2008 NAIA Division II Tournament Contenders Ordered by RPI
Overall Strength Avg Opp Avg Sys NAIA Final
Order School Name * RPI Value Win Ratio of Sched Win Ratio Ranking Poll Rating
# 1    Northwestern IA 0.621 0.882 0.534 0.552 2.25 # 7
# 2    Grace IN 0.610 0.722 0.561 0.587 13.50 # 19
# 3    Bellevue 0.609 0.914 0.501 0.500 4.75 # 3
# 4    Bethel IN 0.604 0.806 0.537 0.551 4.75 # 11
# 5    Coll of the Ozarks MO 0.602 0.824 0.520 0.538 14.50 # 9
# 6    MidAmerica Nazarene 0.600 0.889 0.499 0.505 4.50 # 1
# 7      [Huntington IN] 0.600 0.688 0.574 0.599 14.25 RV
# 8    Oklahoma Wesleyan 0.598 0.758 0.539 0.571 25.50 # 21
# 9    Walsh 0.598 0.833 0.517 0.528 9.50 # 4
# 10    Morningside 0.597 0.879 0.506 0.509 1.50 # 2
# 11    Cedarville 0.595 0.742 0.542 0.561 15.25 # 18
# 12    Evangel 0.585 0.800 0.506 0.520 6.25 # 6
# 13    King TN 0.585 0.758 0.527 0.551 7.50 # 10
# 14      [Dordt] 0.576 0.655 0.547 0.564 20.50 # 23
# 15    Mt Vernon Nazarene 0.570 0.742 0.501 0.503 25.50 # 22
# 16    William Penn 0.570 0.824 0.479 0.471 24.00 # 13
# 17      [Indiana Wesleyan] 0.568 0.645 0.540 0.546 25.75 RV
# 18    Aquinas 0.568 0.706 0.511 0.525 28.00 # 14
# 19    Dakota Wesleyan 0.566 0.727 0.508 0.509 15.00 # 16
# 20    Oregon Tech 0.566 0.800 0.494 0.504 11.00 # 8
# 21    Bluefield VA 0.565 0.758 0.489 0.495 13.00 # 20
# 22      [Evergreen St] 0.563 0.759 0.490 0.495 13.00 RV
# 23    Warner Pacific 0.561 0.677 0.513 0.526 19.50 RV
# 24    Eastern Oregon 0.561 0.788 0.481 0.477 10.50 # 5
# 25    Embry-Riddle FL 0.553 0.781 0.483 0.483 25.75 # 15
# 26    Jamestown 0.549 0.727 0.491 0.498 27.00 # 17
# 27    Northwood FL 0.548 0.771 0.485 0.479 25.00 # 12
# 28      [Valley City St] 0.545 0.733 0.479 0.478 27.25 RV
# 29    Indiana Tech 0.532 0.613 0.508 0.517 45.00 RV
# 30    IU Southeast 0.532 0.727 0.451 0.428 39.00 # 25
# 31    Judson IL 0.524 0.704 0.460 0.457 54.00 RV
# 32    Ottawa KS 0.519 0.706 0.466 0.463 46.00 # 24
# 33    Edward Waters 0.510 0.581 0.479 0.482 40.25 NV
# 34    Friends 0.505 0.581 0.474 0.468 58.00 NV
# 35    Minot St 0.503 0.581 0.473 0.469 36.00 NV
# 36    Menlo 0.489 0.667 0.424 0.409 47.25 RV
# 37    St Joseph VT 0.422 0.462 0.387 0.357 144.75 NV
*Note: Bracketed Schools have not Qualified for a Tournament berth.