That's why I say it's not as imordant right now, cause the RPIs aren't even on the same page. The ESPN one you reference is different than the NCAA and other one I referenced. Either way two wins in the tourney will help utep and UT Arlington looks like it would now be a quality win.Yeah, they really are meaningless right now.
CSU is actually #25 and SIU #53, but Florida A&M being #41 should tell you everything you need to know about this early point in the season.
m.espn.go.com/ncb/rpi
I disagree.... rpi changes from year to year...CSU could be a top 50 win at the end of the year and SIU, UT Arlington, NMSU aND UC Irvine could be top 100 wins OOC. Now I do agree the CUSA hasn't had a great start with UAB losing and ODU losing multiple games, but if Utep stacks up OOC wins let's say 11-1 and goes 14-2 in conference and loses in finals I'll like our chances at 27-4 for an at large. However there's alot of basketball to be played so at this point we just need good wins and no bad losses
They were the first team out and that's cause they lost 5 games in conference and 2nd round of tourneyExactly. Just like ODU last year that made a huge leap after OOC quality wins before the holiday break. A couple very late out of conferences losses kept them out of the dance when many thought they would get an at large birth.