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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 2505728, member: 1969"]
Fair enough.

I'm not sure if the power rankings would have been any better in 2017.  Like the RPI, they loved the ACC.

In 2016, the power rankings indicated that the RPI significantly overrated the Pac12 however.

There will never be a perfect metrics because it is influenced by how the conference you are in does before Decembe 31st , but there are better ones.   I have never been a fan of the eye test.  I would support people voting on some sort of formula (that has noting to do with the RPI) that spits out the the 36 at-larges.

You can group Loyola with Louisiana-Lafayette.   They are about the same resumes.   Loyola has the win at Florida, which is not helping them as much anymore.

But I do think this is where the reliance on the power rankings come in (just a hunch).  It is not fair to compare that school's resume to a P5 school, when they can't get Quad 1 wins.

Loyola is 47 (OK, but enough to get benefit of the doubt?), Louisiana is 58 (not so much)
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