Casey: Ideas for tweaking the CHSAA RPI formula

EDITOR’S NOTE: Opinions in this column do not reflect an official viewpoint of CHSAA.

I’ve spent a number of hours staring at spreadsheets each week this fall.

This actually isn’t atypical for me, but I do seem to have my laptop on my lap late at night more often, eyes fixed on the bottom right corner of the screen as I watch a percentage slowly increase.

See, this is the problem with the RPI: it takes so long to process in Excel.

Oh, you thought I was going to go somewhere else with that?

Yes, the RPI has been under some scrutiny since it was first implemented with baseball last spring. That scrutiny has picked up once football’s RPI standings were released following Week 6 games.

You know what? There are valid arguments against the system, or data that makes you go, Hmm … — but, no, it is not the end of the world, as some of the usual suspects would have you believe.

Since the RPI was implemented, the CHSAA office, Board of Directors, and committees have said that there would be unforeseen issues that we’d have to deal with, and that we would have to live through a season or two to see how it played out.

We are currently seeing how it’s playing out, so it’s time to take a hard look and see what changes might be needed.

The good news here is that there can be tweaks to this formula in the middle of a two-year cycle, and it’s up to individual sports committees to do that.

Before we start, these changes assume basic knowledge of the CHSAA RPI formula. To familiarize yourself with it, the best place to start is the CHSAA RPI FAQs. We’ll be using acronyms like WP (winning percentage), OWP (opponents’ winning percentage), and OOWP (opponents’ opponents’ winning percentage).

Currently, the RPI formula used in all sports is:

RPI = (¼ × WP) + (½ × OWP) + (¼ × OOWP)

Possible changes to the CHSAA RPI

(Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)

1. Change the percentages used in the formula itself.

We’ve said from the beginning with this formula that the more data you put into the formula, the more accurate it becomes. That’s why, by and large, the right teams have made the postseason fields in softball, field hockey and boys soccer — the only sports to have completely finalized RPI data so far this fall. Each sport has anywhere between 15-19 games.

This becomes problematic for football, which only has eight games of data for 6-man teams, nine for 8-man/1A/2A and 10 for 3A/4A/5A. That’s part of the reason a classification modifier was implemented for football, but for no other sports.

We’ve talked to dozens of coaches and athletic directors about the RPI this fall. Consistently, they’ve said that they feel a team’s own winning percentage should account for more of the formula. We took that feedback, and ran it in the formula.

There are two options we’ve heard more than the rest: splitting each competent evenly into thirds; and then really weighting winning percentage more — namely 37.5 percent of the formula.

The thirds formula is as follows:

RPI = (⅓ × WP) + (⅓ × OWP) + (⅓ × OOWP)

The other formula, what we’ll call 37.5, is:

RPI = (0.375 × WP) + (0.375 × OWP) + (¼ × OOWP)

Below is the data from soccer, softball and field hockey with those proposed splits; where teams did rank, and where they would rank. Note that teams are sorted by the current RPI formula, and the new data is at the far right.

Boys Soccer

Class 5A
Rank	Team	RPI	Record	WP	OWP	OOWP	1/3	Rank	37.5	Rank
1	Denver East	0.673	15-0-0	1.000	0.576	0.541	0.706	1	0.726	1
2	Boulder	0.669	15-0-0	1.000	0.564	0.548	0.704	2	0.723	2
3	Cherry Creek	0.635	11-4-0	0.733	0.637	0.532	0.634	5	0.647	5
4	Broomfield	0.625	12-2-1	0.833	0.559	0.549	0.647	3	0.659	3
5	Fairview	0.622	12-3-0	0.800	0.574	0.540	0.638	4	0.650	4
6	Arapahoe	0.597	11-4-0	0.733	0.554	0.546	0.611	7	0.619	8
7	Grandview	0.596	11-2-2	0.800	0.516	0.552	0.623	6	0.632	6
8	Fort Collins	0.592	9-3-3	0.700	0.564	0.542	0.602	9	0.609	9
9	Pine Creek	0.585	10-5-0	0.667	0.564	0.545	0.592	10	0.598	11
10	Mountain Vista	0.584	9-4-2	0.667	0.571	0.528	0.589	13	0.596	12
11	Rangeview	0.578	12-2-1	0.833	0.493	0.493	0.606	8	0.620	7
12	Ralston Valley	0.573	11-4-0	0.733	0.518	0.521	0.591	12	0.600	10
13	Legacy	0.572	10-4-1	0.700	0.523	0.541	0.588	14	0.594	15
14	Lincoln	0.566	11-4-0	0.733	0.490	0.549	0.591	11	0.596	13
15	Regis Jesuit	0.564	9-5-1	0.633	0.558	0.508	0.566	18	0.574	18
16	Rock Canyon	0.556	11-3-1	0.767	0.462	0.533	0.587	15	0.594	14
17	Castle View	0.553	9-4-2	0.667	0.519	0.509	0.565	19	0.572	19
18	Cherokee Trail	0.551	6-7-2	0.467	0.607	0.525	0.533	28	0.534	28
19	Vista Ridge	0.545	9-6-0	0.600	0.526	0.527	0.551	22	0.554	23
20	Arvada West	0.543	11-4-0	0.733	0.462	0.514	0.570	17	0.577	17
21	Horizon	0.537	8-6-1	0.567	0.523	0.535	0.542	24	0.543	24
22	Greeley West	0.536	8-7-0	0.533	0.540	0.531	0.535	26	0.535	27
23	Bear Creek	0.535	10-5-0	0.667	0.495	0.484	0.549	23	0.557	22
24	Grand Junction	0.532	10-3-2	0.733	0.436	0.524	0.565	20	0.570	20
25	Lakewood	0.530	11-4-0	0.733	0.445	0.499	0.559	21	0.566	21
26	Fruita Monument	0.530	7-6-2	0.533	0.536	0.515	0.528	30	0.530	30
27	Aurora Central	0.527	8-5-2	0.600	0.505	0.497	0.534	27	0.539	26
28	Far Northeast Warriors	0.527	6-8-1	0.433	0.574	0.526	0.511	33	0.509	33
29	Gateway	0.526	12-2-1	0.833	0.386	0.497	0.572	16	0.582	16
30	Fossil Ridge	0.519	5-9-0	0.357	0.584	0.550	0.497	34	0.490	35
31	Monarch	0.518	6-7-2	0.467	0.528	0.550	0.515	32	0.510	32
32	Legend	0.517	8-4-3	0.633	0.455	0.524	0.538	25	0.539	25
33	Doherty	0.516	9-6-0	0.600	0.471	0.520	0.530	29	0.532	29
34	Eaglecrest	0.509	8-7-0	0.533	0.487	0.527	0.516	31	0.515	31
35	Rampart	0.507	5-8-2	0.400	0.552	0.522	0.492	37	0.488	36
36	Mountain Range	0.505	6-9-0	0.400	0.545	0.532	0.492	36	0.487	37
37	Heritage	0.505	3-8-4	0.333	0.586	0.515	0.478	39	0.474	39
38	Smoky Hill	0.492	4-11-0	0.267	0.592	0.517	0.459	43	0.452	44
39	Adams City	0.492	7-7-1	0.500	0.486	0.497	0.494	35	0.494	34
40	Hinkley	0.490	5-7-3	0.433	0.523	0.481	0.479	38	0.479	38
41	Westminster	0.475	7-8-0	0.467	0.476	0.479	0.474	41	0.473	40
42	Overland	0.474	5-8-1	0.393	0.492	0.518	0.468	42	0.461	42
43	ThunderRidge	0.467	6-7-2	0.467	0.436	0.529	0.477	40	0.471	41
44	Chaparral	0.464	5-8-2	0.400	0.486	0.485	0.457	44	0.453	43
45	Chatfield	0.464	4-10-1	0.300	0.533	0.489	0.441	46	0.435	45
46	Rocky Mountain	0.461	2-13-0	0.133	0.590	0.532	0.418	50	0.404	51
47	Poudre	0.460	4-10-1	0.300	0.501	0.535	0.446	45	0.434	46
48	Liberty	0.443	3-12-0	0.200	0.536	0.499	0.411	52	0.401	52
49	Loveland	0.441	2-12-1	0.167	0.532	0.531	0.410	53	0.395	53
50	Denver South	0.437	4-11-0	0.267	0.488	0.507	0.420	49	0.410	49
51	Pomona	0.435	5-9-1	0.367	0.438	0.498	0.434	47	0.426	47
52	Coronado	0.426	5-10-0	0.333	0.438	0.495	0.422	48	0.413	48
53	Northglenn	0.419	5-10-0	0.333	0.429	0.487	0.416	51	0.407	50
54	Columbine	0.419	2-11-2	0.200	0.490	0.496	0.395	55	0.383	56
55	Grand Junction Central	0.415	1-14-0	0.067	0.553	0.488	0.369	59	0.354	59
56	Highlands Ranch	0.411	2-13-0	0.133	0.502	0.508	0.381	58	0.365	58
57	Palmer	0.406	2-12-1	0.167	0.475	0.506	0.383	57	0.367	57
58	Fountain-Fort Carson	0.406	3-10-2	0.267	0.433	0.490	0.397	54	0.385	54
59	Prairie View	0.398	4-10-1	0.300	0.406	0.478	0.395	56	0.385	55
60	Brighton	0.394	0-14-1	0.033	0.531	0.481	0.348	62	0.332	62
61	Douglas County	0.393	0-14-1	0.033	0.521	0.496	0.350	61	0.332	61
62	Thornton	0.378	2-13-0	0.133	0.457	0.465	0.352	60	0.338	60
63	Dakota Ridge	0.374	0-14-1	0.033	0.498	0.467	0.333	63	0.316	63

Class 4A
Rank	Team	RPI	Record	WP	OWP	OOWP	1/3	Rank	37.5	Rank
1	Cheyenne Mountain	0.679	13-1-1	0.900	0.633	0.551	0.695	1	0.713	1
2	Lewis-Palmer	0.648	12-3-0	0.800	0.626	0.538	0.655	3	0.669	3
3	The Classical Academy	0.639	13-2-0	0.867	0.583	0.522	0.657	2	0.674	2
4	Air Academy	0.635	11-4-0	0.733	0.631	0.546	0.637	5	0.648	6
5	Mullen	0.619	12-3-0	0.800	0.571	0.532	0.634	7	0.647	7
6	Denver West	0.614	11-1-3	0.833	0.552	0.518	0.635	6	0.649	5
7	Durango	0.608	14-1-0	0.933	0.485	0.528	0.649	4	0.664	4
8	Silver Creek	0.598	12-2-1	0.833	0.521	0.517	0.624	9	0.637	9
9	Battle Mountain	0.598	13-2-0	0.867	0.512	0.500	0.626	8	0.642	8
10	Skyview	0.596	12-3-0	0.800	0.536	0.510	0.615	10	0.628	10
11	Palmer Ridge	0.587	10-4-1	0.700	0.543	0.561	0.601	11	0.606	13
12	Pueblo West	0.585	11-4-0	0.733	0.551	0.505	0.596	12	0.608	12
13	Niwot	0.577	9-6-0	0.600	0.583	0.539	0.574	20	0.579	21
14	Standley Lake	0.575	9-4-2	0.667	0.548	0.538	0.584	17	0.590	17
15	Valor Christian	0.575	7-7-1	0.500	0.638	0.522	0.553	26	0.557	26
16	Denver North	0.574	9-6-0	0.600	0.583	0.531	0.571	22	0.576	22
17	D’Evelyn	0.574	10-4-1	0.700	0.529	0.539	0.589	14	0.595	16
18	Evergreen	0.573	8-5-2	0.600	0.583	0.527	0.570	23	0.575	23
19	Skyline	0.571	12-3-0	0.800	0.499	0.488	0.595	13	0.609	11
20	Pueblo Centennial	0.563	11-3-0	0.786	0.489	0.488	0.588	15	0.600	14
21	Greeley Central	0.562	10-5-0	0.667	0.534	0.515	0.572	21	0.579	20
22	Ponderosa	0.559	11-4-0	0.733	0.495	0.512	0.580	18	0.589	18
23	Centaurus	0.558	9-5-1	0.633	0.540	0.519	0.564	24	0.570	24
24	Steamboat Springs	0.558	11-4-0	0.733	0.505	0.490	0.576	19	0.587	19
25	Fort Morgan	0.554	11-2-2	0.800	0.460	0.494	0.585	16	0.596	15
26	Pueblo South	0.549	10-5-0	0.667	0.519	0.493	0.559	25	0.568	25
27	Longmont	0.549	6-8-1	0.433	0.626	0.511	0.523	31	0.525	31
28	Green Mountain	0.544	6-8-1	0.433	0.605	0.532	0.523	32	0.522	32
29	Kennedy	0.532	7-7-1	0.500	0.545	0.539	0.528	30	0.527	30
30	Golden	0.531	7-8-0	0.467	0.557	0.543	0.522	33	0.520	33
31	Thompson Valley	0.526	5-9-1	0.367	0.601	0.533	0.500	39	0.496	40
32	Mitchell	0.524	9-6-0	0.600	0.505	0.486	0.530	29	0.536	29
33	Sand Creek	0.524	10-5-0	0.667	0.452	0.523	0.547	27	0.550	27
34	Windsor	0.523	10-5-0	0.667	0.464	0.498	0.543	28	0.549	28
35	George Washington	0.514	5-10-0	0.333	0.602	0.519	0.485	43	0.480	43
36	Holy Family	0.508	8-7-0	0.533	0.514	0.473	0.507	36	0.511	35
37	Discovery Canyon	0.502	7-8-0	0.467	0.513	0.515	0.498	42	0.496	41
38	Summit	0.498	9-6-0	0.600	0.446	0.500	0.515	34	0.517	34
39	Montrose	0.496	5-10-0	0.333	0.578	0.493	0.468	46	0.465	46
40	Eagle Valley	0.496	8-7-0	0.533	0.473	0.503	0.503	37	0.503	37
41	Littleton	0.495	8-7-0	0.533	0.457	0.532	0.507	35	0.504	36
42	Alameda	0.494	7-6-2	0.533	0.474	0.495	0.501	38	0.501	39
43	Northridge	0.493	7-7-1	0.500	0.476	0.519	0.499	41	0.496	42
44	Elizabeth	0.472	9-5-1	0.633	0.392	0.473	0.499	40	0.502	38
45	Glenwood Springs	0.472	7-8-0	0.467	0.465	0.492	0.475	44	0.472	44
46	Mesa Ridge	0.472	6-9-0	0.400	0.499	0.491	0.463	47	0.460	47
47	Canon City	0.463	5-9-1	0.367	0.506	0.472	0.448	49	0.445	49
48	Vista PEAK Prep	0.461	7-7-1	0.500	0.429	0.485	0.471	45	0.469	45
49	Arvada	0.452	5-9-0	0.357	0.484	0.482	0.441	50	0.436	50
50	Harrison	0.448	5-10-0	0.333	0.488	0.483	0.435	52	0.429	52
51	Pueblo County	0.442	7-8-0	0.467	0.412	0.478	0.452	48	0.449	48
52	Thomas Jefferson	0.431	3-12-0	0.200	0.511	0.502	0.404	56	0.392	58
53	Wheat Ridge	0.431	4-11-0	0.267	0.474	0.509	0.417	54	0.405	54
54	Erie	0.427	3-10-2	0.267	0.493	0.456	0.405	55	0.399	56
55	Mountain View	0.422	6-8-1	0.433	0.375	0.503	0.437	51	0.429	51
56	Pueblo East	0.420	6-8-1	0.433	0.389	0.467	0.430	53	0.425	53
57	Widefield	0.411	3-11-1	0.233	0.470	0.469	0.391	59	0.381	59
58	Frederick	0.396	6-9-0	0.400	0.371	0.440	0.404	57	0.399	55
59	Palisade	0.391	1-13-1	0.100	0.490	0.483	0.358	63	0.342	63
60	Falcon	0.389	1-14-0	0.067	0.490	0.508	0.355	64	0.336	64
61	Rifle	0.388	0-13-2	0.067	0.504	0.477	0.349	65	0.333	65
62	Sierra	0.384	4-11-0	0.267	0.400	0.468	0.378	60	0.367	60
63	Conifer	0.383	3-12-0	0.200	0.426	0.479	0.368	61	0.355	62
64	Roosevelt	0.376	7-8-0	0.467	0.296	0.445	0.402	58	0.397	57
65	Woodland Park	0.369	4-11-0	0.267	0.376	0.456	0.366	62	0.355	61
66	Pueblo Central	0.368	0-15-0	0.000	0.510	0.451	0.320	67	0.304	67
67	Berthoud	0.351	2-13-0	0.133	0.418	0.432	0.328	66	0.315	66
68	Mead	0.304	0-14-0	0.000	0.399	0.419	0.273	68	0.254	68

Class 3A
Rank	Team	RPI	Record	WP	OWP	OOWP	1/3	Rank	37.5	Rank
1	Kent Denver	0.657	14-0-1	0.967	0.562	0.537	0.689	1	0.707	1
2	KIPP Denver Collegiate	0.631	12-2-1	0.833	0.576	0.538	0.649	2	0.663	2
3	Colorado Academy	0.614	10-4-1	0.700	0.609	0.539	0.616	7	0.626	7
4	Vail Mountain	0.613	12-3-0	0.800	0.570	0.513	0.628	5	0.642	5
5	Colorado Springs Christian	0.606	13-2-0	0.867	0.526	0.506	0.633	4	0.649	4
6	Jefferson Academy	0.597	12-3-0	0.800	0.533	0.525	0.619	6	0.631	6
7	Denver Science & Tech Stapleton	0.595	9-4-2	0.667	0.603	0.505	0.592	11	0.603	11
8	Coal Ridge	0.589	14-1-0	0.933	0.448	0.525	0.635	3	0.649	3
9	Fountain Valley	0.583	8-6-1	0.567	0.638	0.490	0.565	17	0.574	17
10	Salida	0.583	12-3-0	0.800	0.523	0.485	0.603	8	0.617	8
11	Basalt	0.582	10-5-0	0.667	0.578	0.505	0.583	12	0.593	12
12	Bruce Randolph	0.575	12-3-0	0.800	0.492	0.515	0.603	9	0.613	9
13	Peak to Peak	0.571	9-5-1	0.633	0.559	0.531	0.574	15	0.580	15
14	The Pinnacle	0.566	10-5-0	0.667	0.538	0.521	0.575	14	0.582	14
15	Aurora West College Prep Academy	0.558	13-2-0	0.867	0.432	0.503	0.600	10	0.613	10
16	Frontier Academy	0.548	9-5-1	0.633	0.533	0.492	0.553	21	0.561	21
17	Denver School of Science & Technology: Green Valley Ranch	0.545	11-4-0	0.733	0.485	0.478	0.565	16	0.576	16
18	Delta	0.542	12-3-0	0.800	0.430	0.507	0.579	13	0.588	13
19	St. Mary’s	0.540	8-6-1	0.567	0.548	0.496	0.537	25	0.542	27
20	The Academy	0.539	9-4-2	0.667	0.481	0.526	0.558	20	0.562	20
21	Liberty Common	0.538	10-3-2	0.733	0.466	0.489	0.563	19	0.572	19
22	Denver Christian	0.532	9-5-1	0.633	0.523	0.450	0.535	27	0.546	24
23	Crested Butte	0.530	8-6-1	0.567	0.536	0.481	0.528	29	0.534	29
24	Jefferson	0.529	10-5-0	0.667	0.469	0.512	0.549	22	0.554	23
25	Arrupe Jesuit	0.521	8-7-0	0.533	0.512	0.528	0.524	30	0.524	32
26	Beth Eden Baptist	0.521	9-2-0	0.818	0.393	0.479	0.563	18	0.574	18
27	William Smith	0.520	8-3-0	0.727	0.443	0.469	0.546	23	0.556	22
28	Ridgway	0.517	8-4-0	0.667	0.458	0.486	0.537	26	0.543	25
29	Roaring Fork	0.515	10-5-0	0.667	0.448	0.500	0.538	24	0.543	26
30	Sheridan	0.513	4-11-0	0.267	0.637	0.512	0.472	46	0.467	47
31	Dawson School	0.509	9-5-1	0.633	0.481	0.441	0.519	32	0.528	30
32	James Irwin	0.509	9-6-0	0.600	0.488	0.460	0.516	33	0.523	33
33	Telluride	0.501	7-6-1	0.536	0.494	0.479	0.503	35	0.506	35
34	Lamar	0.498	11-4-0	0.733	0.395	0.468	0.532	28	0.540	28
35	Manitou Springs	0.495	9-6-0	0.600	0.461	0.457	0.506	34	0.512	34
36	Fort Lupton	0.491	8-7-0	0.533	0.477	0.478	0.496	38	0.498	39
37	Manual	0.490	8-7-0	0.533	0.459	0.510	0.501	37	0.499	38
38	Sterling	0.489	9-3-3	0.700	0.390	0.477	0.522	31	0.528	31
39	Aspen	0.489	5-9-1	0.367	0.543	0.502	0.470	48	0.467	48
40	Eagle Ridge Academy	0.487	8-6-0	0.571	0.473	0.432	0.492	39	0.500	37
41	Lake County	0.483	5-8-1	0.393	0.514	0.512	0.473	45	0.468	46
42	Lutheran	0.480	6-8-1	0.433	0.488	0.512	0.478	43	0.473	43
43	Bishop Machebeuf	0.480	6-8-0	0.429	0.499	0.491	0.473	44	0.471	44
44	The Vanguard School	0.475	8-7-0	0.533	0.447	0.475	0.485	40	0.486	40
45	Alamosa	0.475	7-7-1	0.500	0.457	0.485	0.481	41	0.480	41
46	Faith Christian	0.473	2-11-2	0.200	0.590	0.514	0.435	54	0.425	54
47	Rye	0.472	9-5-0	0.643	0.386	0.476	0.501	36	0.505	36
48	SkyView Academy	0.467	7-7-1	0.500	0.430	0.507	0.479	42	0.476	42
49	Moffat County	0.466	7-8-0	0.467	0.451	0.496	0.471	47	0.468	45
50	Bayfield	0.460	4-6-3	0.423	0.466	0.486	0.458	49	0.455	50
51	Pagosa Springs	0.457	4-9-2	0.333	0.500	0.494	0.442	51	0.436	52
52	Middle Park	0.453	5-10-0	0.333	0.487	0.504	0.441	52	0.434	53
53	Bennett	0.448	3-11-1	0.233	0.523	0.511	0.422	56	0.411	56
54	Heritage Christian	0.440	8-7-0	0.533	0.390	0.446	0.457	50	0.458	49
55	Atlas Preparatory School	0.438	6-8-0	0.429	0.428	0.466	0.441	53	0.438	51
56	Montezuma-Cortez	0.424	4-10-0	0.286	0.464	0.482	0.411	58	0.402	58
57	Venture Prep	0.424	4-7-1	0.375	0.426	0.470	0.423	55	0.418	55
58	Valley	0.417	3-11-1	0.233	0.492	0.450	0.392	59	0.385	59
59	Ellicott	0.415	5-9-0	0.357	0.428	0.448	0.411	57	0.407	57
60	Weld Central	0.413	3-11-0	0.214	0.502	0.436	0.384	60	0.378	60
61	Prospect Ridge Academy	0.413	2-13-0	0.133	0.521	0.475	0.377	63	0.364	63
62	Colorado Rocky Mountain	0.409	1-9-0	0.100	0.523	0.490	0.371	65	0.356	65
63	Grand Valley	0.405	2-12-1	0.167	0.482	0.487	0.379	62	0.365	62
64	Englewood	0.390	3-12-0	0.200	0.438	0.485	0.374	64	0.360	64
65	Ridge View Academy	0.377	2-10-1	0.192	0.433	0.451	0.359	67	0.347	67
66	Caprock Academy	0.372	0-10-0	0.000	0.498	0.492	0.330	68	0.310	68
67	Dolores Huerta Prep	0.370	0-10-0	0.000	0.512	0.454	0.322	70	0.306	70
68	Evangelical Christian	0.367	4-11-0	0.267	0.376	0.451	0.364	66	0.354	66
69	Colorado Springs School	0.345	0-15-0	0.000	0.484	0.412	0.299	75	0.285	74
70	Lotus School For Excellence	0.344	0-14-0	0.000	0.460	0.455	0.305	72	0.286	73
71	Thorncreek Christian School	0.343	2-13-0	0.133	0.396	0.445	0.325	69	0.310	69
72	Denver Academy	0.340	5-6-0	0.455	0.219	0.467	0.380	61	0.369	61
73	Estes Park	0.339	0-15-0	0.000	0.451	0.455	0.302	73	0.283	75
74	Union Colony Prep	0.337	1-13-0	0.071	0.411	0.452	0.312	71	0.294	71
75	Front Range Christian	0.330	1-13-0	0.071	0.420	0.411	0.301	74	0.287	72

Softball

Rank	Team	RPI	Record	WP	OWP	OOWP	1/3	Rank	37.5	Rank
1	Broomfield	0.671	17-2-0	0.895	0.624	0.541	0.687	1	0.705	1
2	Grand Junction Central	0.648	16-2-1	0.868	0.604	0.513	0.662	3	0.681	2
3	Cherokee Trail	0.642	16-3-0	0.842	0.577	0.572	0.664	2	0.675	3
4	Douglas County	0.640	15-4-0	0.789	0.606	0.561	0.652	4	0.663	4
5	Eaglecrest	0.636	15-4-0	0.789	0.600	0.555	0.648	5	0.660	5
6	Legend	0.629	14-4-1	0.763	0.595	0.563	0.640	6	0.650	6
7	Arvada West	0.620	13-5-1	0.711	0.604	0.562	0.625	8	0.633	8
8	Loveland	0.615	13-6-0	0.684	0.616	0.545	0.615	12	0.624	12
9	Rocky Mountain	0.605	14-5-0	0.737	0.574	0.538	0.616	11	0.626	11
10	Fossil Ridge	0.604	15-4-0	0.789	0.535	0.554	0.626	7	0.635	7
11	Dakota Ridge	0.600	11-8-0	0.579	0.631	0.560	0.590	15	0.594	14
12	Ralston Valley	0.592	11-7-0	0.611	0.596	0.566	0.591	14	0.594	15
13	Prairie View	0.590	16-3-0	0.842	0.512	0.495	0.616	10	0.632	9
14	Brighton	0.587	16-3-0	0.842	0.500	0.507	0.617	9	0.630	10
15	Fort Collins	0.586	12-7-0	0.632	0.585	0.541	0.586	17	0.592	16
16	Legacy	0.585	13-6-0	0.684	0.555	0.545	0.595	13	0.601	13
17	Castle View	0.582	11-7-1	0.605	0.580	0.563	0.583	18	0.585	18
18	ThunderRidge	0.571	13-6-0	0.684	0.519	0.561	0.588	16	0.591	17
19	Columbine	0.567	9-10-0	0.474	0.625	0.543	0.547	22	0.548	22
20	Rock Canyon	0.563	10-9-0	0.526	0.584	0.559	0.556	20	0.556	20
21	Mountain Vista	0.561	12-7-0	0.632	0.526	0.562	0.573	19	0.574	19
22	Grandview	0.559	9-10-0	0.474	0.609	0.544	0.542	25	0.542	25
23	Poudre	0.553	10-9-0	0.526	0.569	0.546	0.547	23	0.547	23
24	Mountain Range	0.552	10-9-0	0.526	0.569	0.545	0.547	24	0.547	24
25	Fruita Monument	0.548	11-8-0	0.579	0.541	0.529	0.550	21	0.552	21
26	Cherry Creek	0.545	9-10-0	0.474	0.587	0.533	0.531	27	0.531	27
27	Smoky Hill	0.530	10-9-0	0.526	0.529	0.535	0.530	28	0.530	28
28	Chatfield	0.529	7-12-0	0.368	0.603	0.541	0.504	36	0.500	36
29	Horizon	0.524	8-11-0	0.421	0.573	0.530	0.508	35	0.505	34
30	Vista Ridge	0.523	10-8-1	0.553	0.519	0.502	0.524	29	0.527	30
31	Northglenn	0.518	11-8-0	0.579	0.499	0.495	0.524	30	0.528	29
32	Pomona	0.514	9-10-0	0.474	0.509	0.565	0.516	31	0.510	33
33	Pine Creek	0.511	10-8-1	0.553	0.503	0.484	0.513	32	0.517	31
34	Liberty	0.508	13-6-0	0.684	0.437	0.474	0.532	26	0.539	26
35	Bear Creek	0.508	9-10-0	0.474	0.505	0.547	0.509	34	0.504	35
36	Grand Junction	0.505	10-9-0	0.526	0.486	0.523	0.512	33	0.511	32
37	Greeley West	0.497	8-11-0	0.421	0.518	0.531	0.490	37	0.485	38
38	Fairview	0.491	8-11-0	0.421	0.511	0.521	0.484	39	0.480	39
39	Highlands Ranch	0.488	8-11-0	0.421	0.504	0.523	0.483	40	0.478	40
40	Arapahoe	0.482	8-11-0	0.421	0.490	0.528	0.480	41	0.474	41
41	Chaparral	0.477	4-15-0	0.211	0.570	0.557	0.446	48	0.432	50
42	Lakewood	0.477	5-14-0	0.263	0.549	0.547	0.453	45	0.441	47
43	Regis Jesuit	0.475	5-14-0	0.263	0.552	0.534	0.450	46	0.439	48
44	Fountain-Fort Carson	0.468	11-8-0	0.579	0.411	0.472	0.488	38	0.489	37
45	Heritage	0.467	5-14-0	0.263	0.538	0.530	0.444	50	0.433	49
46	Westminster	0.461	7-10-0	0.412	0.471	0.490	0.457	42	0.453	43
47	Monarch	0.450	4-15-0	0.211	0.529	0.531	0.423	51	0.410	52
48	Thornton	0.449	9-10-0	0.474	0.434	0.453	0.454	44	0.454	42
49	Rampart	0.447	9-10-0	0.474	0.423	0.467	0.454	43	0.453	44
50	Adams City	0.445	7-9-0	0.438	0.446	0.453	0.445	49	0.444	45
51	Denver East	0.444	8-11-0	0.421	0.437	0.479	0.446	47	0.442	46
52	Lincoln	0.441	5-10-0	0.333	0.504	0.422	0.420	52	0.419	51
53	Palmer	0.409	5-12-0	0.294	0.455	0.432	0.394	54	0.389	53
54	Rangeview	0.404	5-13-0	0.278	0.427	0.482	0.396	53	0.385	55
55	Doherty	0.399	6-13-0	0.316	0.422	0.437	0.391	55	0.386	54
56	Overland	0.388	4-15-0	0.211	0.423	0.496	0.376	56	0.362	57
57	Far Northeast Warriors	0.374	5-12-0	0.294	0.383	0.435	0.371	57	0.363	56
58	Coronado	0.345	1-16-0	0.059	0.442	0.437	0.313	60	0.297	60
59	Aurora Central	0.336	3-12-0	0.200	0.352	0.440	0.331	58	0.317	59
60	Denver South	0.336	4-15-0	0.211	0.353	0.427	0.330	59	0.318	58
61	Gateway	0.326	1-15-0	0.063	0.396	0.448	0.302	61	0.284	61
62	Hinkley	0.291	0-17-0	0.000	0.369	0.426	0.265	62	0.245	62

Rank	Team	RPI	Record	WP	OWP	OOWP	1/3	Rank	37.5	Rank
1	Erie	0.664	19-0-0	1.000	0.564	0.527	0.697	1	0.718	1
2	Mullen	0.644	13-3-1	0.794	0.615	0.554	0.654	4	0.667	4
3	Valor Christian	0.643	18-1-0	0.947	0.544	0.538	0.676	2	0.694	2
4	Pueblo West	0.642	15-3-0	0.833	0.599	0.536	0.656	3	0.671	3
5	Wheat Ridge	0.615	13-6-0	0.684	0.606	0.563	0.618	7	0.625	9
6	Mountain View	0.598	16-3-0	0.842	0.520	0.510	0.624	5	0.638	5
7	Silver Creek	0.589	16-3-0	0.842	0.504	0.507	0.617	8	0.631	7
8	Conifer	0.587	15-4-0	0.789	0.541	0.474	0.602	11	0.618	11
9	Elizabeth	0.587	16-3-0	0.842	0.525	0.453	0.607	10	0.626	8
10	Air Academy	0.586	14-4-0	0.778	0.523	0.521	0.607	9	0.618	10
11	Frederick	0.586	12-7-0	0.632	0.590	0.532	0.585	13	0.591	13
12	Thomas Jefferson	0.586	17-2-0	0.895	0.482	0.486	0.621	6	0.638	6
13	Discovery Canyon	0.581	12-7-0	0.632	0.585	0.524	0.580	14	0.587	15
14	Pueblo Central	0.574	12-7-0	0.632	0.558	0.548	0.579	15	0.583	16
15	Pueblo South	0.573	10-8-1	0.553	0.598	0.545	0.565	18	0.568	20
16	Golden	0.571	14-5-0	0.737	0.514	0.519	0.590	12	0.599	12
17	Berthoud	0.567	12-7-0	0.632	0.562	0.513	0.569	17	0.576	17
18	Thompson Valley	0.557	14-5-0	0.737	0.491	0.507	0.578	16	0.587	14
19	D’Evelyn	0.545	12-7-0	0.632	0.518	0.513	0.554	21	0.559	21
20	Pueblo County	0.545	13-6-0	0.684	0.489	0.517	0.563	19	0.569	19
21	Rifle	0.539	14-5-0	0.737	0.477	0.467	0.560	20	0.572	18
22	Ponderosa	0.532	9-10-0	0.474	0.554	0.547	0.525	24	0.522	26
23	Falcon	0.531	9-10-0	0.474	0.568	0.514	0.518	27	0.519	27
24	Holy Family	0.530	11-8-0	0.579	0.502	0.537	0.539	22	0.540	22
25	Windsor	0.523	10-9-0	0.526	0.518	0.528	0.524	25	0.524	25
26	Longmont	0.519	11-7-0	0.611	0.489	0.486	0.529	23	0.534	23
27	Evergreen	0.514	11-8-0	0.579	0.488	0.501	0.523	26	0.525	24
28	Pueblo Centennial	0.511	6-12-1	0.342	0.583	0.535	0.487	34	0.481	36
29	Arvada	0.506	11-8-0	0.579	0.500	0.446	0.509	29	0.516	29
30	Pueblo East	0.498	7-12-0	0.368	0.545	0.531	0.482	36	0.475	38
31	Niwot	0.496	9-10-0	0.474	0.502	0.504	0.493	30	0.492	31
32	Vista PEAK Prep	0.488	10-9-0	0.526	0.484	0.457	0.489	31	0.493	30
33	Kennedy	0.485	9-9-1	0.500	0.481	0.480	0.487	33	0.488	33
34	Lewis-Palmer	0.483	10-9-0	0.526	0.470	0.465	0.487	32	0.490	32
35	George Washington	0.476	13-5-1	0.711	0.371	0.451	0.511	28	0.518	28
36	Mead	0.476	7-12-0	0.368	0.508	0.518	0.465	39	0.458	40
37	Widefield	0.472	10-9-0	0.526	0.451	0.461	0.479	37	0.482	35
38	Green Mountain	0.470	7-11-0	0.389	0.490	0.512	0.463	40	0.457	41
39	Palmer Ridge	0.468	10-9-0	0.526	0.444	0.458	0.476	38	0.478	37
40	Canon City	0.467	11-8-0	0.579	0.417	0.456	0.484	35	0.487	34
41	Montrose	0.464	8-12-0	0.400	0.485	0.485	0.457	42	0.453	42
42	Cheyenne Mountain	0.457	9-10-0	0.474	0.448	0.457	0.460	41	0.460	39
43	Alameda	0.439	6-12-0	0.333	0.491	0.440	0.422	49	0.419	48
44	Palisade	0.439	6-13-0	0.316	0.484	0.472	0.424	47	0.418	49
45	Eagle Valley	0.436	7-11-0	0.389	0.449	0.456	0.431	43	0.428	43
46	Woodland Park	0.431	7-12-0	0.368	0.453	0.450	0.424	48	0.420	47
47	Northridge	0.431	4-15-0	0.211	0.509	0.495	0.405	51	0.394	52
48	Skyline	0.424	3-16-0	0.158	0.514	0.511	0.394	54	0.380	56
49	Roosevelt	0.424	5-14-0	0.263	0.462	0.508	0.411	50	0.399	50
50	The Classical Academy	0.421	8-11-0	0.421	0.412	0.440	0.424	45	0.423	45
51	Englewood	0.420	8-11-0	0.421	0.402	0.456	0.426	44	0.423	44
52	Skyview	0.420	8-11-0	0.421	0.406	0.445	0.424	46	0.422	46
53	Boulder	0.411	5-14-0	0.263	0.431	0.518	0.404	52	0.390	53
54	Denver North	0.409	6-12-0	0.333	0.445	0.414	0.397	53	0.395	51
55	Sand Creek	0.409	5-14-0	0.263	0.454	0.465	0.394	55	0.385	54
56	Standley Lake	0.408	0-18-0	0.000	0.564	0.503	0.356	59	0.337	59
57	Durango	0.394	3-14-0	0.176	0.454	0.491	0.374	57	0.359	57
58	Mesa Ridge	0.382	7-12-0	0.368	0.358	0.442	0.389	56	0.383	55
59	Centaurus	0.378	3-16-0	0.158	0.439	0.475	0.357	58	0.343	58
60	Greeley Central	0.336	0-19-0	0.000	0.428	0.487	0.305	61	0.282	62
61	Harrison	0.315	4-14-0	0.222	0.316	0.408	0.315	60	0.304	60
62	Mitchell	0.303	3-16-0	0.158	0.320	0.413	0.297	62	0.282	61
63	Denver West	0.303	0-11-0	0.000	0.398	0.414	0.271	63	0.253	63
64	Sierra	0.276	1-18-0	0.053	0.329	0.394	0.259	64	0.242	64

Rank	Team	RPI	Record	WP	OWP	OOWP	1/3	Rank	37.5	Rank
1	Strasburg	0.648	17-2-0	0.895	0.585	0.525	0.668	1	0.686	1
2	Rocky Ford	0.623	18-1-0	0.947	0.521	0.502	0.657	2	0.676	2
3	Eaton	0.607	15-4-0	0.789	0.554	0.531	0.625	3	0.637	3
4	Brush	0.605	14-5-0	0.737	0.584	0.516	0.612	4	0.624	4
5	Lamar	0.587	13-6-0	0.684	0.582	0.501	0.589	5	0.600	5
6	Valley	0.556	11-8-0	0.579	0.565	0.514	0.553	9	0.557	9
7	The Academy	0.553	15-4-0	0.789	0.479	0.466	0.578	6	0.592	6
8	Basalt	0.546	15-4-0	0.789	0.462	0.469	0.574	7	0.587	7
9	Cedaredge	0.542	14-5-0	0.737	0.474	0.484	0.565	8	0.575	8
10	Sterling	0.529	10-9-0	0.526	0.537	0.517	0.527	11	0.528	11
11	Weld Central	0.529	12-7-0	0.632	0.515	0.456	0.534	10	0.544	10
12	La Junta	0.529	10-9-0	0.526	0.543	0.502	0.524	12	0.527	12
13	Faith Christian	0.520	10-9-0	0.526	0.548	0.457	0.510	14	0.517	14
14	Burlington	0.506	11-7-0	0.611	0.479	0.455	0.515	13	0.523	13
15	Delta	0.499	11-8-0	0.579	0.468	0.480	0.509	15	0.513	15
16	Meeker	0.487	11-8-0	0.579	0.453	0.463	0.498	16	0.503	16
17	Limon	0.483	11-8-0	0.579	0.454	0.447	0.493	17	0.499	17
18	Fort Lupton	0.477	10-9-0	0.526	0.457	0.467	0.483	19	0.485	18
19	St. Mary’s	0.476	10-9-0	0.526	0.454	0.470	0.483	18	0.485	19
20	Dolores Huerta Prep	0.469	4-8-0	0.333	0.528	0.489	0.450	22	0.445	22
21	University	0.465	7-12-0	0.368	0.500	0.493	0.454	21	0.449	21
22	Wray	0.454	10-9-0	0.526	0.424	0.442	0.464	20	0.467	20
23	Platte Valley	0.442	7-12-0	0.368	0.448	0.502	0.440	23	0.432	24
24	Akron	0.429	9-10-0	0.474	0.402	0.437	0.438	24	0.438	23
25	Gunnison	0.427	3-16-0	0.158	0.537	0.476	0.390	29	0.380	29
26	Montezuma-Cortez	0.422	6-13-0	0.316	0.459	0.456	0.410	25	0.405	25
27	Lyons	0.410	2-17-0	0.105	0.512	0.510	0.376	30	0.359	31
28	Florence	0.401	6-13-0	0.316	0.416	0.457	0.396	27	0.389	27
29	Holyoke	0.388	7-12-0	0.368	0.364	0.454	0.396	28	0.388	28
30	James Irwin	0.385	4-12-0	0.250	0.415	0.461	0.375	31	0.365	30
31	Sheridan	0.382	9-10-0	0.474	0.325	0.406	0.401	26	0.401	26
32	Yuma	0.334	1-13-0	0.071	0.414	0.435	0.307	34	0.291	34
33	Peak to Peak	0.327	4-15-0	0.211	0.336	0.424	0.323	32	0.311	32
34	Aspen	0.325	0-14-0	0.000	0.413	0.472	0.295	35	0.273	35
35	Jefferson	0.320	4-14-0	0.222	0.325	0.408	0.318	33	0.307	33
36	Platte Canyon	0.239	0-10-0	0.000	0.293	0.373	0.222	36	0.203	36

Field hockey

Rank	Team	RPI	Record	WP	OWP	OOWP	1/3	Rank	37.5	Rank
1	Kent Denver	0.613	13-0-2	0.933	0.509	0.502	0.648	1	0.666	1
2	Palmer Ridge	0.589	11-2-2	0.800	0.528	0.500	0.609	3	0.623	3
3	Colorado Academy	0.587	11-2-2	0.800	0.523	0.500	0.608	4	0.621	4
4	Denver East	0.581	11-1-3	0.833	0.495	0.502	0.610	2	0.624	2
5	Cherry Creek	0.580	11-2-1	0.821	0.499	0.500	0.607	5	0.620	5
6	Mountain Vista	0.544	9-4-1	0.679	0.499	0.500	0.559	6	0.567	6
7	Regis Jesuit	0.533	8-6-1	0.567	0.533	0.498	0.533	7	0.537	7
8	St. Mary’s Academy	0.495	7-7-1	0.500	0.489	0.500	0.497	8	0.496	8
9	Golden	0.477	5-9-1	0.367	0.522	0.498	0.462	10	0.458	10
10	Grandview	0.466	6-8-1	0.433	0.464	0.502	0.466	9	0.462	9
11	Smoky Hill	0.447	4-10-1	0.300	0.495	0.500	0.431	11	0.423	11
12	Cheyenne Mountain	0.429	4-11-0	0.267	0.475	0.500	0.414	12	0.403	12
13	Liberty	0.396	2-13-0	0.133	0.475	0.500	0.370	13	0.353	13
14	Arapahoe	0.394	1-13-0	0.071	0.502	0.500	0.358	14	0.340	14
15	Fossil Ridge	0.369	0-15-0	0.000	0.489	0.498	0.329	15	0.308	15

I’m hesitant to do this next part, because the season isn’t even over yet, and we’ve preached patience. But, in the interest of transparency, here is football through Week 8:

Football

Class 5A
Rank	Team	RPI	Record	WP	OWP	OOWP	1/3	Rank	37.5	Rank
1	Valor Christian	0.679	5-3-0	0.595	0.786	0.552	0.644	6	0.656	6
2	Regis Jesuit	0.679	7-1-0	0.875	0.643	0.555	0.691	1	0.708	1
3	Mullen	0.657	6-2-0	0.750	0.654	0.571	0.658	4	0.669	4
4	Grandview	0.656	7-1-0	0.875	0.607	0.533	0.672	2	0.689	2
5	Pomona	0.639	7-1-0	0.875	0.549	0.584	0.670	3	0.680	3
6	Cherry Creek	0.639	5-3-0	0.625	0.710	0.510	0.615	7	0.628	7
7	Columbine	0.606	6-2-0	0.734	0.589	0.511	0.611	9	0.624	9
8	Legacy	0.604	6-2-0	0.750	0.589	0.488	0.609	10	0.624	8
9	Highlands Ranch	0.601	5-3-0	0.625	0.597	0.585	0.602	11	0.604	11
10	Ralston Valley	0.598	5-3-0	0.625	0.625	0.518	0.589	12	0.598	12
11	Chaparral	0.597	6-2-0	0.750	0.554	0.533	0.612	8	0.622	10
12	Eaglecrest	0.592	8-0-0	1.000	0.393	0.581	0.658	5	0.668	5
13	Fairview	0.556	6-2-0	0.750	0.462	0.550	0.587	13	0.592	13
14	Fountain-Fort Carson	0.545	3-5-0	0.375	0.646	0.514	0.511	21	0.511	21
15	Mountain Vista	0.534	4-4-0	0.500	0.554	0.527	0.527	17	0.527	16
16	Doherty	0.522	6-2-0	0.750	0.375	0.590	0.572	14	0.569	14
17	ThunderRidge	0.515	4-4-0	0.500	0.545	0.472	0.506	23	0.510	22
18	Cherokee Trail	0.511	4-4-0	0.500	0.536	0.473	0.503	24	0.507	23
19	Lakewood	0.508	5-3-0	0.625	0.442	0.523	0.530	15	0.531	15
20	Poudre	0.499	5-3-0	0.625	0.429	0.513	0.522	18	0.523	18
21	Legend	0.498	4-4-0	0.500	0.463	0.567	0.510	22	0.503	24
22	Bear Creek	0.497	2-6-0	0.250	0.623	0.493	0.455	29	0.450	30
23	Fossil Ridge	0.494	5-3-0	0.625	0.411	0.528	0.521	19	0.520	19
24	Horizon	0.486	5-3-0	0.625	0.406	0.505	0.512	20	0.513	20
25	Castle View	0.483	3-5-0	0.375	0.518	0.522	0.472	28	0.465	28
26	Arapahoe	0.483	4-4-0	0.500	0.464	0.504	0.489	25	0.488	25
27	Douglas County	0.475	4-4-0	0.500	0.446	0.508	0.485	26	0.482	26
28	Rangeview	0.474	2-6-0	0.250	0.589	0.467	0.435	32	0.432	32
29	Arvada West	0.468	6-2-0	0.750	0.286	0.551	0.529	16	0.526	17
30	Prairie View	0.455	3-5-0	0.375	0.495	0.453	0.441	31	0.440	31
31	Aurora Central	0.439	5-3-0	0.625	0.304	0.522	0.484	27	0.479	27
32	Denver East	0.438	4-4-0	0.500	0.386	0.479	0.455	30	0.452	29
33	Westminster	0.434	1-7-0	0.125	0.571	0.468	0.388	34	0.378	34
34	Rocky Mountain	0.429	0-8-0	0.000	0.641	0.437	0.359	38	0.349	38
35	Rock Canyon	0.424	2-6-0	0.250	0.464	0.518	0.411	33	0.397	33
36	Boulder	0.415	0-8-0	0.000	0.607	0.444	0.350	39	0.339	39
37	Mountain Range	0.403	2-6-0	0.250	0.464	0.434	0.383	35	0.376	35
38	Smoky Hill	0.395	0-7-0	0.000	0.592	0.395	0.329	40	0.321	40
39	Northglenn	0.367	2-6-0	0.250	0.389	0.441	0.360	37	0.350	37
40	Overland	0.362	2-6-0	0.250	0.339	0.521	0.370	36	0.351	36
41	Hinkley	0.335	0-8-0	0.000	0.446	0.447	0.298	42	0.279	42
42	Far Northeast Warriors	0.329	2-6-0	0.217	0.339	0.420	0.325	41	0.314	41

Class 4A
Rank	Team	RPI	Record	WP	OWP	OOWP	1/3	Rank	37.5	Rank
1	Denver South	0.640	8-0-0	1.019	0.488	0.567	0.691	1	0.707	1
2	Broomfield	0.611	6-2-0	0.750	0.595	0.503	0.616	3	0.630	2
3	Pine Creek	0.601	6-2-0	0.769	0.554	0.530	0.617	2	0.628	3
4	Monarch	0.586	5-3-0	0.644	0.607	0.487	0.579	7	0.591	7
5	Pueblo West	0.583	5-3-0	0.625	0.595	0.516	0.579	8	0.586	8
6	Pueblo South	0.581	6-2-0	0.750	0.516	0.541	0.602	6	0.610	6
7	Mesa Ridge	0.572	5-3-0	0.625	0.577	0.511	0.571	10	0.578	10
8	Chatfield	0.561	7-1-0	0.875	0.431	0.508	0.605	5	0.617	5
9	Ponderosa	0.561	7-1-0	0.894	0.429	0.494	0.606	4	0.619	4
10	Fruita Monument	0.555	4-4-0	0.500	0.605	0.509	0.538	16	0.542	16
11	Windsor	0.551	5-3-0	0.625	0.521	0.539	0.562	13	0.564	13
12	Rampart	0.545	6-2-0	0.750	0.472	0.487	0.570	11	0.580	9
13	Wheat Ridge	0.539	3-5-0	0.375	0.648	0.484	0.502	21	0.505	21
14	Heritage	0.536	5-3-0	0.625	0.521	0.476	0.541	15	0.549	15
15	Greeley West	0.524	6-2-0	0.750	0.396	0.555	0.567	12	0.568	12
16	Vista Ridge	0.521	5-3-0	0.625	0.490	0.479	0.532	17	0.538	17
17	Grand Junction Central	0.521	4-4-0	0.500	0.539	0.506	0.515	19	0.516	19
18	Mountain View	0.505	3-5-0	0.359	0.577	0.507	0.481	23	0.478	24
19	Montrose	0.504	3-5-0	0.375	0.559	0.522	0.485	22	0.481	22
20	Loveland	0.502	7-1-0	0.894	0.283	0.546	0.574	9	0.578	11
21	Dakota Ridge	0.497	5-3-0	0.625	0.420	0.524	0.523	18	0.523	18
22	Liberty	0.489	3-5-0	0.375	0.559	0.463	0.466	27	0.466	27
23	Widefield	0.488	5-3-0	0.625	0.424	0.479	0.509	20	0.513	20
24	Skyline	0.476	7-1-0	0.875	0.273	0.481	0.543	14	0.551	14
25	Standley Lake	0.474	4-4-0	0.500	0.452	0.491	0.481	24	0.480	23
26	George Washington	0.460	4-4-0	0.519	0.432	0.458	0.469	26	0.471	26
27	Pueblo Centennial	0.445	2-6-0	0.250	0.523	0.482	0.418	28	0.410	28
28	Cheyenne Mountain	0.441	5-3-0	0.592	0.343	0.485	0.473	25	0.472	25
29	Coronado	0.419	2-6-0	0.250	0.482	0.463	0.398	30	0.390	30
30	Fort Collins	0.419	2-6-0	0.250	0.500	0.425	0.392	31	0.388	31
31	Grand Junction	0.414	1-7-0	0.125	0.538	0.456	0.373	32	0.363	32
32	Niwot	0.414	3-5-0	0.375	0.427	0.427	0.410	29	0.407	29
33	Palmer	0.412	1-7-0	0.125	0.538	0.447	0.370	34	0.360	33
34	Gateway	0.407	1-7-0	0.125	0.523	0.456	0.368	35	0.357	34
35	Brighton	0.396	1-7-0	0.125	0.472	0.513	0.370	33	0.352	35
36	Greeley Central	0.383	0-8-0	0.000	0.556	0.418	0.325	40	0.313	40
37	Sand Creek	0.365	1-7-0	0.125	0.429	0.476	0.344	38	0.327	38
38	Adams City	0.362	2-6-0	0.250	0.393	0.410	0.351	37	0.344	36
39	Air Academy	0.355	1-7-0	0.125	0.409	0.479	0.337	39	0.320	39
40	Thornton	0.352	2-6-0	0.269	0.342	0.456	0.355	36	0.343	37
41	Golden	0.321	1-7-0	0.125	0.393	0.371	0.296	41	0.287	41
42	Littleton	0.245	0-8-0	0.000	0.253	0.473	0.242	42	0.213	42

Class 3A
Rank	Team	RPI	Record	WP	OWP	OOWP	1/3	Rank	37.5	Rank
1	Discovery Canyon	0.716	8-0-0	1.056	0.618	0.570	0.748	1	0.770	1
2	Pueblo East	0.693	7-1-0	0.913	0.642	0.577	0.710	2	0.727	2
3	Lewis-Palmer	0.681	7-1-0	0.875	0.626	0.596	0.699	3	0.712	4
4	Silver Creek	0.653	8-0-0	1.019	0.521	0.552	0.697	4	0.715	3
5	Palisade	0.639	7-1-0	0.931	0.534	0.556	0.674	5	0.688	5
6	Longmont	0.636	6-2-0	0.769	0.603	0.570	0.647	7	0.657	7
7	Holy Family	0.634	6-2-0	0.769	0.598	0.571	0.646	8	0.655	8
8	Fort Morgan	0.622	7-1-0	0.875	0.532	0.549	0.652	6	0.665	6
9	Palmer Ridge	0.613	6-2-0	0.788	0.576	0.514	0.626	10	0.640	10
10	Mead	0.610	5-3-0	0.625	0.621	0.576	0.607	11	0.611	11
11	Rifle	0.608	7-1-0	0.894	0.516	0.505	0.638	9	0.655	9
12	Evergreen	0.583	4-4-0	0.500	0.669	0.493	0.554	18	0.562	18
13	Erie	0.577	5-3-0	0.625	0.572	0.537	0.578	15	0.583	15
14	Lutheran	0.567	6-2-0	0.750	0.481	0.556	0.596	13	0.601	13
15	Skyview	0.559	5-3-0	0.625	0.560	0.492	0.559	17	0.567	17
16	Vista PEAK Prep	0.555	6-2-0	0.788	0.463	0.505	0.585	14	0.595	14
17	Roosevelt	0.551	3-5-0	0.394	0.654	0.505	0.517	22	0.519	22
18	Conifer	0.551	7-1-0	0.875	0.401	0.528	0.601	12	0.611	12
19	Durango	0.550	5-3-0	0.649	0.502	0.547	0.566	16	0.568	16
20	Centaurus	0.536	3-5-0	0.375	0.633	0.503	0.504	26	0.504	25
21	Pueblo County	0.532	4-4-0	0.519	0.532	0.547	0.532	21	0.531	21
22	Canon City	0.530	2-6-0	0.250	0.652	0.568	0.490	27	0.480	28
23	Eagle Valley	0.518	2-6-0	0.250	0.654	0.515	0.473	29	0.468	29
24	Green Mountain	0.509	4-4-0	0.519	0.516	0.485	0.507	25	0.509	23
25	Harrison	0.496	6-2-0	0.750	0.345	0.546	0.547	19	0.547	19
26	Falcon	0.496	4-4-0	0.540	0.462	0.519	0.507	24	0.506	24
27	Northridge	0.485	4-4-0	0.519	0.416	0.588	0.508	23	0.498	26
28	Thomas Jefferson	0.485	6-2-0	0.750	0.318	0.553	0.540	20	0.539	20
29	Alameda	0.476	1-6-0	0.143	0.672	0.418	0.411	33	0.410	33
30	Denver North	0.464	5-3-0	0.576	0.388	0.502	0.489	28	0.487	27
31	Thompson Valley	0.457	1-7-0	0.125	0.603	0.499	0.409	34	0.398	36
32	Battle Mountain	0.449	3-5-0	0.342	0.496	0.461	0.433	32	0.429	31
33	Glenwood Springs	0.446	4-4-0	0.500	0.414	0.456	0.457	30	0.457	30
34	Kennedy	0.442	2-6-0	0.269	0.542	0.415	0.408	35	0.408	34
35	Mitchell	0.437	3-5-0	0.375	0.450	0.474	0.433	31	0.428	32
36	Lincoln	0.434	2-5-0	0.267	0.520	0.429	0.405	36	0.402	35
37	Woodland Park	0.428	2-6-0	0.250	0.499	0.465	0.404	37	0.397	37
38	Frederick	0.420	1-7-0	0.125	0.529	0.498	0.384	39	0.370	39
39	Sierra	0.409	0-8-0	0.000	0.596	0.446	0.347	41	0.335	41
40	Berthoud	0.390	2-6-0	0.269	0.360	0.570	0.399	38	0.378	38
41	Summit	0.389	2-6-0	0.234	0.413	0.495	0.381	40	0.366	40
42	Pueblo Central	0.372	0-8-0	0.000	0.509	0.469	0.326	42	0.308	42

Class 2A
Rank	Team	RPI	Record	WP	OWP	OOWP	1/3	Rank	37.5	Rank
1	La Junta	0.702	8-0-0	1.000	0.649	0.512	0.720	1	0.746	1
2	Resurrection Christian	0.638	8-0-0	1.000	0.500	0.553	0.684	2	0.701	2
3	Kent Denver	0.615	7-1-0	0.894	0.521	0.527	0.647	4	0.662	4
4	Sterling	0.615	5-3-0	0.625	0.674	0.486	0.595	9	0.609	8
5	The Classical Academy	0.608	7-1-0	0.913	0.467	0.586	0.655	3	0.664	3
6	D’Evelyn	0.595	6-2-0	0.769	0.562	0.489	0.606	7	0.621	7
7	Bayfield	0.595	6-2-0	0.788	0.541	0.509	0.613	6	0.626	5
8	University	0.581	5-3-0	0.625	0.625	0.450	0.567	11	0.581	10
9	Delta	0.571	5-3-0	0.625	0.586	0.487	0.566	12	0.576	12
10	Manitou Springs	0.568	6-2-0	0.750	0.482	0.557	0.597	8	0.602	9
11	Weld Central	0.557	7-1-0	0.913	0.386	0.545	0.614	5	0.623	6
12	Platte Valley	0.556	4-4-0	0.500	0.610	0.504	0.538	18	0.542	18
13	Florence	0.555	5-3-0	0.644	0.524	0.529	0.566	13	0.570	13
14	Faith Christian	0.545	5-3-0	0.625	0.541	0.475	0.547	15	0.556	14
15	Basalt	0.538	6-2-0	0.769	0.450	0.484	0.568	10	0.578	11
16	Alamosa	0.531	5-3-0	0.609	0.485	0.546	0.547	16	0.547	16
17	Gunnison	0.525	4-4-0	0.500	0.527	0.548	0.525	19	0.522	20
18	Valley	0.502	5-3-0	0.625	0.452	0.481	0.519	20	0.524	19
19	Eaton	0.501	6-2-0	0.750	0.337	0.581	0.556	14	0.553	15
20	Bishop Machebeuf	0.496	6-2-0	0.750	0.360	0.515	0.542	17	0.545	17
21	Elizabeth	0.480	4-4-0	0.519	0.437	0.527	0.494	21	0.490	21
22	Salida	0.480	2-6-0	0.250	0.577	0.513	0.447	24	0.439	24
23	The Academy	0.472	4-4-0	0.500	0.464	0.460	0.475	22	0.477	22
24	Moffat County	0.457	4-4-0	0.500	0.425	0.477	0.467	23	0.466	23
25	Brush	0.456	1-7-0	0.125	0.592	0.516	0.411	29	0.398	29
26	Lamar	0.453	1-7-0	0.109	0.597	0.510	0.405	30	0.392	30
27	Prospect Ridge Academy	0.444	1-7-0	0.125	0.603	0.446	0.391	31	0.384	31
28	Englewood	0.422	3-5-0	0.375	0.447	0.420	0.414	28	0.413	27
29	Arvada	0.418	4-4-0	0.500	0.355	0.460	0.438	25	0.436	25
30	Ridge View Academy	0.408	1-7-0	0.125	0.526	0.456	0.369	34	0.358	33
31	Roaring Fork	0.407	3-5-0	0.375	0.381	0.491	0.416	27	0.406	28
32	Middle Park	0.403	4-4-0	0.500	0.324	0.463	0.429	26	0.425	26
33	Pagosa Springs	0.401	1-7-0	0.109	0.488	0.518	0.372	32	0.353	34
34	Montezuma-Cortez	0.393	1-7-0	0.125	0.473	0.502	0.367	35	0.350	35
35	Coal Ridge	0.387	1-7-0	0.125	0.467	0.489	0.360	37	0.344	36
36	Aspen	0.383	2-6-0	0.250	0.419	0.444	0.371	33	0.362	32
37	Fort Lupton	0.380	1-7-0	0.125	0.434	0.528	0.362	36	0.342	37
38	The Pinnacle	0.351	0-8-0	0.000	0.482	0.438	0.307	40	0.290	40
39	Sheridan	0.342	1-7-0	0.125	0.383	0.475	0.328	38	0.309	38
40	Jefferson	0.323	0-8-0	0.000	0.424	0.444	0.289	41	0.270	41
41	Denver West	0.323	1-7-0	0.125	0.361	0.444	0.310	39	0.293	39
42	Steamboat Springs	0.311	0-8-0	0.000	0.409	0.425	0.278	42	0.259	42

Class 1A
Rank	Team	RPI	Record	WP	OWP	OOWP	1/3	Rank	37.5	Rank
1	Meeker	0.718	8-0-0	1.019	0.646	0.560	0.742	1	0.764	1
2	Strasburg	0.681	8-0-0	1.019	0.574	0.556	0.716	2	0.736	2
3	Paonia	0.671	7-1-0	0.913	0.605	0.560	0.693	3	0.709	4
4	Bennett	0.664	7-1-0	0.875	0.633	0.515	0.674	5	0.694	5
5	Platte Canyon	0.653	8-0-0	1.019	0.537	0.520	0.692	4	0.713	3
6	Cedaredge	0.643	6-2-0	0.788	0.611	0.562	0.653	6	0.665	6
7	Limon	0.627	6-2-0	0.750	0.628	0.502	0.627	8	0.642	8
8	Center	0.610	5-3-0	0.625	0.662	0.493	0.593	11	0.606	11
9	Peyton	0.586	8-0-0	1.000	0.387	0.568	0.652	7	0.662	7
10	Grand Valley	0.575	5-3-0	0.663	0.554	0.527	0.581	12	0.588	12
11	Highland	0.572	5-3-0	0.625	0.595	0.473	0.564	15	0.576	15
12	Buena Vista	0.570	5-3-0	0.663	0.557	0.506	0.575	14	0.584	13
13	Burlington	0.569	6-2-0	0.769	0.465	0.577	0.603	9	0.607	10
14	Crowley County	0.554	6-1-0	0.857	0.416	0.526	0.600	10	0.609	9
15	Monte Vista	0.552	4-4-0	0.519	0.574	0.541	0.544	18	0.545	18
16	Olathe	0.543	4-4-0	0.538	0.557	0.521	0.538	19	0.541	19
17	Rye	0.537	4-4-0	0.500	0.562	0.523	0.528	21	0.529	21
18	Ellicott	0.536	5-4-0	0.556	0.558	0.472	0.528	20	0.535	20
19	Clear Creek	0.532	6-2-0	0.790	0.401	0.534	0.575	13	0.580	14
20	Centauri	0.531	5-3-0	0.644	0.481	0.518	0.548	17	0.551	16
21	Manual	0.526	4-4-0	0.556	0.550	0.450	0.519	23	0.527	22
22	Holyoke	0.523	4-4-0	0.500	0.534	0.521	0.519	22	0.518	23
23	Hotchkiss	0.508	3-5-0	0.394	0.539	0.559	0.498	25	0.490	26
24	Rocky Ford	0.495	6-2-0	0.750	0.328	0.572	0.550	16	0.547	17
25	Front Range Christian	0.491	4-4-0	0.500	0.475	0.514	0.496	26	0.494	25
26	Colorado Springs Christian	0.484	5-3-0	0.625	0.395	0.519	0.513	24	0.512	24
27	Wray	0.484	3-5-0	0.375	0.512	0.536	0.474	27	0.466	27
28	Wiggins	0.476	3-5-0	0.375	0.523	0.481	0.460	28	0.457	28
29	Vail Christian	0.470	1-7-0	0.125	0.611	0.533	0.423	31	0.409	33
30	John Mall	0.467	3-5-0	0.375	0.505	0.482	0.454	29	0.450	29
31	Yuma	0.466	2-6-0	0.250	0.571	0.471	0.431	30	0.426	30
32	St. Mary’s	0.451	0-8-0	0.000	0.671	0.462	0.378	36	0.367	36
33	Cornerstone Christian Academy	0.433	2-6-0	0.250	0.485	0.513	0.416	34	0.404	34
34	Trinidad	0.432	1-7-0	0.125	0.566	0.472	0.388	35	0.377	35
35	Dolores	0.410	3-5-0	0.394	0.372	0.502	0.423	32	0.413	31
36	Lake County	0.410	1-7-0	0.125	0.511	0.493	0.376	37	0.362	37
37	Ignacio	0.409	3-5-0	0.394	0.374	0.494	0.421	33	0.411	32
38	Byers	0.401	1-7-0	0.125	0.526	0.425	0.359	39	0.351	38
39	Estes Park	0.359	0-8-0	0.000	0.491	0.456	0.315	40	0.298	40
40	Lyons	0.330	3-5-0	0.375	0.214	0.516	0.368	38	0.350	39
41	Dolores Huerta Prep	0.329	0-7-0	0.000	0.459	0.399	0.286	41	0.272	41

8-man
Rank	Team	RPI	Record	WP	OWP	OOWP	1/3	Rank	37.5	Rank
1	Akron	0.696	6-2-0	0.750	0.738	0.560	0.683	1	0.698	1
2	Dayspring Christian Academy	0.662	6-2-0	0.750	0.643	0.612	0.668	2	0.676	2
3	Sedgwick County	0.617	7-1-0	0.894	0.503	0.570	0.656	3	0.666	4
4	Merino	0.617	6-2-0	0.769	0.574	0.550	0.631	7	0.641	7
5	Pikes Peak Christian	0.609	7-1-0	0.875	0.539	0.485	0.633	6	0.651	6
6	West Grand	0.609	7-1-0	0.875	0.521	0.519	0.639	5	0.653	5
7	Hoehne	0.604	6-2-0	0.750	0.584	0.496	0.610	9	0.624	9
8	Sargent	0.602	8-0-0	1.000	0.446	0.515	0.654	4	0.671	3
9	Norwood	0.591	6-1-0	0.857	0.518	0.472	0.616	8	0.634	8
10	Granada	0.582	6-2-0	0.750	0.530	0.516	0.599	10	0.609	10
11	Haxtun	0.559	5-3-0	0.625	0.529	0.554	0.569	11	0.571	11
12	McClave	0.548	5-3-0	0.625	0.541	0.484	0.550	13	0.558	13
13	Plateau Valley	0.546	4-3-0	0.571	0.585	0.443	0.533	16	0.544	14
14	Holly	0.534	5-2-0	0.714	0.457	0.508	0.560	12	0.566	12
15	Soroco	0.523	5-3-0	0.625	0.470	0.525	0.540	14	0.542	16
16	Simla	0.508	3-5-0	0.375	0.571	0.515	0.487	21	0.484	21
17	Justice	0.503	5-2-0	0.714	0.404	0.491	0.536	15	0.542	15
18	Mancos	0.501	5-3-0	0.625	0.442	0.495	0.521	17	0.524	17
19	Fowler	0.492	4-4-0	0.500	0.488	0.490	0.493	20	0.493	20
20	Springfield	0.484	3-5-0	0.359	0.539	0.500	0.466	23	0.461	24
21	South Park	0.476	2-5-0	0.286	0.585	0.448	0.440	28	0.438	27
22	Gilpin County	0.475	5-3-0	0.625	0.372	0.530	0.509	18	0.506	18
23	Sangre de Cristo	0.471	5-3-0	0.625	0.396	0.468	0.496	19	0.500	19
24	Sanford	0.467	2-6-0	0.250	0.568	0.479	0.433	29	0.427	29
25	Nederland	0.459	3-3-0	0.500	0.448	0.438	0.462	24	0.465	23
26	Caliche	0.458	0-8-0	0.000	0.666	0.498	0.388	31	0.374	31
27	Rocky Mountain Lutheran	0.457	4-4-0	0.500	0.423	0.482	0.468	22	0.467	22
28	Hayden	0.449	3-5-0	0.375	0.474	0.474	0.441	27	0.437	28
29	Kiowa	0.449	3-5-0	0.375	0.446	0.528	0.450	25	0.440	26
30	Wiley	0.444	3-4-0	0.429	0.440	0.469	0.446	26	0.443	25
31	Rangely	0.421	2-6-0	0.250	0.485	0.463	0.399	30	0.391	30
32	Custer County	0.367	2-6-0	0.250	0.378	0.461	0.363	32	0.351	32
33	Swink	0.360	1-7-0	0.125	0.423	0.469	0.339	35	0.323	35
34	Dove Creek	0.360	1-7-0	0.125	0.416	0.481	0.341	34	0.323	34
35	Del Norte	0.354	0-8-0	0.000	0.479	0.458	0.313	37	0.294	37
36	Las Animas	0.350	2-6-0	0.250	0.343	0.466	0.353	33	0.339	33
37	Miami-Yoder	0.335	1-7-0	0.125	0.389	0.436	0.317	36	0.302	36

6-man
Rank	Team	RPI	Record	WP	OWP	OOWP	1/3	Rank	37.5	Rank
1	Kit Carson	0.676	8-0-0	1.000	0.574	0.555	0.710	1	0.729	1
2	Fleming	0.635	8-0-0	1.000	0.512	0.516	0.676	2	0.696	2
3	Stratton/Liberty	0.619	7-1-0	0.875	0.524	0.553	0.651	3	0.663	4
4	Hi-Plains	0.606	6-2-0	0.750	0.563	0.550	0.621	5	0.630	5
5	Cotopaxi	0.601	7-0-0	1.000	0.473	0.459	0.644	4	0.667	3
6	Eads	0.598	6-2-0	0.750	0.553	0.534	0.613	6	0.622	6
7	Cheyenne Wells	0.590	5-3-0	0.625	0.595	0.547	0.589	8	0.594	10
8	Genoa-Hugo	0.582	5-2-0	0.714	0.563	0.486	0.588	9	0.601	8
9	La Veta	0.567	6-1-0	0.857	0.473	0.467	0.599	7	0.615	7
10	North Park	0.563	6-2-0	0.750	0.503	0.498	0.584	11	0.594	9
11	Peetz	0.559	6-2-0	0.750	0.485	0.518	0.584	10	0.593	11
12	Arickaree/Woodlin	0.557	3-4-0	0.429	0.633	0.535	0.532	13	0.532	13
13	Pawnee	0.540	5-3-0	0.625	0.509	0.517	0.550	12	0.554	12
14	Otis	0.510	4-4-0	0.500	0.491	0.557	0.516	14	0.511	15
15	Idalia	0.506	2-6-0	0.250	0.616	0.541	0.469	18	0.460	19
16	Walsh	0.494	3-5-0	0.375	0.529	0.541	0.482	17	0.474	17
17	Sierra Grande	0.490	5-3-0	0.625	0.431	0.474	0.510	15	0.515	14
18	Weldon Valley	0.479	3-5-0	0.375	0.521	0.498	0.464	19	0.460	18
19	Manzanola	0.476	4-3-0	0.571	0.435	0.462	0.490	16	0.493	16
20	Briggsdale	0.471	3-5-0	0.375	0.503	0.501	0.460	20	0.455	20
21	Elbert	0.470	3-5-0	0.375	0.505	0.494	0.458	21	0.453	21
22	Cheraw	0.452	1-6-0	0.143	0.574	0.517	0.411	24	0.398	25
23	Hanover	0.450	3-5-0	0.375	0.475	0.473	0.441	23	0.437	23
24	Branson/Kim	0.447	3-5-0	0.394	0.442	0.508	0.448	22	0.441	22
25	Primero	0.426	2-5-0	0.286	0.480	0.458	0.408	25	0.401	24
26	Prairie	0.425	1-6-0	0.143	0.531	0.497	0.390	26	0.377	26
27	Aguilar	0.392	1-6-0	0.143	0.480	0.466	0.363	27	0.350	27
28	Cripple Creek-Victor	0.386	1-7-0	0.125	0.460	0.499	0.361	28	0.344	28
29	Longmont Christian	0.380	1-7-0	0.125	0.446	0.500	0.357	29	0.339	29
30	Mountain Valley	0.334	0-7-0	0.000	0.439	0.460	0.299	31	0.279	31
31	Colorado School for the Deaf & Blind	0.325	1-5-0	0.192	0.309	0.491	0.331	30	0.311	30

As you can see, tweaking the formula does perhaps provide a more accurate picture.

By the way, these changes to the formula would have also improved baseball’s seeding last season. For example, Cherokee Trail, the eventual 5A champion, was No. 13 in the final RPI. The Cougars would have been No. 4 in the 1/3 formula, and No. 5 in the 37.5 formula.

We’ve also run these scenarios for volleyball, and it does seem to help that sport, as well.

Personally, I believe the 1/3 formula is the way to go across all sports.

2. Consider a classification modifier in all sports.

4A state softball Valor Christian Thomas Jefferson

(Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)

This isn’t going to be as detailed as the section above, because we haven’t run the data yet, but I believe the addition of a classification modifier in all sports — something football is already using — will only help.

Currently, there are teams that are getting the same amount of points for beating a 15-4 team in 3A as they are for beating a 15-4 team in 5A. More often than not, those two opponents vary in terms of difficulty.

There is a downside here: If this were to be implemented, it would affect multi-class leagues two ways.

First, teams in the higher classification (for example, 4A), would potentially be penalized for having lower class teams (for example, 3A) in their league.

Second, the opposite would also be true. In the example, the 3A teams would get a boost for beating the 4A teams — an opportunity others in their classification may not even have the chance to schedule.

Football’s current classification modifier has a one-time exemption to allow teams to continue to play one traditional rival (or another opponent) without being penalized, and I imagine a similar exemption would exist were this to be implemented in all sports.

3. Use the CHSAANow.com polls in the formula.

(Josh Watt/CHSAANow.com)

This is something I’ve advocated for since before the move to RPI, as I believe it would add a much-needed human element to the formula.

The use of the CHSAANow.com polls in the CHSAA RPI can reward teams for big wins, but also for being ranked.

There is already a model we can use to do this. Check out the NAIA modified RPI.

Rangeview boys basketball coach Shawn Palmer actually wrote a column in favor of this very thing last spring. Rangeview spent much of last season No. 1 in the 5A poll, and eventually reached the Final 4 as part of a 26-1 season. They likely would not have been rated very highly by the RPI due to a relatively low strength of schedule that can at least in part be attributed to the league they play in — which had just three of 10 teams finish over .500 last season.

The coaches poll can be a good counter-balance to a situation such as that. Again, the more data the goes into the RPI formula, the more accurate it will be.

Some are hesitant to adopt this as part of the CHSAA RPI for fear that coaches may try and manipulate their rating. Well, for starters, the Association is built on trust and integrity. We’ve got to be able to trust that coaches won’t do that. Secondly, the ballots would be published in a public way so that there is accountability.

These probably aren’t the ultimate or only solutions to every issue related to the CHSAA RPI. But I believe they are good first steps, ones we can take to continue to improve the accuracy of the formula.

Ultimately, not everyone is going to be happy with the formula, especially if the end result is that they’re No. 33 out of a 32-team field. These changes should improve the performance of the rating system, and my hope is that committees consider them (along with other ideas) sooner rather than later.