Ratings Percentage Index

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The Ratings Percentage Index is a statistical ranking system used in U.S. college sports to evaluate and compare teams based on their wins, losses, and strength of schedule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf college sports ranking system
sports rating system
statistical ranking system
abbreviation RPI
appliesTo college teams
regular season results
basedOn opponents’ opponents’ winning percentage
opponents’ winning percentage
team winning percentage
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticizedFor insufficient margin-of-victory information
lack of transparency to the public
overemphasis on strength of schedule
developedFor NCAA tournament selection
domain college athletics
field sports analytics
sports statistics
hasComponent opponents’ opponents’ winning percentage
opponents’ winning percentage
winning percentage
hasScope Division I competition
hasType computer-based ranking
language English
notableChange deemphasized after adoption of NCAA Evaluation Tool in Division I men’s basketball
primaryUse team comparison
team evaluation
tournament seeding tool
tournament selection tool
replacedBy NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET)
surface form: NCAA Evaluation Tool
shortName RPI
timePeriod late 20th century
usedBy NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee
surface form: NCAA selection committees

National Collegiate Athletic Association
usedFor ranking college baseball teams
ranking college basketball teams
ranking college soccer teams
ranking college softball teams
ranking college volleyball teams
usedIn NCAA Division I Baseball
surface form: NCAA Division I baseball

NCAA basketball
surface form: NCAA Division I men’s basketball

NCAA Division I
surface form: NCAA Division I soccer

NCAA Division I softball
NCAA women's volleyball
surface form: NCAA Division I volleyball

NCAA women’s basketball
surface form: NCAA Division I women’s basketball

U.S. college sports
usesMetric losses
strength of schedule
wins

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NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) replaced Ratings Percentage Index
subject surface form: NCAA Evaluation Tool
NCAA Division I Baseball Committee usesMetric Ratings Percentage Index