MVC Power Rankings - updated Dec 1

[isumvc1]

Sycamores too high, until our defense improves I would slot us in the 4-5 area.

[Wufan]

Sycamores too high, until our defense improves I would slot us in the 4-5 area.

Everyone outside of WSU, SIU, LUC, and ISUr deserves to be in the 4-5 area. The Sycamores are the only team with a win against a ranked team however.

[Drakey]

I see you are still having a hard time giving the Bulldogs any credit. I guess that makes sense since the Dogs were the only team you did not even give an honorable mention in your preseason all conference teams.

Drakey....who is your comment directed towards?

The guy who writes this thing? I assume he is making the picks he posts?

[Bradleyfan1]

For me we got snubbed . Our first real road game and we flopped at ILL but the ASU game wasnt such a bad showing. TP was great and if Walt make 75% of his layups or Grier or Barnes hit a 3 and thats a whole new game but ifs and buts ifs and buts lol anyway .....


SHOCK
ISU B
DU
MSU
BU
UNI
UE
LU
ISU R
SIU

[musiccitybulldog]

The Bulldogs are still about 4- 5 positions too low. What is Drakes RPI?

[RoyalShock]

The Bulldogs are still about 4- 5 positions too low. What is Drakes RPI?

RPI doesn't start to become credible until the end of the non-conference schedule. It's interesting right now to watch how much a team's RPI changes from game to game, but that's about it. You could actually see Drake drop 20 spots without playing a game, should someone like Fresno St lose to a sub-par team. That's how volatile it is at this point in the season.

[Snaggletooth]

The Bulldogs are still about 4- 5 positions too low. What is Drakes RPI?

what matters is not what their RPI is right now, but what it is forecasted at - which is 68 and 2nd best in the MVC. If they win their next 2 games then people will have to give some Drake some respect and your program can have some legitimate hope that they can be in the discussion for MVC championship and potential at-large.

Problem with Drake resume right now they have played one good opponent and lost a close game. rest of their game have been against 3x200+ RPI and 2xmid-100 rpi team. Drake is not well tested for anybody to jump on or off their bandwagon just yet.

[Wufan]

Drake, with a couple of wins against mid 100 RPI teams, is for now, better than expected!

[Black]

The Bulldogs are still about 4- 5 positions too low.

So you think Drake is a Top 10 team?

[TheDrake]

The Bulldogs are still about 4- 5 positions too low.

So you think Drake is a Top 10 team?

Haha, I'm guessing he meant 2-3. Not sure Giacoletti works quite that fast.