Hawai’i leaps three spots to No. 2 in new RPI rankings

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Hawai’i made a big jump in a key criteria bracketology category

The Rainbow Warriors moved up three spots to No. 2 in the latest men’s volleyball RPI that the NCAA released on Monday.

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.

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Hawai’i swept a two-match road series against CSUN during the weekend and in the RPI rankings surpassed Long Beach State, Penn State and Grand Canyon. Both Penn State and Grand Canyon suffered upset losses last week.

UCLA for the third consecutive week remains atop 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 27)

1. UCLA – 0.67446
2. Hawai’i – 0.66339
3. Long Beach State – 0.65641
4. Penn State – 0.65576
5. Grand Canyon – 0.63784
6. BYU – 0.60829
7. UC Irvine – 0.59769
8. Loyola – 0.59320
9. Concordia – 0.58791
10. Ohio State – 0.58775
11. Ball State
12. Charleston
13. Pepperdine
14. Princeton
15. Purdue Fort Wayne
16. Lindenwood
17. Stanford
18. CSUN
19. Lincoln Memorial
20. George Mason
21. Lewis
22. USC
23. Daemen
24. Long Island
25. NJIT
26. UC Santa Barbara
27. McKendree
28. UC San Diego
29. Limestone
30. Queens
31. Saint Francis
32. North Greenville
33. King
34. Harvard
35. Edward Waters
36. Quincy
37. Erskine
38. Central State
39. St. Francis Brooklyn
40. Belmont Abbey
41. Mount Olive
42. Sacred Heart
43. Lees-McRae
44. D’Youville
45. Tusculum
46. Emmanuel
47. Merrimack
48. Missouri S&T
49. Barton
50. Fairleigh Dickinson
51. Maryville
52. Benedict
53. Fort Valley State
54. Alderson Broaddus
55. American International
56. Morehouse
57. Kentucky State