2016 Bracketology (FINALIZED) 11/27
Oct 10, 2016 18:31:30 GMT -5
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Post by trojansc on Oct 10, 2016 18:31:30 GMT -5
Final Bracketology (11/27)
All regular season matches have concluded.
*RPI numbers used here are estimates
These RPI estimates should be very close to committee's selection RPI.
NCAA Selection show on Sunday, November 27th at 9:00pm EST.
All regular season matches have concluded.
*RPI numbers used here are estimates
These RPI estimates should be very close to committee's selection RPI.
NCAA Selection show on Sunday, November 27th at 9:00pm EST.
-History: (We can call these errors by the committee, or me, we can agree to disagree
) 2012: Had Hawaii and Tennessee as seeds, but Iowa State (15) and Kentucky (16) got them. All at-larges picked correctly.
2013: Had Marquette and Florida State as seeds, but Wisconsin (12) and Illinois (13) got them. All at-larges picked correctly.
2014: Had Virginia Tech in the tournament, but Michigan State got the bid. All predicted seeded teams did get a seed.
2015: Had Pittsburgh in the tournament, but Northern Iowa got the bid. Had Missouri as a seeded team, but Creighton (16) seeded.
32 Conference Champions (Auto-Qualifiers)
*ACC – North Carolina (8)
America East – New Hampshire (139)
*AAC – Southern Methodist (30)
Atlantic 10 – Dayton (29)
Atlantic Sun – Lipscomb (52)
*Big 10 – Nebraska (3)
*Big 12 – Kansas (5)
Big East – Creighton (17)
Big Sky – North Dakota (98)
Big South – High Point (109)
*Big West – Hawaii (23)
Colonial – James Madison(50)
Conference USA – Western Kentucky (14)
Horizon – Cleveland State (37)
*Ivy – Princeton (178)
MAAC – Fairfield (118)
MAC – Northern Illinois (51)
MEAC – Howard (159)
MVC – Wichita State (21)
*MWC – Boise State (32)
NEC – LIU Brooklyn (196)
OVC – Murray State (95)
*Pac-12 – Washington (6)
Patriot – American (87)
*SEC – Missouri (9)
SoCon – Samford (129)
Southland – Texas A&M Corpus-Christi (61)
Summit – Denver (90)
Sun Belt – Coastal Carolina (35)
SWAC – Alabama State (194)
WAC – UT Rio Grande Valley (123)
*WCC – BYU (7)
Locked At-Large Bids (21)
These teams are definitely at-large tournament teams.
ACC
22 Florida State
Big Ten
1 Wisconsin
2 Minnesota
13 Michigan
15 Michigan State
25 Penn State
28 Purdue
34 Ohio State
BIG 12
4 Texas
18 Kansas State
20 TCU
27 Iowa State
PAC-12
10 Stanford
12 UCLA
24 Oregon
31 Utah
36 Arizona
SEC
11 Florida
19 Kentucky
26 Texas A&M
WCC
16 San Diego
Bubble Teams
(21 teams competing for the last 11 spots left for NCAA's)
AAC
38 Cincinnati
47 Temple
ACC
39 Pittsburgh
49 Georgia Tech
64 Duke
66 North Carolina State
Big East
41 Marquette
59 Xavier
Big Ten
56 Illinois
68 Indiana
71 Iowa
Big 12
43 Baylor
Big West
54 Cal Poly
Conference USA
65 UT San Antonio
MAC
40 Miami(OH)
Missouri Valley
44 Missouri State
45 Northern Iowa
Mountain West
33 UNLV
46 Colorado State
PAC-12
42 Washington State
48 Southern California
SEC
53 Alabama
Sun Belt
55 Arkansas State
SAFEST THREE Bubble Teams
Pittsburgh - I'm not concerned about Pittsburgh. They have a solid RPI for a bubble team, and have plenty of good victories. They're so safe they could practically be a lock. I'm still not sure how they lost to Wake? Wake Forest? In Volleyball? Well, whatever. The good outweighs the bad - and Pittsburgh is in! They have 5 top 50 wins.. a couple big ones including over Michigan. Last year, the committee overlooked Pittsburgh (who I actually picked to get in, and misses don't happen often). This year, if the committee leaves out Pitt, I'll post a long rant on here.
Marquette - Marquette ended the season on back to back losses to Xavier. Ouch. Xavier is on the wrong end of the bubble, so when Marquette gets in, I know the Musketeers are going to think jeez, did we have to beat Marquette three times to get into the tournament? Well, yeah, another win might have got them in. But anyways, back to Taylor Louis, I mean Marquette, they are in the tournament. The other bubble's victories don't compare to Marquette and their RPI is better. Marquette is in.
Washington State - The Cougs have almost a seeded team's resume. They have wins over Washington, Stanford, and UCLA! They just lost too to many other teams. Anyways, despite the RPI, the Cougs are back dancing again! Congratulations to Greeney and co. There's no way I see Washington State being left out. They are safely in the tournament, and they, along with Pittsburgh and Marquette, don't really have much reason to sweat tomorrow. Get some sleep. You're in! And you're probably being sent somewhere tough in B1G Country, good luck!! (Wazzu is a great blocking team, watch out B1G foes)
THE FOUR BEFORE the "Last Four"
Baylor - Katie Staiger. If you don't know her name this year, you'll hear it again next year because she'll be back. She's carried the load for Baylor all season and it's good enough to get her squad back into the NCAA Tournament. They JUST missed out on the tournament last year - I had them as the FIRST team out of the tournament. They deserve a bid this year. They picked up some solid wins, they don't really have much you can complain about (besides a loss to UTRGV, on the first day of the season!). Baylor beat Kansas State, Iowa State, TCU, and Washington State. That will get them in. The Bears are dancing!
Missouri State - Speaking of Bears and squads led by one dominant player - let me introduce you to another safe at-large team, Lily Johnson and the Missouri State Bears. Mo State has a top-25 win over Wichita State, Ohio State, and two wins over Northern Iowa. They also beat Illinois. Four solid wins, and the fifth one against a team just outside the top 50 but competing for an at-large. Gotta give a bid to Missouri State. Given the other bubble teams, there's no excuse to leave them out.
Northern Iowa - UNI has some really solid victories on their resume. They beat top-25 Wichita State (twice). They also beat Kentucky, Iowa State, and Miami(OH), who is a bubble team. There's no way with that resume that anyone can leave out UNI. The bubble is weak around them, it's not going to happen. UNI makes yet another trip to the NCAA Tournament.
Southern California - USC is the last of the bubble teams with the impressive victories. Their home tournament may have literally saved their season. (Wins over Creighton, Kentucky, and UNI all in the same weekend). To combine with those, USC also has victories against Utah and Oregon. That's three top 25 victories, and that seals a tournament berth. In a season where not much has gone right and injuries seem to be stalking every player, USC should be happy to know that they should be safe and not too nervous on Selection Sunday.
LAST FOUR IN
Miami (Ohio) - This is where things get gritty, unclear, and I start to question my decisions. But I think Miami(OH) did just enough to get into the NCAA tournament. They are clinging on to TWO victories - Cincinnati and Missouri. That win over the SEC Champions is a real good one. Cincinnati is also a bubble team. With an RPI of 40, they are JUST barely doing enough with these two victories. In a tougher bubble year, I don't think this is good enough. Miami (OH) also has two sub 100 losses that make me question them. I don't know if the committee will leave out the 40 RPI team who has a win over a TOP 10 team. That was a deal breaker for me. Miami(OH) is IN!
Cincinnati - Not a lot of people have much confidence in Cincinnati, but they are in the tournament. Cincinnati has a top-25 win over Wichita State, and a pair of Top 50 wins over SMU and Temple. With a 38 RPI, I can't see how you can leave Cinci out. They are probably safer than Miami(OH) but with Miami having the H2H advantage, I think they might be a little bit better off. Cincinnati is going dancing! Congratulations to the Bearcats! Next Destination: Ann Arbor / East Lansing.
Colorado State - Colorado State almost blew their chance at a bid. They were trailing to Wyoming, and the match was literally over. However, a CSU challenge overturned the call that gave Wyoming the match, and Colorado State ended up winning in 5. One thing that I cannot accept from the committee is if they put UNLV in but leave Colorado State out. Colorado St. has two H2H wins over UNLV, and they also beat Baylor, who is also on the bubble. To be completely honest though, I'm not sure CSU or UNLV either deserve bids. The MWC did very little OOC. Their only top 50 wins OOC are Cleveland State (who Boise beat) and Baylor (who CSU beat). Not exactly much to brag on. But, given with the teams on the bubble and lack of solid candidates, I think it is only fair that Colorado State gets in. This was a tough call, but the Rams are dancing. Just barely. The second to last team in.
UNLV - UNLV is the last team in the tournament. Sigh. I didn't want UNLV to be in. I don't think they deserve to be in. UNLV gamed the RPI by scheduling teams that they could beat with good records: Hofstra (20-10), TAMU-Corpus Christi (24-7), New Mexico State (24-7), Sacramento State (20-12). They shouldn't get rewarded for that. If UNLV didn't beat Boise State, they wouldn't even be in this discussion. When Miami(FL) got in the NCAA Tournament in 2014, they had an 0-5 record vs. the top-25, and a 1-1 record vs. the 26-50 in RPI. They had ONE top 50 RPI win (just like UNLV does). But Miami has an RPI of 28. I have UNLV finishing around 33 in RPI. Considering the similarities, it leads me to believe that the committee will not jump about TWENTY RPI spots to put another team in, who has a slightly better resume. It hurts me to say it. I don't want to say it, and I actually hope I'm wrong. It's like the time I left Pacific out. I knew they deserved to get in, but I just couldn't move them in. It's like that for UNLV. They shouldn't get in, I don't want them to get in, and I hope the NCAA does the right thing, but trying to predict what the committee does, I have to put them in. UNLV is the last team in the NCAA's.
FIRST FOUR OUT
Temple - Temple, for me, is the FIRST team OUT of the NCAA Tournament. This may come as a surprise to some, you might think I'm crazy, but yes, I think Temple got a really good look from the committee. If we do a straight RPI cutoff, Temple would make the list. Temple also has one more top-50 win than UNLV does. Temple also beat SMU, who is top-25 but only in unmodified RPI. Temple's concerns are that they only have two top-50 wins, and they lost to TWO sub-100 teams. That's hurting them. I think if Temple's resume was a little bit cleaner, they could get in. Also hurting them is a H2H loss to Alabama. I was really questioning whether they could even have a better at-large chance than Bama, when they lost Head to Head. For some reason, I think just being ahead five spots in the RPI is enough to be okay. If the committee goes to secondary criteria, which is the last 10 matches, Temple would get the edge over the teams competing with them for this last bid. Also, the AAC is slightly better than MWC in Conference RPI rankings, which I thought might be able to make a difference. Anyways, I think Temple deserves a bid more than UNLV does. I expect a lot of disagreement on me picking Temple as first out. People are probably starting to wonder now when will they see Illinois name?
Illinois - Speaking of which, Illinois' fans are probably going to be mad at me. All this time, I was projecting a bid with Illinois as one of the last four teams in the tournament. Well, now that the dust has settled, I've changed my mind. Illinois does not look really good. Their RPI, at 56, is pretty high. Temple is bout 10 spots better. Alabama has a few advantages, and Alabama also has a top-25 win just like Illinois does. Illinois has 3 total TOP 50 wins, which is 2 more than UNLV, and 1 more than Temple and Alabama. .
Alabama - Alabama got some serious consideration from me. I didn't think they would, but the more and more things played out, Alabama got their RPI back closer to the range. Alabama has an RPI better than Illinois. They also have a H2H win over Temple. But, Alabama really struggled in SEC play. Their only selling point was a win over Texas A&M. Texas A&M may or may not finish top-25. I actually won't be surprised if I see Alabama find a way to sneak in. The SEC is only getting 4 bids if Alabama does not get in. Nonetheless, I can't put Alabama in here. It just doesn't feel right. They also finished the season 5-5, not doing anything impressive down the stretch. If anything, they only needed to avoid maybe one of their various SEC losses to the lower teams, and that might have been enough to get them in. Sorry Krystal Rivers - you are a hell of an athlete and I hope you stick with the game!
Xavier - The Musketeers tried to pull things together too little too late. They ended up with a win over Missouri State, and two over Marquette, but it won't be enough. They have two sub 100 losses, an RPI that puts them mid to high 50s, which is not a place you want to be unless you have a really good resume to make up for it. But make no doubt about it, Xavier doesn't have a horrible resume. If they could have raised their RPI slightly, three top 50 wins would probably be good enough to get them in. Congratulations on a decent season! Xavier notoriously finishes around 50-70 in RPI, but NEVER gets into the NCAA Tournament! Still waiting, but every year they seem to make it into this thread as one of the teams OUT of the tournament.
NEXT FOUR OUT
Georgia Tech - Georgia Tech has a top 50 RPI, but they only beat ONE top 50 RPI team all season! Coastal Carolina. We don't know how good that Coastal Carolina team is, anyways. So Georgia Tech is out. I literally cannot find any reason to include Georgia Tech. I'd be more inclined to take Cal Poly or someone of the like over Georgia Tech, because at least their one win is top 25! Anyways, Georgia Tech also didn't lose to anyone outside the Top 50 RPI. So there's that. But, it doesn't matter. You should have to do better than beating CCU to be an NCAA team. Georgia Tech did not. Season over for the Yellow Jackets.
Cal Poly - When all you've got to sell is a win over Western Kentucky, you're chances are pretty much shot. Cal Poly's RPI is getting them into consideration but they just don't have any wins on their resume. They couldn't beat Hawaii, or even Long Beach State for that matter. I don't think they are getting shafted though - they didn't do enough to get into the tournament. The Big West as a whole needs to step it up, beyond just Cal Poly and Long Beach State, and they need to game the RPI system way better or this will continue to happen.
Indiana - Indiana losing to Maryland this week pretty much killed any at-large chance they had. They might have already been out of the race, but we'll never know. Indiana's resume is shaky anyways. They played a lot of good teams, but didn't win many matches. They lost to quite a few teams in the 50-100 RPI range as well. Indiana is behind Illinois, and they lost the H2H. So, no real chance for Indiana. So tough in the B1G, but hopefully they can find a way back to the tournament too.
North Carolina State - NC State's RPI is just too damn high. They also don't have much to sell, with teams with a better RPI and a better resume overall. They put together a decent season, got hot late, but just not hot enough. I think this a team definitely on the rise, and they should be on the bubble or sneak into the tournament next year.
At-Large Bid Summary
1 at-large bids from AAC (Cincinnati)
2 at-large bids from ACC (Florida State, Pittsburgh)
1 at-large bids from Big East (Marquette)
7 at-large bids from Big 10 (Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue, Penn State, Ohio State)
5 at-large bids from Big 12 (Texas, Kansas State, TCU, Iowa State, Baylor)
0 at-large bids from Big West
0 at-large bids from Conference USA
1 at-large bids from MAC (Miami-Ohio)
2 at-large bids from Missouri Valley (Wichita State, Missouri State)
2 at-large bids from Mountain West (UNLV, Colorado State)
7 at-large bids from Pac-12 (Stanford, UCLA, Oregon, Utah, Arizona, Washington State, USC)
3 at-large bids from SEC (Florida, Kentucky, Texas A&M)
0 at-large bids from Sun Belt
1 at-large bids from WCC (San Diego)
Projected Sixteen Seeds:
(1) Nebraska
(2) Minnesota
(3) Wisconsin
(4) Kansas
(5) Washington
(6) Texas
(7) UCLA
(8) Stanford
(9) North Carolina
(10) BYU
(11) Missouri
(12) Florida
(13) Michigan
(14) Michigan State
(15) San Diego
(16) Kansas State
*two closest to being seeded: Kentucky, Creighton
Projected NCAA Tournament Bracket
Regional 1
(1) Nebraska vs. LIU Brooklyn
Iowa State vs. Colorado State
(16) Kansas State vs. James Madison
Oregon vs. Western Kentucky
(8) Stanford vs. Samford
Lipscomb vs. Ohio State
(9) North Carolina vs. Howard
Coastal Carolina vs. American
Regional 4
(4) Kansas vs. Fairfield
Creighton vs. Missouri State
(13) Michigan vs. Cleveland State
Kentucky vs. Pittsburgh
(5) Washington vs. High Point
Penn State vs. Baylor
(12) Florida vs. Alabama State
Florida State vs. Arizona
Regional 2
(3) Wisconsin vs. New Hampshire
Northern Illinois vs. Marquette
(14) Michigan State vs. Miami(OH)
Dayton vs. Cincinnati
(6) Texas vs. UT Rio Grande Valley
Southern Methodist vs. Texas A&M
(11) Missouri vs. Murray State
Wichita State vs. Purdue
Regional 3
(2) Minnesota vs. North Dakota
Northern Iowa vs. Washington State
(15) San Diego vs. Princeton
Southern California vs. TCU
(7) UCLA vs. Texas A&M Corpus Christi
UNLV vs. Hawai
(10) BYU vs. Denver
Boise State vs. Utah
Bubble Team Résumés
AAC
Cincinnati
Record: (22-9, 17-3)
RPI: 38
Non-Conf RPI: 101
Record against Top 50 RPI: 3-6
Record against 1-25 RPI: 1-2
Record against 26-50 RPI: 2-4
Record against 51-100 RPI: 5-2
Record against 101-150 RPI: 4-0
Significant Wins: 21 Wichita State, 30 SMU, 47 Temple, 62 UCF(x2),
Significant Losses: NONE
Last 10 games: 9-1
Temple
Record: (22-8, 15-5)
RPI: 47
Non-Conf RPI: 92
Record against Top 50 RPI: 2-3
Record against 1-25 RPI: 0-0
Record against 26-50 RPI: 2-3
Record against 51-100 RPI: 6-3
Record against 101-150 RPI: 4-1
Significant Wins: 30 SMU, 37 Cincinnati, 62 UCF
Significant Losses: 115 USF, 168 Virginia Tech
Last 10 games: 8-2
ACC
Pittsburgh
Record: (24-8, 15-5)
RPI: 39
Non-Conf RPI: 20
Record against Top 50 RPI: 5-4
Record against 1-25 RPI: 2-3
Record against 26-50 RPI: 3-1
Record against 51-100 RPI: 3-3
Record against 101-150 RPI: 2-0
Significant Wins: 8 North Carolina, 13 Michigan, 46 Colorado State, 49 Georiga Tech(x2)
Significant Losses: 239 Wake Forest (how did this happen?)
Last 10 games: 9-1
Georgia Tech
Record: (24-8, 15-5)
RPI:
Non-Conf RPI: 38
Record against Top 50 RPI: 1-8
Record against 1-25 RPI: 0-5
Record against 26-50 RPI: 1-3
Record against 51-100 RPI: 5-0
Record against 101-150 RPI: 3-0
Significant Wins: 35 Coastal Carolina
Significant Losses: NONE
Last 10 games: 7-3
North Carolina State
Record: (20-12, 13-7)
RPI: 66
Non-Conf RPI: 70
Record against Top 50 RPI: 3-7
Record against 1-25 RPI: 1-3
Record against 26-50 RPI: 2-4
Record against 51-100 RPI: 2-3
Record against 101-150 RPI: 2-2
Significant Wins: 22 Florida State, 30 SMU, 32 Boise State
Significant Losses: 105 UNC Wilmington, 110 High Point
Last 10 games: 7-3
Duke
Record: (21-9, 15-5)
RPI: 64
Non-Conf RPI: 78
Record against Top 50 RPI: 2-5
Record against 1-25 RPI: 0-4
Record against 26-50 RPI: 2-1
Record against 51-100 RPI: 1-4
Record against 101-150 RPI: 2-0
Significant Wins: 39 Pittsburgh(x2)
Significant Losses: NONE
Last 10 games: 6-4
Big East
Marquette
Record: (23-8, 13-5)
RPI: 41
Non-Conf RPI: 24
Record against Top 50 RPI: 5-3
Record against 1-25 RPI: 1-2
Record against 26-50 RPI: 4-1
Record against 51-100 RPI: 3-3
Record against 101-150 RPI: 7-1
Significant Wins: 19 Kentucky, 27 Iowa State, 38 Cincinnati, 44 Missouri State, 48 Southern California
Significant Losses: 128 Santa Clara, 175 St. John's
Last 10 games: 6-4
Xavier
Record: (20-13, 13-5)
RPI: 59
Non-Conf RPI: 104
Record against Top 50 RPI: 3-8
Record against 1-25 RPI: 0-5
Record against 26-50 RPI: 3-3
Record against 51-100 RPI: 2-2
Record against 101-150 RPI: 7-1
Significant Wins: 41 Marquette(x2), 44 Missouri State
Significant Losses: 140 Seton Hall, 153 Chattanooga, 188 Western Michigan
Last 10 games: 8-2
Big 10
Illinois
Record: (17-14, 10-10)
RPI: 56
Non-Conf RPI: 64
Record against Top 50 RPI: 3-12
Record against 1-25 RPI: 1-9
Record against 26-50 RPI: 2-3
Record against 51-100 RPI: 4-2
Record against 101-150 RPI: 2-0
Significant Wins: 15 Michigan State, 28 Purdue, 34 Ohio State
Significant Losses: NONE
Last 10 games: 3-7
Indiana
Record: (17-16, 6-14)
RPI: 69
Non-Conf RPI: 34
Record against Top 50 RPI: 3-11
Record against 1-25 RPI: 1-8
Record against 26-50 RPI: 2-3
Record against 51-100 RPI: 1-4
Record against 101-150 RPI: 2-1
Significant Wins: 13 Michigan, 34 Ohio State, 37 Cleveland State
Significant Losses: 142 Maryland
Last 10 games: 3-7
Iowa
Record: (19-13, 9-11)
RPI: 71
Non-Conf RPI: 67
Record against Top 50 RPI: 1-12
Record against 1-25 RPI: 0-9
Record against 26-50 RPI: 1-3
Record against 51-100 RPI: 4-0
Record against 101-150 RPI: 5-1
Significant Wins: 28 Purdue, 51 Northern Illinois, 56 Illinois
Significant Losses: 118 Butler
Last 10 games: 4-6
Big 12
Baylor
Record: (21-11, 9-7)
RPI: 43
Non-Conf RPI: 50
Record against Top 50 RPI: 4-9
Record against 1-25 RPI: 2-7
Record against 26-50 RPI: 2-2
Record against 51-100 RPI: 2-1
Record against 101-150 RPI: 7-1
Significant Wins: 18 Kansas State 20 TCU, 27 Iowa State, 42 Washington State,
Significant Losses: 123 UT Rio Grande Valley
Last 10 games: 5-5
Big West
Cal Poly
Record: (18-9, 11-5)
RPI: 54
Non-Conf RPI: 32
Record against Top 50 RPI: 1-5
Record against 1-25 RPI: 1-4
Record against 26-50 RPI: 0-1
Record against 51-100 RPI: 4-4
Record against 101-150 RPI: 4-0
Significant Wins: 14 Western Kentucky
Significant Losses: NONE
Last 10 games: 7-3
Conference USA
UT San Antonio
Record: (20-8, 12-5)
RPI: 65
Non-Conf RPI: 54
Record against Top 50 RPI: 2-3
Record against 1-25 RPI: 1-3
Record against 26-50 RPI: 1-0
Record against 51-100 RPI: 2-1
Record against 101-150 RPI: 4-3
Significant Wins: 21 Wichita State, 30 SMU
Significant Losses: 147 Army, 254 Louisiana Tech
Last 10 games: 8-2
MAC
Miami(OH)
Record: (24-6, 15-1)
RPI: 40
Non-Conf RPI: 39
Record against Top 50 RPI: 2-3
Record against 1-25 RPI: 1-1
Record against 26-50 RPI: 1-2
Record against 51-100 RPI: 3-1
Record against 101-150 RPI: 7-3
Significant Wins: 9 Missouri, 38 Cincinnati, 51 Northern Illinois
Significant Losses: 132 Illinois State, 200 Kent State
Last 10 games: 8-2
Missouri Valley
Missouri State
Record: (25-8, 16-2)
RPI: 44
Non-Conf RPI: 62
Record against Top 50 RPI: 4-6
Record against 1-25 RPI: 1-4
Record against 26-50 RPI: 3-2
Record against 51-100 RPI: 4-2
Record against 101-150 RPI: 4-0
Significant Wins: 21 Wichita State, 34 Ohio State, 45 Northern Iowa(x2), 55 Arkansas State, 56 Illinois
Significant Losses: NONE
Last 10 games: 9-1
Northern Iowa
Record: (24-9, 14-4)
RPI: 45
Non-Conf RPI: 42
Record against Top 50 RPI: 5-5
Record against 1-25 RPI: 3-3
Record against 26-50 RPI: 2-2
Record against 51-100 RPI: 2-2
Record against 101-150 RPI: 1-1
Significant Wins: 19 Kentucky, 21 Wichita State(x2), 40 Miami(OH)
Significant Losses: 132 Illinois State
Last 10 games: 8-2
Mountain West
Colorado State
Record: (21-8, 15-3)
RPI: 48
Non-Conf RPI: 115
Record against Top 50 RPI: 3-4
Record against 1-25 RPI: 0-1
Record against 26-50 RPI: 3-3
Record against 51-100 RPI: 5-3
Record against 101-150 RPI: 7-0
Significant Wins: 33 UNLV(x2), 43 Baylor
Significant Losses: NONE
Last 10 games: 8-2
UNLV
Record: (23-7, 12-6)
RPI: 33
Non-Conf RPI: 12
Record against Top 50 RPI: 1-4
Record against 1-25 RPI: 0-1
Record against 26-50 RPI: 1-3
Record against 51-100 RPI: 5-3
Record against 101-150 RPI: 9-0
Significant Wins: 32 Boise State
Significant Losses: NONE
Last 10 games: 5-5
PAC-12
Washington State
Record: (21-11, 11-9)
RPI: 42
Non-Conf RPI: 49
Record against Top 50 RPI: 6-8
Record against 1-25 RPI: 4-4
Record against 26-50 RPI: 2-4
Record against 51-100 RPI: 5-1
Record against 101-150 RPI: 4-1
Significant Wins: 6 Washington, 10 Stanford, 12 UCLA, 19 Kentucky, 36 Arizona(x2), 48 USC
Significant Losses: 122 Oregon State, 183 California
Last 10 games: 4-6
Southern California
Record: (18-13, 10-10)
RPI: 48
Non-Conf RPI: 30
Record against Top 50 RPI: 5-11
Record against 1-25 RPI: 3-6
Record against 26-50 RPI: 2-5
Record against 51-100 RPI: 3-1
Record against 101-150 RPI: 8-1
Significant Wins: 17 Creighton, 19 Kentucky, 24 Oregon, 31 Utah, 45 Northern Iowa
Significant Losses: 127 Santa Clara, 174 UC Irvine
Last 10 games: 4-6
SEC
Alabama
Record: (20-11, 9-9)
RPI: 53
Non-Conf RPI: 36
Record against Top 50 RPI: 2-6
Record against 1-25 RPI: 0-5
Record against 26-50 RPI: 2-1
Record against 51-100 RPI: 3-3
Record against 101-150 RPI: 4-1
Significant Wins: 26 Texas A&M, 47 Temple
Significant Losses: 114 Auburn, 163 Mississippi State
Last 10 Games: 5-5
Sun Belt
Arkansas State
Record: (25-8, 17-2)
RPI: 55
Non-Conf RPI: 68
Record against Top 50 RPI: 1-5
Record against 1-25 RPI: 0-1
Record against 26-50 RPI: 1-4
Record against 51-100 RPI: 5-3
Record against 101-150 RPI: 0-0
Significant Wins: 35 Coastal Carolina, 54 Cal Poly
Significant Losses: NONE
Last 10 games: 9-1
