The Ping! Power Index is similar to the RPI formula used by the NCAA. The basic RPI calculation is essentially computed by

We also have some other factors in our formula which are being tweaked and amended as the season progresses to find the best possible representation of team success. Other considerations include home field success, margin of victory and win streaks. Every team is not subjected to human scrutiny. For example, the decision to put team X over team Y was established by stats and numbers and deemed so by a computer, not a person.

Final 2008 Power Index Rating

RANK	RPI	W	L	TEAM
1	0.638	54	14	Florida State Seminoles Tallahassee, FL Atlantic Coast Conference
2	0.636	53	11	Miami - Florida Hurricanes Coral Gables, FL Atlantic Coast Conference
3	0.634	54	14	North Carolina Tar Heels Chapel Hill, NC Atlantic Coast Conference
4	0.622	47	15	Rice Owls Houston, TX Conference USA Conference
5	0.621	49	13	Arizona State Sundevils Tempe, AZ Pacific 10 Conference
6	0.616	50	14	Coastal Carolina Chanticleers Conway, SC Big South Conference
7	0.607	42	18	Oklahoma State Cowboys Stillwater, OK Big 12 Conference
8	0.604	48	14	Oral Roberts Golden Eagles Tulsa, OK Summit Conference
9	0.602	48	17	Wichita State Shockers Wichita, KS Missouri Valley Conference
10	0.601	41	24	Stanford Cardinal Stanford, CA Pacific 10 Conference
11	0.599	42	19	Arizona Wildcats Tucson, AZ Pacific 10 Conference
12	0.598	41	16	Nebraska Cornhuskers Lincoln, NE Big 12 Conference
13	0.598	49	19	Louisiana State University Fighing Tigers Baton Rouge, LA Southeastern Conference
14	0.592	42	22	North Carolina State Wolfpack Raleigh, NC Atlantic Coast Conference
15	0.591	42	18	UC Irvine Anteaters Irvine, CA Big West Conference
16	0.590	41	22	Cal State Fullerton Titans Fullerton, CA Big West Conference
17	0.588	46	19	Texas A & M Aggies College Station, TX Big 12 Conference
18	0.588	45	25	Georgia Bulldogs Athens, GA Southeastern Conference
19	0.586	46	14	Michigan Wolverines Ann Arbor, MI Big 10 Conference
20	0.586	41	21	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Atlanta, GA Atlantic Coast Conference
21	0.585	44	17	San Diego Toreros San Diego, CA West Coast Conference
22	0.584	44	19	Texas Christian University Horned Frogs Fort Worth, TX Mountain West Conference
23	0.582	37	19	Dallas Baptist Patriots Dallas, TX Independent Conference
24	0.580	44	19	Kentucky Wildcats Lexington, KY Southeastern Conference
25	0.578	38	21	Long Beach State 49ers/Dirtbags Long Beach, CA Big West Conference
26	0.577	42	21	East Carolina Pirates Greenville, NC Conference USA Conference
27	0.577	44	17	UNC Wilmington Diamond Hawks Wilmingon, NC Colonial Conference
28	0.576	44	18	Elon Phoenix Elon, NC Southern Conference
29	0.574	39	22	Texas Longhorns Austin, TX Big 12 Conference
30	0.573	38	21	Pepperdine Waves Malibu, CA West Coast Conference
31	0.572	34	24	Florida Gators Gainesville, FL Southeastern Conference
32	0.572	47	31	Fresno State Bulldogs Fresno, CA Western Athletic Conference
33	0.571	39	21	Missouri Tigers Colombia, MO Big 12 Conference
34	0.568	39	20	College of Charleston Cougars Charleston, SC Southern Conference
35	0.567	42	22	Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles Hattiesburg, MS Conference USA Conference
36	0.565	36	26	Oklahoma Sooners Norman, OK Big 12 Conference
37	0.564	40	17	Missouri State Bears Springfield, MO Missouri Valley Conference
38	0.564	40	23	South Carolina Gamecocks Columbia, SC Southeastern Conference
39	0.563	42	24	Houston Cougars Houston, TX Conference USA Conference
40	0.562	41	22	Vanderbilt Commodores Nashville, TN Southeastern Conference
41	0.558	38	15	Florida Gulf Coast Eagles Fort Myers, FL Atlantic Sun Conference
42	0.558	33	27	UCLA Bruins Los Angeles, CA Pacific 10 Conference
43	0.558	33	21	California Golden Bears Berkeley, CA Pacific 10 Conference
44	0.557	39	19	University of Texas San Antonio Roadrunners San Antonio, TX Southland Conference
45	0.557	34	24	Arkansas Razorbacks Fayetteville, AR Southeastern Conference
46	0.557	39	19	James Madison Diamond Dukes Harrisonburg, VA Colonial Conference
47	0.557	39	26	Mississippi Rebels University, MS Southeastern Conference
48	0.557	39	22	Tulane Green Wave New Orleans, LA Conference USA Conference
49	0.557	43	16	Charlotte 49ers Charlotte, NC Atlantic 10 Conference
50	0.556	42	16	Saint Johns - NY Red Storm Queens, NY Big East Conference
51	0.556	31	27	Clemson Tigers Clemson, SC Atlantic Coast Conference
52	0.554	41	21	Louisville Cardinals Louisville, KY Big East Conference
53	0.553	43	21	New Orleans Privateers New Orleans, LA Sun Belt Conference
54	0.550	35	28	Alabama Crimson Tide Tuscaloosa, AL Southeastern Conference
55	0.550	30	26	Washington State Cougars Pullman, WA Pacific 10 Conference
56	0.549	39	23	Virginia Cavaliers Charlottesville, VA Atlantic Coast Conference
57	0.549	35	24	UC Davis Aggies Davis, CA Big West Conference
58	0.548	35	21	UC Santa Barbara Gauchos Santa Barbara, CA Big West Conference
59	0.546	28	28	Southern California Trojans Los Angeles, CA Pacific 10 Conference
60	0.545	32	26	Baylor Bears Waco, TX Big 12 Conference
61	0.545	28	24	Oregon State Beavers Corvallis, OR Pacific 10 Conference
62	0.545	29	29	Kansas State Wildcats Manhattan, KS Big 12 Conference
63	0.542	33	25	Georgia Southern Eagles Statesboro, GA Southern Conference
64	0.538	36	21	Kent State Golden Flashes Kent, OH Mid-American Conference
65	0.538	41	13	Canisius Golden Griffins Buffalo, NY Metro Atlantic Conference
66	0.537	31	26	San Francisco Dons San Francisco, CA West Coast Conference
67	0.537	30	30	Marshall Thundering Herd Charleston, WV Conference USA Conference
68	0.537	33	22	Santa Clara Broncos Santa Clara, CA West Coast Conference
69	0.536	37	25	Sam Houston State Bearkats Huntsville, TX Southland Conference
70	0.535	32	26	Troy Trojans Troy, AL Sun Belt Conference
71	0.535	37	21	Jacksonville State Gamecocks Jacksonville, AL Ohio Valley Conference
72	0.531	25	31	Wake Forest Demon Decons Wiston-Salem, NC Atlantic Coast Conference
73	0.531	31	28	San Diego State Aztecs San Diego, CA Mountain West Conference
74	0.529	36	22	Bethune - Cookman Wildcats Dayton Beach, FL Mid-Eastern Conference
75	0.529	37	21	Creighton Bluejays Omaha, NE Missouri Valley Conference
76	0.529	36	21	William and Mary Tribe Williamsburg, VA Colonial Conference
77	0.529	34	25	New Mexico Lobos Albuquerque, NM Mountain West Conference
78	0.529	30	23	Gonzaga Bulldogs/Zags Spokane, WA West Coast Conference
79	0.528	33	21	Washington Huskies Seattle, WA Pacific 10 Conference
80	0.528	39	20	Cincinnati Bearcats Cincinnati, OH Big East Conference
81	0.528	30	29	Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns Lafayette, LA Sun Belt Conference
82	0.527	32	27	Appalachian State Mountaineers Boone, NC Southern Conference
83	0.526	33	27	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Bowling Green, KY Sun Belt Conference
84	0.526	31	27	South Florida Bulls Tampa, FL Big East Conference
85	0.525	32	27	Southeastern Louisianna Lions Hammond, LA Southland Conference
86	0.525	37	18	Duke Blue Devils Durham, NC Atlantic Coast Conference
87	0.525	25	30	Texas Tech Red Raiders Lubbock, TX Big 12 Conference
88	0.525	29	28	Western Carolina Catamounts Cullowhee, NC Southern Conference
89	0.524	29	26	North Florida Ospreys Jacksonville, FL Atlantic Sun Conference
90	0.524	37	16	Monmouth Hawks West Long Branch, NJ Northeast Conference
91	0.524	30	27	Texas State Bobcats San Marcos, TX Southland Conference
92	0.524	22	26	Saint Marys - California Gaels Moraga, CA West Coast Conference
93	0.523	31	27	Central Florida Golden Knights Orlando, FL Conference USA Conference
94	0.522	35	26	Liberty Flames Lynchburg, VA Big South Conference
95	0.522	30	25	George Mason Patriots Fairfax, VA Colonial Conference
96	0.522	35	21	West Virginia Mountaineers Morgantown, WV Big East Conference
97	0.521	34	26	Stony Brook Seawolves Stony Brook, NY America East Conference
98	0.521	28	28	Auburn Tigers Auburn, AL Southeastern Conference
99	0.521	32	26	Purdue Boilermakers West Lafayette, IN Big 10 Conference
100	0.520	34	24	Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks Monroe, LA Sun Belt Conference
101	0.519	23	32	Loyola Marymount Lions Los Angeles, CA West Coast Conference
102	0.519	32	26	South Alabama Jaguars Mobile, AL Sun Belt Conference
103	0.518	35	22	Illinois-Chicago Flames Chicago, IL Horizon Conference
104	0.517	30	26	Maryland Terrapins/Terps College Park, MD Atlantic Coast Conference
105	0.516	32	27	Florida Atlantic Owls Boca Raton, FL Atlantic Sun Conference
106	0.515	26	27	Boston College Eagles Chestnut Hill, MA Atlantic Coast Conference
107	0.514	24	32	Cal Poly Mustangs San Luis Obispo, CA Big West Conference
108	0.514	35	23	Lamar Cardinals Beaumont, TX Southland Conference
109	0.512	30	27	Kansas Jayhawks Lawrence, KS Big 12 Conference
110	0.512	34	26	Nevada Wolf Pack Reno, NV Western Athletic Conference
111	0.511	33	21	Notre Dame Fighting Irish Notre Dame, IN Big East Conference
112	0.510	33	27	UNC Greensboro Spartans Greensboro, NC Southern Conference
113	0.510	32	20	Bowling Green Falcons Bowling Green, OH Mid-American Conference
114	0.509	27	29	Tennessee Volunteers Knoxville, TN Southeastern Conference
115	0.508	33	23	Georgia State Panthers Atlanta, GA Colonial Conference
116	0.508	33	21	Le Moyne Dolphins Syracuse, NY Independent Conference
117	0.508	25	27	Old Dominion Monarchs Norfolk, VA Colonial Conference
118	0.507	29	31	Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Honolulu, HI Western Athletic Conference
119	0.506	33	23	Samford Bulldogs Birmingham, AL Ohio Valley Conference
120	0.505	30	26	Kennesaw State Owls Kennesaw, GA Atlantic Sun Conference
121	0.505	30	28	Towson Tigers Towson, MD Colonial Conference
122	0.505	26	30	Texas - Arlington Mavericks Arlington, TX Southland Conference
123	0.503	28	26	Northern Illinois Huskies DeKalb, IL Mid-American Conference
124	0.503	33	30	Lipscomb Bisons Nashville, TN Atlantic Sun Conference
125	0.502	23	32	Virginia Tech Hokies Blacksburg, VA Atlantic Coast Conference
126	0.502	33	24	Furman Paladins Greenville, SC Southern Conference
127	0.502	30	23	Northern Iowa Panthers Cedar Falls, IA Missouri Valley Confer