[Hoot Gibson]

The problem with that logic is you're basically assuming that the only reason the small schools exist would be to serve the large schools' RPI. Wouldn't the 1A schools also be looking to improve their own RPI? Getting destroyed by a larger school wouldn't serve them well in that regard. Again, I'm not saying the RPI doesn't have issues, but it seems like most people's problem with it at this point is that their team isn't as high as they'd like to see them. Johnson Central is lower because their opponent's winning percentage is low. It's not their fault but that's what it is. We have less than half of the data, let it play out.

I am not advocating that any team tailor their schedules to maximize their RPI - but some will try. Any 1A team would be stupid to schedule Johnson Central, so I don't think that is an option for the Golden Eagles. I just used the example to illustrate how bad the RPI system truly is. Good programs will continue to schedule teams that will allow for the best development of their own teams.

The top rated teams in terms of RPI will not likely be the best teams in their respective classes and if the system cannot reliably identify the best between two teams, then it will fail to achieve its primary goal.

I doubt that the RPI system devised by the KHSAA will be much more accurate at ranking teams in the latter rounds of the playoffs than a series of coin tosses would be.