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Message: [QUOTE="ConwayGmck, post: 3450270, member: 10442"] It's always foolish to categorize an entire conference strength on the basis of one single game played within a conference season. The AAC as a conference is 9th in RPI, compared to the SEC being 4th. The AAC have 2 members in the Q1, and 5 - less than half the conference - inside of Q2 tier levels. Cincinnati is the 4th-best member of the AAC RPI-wise. The SEC by comparison have almost as many members (4) in the top 25 RPI as the AAC has inside Q2 tier level, have 6 in Q1 tier overall and 9 members - more than half the SEC - inside of Q2 tier levels. Alabama is the 8th-best RPI team in the SEC. Alabama is 1-7 versus Q1 opponents and 3-10 vs Q1+Q2 opponents. They have a 65 RPI against the 40th-ranked overall SOS, and 77 non-conf. RPI against the 130th-ranked non-conf. SOS. Cincinnati is 1-4 vs Q1 and 4-7 vs Q1+Q2 opponents. They have the 77th-ranked RPI against the 103rd SOS, and 130th-ranked non-conf. RPI against the 170th ranked non-conf. SOS. They have the better overall record and better conference record between the two, playing a weaker overall schedule and a weaker conference schedule. Mississippi is an an outlier for the SEC, with a 286 RPI. The Q3 RPI tier involves the 101-200 RPI teams, but even if it meant 101-150 RPI teams, all SEC members other than Ole Miss would still be Q3-tier or above teams, while 7 AAC members - more than half of the conference - would be outside or below Q3-tier. As it is, with Q3 being 101-200 RPI teams, the AAC still have 3 members of a 12-member conference in Q4, compared to only 1 member of a 14-member SEC in Q4. Overall the AAC is much worse than the SEC as a conference....I would hesitate to make an argument regarding an entire conference of teams based on where one single team from one conference ranks compared to another single team from another conference. As it is, Massey rated Cincinnati just above Alabama (64th to 65th), with essentially the same rating result (1.73). Apparently Cincinnati is some decimal points better than Alabama, but those ratings also won't be updated until tomorrow - they do not include today's games. So lets see where they rank for Massey when the ratings are more updated. But again, Alabama (8th team in SEC) and Cincinnati (4th team in AAC) are essentially neck-and-neck - that's not the greatest argument for the AAC and SEC being compatible conferences, in my opinion..... [/QUOTE]

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