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Breakdown of Out of Conference Opponents Sorted by RPI ....

Regular Season Out of Conference RPI of 117 equates to the following: RPI 0 to 50 (no top 10 games and only 4 top 25 games): 12 Georgia (2-0) 24 USC-e (2-0) 31 Auburn (2-0) 39 Michigan (1-0) RPI 51 - 100 (two losses here, don't go to early season tournament that does not have a couple of Top 25 games): 67 Liberty (1-1) LOSS HERE 69 Charlotte (0-1) LOSS HERE 71 PSU (1-0) 83 JMU (1-0) 84 Troy (1-0) 97 USC Upstate (2-0) RPI 101 to 150: 141 Radford (2-0) 142 Winthrop (1-0) RPI 151 to 200 (bad losses here): 152 Michigan St (0-1) LOSS HERE 185 Utah State (1-0) 190 Bryant (1-0) RPI 201 to 250 (no losses but too many games, if they are part of a tournament, you are kind of stuck but don't play these schools mid-week): 207 Elon (1-0) 212 Binghamton (2-0) 214 Seton Hall (1-0) 219 Longwood (2-0) 234 Villanova (2-0) ** Edited by hokietony at 5/18/2026, 4:41:38 PM
Posted: 05/18/2026 at 04:41 PM ET
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How to better your SOS .....
hokietony • 05/18/26 02:27 PM ET
VT's SOS problem was too many teams underperforming - more
VTChip • 05/18/26 05:04 PM ET
Yes. Agreed. Though we did play some by choice that had bad RPIs to start
VAHokie89 • 05/19/26 12:44 PM ET
Can't argue that **
VaTechHokiesACC • 05/19/26 12:47 AM ET
That's a lot of work. Thanks. I will say it was fairly easy to predict . .
MidloHokie • 05/18/26 08:10 PM ET
Liberty nonconference SOS last three years: 1, 19, 6. Tech: 42, 36, 151.
dallasvt • 05/18/26 07:16 PM ET
The teams that did drop in RPI, including all games against those teams,
laphroaig • 05/18/26 05:26 PM ET
ACC mini-tournament!
VAHokie89 • 05/18/26 04:47 PM ET
Breakdown of Out of Conference Opponents Sorted by RPI .... ◄
hokietony • 05/18/26 04:41 PM ET
Good list but do you really think a top ranked team would travel to Salem ?
Techdady • 05/18/26 03:59 PM ET
Michigan, OSU, MD traveled to Charlottesville in Feb
VAHokie89 • 05/19/26 12:46 PM ET
also... the ACC needs to get better**
VermontDDS • 05/18/26 03:55 PM ET
Massey Rating for Conferences: 1 SEC, 2 Big 12, 3 ACC, 4 Big10**
hokietony • 05/18/26 04:48 PM ET
At the top, the ACC is quite competitive, at the bottom
Techdady • 05/18/26 04:21 PM ET
Will that occur before the ACC is RIP though? If the ACC is a dead
VTHokie2000 • 05/18/26 04:19 PM ET
Truth…**
WestEndHokie39 • 05/18/26 04:03 PM ET
They're Invitationals, correct?**
TomTurkey • 05/18/26 03:34 PM ET
You could lobby to be invited :)**
VAHokie89 • 05/19/26 12:47 PM ET
I think Pete said he did. Noted on a Petecast or a by a poster
TomTurkey • 05/19/26 12:50 PM ET
That’s great research that demonstrates the issues with cold weather
WestEndHokie39 • 05/18/26 03:40 PM ET
Tremendous research. Pete knows that, though.
TomTurkey • 05/18/26 03:43 PM ET