Rankings- 12-22-11

RPI

1) Davidson 25
2) College of Charleston 62
3) Elon 149
4) Western Carolina 173
5) Furman 184
6) Wofford 194
7) Appalachian State 300
8) Georgia Southern 311
9) Samford 318
10) UNC-Greensboro 322
11) Chattanooga 324
12) The Citadel 328

SoCon Rank: 26

Sagarin

1) Davidson 66
2) College of Charleston 84
3) Furman 194
4) Wofford 196
5) Elon 203
6) Western Carolina 206
7) Appalachian State 266
8) Georgia Southern 268
9) Chattanooga 280
10) Samford 299
11) UNC-Greensboro 330
12) The Citadel 331

SoCon Rank: 26

Pomeroy

1) Davidson 82
2) College of Charleston 109
3) Wofford 209
4) Elon 212
5) Furman 215
6) Western Carolina 222
7) Appalachian State 228
8) Chattanooga 250
9) Georgia Southern 272
10) Samford 291
11) UNC-Greensboro 296
12) The Citadel 321

ANALYSIS

Davidson's RPI ranking (following their win at Kansas on Monday night) puts them squarely in the conversation for an at large bid to the NCAA Tournament. College of Charleston's RPI puts them just on the oustide looking in for the at lagre bid.

The rest of the rankings do not really suggest that either team is in contention. The closest is Sagarin ranking Davidson 66.

When you look at the individual conference rankings, the top six teams are always the same. Davidson, College of Charleston, Elon, Wofford, Furman, and Western Carolina are the top six in all the rankings. In the RPI, there is a really wide gap between number six and seven- a 106 spot difference. The other two are just a 60 spot difference and a 6 spot difference. Still, Appalachian State (who is number seven in each) is far behind the top six.

Elon's fallling RPI puts a big damper on the SoCon's chances of having any team other than Charleston or Davidson getting a seed higher than 16 in the NCAA Tournament.