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Message: [QUOTE="jncuse, post: 2092700, member: 1969"] I created an in/out line to add some context to Orange Nirvana's post. While I don't think it fully captures all factors, it does weigh the biggest factor they have used, and also incorporates team rankings quite highly... and as I have mentioned a few times if they get rid of the RPI for other numbers, it inherently means they didn't trust the old individual numbers but trust the new numbers. So those rankings could mean much more this year. It's a relevant concept with supportable data. [B]100% Created by OrangeNirvana (simply added an In/Out Line)[/B] Cumulative computer ranking / Record vs. RPI Top 50 (Top 25) 1. Miami - 30 / 3-7 (2-5) 2. Marquette - 32/31/29/69 = 40 / 5-5 (2-3) 3. Michigan - 27/27/25/53 = 33 / 3-7 (1-3) 4. Syracuse - 48 / 6-6 (3-3) 5. Providence - 59/56/53/55 = 56 / 6-7 (2-5) 6. Seton Hall - 52/57/58/48 = 54 / 4-6 (1-5) 7. Michigan State - 42/52/50/43 = 47 / 4-6 (2-6) 8. Kansas State - 35/30/39/61 = 41 / 3-8 (1-4) 9. VCU - 44/42/38/25 = 37 / 2-1 (1-1) 10. Northwestern - 39/39/44/45 = 42 / 3-6 (1-5) 11. Vanderbilt - 53/51/54/46 = 51 / 4-6 (1-4) 12. Clemson - 44 / 4-10 (0-7) 13. Arkansas - 45/49/49/35 = 45 / 3-5 (0-3) 14. Virginia Tech - 45 / 2-6 (2-5) [B]IN/OUT LINE[/B] 15. TCU - 45/43/51/54 = 48 / 2-9 (0-5) 16. Georgia Tech - 86 / 4-6 (4-3) 17. Pittsburgh - 62 / 3-9 (3-6) 18. Illinois - 67/69/69/57 = 66 / 3-7 (1-5) 19. Houston - 47/40/37/58 = 46 / 2-4 (0-3) 20. Rhode Island - 54/55/41/47 = 49 / 1-3 (1-3) 21. Indiana - 31/46/30/101 = 52 / 3-8 (2-5) 22. USC - 58/63/63/30 = 54 / 2-6 (2-5) 23. Georgetown - 51/58/52/79 = 60 / 3-9 (2-5) 24. Illinois State - 56/54/66/33 = 52 / 1-1 (0-0) 25. Texas Tech - 37/35/35/100 = 52 / 2-7 (1-3) 26. Tennessee - 55/48/56/64 = 56 / 2-9 (1-5) 27. California - 52/44/45/51 = 48 / 1-7 (0-6) 28. Georgia - 49/45/64/50 = 52 / 1-7 (0-5) 29. Wake Forest - 37 / 1-9 (0-8) 30. Mississippi - 70/74/78/66 = 72 / 1-8 (0-3) [B]My Analysis [/B] Compared to the Matrix he has Vanderbilt and Clemson in instead of California and USC. As he mentioned above the big reason is P12 ranking and he thinks people are overrating their RPI. Teams like Pitt and Illinois are all much closer to being in his view. And Northwestern and Virginia Tech are much closer to being out than portrayed. Your conclusions seem reasonable above the line which matters the most. It does seem to break down a bit after the line in my view because most teams below the line have crappy top 50 records and are hard to separate,. But above the line is what matters the most. Let's see how this bears out as we get closer to Selection Sunday. [/QUOTE]

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