Time to look at the RPI and SOS!

We are almost one month into the season so this is a good time to start looking into the RPI and SOS (strength of schedule) data.

Here is Ken Pomeroy's data: 2006-2007 RPI. It should not come as a surprise that Butler and Wichita State are #1 and #2 as they have managed some big wins on neutral/road games. Who is last? At #336 stands St Bonaventure, something that I'm sure makes the other Atlantic-10 teams really happy. Perhaps the A-10 can institute a good old soccer relegation and send their bottom teams to a lower-level division. The A-10 has 14 teams, and their RPI would significantly take a boost if they lost the bottom two (or even four) teams.

Browsing the other RPI and Rating sites:

UCLA, Georgia Tech and Wichita State lead http://www.teamrankings.com/

Butler, UCLA, Wichita State and North CArolina lead the Sagarin ratings at USA Today

Butler, Wichita State and UCLA lead RealTimeRPI.com

The Bracketology 101 blog has taken a stab at the Field of 65 as of November 26: http://bracketology101.blogspot.com/



Long list of RPI, SOS, Power Rating and Bracketology links here, including Sagarin ratings: http://ncaahoopstoday.blogspot.com/2006/02/rpi-rankings-and-bracketology-links.html


For reference, here is last year's RPI: 2005-2006 at RPIRatings.com