A new year means a new update for how Purdue's non-conference opponents are doing. As we learned last week, New Mexico fell off of a cliff. Almost everyone is now into conference play for their respective conferences, so teams like Howard and Vermont should start to have their records improve as they battle for their league's lone NCAA bid. For teams like Pittsburgh, Vanderbilt, and Florida it means a chance to improve already good profiles.
RPI: 29
KenPom: 7
RPI top 50 wins: Florida (neutral floor), at Pittsburgh
KenPom top 50 wins: Florida (neutral floor), at Pittsburgh, Vanderbilt
North Carolina A&T (RPI: 281, KenPom: 297) - 5-10, 2-0 MEAC - North Carolina A&T only played once this past week, losing 61-60 at Kent State in a game against the No.