January 20 Big Ten & RPI Top 25

[SelectionSunday]

Rankings courtesy of CollegeRPI.com

Big Ten RPI Rankings
3. Michigan State
17. Wisconsin
18. GOPHERS
22. Ohio State
23. Illinois
46. Michigan
49. Northwestern
52. Purdue
85. Iowa
88. Penn State
181. Indiana

Big Ten Nonconference SOS Rankings (out of 343 D-I teams)
17. Wisconsin
43. Indiana
61. Michigan State
84. Northwestern
92. Michigan
96. Ohio State
128. Illinois
195. Iowa
222. Purdue
239. GOPHERS
324. Penn State

Wins vs. RPI Top 50 (26)
Michigan State 7: at Gophers (18), vs. Oklahoma St (19), Ohio State (22), Illinois (23), vs. Texas (26), Kansas (36), at Northwestern (49)

Michigan 3: Duke (1), Illinois (23), vs. UCLA (42)

Ohio State 3: Butler (9), at Miami-Florida (32), at Michigan (46)

GOPHERS 3: vs. Louisville (12), at Wisconsin (17), Ohio State (22)

Purdue 3: Wisconsin (17), vs. Davidson (31), at Northwestern (49)

Illinois 2: vs. Mizzou (39), Michigan (46)

Northwestern 2: Gophers (18), Florida State (21)

Wisconsin 2: at Michigan (46), Northwestern (49)

Penn State 1: Northwestern (49)

National RPI Top 25 Rankings
1. Duke
2. Pitt
3. Michigan State
4. Oklahoma
5. Xavier
6. Georgetown
7. North Carolina
8. UConn
9. Butler
10. Clemson
11. Wake Forest
12. Louisville
13. Memphis
14. Syracuse
15. Cal
16. Marquette
17. Wisconsin
18. GOPHERS
19. Oklahoma State
20. Utah
21. Florida State
22. Ohio State
23. Illinois
24. West Virginia
25. Arizona State

 

[From the Barn]

Sorta funny that a loss to Purdue will be more of a "bad loss" than NU, at least in terms of RPI.

 

[SelectionSunday]

Purdue game is big

Especially in terms of the Big 10 pecking order with regards to the Big 10 & moreso the NCAA tournament. Because we only play them once, it's huge. Beat the Boilers and I think it will be difficult for them to pass us in the pecking order for the NCAA. The loser doesn't get another crack unless they meet up in Indy.

At this point the Gophers' resume (despite the soft nonconference sked) is better than the Boilers, so a win Thursday distances us from the Boilers even more. Want to get to 6-3 at the halfway point, winning on Thursday makes that much more doable. I think Illinois is going to be a handful for us, home or road. I'm not real confident we'll beat them at The Barn. I'd peg the Illini as the second-best team in the Big 10 at this point.