What does NCAA RPI rankings mean?

rating percentage index
The rating percentage index, commonly known as the RPI, is a quantity used to rank sports teams based upon a team’s wins and losses and its strength of schedule. The opponents’ winning percentage and the winning percentage of those opponents’ opponents both comprise the strength of schedule (SOS).

How is NCAA RPI calculated?

The RPI consists of three Elements, plus bonus and penalty adjustments. It considers only games against Division I opponents. Below, “Team A” refers to the team whose RPI is being computed. In this formula, W is Team A’s wins; T is Team A’s ties; and L is Team A’s losses.

What division is RPI?

Division III
Varsity Athletics at RPI Two of RPI’s intercollegiate varisty teams are Division I, and 21 are Division III.

What are the current NCAA basketball RPI rankings 2021?

NCAA College Basketball RPI Rankings & Ratings 2021 Rank Team Rating Hi Low 1 Gonzaga (31-1) 0.673 1 140 2 Baylor (28-2) 0.659 2 181 3 Houston (27-4) 0.640 1 305 4 Alabama (26-7) 0.634 2 162

Is RPI still used in college basketball?

The quadrant system is still in use under the new NET system, with RPI ranking replaced by NET ranking. The NCAA announced on August 22, 2018 that the RPI would no longer be used in the Division I men’s basketball selection process, and would be replaced by the aforementioned NET.

What does RPI stand for?

The Rating Percentage Index (RPI) has been used by the NCAA men’s basketball committee since 1981, and officially by the women’s basketball committee since 1984, as supplemental data to help select at-large teams and seed all teams for the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments.

What are the RPI quadrants for the NCAA Tournament?

Since 2018, one criterion for determining selection to the NCAA Tournament has been performance against certain RPI quadrants. Typically, a quadrant 1 win is considered a “good win”, while a quadrant 4 loss is considered a “bad loss”. The quadrants are defined as follows: