As one of the nation's 14 remaining unbeatens and the only one not from a power conference, the 8-0 UTEP women are starting to get some recognition.
RPI is particularly volatile early in the season, but right now the metric used by the NCAA selection committee has UTEP 10th, the top mid-major (Green Bay of the Horizon League is 11th).
They are also receiving two points in the Associated Press poll, from Rick Cantu of the Austin American-Statesman, who has the Miners 24th. That puts them as the 11th team in the "others receiving votes" category, which was met with different reactions from the players.