We all know that RPI sucks. There is no getting around that. But it is beneficial for the committee to have a sheet for each team when doing their analysis. As many has surmised, each available metric has its idiosyncrasies. KenPom is favorable toward slower tempo teams. KPI puts too much emphasis on strong wins IMO. And so on and so forth.
As such, my recommendation would be to identify the top ~10 metrics available. I used the Massey Composite (http://www.masseyratings.com/cb/comp.htm) and pulled for example:
Colley
ESPN BPI
ESPN SOR
Ken Pom
KPI
Massey
Sagarin
Sagarin Predictor
T-Rank
Teamrankings
Obviously some of these might be flawed and it would be incumbent for a thorough review of each metric to be reviewed for legitimacy.
My recommendation would then be to remove the highest and lowest ranking for each team of the 10 above and then take an average of the remaining ~8. I did this for the above and came up with the ranks below, which I think is much less likely to have large outliers.
Remember that this purpose is only to create team sheets for the purposes of creating the various metrics (top 50 record, top 100 record, etc).
Thoughts?
Rank Team Conf WL Avg
1 Gonzaga WCC 30-1 2.00
2 Villanova BE 28-3 2.25
3 North Carolina ACC 26-6 4.13
4 Kansas B12 28-3 5.25
5 Kentucky SEC 26-5 5.75
6 Louisville ACC 24-7 6.75
7 West Virginia B12 24-7 7.88
8 Florida SEC 24-7 8.63
9 Virginia ACC 21-9 10.38
10 Baylor B12 25-6 11.50
11 Duke ACC 23-8 11.88
12 UCLA P12 28-3 12.63
13 Oregon P12 27-4 13.63
14 Purdue B10 25-6 13.75
15 Florida St ACC 24-7 15.63
16 Wichita St MVC 30-4 16.25
17 Arizona P12 27-4 17.38
18 SMU AAC 27-4 17.50
19 St Mary's CA WCC 27-3 18.38
20 Cincinnati AAC 27-4 18.50
21 Butler BE 23-7 20.50
22 Wisconsin B10 23-8 21.63
23 Iowa St B12 20-10 22.75
24 Notre Dame ACC 23-8 24.38
25 Oklahoma St B12 20-11 24.50
26 Creighton BE 23-8 26.25
27 Michigan B10 20-11 29.25
28 Minnesota B10 23-8 29.75
29 Miami FL ACC 20-10 30.00
30 South Carolina SEC 22-9 31.13
31 Wake Forest ACC 18-12 32.88
32 Maryland B10 24-7 33.00
33 Dayton A10 24-6 33.38
34 Marquette BE 19-11 33.50
35 Arkansas SEC 23-8 36.75
36 Xavier BE 19-12 38.50
37 Northwestern B10 21-10 39.25
38 Kansas St B12 19-12 39.88
39 Virginia Tech ACC 21-9 41.63
40 VA Commonwealth A10 24-7 42.25
41 Syracuse ACC 18-13 43.38
42 Michigan St B10 18-13 45.63
43 Clemson ACC 16-14 45.63
44 Vanderbilt SEC 17-14 45.75
45 Indiana B10 17-14 46.13
46 Seton Hall BE 20-10 47.63
47 Houston AAC 21-9 48.00
48 Texas Tech B12 18-13 48.38
49 Rhode Island A10 21-9 49.88
50 Providence BE 20-11 50.25
51 Illinois St MVC 27-6 50.88
52 MTSU CUSA 27-4 52.38
53 Nevada MWC 25-6 52.75
54 USC P12 23-8 53.13
55 Georgia SEC 18-13 53.88
56 California P12 19-11 54.13
57 TCU B12 17-14 54.50
58 Utah P12 20-10 55.38
59 UNC Wilmington CAA 28-5 57.50
60 Vermont AEC 27-5 60.63
61 Illinois B10 18-13 62.75
62 Iowa B10 18-13 63.38
63 Ohio St B10 17-14 65.13
64 Princeton Ivy 21-6 66.25
65 Tennessee SEC 16-15 66.75
66 Texas A&M SEC 16-14 67.63
67 UT Arlington SBC 24-7 68.50
68 Alabama SEC 17-13 68.63
69 BYU WCC 22-10 69.25
70 Georgetown BE 14-17 69.38
71 Pittsburgh ACC 15-16 70.00
72 Mississippi SEC 19-12 70.75
73 ETSU SC 26-7 71.25
74 Monmouth NJ MAAC 27-6 73.25
75 Oklahoma B12 11-19 74.50
76 UCF AAC 20-10 75.38
77 Auburn SEC 18-13 77.25
78 Georgia Tech ACC 17-14 80.00
79 Colorado P12 18-13 80.25
80 Col Charleston CAA 25-8 84.63
81 Penn St B10 14-17 85.00
82 Belmont OVC 22-6 85.50
83 Boise St MWC 19-10 88.13
84 Memphis AAC 19-12 89.25
85 Bucknell PL 25-8 89.38
86 Richmond A10 19-11 89.63
87 NC State ACC 15-16 90.13
88 Colorado St MWC 21-10 90.50
89 Akron MAC 24-7 90.75
90 San Diego St MWC 17-13 91.25
91 St Bonaventure A10 19-11 91.88
92 Davidson A10 15-14 92.50
93 Valparaiso HL 24-8 93.63
94 New Mexico St WAC 25-5 95.13
95 FL Gulf Coast ASUN 26-7 98.63
96 Winthrop BSo 26-6 99.25
97 Louisiana Tech CUSA 22-9 100.38
98 Fresno St MWC 19-11 100.75
99 UNC Asheville BSo 23-9 105.38
100 Oakland HL 24-8 106.25
As such, my recommendation would be to identify the top ~10 metrics available. I used the Massey Composite (http://www.masseyratings.com/cb/comp.htm) and pulled for example:
Colley
ESPN BPI
ESPN SOR
Ken Pom
KPI
Massey
Sagarin
Sagarin Predictor
T-Rank
Teamrankings
Obviously some of these might be flawed and it would be incumbent for a thorough review of each metric to be reviewed for legitimacy.
My recommendation would then be to remove the highest and lowest ranking for each team of the 10 above and then take an average of the remaining ~8. I did this for the above and came up with the ranks below, which I think is much less likely to have large outliers.
Remember that this purpose is only to create team sheets for the purposes of creating the various metrics (top 50 record, top 100 record, etc).
Thoughts?
Rank Team Conf WL Avg
1 Gonzaga WCC 30-1 2.00
2 Villanova BE 28-3 2.25
3 North Carolina ACC 26-6 4.13
4 Kansas B12 28-3 5.25
5 Kentucky SEC 26-5 5.75
6 Louisville ACC 24-7 6.75
7 West Virginia B12 24-7 7.88
8 Florida SEC 24-7 8.63
9 Virginia ACC 21-9 10.38
10 Baylor B12 25-6 11.50
11 Duke ACC 23-8 11.88
12 UCLA P12 28-3 12.63
13 Oregon P12 27-4 13.63
14 Purdue B10 25-6 13.75
15 Florida St ACC 24-7 15.63
16 Wichita St MVC 30-4 16.25
17 Arizona P12 27-4 17.38
18 SMU AAC 27-4 17.50
19 St Mary's CA WCC 27-3 18.38
20 Cincinnati AAC 27-4 18.50
21 Butler BE 23-7 20.50
22 Wisconsin B10 23-8 21.63
23 Iowa St B12 20-10 22.75
24 Notre Dame ACC 23-8 24.38
25 Oklahoma St B12 20-11 24.50
26 Creighton BE 23-8 26.25
27 Michigan B10 20-11 29.25
28 Minnesota B10 23-8 29.75
29 Miami FL ACC 20-10 30.00
30 South Carolina SEC 22-9 31.13
31 Wake Forest ACC 18-12 32.88
32 Maryland B10 24-7 33.00
33 Dayton A10 24-6 33.38
34 Marquette BE 19-11 33.50
35 Arkansas SEC 23-8 36.75
36 Xavier BE 19-12 38.50
37 Northwestern B10 21-10 39.25
38 Kansas St B12 19-12 39.88
39 Virginia Tech ACC 21-9 41.63
40 VA Commonwealth A10 24-7 42.25
41 Syracuse ACC 18-13 43.38
42 Michigan St B10 18-13 45.63
43 Clemson ACC 16-14 45.63
44 Vanderbilt SEC 17-14 45.75
45 Indiana B10 17-14 46.13
46 Seton Hall BE 20-10 47.63
47 Houston AAC 21-9 48.00
48 Texas Tech B12 18-13 48.38
49 Rhode Island A10 21-9 49.88
50 Providence BE 20-11 50.25
51 Illinois St MVC 27-6 50.88
52 MTSU CUSA 27-4 52.38
53 Nevada MWC 25-6 52.75
54 USC P12 23-8 53.13
55 Georgia SEC 18-13 53.88
56 California P12 19-11 54.13
57 TCU B12 17-14 54.50
58 Utah P12 20-10 55.38
59 UNC Wilmington CAA 28-5 57.50
60 Vermont AEC 27-5 60.63
61 Illinois B10 18-13 62.75
62 Iowa B10 18-13 63.38
63 Ohio St B10 17-14 65.13
64 Princeton Ivy 21-6 66.25
65 Tennessee SEC 16-15 66.75
66 Texas A&M SEC 16-14 67.63
67 UT Arlington SBC 24-7 68.50
68 Alabama SEC 17-13 68.63
69 BYU WCC 22-10 69.25
70 Georgetown BE 14-17 69.38
71 Pittsburgh ACC 15-16 70.00
72 Mississippi SEC 19-12 70.75
73 ETSU SC 26-7 71.25
74 Monmouth NJ MAAC 27-6 73.25
75 Oklahoma B12 11-19 74.50
76 UCF AAC 20-10 75.38
77 Auburn SEC 18-13 77.25
78 Georgia Tech ACC 17-14 80.00
79 Colorado P12 18-13 80.25
80 Col Charleston CAA 25-8 84.63
81 Penn St B10 14-17 85.00
82 Belmont OVC 22-6 85.50
83 Boise St MWC 19-10 88.13
84 Memphis AAC 19-12 89.25
85 Bucknell PL 25-8 89.38
86 Richmond A10 19-11 89.63
87 NC State ACC 15-16 90.13
88 Colorado St MWC 21-10 90.50
89 Akron MAC 24-7 90.75
90 San Diego St MWC 17-13 91.25
91 St Bonaventure A10 19-11 91.88
92 Davidson A10 15-14 92.50
93 Valparaiso HL 24-8 93.63
94 New Mexico St WAC 25-5 95.13
95 FL Gulf Coast ASUN 26-7 98.63
96 Winthrop BSo 26-6 99.25
97 Louisiana Tech CUSA 22-9 100.38
98 Fresno St MWC 19-11 100.75
99 UNC Asheville BSo 23-9 105.38
100 Oakland HL 24-8 106.25
