to be fair, a lot of the shuffle in conference RPI is due to the wider spread of sim teams all around. when those sim teams have an "up" year, you get the MWC in Tark overachieving in RPI. after all, the MWC only sent 2 teams to the NT--pretty weak for the #3 league. in HD2, this meant the MWC might finish ahead of one "big six" league but now the effect is inflated. the MWC has some quality teams but it is not a strong conference.
CUSA, though, is a power! 5 NT bids, a final 4 team, 3 ranked teams, and more human-coached teams than almost everybody else.