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Missouri Valley Conference in the RPI
The Rating Percentage Index (RPI) was first used by the men’s committee in 1981 and consists of three factors (team’s Division I winning
percentage, team’s schedule strength, and team’s opponents’ schedule
strength). Below is a listing of annual season-ending RPIs for The Valley
and its members. (Information courtesy of Jim Sukup, Collegiate Basketball News -- data unavailable prior to 1991-92.)

1991-92

1995-96

1999-00

*Postseason: 2 (0-2)

*Postseason: 3 (2-3)

*Postseason: 4 (2-4)

RPI Sked
MVC
Bradley
Creighton
Drake
Illinois St.
Indiana St.
*Missouri St.
UNI
*S. Illinois
Tulsa
Wichita St.

21
267
223
277
121
145
98
213
108
124
219

19
224
175
227
185
102
210
169
257
117
131

1992-93
RPI Sked
14
160
126
172
178
113
95
174
147
169
83

1993-94
RPI Sked
17
71
260
202
123
264
175
161
41
34
205

16
167
200
181
168
127
125
191
101
80
100

1994-95
RPI Sked
10
54
214
140
85
84
240
120
237
34
16
152

RPI Sked
MVC
*Bradley
Creighton
Drake
Evansville
*Illinois St.
Indiana St.
*Missouri St.
UNI
S. Illinois
Wichita St.

10
102
138
255
89
41
163
51
85
140
135

10
119
162
54
74
137
116
94
78
95
173

RPI Sked
12
139
89
293
190
27
111
118
226
157
122

10
81
133
106
140
79
157
176
173
57
23
142

11
127
133
184
230
79
153
85
223
122
97

RPI Sked
8
69
34
173
50
96
103
27
168
78
167

MVC
Bradley
*Creighton
Drake
Evansville
Illinois St.
*Indiana St.
*Missouri St.
UNI
*S. Illinois
Wichita St.

11
112
63
193
123
211
53
37
148
58
183

11
44
138
164
170
133
96
51
132
50
150

2000-01
RPI Sked
MVC
*Bradley
*Creighton
Drake
Evansville
*Illinois St.
*Indiana St.
Missouri St.
UNI
S. Illinois
Wichita St.

12
102
30
195
162
87
76
158
248
123
212

12
113
71
112
122
180
100
109
101
108
133

2001-02

12
234
44
189
260
96
253
141
169
41
161

8
76
71
86
97
79
113
28
67
64
128

12
130
77
208
170
89
100
165
172
131
188

2002-03
RPI Sked
MVC
Bradley
*Creighton
Drake
Evansville
Illinois St.
Indiana St.
Missouri St.
UNI
*S. Illinois
*Wichita St.

14
192
26
259
155
221
263
128
246
42
132

Total

NCAA

NIT

88
59
44

40
36
31

33
23
13

Other None
5
0
0

10
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Year Team, RPI (Tournament)
1992 Missouri State, 95 (NCAA); SIU, 108 (NIT)
1993 SIU, 81 (NCAA); Missouri State, 86 (NIT)
1994 SIU, 36 (NCAA); TU, 54 (NCAA); BU, 86 (NIT)
1995 TU, 15 (NCAA); SIU, 30 (NCAA); BU, 58 (NIT);
Illinois State, 84 (NIT); Evansville, 85 (none);
1996 Bradley, 25 (NCAA); Tulsa, 39 (NCAA);
ILS, 71 (NIT); Missouri State, 92 (none)

1998 Illinois State, 33 (NCAA); Creighton, 82 (NIT)
1999 Creighton, 34 (NCAA); Missouri State, 35 (NCAA);
Evansville, 44 (NCAA); Bradley, 64 (NIT);
Southern Illinois, 82 (none); Illinois St., 96 (none)
2000 Missouri State, 34 (NIT); INS, 47 (NCAA);
S. Illinois, 53 (NIT); Creighton, 59 (NCAA)
2001 Creighton, 27 (NCAA); Illinois State, 79 (NIT);
Indiana State, 80 (NCAA); Bradley, 98 (NIT)
2002 Creighton, 44 (NCAA); S. Illinois, 52 (NCAA);
Illinois State, 99 (none)
2003 Creighton, 23 (NCAA); S. Illinois, 34 (NCAA)
2004 Southern Illinois, 26 (NCAA); UNI, 64 (NCAA);
WSU, 69 (NIT); CU, 79 (NIT); MSU, 100 (none)

RPI Sked
MVC
Bradley
*Creighton
Drake
Evansville
Illinois St.
Indiana St.
Missouri St.
UNI
*S. Illinois
Wichita St.

Top 100:
Top 75:
Top 50:

1997 ILS, 35 (NCAA); MSU, 42 (NIT); UNI, 83 (none);
Evansville, 88 (none)

*Postseason: 3 (0-3)

*Postseason: 4 (3-4)
MVC
*Bradley
*Creighton
Drake
*Evansville
Illinois St.
Indiana St.
*Missouri St.
UNI
S. Illinois
Wichita St.

RPI Sked

*Postseason: 2 (3-2)

*Postseason: 2 (1-2)
MVC
Bradley
*Creighton
Drake
Evansville
*Illinois St.
Indiana St.
Missouri St.
UNI
S. Illinois
Wichita St.

RPI Rank

*Postseason: 4 (1-4)

*Postseason: 3 (1-3)

1998-99

*Postseason: 4 (2-4)
MVC
*Bradley
Creighton
Drake
Evansville
*Illinois St.
Indiana St.
Missouri St.
UNI
*S. Illinois
*Tulsa
Wichita St.

12
56
158
95
104
84
203
89
139
152
101
127

1997-98

*Postseason: 3 (4-3)
MVC
*Bradley
Creighton
Drake
Illinois St.
Indiana St.
Missouri St.
UNI
*S. Illinois
*Tulsa
Wichita St.

12
30
161
139
120
64
217
91
122
197
42
225

Since 1992, 78 of 88 Missouri Valley Conference teams with regular-season RPIs
(pre-Selection Sunday) in the Top 100 have
participated in the postseason. A top-75 finish in the regular-season RPI has secured all
59-such Valley teams a post-season berth.

History

15
193
203
150
106
178
83
181
82
148
170

MVC
*Bradley
Creighton
Drake
Evansville
*Illinois St.
Indiana St.
Missouri St.
UNI
S. Illinois
*Tulsa
Wichita St.

1996-97

*Postseason: 2 (2-2)
MVC
Bradley
Creighton
Drake
Illinois St.
Indiana St.
*Missouri St.
UNI
*S. Illinois
Tulsa
Wichita St.

RPI Sked

Teams in The Top 100 Since 1992

10
120
110
179
83
82
236
171
114
116
203

2005 Southern Illinois, 17 (NCAA); UNI, 37 (NCAA);
Creighton, 44 (NCAA); Wichita State, 45 (NIT);
Missouri State, 52 (NIT)
2006 Missouri State, 21 (NIT); UNI, 25 (NCAA);
Wichita State, 27 (NCAA); S. Illinois, 29 (NCAA);
Bradley, 33 (NCAA); Creighton, 39 (NIT)
2007 Southern Illinois, 6 (NCAA); Creighton, 20 (NCAA);
Missouri State, 36 (NIT); Bradley, 38 (NIT)
2008 Drake, 10 (NCAA); Illinois State, 33 (NIT);