Question from a 90%er about baseball RPI...

[RonnyAtmosphere]

...how do you get swept by Miss. State & still have a #12 RPI?


http://warrennolan.com/baseball/2011/schedule/Auburn


Maybe one of you 10%ers can fill us in on how this works.

 

[57stratdawg]

behind Georgia.. I'm sure that's it

 

[Todd4State]

our RPI is in the 20's, and they had to play us on the road. It's not like we're Coppin State.

 

[RonnyAtmosphere]

..the second game of their season Auburn played Virginia.


Of course, Virginia beat the crap out of Auburn, but I guess it doesn't matter since the RPI formula doesn't really penalize you for losing as much as it rewards you for "playing a quality schedule."

 

[patdog]

And, as you point out, RPI is more about who you played than how you did. Auburn's a good team, but no way they're anywhere near the 12'th best in the country. But if you play in the SEC and play a tough non-conference schedule, a mediocre record will get you one hell of an RPI ranking.

 

[RonnyAtmosphere]

... I figure if you are going to play a game where winning is the ultimate objective, I would rather win games vs. beatable opponents & get "punished" with a low RPI that lose games to better opponents & get "rewarded" with a high RPI.