Teams with No. 1 schedule
strength rankings can usually look forward to an NCAA tournament invitation
Tennessee ended the 2008 regular
season with both the No. 1 RPI and schedule
strength rankings, the first time since 1993
that any team took top
honors in both of these categories. Since 1991,
14 of the 18 teams holding the No. 1
regular season schedule strength rank have been in the NCAA
tournament.
In four of the last seven years, the team
holding top schedule strength honors has lost in
the first round of the NCAA tournament. The
listed Division I record is for the final,
regular season.
Teams with No. 1 Schedule
Strength, Final Regular Season, since 1991
RS
Div. I
Year RPI Team
Record Postseason
1991
21 Georgetown*
14-12 No. 8 seed,
1-1 in tournament
1992 32 Notre Dame 14-14 NIT, 2nd place
1993 1
Indiana 28-3 No. 1 seed, 3-1 in tournament
1994 21 Virginia 17-12 No. 7 seed, 1-1 in tournament
1995 68 Duke 13-18 None
1996 9 Georgia Tech 21-11 No. 3 seed, 2-1 in
tournament
1997 3 North Carolina 24-6 No. 1 seed, 4-1 in
tournament
1998 7 Maryland 19-10 No. 4 seed, 2-1 in tournament
1999 54 Florida St. 13-17 None
2000 2 Kentucky 21-9 No. 5 seed, 1-1 in tournament
2001 23 Georgia 16-14 No. 8 seed, 0-1 in tournament
2002 6 Arizona 22-9 No. 3 seed, 2-1 in tournament
2003 5 Georgia 19-8 Ineligible
2004 12 Florida 20-10 No. 5 seed, 0-1 in tournament
2005 2 Kansas 23-6 No. 3 seed, 0-1 in tournament
2006 17 Syracuse 23-11 No. 5 seed, 0-1 in tournament
2007 13 Kentucky 21-11 No. 8 seed, 1-1 in tournament
2008 1
Tennessee 28-4 No.
2 seed, 2-1 in tournament
| * Georgetown was 4-0 against non-Division I
opponents in 1991 |
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