Louisiana's Ragin' Cajun softball team is #12 in the latest RPI standings, which were released by the NCAA on Tuesday.

RPI (rating percentage index), is a formula used to rank  teams based not only on their win/loss record, but also on their strength of schedule.

The index comprises a team's winning percentage (25%), its opponents' winning percentage (50%), and the winning percentage of those opponents' opponents (25%). The opponents' winning percentage and the winning percentage of those opponents' opponents both comprise the strength of schedule (SOS). Thus, the SOS accounts for 75% of the RPI calculation and is 2/3 its opponents' winning percentage and 1/3 times its opponents' opponents' winning percentage.

California is the top-ranked team in this week's rpi standings, followed by Alabama, Arizona St., Tennessee, and Oklahoma.

The second five is comprised of Florida, Texas, Oregon, Arizona, and Louisville, with Texas A&M ranking just ahead of Louisiana.

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This week's top 25 in the rpi standings are below:

 

RankSchoolConferenceRecordRoadNeutralHomeNon-DI
1CaliforniaPac-1242-310-223- 0- 09-10-0
2AlabamaSoutheastern42-413-16- 0- 023-30-0
3Arizona StatePac-1239-52-23- 1- 034-20-0
4TennesseeSoutheastern40-913-39- 2- 018-40-0
5OklahomaBig 1238-77-215- 3- 016-20-0
6FloridaSoutheastern41-511-38- 1- 022-10-0
7TexasBig 1237-78-27- 2- 022-30-0
8OregonPac-1232-117-317- 3- 08-50-0
9ArizonaPac-1231-123-611- 4- 017-20-0
10LouisvilleBig East43-210-211- 0- 022-00-0
11Texas A&MBig 1231-149-37- 7- 015-40-0
12Louisiana-LafayetteSun Belt41-29-28- 0- 024-00-0
13WashingtonPac-1236-116-621- 1- 09-40-0
14MissouriBig 1234-106-59- 3- 019-20-0
15UCLAPac-1233-127-413- 6- 013-20-0
16GeorgiaSoutheastern35-127-54- 1- 024-60-0
17Florida StateAtlantic Coast42-117-59- 2- 026-40-0
18HawaiiWestern Athletic37-59-25- 0- 023-30-0
19South FloridaBig East40-86-38- 3- 026-20-0
20StanfordPac-1232-163-914- 1- 015-60-0
21Texas TechBig 1237-137-514- 5- 015-31-0
22Oregon StatePac-1229-155-619- 6- 05-30-0
23LSUSoutheastern32-156-73- 3- 023-50-0
24North CarolinaAtlantic Coast36-109-312- 4- 015-30-0
25SyracuseBig East34-119-214- 8- 011-10-0

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