OT: WTF Pair Wise?

Submitted by WingsNWolverines on
Why is Ohio still ranked 2nd after 2 consecutive losses and being out scored 8-1?! Somebody want to shed some light on this? I'm pissed after reading the standings. Im happy we're 5th by why is tOSU still in the top 5?

kevin holt

January 16th, 2012 at 5:14 PM ^

I wonder how much they would have dropped if they actually got swept by BGSU like they should have... I'm surprised they were still 2nd after that. At any rate, they won't stay up long I'm sure. We're a quality team so they shouldn't drop that far but definitely strange to see that.

GCS

January 16th, 2012 at 5:32 PM ^

It's called "all the other games they played this season." They often have they ability to outweigh the results of a single weekend. We've spent considerable effort on this site trying to explain that to Michigan State fans lately.

joeyb

January 16th, 2012 at 5:37 PM ^

It's based on points. OSU has earned a bunch of points so far and just because they lose doesn't mean they are going to lose points. It takes other teams beating the top RPI teams in addition to OSU's losses for them to earn more points than OSU and knock them down the rankings.