Wow, our rpi jumped 5 spots to 16 with the Ark win. SOS is now 5. Florida dropped all the way to 25 with their loss.
many of LSU's opponents (former and future) rankings are increasing. may have loads of top 50 rpi wins at the end of the season UK 41 Bama 44 Houston 55 USC 57 Ark 67 Vandy 68 so far, 3-5 against top 50 rpi
The sky's falling! So, just so folks appreciate this weekend's actual affect on our season, we lost to Florida and move UP in the rankings. Not that I want that to be a re-occurring pattern, but perhaps it's alright that we went to the #6 rank team's home court played them tough and lost? ... apparently, folks that know college basketball think the Tigers are still a good team. LSU winds up moving a spot to #25 in AP and they crack the Coaches' poll also at #25. They moved down one spot to #19 in CBS's Sportsline poll. The official RPI still has us out at #21 in the NCAA RPI poll. BUT, based upon a more up to date RPI simulator, the tough schedule has the Tigers moving up to #15, with the number 3 ranked strength of schedule ranking! (http://www.warrennolan.com/basketball/2006/rpi). Now, the boys do have an opportunity here. Win two with Miss St. at home and Auburn on the road, and we have a chance to not only stay ranked, but move up... :geauxtige
