Photo from Rob Kinnan, USA TODAY Sports Before we get to our normal tables, graphs, and discussions, we have some background stuff that needs to be covered: RABBIT TRAIL #1 On Saturday, I saw someone say that beating ND by a big margin would help State’s RPI. NO! NO!! NO!!! Obviously it’s been a while since I’ve given my RPI Primer….so here we go again. The Rating Percentage Index was developed by the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee to help selecting at-large bids and then seeding the NCAAT.