BPI

[centexorange]

Explain to me how Okie st is 20th?
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[overseasbbfan1]

That might be an error, esp since their SOS is 31st (Horns are 12th). That combined with 9 conference losses doesn't get you to 20th in the BPI. And you have to go all the way down to #40 Tennessee to find a team with a lower overall win-loss %. Of course they're 46th in the RPI so obviously BPI looks at some different things. Still hard to figure how they end up 20th, but BPI doesn't carry that much significance anyway.

 

[tholly]

That list is bunk. They have TCU behind Fordham, the last place team (13th) in the A10. How can the 10th place team in the B12 be worse than 13th place team in the A10. Mathematically impossible

 

[ViperHorn]

Technically ou is 28th one spot back from SMU. OSU is twentieth, but it is showing OSU as 3rd in the conference. Texas is third.

 

[Joe2005]

Sagarin also has OSU much higher than Texas. The reason there is that it takes into account scoring margin, and Texas has a lot of close wins (including to lots of crappy teams early in the season) and some blowout losses. OSU apparently does better in that respect. OSU in pure W-L consideration (ELO-Chess) is 54th compared to Texas at 22nd, but they overwhelm in the MoV aspect. I assume BPI takes something like that into consideration as well.

 

[Joe2005]

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[Third Coast]

Things are going to get interesting down the stretch and into the conference tournament. OSU, K-State and now Baylor - with an upset of ISU to reach 20 wins - are all in the mix to make the dance.

I still believe the Big 12 will only get a maximum of six bids, so that's probably going to leave one of the above standing when the music stops.

 

[sblazer]

i'm thinking 7 teams is a LOCK for the big 12. if west virginia can pull off a victory over OU on the road then take out kansas at home in their finale then you're possibly lookin' at 8 teams!