I agree, this is a win for the projection report (selection committee). RPI in real life has a lot of issues but the way it is in HD is just broken. In D3, you have very little home court advantage, right? The RPI formula, however, takes into account home court advantage... by a lot. So you're rewarded for winning on the road but barely punished for losing on the road. You can manipulate this quite easily.
So while the RPI and SOS is nice to look at and use as a talking point, it doesn't accurately show who the best teams are.