on the conference side, the Big West teams have an aggregate win/loss record of 53-49 (not including hawaii’s 11-1 record). not great, but it’s above .500, and at this point, we can work with that. as another poster mentioned, the conference matches — once it’s all played — will be a wash, and a .500 will get averaged in there.

so hawaii’s RPI hopes will rest on the teams on the non-conference portion of the schedule continuing to win. we don’t need to worry about teams like texas or san diego (even though they lost to byu over the weekend. both those teams will have very good win/loss records by the end of the season, even if they pick up a couple losses in conference.

teams like new mexico st, portland st, south dakota, creighton, wichita st, and maybe even utep, will likely pick up a lot of wins in conference on their way to winning or challenging (or at the very least being in the top half) of their respective conferences.

hawaii needs teams like santa clara to get some unexpected wins in conference (like their win over pepperdine), but not lose to anyone they should or can beat (like the loss to LMU) in conference.

and hawaii needs teams like ucla, arizona and northwestern to hold their own in the power conferences. ucla and arizona will likely finish middle of the pack in the Pac-12, but northwestern might finish near the bottom of the Big-10.

overall though, hawaii has a good non-conference schedule … which has a strong chance of sustaining their RPI for a seed. but, of course, we still gotta see how the rest of the season plays out.