RPI WATCH: 11/30/11

In the wake of the Thanksgiving tournaments, it was a bit of a boring midweek stretch, other than the beginning of the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.

Highlights included West Virginia's quality win over an Akron team that earlier won at Mississippi State; Clemson winning at Iowa and UTEP losing at Oregon, the confluence of which leads me to believe Clemson will dispatch UTEP easily in the Diamond Head Classic; and Xavier's resume-building win at Vanderbilt.

Also, congratulations to Baylor for wrapping up its third consecutive SWAC championship. The Bears now will travel Sunday to Northwestern for their first road non-conference game in more than two years. God, I hate Scott Drew.

Overall Record = 3-0

Big 12 Record = 0-0

RPI = 90

SOS = 280

Signature Wins (RPI 1-30) = none

Quality Wins (RPI 31-100) = none

Bad Losses (RPI 101 or greater) = none

• Charleston Southern (3-2) | RPI = 141
• Loyola Chicago (1-4) | RPI = 201
• UMES (1-7) | RPI = 222
• George Washington (4-1) | RPI = 100
• Virginia Tech (5-1) | RPI = 25
• West Virginia (4-1) | RPI = 134: Win over Akron (77-56)
• North Florida (4-4) | RPI = 156: Win over Bethune-Cookman (61-56)
• No. 12 Alabama (7-0) | RPI = 4
• Southern Illinois (1-3) | RPI = 218
• Clemson (4-2) | RPI = 123: Win at Iowa (71-55) in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge
• UTEP (1-4) | RPI = 315: Loss at Oregon (59-64)
• Auburn (4-0) | RPI = 113: Win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff (72-59)
• Hawaii (2-2) | RPI = 292
• Long Beach State (3-3) | RPI = 16: Loss at No. 6 Louisville (66-79)
• No. 11 Xavier (5-0) | RPI = 49: Win at No. 20 Vanderbilt (82-70 in overtime)
• Howard (2-4) | RPI = 320: Loss at American (66-77)
• No. 15 Kansas (3-2) | RPI = 70
• No. 13 Missouri (6-0) | RPI = 23
• No. 7 Baylor (6-0) | RPI = 79: Win over Prairie View A&M (54-90)
• Oklahoma (4-1) | RPI = 97
• Texas (4-2) | RPI = 211: Win over North Texas (73-57)
• Oklahoma State (3-2) | RPI = 106
• Texas Tech (3-3) | RPI = 195
• Iowa State (4-1) | RPI = 31
• No. 25 Texas A&M (4-1) | RPI = 114