NCAA College Basketball Conference RPI

CBSSports.com bracketologist Jerry Palm assesses the résumés of teams that may be sweating it out until Selection Sunday. For more from Jerry Palm, check him out on Twitter: @jppalmCBS

Number of bids is based on Jerry Palm's current predicted tournament bracket.

At a Glance

Conference	Bids
ACC	8
America East	1
American Conference	4
Atlantic 10	2
Atlantic Sun	1
Big 12	7
Big East	4
Big Sky	1

Conference	Bids
Big South	1
Big Ten	8
Big West	1
Colonial	1
Conference USA	1
Horizon League	1
Ivy League	1
MAAC	1

Conference	Bids
MAC	2
MEAC	1
Missouri Valley	1
Mountain West	1
Northeast	1
Ohio Valley	1
Pac-12	2
Patriot League	1

Conference	Bids
SEC	8
SWAC	1
Southern	1
Southland	1
Summit League	1
Sun Belt	1
WAC	1
West Coast	1

Detailed Breakdown

ACC (8)
	Projected Champion: Virginia
	At-large bids: Duke, Florida State, Louisville, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Syracuse, Virginia Tech
	Tournament: March 7-11, Brooklyn
Complete ACC Conference Standings

America East (1)
	Projected Champion: Vermont
	At-large bids: None
	Tournament: March 1, 6, 11, Campus sites
Complete America East Conference Standings

American Conference (4)
	Projected Champion: Houston
	At-large bids: Cincinnati, Temple, UCF
	Tournament: March 9-12, Hartford
Complete American Conference Conference Standings

Atlantic 10 (2)
	Projected Champion: Davidson
	At-large bids: VCU
	Tournament: March 8-12, Pittsburgh
Complete Atlantic 10 Conference Standings

Atlantic Sun (1)
	Projected Champion: Lipscomb
	At-large bids: None
	Tournament: Feb. 27, March 2, 5, Campus sites
Complete Atlantic Sun Conference Standings

Big 12 (7)
	Projected Champion: Kansas State
	At-large bids: Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Oklahoma, TCU, Texas Tech
	Tournament: March 8-11, Kansas City, Mo.
Complete Big 12 Conference Standings

Big East (4)
	Projected Champion: Villanova
	At-large bids: Marquette, Seton Hall, St. John's
	Tournament: March 8-11, New York
Complete Big East Conference Standings

Big Sky (1)
	Projected Champion: Montana
	At-large bids: None
	Tournament: March 7, 9-11, Reno, Nev.
Complete Big Sky Conference Standings

Big South (1)
	Projected Champion: Radford
	At-large bids: None
	Tournament: Feb. 28, March 2-3, 5, Top seed
Complete Big South Conference Standings

Big Ten (8)
	Projected Champion: Michigan
	At-large bids: Iowa, Maryland, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Purdue, Wisconsin
	Tournament: March 8-12, Washington, D.C.
Complete Big Ten Conference Standings

Big West (1)
	Projected Champion: UC Irvine
	At-large bids: None
	Tournament: March 9-11, Anaheim, Calif.
Complete Big West Conference Standings

Colonial (1)
	Projected Champion: Hofstra
	At-large bids: None
	Tournament: March 3-6, North Charleston, S.C.
Complete Colonial Conference Standings

Conference USA (1)
	Projected Champion: Old Dominion
	At-large bids: None
	Tournament: March 8-11, Birmingham
Complete Conference USA Conference Standings

Horizon League (1)
	Projected Champion: Northern Kentucky
	At-large bids: None
	Tournament: March 3-6, Detroit
Complete Horizon League Conference Standings

Ivy League (1)
	Projected Champion: Princeton
	At-large bids: None
	Tournament: March 11-12, Philadelphia
Complete Ivy League Conference Standings

MAAC (1)
	Projected Champion: Rider
	At-large bids: None
	Tournament: March 2, 4-6, Albany, N.Y.
Complete MAAC Conference Standings

MAC (2)
	Projected Champion: Bowling Green
	At-large bids: Buffalo
	Tournament: March 6, 9-11, Cleveland
Complete MAC Conference Standings

MEAC (1)
	Projected Champion: Norfolk State
	At-large bids: None
	Tournament: March 6-11, Norfolk, Va.
Complete MEAC Conference Standings

Missouri Valley (1)
	Projected Champion: Loyola (Chicago)
	At-large bids: None
	Tournament: March 2-5, St. Louis
Complete Missouri Valley Conference Standings

Mountain West (1)
	Projected Champion: Nevada
	At-large bids: None
	Tournament: March 7-12, Las Vegas
Complete Mountain West Conference Standings

Northeast (1)
	Projected Champion: Robert Morris
	At-large bids: None
	Tournament: March 1, 4, 7, Campus sites (higher seeds)
Complete Northeast Conference Standings

Ohio Valley (1)
	Projected Champion: Belmont
	At-large bids: None
	Tournament: March 1-4, Nashville, Tenn.
Complete Ohio Valley Conference Standings

Pac-12 (2)
	Projected Champion: Washington
	At-large bids: Arizona State
	Tournament: March 9-12, Las Vegas
Complete Pac-12 Conference Standings

Patriot League (1)
	Projected Champion: Bucknell
	At-large bids: None
	Tournament: Feb. 28, March 2, 5, 8, Campus sites (higher seeds)
Complete Patriot League Conference Standings

SEC (8)
	Projected Champion: Tennessee
	At-large bids: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State
	Tournament: March 8-12, Nashville, Tenn.
Complete SEC Conference Standings

SWAC (1)
	Projected Champion: Prairie View A&M
	At-large bids: None
	Tournament: March 7-11, Houston
Complete SWAC Conference Standings

Southern (1)
	Projected Champion: Wofford
	At-large bids: None
	Tournament: March 3-6, Asheville, N.C.
Complete Southern Conference Standings

Southland (1)
	Projected Champion: Sam Houston
	At-large bids: None
	Tournament: March 8-11, Katy, Texas
Complete Southland Conference Standings

Summit League (1)
	Projected Champion: South Dakota State
	At-large bids: None
	Tournament: March 4-7, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Complete Summit League Conference Standings

Sun Belt (1)
	Projected Champion: Texas State
	At-large bids: None
	Tournament: March 8-12, New Orleans
Complete Sun Belt Conference Standings

WAC (1)
	Projected Champion: New Mexico State
	At-large bids: None
	Tournament: March 9-11, Las Vegas
Complete WAC Conference Standings

West Coast (1)
	Projected Champion: Gonzaga
	At-large bids: None
	Tournament: March 3-4, 6-7, Las Vegas
Complete West Coast Conference Standings

Conference RPI
		Non-Conference					Overall
Rank	Conference	W	L	Pct	RPI	Rank	RPI
3	Atlantic Coast Conference	150	39	0.7937	0.5718	2	0.5755
4	Southeastern Conference	132	44	0.7500	0.5814	1	0.5747
6	Big Ten Conference	131	45	0.7443	0.5357	6	0.5502
1	Big 12 Conference	105	22	0.8268	0.5694	4	0.5789
5	Pacific 12 Conference	104	44	0.7027	0.5498	5	0.5533
7	American Athletic Conference	103	45	0.6959	0.5309	7	0.5430
2	Big East Conference	101	23	0.8145	0.5706	3	0.5772
11	Atlantic 10 Conference	90	82	0.5233	0.5081	11	0.5095
9	Mountain West Conference	76	51	0.5984	0.5136	9	0.5200
10	Mid American Conference	75	58	0.5639	0.5061	12	0.5098
15	Conference USA	71	79	0.4733	0.4817	20	0.4859
8	Missouri Valley Conference	68	44	0.6071	0.5269	8	0.5260
13	West Coast Conference	62	53	0.5391	0.4934	13	0.5006
21	Sun Belt Conference	58	71	0.4496	0.4699	22	0.4794
18	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conf	55	78	0.4135	0.4863	16	0.4807
20	Ohio Valley Conference	53	73	0.4206	0.4786	21	0.4796
12	Colonial Athletic Assn	52	56	0.4815	0.5114	10	0.5023
23	America East Conference	51	65	0.4397	0.4574	27	0.4675
14	Western Athletic Conference	50	61	0.4505	0.4928	14	0.4905
19	Big Sky Conference	49	72	0.4050	0.4849	19	0.4805
16	Southern Conference	45	59	0.4327	0.4871	15	0.4840
17	Summit League	45	55	0.4500	0.4854	18	0.4823
22	Big West Conference	42	67	0.3853	0.4862	17	0.4766
24	Ivy League	42	64	0.3962	0.4678	23	0.4619
27	Patriot League	39	68	0.3645	0.4493	28	0.4565
28	Northeast Conference	37	74	0.3333	0.4481	29	0.4560
26	Horizon League	35	74	0.3211	0.4584	25	0.4577
25	Big South Conference	32	63	0.3368	0.4583	26	0.4602
30	Atlantic Sun	30	75	0.2857	0.4606	24	0.4470
29	Southland Conference	30	82	0.2679	0.4460	30	0.4471
31	Mid Eastern Athletic Conference	23	145	0.1369	0.4215	31	0.4113
32	Southwestern Athletic Conference	8	113	0.0661	0.4175	32	0.4036

Big East Conference vs
Conference Name	W-L
Atlantic Coast Conference	3-2
America East Conference	3-0
American Athletic Conference	4-2
Atlantic 10 Conference	9-3
Atlantic Sun	4-0
Big 12 Conference	2-2
Big Sky Conference	2-0
Big South Conference	0-0
Big Ten Conference	7-8
Big West Conference	0-0
Colonial Athletic Assn	1-0
Conference USA	3-0
Horizon League	3-0
Ivy League	5-0
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conf	6-0
Mid American Conference	3-0
Mid Eastern Athletic Conference	7-0
Missouri Valley Conference	2-0
Mountain West Conference	0-0
Northeast Conference	8-0
Ohio Valley Conference	5-0
Pacific 12 Conference	5-3
Patriot League	2-0
Southeastern Conference	3-2
Southwestern Athletic Conference	3-0
Southern Conference	2-0
Southland Conference	3-0
Summit League	1-0
Sun Belt Conference	1-0
Western Athletic Conference	2-0
West Coast Conference	2-1
Non-Division 1	2-0

Does not include conference games

Big East vs. Teams Ranked 1-25 (6-8)
Wins
School	Rank	Opponent	Date	Site	Score
Xavier	6	Cincinnati	Dec. 2	Home	89-76
St. John's	7	Duke	Feb. 3	Home	81-77
Villanova	8	Tennessee	Nov. 23	Neutral	85-76
Butler	20	Ohio St.	Nov. 26	Neutral	67-66
Villanova	21	Gonzaga	Dec. 5	Neutral	88-72
Seton Hall	23	Texas Tech	Nov. 30	Neutral	89-79
Losses
School	Rank	Opponent	Date	Site	Score
Marquette	9	Purdue	Nov. 14	Home	71-86
Butler	9	Purdue	Dec. 16	Neutral	67-82
DePaul	15	Michigan St.	Nov. 23	Neutral	51-73
Marquette	17	Wichita St.	Nov. 21	Neutral	66-80
Providence	18	Houston	Dec. 20	Neutral	59-70
Seton Hall	19	Rhode Island	Nov. 23	Neutral	74-75
Providence	19	Rhode Island	Dec. 2	Away	68-75
Creighton	21	Gonzaga	Dec. 1	Away	74-91

Big East vs. Teams Ranked 26-50 (3-2)
Wins
School	Rank	Opponent	Date	Site	Score
Creighton	36	UCLA	Nov. 20	Neutral	100-89
Seton Hall	38	Louisville	Dec. 3	Away	79-77
Villanova	40	W. Kentucky	Nov. 22	Neutral	66-58
Losses
School	Rank	Opponent	Date	Site	Score
St. John's	43	Missouri	Nov. 24	Neutral	82-90
Georgetown	43	Syracuse	Dec. 16	Home	79-86

Big East vs. Teams Ranked 51-100 (17-8)
Wins
School	Rank	Opponent	Date	Site	Score
Villanova	52	Temple	Dec. 13	Away	87-67
St. John's	56	Nebraska	Nov. 16	Home	79-56
Creighton	56	Nebraska	Dec. 9	Home	75-65
Butler	59	Utah	Dec. 5	Home	81-69
Marquette	60	Vermont	Dec. 5	Home	91-81
Xavier	68	Baylor	Nov. 28	Home	76-63
Xavier	69	Rider	Nov. 13	Home	101-75
Providence	69	Rider	Nov. 29	Home	88-84
Providence	71	Washington	Nov. 16	Neutral	77-70
Providence	81	Belmont	Nov. 22	Home	66-65
Xavier	82	Colorado	Dec. 9	Home	96-69
St. John's	84	UCF	Nov. 26	Neutral	46-43
Xavier	87	Marshall	Dec. 19	Home	81-77
Xavier	92	ETSU	Dec. 16	Home	68-66
Marquette	94	LSU	Nov. 22	Neutral	94-84
Providence	95	Boston College	Nov. 25	Home	86-66
Butler	97	Furman	Nov. 18	Home	82-65
Losses
School	Rank	Opponent	Date	Site	Score
Butler	53	Texas	Nov. 23	Neutral	48-61
Xavier	66	Arizona St.	Nov. 24	Neutral	86-102
St. John's	66	Arizona St.	Dec. 8	Neutral	70-82
Creighton	68	Baylor	Nov. 21	Neutral	59-65
DePaul	70	Notre Dame	Nov. 11	Home	58-72
DePaul	72	Oregon	Nov. 24	Neutral	79-89
Butler	74	Maryland	Nov. 15	Away	65-79
Marquette	79	Georgia	Dec. 2	Home	66-73

Big East vs. Teams Ranked 101-200 (29-3)
Wins
School	Rank	Opponent	Date	Site	Score
Creighton	106	UT-Arlington	Dec. 18	Home	90-81
St. John's	107	Iona	Dec. 17	Home	69-59
Seton Hall	109	Wagner	Dec. 20	Home	89-68
Villanova	111	Penn	Nov. 29	Home	90-62
Xavier	114	Wisconsin	Nov. 16	Away	80-70
Marquette	114	Wisconsin	Dec. 9	Away	82-63
Villanova	119	Hofstra	Dec. 22	Neutral	95-71
Villanova	123	Connecticut	Jan. 20	Away	81-61
Seton Hall	125	Indiana	Nov. 15	Home	84-68
Seton Hall	132	Vanderbilt	Nov. 24	Neutral	72-59
St. John's	134	Oregon St.	Nov. 23	Neutral	82-77
Marquette	135	VCU	Nov. 20	Neutral	94-83
Seton Hall	135	VCU	Dec. 9	Home	90-67
Villanova	138	Northern Iowa	Nov. 24	Neutral	64-50
Xavier	138	Northern Iowa	Dec. 22	Away	77-67
Villanova	145	Nicholls St.	Nov. 14	Home	113-77
Villanova	146	Saint Joseph's	Dec. 2	Away	94-53
St. John's	146	Saint Joseph's	Dec. 20	Neutral	77-73
Providence	152	Saint Louis	Nov. 17	Neutral	90-63
Butler	152	Saint Louis	Dec. 2	Home	75-45
Xavier	155	Kent St.	Dec. 6	Home	96-70
St. John's	156	Grand Canyon	Dec. 5	Neutral	68-60
DePaul	159	Miami (Ohio)	Dec. 21	Home	83-66
Creighton	168	Northwestern	Nov. 15	Away	92-88
Butler	169	Portland St.	Nov. 24	Neutral	71-69
Georgetown	178	Richmond	Nov. 25	Away	82-76
Creighton	183	Yale	Nov. 10	Home	92-76
Xavier	195	George Wash.	Nov. 23	Neutral	83-64
Seton Hall	199	Monmouth	Nov. 12	Home	75-65
Losses
School	Rank	Opponent	Date	Site	Score
DePaul	168	Northwestern	Dec. 16	Home	60-62
Providence	170	Minnesota	Nov. 13	Home	74-86
DePaul	179	Illinois	Nov. 17	Away	73-82

Big East vs. Teams Ranked 201-plus (46-2)
Wins
School	Rank	Opponent	Date	Site	Score
Villanova	202	La Salle	Dec. 10	Home	77-68
Providence	208	Stony Brook	Dec. 17	Home	62-60
Creighton	221	North Dakota	Dec. 5	Home	111-68
Marquette	226	Mt St Mary's	Nov. 10	Home	80-59
Georgetown	226	Mt St Mary's	Nov. 15	Home	102-68
Butler	227	Princeton	Nov. 12	Home	85-75
Seton Hall	232	Manhattan	Dec. 23	Home	74-62
Georgetown	235	North Texas	Dec. 20	Home	75-63
DePaul	236	Ill.-Chicago	Dec. 9	Away	65-55
Xavier	237	Hampton	Nov. 20	Home	96-60
Georgetown	238	NC A&T	Dec. 9	Home	83-74
St. John's	239	New Orleans	Nov. 10	Home	77-61
Marquette	241	N. Illinois	Dec. 18	Home	79-70
Seton Hall	251	St. Peter's	Dec. 12	Home	84-61
Seton Hall	254	F. Dickinson	Nov. 10	Home	90-68
Marquette	262	E. Illinois	Nov. 27	Home	86-83
St. John's	263	CCSU	Nov. 14	Home	80-55
DePaul	263	CCSU	Dec. 6	Home	85-57
Seton Hall	268	N.J. Tech	Nov. 18	Home	82-53
Georgetown	282	Jacksonville	Nov. 12	Home	73-57
DePaul	286	Portland	Nov. 26	Neutral	82-69
Creighton	287	SIUE	Nov. 25	Home	103-66
Xavier	293	Morehead St.	Nov. 10	Home	101-49
Butler	293	Morehead St.	Dec. 19	Home	85-69
Providence	298	Brown	Dec. 6	Home	77-72
Butler	301	Kennesaw St.	Nov. 10	Home	82-64
Butler	302	W. Illinois	Dec. 21	Home	107-46
Villanova	310	Lafayette	Nov. 17	Neutral	104-57
Villanova	316	Columbia	Nov. 10	Home	75-60
St. John's	321	Sacred Heart	Dec. 2	Home	90-55
Providence	321	Sacred Heart	Dec. 22	Home	89-75
DePaul	329	Youngstown St.	Dec. 2	Home	89-73
Butler	329	Youngstown St.	Dec. 9	Home	95-67
Marquette	335	Chicago St.	Nov. 29	Home	95-69
Marquette	336	American	Dec. 21	Home	92-51
Georgetown	338	Maine	Nov. 28	Home	76-55
Georgetown	339	Howard	Dec. 7	Home	81-67
Georgetown	343	Coppin St.	Dec. 3	Home	76-60
Creighton	344	SC Upstate	Dec. 20	Home	116-62
Providence	345	Houston Baptist	Nov. 10	Home	84-55
Georgetown	346	Md.-E. Shore	Nov. 18	Home	83-57
Creighton	346	Md.-E. Shore	Dec. 15	Home	87-36
Creighton	348	Alcorn St.	Nov. 12	Home	109-72
DePaul	350	Alabama A&M	Dec. 11	Home	83-59
Georgetown	350	Alabama A&M	Dec. 23	Home	89-49
DePaul	351	Delaware St.	Nov. 13	Home	81-57
Losses
School	Rank	Opponent	Date	Site	Score
Seton Hall	203	Rutgers	Dec. 16	Away	65-71
Providence	240	Massachusetts	Dec. 9	Away	63-72