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[QUOTE="Zack80, post: 4206898, member: 1245"]
It is fair to note that the RPI's  haven't really come together really well yet. When you look at Maryland's #7 RPI at .6739, one reason that is low is that Maryland's opponent's winning pct. is low at .5083 and one of the reasons that  is low is that Notre Dame (1-3) and Loyola (2-4) have such low winning pcts, which probably don't show the strengths of those teams. I thank that if you considered those teams as really being .500 or better, it would lift the Terps RPI by maybe about .020. There are probably similar sorts of things with other teams.

Looking at Notre Dame (1-3). One of ND's problems is that they play Syracuse twice in their ACC schedule, and with Syracuse losing to JHU yesterday, it looks unlikely that Syracuse will be a quality win - particularly if ND beats them twice. ND's two remaining OOC games are Michigan and Marquette. While Michigan's record is good, their weak schedule makes it unlikely they will be a quality win. So, it tends to look like ND will have to go at least 2-2 against UNC , UVa, and Duke (twice) to make it - along with winning the other 4 games. The one thing ND does have going for it is that they should have a very high SOS, which could perhaps give them a slight chance if they went 1-3 against those 4 ACC teams above and won the other 4 games - thus being .500 at 6-6.
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