Tired of spending every college basketball season getting mad about the archaic rankings of the RPI?
You’re in luck! The RPI is dead.
The NCAA announced Wednesday that, effective immediately, they would be using the new NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) to rank teams instead of the RPI.
What is NET? Glad you asked. Below is the explanation right from the NCAA’s release.
The NCAA Evaluation Tool, which will be known as the NET, relies on game results, strength of schedule, game location, scoring margin, net offensive and defensive efficiency, and the quality of wins and losses.