East 5-25 1-15 3- 4 1-6 0-0
277 Indiana St. Missouri Valley 5-25 2-12 2- 4 1-9 0-0
278 Samford OVC 6-24 0-11 1- 5 5-8 0-0
279 Nicholls St. Southland 9-22 2-11 4- 5 3-6 0-0
280 Navy Patriot 11-20 2-8 1- 6 8-6 0-0
281 Campbell Atlantic Sun 13-17 3-9 4- 4 4-4 2-0
282 NJIT Independent 10-21 1-11 3- 7 5-3 1-0
283 South Ala. Sun Belt 5-24 2-12 1- 4 2-8 0-0
284 La.-Monroe Sun Belt 5-29 0-15 3- 7 2-7 0-0
285 Texas Southern Southwestern 7-19 1-7 3- 5 3-5 0-2
286 West Virginia Big East 3-28 1-11 0- 7 2-10 0-0
287 St. Peter's Metro Atlantic 15-24 4-10 4- 6 7-8 0-0
288 High Point Big South 10-22 3-11 0- 5 6-6 1-0
289 Coastal Caro. Big South 10-23 3-11 1- 5 6-7 0-0
290 Howard Mid-Eastern 9-19 3-6 4- 10 0-3 2-0
291 Lehigh Patriot 0-29 0-11 0- 9 0-9 0-0
292 Centenary (La.) Mid-Continent 12-24 5-10 1- 6 6-8 0-0
293 Loyola (Md.) Metro Atlantic 10-26 3-12 2- 7 5-7 0-0
294 Rider Metro Atlantic 8-21 2-10 2- 5 4-6 0-0
295 Delaware St. Mid-Eastern 11-23 4-10 3- 9 3-4 1-0
296 Wagner Northeast 9-23 4-10 2- 7 3-6 0-0
297 Jackson St. Southwestern 16-21 4-5 6- 11 6-4 0-1
298 Hartford America East 8-20 1-11 2- 2 5-7 0-0
299 Wofford Southern 7-22 2-9 2- 1 1-12 2-0
300 Holy Cross Patriot 5-20 1-9 1- 3 3-8 0-0
301 Citadel Southern 10-24 4-9 1- 4 2-10 3-1
302 Coppin St. Mid-Eastern 8-21 1-9 3- 10 4-2 0-0
303 St. Francis (N.Y.) Northeast 0-23 0-9 0- 5 0-9 0-0
304 Providence Division I Independents 14-18 5-4 4- 10 4-4 1-0
305 Niagara Metro Atlantic 4-23 1-9 0- 4 3-10 0-0
306 Southern U. Southwestern 6-17 2-6 0- 4 4-6 0-1
307 Oakland Mid-Continent 1-25 0-10 0- 4 1-11 0-0
308 Kennesaw St. Atlantic Sun 1-21 0-10 1- 6 0-5 0-0
309 Charleston So. Big South 8-22 1-10 1- 2 3-9 3-1
310 Ark.-Pine Bluff Southwestern 4-20 1-10 1- 4 2-4 0-2
311 Alabama St. Southwestern 0-20 0-9 0- 3 0-7 0-1
312 South Carolina St. Mid-Eastern 12-20 3-6 1- 3 4-8 4-3
313 Sacred Heart Northeast 3-23 2-8 1- 7 0-8 0-0
314 Southeastern La. Southland 4-27 1-13 1- 5 2-9 0-0
315 Hampton Mid-Eastern 8-20 2-8 1- 4 2-7 3-1
316 Chicago St. Division I Independents 1-31 0-13 0- 8 1-10 0-0
317 Alcorn St. Southwestern 3-27 1-10 0- 8 2-8 0-1
318 Norfolk St. Mid-Eastern 6-21 1-5 1- 10 0-5 4-1
319 Quinnipiac Northeast 1-30 0-18 0- 8 1-4 0-0
320 Savannah St. Division I Independents 0-25 0-8 0- 3 0-10 0-4

[cougvb]

Biggest fall - Utah. I hope they can recover soon, but they have really taken a beating this spring/summer.

[itsamom]

University of New Mexico at 176 will make the biggest jump!!! New sheriff in town, big changes taking place!

[grapevine]

Butler will have the biggest jump. Greatest recruiting class in many, many years. Now if the coaching can just do it's part.
Butler jumps 90 spots

Evansville may suprise many. Jump about 50 spots

Arizona - Jump about 30 spots

Agree with New Mexico

[baywatcher]

Pacific at 185 could move up a lot; decent program in a relatively weak league. Ttah St. at 192 is usually better than that. Nevada at 147 could move, been an NCAA team before last year. Of the better teams, USF at 66 could move up, but obviously not 90 places. Agree Oklahoma and Utah look to go backwards.

[Not Me]

RPI has as much to do with who you are playing, as how good you are. A team can have a ton of talent, but if they play weak teams in a weak league, it will be hard for them to move up.

Any of those teams playing a strong non conference schedule?

[Keystonekid]

Pitt Panthers will make a huge move.

[Deleted]

Which way?

[The Bofa on the Sofa]

A tough part about this is that the rankings are not linear. There is a much bigger difference between #1 and #100 than between #101 and #200. You can see this in Pablo rankings (Rich, where the heck are the RKPI "ratings"? All I can find are rankings), where the difference between 1 and 100 is more than 3000, but the difference between 101 and 200 is only 1100. Thus, a Kansas St jump from 97 to 30 (a real possibility, IMO) would be a bigger jump than Pacific going from 185 to 85.

[Not Me]

Pacific will have a hard time moving far, because they play a weak non-conference schedule.
Same goes for New Mexico, Butler, and Evansville.

Doesn't mean they won't be better, but if the teams they play aren't better, it makes it harder to move up.

Arizona has a good chance, as the teams they play in-league all have a pretty high RPI. non league they do have St. Mary's, Kentucky, Utah St.,& Pepperdine. So it will be easier for them to move up.

[silversurfer]

Good point on matches needed to improve RPI. Butler _should_ be a better team, but it might not be reflected in RPI. New Mexico will be better. Ball State will be better.

Which direction will 'Nova, Georgetown, San Fran, go?

[Not Me]

Don't see George town's schedule up yet, and I don't see anything about incoming recruits. They should be more experienced though, if all the returning players are there. their RPI last year benefited from playing Stanford and Santa Clara.

Nova has a couple of decent matches, but it looks like last year's schedule was much tougher. but they lost some talent, and lost some recruits due to the coach leaving. i would expect them to fall to at least 200 in the RPI.

San Francisco really upgraded their schedule. starting off with Washington, and having Oregon and Cal Poly on the schedule should push them up, along with a good league schedule. they should break into the top 50 if they have decent success on the court.

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tkilian said:

Pacific will have a hard time moving far, because they play a weak non-conference schedule.
Same goes for New Mexico, Butler, and Evansville.
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Although schedule is an important part of RPI (indeed, the biggest component), the teams W/L record tends to have a comparable (if not bigger) effect on the deviations in RPI rating. That is because W/L record will vary much more so than opponents and opponents/opponents records. Opponent records might range from .400 to .600 (and opponents/opponents will vary even less). Given the 3/4 weight, the opponents records could account for .150 difference in RPI. OTOH, individual team records vary from basically 0 to 1.000. Even given that it is only a quarter of RPI, that would make a difference of .250 in RPI rating.

(BTW, I could do a better estimate if I could find the actual ratings, as opposed just rankings. RICH!!!!!)

In the last 4 years, Pacific's RPI rankings have been 51, 64, 90, 185. Last season, their opponent strength of schedule ranked 90th overall, and opp/opp was 64th. However, it was their 8-21 record that killed their RPI, where that was 264th. If they can improve their record to .500, that will improve their RPI by more than .050, which is a large jump. That would take a massive change in opponents to offset it.

I think that is the basis for claiming they will improve.

Similarly, Evansville was 12 - 18. They do have a legitimate chance to turn that into 18 - 12 this year, which would be a huge boost to their RPI. Their schedule won't be that much weaker than last year (where it was pretty darn weak).

Yes, some teams are limited in the RPI based on their schedule. However, that does not mean they can't improve. The main way to do that is to win.

Ball St is especially clear. Not only do they have room to improve their record, they can also improve their opponents. They were especially hurt by their opponents schedules (something like 236). Their schedule should improve, as should their record.

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From UC Davis website:



6/28/07
Volleyball Officially Opens Aggie Action In 2007-08

UC Davis women's volleyball will effectively launch the university's first year as a full-fledged Division I program. The Aggies open at Northern Arizona's Hilton Garden Inn Invitational on August 24, the first official contest by any UC Davis squad this fall. (The women's soccer team will face Chico State in a scrimmage three days earlier.) The team's upcoming slate features seven teams that competed in the 64-team NCAA tournament last fall.


Last year Davis was 229. Does anyone have a guess for this year?