Big Ten Just 1 Point Behind Pac-12 in Conference RPI Power Rankings

  0 Braden Keith | November 01st, 2016 | ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, College - Women's Indoor, Division I Mid-Major, News, Pac 12, Rankings, SEC

As the NCAA volleyball season enters its 11th week, the 2016 Conference Power Rankings have made a dramatic shift. The gap between the Pac-12 and Big Ten has been closing week-by-week, and as the conference out west continues to beat-up on each other (thanks in large part to Utah, whose schedule is full of big wins and big losses), that gap has gotten even tighter.

The average ranking difference between the Big Ten’s 14 teams and the Pac-12’s 12 teams has narrowed to just-under one place: the narrowest it’s been so far this season. Meanwhile, the Big 12, after climbing multiple weeks in a row, held steady this week – their RPI rankings settling after Kansas knocked off conference leader Texas for the first time in 13 years. That loss didn’t hurt the Longhorns’ RPI much (they’re still in position for a #1 seed in December), but did help vault Kansas up 10 spots.

Meanwhile, the ACC, who have bounced between 8th and 9th all season long, fell to a new low of 10th after Pitt knocked off conference-leader UNC over the weekend. North Carolina is still the conference’s top-ranked team at #13. Florida State (#23) and Pitt (#30) are the only other ACC teams ranked in the top 40 nationally in RPI.

Week 10 RPI Conference Power Rankings

0 CONFERENCE NUMBER OF TEAMS Total Ranking Points Average Ranking
1. Pac-12 12 571 47.58
2. Big Ten 14 680 48.57
3. Big 12 9 489 54.33
4. Southeastern 13 1110 85.38
5. West Coast 10 962 96.20
6. AAC 11 1126 102.36
7. Mountain West 11 1188 108.00
8. Colonial 9 1000 111.11
9. Big East 10 1179 117.90
10. Atlantic Coast 15 1832 122.13
11. Big West 9 1219 135.44
12. Missouri Valley 10 1369 136.90
13. Horizon 9 1273 141.44
14. Conference USA 13 2291 176.23
15. Mid-American 12 2117 176.42
16. ASUN 8 1436 179.50
17. Big Sky 12 2180 181.67
18. Western Athletic 8 1462 182.75
19. Ivy League 8 1462 182.75
20. Atlantic 10 10 1861 186.10
21. Southern 9 1758 195.33
22. Sun Belt 12 2357 196.42
23. America East 7 1505 215.00
24. Big South 9 1970 218.89
25. Summit League 9 1984 220.44
26. Patriot 9 2062 229.11
27. OVC 12 2753 229.42
28. Southland 13 3066 235.85
29. Northeast 8 2105 263.13
30. Metro Atlantic 10 2747 274.70
31. Mid-Eastern 13 3753 288.69
32. Southwestern 10 3076 307.60

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Braden Keith

Braden Keith is the Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of VolleyMob.com. Braden's first foray into sports journalism came in 2010, when he launched a swimming website called The Swimmers' Circle. Two years later, he joined SwimSwam.com as a co-founder. Long huge fans of volleyball, when Braden and the SwimSwam partners sought an opportunity to …

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