Have you ever wondered how much things change in the final month of the season? Let’s compare the RPI rank on February 16th with the RPI rank on March 16th.
Getting Better
Oklahoma St. was 127, is now 73
Kentucky was 83, is now 57
Virginia Tech was 84, is now 53
Davidson was 54, is now 35
Kent St. was 49, is now 22
UCLA was 8, is now 4
Getting Worse
Rhode Island was 26, is now 77
Houston was 44, is now 80
NC State was 52, is now 102
Maryland was 50, is now 84
Arizona was 13, is now 38
Arizona St was 60, is now 83
Kansas St. was 33, is now 50
Texas A&M was 24, is now 41
Ole Miss was 31, is now 46
Ohio St. was 36, is now 49
Duke was 2, is now 6
Over the last month, 12 teams fell out of the RPI top 100.
Over the last month, 5 teams fell out of the RPI top 50.
Certainly, things seem a lot different for those teams, but there are actually fewer changes than I might have thought. Here’s a long list comparing Before (Feb 16) with After (March 16).
Bef Aft Team
1 1 Tennessee
4 2 North Carolina
3 3 Memphis
8 4 UCLA
6 5 Texas
2 6 Duke
5 7 Kansas
7 8 Georgetown
10 9 Xavier
11 10 Drake
15 11 Wisconsin
12 12 Vanderbilt
16 13 Louisville
20 14 Stanford
18 15 Pittsburgh
14 16 Michigan St.
19 17 Butler
9 18 Connecticut
23 19 Clemson
17 20 Marquette
22 21 Washington St.
49 22 Kent St.
30 23 Indiana
32 24 Nevada Las Vegas
37 25 Brigham Young
28 26 Arkansas
25 27 Notre Dame
41 28 West Virginia
43 29 Oklahoma
35 30 Southern California
39 31 Gonzaga
27 32 Dayton
48 33 Illinois St.
42 34 Miami FL
54 35 Davidson
21 36 St. Mary's
38 37 South Alabama
13 38 Arizona
55 39 Western Kentucky
51 40 Mississippi St.
24 41 Texas A&M
34 42 Baylor
40 43 Massachusetts
29 44 Purdue
45 45 Saint Joseph's
31 46 Mississippi
65 47 Creighton
63 48 Temple
36 49 Ohio St.
33 50 Kansas St.
68 51 Villanova
46 52 Oral Roberts
84 53 Virginia Tech
57 54 Virginia Commonwealth
53 55 Syracuse
79 56 UAB
83 57 Kentucky
47 58 Oregon
89 59 Florida St.
58 60 New Mexico
59 61 George Mason
64 62 Southern Illinois
87 63 Cleveland St.
62 64 Stephen F. Austin
81 65 Cornell
76 66 Siena
71 67 Georgia Tech
56 68 Texas Tech
91 69 Charlotte
93 70 IUPUI
77 71 Utah St.
61 72 Florida
127 73 Oklahoma St.
82 74 Miami OH
70 75 Nevada
106 76 Akron
26 77 Rhode Island
99 78 Belmont
104 79 Cal St. Fullerton
44 80 Houston
73 81 San Diego St.
66 82 Ohio
60 83 Arizona St.
50 84 Maryland
115 85 Austin Peay
69 86 Wright St.
100 87 Boise St.
103 88 MD Baltimore County
97 89 UC Santa Barbara
135 90 Portland St.
126 91 American
85 92 California
145 93 Tulsa
117 94 San Diego
128 95 Nebraska
88 96 Utah
114 97 Valparaiso
94 98 Sam Houston St.
110 99 Minnesota
80 100 Wake Forest
86 101 Texas El Paso
52 102 NC State
98 103 Illinois
90 109 Providence
67 114 Seton Hall
72 131 Duquense
74 116 Missouri
75 118 Cincinnati
78 130 Boston College
92 132 Georgia Southern
95 112 Cal St. Northridge
96 143 NC Asheville