RPI WATCH: 1/2/2011

The only game of interest on New Year's Day was Loyola at Youngstown State.

Luckily for the Ramblers, Youngstown, Ohio, is a football-lovin', steel-makin' kind of city that doesn't have much taste for basketball.

Loyola rolled by 30 to nab its first Horizon League win of the season.

EDIT: Oops, I lied. Forgot that Emporia State played yesterday for the first time since Dec. 18. The Hornets dispatched Southwest Baptist for their fifth MIAA win in six tries. Good for them.

Associated Press Ranking = 17

ESPN/USA Today Ranking = 17

Overall Record = 11-3

RPI = 22

SOS = 21

Signature Wins (RPI 1-30) = none

Quality Wins (RPI 31-100) = James Madison, Virginia Tech, Presbyterian, Gonzaga, Washington State

Bad Losses (RPI 101 or greater) = none

• James Madison (10-3, 0-1 CAA) | RPI = 53
  
• Virginia Tech (8-4, 0-1 ACC) | RPI = 47
  
• Presbyterian (6-8, 1-2 Big South) | RPI = 90
  
• Gonzaga (9-5) | RPI = 50
  
• No. 1 Duke (12-0) | RPI = 13
  
• Texas Southern (2-8) | RPI = 162
  
• Emporia State (8-4, 5-1 MIAA*): Win over Southwest Baptist* (68-65)
  
• Washington State (10-4, 0-2 Pac-10) | RPI = 63
  
• Alcorn State (0-10) | RPI = 237
  
• Loyola-Chicago (10-5, 1-3 Horizon League) | RPI = 168: Win at Youngstown State (83-53)
  
• Florida (10-3) | RPI = 17
  
• UNLV (12-2) | RPI = 23
  
• UMKC (8-6, 1-3 Summit League) | RPI = 245
  
• North Florida (4-9, 1-1 Atlantic Sun) | RPI = 125
  
• Savannah State (2-14) | RPI = 319
  
• Oklahoma State (11-2) | RPI = 44
  
• Colorado (9-4) | RPI = 150
  
• Texas Tech (6-7) | RPI = 199
  
• No. 10 Missouri (13-1) | RPI = 32
  
• No. 18 Texas A&M (12-1) | RPI = 29
  
• No. 23 Baylor (8-3) | RPI = 153
  
• No. 3 Kansas (12-0) | RPI = 1
  
• Nebraska (10-2) | RPI = 105
  
• Iowa State (12-2) | RPI = 96
  
• Oklahoma (7-6) | RPI = 196
  
• No. 14 Texas (11-2) | RPI = 37
  

*Division II