KenPom 2012-2013 KenPom Rankings Thread

[49r]

Kenpom as of 11-27-12. Some notable moves: Northwestern jumped 20 spots in the last week. Kent State made a pretty significant jump after beating the Huskers, and finally, UTEP has fallen around 60 spots in the last week or so!

1. Indiana

6. Michigan

7. Ohio State

10. Wisconsin

13. Minnesota

15. Michigan State

43. Illinois

51. Purdue

56. Northwestern

58. Iowa

109. Penn State

218. Nebraska

Games Played:

307. Southern - W

91. Valpariaso - W

332. UNO - W

132. Tulane - W

151. Kent State - L

Upcoming non-cons:

205. @Wake Forest

149. Southern Cal

17. Creighton

65. @Oregon

211. Jacksonville State

---Sun Bowl Invitational--

310. Central Michigan

155./339. UTEP/Ark PB

304. Nicholls State

[HB]

205 meets 218. Oughta be a barn burner!

[Raidsker]

Hopefully we can at least switch places with them now if not move up more. Do these rankings factor in margin of victory?

[tcp]

Hopefully we can at least switch places with them now if not move up more. Do these rankings factor in margin of victory?

KenPom's does, as well as a couple of other oddities. Fortunately, rpi is still not all that meaningful so far. Just remember that home losses are punished significantly by pretty much everybody, unless your opponent is so strong as to offset that penalty. The KSU loss at home is a big rpi ouch, just as Wake last year was. But this win probably mitigates that loss now, since road wins are always highly valued, even with weaker competition.

[HuskerActuary]

Back up to #199!

[49r]

Kenpom as of 11-28-12. Not a whole lot of change since yesterday, but I did want to make two comments:

1). The B1G is boatracing the ACC so far in the B1G/ACC challenge - good to see, and it feels good to know the Huskers have done their part to contribute to the effort!

2). Despite the very mediocre competition so far, it's still nice to see all the W's in the games played column!

1. Indiana

6. Ohio State

8. Michigan

10. Wisconsin

13. Minnesota

14. Michigan State

42. Illinois

50. Purdue

64. Iowa

75. Northwestern

109. Penn State

199. Nebraska

Games Played:

306. Southern - W

92. Valpariaso - W

331. UNO - W

129. Tulane - W

150. Kent State - L

225. @Wake Forest - W

Upcoming non-cons:

149. Southern Cal

17. Creighton

63. @Oregon

210. Jacksonville State

---Sun Bowl Invitational--

311. Central Michigan

157./339. UTEP/Ark PB

304. Nicholls State

[49r]

Just a quick pregame update...

Nebraska - #191

Southern Cal - #149

[hskr4life]

Just a quick pregame update...

Nebraska - #191

Southern Cal - #149

What do you expect the Skers jump up to then if we get the W?

[49r]

Probably won't do a whole lot for us, Vandy and Tulane were in the #100's and #150's respectively when we played (and beat) them and we didn't get much of a boost. I would expect that Creighton will help us much more (win or lose) than a win tonight will.

[HuskerActuary]

Up to #177 now

[Huskerpapa]

One game at a time...one game at a time.

[49r]

The upcoming game Thursday is looking to be a decent gauge of how we'll stack up against the upper half of the B1G. We're also inching closer to NOT being the lowest rated team in the B1G, which is definitely movement in the right direction!

Also, with 6 wins already in the non-con, it's beginning to look like we have a very realistic shot at 10 wins in the non-conference. If we can manage 6 wins in league play (a measly 2-win improvement over last year's train wreck), we will get to the .500 mark or better over all.

I'm trying to keep my enthusiasm in check here, but it's hard to ignore the fact that we have started out at or above pretty much everyone's pre-season expectations. Let me say, it's a good day to be a Husker!

Go Big Red! Get after those Bluejays!

Kenpom rankings as of 12-4-12.

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B1G:

1. Indiana

5. Ohio State

8. Michigan

9. Minnesota

10. Wisconsin

14. Michigan State

36. Illinois

49. Purdue

63. Iowa

86. Northwestern

131. Penn State

177. Nebraska

Games Played:

294. Southern - W

92. Valpariaso - W

333. UNO - W

133. Tulane - W

150. Kent State - L

207. @Wake Forest - W

169. Southern Cal - W

Upcoming non-cons:

19. Creighton

70. @Oregon

213. Jacksonville State

---Sun Bowl Invitational--

310. Central Michigan

162./337. UTEP/Ark PB

321. Nicholls State

[hskr4life]

Coupla questions

1. I know we played Wake on the road and did very well... but do you think Oregon will be our first "true" road test?

2. With that in mind what is the tougher game for us? Creighton at home or Oregon on the road? I think it looks closer than first glance

3. Will we move up at all if we would posssibly lose one or both of these games?

4. Say we finish Non Con at 10-3 or 11-2. Where is it looking like we will be heading into conference play?

[hhcmatt]

Coupla questions

1. I know we played Wake on the road and did very well... but do you think Oregon will be our first "true" road test?

I call Wake a true road test. I'd call Oregon a significantly more difficult test.

[Norm Peterson]

Don't look now, but RealTimeRPI has Nebraska at #58.

http://realtimerpi.com/rpi_Men.html

[49r]

I'll keep the comments short and sweet this morning.

Kenpom rankings as of 12-7-12.

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B1G:

1. Indiana

6. Ohio State

7. Michigan

9. Wisconsin

10. Minnesota

14. Michigan State

37. Purdue

42. Illinois

61. Iowa

78. Northwestern

152. Penn State

194. Nebraska

Games Played:

294. Southern - W

95. Valpariaso - W

337. UNO - W

127. Tulane - W

148. Kent State - L

213. @Wake Forest - W

159. Southern Cal - W

18. Creighton - L

Upcoming non-cons:

72. @Oregon

217. Jacksonville State

---Sun Bowl Invitational--

306. Central Michigan

165./338. UTEP/Ark PB

326. Nicholls State

[Norm Peterson]

I don't like Kenpom. Realtime RPI is much nicer to us. They have us in the top 60.

[49r]

Norm, I don't disagree with you...in fact, feel free to continue to post Realtime RPI rankings to counter my kenpom posts.

I simply chose kenpom because I used them to illustrate a point in my OP and decided to keep up with it more from a consistency standpoint than anything. I really just want to see how the rankings progress throughout the season. So far, not really any surprises.

[Cookie Belcher]

I am a big supporter of kenpom, like his work.

[Norm Peterson]

Hey, 49r, it's not a matter of loyalty. I'll just go with whichever one has us the highest.

[49r]

LOL, Norm.

Yeah, I like the other rankings better too, in fact I hate having to type numbers so high on the Nebraska line when posting the kenpom rankings.

Tell you what. I'll keep up with the kenpom, and you keep reporting our highest RPI otherwise. It'll be a kind of yin-yang deal.

[Norm Peterson]

LOL, Norm.

Yeah, I like the other rankings better too, in fact I hate having to type numbers so high on the Nebraska line when posting the kenpom rankings.

Tell you what. I'll keep up with the kenpom, and you keep reporting our highest RPI otherwise. It'll be a kind of yin-yang deal.

Oooh, you better not put me in charge of that. I'm a bit of a homer. I know that must come as a shock but it's true.

Lemme just say I'm satisfied that Realtime has us top 60.

[49r]

Figured I'd give this an update before the game today.

Kenpom rankings as of 12-15-12.

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B1G:

1. Indiana

6. Ohio State

8. Michigan

9. Minnesota

12. Wisconsin

18. Michigan State

33. Illinois

51. Purdue

55. Iowa

82. Northwestern

165. Penn State

196. Nebraska

Games Played:

254. Southern - W

95. Valpariaso - W

336. UNO - W

130. Tulane - W

150. Kent State - L

210. @Wake Forest - W

153. Southern Cal - W

15. Creighton - L

Upcoming non-cons:

44. @Oregon

213. Jacksonville State

---Sun Bowl Invitational--

301. Central Michigan

173./340. UTEP/Ark PB

322. Nicholls State

[49r]

And here are the rankings post Oregon, back in the 200's, dang. Southern Cal made a nice jump 40 spots to 110, and is starting to look like a better win all the time. (Note also the HUGE drop Indiana took after losing to Butler)

Kenpom rankings as of 12-16-12.

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B1G:

2. Indiana

7. Ohio State

8. Michigan

10. Minnesota

14. Wisconsin

18. Michigan State

28. Illinois

53. Iowa

58. Purdue

81. Northwestern

180. Penn State

206. Nebraska

Games Played:

249. Southern - W

94. Valpariaso - W

339. UNO - W

136. Tulane - W

157. Kent State - L

211. @Wake Forest - W

110. Southern Cal - W

16. Creighton - L

38. @Oregon - L

Upcoming non-cons:

218. Jacksonville State

---Sun Bowl Invitational--

299. Central Michigan

171./338. UTEP/Ark PB

323. Nicholls State

[tcp]

and we'll drop some more, even if we win the next few games thanks to the level of competition. so we start conference probably right around the original 216 mark we started with. eek!