re: RPI Rant

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I've been wondering for a long time what the RPI really is

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Its a computer poll and the formula is pretty simple:

1/4* winning percentage + 1/2*opponents winning percentage +1/4*opponents opponents wp. They add a weighting factor for home/away.

My problems are its too simple so:

1) playing a team that is #300 is much, much worse than #200 (in my book they suck equally)

2) its sooo heavily weighed on SOS, that again you might be better off losing to a really good team than beating a bad one. You shouldn't ever get credit for losing.