Originally Posted by
Professor Chaos
I thought when I sifted through the initial release of the NET ratings a couple weeks ago that ORU was down around the 200 range. I wouldn't think a win over Missouri St would give them that much of a bump. A problem with the RPI that seems to have persisted to the NET is that mid-majors could really inflate their rating in relation to their conference peers just by playing a bunch of games against high majors even if they lost them. ORU has always seemed to play more games against high majors than other Summit League teams do. This year they've played Oklahoma St, Iowa, Wichita St, and Creighton. That must be what's building their rating up compared to NDSU who has only played 2 high major teams (and K-State is doing their best to not act like a high major with a NET rating of #117).