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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Multiple college basketball outlets have released RPI ratings for the 2017-18 season and the early results have Middle Tennessee (4-1) among the top in the country just as they were a season ago.
The RPI, or Ratings Percentage Index, is designed to rank teams by the quality of their wins and losses as well as their strength of schedule. The Blue Raiders commonly rank among the top RPI teams in both Conference USA and the state of Tennessee, finishing the 2016-17 season with the 34th ranked RPI in the country after climbing as high as third in December.