This got skipped over, and maybe it was meant as a joke, but I don't think it's true. RPI is wins first, it's just multiplied by opponents and opponents-opponents.GE said:
RPI is funny in that if a youth team of 5 year olds played top 10 teams all 30 games during the season and lost by 200 every game without scoring a point, and the Golden State Warriors played UTSA every game and won all games by 60, RPI would have the five year olds ranked much higher than Steph Curry and crew
Regardless, RPI sucks - the only thing it has going for it is that it's old.