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There wasn’t much surprise to Hawai’i and BYU being atop the inaugural RPI rankings.
The same can’t be said for the team at No. 3.
Ohio State was ranked No. 3 in the NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball RPI rankings that the NCAA released on Monday.
The Buckeyes (8-8, 7-5 MIVA) are tied for fourth place in the MIVA entering the final week of the regular season. In a season with limited non-conference matches because of the coronavirus pandemic, though, Ohio State benefited in the RPI from having four non-conference matches to open the season against Penn State (16-2, 13-1 EIVA).
A team’s RPI ranking is calculated using a mathematical formula that includes its winning percentage, strength of schedule and opponents’ strength of schedule.
The RPI also is one of the criteria categories the selection committee uses to determine the NCAA Tournament field.
Lewis and Penn State join Hawai’i, BYU and Ohio State to round-out the top five of the RPI rankings.
An updated RPI rankings will be released each Monday throughout the regular season and conference tournaments. The final RPI rankings before the seven-team NCAA Tournament will be unveiled on Selection Sunday
RPI rankings (March 29)
1. Hawai’i — .628
2. BYU — .609
3. Ohio State — .606
4. Lewis — .600
5. Penn State — .594
6. UC Santa Barbara — .586
7. Loyola — .579
8. McKendree — .568
9. Ball State — .562
10. Mount Olive — .551
11. Pepperdine — .550
12. NJIT — .550
13. Long Beach State — .546
14. Purdue Fort Wayne — .542
15. North Greenville — .539
16. George Mason — .525
17. UCLA — .511
18. Belmont Abbey — .507
19. Queens — .502
20. Lincoln Memorial — .499
21. Grand Canyon — .497
22. Barton — .497
23. Concordia-Irvine — .492
24. Limestone — .491
25. UC San Diego — .488
26. King — .474
27. Emmanuel — .465
28. Lindenwood — .458
29. Erskine — .434
30. Quincy — .429
31. USC — .429
32. Saint Francis — .425
33. Charleston — .415
34. Lees-McRae — .411
35. Sacred Heart — .396
36. Stanford — .395
37. UC Irvine — .383
38. Tusculum — .370
39. CSUN — .362
40. Alderson Broaddus — .256
41. Daemen — .250
42. D’Youville — .000
43. St. Francis Brooklyn — N/A