|
Team
|
AP
|
RPI
|
2015 S-Factor
|
2014 S-Factor
|
|
South Carolina
|
1
|
12
|
10
|
8
|
|
Connecticut
|
2
|
2
|
7
|
4
|
|
Texas
|
3
|
8
|
4
|
5
|
|
Notre Dame
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
|
Baylor
|
5
|
13
|
17
|
14
|
|
Louisville
|
6
|
8
|
1
|
2
|
|
Tennessee
|
7
|
5
|
24
|
16
|
|
North Carolina
|
8
|
6
|
12
|
12
|
|
Texas A&M
|
9
|
36
|
19
|
15
|
|
Kentucky
|
10
|
3
|
5
|
3
|
|
Oregon State
|
11
|
29
|
13
|
18
|
|
Maryland
|
12
|
16
|
3
|
6
|
|
Duke
|
13
|
17
|
14
|
23
|
|
Mississippi State
|
14
|
35
|
11
|
10
|
|
Stanford
|
15
|
44
|
26
|
36
|
|
Oklahoma State
|
16
|
84
|
70
|
59
|
|
Iowa
|
17
|
10
|
8
|
11
|
|
Arizona State
|
18
|
4
|
6
|
7
|
|
Nebraska
|
19
|
26
|
22
|
31
|
|
Georgia
|
20
|
45
|
32
|
29
|
|
Syracuse
|
21
|
67
|
48
|
65
|
|
Princeton
|
22
|
19
|
44
|
32
|
|
Minnesota
|
23
|
15
|
9
|
9
|
|
Rutgers
|
24
|
53
|
63
|
46
|
|
Western Kentucky
|
25
|
23
|
51
|
43
|
|
Washington
|
26
|
18
|
21
|
25
|
|
St. John's
|
27
|
30
|
29
|
17
|
|
Florida State
|
29
|
28
|
18
|
24
|
|
Washington State
|
30
|
49
|
16
|
20
|
|
California
|
32
|
25
|
25
|
28
|
|
Ohio State
|
33
|
31
|
15
|
21
|
|
Northwestern
|
34
|
37
|
20
|
19
|
|
Green Bay
|
35
|
7
|
33
|
27
|
|
South Florida
|
38
|
20
|
31
|
22
|
|
George Washington
|
40
|
22
|
23
|
13
|
The S-Factor is in rough agreement with the voters of the AP regarding many of the teams, but there are some interesting outliers. The S-Factor ranks Oklahoma State, Syracuse, and Rutgers far below their positions in the AP poll, and this is mostly due to their poor RPI so far. Syracuse and Rutgers have no wins better than 63 RPI Arkansas so far, while Oklahoma State has feasted upon cupcake teams en route to the 275th most difficult schedule in the 349-team NCAA Division 1.
The S-Factor thinks quite highly of Maryland, Louisville and Minnesota. Maryland and Louisville rank higher than the AP poll mainly because of their three top-25 wins each. No other team has more than three top-25 wins, though Connecticut, Kentucky and Vanderbilt also have 3. Minnesota ranks highly because they've played and won more conference games than any other team in an elite conference. While it is most definitely a good thing to win conference games, this early Big Ten schedule just means that Minnesota's numeric advantage in the S-Factor will ebb by the time the season is over and they will fall more or less in line with the AP ranking.
Now in:
South Florida
Iowa State
Oklahoma
Wichita State
Western Michigan
Albany
Liberty
Southern U.
North Dakota St.
Now out:
Arkansas
Seton Hall
West Virginia
Indiana State
Akron
South Dakota St.
Maine
High Point
Prairie View A&M
Conferences with multiple bids:
Big Ten: 8
SEC: 7
PAC 12: 7
ACC: 6
Big 12: 5
Atlantic 10: 2
American: 2
Atlantic Sun: 2
West Coast: 2
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