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Early RPI ratings have UD 51st
The RPI ratings are extremely volatile early in the season, which means we ought not to read too much into them, but they tell us at least which teams are off to a good start.
Dayton is rated 51st out of 347 teams with a 3-2 record while playing the 31st-toughest schedule in the nation.
The Flyers are third among Atlantic 10 teams, behind Temple (12th) and Richmond (20th).
The Owls (4-2) have beaten Virginia Tech of the ACC and Siena, which was a preseason Top-20 team in Sports Illustrated. Their losses were at Georgetown (by one point) and to St. John’s in the Philly Classic.
The Spiders (6-1) have impressive wins over Mississippi State, which was picked to win the SEC West Division, and Missouri of the Big 12.
Xavier, meanwhile, is slogging along at 167th. The Musketeers are 4-2 with a win over Creighton and losses to Marquette and Baylor in the Old Spice Classic. They have a brutal upcoming stretch after hosting Kent this week, playing at Kansas State then facing Cincinnati, playing at Butler, hosting Miami and LSU and then traveling to Wake Forest. Whew!
I caught some of Musketeers’ game against Marquette, and they looked like a team still trying to assemble the pieces of the puzzle this year.
And what’s happened to Creighton? UD’s victory in the season-opener looked like a quality win, but the Bluejays went 0-3 in the Old Spice Classic, losing in overtime to Michigan and then falling to Xavier (by 13) and Iona to drop to 2-4. They’re 293rd in the RPI.
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By DDN
December 1, 2009 9:44 AM | Link to this
Dayton doesn’t play a single BCS team the rest of the year. Wins will only make the RPI fall.
By Brian
December 1, 2009 10:29 AM | Link to this
its the RPI, not the top 25…playing BCS schools has nothing to do with it. There are plenty of BCS schools that are in the 100-350 range in the RPI and plenty of non BCS schools in front of them.