re: RPI Rant

That breaks it down to the normal post-season argument, though. Do teams deserve to get into the post-season based more on their potential, or based more on what they're actually doing during the regular season.

Based on potential (based on salary), the Yankees deserve an automatic postseason berth in baseball. The Cowboys/Patriots/Steelers/et al deserve an automatic postseason berth in football. Fortunately, in those professional leagues it comes down to what you actually did during the regular season and not to a vote.

Unfortunately, in the college sports leagues, it comes down to voters/pollsters/committee members' opinions as well as results on the field. If the RPI can sway that opinion and it's a flawed system, that is not a good thing for the postseason of the sport.