I’m merely stating that team A finishing ahead of team B isn’t the factor (ie. The committee doesn’t say “hey they finished ahead of them so they’re in”, however the games that team A won (or rather the games that team B lost) in order to put team A ahead of team B matter.
Project ISU and KSU’s record and rpi when the conf season ends….ISU is a lock, KSU is on the bubble. Therefore, we’re not battling ISU.
Yeah, ISU has pretty much played their way off the bubble, even without much in the OOC. They project to finish 11-7 (including a loss to us) in the league with and RPI around 40. Do that, and they are safe. So they are at the point that if they simply play to expectations, they are safetly in.
If we play to expectations from here on out we'll likely finish 9-9 with an RPI around 50. That still gives us a good shot, but its much more precarious.
I'd certainly rather be in ISU's position right now. And you've got to give ISU credit, they had their bad games in the OOC, but have taken care of things in the league. Their only loss at home is MU and their worst road loss is at OSU. Plus they've already beat us, KU, and UT at home.