The NCAA has officially killed off the RPI.
It was about time. The RPI was introduced in 1981 as a somewhat bullet-proof equation to judging the NCAA’s best team, but over the years it’s flaws became apparent.
That is why today, the NCAA has introduced ‘NET.’
Introducing the NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET), a modernized metric replacing the RPI this season.
— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) August 22, 2018
Here is what the NCAA has to say about it…
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.