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Then they have contradicted themselves because they didn’t follow RPI…

…all that closely in the seeding. If so, Arkansas would have been the #1 overall team. I do agree that it’s unlikely that the reliance on RPI will change because it gives SEC teams an inherit advantage because of the Midmajor teams they are able to schedule and their strong conference schedule. So there is a strong incentive for them to support the current system.
Posted: 05/11/2026 at 11:20 AM ET
(In response to this post by hokietony)

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Professional statistician and occasional poster here.
HokieEngineer22 • 05/11/26 11:09 AM ET
As a metric person, I would probably just say the RPI has shortcomings
nkhooch • 05/11/26 03:28 PM ET
The statistical term re: the RPI would be “extremely underparameterized”
HokieEngineer22 • 05/11/26 04:15 PM ET
Come on now. The win/loss record "sounds" useful?
nkhooch • 05/11/26 04:57 PM ET
That’s not quite how building robust rating systems work.
HokieEngineer22 • 05/11/26 05:56 PM ET
Best post I have seen on the subject. There is absolutely no logical
Hokie_Forester • 05/11/26 02:04 PM ET
Well, how wast Angela Tincher not on the USA Olympic team, yet…
TomA • 05/11/26 12:37 PM ET
Can you name the three pitchers that were selected?
MidloHokie • 05/11/26 03:46 PM ET
As Ronald Coase said “If You Torture the Data Long Enough, It Will Confess”
Va AandM • 05/11/26 12:32 PM ET
Yep, pick the teams you want and then select and weight the stats to
BEST2VT • 05/11/26 12:58 PM ET
Ah, Finagle’s Rule: draw curve then plot your points. Works every time **
Va AandM • 05/11/26 01:06 PM ET
It feels the same every time this happens. The committees
baumerj • 05/11/26 11:35 AM ET
Only comeback is to win. Go Hokies. **
skautdog • 05/11/26 11:18 AM ET
You're "RPI is a joke" line, although probably true, was the death ....
hokietony • 05/11/26 11:14 AM ET
Then they have contradicted themselves because they didn’t follow RPI… ◄
HokieEngineer22 • 05/11/26 11:20 AM ET
Committee contradicts self. Story at 11! 😉**
HokieNL • 05/11/26 04:27 PM ET
In general they did, only 1 non-top 16 RPI team is a host.**
hokietony • 05/11/26 11:22 AM ET
That exception is sort of what I am trying to point out.
HokieEngineer22 • 05/11/26 11:32 AM ET