Rotten RPI? At Least They're Not the Aggies
So, I presume I wasn't the only one who was a little mystified that the Utah State Aggies were not up to their usual standard when the Utes played them last week?
Turns out the Ags are helping kill the Western Athletic Conference's ranking in the Ratings Percentage Index.
The WAC ranks a miserable 26th, while the Aggies are 196th, according to RealTimeRPI.com. By comparison, the Mountain West ranks 12th as a league -- right there between the Mid-American Conference and Conference USA.
The Utes might be happy to know that while they're a pretty dismal 189th, those rival Cougars -- for all of their supposed impressiveness -- are only 101st. The Cougar schedule strength ranks only 220th, in fact, despite playing Louisville, North Carolina and Michigan State.
The team with the real tough schedule, evidently, is UNLV.
The Rebels are 6-2 overall, and rank 26th in the RPI with a strength-of-schedule that ranks 22nd. Why? Not so much because they played a bunch of elite teams -- Louisville, UC Santa Barbara and UTEP are their top opponents so far -- but because they don't play any real dogs.
While the Utes and Cougars played a combined eight teams whose RPI ratings are 273rd or worse (and two more with ratings at 192nd and 224th), the Rebels have not played anybody whose RPI is lower than 166th. Of course, that will start to change soon, when the Utes meet Missouri State (38th), Cal (60th) and Gonzaga (25th) before the end of the month.
Turns out the Ags are helping kill the Western Athletic Conference's ranking in the Ratings Percentage Index.
The WAC ranks a miserable 26th, while the Aggies are 196th, according to RealTimeRPI.com. By comparison, the Mountain West ranks 12th as a league -- right there between the Mid-American Conference and Conference USA.
The Utes might be happy to know that while they're a pretty dismal 189th, those rival Cougars -- for all of their supposed impressiveness -- are only 101st. The Cougar schedule strength ranks only 220th, in fact, despite playing Louisville, North Carolina and Michigan State.
The team with the real tough schedule, evidently, is UNLV.
The Rebels are 6-2 overall, and rank 26th in the RPI with a strength-of-schedule that ranks 22nd. Why? Not so much because they played a bunch of elite teams -- Louisville, UC Santa Barbara and UTEP are their top opponents so far -- but because they don't play any real dogs.
While the Utes and Cougars played a combined eight teams whose RPI ratings are 273rd or worse (and two more with ratings at 192nd and 224th), the Rebels have not played anybody whose RPI is lower than 166th. Of course, that will start to change soon, when the Utes meet Missouri State (38th), Cal (60th) and Gonzaga (25th) before the end of the month.
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