Gophers Power 6 Peer Group Update

[SelectionSunday]

The Gophers' Power 6 peer group established by Road to Selection Sunday prior to the season. All 7 of these teams were projected to finish near the bottom of their conference.

RPI/Record
#53 Alabama (9-3, 0-0, SEC)
#57 Georgia Tech (10-5, 0-2 ACC)
#64 Kansas State (10-4, 0-2 Big XII)
#101 Washington (10-4, 2-0 Pac 12)
#126 Creighton (11-5, 2-1 Big East)
#188 GOPHERS (6-9, 0-3 B1G)
#203 Nebraska (8-8, 0-3 B1G)

RPI Top-100 and/or Best Win(s)
Washington -- vs. #22 Texas, #28 USC, #74 UCLA

Alabama -- vs. #56 Notre Dame, vs. #62 Wichita State

Nebraska -- vs. #94 Tennesse, #97 Rhode Island

Kansas State -- @ #63 Georgia

Georgia Tech -- #94 Tennessee

Creighton -- #104 Georgetown

GOPHERS -- #160 Clemson

 

[matt]

That's depressing.

 

[SelectionSunday]

Gophers RPI, SOS, opponents stuff

Gophers RPI: #186
Overall SOS: 71
Non-Conference SOS: 139
vs. RPI Top 50: 0-3
vs. RPI Top 100: 0-6
Bad Losses (101+ RPI): 3 (South Dakota, Oklahoma State, Milwaukee)

Average RPI of All Opponents: 136.333
D-I Record of All Opponents: 123-92 (57.2%)
Average RPI of Non-Conference Opponents: 159.166
D-I Record of Non-Conference Opponents: 87-80 (52.1%)

Opponents
#5 Michigan State (15-1) (L)
#7 Texas Tech (11-2) (L)
#49 South Dakota State (11-4) (L)
#52 Ohio State (11-5) (L)
#78 Penn State (10-6) (L)
#81 Temple (7-6) (L)
#144 Omaha (9-6) (W)
#153 South Dakota (8-8) (L)
#160 Clemson (9-6) (W)
#176 Oklahoma State (9-5) (L)
#177 Milwaukee (9-5) (L)
#179 Kansas City (5-8) (W)
#229 Louisiana Monroe (4-8) (W)
#248 Missouri State (4-10) (W)
#307 Chicago State (1-12) (W)