SEASON LONG LOOK AT THE FLUCTUATIONS OF THE HAWKEYES' RANKINGS, POST SEASON POSSIBILITIES....
(11/15/06 9:06:29 am)VERY EARLY RANKINGS
SAGARIN RANKINGS - 61stRPI - 133rd(11/16/06 1:46:24 pm)Bad news, Hawk fans. Due to the actions/results of the past few days by the Iowa program**, the Hawkeye have dropped in RPI and in the Sagarin.
Sagarin: 64
RPI: 167
Woe be us.
And with their win over Rider, NJ Inst of Technology fell to 27th.
** - Note: Iowa didn't play any games.
(11/20/06 11:07:31 am)RPI: 146
Sagarin: 52
Texas Arlington bolts to the Top 10 RPI with a win over the always tough North Texas team and a loss to TCU.
Robert Morris holding strong in the Top 10 RPI with wins over Marshall and Florida International.
(11/30/06 7:09:50 pm)RPI: 209
SAGARIN: 106
POMEROY: 132
Iowa has the lowest RPI of any Big Ten team.
Texas-Arlington still clinging to the 11 spot.
Look at the BT RPIs:
Overall Conf Overall Non-Conf
W-L W-L RPI SOS RPI SOS
Indiana 3-2 0-0 17 5
17 5
Ohio St. 6-1 0-0 28 64
28 64
Purdue 5-1 0-0 32 54
32 54
Michigan 7-1 0-0 65 172
65 176
Illinois 7-1 0-0 68 145
68 147
Michigan St. 6-2 0-0 77 117
77 119
Penn St. 4-2 0-0 123 105
123 107
Wisconsin 6-1 0-0 124 238
124 238
Minnesota 2-5 0-0 201 68
202 68
Northwestern 4-2 0-0 205 253
206 253
Iowa 2-4 0-0 209 157
209 160
Wisky at 124?
The Big Ten is 52-22 against D-1 opponents, 5th Conf. RPI. Not too impressive. Looks like the BT is down like most thought it would be, but it's still very early.
(12/10/06 11:12:08 am)RPI: 169
Kenpom: 87
Sagarin: 123
Moved up in the Pomeroy and RPI, but slipped in the Sagarin.
(12/19/06 1:27:57 pm)New Big Ten Pomeroy Standings:
- Big Ten #2 Conference in the Nation
- Iowa is 9th
Overall Conf
W-L W-L Pomeroy/Rnk SOS/Rnk NCSOS/Rnk
Ohio St. 9-1 0-0 .9846/3 .5611/139 .5611/146
Illinois 10-2 0-0 .9808/8 .5950/124 .5950/131
Michigan St. 10-2 0-0 .9726/14 .5494/148 .5494/158
Indiana 6-3 0-0 .9701/15 .7000/54 .7000/66
Purdue 8-2 0-0 .9650/17 .7263/43 .7263/55
Wisconsin 11-1 0-0 .9552/26 .4771/188 .4771/197
Michigan 11-1 0-0 .9242/44 .2689/306 .2689/305
Northwestern 6-2 0-0 .7164/107 .3705/253 .3705/255
Iowa 5-6 0-0 .6982/110 .5996/121 .5996/128
Penn St. 7-4 0-0 .5942/132 .3111/286 .3111/290
Minnesota 5-7 0-0 .5414/138 .4258/222 .4258/222
kenpom.com/conf.php?y=2007&c=B10&t=pBig Ten RPI Standings
- Big Ten is 5th
- Iowa is 10th
Through games of Monday, December 18
Overall Conf Overall Non-Conf
W-L W-L RPI SOS RPI SOS
Wisconsin 11-1 0-0 11 55 11 66
Purdue 8-2 0-0 12 11 12 16
Ohio St. 9-1 0-0 21 102 23 114
Indiana 6-3 0-0 41 27 38 34
Illinois 10-2 0-0 43 82 40 95
Michigan St. 10-2 0-0 47 134 46 149
Michigan 11-1 0-0 81 290 83 291
Northwestern 5-2 0-0 147 204 154 213
Penn St. 7-4 0-0 159 166 166 182
Iowa 5-6 0-0 179 118 185 133
Minnesota 5-7 0-0 201 77 206 89
Sagarin Big Ten Standings
CONFERENCE CENTRAL MEAN SIMPLE AVERAGE TEAMS
1 ATLANTIC COAST = 84.63 84.48 ( 1) 12
2 SOUTHEASTERN = 83.42 82.82 ( 2) 12
3 BIG TEN = 81.93 81.21 ( 4) 11
4 PACIFIC-10 = 81.60 81.55 ( 3) 10
5 BIG EAST = 80.81 80.77 ( 6) 16
6 MISSOURI VALLEY = 80.36 81.19 ( 5) 10
7 BIG 12 = 80.28 79.77 ( 7) 12
8 MOUNTAIN WEST = 77.91 78.27 ( 8) 9
9 CONFERENCE USA = 75.61 75.67 ( 9) 12
10 WESTERN ATHLETIC = 74.97 74.16 ( 11) 9
RPI: 179
Kenpom: 110
Sagarin: 131
Fell in all three rankings.
(1/1/07 7:03:09 pm)RPI: 156 (up ~ 25 spots)
Pomeroy: 85 (up ~30 spots)
Sagarin: 123 (up ~ 10 spots)
Big Ten dropped from 3rd to 5th in Sagarin Conf. rankings
Big Ten stayed at 2nd in Pomeroy Conf. rankings
Big Ten stayed at 5th in RPI Conf. rankings
Iowa moved up one spot in the Big Ten RPI, stayed 9th in the Pomeroy in the BT.
(1/7/07 12:46:26 am)RPI: 113 (up 40 spots)
Pomeroy: 73 (up 12 spots)
Sagarin: 106 (up 17 spots)
(1/8/07 9:46:21 am)Since the weekend games:
RPI: 108 (moved up an additional 5 spots)
Pomeroy: 70 (moved up 3 more spots)
Sagarin: 100 (up another 6 spots)
Greenfield: 104
Massey: 98
Composite
link from 26 ratings: 114 (one week behind)
(1/14/07 9:41:51 pm)RPI: 109 (moved down 1 spot)
Pomeroy: 68 (moved up 2 more spots)
Sagarin: 94 (up 6 spots)
Greenfield: 102 (up 2 spots)
Massey: 99 (down 1 spot)
Composite link from 26 ratings: 92 (up 22 spots)
Iowa's Highest Ranking - 57 (Lynch)
Iowa's Lowest Ranking - 124 (SAP)
(1/26/07 10:42 am)RPI: 111 (moved down 2 spots)
Pomeroy: 66 (moved up 2 spots)
Sagarin: 85 (moved up 9 spots)
Greenfield: 91 (moved up 11 spots)
Massey: 95 (moved up 4 spots)
Massey Composite link from 26 ratings: 93 (down 1 spot)
Iowa's Highest Ranking - 66 (Moore)
Iowa's Lowest Ranking - 136 (SAP)
(2/05/07 6:17 pm)RPI: 86 (moved up 25 spots)
Pomeroy: 62 (moved up 4 spots)
Sagarin: 78 (moved up 7 spots)
Greenfield: 72 (moved up 19 spots)
Massey: 76 (moved up 19 spots)
Massey Composite link from 26 ratings: 80 (moved up 13 spots)
Iowa's Highest Ranking - 49 (Pigskin)
Iowa's Lowest Ranking - 118 (Rennie)
BIG TEN OUTLOOK:
Overall Conf W-L W-L Pomeroy/Rnk SOS/Rnk NCSOS/Rnk
Ohio St. 20-3 8-1 .9829/5 .7512/19 .5578/139
Wisconsin 22-2 8-1 .9797/6 .6894/47 .5263/159
Indiana 16-6 6-3 .9661/12 .7864/7 .6281/89
Iowa 13-10 5-4 .8755/62 .7095/37 .4609/220
Illinois 17-8 5-5 .9263/37 .7152/33 .5027/178
Michigan 16-7 4-4 .8925/55 .6297/95 .4102/260
Michigan St. 17-7 4-5 .9549/17 .6937/45 .4804/199
Purdue 15-8 4-5 .9082/44 .7482/20 .5859/117
Minnesota 9-14 3-6 .5705/141 .6829/55 .4773/202
Penn St. 10-11 1-7 .6703/114 .5567/141 .2975/319
Northwestern 11-11 1-8 .6874/106 .7065/40 .3827/277
TOP TEN RPI CONFERENCES:
Rnk Conference W-L Pct Overall RPI SOS(Rank) Non-Conf RPI Hi Lo Avg Median
1 Atlantic Coast Conference 128-33 .795 .5912 .5204 ( 6) .5766 ( 2) 2 163 53 33
2 Southeastern Conference 126-38 .768 .5899 .5290 ( 3) .5783 ( 1) 6 91 49 48
3 Pac 10 Conference 90-24 .789 .5849 .5176 ( 8) .5734 ( 3) 1 233 67 40
4 Big Ten Conference 115-38 .752 .5749 .5186 ( 7) .5621 ( 5) 4 197 73 47
5 Missouri Valley Conference 74-27 .733 .5699 .5108 (10) .5711 ( 4) 9 138 72 58
6 Big XII Conference 119-40 .748 .5674 .5080 (13) .5556 ( 6) 13 210 76 67
7 Big East Conference 156-52 .750 .5671 .5077 (14) .5496 ( 7) 3 188 77 59
8 Mountain West Conference 81-33 .711 .5603 .5011 (18) .5462 ( 8) 11 199 86 98
9 Western Athletic Conference 61-49 .555 .5212 .5083 (12) .5188 ( 9) 28 278 135 109
10 Atlantic 10 Conference 97-81 .545 .5153 .5074 (15) .5107 (12)