Non-conference games are (generally) played in November and December. The Committee weighs them for a team’s selection in March. Sometimes things change in that time span; let’s get right to it.
NB: I’m not a huge fan of the RPI for rating how good a team is, but the NCAA still uses it to evaluate what a team has done. Because of that, all the below tier rankings are going to be according to where a team lands in the RPI per warrennolan.com. For more about the tiers the NCAA uses, click here.