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Message: [QUOTE="Bear11, post: 2637461, member: 7934"] I don't have the time to lay out all the math now, but playing 2 fewer conference games means that each ACC and SEC team averages about 1 more win per year. When your entire conference has an additional win, the 75% of RPI that is who you play gets a slight boost. I am not arguing that one conference IS better, but that some have certain advantages in the RPI before any games are played. Since the committee seems to rely heavily on RPI, especially further down the bracket, this is tremendously important. I don't know if it is intentional, but the SEC and ACC are gaming the RPI. We can see this as 3 SEC teams lost to lower seeds, with a couple more close shaves. All of these teams were overseeded according to Massey/Sagarin, but were boosted by a strong, inflated RPI. [/QUOTE]