College basketball RPI update: Colorado State tops Mountain West

The RPI is still a tool, even if outdated and filed with flaws, that is used to determine the NCAA tournament field for seeding purposes. With conference play in full swing, now is a good time to see what teams are in the running for a tournament berth from the Mountain West. All win-loss totals are against Division I opponents only.

1. Colorado State (14-2): RPI (22), SOS (86)

The Rams are piling 4-1 against the RPI top-50 and have one loss to a sub-100 team in New Mexico (102), but most of their wins are coming against teams 150 and below.

Wins (RPI 51-100)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
89	Nov. 29	UC Santa Barbara*	65-63
99	Dec. 3	UTEP	65-62
65	Dec. 10	@ Colorado	62-60
69	Dec. 31	Boise State	71-65

Losses (RPI 51-100)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
77	Jan. 7	Wyoming	54-60

Wins (RPI 101-150)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
109	Nov. 21	Georgia St	80-70

Losses (RPI 101-150)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
102	Jan. 3	@ New Mexico	53-66

Wins (RPI 150+)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
240	Nov. 15	Montana	83-66
241	Nov. 23	Mercer	75-62
186	Nov. 27	Missouri St*	76-61
215	Nov. 28	Pacific*	75-64
232	Dec. 7	Northern Colorado	66-58
249	Dec. 19	@ Denver	85-84
179	Dec. 22	Charleston Southern	75-54
173	Dec. 27	@ New Mexico St	58-57
256	Jan. 10	@ Air Force	92-87

2. San Diego State (11-4): RPI (45), SOS (64)

Being 1-2 against the RPI top-50 and 4-3 against the top-100 balances out the bad loss to Fresno State who is below 200.

Wins (RPI 1-50)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
9	Nov. 18	Utah	53-49

Losses (RPI 1-50)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
11	Nov. 26	Arizona*	59-61
35	Dec. 17	@ Cincinnati	62-71

Wins (RPI 51-100)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
56	Nov. 24	BYU*	92-87
83	Nov. 25	Pittsburgh*	74-57
80	Dec. 10	Long Beach St	60-59

Losses (RPI 51-100)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
68	Dec. 7	@ Washington	36-49

Wins (RPI 101-150)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
102	Jan. 6	New Mexico	56-42

Wins (RPI 150+)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
285	Nov. 14	CS Northridge	79-58
328	Nov. 20	CSU Bakersfield	51-27
183	Dec. 4	San Diego	57-48
166	Dec. 20	Ball State	70-57
242	Dec. 22	UC Riverside	61-33
256	Dec. 31	Air Force	53-49

Losses (RPI 150+)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
221	Jan. 3	@ Fresno St	57-59

3. Boise State (8-6): RPI (69), SOS (55)

Boise State is propped up not by the wins but that they have played three teams in the top 50, all loses. Their best win is against Saint Mary's.

Losses (RPI 1-50)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
8	Nov. 22	@ Wisconsin	54-78
32	Nov. 28	@ NC State	54-60
22	Dec. 31	@ Colorado St	65-71

Wins (RPI 51-100)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
78	Dec. 6	@ Saint Mary's	82-71

Losses (RPI 51-100)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
53	Dec. 23	Loyola (IL)*	45-48
77	Jan. 10	@ Wyoming	54-65

Losses (RPI 150+)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
197	Jan. 3	Utah State	61-62

Wins (RPI 150+)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
183	Nov. 14	San Diego*	81-75
263	Nov. 15	@ Loyola Marymount	77-69
240	Nov. 18	Montana	72-67
260	Nov. 25	Idaho*	86-75
317	Dec. 14	Southern Utah	79-60
296	Dec. 20	Abilene Christian	77-33
254	Dec. 22	Houston*	75-73

4. Wyoming (13-2): RPI (77), SOS (312)

We thought that Colorado State played a bad non-conference schedule.

Wins (RPI 1-50)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
22	Jan. 7	@ Colorado St	60-54

Losses (RPI 1-50)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
21	Dec. 5	@ SMU	53-66

Wins (RPI 51-100)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
65	Nov. 22	Colorado	56-33
97	Dec. 31	UNLV	76-71
69	Jan. 10	Boise State	65-54

Wins (RPI 150+)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
232	Nov. 16	Northern Colorado	78-70
350	Nov. 24	Florida A&M	66-45
338	Nov. 26	Stetson	65-41
173	Nov. 29	New Mexico St	78-75
249	Dec. 2	Denver	68-42
319	Dec. 14	Montana St	70-61
252	Dec. 20	Southern	57-39
319	Dec. 23	@ Montana St	61-51
318	Jan. 3	@ San José St	64-59

Losses (RPI 101-150)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
101	Dec. 10	@ California	42-45

5. UNLV (9-6): RPI (97), SOS (63)

Going 2-3 in the RPI top 50 is not bad, or good, especially with a pair of loses being in the top 10.

Wins (RPI 1-50)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
41	Nov. 22	Temple*	57-50
11	Dec. 23	Arizona	71-67

Losses (RPI 1-50)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
40	Nov. 21	Stanford*	60-89
9	Dec. 20	Utah*	46-59
2	Jan. 4	@ Kansas	61-76

Wins (RPI 51-100)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
No current wins in this range.

Losses (RPI 51-100)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
77	Dec. 31	@ Wyoming	71-76

Wins (RPI 101-150)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
118	Nov. 16	Sam Houston St	59-57
134	Dec. 17	Portland	75-73

Losses (RPI 101-150)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
139	Dec. 3	@ Arizona St	55-77

Wins (RPI 150+)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
284	Nov. 14	Morehead St	60-59
184	Nov. 29	Albany	75-59
258	Dec. 13	South Dakota*	75-61
317	Dec. 27	Southern Utah	79-45
318	Jan. 10	San José St	74-40

Losses (RPI 150+)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
288	Jan. 7	Nevada	62-64

6. New Mexico (11-5): RPI (102), SOS (169)

That loss to Grand Canyon has a good chance to bite New Mexico come Selection Sunday, assuming the Lobos are in position for an at-large berth.

Wins (RPI 1-50)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
22	Jan. 3	Colorado St	66-53

Losses (RPI 1-50)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
45	Jan. 6	@ San Diego St	42-56

Wins (RPI 51-100)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
88	Dec. 6	@ Valparaiso	63-46

Losses (RPI 51-100)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
61	Nov. 23	Texas A&M*	51-64

Wins (RPI 101-150)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
141	Nov. 21	George Mason*	69-58

Losses (RPI 101-150)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
145	Nov. 20	Boston College*	65-69
117	Nov. 30	USC	54-66

Wins (RPI 150+)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
342	Nov. 14	Idaho State	79-55
203	Nov. 16	CS Fullerton	67-59
173	Dec. 3	New Mexico St	62-47
153	Dec. 13	UL Monroe	54-46
349	Dec. 17	Central Arkansas	76-55
173	Dec. 20	@ New Mexico St	69-67
221	Dec. 31	Fresno St	76-64
197	Jan. 10	@ Utah State	66-60

Losses (RPI 150+)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
255	Dec. 23	@ Grand Canyon	65-68

7. Utah State (8-7): RPI (197), SOS (257)

Quality wins have yet to find their way to Utah State.

Losses (RPI 51-100)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
56	Dec. 2	BYU	81-91

Wins (RPI 51-100)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
90	Nov. 16	@ Illinois St	60-55
69	Jan. 3	@ Boise State	62-61

Wins (RPI 101-150)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
143	Nov. 19	Santa Clara	60-54

Losses (RPI 101-150)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
120	Nov. 26	@ UC Davis	70-77
117	Dec. 7	@ USC	84-89
146	Dec. 20	South Dakota St	65-68
102	Jan. 10	New Mexico	60-66

Wins (RPI 150+)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
234	Nov. 14	Weber State	72-61
259	Dec. 13	@ Utah Valley	50-47
328	Dec. 18	CSU Bakersfield	57-56
342	Dec. 19	Idaho State	69-56
318	Dec. 31	San José St	61-33

Losses (RPI 150+)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
229	Nov. 22	@ Mississippi St	63-71
221	Jan. 7	@ Fresno St	52-61

8. Fresno State (6-9): RPI (221), SOS (206)

The Bulldogs might be a pest to some teams this year, just look at their home win over San Diego State.

Wins (RPI 1-50)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
45	Jan. 3	San Diego St	59-57

Wins (RPI 101-150)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
119	Dec. 13	Cal Poly	63-57

Losses (RPI 51-100)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
79	Nov. 24	Evansville*	52-58

Losses (RPI 101-150)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
101	Nov. 30	California	57-64
147	Dec. 10	@ Texas Tech	56-73
102	Dec. 31	@ New Mexico	64-76

Wins (RPI 150+)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
190	Dec. 3	UC Irvine	72-63
328	Dec. 6	@ CSU Bakersfield	63-61
197	Jan. 7	Utah State	61-52
288	Jan. 10	@ Nevada	69-66

Losses (RPI 150+)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
152	Nov. 14	@ Pepperdine	74-89
209	Nov. 20	@ Northern Arizona	52-73
278	Nov. 25	East Carolina*	52-58
345	Nov. 26	Marist*	64-68
215	Dec. 20	@ Pacific	68-71

9. Air Force (6-7): RPI (256), SOS (279)

Not much is going well for Air Force. Their best win is over Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

Losses (RPI 1-50)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
45	Dec. 31	@ San Diego St	49-53
22	Jan. 10	Colorado St	87-92

Losses (RPI 51-100)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
65	Nov. 25	@ Colorado	53-68

Losses (RPI 101-150)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
147	Nov. 30	@ Texas Tech	62-63
120	Dec. 20	UC Davis	75-81

Wins (RPI 150+)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
324	Nov. 15	The Citadel*	68-55
335	Dec. 3	Grambling St	59-34
297	Dec. 8	Omaha	77-61
295	Dec. 13	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	80-47
301	Dec. 22	Jacksonville St	66-65
318	Jan. 7	San José St	78-56

Losses (RPI 150+)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
223	Nov. 14	@ Army	78-84
288	Jan. 3	@ Nevada	62-80

10. Nevada (4-9): RPI (288), SOS (244)

Too many sub-200 loses to even be in consideration even if the Wolf Pack go on a massive winning streak.

Losses (RPI 1-50)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
12	Nov. 21	Seton Hall*	60-68

Wins (RPI 51-100)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
97	Jan. 7	@ UNLV	64-62

Losses (RPI 51-100)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
95	Nov. 22	Clemson*	50-59
80	Dec. 3	@ Long Beach St	57-68

Wins (RPI 101-150)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
119	Nov. 15	Cal Poly	65-49

Losses (RPI 101-150)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
101	Dec. 7	California	56-63

Wins (RPI 150+)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
310	Dec. 22	Marshall	83-55
256	Jan. 3	Air Force	80-62

Losses (RPI 150+)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
234	Nov. 24	Weber State*	56-59
297	Nov. 29	@ Omaha	54-78
203	Dec. 13	CS Fullerton	55-65
215	Dec. 18	@ Pacific	65-69
221	Jan. 10	Fresno St	66-69

11. San Jose State (0-14): RPI (318), SOS (100)

The Spartans aren't post season eligible but there are more issues than that on this San Jose State team.

Losses (RPI 101-150)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
134	Nov. 16	Portland	68-73
120	Dec. 3	@ UC Davis	56-70
143	Dec. 6	Santa Clara	50-61
115	Dec. 21	@ Washington St	53-82

Losses (RPI 51-100)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
68	Nov. 27	Washington*	56-78
77	Jan. 3	Wyoming	59-64
97	Jan. 10	@ UNLV	40-74

Losses (RPI 150+)
RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
152	Nov. 19	Pepperdine	44-63
203	Nov. 22	@ CS Fullerton	66-70
163	Nov. 28	Western Michigan*	60-79
265	Nov. 30	Princeton*	54-69
281	Dec. 13	Seattle	38-54
197	Dec. 31	@ Utah State	33-61
256	Jan. 7	@ Air Force	56-78