As the teams work their way towards March Madness, you will hear from the national pundits and scribes about a particular school’s RPI rating. For those who don’t know what the RPI rating means, here is the definition and formula used to compute it:
RPI or Ratings Percentage Index means a measure of strength of schedule and how a team does against that schedule. The basic RPI formula is 1/4*(Winning Percentage) + 1/2*(Opponents’ Average Winning Percentage) + 1/4*(Opponents’ Opponents’ Winning Percentage).
The NCAA Tournament committees look at a school’s RPI rating when making their selections to get into the NCAA Tournament. Your school’s RPI rating could make or break it’s chances of getting into the tournament if they have secured an automatic bid. So if you’re interested in seeing where your favorite men’s or women’s college basketball teams stand in the RPI, click here for the men’s RPI and here for the women’s RPI.
For those who have missed Dick Vitale calling games on ESPN, mark down February 6th on your calendars. He has been cleared by his doctor after surgery on his vocal cords to return to broadcasting. February 6th just happens to be the day the UNC Tarheels and Duke Blue Devils square off at the Dean Dome in Chapel Hill.
| Men’s ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll | PVS | Women’s ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll | PVS |
| 1. North Carolina (23) 17-0 765 | 1 | 1. Connecticut (31) 15-0 775 | 1 |
| 2. Memphis (6) 15-0 747 | 2 | 2. Tennessee 14-1 742 | 2 |
| 3. Kansas (2) 16-0 719 | 3 | 3. North Carolina 16-1 706 | 3 |
| 4. UCLA 16-1 680 | 5 | 4. Maryland 20-1 679 | 4 |
| 5. Duke 13-1 614 | 7 | 5. Rutgers 13-2 658 | 5 |
| 6. Georgetown 13-1 600 | 8 | 6. Stanford 14-3 599 | 7 |
| 7. Tennessee 14-1 582 | 9 | 7. Baylor 14-1 593 | 8 |
| 8. Washington State 14-1 574 | 4 | 8. LSU 13-3 526 | 11 |
| 9. Texas A&M 15-1 544 | 10 | 9. California 15-2 512 | 9 |
| 10. Indiana 14-1 503 | 11 | 10. Oklahoma 10-3 504 | 6 |
| 11. Michigan State 14-2 449 | 6 | 11. Georgia 14-2 413 | 10 |
| 12. Butler 16-1 425 | 14 | 12. Duke 13-4 409 | 13 |
| 13. Marquette 13-2 379 | 16 | 13. George Washington 13-3 374 | 17 |
| 14. Vanderbilt 16-1 330 | 12 | 14. West Virginia 12-3 367 | 16 |
| 15. Mississippi 14-1 316 | 15 | 15. Notre Dame 13-3 277 | 14 |
| 16. Pittsburgh 14-2 294 | 18 | 16. Texas A&M 12-4 269 | 12 |
| 17. Wisconsin 13-2 272 | 21 | 17. Ohio State 13-3 261 | 19 |
| 18. Dayton 14-1 259 | 22 | 18. Auburn 13-4 219 | 20 |
| 19. Texas 13-3 248 | 13 | 19. Oklahoma State 14-1 192 | 24 |
| 20. Xavier 14-3 147 | 25 | 20. Old Dominion 12-3 181 | 22 |
| 21. Rhode Island 15-2 105 | 20 | 21. Wyoming 14-1 180 | 22 |
| 21. Villanova 11-3 105 | 17 | 22. DePaul 12-3 144 | 21 |
| 23. Clemson 13-3 99 | 19 | 23. Texas 12-4 139 | 15 |
| 24. Miami (FL) 14-1 84 | NR | 24. Pittsburgh 13-3 63 | NR |
| 25. Arizona State 13-2 67 | NR | 25. Arizona State 11-5 57 | 25 |
| Others Receiving Votes | Others Receiving Votes | ||
| Saint Mary’s 39, Florida 36, Oregon 29, Stanford 23, Drake 17, West Virginia 9, Arizona 8, Arkansas 3, Brigham Young 2, Notre Dame 1, Utah 1. | Arkansas 54, Iowa State 31, Syracuse 22, Hartford 14, Utah 14, Georgia Tech 13, Illinois State 12, Marist 12, Western Kentucky 12, Liberty 11, Nebraska 7, Colorado 6, Vanderbilt 5, Kansas State 4, Penn State 4, Xavier 4, N.C. State 3, UTEP 3, Middle Tenn. St. 2, Jacksonville 1, Minnesota 1, Quinnipiac 1. | ||
| Dropped From Rankings | Dropped From Rankings | ||
| Stanford 23, Arizona 24. | Arkansas 18. | ||
