Being swept by Washington was not all that detrimental to Arizona softball’s hopes of landing a top-8 seed in the NCAA Tournament, according to one metric.
The trio of losses dropped the Wildcats from No. 3 to No. 4 in the newest ratings percentage index (RPI) that was released Monday.
The reason Arizona only fell one spot is because RPI, the selection committee’s preferred metric, is comprised of a team’s winning percentage (25%), its opponents’ winning percentage (50%), and the winning percentage of those opponents’ opponents (25%).
In other words, strength of schedule is heavily factored into it and losing to Washington, who is No.