RPI Futures - Week 6 (10/4)

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Oct 6, 2015 9:19:51 GMT -5 The Bofa on the Sofa said:

Oct 5, 2015 21:30:20 GMT -5 MatchGame said:

Another thought, why does Penguin use Pablo to predict wins instead of the RPI if RPI is what NCAA utilizes? That makes no sense.

What should be done instead? RPI is not a tool for predicting results of future matches, Pablo does that very well. Since RPI is not dependent (much) on who you beat and who you lose to, and mostly just depends on overall wins and losses, it makes perfect sense to use Pablo to predict the wins and losses, and from that calculate the RPI.

So while I totally agree with you that RPI isn't dependent on who you beat and who you lost to, I don't understand how Pablo is.

Take BYU for example. On 8/29 they lost to #1 USC and beat #42 North Carolina and went 1-1. Are you implying that if they had beaten USC and lost to North Carolina that day (by the same point differentials), that their Pablo would be different?

I understand that point differentials and match date are under consideration, but I don't get how who you beat and who you lose to matters.