On 12/1/2024 at 2:00 PM, The_Bull44 said:

I don’t know if this is an RPI problem, but do feel the larger districts in numbers ( 5 or 6 teams) vs. some that only have 4 teams in a district are at a disadvantage earning a higher RPI through out the season.  
 

Someone please educate me whether this is the case or not because the RPI is still funny math to me.

That is a great point to bring up.  Beechwood in 2A is a perfect example as a team with 6 teams in their district and the last several years 2 or 3 of them have extremely low RPI's that brought Beechwood's RPI down significantly.  In 2023 it brought Beechwood's RPI down to the point where Beechwood had to travel to Mayfield for the semifinals.  Having 2 more mandatory home games kept the Tigers from scheduling better competition to at least have a shot at improving their RPI.  

I have read (somewhere on the KHSAA website) that Beechwood requested that only 3 of their 5 district games count towards RPI calculations.  My personal suggestion would be to allow a team that wins their 6 team district and has a certain RPI margin to the 6th (and maybe also the 5th) place team to have the option to not schedule those teams the following year.

1 minute ago, Tiger6517 said:

That is a great point to bring up.  Beechwood in 2A is a perfect example as a team with 6 teams in their district and the last several years 2 or 3 of them have extremely low RPI's that brought Beechwood's RPI down significantly.  In 2023 it brought Beechwood's RPI down to the point where Beechwood had to travel to Mayfield for the semifinals.  Having 2 more mandatory home games kept the Tigers from scheduling better competition to at least have a shot at improving their RPI.  

I have read (somewhere on the KHSAA website) that Beechwood requested that only 3 of their 5 district games count towards RPI calculations.  My personal suggestion would be to allow a team that wins their 6 team district and has a certain RPI margin to the 6th (and maybe also the 5th) place team to have the option to not schedule those teams the following year.

In a similar vein, some have argued that every school should be allowed to drop their 2 lowest RPI opponents, district or not, in the calculation. I think that has some merit.

On 12/3/2024 at 12:11 PM, gchs_uk9 said:

In a similar vein, some have argued that every school should be allowed to drop their 2 lowest RPI opponents, district or not, in the calculation. I think that has some merit.

Drop any two team victories only from RPI calculations (would allow for out of state victories not to hurt as they do now) and would equalize larger districts with inferior teams vs smaller districts.  District drops could only come from teams in 5 and 6 team districts.  4 team districts cannot drop district teams.

When our podcast airs tomorrow night, Chuck & I predict the six state champs and give our thoughts on RPI. Hope you will give us a listen!