NT seeding and rpi Topic

Is there any correlation between your rpi and NT seeding?  My USC Aiken team has an rpi of 22 and a sos of 40 and I just found out I got a 10 seed in the NT tournament.  According to the projection report, I was at 41 so it looks like the projection report is spot on but why are teams with rpis >22 higher on the projection report?  It's not a big deal, I still made the NT, I was just wondering if anyone understood the NT seeding logic better than myself.  Thanks
9/14/2013 11:22 AM
Yeah seeding is based on ur spot in the projection report.
9/14/2013 12:44 PM
So what is the point of rpi then in this game?  I thought rpi (rating percentage index) was used to rank teams and I assume team ranking would then transfer to projection report, but I guess not. 
9/14/2013 12:56 PM
It used to be the #1 factor on how your team was seeded, but they created PPR which is a huge improvement. All the factors for PPR can be found in the FAQ.
9/14/2013 1:22 PM
Basically, the projection report looks at how many wins you have against top 50 teams and top 100 teams (using RPI).  This has been a huge improvement in the game, since RPI can really be gamed by playing a bunch of away games against OK teams.  Now, to get a good seed, you actually have to beat good teams.  
9/14/2013 4:00 PM
Oh that makes sense, my conference was pretty weak so that explains the difference between rpi and projection report.  thanks
9/14/2013 7:15 PM
projection report is tougher to manipulate than rpi - clever scheduling can create a strong rpi in some cases where other indicators would not be so high
9/14/2013 10:03 PM
NT seeding and rpi Topic

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