Okay so I know how RPI is 25% WP, 50% OWP, and 25% OOWP. So, I'm thinking you find your Win% using the 1.4, 0.6, etc and than multiply that by .25 than do the same with the OWP by multipying that by .5. Someone tell me if I am wrong so far. Then next, is their a way to solve OOWP without having to go through each teams opponents win % or is that the only way you can do it, or is their someway of estimating it or do you have to go through all your Opponents, Opponents and add up all their wins and losses and get the average of that than multiply that by .25 then add all three together. Can someone confirm that this is true or link me to an already exisiting post in the forums. Okay, thanks!!!

the only exact way that i know is to do as you indicate - compile the records of all of your opponent's opponents... as for a way to estimate it, I am not sure, maybe someone has something... I just wait til wk 8...

I once heard that playing humans is better for the RPI, but I never thought much of it. Any validity to it?

Yeah I guess so, because human teams will be encouraged to play against good teams in their non-conference schedule while Sim teams can't do that and that is where the OOWP comes into play, so technically yes.

Unless you have a really elite team I generally find that the best way to boost RPI is to play strong sim teams from weak conferences.  OOWP sucks, but the biggest hunk of RPI - OWP - is solid, and usually sim teams are beatable by even a decent human-coached team.

Posted by dahsdebater on 8/27/2011 7:13:00 PM (view original):
Unless you have a really elite team I generally find that the best way to boost RPI is to play strong sim teams from weak conferences.  OOWP sucks, but the biggest hunk of RPI - OWP - is solid, and usually sim teams are beatable by even a decent human-coached team.

Yeah, thats what I try to do with my teams. Take a look at my team La Verne's schedule for next year. I thought the teams I will play would win lots of games based on the amount of upperclassmen and conference.

Playing humans is not better for the rpi. best way to overhype your rpi is to pick the sim best teams in unpopulated conferences who have lots of upperclassmen coming back next year.

I think it's conditional.  If you have a really great team and you want an end-of-season RPI in the top 4 or 5 it behooves you to schedule the best human teams you can beat - which, really, should be the best teams that will play you.  But if you don't win at least 7 or 8 games in the non-con you scheduled too hard.  That's why sims can be a safer bet for a solid but non-elite RPI.  Of course, it depends somewhat on your conference as well.  I have two teams in what are now fairly abandoned conferenced (one was almost full when I joined) and always schedule fairly tough non-cons for them regardless of team strength.  Otherwise my SOS would be abysmally low.