Part 11: BCS OOC Sked ratings (Missouri)

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MISSOURI TIGERS
Nov. 17 – TENNESSEE-MARTIN (140)
Nov. 22 – TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN (331) (South Padre Invitational)
Nov. 24 – CHATTANOOGA (174) (South Padre Invitational)
Nov. 27 – vs. Old Dominion (103) (South Padre Invitational)
Nov. 28 – vs. Mississippi State or Richmond (South Padre Invitational)
Dec. 2 – at Vanderbilt (95)
Dec. 5 – OREGON (180)
Dec. 9 – at Oral Roberts (142)
Dec. 12 – FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON (314)
Dec. 19 – ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF (251)
Dec. 23 – vs. Illinois (22) (Saint Louis)
Dec. 27 – AUSTIN PEAY (143)
Dec. 30 – UMKC (309)
Jan. 2 – GEORGIA (192)
Jan. 6 – SAVANNAH STATE (258)

Average RPI of Opponents: 189.571
Average RPI of Home Opponents: 229.2
NCAA Qualifiers (2): Chattanooga, Illinois
Top 100 (2): Illinois (22), Vanderbilt (95)

The Good?: Mizzou has 4 BCS opponents on its slate, with the possibility for a fifth (Mississippi State).

The (not so) Bad?: Mike Anderson appears to understand that a schedule needs opponents in the #101-199 RPI range. The Tigers play 7 such teams in that range.

The Ugly?: For a program that fell one game shy of the Final Four the previous season, I'm not sure having 5 home opponents with RPI's of #250+ is necessary, even with significant personnel losses.

Composite Schedule Ratings through Part 11 (of 73 teams)
Overall
1. Kansas (121.333)
2. Arizona (121.6)
3. Wisconsin (146.3)
4. Penn State (148.6)
5. Arkansas (148.733)
6. Michigan (153.6)
7. DePaul (178.6)
8. GOPHERS (182.7)
9. Colorado (189.166)
10. Missouri (189.571)
11. Arizona State (198.1)

Home
1. Penn State (152.142)
2. Kansas (161.3)
3. Arizona (161.714)
4. Wisconsin (166.25)
5. Arkansas (180.5)
6. DePaul (209.833)
7. Michigan (210.857)
8. Arizona State (216.888)
9. GOPHERS (217.25)
10. Colorado (228.125)
11. Missouri (229.2)

 

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