As well it should get a lot of criticism. A team like LR can end up with an undeserved rating using their RPI of 61. The RPI makes no discernment between a 40 pt blowout loss and an overtime loss. If a team hits on the right combination of opposing teams the RPI can either raise or lower a team drastically. A team playing no very low ranked teams and a few very high ranked teams ( in which they get blown out ) will end up with an inflated RPI. A team that beats a 200 rated team in overtime gets a higher ranking than a team that blows out a 201 ranked team by 40. Or a team that loses to the a 5th ranked team by 70 is given the same score as a team that loses to that same team in over time.
When people say that if teams want a higher-ranked RPI they should play better teams, that does not always apply. I mean a cupcake is a cupcake. What is the difference between beating a higher or lower ranked cupcake? None! They are both sure wins. What should matter is not the level of cupcakes a team plays but the number of teams they play that actually have a realistic shot at beating them. I mean the RPI was created to give a better value to a team's won-loss record for the uninformed. It is a simplistic system that has been given entirely too much value by lazy people who want to take the easy way out. I should have been dumped years ago. The men did.
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