Latest Men’s Basketball RPI
Conference play has begun and this is the time of year when people start paying attention to the RPI.
For those who don't recognize the letters, it stands for Rating Percentage Index. It is a formula designed to gauge the relative strength of teams in college basketball. 50% of the formula has to do with your opponent's winning percentage (designed to pinpoint strength of schedule). 25% is your teams winning percentage (non-Division I games do not count) and the other 25% is the winning percentage of your opponents' opponents. You get extra credit for winning a road game and get penalized for losing at home.
At this time of year, RPI can still fluctuate greatly because your team's opponents are now just getting into league play. Teams that didn't do well out of conference frequently improve their winning percentage once conference play starts. Of course, the opposite can be true as well.
Here is the latest RPI for men's basketball for the Sun Belt and Louisiana Division I schools.. We're using warrennolan.com as the source. While they may not be exactly the same as the official NCAA RPI, they're awfully close (it is a formula, after all) and they update theirs more quickly.
35. UTA
50. Arkansas State
69. Nicholls State
74. Louisiana
78. LSU
115. Georgia St.
118 Georgia Southern
140. New Orleans
215. McNeese
218. South Alabama
221. Little Rock
231. Coastal Carolina
233. Louisiana Tech
246. Troy
248. Appalachian State
291. ULM
294. Southeastern La.
302 Tulane
308. Southern
320. Northwestern State
324. Texas State
330. Grambling