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The rating percentage index, commonly known as the RPI, is a quantity used to rank sports teams based upon a team's wins and losses and its strength of schedule.It is one of the sports rating systems by which NCAA basketball, baseball, softball, hockey, soccer, lacrosse, and volleyball teams are ranked.
In sports, strength of schedule (SOS) refers to the difficulty or ease of a team's/person's opponent as compared to other teams/persons.
[12] [13] The 2010 and 2011 NCAA lacrosse championships were held at M&T Bank Stadium. Loyola, worked in conjunction with Johns Hopkins, Towson, and UMBC to run these events. [14] The Hounds failed to advance to the 2009 NCAA lacrosse playoffs despite having the ninth place RPI, the third highest strength of schedule, and a 9-5 record.
Former Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban wondered if strength of schedule was really a factor when it came to the College Football Playoff.
A look at the current strength of schedule and remaining strength of schedule rankings for the top 12 College Football Playoff teams.
Strength of schedule refers to the quality of a team's opponents. A win against an inferior opponent is usually seen less favorably than a win against a superior opponent. Often teams in the same league, who are compared against each other for championship or playoff consideration, have not played the same opponents.
Next week we'll look at the passing game Strength of Schedule for the fantasy playoffs. Again, the opponents listed are for Weeks 15, 16 and 17. If your league uses Week 18, that research is on you.
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County was founded in 1966, and athletic director and men's lacrosse coach Dick Watts started the first team in 1968 at the NCAA Division II level. [2] The Retrievers advanced to the NCAA Division II championship finals in 1979 and 1980, winning the national title in 1980. [ 3 ]