[Hoot Gibson]

Where’s all the RPI cry baby’s at?

New 1A RPI after fridays games:

1.) Hazard
2.) Pikeville
3.) Country Day
4.) Raceland

I’ve said it a thousand times but I’ll say it again. The RPI is not meant to be perfect from start to finish. But by the time the season is over it will have worked itself out. Drama queens!!

No, the RPI does not work everything out. It is a horrible system that often rewards teams with weak schedules. Pikeville is fortunate that they were able to schedule a 6A team that plays a weak schedule. Trinity, easily one of the best two teams in Kentucky, is currently ranked 12th in RPI, behind Madison Central and a 3-3 Simon Kenton team.

Trinity will be playing for the state title, whether they make it to the finals or play Saint X sooner, but no matter how many times you say that the RPI works out in the end, the truth is it doesn't. The old system of rotating home field advantage in the playoffs was a more fair system than the RPI system, which drives too many teams' scheduling decisions.