How does RPI factor into team caliber?

I really don't see why one would specifically consider RPI in choosing a college program.

Most "fans" of the college game already know whether a program fits into an 'elite,' 'good,' 'average' or 'weak' type of category. Thats about the granularity that you might consider in trying to match your skills to a program.

Aside from all of that, there's a fair amount of debate amongst fans, coaches and writers as to the accuracy of RPI anyways.

Just don't see why one would look at that in choosing a school?

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Originally posted by gamefan:
Am I understanding RPI correctly? Does it serve as a method to "rank" all 300 D1 teams in the multiple divisions? What is people's rationale in evaluating a college program in terms of RPI? Has that/Does that/Should that factor into an athlete's interest in playing for a particular school?

The RPI is only the factor of ranking teams in terms of their strength of schedule and based on wins (well sort of).

I don't think we even looked at that during the recruiting process. However if you want to, consider the top teams in RPI as probably the most difficult of programs and they recruit top talent. If you think that would be a good fit for your player and there is coach interest go for it.