New RKPI Rankings

[Rich Kern]

I can't post this yet on my site for technical reasons and I don't know yet for sure if all the results are in the database but here are the latest results of the RKPI This is subject to change after further reviews of the data however so consider it just a draft for discussion purposes.

Rank Points Team
1 0.7364 Nebraska
2 0.7112 Hawaii
3 0.6975 Minnesota
4 0.6836 Penn State
5 0.6783 Florida
6 0.6774 Ohio State
7 0.6754 Tennessee
8 0.6609 Washington
9 0.6561 USC
10 0.6559 St. Marys
11 0.6522 Stanford
12 0.6488 San Diego
13 0.6426 Texas
14 0.6422 Georgia Tech
15 0.6418 Notre Dame
16 0.6398 Texas A&M
17 0.6361 UC Santa Barbara
18 0.6334 Ohio
19 0.6319 Colorado State
20 0.6265 Louisville
21 0.6249 Wisconsin
22 0.6245 Kansas State
23 0.6240 Missouri
24 0.6197 Santa Clara
25 0.6190 Long Beach State
26 0.6172 Illinois
27 0.6117 Utah
28 0.6116 Wichita State
29 0.6066 Rice
30 0.6060 Arizona
31 0.6058 Nevada
32 0.6025 UCLA
33 0.6013 California
34 0.6004 Michigan
35 0.5996 Marquette
36 0.5981 Georgia
37 0.5980 Texas State
38 0.5962 Pittsburgh
39 0.5946 Arkansas
40 0.5933 Duke
41 0.5924 Alabama
42 0.5865 North Carolina
43 0.5860 Albany
44 0.5856 UC Irvine
45 0.5839 Loyola Marymount
46 0.5831 Florida A&M
47 0.5829 Pacific
48 0.5828 Winthrop
49 0.5828 Colorado
50 0.5826 Maryland
51 0.5825 Purdue
52 0.5822 Virginia
53 0.5821 Ball State
54 0.5820 Towson University
55 0.5817 College of Charleston
56 0.5809 Valparaiso
57 0.5808 Western Michigan
58 0.5782 Pepperdine
59 0.5781 Michigan State
60 0.5770 Stephen F. Austin
61 0.5740 Southwest Missouri State
62 0.5734 Kansas
63 0.5734 American
64 0.5724 LSU

[simplycurious]

Thanks Rich! ;D

This should really 'fuel the fire' here on Volley Talk with all the ongoing discussions about the brackets (until they're announced tomorrow afternoon).

[Mulcahy]

I'm glad Nevada didn't drop too far down after the USF debacle.

[Rich Kern]

Mulcahy said:

I'm glad Nevada didn't drop too far down after the USF debacle.

You won't see a whole lot of shifting this late in the season either up or down.

[Deleted]

Well, if this is a mirror of what the RPI used by the NCAA Selection Committee looked like, it would certainly have given them the cloak of legitimacy to do just about anything they wanted to do (e.g. Notre Dame as a top 16 seed, etc. et al ad nauseum).

[TheSantaBarbarian]

USC loses to #224 and drops from 8 to 9. UCSB doesn't play and drops from 13 to 17. I just love the RPI.

[Anonymous]

TheSantaBarbarian said:

USC loses to #224 and drops from 8 to 9. UCSB doesn't play and drops from 13 to 17. I just love the RPI.

I would guess that means you should have been playing to improve your position like those that passed you did. That is not the fault of the RPI.

[UCSBVball]

Anonymous per your "I would guess that means you should have been playing to improve your position like those that passed you did. That is not the fault of the RPI. " Do you really think that the true relative strength of UCSB was changed by not playing?

Interesting looking at UCSB versus LBSU and then at Notre Dame versus LBSU for ease of victory, and that UCSB beat Texas A&M with ease and you get the message -- never loose a match against a lower ranked team in the middle of the season.

[volleyholic]

Im really happey to see the SEC doing so well this year, perhaps they will get more than 2 teams in the NCAA's this year!!!!!!

Good luck to Georgia!!!! You guys deserve it!!!!

[ame1415]

how is florida above tennessee when they beat florida twice?

[Gorf]

ame1415 said:

how is florida above tennessee when they beat florida twice?

Florida played a stronger non-conference schedule than Tennessee.