All the following figures come from collegerpi.com, where Jerry Palm dissects each and every in team in Division I with his unique formula. For a look at how Palm determines the Ratings Percentage Index, go here. For notes on what’s shaking up inside this college basketball cauldron, just follow the jump.

Top 20 (Record, strength of schedule). SOS is according to the RPI:

1. Memphis (13-0, 13)
2. North Carolina (16-0, 24)
3. St. Mary’s (13-2, 10)
4. Tennessee (13-1, 21)
5. Michigan State (13-1, 25)
6. Vanderbilt (16-0 64)
7. Texas (13-2, 17)
8. Dayton (13-1, 50)
9. Xavier (13-3, 9)
10. Syracuse (12-4, 3)
11. Arizona (10-5, 1)
12. Kansas (15-0, 103)
13. Pittsburgh (13-2, 32)
14. UCLA (15-1, 52)
15. Massachusetts (11-4, 30)
16. Butler (15-1, 115)
17. Ohio State (12-3, 16)
18. Rhode Island (14-2, 119)
19. Wisconsin (13-2, 41)
20. Mississippi (13-1, 172)

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All the following figures come from collegerpi.com, where Jerry Palm dissects each and every in team in Division I with his unique formula. For a look at how Palm determines the Ratings Percentage Index, go here.

Top 20 (Record, strength of schedule). SOS is according to the RPI:

1. No. 24 St. Mary’s (6-0, 8 )
2. Miami (FL) (7-0, 13)
3. No. 17 Xavier (7-1, 11)
4. No. 20 Vanderbilt (9-0, 45)
5. No. 4 Texas (8-0, 55)
6. No. 2 Memphis (7-0, 58)
7. No. 16 Oregon (7-1, 32)
8. Dayton (7-1, 35)
9. No. 14 Texas A&M (7-1, 31)
10. Arkansas (7-1, 17) (more…)