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Conference USA: RPI #18 (out of 32 per rankings by WarrenNolan.com)

NOTE: ranked by W/L vs. D-I as 1/8/14

Team / Record vs D-I (overall, inc non D-I) / RPI / SOS
Southern Miss 11-2 (13-2) / 27 / 126
LA Tech 11-3 (12-3) / 87 / 241
UAB 9-3 (11-3) / 100 / 216
CHARLOTTE 9-4 (9-4) / 131 /246
ECU 7-4 (11-4) / 189 / 305
Middle Tenn 8-5 (10-5) / 134 / 230
UTEP 8-5 (10-5) 136 / 151
North Texas 7-5 (9-5) / 169 / 240
Tulane 7-7 (8-7) / 274 / 294
FIU 6-6 (8-7) / 236 / 297
ODU 6-9 (6-9) / 229 / 167
Tulsa 5-9 (5-9) / 159 / 41
Marshall 4-9 (6-9) / 261 / 153
Rice 3-8 (5-8) / 241 / 158
UTSA 2-8 (4-9) / 343 / 336
FAU 2-10 (4-10) / 304 / 180

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Wow! We aren’t in Kansas (or with the big boys) anymore…

[quote=“EE9er, post:2, topic:28522”][quote=“Run49er, post:1, topic:28522”]Conference USA: RPI #18 (out of 32)
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Wow! We aren’t in Kansas (or with the big boys) anymore…[/quote]If Lunardi and Palm are correct, then C-USA is going to be a one-bidder most likely represented by Southern Miss.

[quote=“Run49er, post:3, topic:28522”][quote=“EE9er, post:2, topic:28522”][quote=“Run49er, post:1, topic:28522”]Conference USA: RPI #18 (out of 32)
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Wow! We aren’t in Kansas (or with the big boys) anymore…[/quote]If Lunardi and Palm are correct, then C-USA is going to be a one-bidder most likely represented by Southern Miss.[/quote]
Lotta golf left…

Not sure what the first weekend of league play has shown us other than LA Tech shares the early lead with Tulsa and UTSA at 2-0. Per WarrenNolan.com, the conference has improved to #16, sandwiched in between #15 Colonial and #17 MAAC.

Anyway, LA Tech travels to Southern Miss (1-1) on Sunday in a early showdown between the projected conference frontrunners, while Tulsa - which beat USM this past weekend - is coming to Halton on Thursday.

VOMIT!!!

I can’t believe how many non D I games were played. We were the only school that didn’t have any!

How many of y’all would like to see us play a stronger nonconf SOS even if it means going on the road more? Our SOS, along with the rest of the conf’s was atrocious.

[quote=“TheGreenRanger, post:8, topic:28522”]How many of y’all would like to see us play a stronger nonconf SOS even if it means going on the road more? Our SOS, along with the rest of the conf’s was atrocious.[/quote]I would be okay with maybe 1 or 2 less home games if and only if they were against teams that are fairly good, but not so good that we have 0 chance to win.

yes

[quote=“Ninercentral, post:7, topic:28522”]I can’t believe how many non D I games were played. We were the only school that didn’t have any![/quote]Old Dominion and Tulsa have played an all D-I sked as well, with the latter having the best SOS in C-USA.

Conference RPI has inched up a bit this week. Now 14th between #13 Horizon and #15 Summit. Top 3 C-USA teams are Southern Miss at #40, LA Tech at #80, and Charlotte at #103.

FAU notched a nice win over Harvard last night.

[quote=“Niner National, post:13, topic:28522”]FAU notched a nice win over Harvard last night.[/quote]Easily one of Mike Jarvis’s best wins in Boca Raton since taking over the FAU program and one of the worst for Tommy Amaker as Harvard’s head coach. In fact, Crimson’s 23% on FGs (14 of 61) lowest during Amaker’s tenure in Ivy.

No movement in conference RPI as C-USA remains #14. Top 5 are #37 Southern Miss, #75 LA Tech, #112 Middle Tennessee, #113 UTEP, and #115 Charlotte.

Per Warrennolan.com, C-USA moves up a spot to #13 between #12 MAC and #14 Horizon. Top 5 are #34 Southern Miss, #78 LA Tech, #89 UTEP, #90 Middle Tennessee, and #115 CHARLOTTE.

No change in conference RPI - still 13th between MAC and Horizon. Same league top 5 too:

#34 Southern Miss
#72 LA Tech
#77 UTEP
#90 Middle Tennessee
#115 CHARLOTTE

Unless a lot changes between now and end of season, C-USA probably locked into #13 spot for 2013-14 season. This week’s top 5 are:

#42 Southern Miss
#74 Middle Tennessee
#80 LA Tech
#100 UTEP
#126 Tulsa

And FWIW, Niners are #141.

C-USA stuck on #13 between #12 MAC and #14 Horizon.

Top 5 are:

35 Southern Miss
66 Middle Tennessee
82 LA Tech
91 UTEP
108 Tulsa

Niners are #168.

According to Kenpom we are still about 50 slots better than ECU. That’s something (especially if we can pull out the win, then fire our coach for an atrocious year). [Praise Lebo].