Rpi watch: Ole Miss 10, MSU 69

[Hanmudog]

Granted it is way early but this makes no sense to me. How can we beat West Virginia, Arizona, and Texas A&M and still be so low?

 

[Maroon Eagle]

Ole Miss has five Top 100 wins-- one of them a Top 25 win.
MSU has two Top 100 wins.

Ole Miss lost to the #3 team. MSU lost to the #113.

From realtimerpi.com:

Ole Miss

<table border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0" width="468"><tbody><tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"><td align="middle">Date </td><td colspan="3" align="middle">Opponent </td><td align="middle">Opp. RPI Rk </td><td colspan="2" align="middle">Results </td></tr><tr><td align="right">11-11</td><td align="right"></td><td>LA Monroe</td><td align="right">1-6(0-0)</td><td align="right">275</td><td align="right">60-38</td><td>W</td></tr><tr><td align="right">11-14</td><td align="right"></td><td>Grambling St.</td><td align="right">0-6(0-0)</td><td align="right">278</td><td align="right">69-39</td><td>W</td></tr><tr><td align="right">$11-18</td><td align="right">vs</td><td>Drake</td><td align="right">4-3(0-0)</td><td align="right">88</td><td align="right">63-59</td><td>W</td></tr><tr><td align="right">11-20</td><td align="right">vs</td><td>Marquette</td><td align="right">7-0(0-0)</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">66-96</td><td>L</td></tr><tr><td align="right">$$11-21</td><td align="right">vs</td><td>TCU</td><td align="right">5-2(0-0)</td><td align="right">17</td><td align="right">80-69</td><td>W</td></tr><tr><td align="right">$11-25</td><td align="right"></td><td>Miami (FL)</td><td align="right">5-2(0-0)</td><td align="right">53</td><td align="right">64-61</td><td>W</td></tr><tr><td align="right">$12-01</td><td align="right">at</td><td>DePaul</td><td align="right">4-2(0-0)</td><td align="right">91</td><td align="right">70-68</td><td>W</td></tr><tr><td align="right">$12-04</td><td align="right">at</td><td>Penn St.</td><td align="right">6-3(0-0)</td><td align="right">95</td><td align="right">72-70</td><td>W</td></tr></tbody></table>
Mississippi State

<table border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0" width="468"><tbody><tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"><td align="middle">Date </td><td colspan="3" align="middle">Opponent </td><td align="middle">Opp. RPI Rk </td><td colspan="2" align="middle">Results </td></tr><tr><td align="right">11-07</td><td align="right"></td><td>Eastern Kentucky</td><td align="right">3-5(0-0)</td><td align="right">218</td><td align="right">77-66</td><td>W</td></tr><tr><td align="right">?11-09</td><td align="right"></td><td>Akron</td><td align="right">2-4(0-0)</td><td align="right">113</td><td align="right">58-68</td><td>L</td></tr><tr><td align="right">$11-12</td><td align="right"></td><td>South Alabama</td><td align="right">3-2(0-0)</td><td align="right">79</td><td align="right">80-65</td><td>W</td></tr><tr><td align="right">11-17</td><td align="right">vs</td><td>Texas A&M</td><td align="right">6-1(0-0)</td><td align="right">151</td><td align="right">69-60</td><td>W</td></tr><tr><td align="right">$11-18</td><td align="right">vs</td><td>Arizona</td><td align="right">6-2(0-0)</td><td align="right">35</td><td align="right">67-57</td><td>W</td></tr><tr><td align="right">11-21</td><td align="right"></td><td>LA Monroe</td><td align="right">1-6(0-0)</td><td align="right">275</td><td align="right">78-63</td><td>W</td></tr><tr><td align="right">11-25</td><td align="right"></td><td>Tenn-Martin</td><td align="right">1-7(0-0)</td><td align="right">209</td><td align="right">76-50</td><td>W</td></tr><tr><td align="right">11-27</td><td align="right"></td><td>North Texas</td><td align="right">1-5(0-0)</td><td align="right">198</td><td align="right">82-59</td><td>W</td></tr><tr><td align="right">12-03</td><td align="right"></td><td>West Virginia</td><td align="right">4-2(0-0)</td><td align="right">118</td><td align="right">75-62</td><td>W</td></tr></tbody></table>

 

[QuaoarsKing]

The RPI doesn't "know" the best teams are the best until the prove it, so right now a 4-1 SWAC team who'd beaten some other 4-1 Great West and MEAC teams would probably have a high RPI.<div>
</div><div>It will sort itself out by midseason.</div>

 

[o_riverdawg]

Northern Iowa is 4th and Southen Miss is 7th. The RPI shouldn't even be looked at until conference play starts. Then it will start to mean something.