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Big Ten Records and RPI

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Buckeyeskickbuttocks;771962; said:
Well, Stu, you're on a roll. So, the big ten RPI is horrible and OSU should fire its hockey coach. Oh... and you apparently have no insight in to any of this.... as your posts witness.
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Actually my point was that the Big 10 RPI is very good compared to where we are usually at in baseball. It is just a shame that our own weak non-conference schedule will drag down the conference and give us very little chance at an at large big. GO BUCKS! (and yes fire Markell!)
 
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JCOSU86;822457; said:
Minny and scUM leading the way for the Big 10.....
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Just how does High Point rate six spots higher than us (66 vs 72) when they play in the Big South and have 10 more loses with the same amount of wins (23-20 vs 23-10) against Division I teams?
 
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MililaniBuckeye;822484; said:
Just how does High Point rate six spots higher than us (66 vs 72) when they play in the Big South and have 10 more loses with the same amount of wins (23-20 vs 23-10) against Division I teams?
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Alot has to do with this

12 103.1 182 160 182 160 25 Big Ten
13 100.8 241 258 241 258 12 Southland
14 100.6 180 164 180 164 9 Big South
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Note the SOS of the conferences, Big Ten 25 Big South 9.
 
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12 103.1 182 160 182 160 25 Big Ten
13 100.8 241 258 241 258 12 Southland
14 100.6 180 164 180 164 9 Big South
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Then how is the Big Ten ranked higher than the Big South overall (12th vs 14th) despite having virtually the same records (182-160 vs 180-164)? You would figure that nearly identical records with a much weaker SOS would have the Big Ten ranked well below the Big South...
 
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The RPI game is tough. Some good reading on the subject can be found here, Boyd Nation

Quality road wins, quality road losses, and playing lower classifications plays in. By no means is it perfect, just a tool. I will say, with the exception of Coastal, the Big South is a little down this year, while IMO the Big Ten is a little better overall than in the recent past. It all boils down to playing good teams. We have played the following so far...

Notre Dame W
NC State L
UNC L extra innings
Clemson L
TCU W
Troy WLL
Virginia W
Virginia Tech W
College of Charleston W
UNCW W
Elon WW
Citadel W
Wake Forest LL

Yet to go 3 at Winthrop, 3 at Nebraska, 1 at College of Charleston, 1 at Virginia, and the league tournament at Winthrop. Of a total of 8 losses, I just listed 7. None of them could be considered a "bad" loss. It's just the way you have to construct a schedule, especially for a Mid-major.
 
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Another article:

20-win mids should be scheduled, not ducked

Quick: Name the best "RPI opponent" in the country last season.
Ohio State was atop the RPI at the end of the regular season, but the Buckeyes didn't provide the best bang for your RPI buck. Neither did Memphis, Florida, UCLA, Kansas, Wisconsin or North Carolina, even though all six of those elite programs also finished in the top 11 in the RPI. Why? Because all those teams were very likely to beat you, negating some of the benefit their strong win/loss records and strengths of schedule provided for your RPI. As your own winning percentage is 25 percent of your RPI, you must add relative "beatability" into the equation. When you do, the answer probably will surprise you: It's Davidson. In addition to finishing the regular season with a 25-4 Division I record, the Wildcats' overall schedule (including games in the underrated Southern Conference, which ended up 19th of the 31 conferences in RPI) was strong enough to give the Wildcats the 10th-best combination of winning percentage and SOS in the country (measured with winning percentage being worth twice as much as SOS, per the RPI formula). Now weigh the fact that most Top 25 teams would be strongly favored over Davidson at home, and it's a no-brainer.

Don't worry if you didn't know that; you'd be hard-pressed to find a Division I head
 
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