This is an early stab at the Conference RPI Projections. In spite of what the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee states prior to Selection Sunday, Conference RPI is often used as a determinant when deciding upon at-large teams with comparable resumes.
| | Team 1 | Team 2 |
| Record | 22-6 | 24-6 |
| Team RPI | 50 | 30 |
| Strength of Schedule | 158 | 129 |
| Last 10 | 7-3 | 8-2 |
| vs. RPI top 50 | 0-1 | 3-2 |
| Road/neutral court | 8-6 | 11-6 |
| Conference RPI | 8 | 10 |
This example from 2006 is among the most extreme underlining the importance of Conference RPI. In the Committee’s view, Team 1 (Air Force) deserved to be in the Big Dance ahead of Team 2 (Hofstra) as a result of the final category. Further, Hofstra was likely excluded due to being the #3 team of the Colonial Athletic Association, a conference not synonymous with at-large bids let alone multiple ones.
1) PAC-10
2) SEC
3) ACC
4) Big East
5) Big Ten
6) Big XII
7) Atlantic 10
8) Conference USA
9) WAC
10) Colonial
11) Missouri Valley
12) Mountain West
13) MAC
14) Horizon
15) West Coast
16) Sun Belt
17) Southern
18) Patriot
19) American East
20) Ivy
21) Mid-Continent
22) Ohio Valley
23) Metro Atlantic
24) Southland
25) Big West
26) Big South
27) Big Sky
28) Atlantic Sun
29) NEC
30) MEAC
31) SWAC
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