(04-05-2018 03:02 PM)Cyniclone Wrote:  

(04-05-2018 02:16 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  That's not what I remember reading. Maybe it has changed.

Non-D1 games are treated by RPI as not having happened. It's one of the RPI's weaknesses: Not only are non-NCAA games often less harmful to your rating than beating a sub-250 team, losing a non-NCAA game is often less harmful. If the RPI won't rank all the way down through at least D3 like Massey, then there should be some sort of standard rating for D2, D3, NAIA and non-NCAA/NAIA. Otherwise, why bother playing a team below say 200 when you can get a free pass playing Donny's Trucking Institute and Glory to the Highest University, with offices in room 304 of the Extended Stay America in Greensboro, N.C.?

Under PRwolfe, D2 Lincoln Memorial have been in the top 100 overall schools. Only carleton in Canada was higher than them.

Overall Final Strenght Rank

76.Carleton in Canada was highest ranked none D1 school.

Northern State finished 119th as the highest D2 school with Ferris State won the men's tournament.

124 Lincoln Memorial NCAA-II 23.76 0.916 0.891 3170 2306 32 2 fell out of the top 100 with their lost in the tournament.

159 Western Oregon NCAA-II 21.21 0.893 0.866 2749 2208 31 2
160 West Texas A&M NCAA-II 21.21 0.828 0.866 3268 2749 32 5

PRWolfe does give credit for D2 schools who beat D1. Lets say Villanova won by 1 point to Lincoln Memorial? Under PRWolfe would give Villanova big points for SOS for beating the number 1 team in D2 by 1 point. As it is, there is really no differences between the top of D2 from the D1 schools. Gonzaga, Saint Mary's and others must play schools like Western Oregon, West Texas A&M, UC-San Diego, Western Washington and so forth that are in the top 25 in D2 for them to get credit. P5 schools get credit for playing North Dakota State or the other top teams in FCS for the SoS. I think they should do the same with the top D2 schools since they are sometimes way better than a lot of bottom feeders in D1.