Average Balanced RPI Rank: 69 Average NCAA RPI Rank: 86 NCAA RPI Strength of Schedule Contributor Rank: 141
Average Balanced RPI Rank: 98 Average NCAA RPI Rank: 126 NCAA RPI Strength of Schedule Contributor Rank: 185
Here is Lamar, which I am including since it shows how risky non-conference scheduling can be. Suppose you scheduled them after the 2023 season, to play in 2024 .... Average Balanced RPI Rank: 155 Average NCAA RPI Rank: 115 NCAA RPI Strength of Schedule Contributor Rank: 61
Average Balanced RPI Rank: 122 Average NCAA RPI Rank: 100 NCAA RPI Strength of Schedule Contributor Rank: 69
Average Balanced RPI Rank: 126 Average NCAA RPI Rank: 99 NCAA RPI Strength of Schedule Contributor Rank: 55
Average Balanced RPI Rank: 62 Average NCAA RPI Rank: 79 NCAA RPI Strength of Schedule Contributor Rank: 128
Average Balanced RPI Rank: 134 Average NCAA RPI Rank: 174 NCAA RPI Strength of Schedule Contributor Rank: 213
Average Balanced RPI Rank: 59 Average NCAA RPI Rank: 60 NCAA RPI Strength of Schedule Contributor Rank: 98
I'm including Maine since in 2024, they were the #12 ranked team as an NCAA RPI Strength of Schedule contributor to their opponents. Average Balanced RPI Rank: 200 Average NCAA RPI Rank: 165 NCAA RPI Strength of Schedule Contributor Rank: 110
A note: When you look at a team's NCAA RPI Strength of Schedule Contributor rank, remember that this is the strength of schedule rank a team inputs to all of its conferences' opponents' NCAA RPIs when it plays them. Average Balanced RPI Rank: 117 Average NCAA RPI Rank: 127 NCAA RPI Strength of Schedule Contributor Rank: 167
Average Balanced RPI Rank: 112 Average NCAA RPI Rank: 157 NCAA RPI Strength of Schedule Contributor Rank: 252
A team that the NCAA RPI appears to get about right. Average Balanced RPI Rank: 131 Average NCAA RPI Rank: 126 NCAA RPI Strength of Schedule Contributor Rank: 128
Average Balanced RPI Rank: 43 Average NCAA RPI Rank: 40 NCAA RPI Strength of Schedule Contributor Rank: 34
Average Balanced RPI Rank: 103 Average NCAA RPI Rank: 138 NCAA RPI Strength of Schedule Contributor Rank: 232
Average Balanced RPI Rank: 59 Average NCAA RPI Rank: 85 NCAA RPI Strength of Schedule Contributor Rank: 123
Average Balanced RPI Rank: 51 Average NCAA RPI Rank: 80 NCAA RPI Strength of Schedule Contributor Rank: 126
Average Balanced RPI Rank: 87 Average NCAA RPI Rank: 69 NCAA RPI Strength of Schedule Contributor Rank: 31
Average Balanced RPI Rank: 44 Average NCAA RPI Rank: 39 NCAA RPI Strength of Schedule Contributor Rank: 54
Average Balanced RPI Rank: 66 Average NCAA RPI Rank: 60 NCAA RPI Strength of Schedule Contributor Rank: 102
Average Balanced RPI Rank: 85 Average NCAA RPI Rank: 105 NCAA RPI Strength of Schedule Contributor Rank: 193
Average Balanced RPI Rank: 93 Average NCAA RPI Rank: 58 NCAA RPI Strength of Schedule Contributor Rank: 24
Average Balanced RPI Rank: 59 Average NCAA RPI Rank: 65 NCAA RPI Strength of Schedule Contributor Rank: 137
Average Balanced RPI Rank: 51 Average NCAA RPI Rank: 84 NCAA RPI Strength of Schedule Contributor Rank: 134
New Mexico State is an example of a school introducing soccer as a sport. The chart raises the question whether it has reached a "natural resting place," will continue to improve, or will revert to a poorer ranking level. Average Balanced RPI Rank: 183 Average NCAA RPI Rank: 179 NCAA RPI Strength of Schedule Contributor Rank: 161
North Carolina is a very consistent team. Its average NCAA RPI rank over the last 7 years is 5, with a standard deviation of 4, which means one can expect it to be in the 1 to 9 rank range roughtly 2/3 of the time. Its average Massey rank is 4 with a standard deviation of 2, putting it in the 2 to 6 range roughly 2/3 of the time. Its average Balanced RPI rank is 4 with a standard deviation of 3, putting it in the 1 to 7 range roughly 2/3 of the time. These standard deviations are extremely low as DI women's soccer goes. Average Balanced RPI Rank: 4 Average NCAA RPI Rank: 5 NCAA RPI Strength of Schedule Contributor Rank: 12