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Bowling Green State University Athletics
Men's Basketball Ranked 7th in the Nation
December 06, 2001 | Men's Basketball
Dec. 6, 2001
The Bowling Green State University men's basketball team is the seventh-highest rated team in the most recent NCAA I ratings percentage index (RPI). Following last night's win at Duquesne, BGSU has tied its best start under Dan Dakich with a 6-1 record.
BGSU will face its sixth top-70 team when it hosts UNC Wilmington Monday evening at 7 p.m. The only Division I team BGSU has faced that not is a top-70 program in the ratings is Michigan (165).
RPI as of December 6Frequently asked questions about he RPI.1 Arizona 2 Duke 3 Kansas 4 Massachusetts 5 Wake Forest 6 Missouri 7 Bowling Green 8 Ball State 9 Georgia 10 Florida
What is the RPI?
The RPI (Rating Percentage Index) is a measure of strength of schedule and how a team does against that schedule. It does not consider things like margin of victory or where a game is played, only whether or not a team won. It is used by the NCAA as one of their factors in deciding which teams to invite to the NCAA tournament and where to seed them.
It was created and is maintained by the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Committee. They have always placed a premium on schedule strength when selecting teams for the tournament, so they wanted a relatively simple way to measure that and the RPI was born. This page is an independent duplication of those ratings.
Just how important is the RPI?
As far as getting into the tournament, it appears to be more important to bubble teams than the top powers. It is also important in the seeding process. Click here for an excerpt from an article in the Feb. 8, 1995 edition of The NCAA News where Kansas AD and former NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Committee Chairman Bob Frederick addresses this question.
What is the formula?
The basic formula is 25% team winning percentage (WP), 50% opponents' average winning percentage (OWP), and 25% opponents' opponents' average winning percentage (OOWP).
How do you figure the Strength of Schedule?
It's 2/3 opponents' winning percentage and 1/3 opponents' opponents' winning percentage, the same ratio as in the RPI formula.
Why do the rankings seem so weird early in the season?
The RPI is primarily a measurement of strength of schedule and how the team did against that schedule and each season stands on its own. There are no preseason expectations - everyone starts at zero. Consequently, the numbers can really skewed early in the season because teams have played so few games. For example, a team can be 2-0, but its opponents haven't played anyone else yet, so its strength of schedule is 0. That's 75% of the formula, so the team won't be rated very highly. The data starts to take shape and look reasonable as conference play gets into full swing around the end of December. And the more games played, the better the data gets.
Why is my team's record wrong?
The RPI is calculated using games between full-fledged Division I (D-I) opponents only. All 319 full-fledged D-I teams are listed in the rankings. If a school plays a team not listed in the rankings, that game doesn't count and won't be reflected in the records.
The Bowling Green State University men's basketball team is the 7th highest rated team in the most recent NCAA I ratings percentage index (RPI). Following last night's win at Duquesne, BGSU has tied its best start under Dan Dakich with a 6-1 record.
BGSU will face its sixth top-70 team when it hosts UNC Wilmington Monday evening at 7 p.m. The only Division I team BGSU has faced that not is a top-70 program in the ratings is Michigan (165).
