Friday, December 19, 2014

December 19 Update: The AAC Problem

The table below shows how the S-Factor stacks up against the AP poll, the Coaches poll, and RPI at this point in the season.  

Team
AP
Coaches
RPI
S-Factor
South Carolina
1
1
6
3
Connecticut
2
2
2
23
Texas
3
3
21
4
Texas A&M
4
5
19
9
Notre Dame
5
4
1
2
North Carolina
6
6
7
5
Stanford
7
7
24
16
Kentucky
8
8
3
1
Baylor
9
9
15
19
Louisville
10
10
30
11
Tennessee
11
12
28
28
Nebraska
12
15
8
7
Duke
13
13
14
27
Maryland
14
11
40
14
Georgia
15
17
50
33
Oregon State
16
14
37
12
Rutgers
17
19
73
60
Michigan State
18
21
85
66
Syracuse
19
22
43
29
Oklahoma State
20
16
171
91
Mississippi State
21
20
41
24
West Virginia
22
18
26
8
Iowa
23
24
12
18
California
24
23
12
20
Depaul
25
26
89
68
St. John's
29
25
25
37
UW Green Bay
26
33
4
30
Northwestern
27
28
22
17
Arizona State
28
40
9
6
Princeton
30
10
31
James Madison
33
27
5
39
South Florida
29
39
45
Seton Hall
30
16
35



The American Athletic Conference is really weak as a whole this year, which is why Connecticut is ranked 23rd in the S-Factor right now.  Since Louisville is no longer a part of the American, it can't really be argued that the AAC is better than conference RPI would suggest.

Connecticut's RPI will not suffer too much this year, since the Huskies will play many tough non-conference opponents this year.  But they will be saddled with a women's basketball conference roughly as challenging as the Colonial League.  It will be a huge disappointment if the Huskies don't run the table, but even that might not be enough to improve their standings in the S-Factor.   


Now in:
Oregon State
Tennessee
N.C. State

Now out:
Kansas State
Western Kentucky
Oklahoma

Conferences with multiple bids:
Big Ten: 8
SEC: 8
ACC: 8
PAC 12: 7
Big 12: 3
American: 3
Big East: 2

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